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OLD WILLIAMS Inn
MASSACHUSETTS TAVERN WHERE
WASHINGTON ONCE DlNED.
First Established In 1852 and Scene
Of Some Notable lneldents-Has
Been Remodeled But still a
House for Wayfarers.

Boston.-A rare old roadside inn in
deed is the Williams tavern in Mari.
boro. Mass, on the shores of the
pond" in one of the most pleasant
sections of the border city of Worces-
ter county.
The venerable hostelry has been the
scene of some notable Incidents in To-
cal history, as well as the temporary
residing place of the Father of His
Country.
Just how many years old Williams
tavern has been a public house for
the entertainment of man or beast Is
not precisely known, but Abraham
Williams, the pioneer of his family in
Marlboro, located there as early, at
least, as 1868.
He married Joanna Ward daugh-
ter of the original Ward family In
town, and settled down in this Boston
turnpike abode in that year.
The house is now the property OF
Mrs. Henry Carr. and the landlord is
Eugene L. Pinkham The pictures of
Landlord Pinkhap's predecessors
would make a goodly group. If attain
able, from Abraham Williams In Puri-
tan days down to present incumbent
The modernized top of the structure
was added in 1883. The house has
now 36 rooms. In the old days, when
the Boston and Worcester stage driv
ers and teamsters made merry in the
tap room, there were but 20 rooms
Part of the space, before Marlboro be-
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And Still Increasing.

What is the matter with the serv
ice this afternoon" asked the angry
manager of the telephone exchange
the town is in tumult, and every
subscriber has a complaint"
1T can't be avoided explained q
subordinate, calmly. 1.-THE papers came
out and said that man by the name
of Smith had been injured in a trolley
wreck. AS a'result every Smith is tel
ephoning to every other Smith to learr
If the Smith was struck was his
Smith. Puck.
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Poo.Rah In ReaIIife.

A counterpart of Poo-Bah has been
found in New Jersey. The town OF
Beverly has elected new constable
whose pay is to be SIS month, In
addition to his constabulary work,
the incumbent of this overpaid sine.
cure must also serve as pound-keeper,
harbor master and overseer of the
poor. This "multum in parvo" job
must be looked upon as one of great
honor. as there were six applicants
for II.
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HE WAS SURE OF IT.

The irate parent presented himself
before the culprits. Young man." de-
manded he, with the utmost stern
ness. have l caught you kissing my
daughter?'
II by this he expected to plunge
the young visitor into confusion, II
must be confessed that the old gentle
man was greatly mistaken, inasmuch
as the young visitor evinced the great
est calmness
II hope, sir" he said. there is no
mistake about it. The lights are none
too bright, and / would be much morti'
fed to learn that, after all, / was kiss
ing the housemaid."
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'''E et''L"f'k 'Nf'tI NVGG
came a city, was utilized as town
courtroom, and two brick cells In the
cellar, now filled with coal, were
places of safe-keeping for unruly Of
tenders.
The Williams tavern is mentioned in
the report of lieutenant, or Ensign
D'Bernicre of the British Tenth regi-
ment, and who, in ITS. with Capt.
Brown of the Fifty-second regiment,
made secret expedition to Worcester
county, and had to fly from Marlboro
on being discovered.
In the dining room of the old house
President Washington, while on his
way from Worcester to Boston, in
1889, partook of noon repast.
In the diary of his trip Washington
under date of Friday, October 23, 1889,
says:
"On the line between Worcester and
Middlesex counties l was met by
troop of light horse belonging to- the
latter, who escorted me to Marlbor-
ough t16 miles,, where we dined, and
thence to Weston IA more), where
we lodged"
The Massachusetts Spy of October
49, 1883, says that: AT the line in
Marlborough, he (Washington) was
! met by Capt. Riee's company of horse.
well mounted, and in complete uni
form. They escorted him to Capt. Will
liams' tavern, where he was met by
the marshal of this district, Jonathan
Jackson of Boston, and where he
| dined."
| At this time the landlord OF the
Williams tavern seems to have been
Capt. George Williams, a son of Col
Abraham Williams. Landlord George"
died in 1918 at the age of n.
Washington's retinue on this trip
consisted of his two secretaries, the
ever faithful Tobias Lear-the Secre.
| tary Loeb of the first administration
Col. William Jackson of Philadel-
phia and six servants,
United States Marshal Jonathan
Jackson had already arrived at the
tavern from Boston. There was, there.
fore, a party of four diners in the
room shown in this illustration--the
president, Secretaries Lear and Jack
son and Marshal Jackson.
1t is unfortunate for the natural and
pardonable curiosity of the present
generation that there is no record
printed or otherwise, of Landlord
Georges bill of fare on this occasion
| Washington made no other ailusion
to this dinner than that I'VE dined :"
He did speak of Parsons tavern in
Springfield as well as of the jerks
Inn at Spenceras being good houses"
The widow Ingersoll's," on the old
Pierce corner on Scollay square, Bos-
ton. he referred to as very decent
and good house." Some of the other
averns he visited, however. were
| given scant praise. In the Williams
tavern failed to receive any criticism
or commentator II must be that it's
dinner for Washington was at least
satisfactory. :
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an ideal. He had the practical mans
hard common sense and willingness to
adapt means to ends; but there was in
him none Of that morbid growth of mind
and soul which blinds so many practical
men to the higher things of life. No
more practical man ever lived than this
homely backwoods idealist; but he had
nothing in common with those practical
men whose consciences are warped until
they fail to distinguish between good and
evil, fail to understand that strength,
ability. shrewdness, whether in the world
of business or of politics, only serve to
make their possessor a more noxious,
more evil member of the community, II
they not guided and controlled by
fine and high moral sense.
Lessons from Lincoln's Life.
I'VE of this day must try to solve
many social and industrial problems,
requiring to an especial degree the
combination of indomitable resolution
with cool-headed sanity. We can profit
by the way in which Lincoln used both
these traits as he strove for reform. We
can learn much of value from the very
attacks which following that course
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Died April IS, 1865

brought upon his head. attacks alike by
the extremists OF revolution and by the
extremists OF reaction. He never wav-
cred in devotion to his principles, in his
love for the union, and in his abhor-
renee of slavery. Timid and lukewarm
people were always denouncing him be-
cause he was extreme; but as a matter
OF fact he never went to extremes. he
worked step by step; and because of this
the extremists hated and denounced him
with q fervor which now seems to us fan
tAstic in its dedication OF the unreal and
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Born February IL, 1909

render service to his nation and to all
mankind such as no other man of his
gelJeration could or did render, Each had
lofty Ideals. but eacn In striving 10 attain
these lofty ideals was guided by the
soundest common sense. Each possessed
infiexible courage In adversely, and a soul
wholly unspoiled by prosperity. Each
possessed all the gentler virtues common
ly exhibited by good men who lack rug
ged strength OF character. Each pos
sessed also all the strong qualities COM
monty exhibited by those towering mas
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-18

Hodgenville, Ky.--The corner stone
of the splendid memorial to be erected
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln
was laid by President Roosevelt. The
exercises were participated in by many
of the nations leading men, Cardinal
Gibbons and ex-Gov. Folk of Missouri
being among those who made ad-
dresses.
From all points, by train and over
roads not particularly smooth at this
season of the year, the people gathered
to the exercises. A building four
times the size OF the tent provided
could not have accommodated the
crowd.
The corner stone of the Memorial
hall was laid by President Roosevelt.
In an impressive address the chief ex.
ecutive enlogized the life and work of
the great statesman. He spoke as fol-
lows:
we have met here 10 celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
one of the two greatest Americans; of
one OF the two three greatest men of
che nineteenth century; of one of the
greatest men in the worlds history. This
calmly youth In the dire poverty, of the
poorest of the frontier folk, whose rise
was by weary and painful labor, lived to
cad his people through the burning
names of a struggle from which the ma
Ion emerged, purified as by fire, born
anew to loftier life. After long years
Of iron effort, and of failure that came
more often than victory, he at last rose
TO the leadership OF the republic at the
moment when that leadership had become
the stupendous world-task of the time
He grew to know greatness, but never
Ease Success came to him. but never
happiness save that which springs from
doing well painful and a vital task
Power was his. but not pleasure The
burrows deepeled on his brow, but his
ryes were undimmed by either hate or
Tear. His gaunt shoulders were bowed,
but his steel thews never faltered as he
bore for burden the destinies OF his
people His great and tender heart
shrank from giving pain; and the task
allotted him was to pour out like water
the life blood of the young men, and to
feel in his every fiber the sorrow of the
women. Disaster saddened but never dis
mayed him. As the red years of war
went by they found him ever doing his
duty In the present, even facing the flu
ture' with fearless front, high of heart,
and dauntless of soul Unbroken by ha-
tired. mistaken by scorn, he worked and
suffered for the people. Triumph was his
at the last; and barely had he tasted 1t
before murder found him. and the kind
iy, patient, fearless eyes were closed for
ever.
Washington and Lincoln.
LAS n people we are indeed beyond
measure fortunate in the characters of
the two greatest of our public men,
Washington and Lincoln. Widely though
they differed in eXternals, the Virginia
landed gentleman and the Kentucky
backwoodsman. they were alike in es-
sentials. they were alike in the great
qualities which rendered each able to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-18
Lost His Beauty.

Policeman-Here, you! What are
you doing wandering around this time
in the morning?
Belated Pedestrian-The cursed bar.
Der cut my hair too short, and don't
dare go home to my wife-New York
Herald
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What Cinched II.

The Young Mani wish to thank
you, sir, for giving me your assistance
in persuading your daughter to marry
me.
The Old Man-Sir, / was violently
opposed to the match.
The Young Mani know it-Cleve-
land Leader.
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Reggy-Yeas, weally, while l was
in New York | spent much of my time
in the subway and the river tunnels.
Big bores always interest me, you
know.
Peggy (glancing at clock We'll
er-big bores don't interest me.
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Mother One.

Man who contributed joke the 9th,
or day was so encouraged that he sent
another. This
Fellow-Your wife talks like book
doesn't she?
Other Fellow-No-you can shut o
book up-Cleveland Leader.
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tiers OF mankind who have too often
shown themselves devoid OF so much as
the understanding of the words by which
we signify the qualities OF duty OF
mercy. of devotion TO the right, OF lofty
Observation-Disclosures in battling for the good
of others. There have been other men
as great and other men as good. but In
all the history of mankind there are no
other two great men as good as these.
ly though the problems of to-day differ
from the problems set for solution to
Washington when he founded this nation,
to Lincoln when he saved II and freed
the slave, yet the qualities they showed
in meeting these problems are exactly
the same as those we should show in
doing our work to-day.
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MAKING Him Feel at Home.

Puncher-I hope, old man, you don't
expect me to wear my evening clothes.
Panter-Every one else will wear
them. But don't let that bother you.
I'll pass the word around that you
are eccentric, but marvelously witty
New York Herald.
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Not Educated.

"Why don't you have Balder in YOU
Shakespeare CLASP"
He's no good, Why he can't ever
sing or dance!'-New York Herald.
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Some Uuly.

She's not handsome, is she?"
Lord, no! Say, II there was tau
on beauty, she'd be entitled to pen
sion" cleveland Leader.
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Llncoln's peep Foreslaht.

Lincoln saw into the future with the
prophetic imagination usually vouehsafed
only to the poet and the seer. He had
In him all the lift toward greatness of
the visionary without any of the vision
ary's fanaticism or egotism. without any
of the visionary's narrow jealousy of the
practical man and inability to strive In
practical fashion for the realization of
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-02-18
HIGH HONOR PAID
GREAT STATESMAN
NATIONS MEN OF WORTH
IN TRIBUTE TO ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN.
PRESIDENT MAKES ADDRESS

Qualities and Deeds of the Great Pres
ldent Set Forth by the Chief Exec
utive in Impressive Speech-lm-
mense concourse Gathered to Wit
ness Exercises in Connection with
Laying Of Corner Stone Of Memo
rial Hall.
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Il don't know, mother. / thought
he was going to put a ring on my
finger, but he didn't. '-Yonkers States
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Disappointed.

Ethel, didn't see that young man
holding your hand last night?'
Yes, mother"
What was he holding it for, Eth.
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II T"t BUT 5I"I iIu you 5Tt any tIIIH5
Bill?
Second Burglar - No. The bloke
what lives there is lawyer
First Burglar-Didn't yer lose" any
thing?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
MEETS REAL NEEDS
OF STUDENTS Of
NEW MEXICO
Prosperous Year at AgtiCuItur-
al College; Beginning Of Sec
ond Semester January 4th
Good Time to Enter School,


lH' Ne" MeNlco 'onese o. AEr'cui
.u'e "n" Meeii"iic A'H at "TS'i'
rark iS just CLOSING the ilrs, nan oi
!" MOST prosPerous aho sa'isiactoiS
Sear > WORK WIN " soou ~a''cnuahce'
c"pa'ie '"seru't"rs h'nu spieuu'u re-
SUITS peins "cou"lpl,Hiie" an u'P"ft-
menus me A~srl'uitui. 'oheS'' 40 -
wen Known, ~ an liN''iu"'ie "uJuhcl
OF the territorial edoeauohai system
ana Is DOING Il WORK WHO'S results are
lar reachins ana '~iIectiVe' me Ioi'
owing httie iet'er received by Inc
MORNING 'urhai from 'he president
Dr' W. r.. HARRISON Is interesting anu
worthy OF pefusaI'
~ibuluerqn y. NJ Dec y l'"S
Edltor OF me morning Jourhal'
Dear oT-ihe secoii" semester OF
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
wBELL|GERENT LADY
WITH SHOTGUN
HOLDS FORT
STURDY MARTHA GREEN
OEFlES AUTHORITIES
No Officer Hardy Enough 10
Eject Woman From Ranch
Near Las Vegas Who Does
Not Fear Supreme Court,

Especial Dispatch 10 the Morning Journal
Las Vegas, n. NJ, Dee. IA novel
suit has been filed in the district court
for his county. The plaintiff is AL
fred Henry Green, who has lived in
Las Vegas for forty years.
The defendants - The City and
Town of Las Vegas n all the people
therein, the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Las Vegas administering the
Las Vegas grant and n considera bic
number of named individuals.
For many years Green and his wife.
Martha Green, from whom he has
been separated, but who lives on an
adjoining tract OF land, have been in
litigation oven their lands. \ suit
against them was started in Mora
county, came on change Of venue TO
San Miguel county, went to the Terri-
torial supreme court. In each case be-
ing decided against the Greens. An
order placing the Browne-M anzanares
company In possession of the land
was issued out Of the supreme court,
but no officer has yet been successful
in cecting the Greens, Mrs. Green
got a shot gun and guarded herself in
her house. An officer arrested her
and took her to the court house, but
she eluded him n returned TO the
land where she a remained ever
since. Now Mr.. Green seeks the aid
OF the court to assist him in recover
ing legal possession of the land. His
claim is founded on adverse posses
sion He hns sannred tho aarxinna nf
an attorney said to be from Mime
sofa, having exhausted the efforts OF
the local fraternity has he has m
ployed without securing what he be-
lieves to be his rights.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
FOUR RESERVOIRS
FROM 4 RIVERS
FOR PROJECT
IMMENSE IRRIGATION
PLANS AT LAS VEGAS
1amfieIdS Secure Options on
Valuable Ranches and Im-
mense Tracts of Finest Land
in Northern New Mexico.

Especial C-0rrsapoDAenea 60 NsrAAnS JsHsnail
Las Vegas. y. NJ, Dee. li.-Whfle
it has been known for several days
that the Camheld Construction COM
pany has let the contracts for the
construction OF the big irrigation sys-
tenn at Las Vegas, another important
fact in connection with the develop
ments by this company has not been
made public.
The Cainhelds have secured options
on practically all the large ranches in
the neighhorhood that can be brought
under irrigation by the construction
of the system. Evidence of good
faith has in each case been shown by
putting up n respectable amount of
cash. The splendid La Cueva ranch
near Mora. valued at nearly $500. 900,
the immense racts owned by j. y.
Hand of Los Alamos, III Q big Romero
Vile ranch with its fine ranch home,
the finest in the county; the 10000
acres of the San Guijuela grant, are
the largest bodies OF land secured BY
tho company. In the San Guijueia
grant the purchase has been mace
outright. The present plans Of the
Camfelds contemplate four reservoirs,
the water to be obtained from the
Mora, the Sapello. the Gallinas ana
the Arroyo Pecos. Some $4,000 acres
of lane will be brought under irriea-
ton. The company further contem-
plates a big reservoir in the Mora
district which wifi utilize the Hood
waters on a big tract of land now de-
voted to temporal farming.
The certainty OF the carrying out
of the projects for retaining many
thousands of acres Of land has already
given Il noticeable lift to business in
the community and land values have
somewhat increased. Actual work on
the reservoir on the Gallinas is to be
begun next Thursday and the cemeni
win be completed before the
food season.
one side Of the new cement bridge
across the Gallinas has been COM
pleted and was opened for traffic
today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
Irrigation Show Biggest Thing
in Chicago Since the Worlds
Fair Says Albuquerque Man
Nearly Half a Million People See New Mexico Exhibit and Cart
Away Literature by the Ton; Territory Has Most Thorough
Representative Exhibit Of All the West According to A. B.
Str0up.

The Chicago Land and Irrigation
Exposition was the biggest thing seen
in Chicago since the Worlds Fair
Chicago people themselves say so,
said superintendent a.. b. Stroup oil
the Eernalillo county schools yester-
day, Mr. Stroup returned yesterday
morning from Chicago, where he was
buster than a cranberry merchant al
during the big show. which closed De
cember 4.
II. r. Hening, secretary of the
bureau Of immigration, and Mr.. Stroup
had 10 shoulder practically the entire
job of getting the New Mexico dis
plays in place. and taking them down
rs well as being in constant attend
ance every day handing out apples
and celery and literature, tons of
which latter were carried off by the
enthusiastic visitors.
The crowds in the coliseum aver.
aged twenty thousand people daily
and ii is estimated" said Mr.. Stroup,
that there We're nearly 400, 900 peo-
pie at the show altogether. Every
morning at 10 they commenced to
pour in M it was almost necessary to
summon me p'i'e " Se' we TfoMoS
rie'reo out az "cioeN AZ ihsh.- Inc
nest ien.urc U ,ne at.c'uaiice F." my
m'hu ~ nv i"o' .'"t 'he NiSi'"'s were
almost ai'oset"er iheeiiiseht people
VINO ""i'eo !" Know aoout the "es'
ana southwest ana Knew no" 70 ASK
lhteliiseh' aees'iohs' ol.en on sun
Gays crowds OF society people you'd
come III wlth sreat NUMBERS OF ladles
ana theV were vi AFTER
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
UNITED STATES GRAND
JURY COMPLETES ITS
WORK IN PHOENIX
Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal

tSpecfai correspondence 10 Morning Journal
Phoenix, Ariz.. Dec. S.-The United
states grand jury yesterday finished
its work by indicting nearly n dozen
Mexlcans charged with selling LIQUOR
to Indians. Fileto Lorenzo, who had
been indicted for harboring a lewd
and alien woman. pleaded guilty and
the passing of sentence upon him was
set for tomorrow morning. Jose Ar
bago. indicted for selling liquor to an
Indian. also pleaded guilty; he viii
be sentenced tomorrow.
Alfredo Bernardin. charged with
bringing an alien woman into the
country for immoral purposes, plead
ed not guilty. His trial will take
place this afternoon. Bernardin is
said to have devoted himself to 1T
erary pursuits since his arrest. and he
had "A mass of manuscript which II Is
said he intends to produce in book
form. II will be- c%opiously illustrated.
The work Is i'm French. n il IL said
that il deals with the immigration bu-
reau of this country. which is held out
10 be more tyrannical han any Rus
sian bureau With which the author has
ever been brought into contact in his
world wanderings.
Bernardin Is reported to be DESTROYS
OF having extracts from his work
read to the jury. and that he has
been trying to secure the services OF
j. A. Porterie as translator.
The Indictments found yesterday