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EaSt0n.
THE SCHOOLS CLOSED.

Some of our citizens visited a few of the schools in town recently, and report satisfaction, with credit to teachers and scholars.
 Miss Sanford closed her school with much credit to herself and the pupils.
 Miss Hazel Sherwood closed very successful term with appropriate exercises, entertaining to pupils and parents.
 Miss Elsie Bibbins closed her school with the famous high record of previous terms and with tne con- gratulations of friends and appreci- ative parents. The closing exer- cises were very entertaining, and ex- hibited good taste, efficiency and dis cipline. A splendid feast of good things was provided at the end of the program. The tables were bounti- fully spread with an abundance of ice cream Mrs Bibbins expects to continue her teaching in the Fall.
 First Selectman John H. Candee,
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with a force of men and teams, put the road over Jump Hill to the Red ding line in good renair ast week

with a force of men and teams, put the road over Jump Hill to the Red ding line in good repair, last week.
 The union patriotic concert at the Congregational church at the Center, last Sunday evening, was we'll at- tended and greatly enjoyed,
 Mrs Raymond Banks of Middle borough, Mass, was in town, last week, and made arrangements to nave headstone placed at the grave of her grandmother, Mrs Catherine D. Garrison, in the cemetery at the Baptist church. Hughes & Chapman of Bridgeport did the work.
 Aurel Ruman and Milton Williams have been doing carpenter work for E. H. Jennings.
 Notwithstanding the heat a goodly number were present at the morning services on Sunday, June 27, at the Baptist church. On Sunday, July 4, the people of the same church had the pleasure of listening to new voice in the pulpit. The pastor will spend a few days visiting on the coast or Maine and possibly will have few exchanges and interchanges this summer. Close application for two years have made change of this sort necessary.
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Br0oxiieId.
FINE CROPS.

w. s. Geddes' crops show that he is a practical farmer andunderstands his vocation. His fielus of tobacco are the most forward and look the best of any the writer has seen in town. He has completed hoeing his corn for the last time and it is looking fine. His fields of rye and wheat are the envy of all who see them. An old gentleman who was calling at his place said on seeing the wheat and rye: "I never saw any thing like that betore." The rye stands over six feet high.
 Earle Malcolm Taber of this town was a member of the graduating class of the Newtown High School which graduated on Friday night, June 25, at the Town hall in New town, and was valedictorian of his class. MT and Mrs Charles w. Taber, MT and Mrs Arthur Mansfield, MT H. c. Martin, Misses Mary Bateman, Miriam Smith, Catherine Murphy, Annie Murphy and Samuel Taber were among those from Brookfleld who attended the exercises.
 Louis o. Smith, who has been at work in Great Harrington, Mass, is now at home with his parents, MT and Mrs A. B. Smith, and is working in Newtown on the new bank build ing.
 John Carlson of Newtown was a guest, Sunday, of c. E. Beers.
 Henry Osborne and family of Bridgeport nave opened the house be- longing to his brother, Stephen Os- borne, north of the Center, where they will spend the summer.
 The children of MT and Mrs J. w. Warren have been victims of the measles.
 Prof H. w. Greene's summer school of music at the Center is now open for the season.
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how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis- take, but remember the name, Swamp Root, and don't let a dealer sell you something i'll place of Swamp-Root-if you do you will be disappointed.
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your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en- tire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty,
 If you are sick or "feel badly" begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.. Kilmer's swamp-Root. A trial will con- vince you of it's great merit.
 The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the most distress inp cases. If you need a medicine You
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Huntington.
BRIEFLY NOTED.

Miss Mary Mcdonald has returned from Smith College, where she gradu- ated with honor. Miss Mcdonald is to have charge of the history depart ment in the local high School.
 William R. Cork returned, last week, from Clark college, Worcester, Mass.
 Roy s. Wooster has secured a po- sition with the R. N. Bassett Co. of Shelton. 4 .,
 Miss Florence Frembs has con- pleted r rt of her course at the New Haven Normal school and is enjoying her vacation under the shadow of "The Naples
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The NcWtoWn Bee
 Newtown, Friday, July 2, 1909.
S0uthburv.
BRIEF LOCAL MENTION.

w. J' MllleP or uSlofa movea into Earnest Stowe's place on Hull's Hill, last week.
 Thomas Pinkerton purchased a 1ne new horse of Waterbury parties, last week.
 j, E, Murphy and family have moved to Waterbury,
 Mrs NJ. E, 0lmstead has had the ground about her very pleasant home all nicely graded and a walk and drive nicely laid out. Mrs olmstead now has one of tho most attractive places in town.
 MT and Mrs Ole Olsen entertained their niece and nephew from New York, last week,
 Mir and Mrs Henry Johnson of Hull's Hill nejoyed a day fishing at the Jackson place on the Housatonic river, last Friday, and captured a fine lot of fish.
 II. R. Stone has been brightening his house with a new coat of paint.
 The olu stage route from South bury to Woodbury, which has been in existence longer than the oldest inhabitane of the town can remem- Der, is now a matter of past history, the stage being run for the last time to carry the mail on Wednesday, June 30, and now all mail for Wood bury goes to Waterbury and from there to Woodbury by trolley. Southbury streett seems like another place since the opening of the Wood bury trolley.
 1 George Brewer, since the closing of the mail route to Woodbury rom the station here, has started an ex- press route from Southbury station to Woodbury and began business on Thursday, July 1, making trips every week day.
 Mrs George Wakelee of White Oak, who has been ill for few weeks and under the doctors care, is now gain ing slowly.
 As there is not now haL as much travel as formerly anyone wishing to go from Southbury to Woodbury must either hire team or go by cars to Waterbury and then by trolley to Wcodbury. Cannot the trolley company be persuaded to con- tinue their line down through Southbury street?
 MT and Mrs George A. Shelton have had an A No 1 road built at their own expense just north of the row of trees in front of their house and are now asking the town to close the road which was just south of the row of trees, so that they can have a fine wide lawn in front of their place. When the road is closed and the lawn all nicely graded it will greatly improve the looks of the place and of the street also.
 Mrs A. J. Stowe who has been spending a few days in Hartford with her daughter, Mrs R. s. Grey, returned home, this week. Mrs Grey and children returned to South bury with her for few weeks stay here with Mr and Mrs c. J. Hedden
 Rev MT Winters, the pastor of the Congregational church, hss moved his family here from New Haven and is now nicely settled at the par sonage.
 Willard C. Stone of Derby pur. chased the Oak Tree house of Rev Wallace Nutting and has taken possession. ..1r Stone has had the hotel thoroughly renovated and will open it as first class hotel.
 Mrs Caroline Erwin of Grant Hill and Mrs L. B. Bradley of Stevenson spent a few days, last week, here, the guest of MT and Mrs B. Nj Futile.
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should have the best. Sold by druggists in ffty-cent and one-dol- lar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you
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therefore, II kidney trouble is permitted to continue, serious re- suits are most likely
 to follow. Your other organs may need at- tention, but your kid- neys most, because they do most and
 should have attention first. Therefore, when
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Frank Favereau,
 Bedding Ridge, Conn.

Horseshoeing, Carriage and Wagon repair | ing and General Blacksmithing. Full stock
 of Neverslip horSeshoes on hand. zSizes to fit all horses. s..
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WAN AM A KER'S
 The Ssore that Stands Fcur.square To Every Breeze that Blows

The only store in the world with many windows for light and air. and with eight sides open to the wad Even the Basement tends to the four sides with openings all ses and the temperature there by the thermometer less than the upper aoo with the sun beating on them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-03-27

WALTER J. MARKHAM.

Mr. Markham, though but twenty-five
years of age. represents the progressive
spirit which dominates the entire region
AS real estate dealer, and loan and
insurance operator, he has more than
fulfilled the requisites of loyal citizen
by the boosting" he has done for Be-
midi and Beltrami county, and as a re-
suit he ranks among the wealthiest men
in this vicinity.
Mr.. Markham, whose portrait appears
elsewhere in this souvenir edition, settled
in this city in the year 1898, coming
from St. Hillaire, MINI. He was but
sixteen years of age when he entered
into the hotel business with his father,
the late j. M. Markham, who ten years
ago established the Markham hotel. the
only first class hostelry in the city and
in that capacity he served up to the time
of the demise of his father, when he
transferred the management of that wide
ly known hotel to Mr.. F. S. Lycan.
Mr.. Markham first saw the light of day
at Aitkin, MINI. He received but a
common school training, but he assimil-
that he now superintends the largest in
dlvldual interests to be found hereabouts.
He controls options on about 5000 acres
of farm lands, he is an extensive holder
of city and town property, including the
commodious Markham hotel, the largest
building in Bemidji and he is in a posi-
tion to buy, sell or trade any nature of
property of value.
Mr.. Markham is among the progressive
younger set who are rapidly developing this
portion of the state. He is a genial young
fellow who impels friendships, who does
things worth doing, and our thousands of
readers may depend upon it that Mr.. Mark
ham will at no far distant day be one of
the most widely known business men in the
state
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-03-27
REMIDJI SHOE HOUSE.

This widely-known shoe store requires no
special mention at our hands, but since Mr..
VanPelt is among the foremost boosters"
of the town, it is well that he receive the
attention of this Souvenir Edition, so our
thousands of readers may know to GER
tainty who is and who is not lending their
obligatory services to the city,
This popular store made its bow to the
public two years ago, in little shop around
the corner, and has steadily advanced 10
it's present prominent position among the
leading commercial enterprises of Beltrami
county,
Mr.. Kachelhoffer has been identified with
this business since it's earliest days, an un-
firing worker in all it's many advancements,
employing his every effort to satisfy the
wants of its many patrons, his success has
been gratifying in making tired and aching
feet, large and small, his grateful friends.
The repairing department of this house is
unsurpassed. Mr.. VanPelt has been very
fortunate in the services of Mr.. Mettet,
whose quick perception to correct the worn
sole, downtrod heel and other ailments of
the good old shoe, has made for the house
many appreciative admirers
Dress shoes, work shoes, in fact all kinds
of shoes, high cut, low cut carried by this
store are the very best the ingenuity of the
most skilled artisan, with the choicest ma
terials, can produce, is the verdict of many.
In short, the Bemidji Shoe House needs
no further commentator. A laudable rec
ord in business residence and personal con-
tact with the everyday public, garnished
with complimentary expression and friendly
sentiment, is all that any firm should de-
sire. The Bemidji Shoe House has invoked
these fattering feelings, thus we simply
state to our thousands of readers that Mr.
VanPelt represents all that is safe, genuine
and legitimate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
THE AUSTRALIAN DINGO.
Its Treachery and Destructiveness.
VIII Feign Death.

from the London Times.
There are some who believe, though the
evidence seems against them, that certain
of the wild dogs, like the Australian dingo
yellow dog dingo. always hungry, dusty
in the sun'-are reversions to the wild
state of a race once tame, just as the
pariah dogs of various countries have
Travelled half the road toward becoming
wild animals again.
AS one sees the dingo here in the gar
dens 1t looks not merely like domesd-
Gated dog, but like a dog of a distinctly
engaging and amcable kind The dingos
character bellies It's gentle looks. Quarrel
some, sly and treacherous," an Australian
naturalist has called it. SO sly it is that
according to Mr.. Beddard Gin THE Cam
bridge Natural History'D it feigns death
with such persistence that an individual
has been known to be partly fiayed be-
fore moving and so treacherous that in
the days when dingoes were more COM
monty kept as pets by the colonists than,
as a result of bitter experience, is the
case today 1t was no unusual thing for
the dog which had been brought up with
every tenderness from puppyhood to turn
suddenly on It's master or mistress, or,
what was more frequent when left in
temporary charge of an empty house to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
KING EDWARDS ORDERS.
origin, Romance and Etiquette of the
Various Decorations Worn by Him.
From the Strand Magazine.


When ling Edward goes abroad among
his subjects on occasions of ceremony,
the least observant eye will note some
details of the insignia he wears. Every
one is aware that the emblems of an or
der of knighthood are not restricted to
one portion of the royal person; they
may be worn on the right or left should
err, across the bosom, on the left breast.
around the neck, or suspended at the hip.
1t is probable that the broad blue rib
bon of the Garter Is familiar to all, but
that 1t is equally possible to wear the
badge Of the Garter round the neck, on
the left shoulder on the breast, or en-
circling the left leg may not be generally
known.
It has been said that the desire to pos
sess honorary distinctions has SHOWN
itself in various shapes from very remote
times, and to be able to wear them on
the person as evidence of some particular
qualification in the individual has been an
object of human ambition almost from
time immemorial. The sovereign natur-
ally leads the way; he is the first man In
the state he Is himself the fountain or
honor But with the accumulation or
honorable decorations at all the courts
of Europe, 1t grew impossible for one In
dividual to wear all the chains, ribbons,
medals and crosses of which King Ed
ward Is the recipient. Consequently,
selection only can be worn, and this Sc
lection Is governed by his majesty's pre-
elections and the nature of the occasion.
Thus, at a purely British function, the
display of the insignia of British orders
and of British decorations is naturally
the rule
But first of all let us see what the in
sigma OF an order generally consist or.
In the case of the order of greatest dis
tinction, the Garter, they consist first Of
a habit, collar. badge, star, and the gar
ter In what Is called a full chapter of
the order, of the complete habit and In
sigma his majesty would wear the collar
from which is suspended the George"
"a gold and enameled representation or
the ST. George and the Dragon), together
with the star (worn on the left breast.
This full chapter of the habit Is worn
only on certain days. known as collar
days" On ordinary occasions-a levee
or court-his majesty wears the ribbon
over the left shoulder, from which Is sus-
pended the lesser George IAN oval badge,
with a representation of st. George and
the Dragon), together with the star The
1;arter, which is worn only with breeohes
and bears the motto of the order-Honi
soft uui NAL pense"-is worn below the
knee on the left leg.
The badges have grown so numerous
1t has been found necessary to fasten the
small ones issued to Companions Of any
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THE HOTEL CLERK ON
SUMMER QUESTING
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

going to fill the bird with, before she
got home.
ut seems Mrs. Watkins got to reading
about what delightful bargains you could
find up among abandoned farms and how
anyone by the expenditure of about 81. IS
could turn one of these quaint old home
steads into a delightful summer cottage
with a well and a well-bucket and an
orchard and barnyard full of lowing
fowls and cackling kline and all the rest
of good old 81 Whitcomb's favorite fam
lily prescription. The picture only needed
a mortgage on the place and a grasping
squire and the visiting scoundrel with his
slick city vest and his striped ways to
be the first act of Shore Acres. That
description won Mrs Watkins. Always
having lived in a city she felt that she
was born for a life on the farm just as
all parties raised on a farm think they
ought to be in the city. So she an
nounced to Watkins that instead of vast
ing all their money and being bored to
death spending the month of August at
a summer hotel they'd just go up into
New Hampshire or Vermont and pick
out a highly desirable abandoned farm
that had all the modern conveniences
and was marked down from So to 81. 70. So
Watkins asked me to go with him and I
being one of those weak persons that
can always think No at the right time
but never says it-why ] went along to
give them the benefit OF my advice. l
ought to know a lot about farms any
howl have an uncle in Missouri who
lives on one Or at any rate he thinks
he does Once a year he goes to the st.
Joe fair and on Sundays he wears
ceIluloid collar and drives nine miles to
church in an Old Hickory wagon.
guess he doesn't 1ive-he only thinks SO.
Anyway, I went along with them. Mrs.
Watkins ran the expedition, following
her pleasing custom. The second day
after she enters Heaven she'll take charge
of the Golden Gates and Peter Will go
on the waiting list for the janitor's job.
She had the route all mapped and tho
ideal abandoned farm located and prop
erly staked out, SO all we had to do was
to take the trail and go there.
I'VE took the flyer. The other trains
stop at all the stations, but the flyer
doesn't stop at one very small one, so
that makes II a flyer. AS 1t happened
the only station where the flyer doesn't
stop is the one where we wanted to get
off, so we went on to the next station
and rode back in farm wagon. The
gent who'd interested Mrs. watkins in
the abandoned farms told her this one
was within easy walking distance of the
station, and so 1t was-for old man Wes-
ton or that other pedestrian friend of
ours, the Wandering Jew. We tried
walking 1t but after we'd walked about as
far as from here to Dayton, o.. over
road that had been laid out originally
by a COW but not used much since by
her or anyone else we hired one of those
rigs called democrat, so-called I sup
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
BIGGEST OF BATTLESHIPS.
United States Navy May Build Vessels
of 10000 Tons.

Washington Dispatch to the New York
Tribune.
There is a possibility of a radical de-
parture in the chief characteristics of the
battleship type. The secretary of the
navy has in his possession the recommen-
dalton from various sources, including
the naval general board, of the ships
which should compose the increase of
the navy which it is expected will be au-
thorized In the next naval appropriation
act. While these recommendations are
subject to revision up to the time they
are made a part of Mr.. Meyers annual
report 1t Is commonly understood in
Washington that he will adhere to the
present recommendation in favor of two
battleships. There has been some talk
of a recommendation of four such YES
sells, but 1t is appreciated that Congress
probably will not be in favor of author
iZing more than two at any session, and
there Is a possibility that at the next
session the policy of economy may be ap-
piled SO as to authorize the construction
of only one battleship.
In this connection the experts have been
giving some attention to the design of
the battleships next to be provided for.
The two battleships for which bids are
to be opened at the navy department on
Wednesday are of $4,000 tons dsplace-
ment each. There Is a suggestion, ia
which consideration is now being given
by Mr.. Meyers technical advisers, that
the next battleships shall be of 30. 900 tons
displacement This would be necessary
II the caliber of the guns of the main
battery is increased from 70 to IA inches
and the number of such guns remains at
-. as in the case of the Pinch guns on
the battleships about to be contracted
for.
When the conference was held two years
ago at Newport, at the instance of Pres
ident Roosevelt it was urged that the
batteries of battleships be composed of
14-inch guns. This could be done with
the displacement of 26,0 900 tons If only ten
guns of that caliber were installed, II
was decided, however, that ~ pinch
guns would provide a greater hitting
power and render a ship more effective
than she would be with ten 14-inch guns.
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<<T AIRY" said the Hotel Clerk to
the House Detective of the st.
- Reckless, did you ever stay
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<E1 AIRY" said the Hotel Clerk to
the House Detective of the st.
- Reckless, did you ever stay
at an abandoned farm?"
did 1 ever which?" said the House De-
tective, puzzled.
Ever stay at an abandoned farm?'
repeated the Hotel Clerk
II did not" said the House Detective
with firmness, NOR in a haunted house
nor in graveyard after IL o'clock at
night, nor city morgue. And wots more
I never will"
'Well,p said the Hotel Clerk, every
man to his own taste 1 have. But I'm
not saying that 1 expect to make a reg
ular habit of it. 1 can take an aban-
doned farm or 1 can leave it alone
IT didn't know you'd gone into the bust
ness of collectin' farms" said the House
Detective. Specially abandoned farms"
Your ignorance surprises me-" said
the Hotel Clerk, don't you know it's the
proper thing for everybody of class to
buy an abandoned farm somewhere up
in the abandoned farm belt of New Eng
land and convert 1t into a little paradise
on earth? Well, 1t Is. It's the proper
thing for every city-raised man with as
much as $11 In the bank to go to South
Buryport, or somewhere, and be an aban-
doneG farmer.
But, really, don't think I'm intend
ed by nature for the role Of a New Eng
land rustic. I've noticed that on the
stage all of them go around with straws
In their mouths and say BY Heck and
Tvum. Personally I have a line of cuss
words that appeal to me more than those
deordized brands, and I wouldn't give
a cent to hold a straw in my mouth un-
less 1t connected with mint tulip or a
gin rickey. So I never thought I'd care
to be a New England farmer, abandoned
or otherwise. 1t was my friend Watkins
that led me into it
watkins is just a plain, ordinary man,
stock pattern, sixe 16, with a vegetarian's
under jaw and the eye of breakfast food
eater. BY the time he makes up his
mind to the necessity Of doing thing the
necessity of doing it has passed, which
Is one of the advantages of F1etcherizing
your thoughts.
But his wife, Mrs Watkins, is diff
ferent. She says it's temperament that
makes her act that way, but If a dog be-
lieved in the same manner you'd have him
gone over for fleas. And optimistic P
Larry If that woman found a chance In
a turkey rattle on the street she'd have
the whole turkey dinner planned out,
including the kind of stuffing, she was