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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

We may not like O man Tor his COM
pleNlOn, but nations do not make war
on such grounds. Besides. color Is not
a national distinction. We people have
different skins from you, but we have
the same wants and are moving along
the same lines of Intellectual life.
There As no ground Tor war there.
Lastly, there IS the matter of trade.
That belongs To- the field of the pocket
book, and is more connected with tho
individual than with the nation at
large. War viii not make people buy
your goods, and tho moment the indi-
viduals OF "a nation ind 10 Is 20 their
injury To- suspend their relations with
other nations they win object Tho west
and tho east are bound together along
trade lines, and t U.s. supremacy ridicu-
lous 20 talk Of a wholesale conflict be-
tween them
THE CHINESE ALLIANCE.
"How about this alliance which a.
said 10 be forming between China and
tie United States?"
OF don't think there Is anything in
it; for the very reasons I have mem
toned. The Chinese win trade with
the United States just as much and
ass long as IT pays them financially, TO
do &c. When it does not pay their
business win 80 elsewhere. Besides,
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majesty heard Of Skerichly's blue Toe
paz. and appointed "a day when De might
inspect &c with "a view 90 its purchase
But tho king was meanwhile struck
down with the disease which postponed
his coronation and So the appointment
did not come on. Otherwise the "gib-
ber' ~ a rude minor in the North
Queensland mountains might hayo
blazed above tho brow Of the king when
he wis crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Gazette.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

That Theodore Roosevelt has abused
hi- office; that lh- natural qualities
have icd tu the most alarming aud Ia
inevitable consequence, that his uu-
hridled lust of sClf-ugguuudifemcn
and love ol publicity threaten the -ta-
hilifY. it ult the very existence, of tho
uniCp--ail ihCsc facts do NOT justify or
pApurr tlr tuugree- of tnr United
State. m adding De- cuuri- tu OOH. Ga
humiliaic thc nation. Roosevelt wlth-
uut Dee asa. has done AN thut d. ncce--
rurY tn degrade aud di-huuur the
American mutiun.--ACAt York sun.
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BABY HANDS

will get into mischief-often Il mean,
a burn OF cut or scald Apply Rail7rd.s
snow Eminent Just as soon as the aocI-
dent happens. and the pain Will DE rec
neVed while the wound will heal Quick.
" and nicely A sure cure for sprains
rheumatism and all pains.
Price, &c. SOC and ST 90 "a bottle Sofv
by = 9, NJ. l. Drug Store. no and I'D
South Main ST "a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20
OPINIONS OF ROOsEVELTs CRITICS.

shall We sag, "a laughing stock in
Washington milwaukee sentinel.
President Roosevelt in hunting
through various American imgles, has
struck big game. But the public
likes him because hc i- not afraid of
the biggest of them and because hc
holds hi- duty tn the people para
muuut.--rroY Times.
Tic country has seen presidents.
many at Them, who have been out of
sympathy with the policies Of their
CONGRESS-. but Wc doubt whether the
country has ever seen president
who. like Mr.. Roosevelt has made
himself 10 Offensive to his legislative
bodies 10 d. % piiN.-Ncw Haven
dOurnul-t Courier.
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A SIMPLE TRICK.

It's an easy matter 10 keep your
joints ana muscles supplo-no mat
ter what your age may be or how You
have suffered with rheumatism fNb
yourself night and morning with BAL
inrd'a Snow Liniment Cures rhcumatIs.nr
stiffness, cramps, Crick in tho back, side.
neck or limbs. and relieves an achc7
and pains, sold by y. q. M. l. Drug
Store, li2 and l14 South Main ST.
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EVERY BOOK OF MORMON
STUDENT

needs Reynolds Dictionary OF tho
Book Of Mormon. Sl25 postpaid. Des-
eret Sunday School Union Book store.
salt Lake City
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

Io Wonderful CeerHe Taks of His and the New Japan
His Plans for KorThe Yellow A Spectacular Ch the
NwspaperThe Friendship for
The United Staes-She No phippnes1ow American
Car Make Money People sI and Manufacturers
Remarkable Tall One Of the Greatest statesmen
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A NEW EDITION

OF Reynolds Dictionary of the Book ~
Mormon, no wTeady at Doscrot SUNDAY
school Union Book Store. salt Lake
City Si.25 postpaid.
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the world of the present day.--iIcrlm
Dcm-chc Ingc- Leiuug.
THE president hH- not since hC hae
been m the White House, established
for himself % reputation for accuracy,
nnd this mct viii put tho public on
guard against n too proopinto con.
domination of those whom hc accuses
--iiultimurC sun.
At thi- moment President Roosevelt
b. probably thp most interesting poe
uuoHl figure boo IhC WUrId.--londun
spectator Uou2J.
tie b. hc uuc statesman of uIr
twentieth CENTURY. and H- such dc-
serves wei uf hIe country and uI Hil
parts ut inr HInlD.--liHruu uI-tuur-
nelle- dr Constant
Herr i- H president acting a- bee
noNuinut urruuI. waving the laws uf
the United States u- I'D suits Tim and
when % suits UuI Could personal
rule. CArruuNu u-uIpatiun and the ut-
most pu--iHI.Ii.r- uI corrupt and irrr-
spon-ihlp dictatorship further gu'-
Albany Argus.
n o. impossible to avoid suspicion
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4 fellows Thought they were traitors and
th8t tlo stories they told about Che
greatness OFF our civilization were false
a'''-. . ol' ll " a,' ,.lr'. AZ SiI
in hc inauguration OF Coo now move
mont st chat Uu. it1 was of just
Do. Igr 0f OUR lHt. who Viii graduate
from college iH.s EOHU Io was nIr.-
N 81. and .|u.. chem UIe whole lIfo hiH
boon ururf ODD boo tno New Japan TIC
cam. with thu emperor t0 Toxic. and
sine. tH.u boz I1s boon hIa m8iosty's
rIeHt hand There Is u0 man NOR.
a...a 81. fY. Ur.tarur. and rp one with
d ..t.... f.e r-.f.sfv advises 20 mulch
nom J4v fu dlv.
Prime. d.. rI. br.n four Times pre-
r,far ana gurIr- fr. ,gar with China
I be- .,.-e .f fr. r.rI OF fhr Government
H. r.. UY..I.t. ,..,. Ir ,gle. fbr .IIaf
r1v.e- I.h.nd flr frr.nr. and 10 Dr. Doc
t..1.. ,.r.. ID f4Ip..f,. dir.rtIn.. fhc for.
.... ,...f...,. ..r tf.I. ,s,,fff,t
..rt primo. Do. ,.1au was Ears in
1904 Al tTnf ffnI. Do rayr mo mn Iu-
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arranged that they slide back and
forth, permitting many oi its rooms
10 ht thrown INTO one. ne ''i, u-u7
is mostly one story uut Ut ls SO i''N.
that IL covers an acre or ul'i q. ~
sort OF tempie-lNe pIoJ''''3h '.I I,'
q p"ile 'o'.'I'. a"q Pc "os ,,'..,
7 was met hr Nr. iiI7a l.una . -s a.
the private secretary OF hla nus '''''"@
and led INTO "a reception room.
Aiier Waihk lhtie inoIL'Ht WIS
toid tn't lue pI .u'. was '''.s y" ,
celte me. We "'lh'd "u"h 5"ls ..I-l
ana tuJci'u ti'dl l''i .'t' WIZ, ~
carpeted ana IoIi'I7laJ ll ~. -
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

Hanger e. Son. Phone 4f4l-k, Tor
painting. paperhanging and untlng.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

9pe,l'' NV t.,. iu.t re-
II 'NI'' '''' - ...,t
turned from i"'' ''l'''
with Primo. Goo. iho bfAnd 'iA
ff. i. tho pIs-
AaN UT '"s
m8rok 3IaJsHn0. J'hn r".' 'I'" .'.
rr,.... 6 grrnf of fnIs DmUIIu. ana ut
r...g. t.IIrr .fh. rI..
H' 'N''' .t4 t.....
tory ol iIIH country '. '''
Co begin Do Us Caesar dII I.. D1HW.NI.
.,I.s or fre Chilli. war; Iv sly'ur
- .... "A a...f rrrf of
'i'H"'
which 7 MI.l.
Zoo connection with Marquis lunuNct
primo. NO. was ODD. fr.t tY eco Che abe
roiuto necessity or Japan. aIwuue thc
western civilization Dr. she N'''i '''"
place among tne nations of Oh" N"i'I.
Aeo l.y ba f1urbt AGAINST inr Shoe
. 3D.. ......... .r
h'" ''
poWer' ,Md MH'u Ilo PC" N'F.''.'.
was constituted IN i'o' N. "'
the chiDi ofsahH n.lir F'.. '.'l'
Ter OF huahD. ana lNN.I' ".I"'
that time hc "da only 30 N''I. OF 'e
Two yc1is lHi.f OBJ. was SOD, .'
United states Zoo STUDY 'Ni "'.'.'.'.
90 the age ul I'D Do" Was -.Nl ..I0 .'N
as special envoy I' 'II'i-' " ''''
Win lne EUROPEAN l'W'i
a ultIo iai.f ". NNl I.'. ID. I..
studying iu' CONS liINlI''' 'I l.. ODD.
clpal nations '.i 'Il'I l"'- "-,H iL
TOXIC "utlhs tH' con. ,''''.'u do, "
now governs Japan. t' '., '. ...
rooms OF iht NlI.i "H''' D N'7il,d I'''l'
today ihal .fgai paper was rI.p't'.g
hardly igal1. lAal iI. h." 'ap"l' "'',
Us W"udcrtul system OF Hh'", at'
banks. DO. parliament 'i.c'.l "h 'H'
people HuN lu. machinery 'I ''H s'F'. "-
msni winch Dol one OF lH. "eet ln 'u'
world. WAS largely l'IHl,u 'E HiNi' no"
more IMAM % quarter 'L century 's''
PRINCE RIO uFFDgE THE MAST.
Prince Ito began hls life young, He
was only % when. after trying BOZ vain
20 drive the foreign suuboats out OF
Yokohama Doe slipped away One dark
night and E0t ship Tor Shanghai
having determined Co visit the western
world and spy out the secrets of the
horh9ri8ns who then threatened the
very existence of HIS country lie and
Marquis lnouye took passage on an
other ship at shanghai. and by IL made
their way around the Cape OF Good
FOR money beforehand. but en- some
Tbs ssnt,i, of tbs sblo Jl5 not rsai,zs
tb,tbeb,1 t,,., ,.,,,l,,s, ,,.,Ii.s .,1ip,, IN
on q tour ~ investigation. Tie treated
lnen rs sailors ana maue ihem WORK
curing O. great part 90 thelr passage.
The TWO boys Knew 100 English, and
Wnen t1eN We're dumped out ON tho
stfceis 20 London t1ey were ht loss
where To- 60 IheY bad letters N
credit "n datdlne. Mathe-on q Co. %
great English trading uim, which stil
mas lt7 hI"nchrs avg over Chinu' but
ihey had only dollar in actual cash.
ana tney lost that before they had gone
many blocks. I referred 10 this story
during my iilk with the prince this
morning. and Dc told me 70 was "a true
one. Tie said that luouye had picked
up loaf OF bread ttom bakers
counter. and had laid this their last
coin. down. expecting that the man
would give them some change. lu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20

I have -cru two tremendous works
of uatHfs. Our {. Niagara Fails amt
tho other b. che president of the Unit
cd States, and Z am mot sure which is
tlc moro Woudriul.--iuhu Morley.
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Take Mr Gladstone. Mr. Rhodes,
lord Charles Brrr-lurd ANA John
Burns Bou them down until you get
thc rc-idum r--cuCr into m Amcri'
cam Dutcimun, and you have some
thing like the new president of the
United htatos.-Ensii-h Review OF
HcflcMst
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it a. impossible to avoid suspicion
that in respect ut certain pCoullauurs
of temper AND lHuguagr ilr president
b. treated us murC ur ICES ui joke
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TUE grcatc-t President since
Nu-hmalun-.lumD- Bryce.
Theodore liuo-UAclt hu- borne
himself wen boz thr presidential chair
no hu- done hi- duty a- hc Jaw &C.
fcurlr--ly. wisely and mpauinilN. ln
30 doing Dee hu- offended many mil-
Iionnirr-. q legion of -noh. and q null
umdc of foul-.-Bo-tou Pilot
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27

It has not only caused all petty,
sectarian spirit among our people
to vanish, but it has smoothed out
personal asperities and sounded the
death-knell of many private
grudge that men and women were
cherishing against each other and
has awakened in them the better
angels of their natures. 1t has
changed some men I had never ex-
pected to see changed and it will
be a lasting blessing To- the whole
community. Z There have been
about 40 conversions to date.
Tn Goss Hotel continues to be
the favorite haven for the travelling
public. Mrs. Goss, who possesses
the same generous nature as her
brother w. M. Turnbough, Of
Brookhaven, pleasantly entertained
all the preachers at dinner today,
in addition to her other guests.
II
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27

Triumph, and cultivate fast, a long
time and a lots Of it. Fl the above
rule is followed we will make so to
rs per cent of a crop with boil
weeviIs here.
Salvation Rule. IF we expect to
live on the farm We will have to
raise feed crops for man and beast,
which we can do. Then let the
rest be planted in cotton.
] want to say to the members Of
the Board of Supervisors who are
against the appropriation of $500
lfos. Demonstration Work in Lincoln
County, that most every man talk
to is in favor Of the appropriation,
after he understands it. Just
figure it out little. It will cost
lonly about s cents on an assessment
of a thousand dollars and about 2-3
of this 5000 will come out Of the
corporations of Lincoln county, and
this would leave only $500 for us to
pay.
I am more impressed every day
that if our people 90 busted it will
be for lack of knowledge. AS was
said in the days Of old: My peo-
| pie shall be destroyed for lack of
knowledge.
With best wishes for the success
of the farm. | am,
Your friend,
NOLA WHITE.
2. IS. Get the best variety of cot
ton and corn seed to plant.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27
Death Of Mrs. D. A. johnson.

Mrs. d. A. Johnson, after long
weeks of suffering, died this morn
ing at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. j. L. Storm.
Mrs. johnson was noble Chris
tian woman. a member Of the Bap-
tist church, and had passed her
three score and ten. She came
here several months ago to lend a
hand to her daughter in sore
afiiction. on account Of the very
critical illness Of child. and her.
self was stricken and so continued
until her death today. She had
made her home at Pearce. with an
other daughter, and was greatly
beloved by all who knew her.
The funeral will take place from
the residence Of Capt. and Mrs. j..
Z. Storm tomorrow morning.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27
The FACT is THAT THE CARL HACENBECK SHOW WILT I

to his business property on Front
Street. One of these is occupied
by the Salter Drug Store and as an
office building. The town has
never yet got its bridge across the
big railroad cut in front Of the
main business row, but hasn't
given up the fight and will not
so until it secures it. Hon. j. N
YaWn, town attorney, has lately
/ filed eminent domain proceedings
against the Illinois Central Rail-
road Go. to compel it to erect this
bridge. which would be of untold
convenience to the country people.
as well as tewnspeople on both.
sides Of the railroad. besides being
a great safeguard against accidents
from passing trains on the streets
lat each end Of this cut which now
furnish the only railroad crossings
the town has and are exceedingly
dangerous.
The store of the Bolian Mercan-
tile Co. has had a big run Of busi-
ness the last week, being the only
store in town prepared with stock
to supply the needs of both town
and country customers since the
fire. 1t had close call itself last
Wednesday night. being just across
the street from the corner where
the big blaze occurred and getting
considerably scorched. The town
is ambitious as ever as a cotton
market and always pays top prices.
S. w. May is playing good second
in dry goods to the Bolian Mercan-
tile Co.
The Bogue Chitto High School
has an enrolment to date Of 100
students and is doing fine work
The faculty for the current term is
as follows: Principal. Prof. G. Al.
Hobbs; first assistant. Prof. HI. F.
Wilson; second assistant, Miss Tet
Mckinney; third assistant. Miss
Mackey McRaney: teacher of music
and expression, Miss Edna Burton
| Watkins. The class in music and
expresson numbers 46. This is
Prof. Hobbs second term here and
that he is proving himself good
school man is generally conceded.
Bogue Chitto is experiencing one
of the most signal religious revivals
in all her history It began at the
Methodist church last Sunday a
week ago and is being carried on
| by Rev w. M. Mcintosh, of Iuka.
Miss. and his singer. Mr.. g. +.
Tatum, Of Jonesboro. Arkansas.
actively assisted by Pastor D. g..
Halliburton and N. & Derrick, of
the Methodist and Baptist Church
es, respectively and the Christian
people of the town generally The
interest became SO great and the
congregations had grown So large
by last Sunday that the Methodist
church would not hold the crowds
and the meeting was moved to the
Baptist church. much larger
building, in another part of town.
/ This is now crowded to it's capacity.
especially at the night meetings.
Services are held twice a day at
3 100 and 7:30 p. m. AT the after
noon service hour this week, every
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27
TO THE PUBLIC.
Farmer NOIa White Gives Some Sound
Advice Says the Majority Of Voters
Are 10 Favor Of Board Allow
ine 5000.

/ feel like something should be
said in reply to Brother G. W..
MaxWell's letter in The Leader of
recent date. We are all confident
that Brother Maxwell is conscien-
tious ii what he says. He has
travelled through the county and
knows the condition of the far
mers. But please tell US what the
average farmer knew about fighting
the boil weeviI two years before
he got here? He has not travelled
the county in two years.
I have been travelling in the
county for the past four weeks and
I find only per cent. perhaps, Of
the farmers familiar with the
workings Of the Boil Weevil, hence
we are unprepared to cope with
this pest unless some one teaches
us. In the first place the average
farmer does not have the time to
read as much as ne should. | know
that is my case, and many of US do
not know where to get the lnforma-
tion we need and must have to fight
the weevil.
/ suspect that the farmers whom
Mr.. Maxwell tells about as being
posted in regard to the boil weevil
are very much in the same condi-
tion as the farmer who attended
the boil weevil mass meeting at
Brookhaven and opposed any ap-
preparation by the Board Of Super
visors to teach the farmers how to
fight the boil weevil. because he
knows how to handle him. The
same gentleman was heard to say
that he had written about 40 ques-
tions to his brother in Texas ask
ing how to fight the boil weevil
and as soon as he had an answer he
would be all right. / am sure we
would all lie opposed to the appro-
priation if we all had brothers in
Texas to tell us how to cope with
the Weevil. But this is not the
case and we ought to be willing to
pay 8 cents for every thousand dol
lars assessed to us for the informa.
! ton.
| There has been time when we
could make living on the farm
without much information as to
cultural methods OF farming as
recommended by the Government; !;
but. as Brother Maxwell says, that
time has passed, and any person,
concern Or organization getting in
| the way of progress should be run
lover. ! must say that 95 per cent,
lhowever. of our brother farmers
are not familiar with the modes Of
preventing the ravages of the boil
] weevil Brother Maxwell says it
lis a blessing in disguise. and | am
sure it will remain in disguise un-
It'll we learn how to fight the pest
Iby burning our cotton stalks as
learly as possible; breaking our
land in the fall not less than 8
Inches deep; burning all rubbish
laround the field in the winter and
planting our cotton as early AS pos
lsible.
say. brother farmer, have a
Iplan worked out In my head To get
early cotton. Break land s or 10
/ inches deep In the fall and let lit lie
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27

dollars. The following signifies
that the scales have at last fallen
from the eyes Of that influential
paper and congratulations are
rendered It accordingly per-
|ieuce teaches that I'D man of SET Of
men, can control commodity. ex-
|cept for the hour Even IN stocks.
where the technical problem is al.
tered BY rigid limitation Of sup.
ply the manipnIalora come to
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27
BOGUE CHITTO.
THE TOWN RALLYING FROM LAST
WEEKS FIRE BIG REVIVAL
MEETING ON.

The burnt district, caused by
the fire of last Wednesday night,
leaves an ugly scar in the main
business section of the town which
will not be entirely effaced for
some time TO come. At that time
the stores of Barr and Lewis, the
B. E. Brister Mercantile Co.. D.
G. Coney, the City Drug Store and
the small grocery Of John Hayes.
The fire was first discovered in
Hayes little store by Town Mar
shal O'Neal, and had just fairly
started, but before he could secure
water or assistance, spread rapidly
and was beyond control. That it
was the work of an ineendiary, no
one seems to question; but as to
who the guilty party is there is
wide difference of opinion. The
total loss, including merchandise
and buildings, is estimated at $34,
600; covered by $40. 900 insurance.
D. G. Coney, one of the victims
of the fire, was lucky in having a
substantial, commodious new brick
building nearly completed, a little
down the street from the fire, into
which he has since moved with the
remnant of his stock saved from
the fire. The interior work of this
store is being finished up now as
fast as carpenters and painters can
move, and IN week or two, with
new goods arriving, Mr.. Coney
will be more conveniently fixed for
doing business than ever.
Dirt was broken bright and early
Monday morning for the new
double brick store of the B. E.
Brister Mercantile Go. on the site
where this firm store was destroy
ed last July by lightning. The
brick has been on the ground for
some time, the firm carrying on
their business meanwhile in the
Summers Building at the corner
further up the street, but when
that was swept away by last We'd
nesday nights fire. the B. E. Bris-
ter Co. found themselves out doors
once more with no place in town
that would afford them the room
needed and so decided to get
busy at once and have their own
new brick building constructed on
their old store site. g. ]. Kits, a
Brookhaven man. has the contract
for building this store. and as he is
a hustler, its walls will soon be
rising. Temporarily. the B. e..
Prister Mercantile Go. is quartered
in the new brick building of the
City Drug Co.. who, like Mer-
chant Coney had a new brick about
completed but had not moved when
the fire caught them in their old
frame quarters.
One important sequence Of the
late fire is that the Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen are going to pass a
fire district ordinance at their next
meeting prohibiting any more
wooden buildings being erected on
the main business section of the
town.
SO lar, Bogue Chitto has never
had but three brick buildings
These are the handsome home Of
the Planters Bank, the first) and
4i,s ,,os4, oto,.oa If "a q fsanau auri
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-10-27

Mr.. Ebert Lowell. of Fair River,
was in town Monday on his way
to the State Fair at jackson, where
Mr.. Lowell expects to spend the
greater part of the time during the
Fairs progress. IL every man in
Lincoln county would take at least
a day off and go to the fair it
would be to his advantage.