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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
Dead Son Appears to Mother

"Oh, God! Mr.. Swartz," the writer ey-
claims, "if Jimmie had not spoken to
me would have died. Then Jimmie
came up to me and said: Mother
dear, don't believe it: l never killed
myself. Adams killed me; they beat
me to death and then Adams shot ms
to hide the crime. He told me how
they laid trap for him, how he walked
into it; how Utley grabbed him to pull
him out of the automobiles; how they
held him and Osterman beat him about
his forehead being broken, his teeth
knocked out and the lump under his;
jaw, and how when he was lying on
the ground someone kicked him in the
side and smashed his watch. He beg.
ged me not to die, but to
live and clear his name Well, after
three weeks, proved some things he
told me were true, and after repeated.
ly demanding the evidence after four
months got it, and within the last
month have proven everything he
told me.
Nothing could separate Jimmie
from me, not even death, and Adams,
Utley, Potts and Osterman will never
know moments rest on earth. Why
should tkey?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11

Democrat wishes him success.
Earl Jeffries ate Sunday dinner
with his friend, Howard Sark.
Dan Sark went to Strawberry Point
one day the past week.
George Martin, wife and son Mer-
rill are camping for few days at
the mill pond.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
Forbidden Fruit.

what was the fruit of your call on
the old man for n loan?"
'"The fruit! He handed me lemon"
st. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11

J. II. ALLEN.
CLoTING and Gents furnishing goods.
Corner Main and Franklin streets
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
MOTHER SAW her
SON IN A VISION
Mrs. Sutton Said Dead Boy Con-
versed With Her.
HE SAID adams KILLED Me-
"They Beat Me to Death and Adams
Shot Me to Hide crlme."-spirit
Told Mother That Trap Was Laid
For Him and He Walked Into It.
Wanted His Name Cleared of Sui

For Him and He Walked Into It.
Wanted His Name Cleared of Sui.
eide.
Annapolis. Md, Aug. 1O.-At the re-
converting of the court of inquiry into
the death of lieutenant James n. SUIT.
ton of the marine corps, who was de
clared Il suicide by an earlier board OF
inquiry, the judge advocate, Major
Henry Leonard, moved that the letters
read at the closed session, when Mrs.
Sutton, the mother of the dead lieuten.
ant, was on the stand, be made public.
The court ruled that the motion be
acceded to.
The reading showed that Mrs. Sui.
ton identified number of letters as
having been written by her. The frs,
of these was to Harry NJ. Swartz, pay
masters office, United States marn4
corps, Washington, and asked If
he was friend of her son, to whom
she could write with confidence as to
his sympathy.
A second letter to Swartz gave a YER.
sion of what occurred on the night OF
Lieutenant Sutton's death and also told
of numerous wounds on the face and
head of her son. She referred fire..
quently to those who were with Lieu.
wild beasts"
Faces Would Convict Them.
In one letter Lieutenant Adams was
accused CT firing the shot which killed
Sutton.
III a letter written in answer to
Swartz,. Mrs. Sutton says that "after
Jimmie was killed Captain Mark ana
Lieutenant tTtley took his keys and
went through his trunk and everything.
Can you tell me if they had right to
touch anything?
Jimmie was beaten to DEATH Tha,
shot was fired to hide the crime His
forehead was crushed. nose broken. lir
cut open. teeth Knocked ont and an In
cision in the head half an inch long"
In letters to Swartz Mrs. Sutton
said: Just get copy of the A. ard
N: Journal OF Oct. 10, and see the ex.
preston on Potts face
adams. Utley and Osterman's faces
will be enough to convict them. The
| night those beasts were laying their
plans for Jimmie an awful fear came
over me and my two daughters; we
could not talk and each kept away
from the other for fear of betrayins
our feelings. The next day Mr.. Sutton
came in and asked il could stand
some awful news. He told he that
Jimmie" was reported to have killed
himself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11

, ID DRY GOODS, Carpets. Millinery, Hats
Stu s,raa. lips sp, Boots and Shoes. ETC., Main
street Manchester. Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
elLDNER eRe
w. L. DREW.

CLOTHING and Gents furnishing good
city Hall Block. Franklin street.
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DR.. WiIhert ShaI|enbergeT

The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist. who has visited Manches-
ter, gary month since 1901, will lie
a. ttn Clarence House, Manchester
TUESDAY, AUGUST II.
Independence, Hotel eedncy, Aug is,
tone day onlyl and return once every
IS dsts. Office hours a. m. to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
PHYSICIANS.
DR.. 7. j. BURNS,

a. D. BROWN.
Dealer in furniture etc. and Hinder.
taker. Main street.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
H. r. ARNOLD.

ATTORNEY AT LAW. office over
ne ware County State Bank. Manches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11

3. CLARK.
:, DRY GOODS. Notions. Carpets. Gent,
furnishing goods. etc. Franklin street
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
HUTCHINSON g ArwA1ee

HARDWARE, STOVES. TINWAI.
etc, Keeps a first class timer and does
an Kinds Of repairing with neatness and
u VI p store opposite First Nation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-11
WIN. DENNIS,

VIM. DENNIS.
:. CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR & BUII.
in my line in a good and worSmaniiisa
manner Satisfaction guaranteed. Plans
n to, estimates m, furnished. Work taken
tower on west side of river.
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ATTORNEYS.
G. w. Durham.

FRED 3. BLAIR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW Office in the
CITY Hall Block. Manchester. Iowa.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
APanuwanaIinq."

A little dubious as to the exact
shade of significance, but certainly al
Turing to the ear. is "pangwangle." 1t
expresses-well, what does it express?
"a cheeriness under minor discom-
forts, a humorous optimism under
small misfortunes, though indeed these
seem dignifed definitions for so in
formal a word 81 just pangwangled
home in the rain," says a friend Of
mine, and / know he got there drench-
ed, but good tempered. 1--WE went
pangwangling Off to the theater last
night says my nearest neighbor, and
1 feel pretty certain they had been blue
over something and felt the need Of
some small gayety. 1t would do us all
good If we pangwangled a bit more, /
think.
A very meaning word is the south
erner's shoning" my, honey, I've, just
been honing to see your 1t is not so
stilted as 1--WE been longing" and it
is much more emphatic than i've been
wanting" It's a warm, affectionate,
intimate word-honing. Let me put it
into the addendum, well toward the
front, for love the sound of it.
These words are not slang. They are
not exactly-as one high brow friend
informed mellow colloquialisms. ="
They have place in language, and
they add considerably to its color
Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
MIX Fed Edible Rats.

The Chinese diplomat regarded his
griIled frogs legs with faint disgust
II suppose they are good" be fal-
tered. ut is hard, though, to conquer
my repulsion Yet they are clean
clean feeders, chr
The American laughed long and
loud.
"You," he cried, fare repealed by
frogs legs, you who eat dogs and
ratsr'
"Ah, but" said the Chinaman, "our
edible dogs and rats are the cleanest
feeders Imaginable. They are equal to
celery fed duck or California peach
fed hog. They are confined in runs.
you know, and to make their flesh
white and delicate they are fed on
mushes of bread and milk and vege-
tables-no meat whatever.
"You Americans think it disgusting
to eat rats and dogs because you imag-
inc them fattening on carrion and
offal. But these frogs here No, I'm
afraid 1 can't. They may have fed on
some tramp suicide for all I know"
He pushed back his plate and waited
for the next course.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
Tn. Elusive chuctwalIa.

The chuckwalla is one Of the most
interesting of the creatures to be
found in southern California's great
desert. The chuckwalIa seeks to es-
cape his adversary by crawling into
crevice Of a rock so narrow that 1t
seems impossible to get him out. But
the Indians have learned all his tricks
and how to circumvent them. To the
desert aborigine the chuckwalla is al
Turing. He feasts on the chuckwalla;
hence he grows wise as to its habits
He takes a piece Of strong wire or
bent twig, and, poking it into the crew
ice, he taps the chuckwalla on the end
of the nose. In a moment the angered
reptile exhales a kind of hiss, the
noise being made by rapid expulsion
of the breath. AS he thus exhales he
loses his hold on the rocks, and In
moment the Indian pulls on his tail.
AS speedily as fash Of lightning the
.chuckwalla inhales again and tightens
himself in his recess. Another tap on
his nose and then exhalation; another
pull, another exhalation-so it goes I'M
til at last the Indian has him in hand.
Then he cooks him.-Suburban Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
E.od .,d Er,o4;on-

The following really happened on
board pleasure steamer in the Kyles
Of Butte. A young honeymoon couple
were sitting side by side gazing on
the lovely scenery around them.
isn't it heavenly, George?" she muir
INJURED. Il feel thrills all over me-"
Then without pause, as If still car
ried away by the inspiration of the
moment, Dearest, If there are any left
think l would like a chocolate"
No good reason exists wiz spiritual
emotions should not make one hungry.
The bride who demanded sweets was
wiser than a girl who once remained
starving and inconsolable In her room
after the departure Of her lover for
India. At last an amateur Hebe ven
tured upstairs with cup Of coffee
and a plate Of toast Yielding to per-
suasion, the af' 'cted maiden was In
duced to eat and drink and began to
look somewhat less detected.
81 believe was dying for something
all the time" she finally confessed,
''but l was afraid to ask lest people
would believe me to be less unhappy
than / really am."-London Black and
White.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
A Tribute to sauerkraut.


Those Americans who have visited
Munich know well the noble statue at
the head of the Observation-Disclosures,
raised by grateful Bavaria 30 the mem
ory of st. Hermann Of Pilsen, in
ventor and protagonist of sauerkraut-
The genial old saint, smile upon his
face, is seen stirring large kettle of
kraut with an oar of gilt bronze, and
so lifelike is the carving that the trav-
eler, standing by, can well nigh scent
the perfumed steam and hear the dut-
ter of angelic wings. In these unro-
mantle United States we have no pub
lie monuments to Hermann, and his
very name indeed is unknown to all
save few cognoscenti. But neverthe-
less and notwithstanding this neglect
the delicious victual he gave to the
world is firmly enshrined In the hearts
of the American people. Stewed gen
tly in Rhine wine, it tickles the esoph-
agi Of the opulent; boiled in plain
hydrant water, it nourishes the son Of
toll. 1t is at once a Wand, a passion
and a public Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

sounds, in addition'to shutting of the view
Of the track. This Ia not the only situation
of the kind in the county. There Is dan
gerous crossing at Smithville, at which
there have been several narrow escapes
and one fatal accident. The railroad
company does not seem to care about the
matter and the township authorities ap-
near TO be unable to secure the desired
end. There is sufficient power and law
on the subject There is railroad COM
mission with authority to look into just
such cases, yet after attention was di-
rected to narrow escapes at the Smith
Vile station last summer express trains
few past without fiagman anywhere In
sight. and the user of the highway could
look out for himself. True sympathy Is
expressed for the family bereft OF its sup
port and loved member, the railroad COM
pany pays monetary compensation wnen
It can make terms to suit itself, but that
does not protect the rest Of mankind. IL
does not matter If the dangerous crossing
is used but once or twice day, 1t should
be protected and it is the duty of every
township committee to see that steps to
that end are taken.
Since writing the above we have been
informed that the railroad company denies
that any such conditions as have been re-
ported exist at Smithville. and also claims
to have fiagman at that place. Perhaps
he NAV be there, but where does he keep
himself when trains are passing2 1t is
also stated that the railroad company has
had man taking photographs at Smith
Vile crossing. Possibly he might be able
to get showing that would be favorable
to the company. but it will only take
a glance from any disinterested person to
show the dangers at the place. Approach
ing from the north the view Is cut OH by
the large warehouse of the Smith Com
many ON ,.ope side and the station OF the
railroad company on the other. Rarely is
there time when the track on the east is
not occupied by freight cars which oo'
struct the view. Coming from the south
the distractions are not SO great, but they
are there Just the same and 1t is fact that
| in the case of one of the narrow escapes
and In the fatal accident the victims were
coming from the south side. If the rail-
road commission will send its inspector to
that spot there is not much doubt as tc
his verdict In the matter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

"People don't understand brier pipe
making" said a dealer. IF they cid
they wouldn't consider a FIVE or six
dollar brier extravagant. Did you
know, for instance, that brier pipe
after its completion is put away to
season for nine or ten years7 French
brier is the best material for these
pipes. 1t isn't, though, brier, and 1t
doesn't come from France. 1t comes
from = etymologically speaking = the
word 'bruyere,' which means 'furze.'
French brier is really Italian furze
root, a growth of the Tuscan Alps.
The plant is as carefully cultivated as
tobacco itself. All the sprouts and
leaves are kept well pruned; thus all
the sap goes to the roots nourishment.
The root is cut when fully developed
and boiled and dried before shipment.
Afterward the pipemaker boils and
dries it again. And when the pipe is
finished he stores 1t away for further
drying-a matter of eight years or SO.
The best brier pipe is one cut cross
wise of the grain, and the grain should
be birdseye. Such pipe lasts life
time-can be handed down from father
to son. OF course it's dear"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
aslinper Alum Tea

The sidewalk stand, soap box, was
Uttered with rolls of brown bark, to-
bacco twists and wlthered switches
tied with Irvine. The proprietor, a
brown and shriveled old colored~ wo-
man, sat on another box. A passing
woman fingered to ask the old aunty
the meaning of her wares.
"Dese t'bacca twisses is for moffs,
an de red oak bark is good for cuts,
an de slipper alum chips is a cure
for ole maids"
You ought to make fortune out of
that, aunty. How does 1t work?"
Huh, huh, chile, das as easy as a
possum clim'in' q tree. You see, ole
maid ladies is most in ginral lean an
lonesome lookin, an slipper alum tea
makes 'em fat When dey gets fat
dey gets chipperish, an some genmun
gwine come along an take 'miration
to 'em unless dey takes to drinkin' de
tea too late-huh, huh"-New York
Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
Who Said Gunnowder7

Il don't want you to get scared at
this story" began the baldheaded man.
"but l hope you've all got good
nerves."
The listeners eagerly drew together
WELL" began the narrator, people
lose their lives sometimes in the stran-
gest ways know an Irishman-poor
fellow-who a few months ago sat
down ON what he supposed was keg
Of black sand to have a smoke. After
finishing the first pipe he knocked the
live ashes into the key. There hap
pened to be crowd of workmen
standing by at the time, and
MANY killed." exclaimed a breath
less listener
MANY what?"
''Killed-blown up2"
why? Nothing explosive about
black sand, is there "-London Scraps.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
onlv the Truth.

A virtue carried to excess may be-
come ridiculous. To such action one
may well preach, BE temperate In all
things" even in virtue. Amelia Opie,
the English authoress, was not content
with any half measures, as is shown
in letter from her quoted In Quaker
Pictures" by Wiifred Written. Mrs
Optics course of conduct is to be re-
spected as proceeding from her con-
scienhous nature, but fiction readers
may congratulate themselves that her
opinions are not universal.
Before she became Quaker she
wrote fiction. After her conversion she
was asked to contribute story to a
magazine Her answer to the editor
ran as follows:
Thou knowest or oaeht to know that
since 1 became Friend am not free
to what Is called to make story. I
r-.ll write fact for thy perusal or any
little matter Of history or truth or a
poem If thou wishest, but l must not
lie and say such and such thing took
place when it did not. Dost thou un-
derstaud".
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
An Outside Vegetarian.


"sf- you are not an outside vegeta-
rian you are not really a vegetarian at
ALL" The speaker was a member OF
Philadelphia little vegetarian church
uptown. An odd figure In his gray
health shirt, gray ventilated suit, gray
knit gloves. gray aerated hat, gray
cloth boots, he continued: "An inside
vegetarian is one who puts In his inte-
rior nothing that has been procured by
the slaughter of animals. An outside
vegetarian puts on his exterior moth
ing that has been procured by the
slaughter of animals.
''See my gloves vegetable gloves of
cotton, not made Of the skins of muir
dered kids. See my boots-woven,
owing nothing to some poor murdered
calf. See my buttons not
made of grisly bones. Inside and out
side" so the quaint faddist concluded.
Il am a vegetarian, and inside and
outside get along without the murder
Of any creature-fsh. flesh or fowl.
There are many like me. New York
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

The Able Pradt, rushlight of Ma
poleon's time, was most conceited
man. The Duke of Wellington met him
in Paris at a dinner given in honor Of
himself. The able made long ora
ton, chiefly on the state of political
affairs, and concluded with the words.
I'VE owe the salvation of Europe to
one man alone" Before he gave me
time to blush" said the duke. che put
his hand on his heart and continued
TO mepn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

In certain districts of Western Aus
tralia there are women who take ali
oath to remain silent after the death OF
their husbands. In some cases they
will remain mute for two years after
the funeral and very often the oath
is kept also by the mother and moth
in-law Of the deceased.-Paris Revue
Medicale
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

ANoTHxR victim of the deadly grade
railroad crossing has been added to list
already too long. A respected citizen of
Burlington county, In the prime of life
only SO years Of age-was cut down and
had injuries inflicted that have resulted in
his death. As is often the case the acct
dent occurred ar q crossing where few
trains pass. but it is always the un-
expected that happens on a railroad and
train did pass at the time of the accident.
1t may be said the train was regular one
and was running on time, but 1t can also
be said that the crossing is dangerous
one, unprotected by fagman or any
other safety measure. On the side from
which the train was approaching is a shoe
factory, and the noise made by the ma
chinery and the exhaust Of the steam en-
CINE are such a. to drown almost all other
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
Two WHOM 1T MAY ooNCERN:

Take notice that the undersigned, ex-
ecutrices of the estate of Enoch B. Scull, de-
ceased, will apply to the Farmers National
Bank of New Jersey, at Mount Holly, n. j..
10 o'clock in the forenoon for a new certificate
for six shares of the capital stock of the said
bank in lieu of a like certificate, bearing date
August 18th, 1893, which was lost, mIslaid or
destroyed by the said Enoch b. Soul, in his
lifetime.
ABIGAIL ID. ScULL,
HATTIE G. SCULL
Executives OF Enoch B. Scull,
Dated December 8, 1908. deceased.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05

TAXING the cost of feeding prisoners in
the county jail as text. the Hackensack
Republican says sit is now up to the
Sheriff of Burlington county and the au-
thorities thereof to explain by what right
the Sheriff feeds the prisoners at all.
There is q superstition, founded upon a
decision in the case of the Sheriff OF
Hudson county, that "a Sheriff can do
nothing but discharge the duties of his
Office for which he receives q salary. :"
The decision referred to says that under
the provisions of the law of 1905 the
Sheriff shall receive salary in full COM
pensation for all services rendered and in
lieu of all fees. and that his duties shall
be as heretofore. The opinion holds that
after the passage of the act the Sheriff
ceased to be entitled to fees provided by
previous laws for services rendered as
keeper of the jail, as the custodianship
was transferred to him as sheriff. The
opinion reads: docs the surplus remain
Ing In bis hands Of the moneys paid to
him out of the county treasury for the
purpose Of victualing prisoners confined
in the Jail come within the description
fees or compensation z 1t seems to US
that the question is free from doubt.
Prior to the enactment of the statute of
1905 the Sheriff of each county was al
lowed per diem fee of ten cents for
yictualing prisoners unless such fee was
increased or diminished by the Board of
Freeholders." So much of the fees not
required for this purpose was constituted
Sheriff as jail keeper. The salary paid
him by the law of 1905 Ia Gin lieu of all
fees, " and he was also made the keeper of
the jail, under that act. AS stated in the
opinion above, This duties shall be as
heretofore" and in Burlington county it
was a duty of the sheriff to feed the
prisoners So that, as far as this county
is concerned, Sheriff Worrell is doing just
what the law prescribes and for which he
receives salary. Consequently, under
the law he is doing his duty, and it is
very certain that no taxpayer of Burling-
ton county will enter an objection to his
cutting the cost of feeding prisoners in
half. nor will there be any attempt on the
part Of the Board Of Freeholders to COM
pei him to accept money that he does not
ask for. From present appearances
Sheriff Worrell is pursuing a course
which has the sanction of the Supreme
Court. the law, the Board of Freeholders
and the Sheriff himself. If this is cor
rect and the county is saving money what
is the use Of trying to make changer