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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
RAISING DUCKS.
Case in Point Where They Did Better
Without Water.

We confess that after raising ducks
cannot satisfactorily say whether 1t is
profitable to. raise ducks without Civ
ing them access to water. This year
we raised them without letting them
have access to water, excepting for
drinking purposes. During the sum-
mers of 1906 and 1907 we raised 200
Mammoth Pekins and the youngsters
took to the water within eighteen
hours after being taken from the in
cubator or within twenty-four hours
after the old hen came OFF the nest
with them.
The water, small stream, was
within 800 yards of the Matching
place and every duck, with one ac-
cord, took bee line for it, says a
writer in Farm and Home. We had
good luck with them. This year we
kept watch of the youngsters for sew
eral weeks, keeping them away from
the water. In a few weeks they
would range around the feed within
twenty PAGES of the brook but have
never taken swim. We have the
Pekin and the Indian Runner breeds,
and for the past sixty days or more
they have grazed in the pasture,
often going almost to the edge of the
brook.
They seem to be perfectly healthy
and content and we have not lost a
duck by disease, nor had any sick or
ailing. After eating, they go through
all the motions of swim, dipping
themselves and going through the
motions as if they were in the water.
We like ducks because they are so
healthy and so easily controlled. We
aim to market the Pekins at ten
weeks old and expect such ducks to
average fully five pounds or over. To
reach these figures they must not
have too much range or too much ex-
ercise. 1t seems to me that the
breeding ducks should have free ac-
cess to water. believe the eggs
will be more fertile and the ducks
healthier and stronger.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
She Gets a Separation, and is
Awarded $10O a Day AIim0ny.
Her Demand That Howard Gould Pay
Her S25O,OOO a Year is Denied
Shearn Gets $4,000 Fee.

New York City. Mrs. Howard
Gould won her suit for separation
against her multimillionaire husband
and was granted alimony Of $100 per
day. Justice Bowling delivered his
decision Immediately that the case
was closed. He took no time what
ever for consideration after the law
yers had finished, evidently having
had his mind made up.
Clarence ]. Shearn, Mrs. Gould
counsel, received $4,000 as his fee.
That was the maximum amount
which the law permitted the court
to grant. The plaintiff had sued for
alimony of $250,000, but few of
those who heard the case except her
personal friends thought that she
would get that amount.
All the evidence was in shortly af-
ter noon, though it had been expected
that the case would go on for the day
with the testimony of minor witness
es. However, when both lawyers said
that they had finished they expected
that the court would take the case
under Amusement for day or more.
| However, Justice Bowling at once be-
gan to give his judgment.
He said that as far as the allega-
| ton of continual drunkenness from
| 1902 to 1907 went the evidence was
in favor of the plaintiff and that the
! defense had failed to make out a
case. He said that Mr.. Gould had
deserted his wife without justification
and even without provocation. While
it was not his duty, he said, to sep
arate Mr.. Gould from his wife, it was
his duty to see that she was supported
in a fair way. Then he announced
| that she was entitled ito $4,000 per
month, $4,000 per year, or $500 q
day" .l
Mrs. Gould was in great glee when
| the unexpected decision of the court
came. II sought yindication more
than the money" she said. Il want
ed complete vindication and have
won it,
Before the court adjourned De
Lancey Nicoll, counsel for Mr.. Gould,
who was apparently taken aback by
the decision, asked for an arrest of
! judgment for thirty days and the
court granted his motion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

Miss Lille Chew has been elected
teacher of the Cecil public school.
Because of low price Gloucester
County growers are letting strawber-
ries rot on the vines
An antique handmade chair, be-
lieved to be over 200 years old, was
sold by Mrs. Belle Lippincott, of
Salem, for 500
While crossing the old country
place of the late Sheriff ] A. Shaw,
of Cumberland, Game Warden Phifer
picked I'M land turtle marked ~.
A. S.,i1S30n
Jacob Dischert had his nose broken
by colliding with Charles Tasso while
riding his bicycle at Minotola.
The Ayars Machine Company, Of
Salem, is working day and night to
get machinery ready for the canning
season.
The Reliance Club, of Lambertville,
has elected these officers: President,
Stephen Brady; vice-president, John
Burd secretary, Russell VanCamp;
treasurer, John Butler
Between the leaves of a Bible left
to him by his. aunt thirty-five years
ago and which had remained un-
opened, Steven Marsh, of Fairfield,
found S4S6730.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
NOHANDN II But EAsTMANsl mrs. GOULD WINS HER SU
Gay Party" al the Maryland Shack
Probably Fiction.
Lame Bob Pawned Mrs. WoodilI's
JeweIry Two Days After Murder
Schemed to Involve Others.

ST. Michaels, Md.-Lame Bob East
man murdered the protegee of Ly-
man J.. Gage, Edith May Thompson
Woodill, with his own hand, robbed
the dead woman of considerable
money and jewelry and planned cum
ningly to throw the crime on New
York friends who knew him in his
prosperous days and who he said Wis.
tied him over Saturday week ago.
Eastman's intricate scheme to in
volve others and save his own neck
If possible is being exposed hour by
hour.
Eastman's story of gay party at
his bungalow on the shore of Broad
Greek, where he hid for five months
from the New York police, is believed
by the authorities to be lie. Every
scrap of information that the police
of three States can gather points to
the fact that Eastman was alone with
young Mrs. Woodill when she came
to her death. The cunning which
the crooked broker used to cover the
girls death is being analysed bit by
bit. Every lie and trick and strata
gem indicates that Eastman alone
was guilty.
Two days after Mrs. Woodill was
killed Eastman went to Baltimore
and pawned her jewelry, two diamond
rings and pearl pin. On Tuesday
he was back again smiling among his
acquaintance at ST. Michaels and Nc
Daniel, paying debts and testing about
the gay time his guests had on Sun
day. Now that the story is out and
Eastman's neighbors know the sort
of man he was they are amazed at
the cheerful nerve he showed in re-
turning to the scene of the murder
and cracking rustic jokes.
There Is nothing to show that East
mans guests, If he had any. were in
the bungalow when Mrs. Woodill was
struck down. Many things indicate
that they had boarded their launch
and gone away. The hour of the muir
der has been fixed pretty definitely
as O'Clock on Sunday evening. One
of Eastman's neighbors who went to
the shack to ask Eastman to go to
church that evening, heard the sound
OF woman's voice upbraiding the
lame man and hurried away.
From hundred and one trivial in.
cidents and the testimony of persons
who at first found it hard to over
come their inclination to keep 6
closed mouth on unpleasant matters
the Maryland authorities have fol.
lowed Mrs. Woodill's movements
from the hours on Saturday afternoon
a week ago, when she said goodbye
to her friends in Easton until she
drove late at night to the bungalow
with Lame Bob There was less diff
Guilty even in tracing Eastmans af.
fairs before and after the murder
The one mystery that remains in the
case is how much did the party OF
friends from New York know when
they hurriedly left the bungalow on
Sunday afternoon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

woman, and I shall recommend it az
long as / live - Mrs. MAY Fry,
Lindley, Ind.
One Of the greatest triumphs Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy = tumor. If you have
mysterious pains, Inflammation, ulceTa-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and go
through the horrorsofa hospital opera
ton, but try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound at once.
For thirty years Lydia D. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
andherbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestion-
able testimony as the above proves the
value of this famous remedy, and
should give confidence and hope. to
every sick woman.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn. Mass. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Kindness Brings Him $4,000.

Bread cast upon the waters fifteen
years ago in the shape of Kindness to
a Civil War veteran, has returned to
Joseph R. Cheeseman, of Burlington,
in an unexpected bequest of $4,000.
A New York City lawyer wrote
Cheeseman that Harry Green, an
aged pensioner, living in suburb Of
New York City, had died and willed
him that amount in token of his APP
probation of the kindness which
Cheeseman had forgotten. Green
was very deaf. He was employed
with Cheesman in a Camden factory
as shoe cutter fifteen years ago.
Because of his deafness Green had
few companions except Cheesman,
who took pains to communicate with
him through the medium of written
notes, and a friendship sprang up be-
tween them. 9Th reward you some
day for your kindness, Cheesman
says Green told him when they separ-
ated
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
DROWNED in A BATHTUB.
Mrs. Anna Clotz, of New York, Found
Dead at Asbury Park.

Asbury Park, N. j. Mrs. Anna
Clotz was found dead in a foot of hot
water in bathtub on the second floor
of the Ross bathing establishment by
Jane Randall, negro attendant. Mrs.
Clotz was taken to the baths in
wheel chair.
DR.. William A. Robinson believes
that she fell into the water, and, be-
ing partly paralyzed, was unable to
lift herself out or make struggle.
DR.. Robinson found the lungs filled
with water.
Mrs. Clotz had been at the Frank
lin Cottage, So Sea View avenue,
Ocean Grove, three days. She regis
tered without giving her address. A
search of her effects showed that she
has a brother-in-law, Henry Clotz, at
81 Maiden Lane, New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Death Hidden From Family

The death of James M. Trimble, a
we'll known lawyer of Montclair, was
purposely concealed from his family,
who were in attendance at the gradu-
alton of his son, Harry Trimble, at
Princeton University. Harry Trim
BILE, with his mother and brother, Ru-
fus Trimble, was at Princeton at the
time of his fathers death. Mr.. Trim
BILE had been i'll for two years and sue
cumbed to heart failure. He was
born in Newark in 1S47. In 1870,
when his father, Harry w. Trimble,
was appointed Consul to Palermo, he
was made V:ee-Consul He was ad-
mitted to the Bar in 1878. He was a
great student of italian literature.
In 1906 he was candidate for Mayor
of Montclair.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.

At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest Of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh The bookman Is compelled
to reply that the race OF American
humorists has ruin out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown Of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie volume of the great TESTERS
most pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty. serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor Of the
famous "One Horse Show" was more
of national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street, New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Changed His win at Ninety-four.

An interesting contest is pending
at Trenton over the will Of. the late
Spencer Buekham, who changed his
will at the age of ninety-four, thus
disinheriting Owen Moon, Jr., one of
the owners of the Trenton Times.
The wife of Owen Moon. Jr.. was the
daughter of Mr.. Buckham, and to her
he bequeathed his fortune of $780,
900. She died few months before
the old mans death, and it was found
that he had made another will disin-
heriting Owen Moon under the be-
quest to the wife and giving the
money to the three grandchildren.
Owen Moon, Jr., says undue infiu-
ence was exerted on the old man in
favor of the grandchildren. A pecu-
liar feature of the affair is that
Owen Moon, Sr., was named as execu-
tor under the old will in favor of
Mrs. Moon, Jr., and that he is still
left executor under the new will
which disinherits his son.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

indianapolis, Ind .-Farmers wives
of Central Indiana have rebelled
against the practice Of making big
dinners for threshing hands, and the
owners Of machines that go from
farm to farm threshing wheat will
have to provide dinners for their men
The wives of the farmers organized
against the big-dinner attachment on
threshing days, and when thresher
owners came around to make con-
tracts and were informed of the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Drowned in Lake Hopatcong.

Raymond Lindermouth, of Ash
land, Pa, was drowned in Lake Ho-
patcong, where he went on special
excursion by way of the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey from Mount Car
mel and neighboring places. Soon
after reaching the lake Lindermouth,
Samuel Clark and Louis Mullen hired
rowboat and went out in it. The
small boat was swamped by the swell
from a passing launch, and when the
boat began to fill the boys became
panic stricken and upset it. Launches
put out to their rescue. Life pre-
servers were thrown to all three,
but Lindermouth went down just as
the preserver was thrown.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

Frederick De Martens, famous
Russian statesman, died suddenly in
railway station.
A bomb wrecked the house of
Father James Zuccarelli, in Newark,
out harmed no one.
A Wall Street rumor that E. H.
Hartman was dead in Vienna caused
big slump in stocks.
George Kraus, of Pittsburg, eigh-
ty-three and Respondent, committed
Buicide by taking poison.
The British cruiser Sappho was
rammed and seriously damaged BY a
Wilson liner with the same name.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
The World Of Sport.

The height ofRa1ph Rose, the giant
shot-putter, of San Francisco, is six
feet six inches.
Hanley, Of the University Of Illi-
nois, has run the quarter mile in
so rs seconds.
There is more science to running
100 yards than most persons are like
" to believe 1t isn't simply getting
off mark and plugging.
ut is strictly against precedent for
Cornell to lose the Championship for
two years in succession, says the
Cornell Daily Sun on the crew situa-
ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Ego-Cent Fare Law in Illinois
Cost Railroads $15, 900, 900,

Chicago.-A bulletin made public
by the Bureau of Railway News and
Statistics shows that the operation of
the two-cent fare law in Illinois cost
the railroads of the State Sic, 500, 900
during the last fiscal year.
On this point the bureau takes is
sue with the report of the Illinois
Railway and Warehouse Commission,
which states that the roads showed
an increase of nearly $2,0O0,0O0 in
earnings because Of increased travel
due to the lower rate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
TRAIN NO. 1s WRECKED.
Two Men Killed on the Erie When 1t
Strikes Derailed Freight Car.

Binghamton, N. Y. - Two were
killed in a wreck on the Erie when
the Wells-Fargo express, known on
the timecard as No. 10, struck a de-
rallied freight car lying across the
west-bound track. The dead are:
Henry Dolan, the fireman of the ex-
press, of Hornell, and Oliver Turner,
Of Binghamton. Engineer Philip
Young, of Corning, who was badly
scalded, was the only other person
injured.
A wheel fiange of car in the mid
die of an east-bound freight train
broke. Before fiagmen could be sent
out the west-bound Wells-Fargo ex-
press came tearing around the curve
and struck the derailed car.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Cost of Food.

According to the New York Agri'
cultural Experiment Station, the cost
of food per chick. to weigh one pound,
on ground grain, is three cents; OF
whole grain, three and seventeenth
cents. After making repeated tests
in feeding, this station says the
ground grain ration proved consider.
ably more profitable than the whole
grain ration for the growing chicks;
and the same was true of capons OF
equal weight and age, fed alike be-
fore caponizing. No difference was
noticed in health or vigor of chicks
or capons fed either ration.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Wants a JerseY WIG.

J. w. Grant, former resident OF
Woodbury., now of Truckee, CAL, has
written a Woodbury. editor asking his
assistance in securing him wife.
Grant says he is miner, has saved
$25, 900. and has some accomplish
ments. When he finds the right wom-
an, he adds, they will settle down in
beautiful California. His ideal must
be between eighteen and thirty, fair
looking and possess good common
sense.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
HOLDS Two-cENT FARE INVALID
Court Enjoins Philadelphia From En-.
forcing Act Against Reading r.. r.

Philadelphia, Pa.-The two-cent-
fare law passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature in 1907 received another
Pleas Court here, declared the law
unconstitutional. The decision was
in the case of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company to re-
strain the County of Philadelphia
from enforcing the law.
Judge Wilson holds that the law
Is contrary to the Constitution of the
United States, and the county is per-
petually enjoined from enforcing the
act against the Reading Company.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

A Poultry House Alarm.

the door of the poultry house is
opened If anything is wrong in the
hen house and the alarm is given, q
man can close the door of the hen
house while standing on the veranda
by pulling the wire which is attached
to the bell. During the day the wire
can be unlocked and thus relieve the
bell from duty.
If desired, suggests Prairie Farmer.
the bell can be placed outside in a
box, which will make it sound louder
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Prevents His Mothers Murder,

The wife of Samuel Dare, of Glass
boro, narrowly escaped death at his
hands, charge from shotgun miss
ing her by a few inches as she fled
from his rage. Dare and his wife
have not been on good terms lately,
and when he came home under the
influence of liquor he started quar-
rel which ended with his attempt to
shoot. Dare's young son overpow-
cred and disarmed him before he
could do further harm, and he was
sent to the county Jail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
BLIND PREACHER LYNCHED.
Georgia Whites Charged Him With
Urging Negroes Not to Work.

Talbotton, Ga.-Joe Hardy, blind
negro preacher, was lynched some
time during the night because, it is
alleged, he was stirring up strife be-
tween the races.
The lynching of the preacher is
closely connected with the killing of
the negro, Will Caneker, by mob
Wednesday morning. Caneker was
lynched for killing William Leonard,
a prominent planter, and it is alleged
that the blind preacher instigated
him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
GROOM INSANE, WEDDING STOPS.
Lost Consciousness and Wandered
Away-Bride-To Waits in Vain.

Augusta, Ga.-The temporary in
sanity of the bridegroom prevented
the wedding of Allen Lyle and Miss
Emma Reynolds here.
All preparations were complete,
and the guests were assembled, when
1t was discovered that Lyle had not
arrived. A thorough search failed to
find him. The bride-elect then be-
came hysterical and the guests dis
persed. An hour after midnight Lyle
appeared at his home, bruised and
muddy. He said he had lost con-
seriousness about O'Clock in the af-
ternoon and awoke late at night in
lumber yard three miles from the
city. His physician pronounces him
temporarily insane.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Broker and Lawyer Guilty.

Arthur P. Heinze was found guilty
of impeding justice in sending T. s.
Buckingham, clerk of the United
Copper Company, to Canada. SEN
tence was suspended, but he was told
to tell the Grand Jury all he could.
Sanford Robinson. lawyer, was SEN
fenced to pay a $3.50 fine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Kills wife With Shotgun.

William Westervelt, boss mason.
shot and killed his wife at their
home in Teaneck. He discharged the
contents of a double-barreled shot
gun into her neck, severing the jugu-
lar vein. Westervelt was drunk at
the time. He told the police he was
explaining the mechanism of the gun
to his wife in case she might be called
upon to repel burglars and that it was
accidentally discharged. He denied
jealousy was his motive. Westervelt
after shooting his wife walked in his
pajamas to his nearest neighbor,
where he stopped at the gate shout
ing, i've shot my wife!" Other
neighbors were aroused and Wester-
welt was put under restraint. An in
vestigation at the house indicated
that the woman was shot as she stood
at a mirror prepared for bed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
REscUER FINDS v4cTIM is WIFE.
Woman Killed by Train While Hurry
ing Home to Get Husbands Dinner.

Pittsburg Seeing a woman run
down and killed by Baltimore and
Ohio train Wade Sorza left his work
to pick up the body. He fell in faint
when he recognized the victim as his
wife.
Mrs. Sorza was hurrying home to
prepare dinner for her husband. She
appeared to be overcome with fright
when she saw the fast train bearing
down on her and could not move. The
engineer could not stop When Sorza
recovered consciousness he insisted
on carrying his wife home himself
Two hours later he was found on the
tracks with a gun, looking for some
one responsible for her death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
FARMERS, WIVES REVOLT OVER BIG
FEEDS FOR MEN AT THRESHING BEES

women's edict many of them refused
to make contracts, saying they had
no way to provide dinners for the
men.
Farmers in some counties have
formed threshing companies among
themselves, and have agreed thai
every man must provide himself with
dinner. The organization is spread
ing to other sections, and the big din
ner at threshing time is to be thing
of the past.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29

a cyst tun1OT OF
four years growth,
which three of the
best physicians de-
clared / had. They
said that only an
operat ton could
help me. ! am very
glad thatIfollowed
a friends advice
and took Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
for it has made me
q cfr0r, n orrH vxyo1I
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
Stocking Shower For Teacher.

Friends of Jessie G.. Johnson, a
teacher in the Maple avenue school
at Montclair, gave the blushing
schoolmarm a stocking shower"
The young women marched in lock-
sons home, encircling the hostess,
package containingapair of silk hose.