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Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29
EATON, CRANE & PIKE

Its high quality, pleasing writ ing surface, its correctness of shape size and tint-even its boxing be- speak refinement and good taste.
 Next time you buy writing paper buy that made by Eaton, Crane x Pike.
 We carry an extensive line. Come and see.
 THE CANAAN PRINTING CO. RAILROAD ST. CANAA.I. CT.
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29
Litchfield Trees Suffer

Litchfield is now suffering from the worst devastation from elm beetles it has ever known and it has come very suddenly, as two weeks ago the trees were green and beautiful. Now great many appear almost as bare as in fall and the ground is covered with fallen leaves. It is reported that a movement ls on hand for spraying. We fear that it is too late to accomplish much good this ear.-Litohfield Enquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29
Glassware

New assortmentof pretty colored Glassware. Bohemian Vases 25c to 75c, Jonquil Vases 25c per pair, Lemonade sets-Pitcher and 6 Glasses S1.19. Special assortment of odd pieces-neat, pretty and useful, only 10c each.
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29
SHARON VALLEY

Mrs. Julia Bailey is visiting her niece, Miss Grace Brazle.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. E. Cum Ill Sunday last.
 Miss Nettie Sohermerhorn spent few days with ner sister, Mrs. F. Bristol.
 Misses Eleanor and Mary Aldrich and Mrs. J. Longuet of Brooklyn are guests at A. Middlebrook'
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29

When the Sweetest story ever told" is to be placed upon paper be sure that the paper is in keep ing with the story. Would you appreciate bouquet of flowers de. livered in a shoe boxG Or a ban quet served in the kitchen Or a love letter written on wrapping paperR
 Good form demands good writ. ing paper. The best writing paper is that made by
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29
SOUTH NEW MARLBORO

Hay is very light.
 Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Spring con ducted service at the chapel last Sun day. Rev. w Winchell is camping at Lake Garfield.
Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29

When the mercury bois you can find coolness and relief in dehcious glass of Williams Root Beer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
Some Things of Odd and Comic
 Interest This World Has Seen in 1909

Judge Tregoning. of Evans. Col. came within an ace of sentencing himseR to jair for thirty days, by inadvertently writing his own name into mittirhus under his Judicial hand. The sheriff discovered the error In the nick of time.
 Up in Canada. again. at Windsor. Ont. the governor of the jail. having come into conflict with a judge. has
 been declared guilty of contempt and
 sent to his own prison for ten days.
 An Omaha court has decided 1t costs
 $1o0 to swear into telephone. and
 'liar" has been legally defined in At
 lanta as "a breach of the peace and
 most generally . fight" There may
 be exceptions to the rule." the decision
 goes on to declare. but they are ex-
 otics and find little noufishment on
 Georgia soil and under southern
 skies.
 Two other oddly just sentences havr
 come out of Pittsburg and Chicago. In
 the one city (Nov) Judge Joshua Coz
 hen has decreed that three boys. ac-
 cused of petty larceny. are to go to church every Sunday or take term in prison: in the other, 1s-year-old Jo. seph Masterson. arrested for the theft of a pair of trousers, has been directed to go home and read David Copper field." pondering it's lesson.
 The Ladies.
 Last May this advertisement ap- peared in certain Colorado papers. in- serted by the School Board of the little town of Virginia Dale: wANTED-For School Dist. 12, a teacher with a glass eye and cork or wooden leg; sure to take to the
 woods if she sees a man coming. The solons in charge of education out there had had trouble. 1t seems. in keeping a teacher of even average attraction. they married on about as
 fast as they were appointed In June. Miss Kittie Plunkett. of New York City, brought suit against
 the Public Service Railway for $2o,ooo damages. having been spilled from one of their cars and so shocked there- by as to fall off in weight from some 800 pounds to less than 300 whereby
 she had ceased to be sideshow 'fea-
 ture:" she had lost her means of sup
 port as well as a bit of too, too solid flesh.
 The reverse of that penny was
 shown when a Berlin court granted
 divorce to a petitioning husband
 because his wife. seeking to conform to the decrees of fashion and Tit her self to those s1enderly clinging gowns at which the Vatican itself had full
 minated, had dieted and exercised herself down from slightly plump ness to next to nothing.
 It was unusual. too. for Madame Gilbert, of Paris to bequeath a com- fortable fortune to the saying of
 masses for the souls of those killed by what she called "diabolic mach ines."--meaning automobiles; she
 might better have had fervent pray CTS sent up for the conversion of speeding drivers. And the ladies of London, yclept "Suffragettes." have
 shipped two of their number. .matron and maid. via His Majesty's Post. to Premier Asquith's Downing Street
 address The gentleman refused to
 accept the parcels"
 In Turin Parts. The British capital has also furnish ed the years kind reader with a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

mon and garden. tin can eating. goat was the causs Of the death laat night of the largest and finest python eYer exhibited here. His snakebhip Was hungry. and "Billy'' was pushed into the cage. Instantly killed in the great coils of the monster. the victim yet'had his revenge with prompt poetic justice, for, as he was being swallowed (whoIs), one of his horns severed an artery. Goat ana snake crossed over to the happy hunting grounds pretty nearly on the sarne ferry.
 One final word suggests itseif-the oueerest thing about queer things iA their little habit of happening so rex ulafly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
BY WARWICK JAMES PRICE.

The worlds heart beats in little fhfngs Happenings of broad import may fill the years front pages. top column but 1t Is In "the shadows of \ shade.- often buried" way back among the real estate items and the clnssified adds that is usually to be found the truest human interest. And como of these "unconsidered triies"-- telling of the joys and sorrows. oddi- ties and drollities of the now closing twelve month--havc here been gath cred.
 With January's initial week. Joseph Osborne. contractor. of Des Moines, 1ound . forgotten balance of 5s cents on an old savings account. He added i77 cents to 1t and entered Into com tract with a local trust company that the dollar should not be removed for ninety mine years. Interest Is to be compounded annually---and in 200S the oldest surviving Osborne. in direct line Of descent from Joseph. is to have the kotal.
 4 fortnight later the vision of St. Reterss record book with $4.so stand sas black against his name. caused Frank Jones to walk 145 miles out krom Chicago to the plant of the American Car and Foundry Company. ifhaf he might refund that sum and be Ixjd of a pricking conscience.
 DOllars and Gents.
 That same nithy lucre. which plays bxo large a part in present-day news, |fgured, in March and April, in two other out-of- ths-way happenings; the narsf telling of the opening of q mis- CTS grave at Epinai. France. with the rasufting discovery of some $lb0 In ssnaal coins lying amid the bones of the dead man, who had presumably swallowed the money to carry at least so much of his worshipped treasure out of the world with himc and the second recording genuine April Foors 3oke. Just because the day was the |frst of the fourth month Los Angeles ipedeStrians allowed to lie on the side- wallet. At last 1t was kicked careless ,ly Into the gutter, where M. J. AL schuler. the distressed owner, discov- cred 1t in his search--and recovered $715 In gold currency.
 A Columbus (Ohio) woman has left Sf00, fo be invested by the court, the income to be used to keep in sound re- pair grandfather's clock to which she had long been attached. and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, of Chicago. who gained international fame by his szs.ooo, 900 fine of the Standard oil Company, has swung to the other end of the arc. lining H. H. Tebbets. a de- cfepit civil war pensioner. penny for making a false affidavit
 Freaks in the Law.
 Another fine worth the mention was referred to in a July telegram from Vancouver. which related that Magis- trate Williams. presiding. assessed him. self ss and costs for driving his auto himited him to eight. Just after that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

~.rortea th,s morninr was 11 degrees above rero. at Rapid City. 8. Dak-, Santa Fe. N. M. and Duluth, Minn. The indications are for fair and sliehtiy warmer tonight and partly cloudy Weones- day. LOCAL OFFICE Q. 8I WEATHEB BUREAU. Fveu<x.rvs eeuthern ststions and Their
 Tompsrntures.
 Dec. 1x, 1Soo..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
wEATHER CONDrTvONa.

The storm central in Indiana has moved northeastward and now centers in the upper rapidly in advance of the storm. and the 'high" that centered on the New England dissipatsd. The southwestern depression. or disturbance, has removed from the Texas panhandle to the lower Rio Grande valley. High pressure areas center in Alabama and in Washington. At the time of morning observation snow was falling In western New York, eastern Iowa. upper Michigan. north ern Minnesota, southeastern Montana, Wy oming, and central northern Colorado, and rain in Maine. The lowest temperature
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

and, near Martin Springs. Ca. 1t struck great tree beneath which group of picnicing children had taken refuge from the storm. All were left upcon- scious (though all have since recov- ered) but the queer thing about the tree was left imprinted upon nine of the sixteen little bodies.
 The OIa FoIks.
 Each year comes word of something unexpected achieved by those who have ten by another ten or two tackled onto 1t. and 'os has played the usual role with these chroniclingB:
 Mrr. Wenrich. aged 70. helped her sons hsrvesters. near Reading, Pa, ty- ing the wheat Into sheaves as she had first done half a century ago.
 Mrs. A. D. Winship, of Racine. Wis, celebrated her 7sth birthday by enter ing Ohio State University. at Colum- bus. beginning upon e course of psy- chology and literature which. she says l will occupy her till 90.
 Colonel Gourand, of Geneva, has similarly, matricuiated at the Swiss i. University of Lausanne, and he is 80. < An s1-year-young widow of Turtle Cpeek, Pa, Mrs. Evalina Hill. was not only married again (August) but danced a sailors hornpipe at the we'd ding.
 spite of his 90 years. has sent out 2 challenge to saw wood against any man in Maine. He can average three and a half cords of white oak. to day of ten hours, three cuts to stick, and he thinks he could do better than that if properly pushed.
 Nevin Kerr. s1. and Samuel Clarke 90, both of Kittanning. Pa. last Sep tember settled an argument as to non- agenarian records for 100 yards D, racing 1t of down the main street of the town. Kerr romped against the tape a winner by ten feet.
 Adam Levengood (possibly he had heard of Mrs. Wenrich's exploit. above recorded) pitched sheaves in the wheat field of his son at Wernersville. Pa late fin July, and his next birthday will be his ssth.
 In mt the Finish. The even four dozen "trthes light a. air" here set down from the news col umns of the twelve month may be brought to fifty-two. so as to average off at just one week for luck. by . quartette of what may perhaps be call- ed records" of their sort.
 Here are the dispatches. slightly ab- breviated:
 Colorado Springs. May 21.-Carl Erickson. while asleep last night walk ed out of -a window and fell twenty i've feet to the ground without awak- ening. There he slept for nearly three hours, being then brought to himself by dreaming he was freezing to death
 Pueb1a, Mex, May 2.--Felix Gallo aeronaut and inventor, ascended sixty feet today in an air craft of his own making. At that height he tried tc start back to earth only to find he couldn't; and nothing but resource full youth twith the tale of Raheb in mind, it may be) who fioated toy balloon up to him with guy rope at tached to its scarlet thread. got him down in time for supper. Gallo is the first man to get stuck in the sky.
 Warwick Neck. R. l.. July 16.-John Toomey qualified today for a Carnegie medal. Seeing, from window in his home. two children apparently drown ing In the inlet. he jumped out of hot bath, ran to the rescue. achieved it. and then soundly licked two able bodied young fellows who had thought 1t all joke and laughed at him. A TaA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

Thc llxAfs and shadows of the nansanw year as nkown Tn the queer ena dro11 happenings of the "smsh
 nevsns Of the days and months, ehe fextn for dispstches from fur xln parts and close nt home conn lnw from suck aiverse Acids as four feet aua the old folkss law ana the IadiesI fate feathers and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

PORT, SHERRY, CLARET, AxGELITAs
 WINES. e1.e5 GALLON ExPREssAGE PAID.
 Tn Glass Jugs. Greil Trading c., Pensacela. FIa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
s---Risins.
xFAliins.
RTYKn FnRNcAkr.

7 The Coosa will continue rising during the next 24 to 36 hours. The Alabama will con-
 tinue rising during next two or three days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
. Rnv. ,. K. BONE DEAD.

14 q He was Bsptist Missionary h Lau-
 derdale County.
 Florence, Dec. tSpeciaD-- J. K. Bone. Baptist minister, died at his homo in. this city and the body was taken this morning to Lewis- burg. Tenn, for interment Mir. Bone was the Baptist mission ary for LauderdaIe county and had resided in Florepce about Q year. His wife. married daughteE and several grown sons survive him. Raral Carrfer. Washington, D. C.. Dec. 14--(Spe- ciaL )--George T. McRae appointed rural carrier. Route 2. at Louisville. EzE wEATHKA
 s-.s... nes.; Ss..ssssisa 5 sc.-srsi Tims.l Montgomery. Dec. 1l. 1908.
 !wina Raini stat. of weashss s'-' As ia.sss:l 'S .; sns M,ns. s'''s'''. Is% 1s.% ssi sI :ss ss el::s-s.sss eI::s-s:'s
 Maximum temperature for day. s2 deg. Minimum temperature for day, 30 deg.
 Average temperature for day, 46 deg. Normal temperature for day, 4s deg. Av. relative humid. for day, 7s per ct.
 Total rainfall since Jan. 1. s1.27 Inches. aIvnE BULLETIN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
As To Peach Baslkets.

Yet further light on birds and trains is thrown by pair of happen ings both bearing date of May; and each brings in the 1909 model hat. which has served the twelve-month's joke smith so handily. Miss Ceciliie Conway went out to pick flowers on Dunwoodie's Heights near Yonkers, and all of a sudden, something began
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
Freaks in the Law

Another fine worth the mention was referred to in a July telegram from Vancouver, which related that Magis- trate Williams. presiding. assessed him. self ss and costs for driving his auto at nineteen miles rate when the law Nimited him to eight. Just after that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15

T-Indicates trace of precipit.tien:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The play of ''The Old Farmer Hop
kins" is as pure as breath of noun
tain air. Not q single Objectionable
feature can be found throughout the
performance. Here is play to which
you can take your mother, your sister
or your sweetheart, with the assurance
that they will thoroughly enjoy every
moment of the entertainments. The
date is Tuesday, January u, at
Brands opera house.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

" Mr.. and Mrs. John Hyndman Of
Wyanett entertained at dinner. on New
:Yeaf's day the following guests: Mrs.
Ellen Hyndman and son. Burton
.Hyndman, Mrs, Frederickson and
Mamie, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Frederickson, Mrs. Nancy Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Fiero and, son
Ray, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Redmond,
Mrs. Nelson. The party passed 9
very pleasant time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

George Deans lacked one vote on the
house republican steering committee
OF landing the position of sergeant-at-
arms of the house. The vote stood Is
to IA in favor of Barney Seiz. Mr..
Deans was given second place unani-
mously. Barney and George will
make line team as they are both
good fellows.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

w. G. Fredericks went to St. Paul
on Monday morning to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. Caroline
Fredericks, who died on Sunday
morning at the age of 50 years. Death
was caused by cancer of the stomach.
The remains were conveyed to Alton
and inferred there on Tuesday after
nOOn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07
For Sale.

For Sale.
One team of chestnut sorrels, 5 and 6
years old, full brother and sister,
nicely matched, all right in every re-
spect, gentle and a good all-around
team, weight 1880 pounds. Also one
western mare, weight 1850 pounds,
broken. Wish to sell soon. Call and
see them, ~ miles south, half mile
west of Princeton, on Herman Miller's
farm. Mrs. E. Pratt,
2-2t Box 167 Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

G.. NJ. Blakney, brother of Mrs.
L. S. Briggs, arrived here on Friday
from Seattle, where he is engaged in
the business Of building contractor,
and will remain for week or more.
Mr.. Blakney is the guest of Mr.. and
and Mrs. Z, S. Briggs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Mr.. John Mcclure of Onamia pre-
sented petition to the county board
yesterday praying that two morgan
ICED towns T. Al, R. Is and T. Al, R.
:27-be detached from Princeton town
and attached to Onamia. Notice was
ordered to be posted and a day Of
hearing set. It is altogether likely
that the petition will be granted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

r. E. Lynch of Zimmerman is sink
ing a tubular we'll for the Princeton
Cooperative creamery-the old we'll
having failed to furnish sufficient
supply of water. Mr.. Lynch is one OF
the best we'll drillers in the northwest.
He invariably gives satisfaction to
his patrons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The Wide-Awake club met with Miss
Pearl Moore on Saturday afternoon
and elected the following officers: Eva
Ross, president; Pearl Moore, vice
president; Gertrude Bishop, secretary;
Mary Whitney, treasurer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The Wide Awake girls will celebrate
the second anniversary of the clubs
birth by giving party at the home of
Blanche Mannery tomorrow friday
evening, and it is hoped all the, menu
bers of the! club will be present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The annual meeting of the Princeton
Cooperative creamery will be held at
the court house on Tuesday, January
rs, at l o'clock p. M Among the BUSH
ness to come up for disposal will be
the election of officers and adoption
of new bylaws.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

William Kettelhod1tt' enrolled as .
student in the St. Paul Business col
.lege on Monday. He was accom-
panied by his father. Frank Henschel
also accompanied his son, Earl, to
the same institution. - =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Miss Jennie and Willie Dunn, after
a two weeks sojourn with their cou-
sins, Grace and George Dunn, re-
turned to their home in Columbia
county, Wis.,, Tuesday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

,z,on New Years eve a very pleasant
surprise party was, given by Miss
Zelma Hatcher at her home in honor
Of Miss LISA Ross. Refreshments
were served at midnight and Miss
Hatcher proved herself to be an ex-
cellent hostess.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

4 Before you start for Princeton to
have your picture taken be sure it is
the first or third Saturday Of the
month, as these are the only days you
will find Nelson, the famous photo
grapher from Anoka, at his studio in
R4inceton. .:.s RI: Soft
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Samuel Droogsma of Bogus Brook
was a caller at the U n o Office Mon
day. Mr.. Droogsma is prominent
farmer of that township.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The high school class of '07 had an
enjoyable sleigh ride to the home of
Miss Bertha Dugan-one of it's mem
bers-on Saturday evening. An
oyster supper was served by the host
ess and a very pleasant time was
passed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

For sale, two full blood Jersey bull
calves. Can be registered. Price
S25.00 and $500. For particulars
address Henry Webster, 1O16 Lumber
exchange, Minneapolis, MINI. 2-2t
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
q. 81. Farnham on Wednesday after
noon
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl F. Harrington OF
Mapleton spent Christmas at the home
of Mrs. Harrington's parents, Mr..
and Mrs: S. Winsor, i in 3. Wyanett.
MIR. Harrington returned to Mapleton
on Saturday and his wife will remain
for some time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Mrs. Olof Sohlberg of St. Paul,
Mrs. P. M. Sohlberg and Mrs. c.
Viotti of Cambridge we're guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Lundquist and family
on Monday and Tuesday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Capt. G. A. Galley and Lieutenants
E. 81. Sellhorn and II. D. Marshall
attended the annual state convention
OF the M: N. C. in St. Paul on Mon
day. .- ..r -.,....
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Arthur Radeke returned to school at
the St. Paul German Methodist college
on Tuesday. This college is among
the best in the northwest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

The dance given by the senior class
of the high school on New Years eve
was attended by a large number of
people and enjoyment reigned SUI
preme. A nice supperswas served at
the Merchants hotel $2<'J
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

:. Bert Kaliher, who for three weeks
was confined in a hospital at Bemidji,
arrived in Princeton on Saturday eve
ming and is convalescing at the home
Of his father, Dennis Kaliher. 7.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Miss Grace and George Dunn and
Miss Mabel Gennow returned on Tues
day to Hamline university to resume
their studies.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Magnus Sjoblom has purchased a
couple of bowie knives and a heavy
rifle to take to Idaho with him. He
says he knows den wherein resides a
colony of grizzly bears and that be in
tends securing the pelt of every last
one of them. ...s:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Mrs. E. J. Neumann of New Ulm,
sister-in-law of DR.. Neumann of
Princeton, was awarded 81, 900 dam
ages for injuries sustained from fall
ing into an open coal hole in side
walk
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

On Tuesday, January 10, the Glen
dorado Farmers Insurance company
will hold it's annual meeting at the
court house, Foley, commencing at II
0 clock. At that time reports will be
read, directors elected, etc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

John Hjelm, who lives on the farm
formerly owned by Louis Larson, is
making preparations for erecting a
fine brick residence in the spring. The
foundation will be of sandstone,
which Mr.. HELM is now hauling upon
the site.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Miss Emma LeMieux of Faribault is
a guest of her sister at this place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-07

Gust Plorin of Gardner, N. D., a
student at the St. Paul German
Methodist college, was a guest of Rev.
and Mrs. W. h. Koenig and family
over the holidays. He returned to
school on Tuesday.