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The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
Pertinent Personals

Gideon Johnson brought US a mess
of cowcumbers and laid them on our
editorial desk one day last week. We
would of Appreciated Gideon's cow
cumbers a good cal more II he had
bring them to us when they was in
their prime instid of waiting until they
was yeller ripe with age and not fit
to eat, and so we fed them TO the hens
Brad Hinsley, our local clock fxer,
hxt Cy Hoslins' old clock last week
and TUX It all apart, and when Brad
went to put it together agin he had
seven extry pieces left over which he
didn't know where they went Cy saws
the clock would run for a few hours
before Brad hxt it, but now it won't
run at all
Mrs Jerushy Perkins spent last Sun
day as the gest of the editor OF the
Bugle and the Editors wife and tux
dinner with US. We had chicken for
dinner and Jerushy went home con-
schious OF day enjoyable spent and
also of having enuff to eat.
Jahe Crum was saw on our streets
one day last week shaking hands with
some of our most respected citizens.
Jabe lives two mile west and don't cit
into town very often.
Miss Amelia Tucker, our raining So
ciety queen, wore a new strawberry
eolored lawn dress for the FIRST time
last Sunday and got ketched out in 4
shower and the color in the dress run
and ruined it. and also stained Miss
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

has went won't never come again.
For this reason it behoofs us to
take advantage Of the golden min
nits as they fit. We ort to take a
strangle holt upon the forelock of
opportunity when it comes within
our reach, as you might say, and
hang onto it for dear life, because
opportunity don't knock moren
onct at every mans door-when
opportunity knocks at your door
and YOU don't anser the door, op-
portunity don't set down on the
front steps and wait until you git
ready to come and let her in, and
if YOU think she does then YOU are
just as much mistaken as its pos
sible for you to be.
Let us then make the most of
passing time before It is everlast-
ingly too late.
Life is real, life is earnest,
And a feller's got to cline
If he wants to take advantage
OF each golden hour of time.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
Local BTevitiGs

It begins to look leetle mite like fall
Of the year
Harvest is over and the crops is
garnered, as you might say.
Cy Hoskins perdickts a powerful
hard winter. but what does Cy Hos
kins know about whether we be a go
ing to have a hard winter or not?
Nothing.
Hen Weathersby. the enterprising
prop. Of our general store, has got in
a bag OF fresh peanuts which he offers
70 the publick at the rate Of 5 cts. a
qt This is cheep for new fresh roasted
peanuts. All Hen asks is that you don't
litter up his store with peanut shells.
Hen would like to have your peanut
but he desires YOU TO go
somers else to eat them and leave the
shells there.
Mrs. Mary Ann Whittacre has a boil
on her neck, and as a result Mary
AIMS neck is so stiff that she can't
scarsely turn her head, and this is a
turrible hardship for her, being as she
allus likes to see what is going on
about her
AMI Gookins left us a dollar on
subscripshion last week, which pays
him u9 to 1899. Thanks, Amzi-your
dollar is welcome, but FIVE or ten dollars
would Of been a good cal welcomer.
We guess this is all the personal
brevities we can think of at this sit
ting. Personal brevities is somewhat
Nxeerce with us this week, as you
might saw. but let us hope that ere
another ishue of the Bugle goes to
press we will have more personal brevi-
ties than We know what to do with.
Jabe fuckers hen house was en-
tered by chicken theefs last Friday
night and four pullets stole. Jabe
saws he knows who the guilty parties
is. and that unless they call and settle
for said pullets the law must take its
course. Here is a good opportunity for
some hend in human form to keep
outen Jail.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
Country Correspondence
SLAB CRY

Mrs. Sam Hankins has q bealing in
her ear. Mrs. Hankins says she likes
company jest as well as anybuddy. nut
that a bealing in your ear is turrible
poor company to haft to aSsoshiate
with. 2
Jaspar Tarbell had a narrer excape
from being bit by a black snake one
day last week Jasp run over the snake
layin in the road, which wrapped itself
around the buggy wheel and Topped
into the buggy. Jasp he jumped out
over the wheels and the horse blamed
near run of. The snake excaped.
AriOch Perkins saws he would Be
willing 10 sell the lower half OF his
farm to anybuddy desiring TO buy il.
Anybuddy desiring 20 buy about 40
acres of land which is mostly covered
with stones, and what amt stone is
swamp, would Go well to see Arioch.
JADE Romans, our oldest inhabitant,
says the apple crop is better this fall
than he ever seen II IN these parts.
Jabe said the same thing last fall about
this time The appel crop must be get
ting better, accordin TO Jabe, every
year.
The wilder Jones is on the sick list
and expects to be for some time TO
come, being as she has the rheumatic,
which she says allus fingers with her
quite a spell.
Jake Haines kid a calf last week
and peddled It out for veal amongst
his nabers. This IS the third calf Jake
has killed this summer.
This IS all at preseat-more anon.
VOX POPULI.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

Yves he tried 10 walk fast to the trap but
OF course he couldn't make no progress
draggin a trap which weighed nearly 80
pounds. so after a while IVES he become
diskurridged and set down TO rest.
Well. he rested all that day until ev'g
come and when darkness fell on the top
OF Sawridge Yves made up his mind
that he would slowly but inevitable
starve 10 deth there and some day his
bleached bones would be found by some
passerby and then the world would know
how he met igmInious deth in the jaws
Of bear trap.
To make matters worse about p. m.
Yves heerd a sound OF rustlin IN tie
brush and a big ole he bear come up
within 20 feet Of him and sniff at him
and then with a chuckle started 10 run
off as if It was tickled TO deth becuZ
Yves had been ketched in MS own trap
Morning come but still Yves set there
as fast IN the trap as ever. He said he
got awful tired and cramped setting
down IN one spot so long. AS a ushual
thing Yves don't OBJ, eckt to setting be-
ing as that is what he does most Of
the time the year round but he likes 20
have d soft cushion TO set on instd Of
hard bear trap.
About 9 a. m as Yves was so hungry
that he thort he couldn't live more than
hour or two longer. who should
come poldn through the brush but Sim
Peters oarryin a pail on his arm for
blueberries When Sim seen Yves in
the trap Sim first thort Wes was d
bear and started to run. but Yves hol-
Tered TO him, Come back Sim and help
a teller mortel in distress amt no
bear, I'm nobuddy but poor Yves Wood
ruff ketched in one OF his own traps
When the truth dawned on Sim he
set down and LATED Al Yves III 10 bust,
In fact Sim kept on latin so long that
Yves begin to git riled and told Sim
II he didn't shet up his lafhn and help
him outen that trap that when he final
~ did git outen il he would give Sim
q good drubbin IN that case" says
Sim, Il guess I'll Jest let you remain. "
But Yves he begged so hard and apollo
gised that Sim finally said he'd let Yves
outen the trap If he (Wes) would pay
him doller for doin it which, Yves
promised he would so Sim helped him
outen the trap.
Yves then lugged the trap back home
in disgust and et enuff when he got
home to founder three men. Up to
date Sim says Yves amt paid him that
doller for letting him outeR the trap
and as for Yves he says he never will
pay it and that Sim can't colleckt it BY
law. Sim says the next time he finds
Wes Woodruff in a bear trap he'll lest
let him be there and wont tell nobuddy
where he is neither.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
Buy a Box

Eph Higgins, oh- accommodating P.
NJ, desires US to ask the patrons of
the Bingville P. o., if they don't think
they ought TO be ashamed of tlteir-
selves for not tuying P. Q, boxes to
have their mail put in insted of crowd
ing up the A-B-C boxes with their
mail matter. which ne has to sort over
so much that he nearly wears it out
in til e.
Buy a box of your own-they are
only Is cts. a quarter, which is dirt
cheap for box nobody else can use
but yourself, and when there is any
mail for you YOU can &c it in the box
instid of bothering Eph TO sort over a
lot of other peoples mail to get
yours.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

We'll, September is almost here
.onct agane. The summer has went
and gone, and where in thundera-
shion has it went to? Nobuddy
knows. 1t is simply ridicklus the
way time flies. Time has a way Of
slidin past a Teller so swift and
silent that a person don't scairsely
know where it has went to until it
is thing Of the past, as you might
say. Today, 10 and behold, we stand
upon the threshold Of tomorrow,
but, alas, let "A hours elapse and
then tomorrow IS today, and in 24
hours more tomorrow is yesterday.
Some person 1--WE calkilate it was
a Frenchman) said, "Tempus
fugit," which is the furrin lang
widge for time flies" Whoever
said that Enowd what he was talk
in about. There is also a saying
that Time and tide waits for no
man" which is turrible true. No
matter how ranmed up you be with
your work, nor how anxious you
be TO git a partickler job of work
did before the sun goes down, you
will allus notise that the clock
hands keeps right on turnin and
don't never stop for nothin nor no.
buddy. Every ev'g about twilight
darkness the sun goes down and
darkness settles over the face of the
earth, warning YOU that it is time
for you to 60 to bed no matter
whether you have got your days
work did or not, and if you haven't
got it did, that's your fault. And
then next mornin the sun comes
up bright and airly and warns you
to git outen bed and stir yourself
and begin the days toll where YOU
left it off the night before, Alas,
there is no rest for the weary or
the heavy laden-we must all keep
.peggin away and accomplish as
much in this brief span of life as we
kin before we be called to our last
reward, as it were.
Sumbuddy has beautifully said
or wrote (whose name we don't at
this minnit recall) that, "The mill
will never grind with the worter
that has passed" There is a good
cal of truth in that statement, but
we calkilate that many of our most
ignorant subscribers won't under
stand what it means, and for their
benefit we will explain. "The mill
will never grind with the worter
that has passed" means that when
day has past and went, that YOU
can't recall it and that's all there
is to tit means that if YOU diliy-
daily around and let the time fiji
past you without making the most
of your opportunities the time thai
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

Amelia Up something awfll until she
was sight to look at.
Subscribe for the Bugle even il you
don't want tive need your subscrip-
shion. Help along a worthy cause.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
What Time Is k2

III tell you what time it is-it's time
for you to have your clock or
watch fixt by me. ] have went into
the watch and clock fixing business, and
if you want anything did to your watch
or clock bring L 70 me and
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VIII See What | Can Do
to L for You

! haven't never done much in this
hne, but then how can person lern 10
do anything unless they try it? have
my own idees about watch and clock
6xin.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22

Good sports" he said. smiling at their locked FIN
gers.
An hour ago they would have thought him a vulgar
intruder. Now they shook his hand warmly
Presently the chief officer appeared almost dragging
the old captain with him The latter seemed to have
eyes for anything but the doomed ship, 1t was like
clud to him, and he had no other All we all have
dear ships that go down!
The vessel shVcrcd again. and hccled slightly
They looked anxiously at another, thinking that she
would sink before the powder exploded and then sud-
denly, there great crash Boards bales the whole
music-saloon, flew into the air. The bows seemed to
dissolve, and the stern took great lurch the water
The swept over it for few moments, but when
they passed noated upright and its human freight
left clnging to the raisexcept the captain The chief
officer rubbed his drcnchcd sleeve his face
He'd have wished to go with her. he said huskily
"Ycs,' said the bounder man. "Yes l can under
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22
@y 0ven O2>uer

yourself that liked; but I liked your womans glaces
too, You smiling very beautifully now
II ii plcascs YOU, she said g" will smile to the end
am glad that my looks please YOU Will it make this
this moment of your life happier to know that admire
youa do"
He nodded
hank you, dear woman. l was very tempted some
times to ask you to give yourself but-you sec /,
also. have liked others; and not enough too, not
sure II liked you enough; but liked you more than
any OF the rest-much Sometimes pictured you
at my breakfast-tablc cool morning gown, your
white fingers busy with the cups But was forty and
more; and you forty and less The married break
fast-tablc is not always harmonious and we little
old to adjust ourselves TO double harness; and
we'll, didn't think much of the risk of quarrcls We
might have had few hot words, and hen-but
they don't matter 1t the cold words that feared.
To love you-and l knew that should love you very
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lie drew her gently to him. She laid her face on his
shoulder for a moment then lifted it to his.
oh, my dcar!" She cried, the risk was not that VIC
should not love, only that should lose sight of it,
the commonplace of life. Now. if VIC arc spared, We
shall know"
eve shall know, darling. There is no hope think
May we both be saved, ncithctl'
"Ycs-ycs-hold me very tightly when-thcn OH
| love you SOL
He took up piece of cord that lay upon the deck and
made fastening between the life-bclts
" If my no longer hold you" he said. eve
will still be together 1t shall be both, neither
think ii will be neither love you very much, Marian"
He kissed her many times and she smiled the bcauti-
full smile.
Close your eyes then" she told him "ThnL of me
like this; you like to Think that ojte7oords
you will find me so Dear was not always sure that
believed afterwards; but now that you love ME am
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AND cAzEo At THE SHORE AS iF THEY FGAaGo TO
LOOK AT ZACH OTHER.

much-and then to slip backl To be loved by you-if
you eonid-and then to be loved by you longer To
turn into the ordinary married pair to live separate
livcS-and chain beweeni"
They gazed out over the water again Another boat
dashed safely ashore They ancicd that they heard
shout from tho beach
" He and his children in that" the man said
You would have been saved Oh! you brave, good
woman You were worth taking the risk for"
But you did not mean to take it." She brushed her
eyes.
/ told myself so butt used to fancy that some
night when the moon shone-somc night when the end
Of the voyage and the parting from you nearer
than could bcar-and you looked at with your
beautiful smilc-l could never with that smile OF
yours, Marian"
She turned to him, and smiled: and he took both her
hands and kissed them.
:" / did not to. either" she confessed; but
thought that perhaps-ncar the end of the voyage as
you say--if you took my hand-I could never reason
with the touch of your hand mine Lob, yes!
should have taken the risk, think if you had asked
me"
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sure Love holds the keys of Heaven I wrote that
once in book-a book Now you have written it OH
my life This is the time that 1 have ived, these
few minutes
my dear! My dear 1t is so hardl
No. no! We have found each other; and perhaps
if VIC had lived the ordinary lifc-we should have
This is best"
They clung to each other tightly They did not stir
when the ship gave long shver and another
Then the chief officer hurried forward
Get aft" he cried Get aft There's lot of
powder in the hold The capains going to fire and
try to blow her up 1t will break her in two but he
thinks that the will float off and if the water
tight compartments hold shall reach the breakers
before we ground He laughed in the careless way of
saormcn I'll TO your wedding yet he said
God bless you"
She caspcd her hands his arm
"Oh" she cried, if this is the end ii was worth
living for Life is better than thought, and Drawer
They have all been SO brave. will never dcspsc any
onc again Not even boundcr mani"
The boundcr held out his hand to them when
they reached him
(OPyPIcIyT
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stand that" And they did not think it strange that he
should understand
The fragment of the ship swept unseadiy toward the
shore rocking and rolling violently that those OH 1t
could scarcely cling the rails First tley hung over
the water then they faced the sky-a Clear blue sky
with white cloud here and there. AT every roll they
sank lower in the water.
"The compartments have broken in" the chief officer
pronounced ." She's filling"
Still VIC get run for our money" the boundcr man
consoled him.
AS the stump of ship filled and sank farther. it rolled
less and they came into current which carried them
straight toward the shore and nearer, till they
could distinguish each Of the jagged teeth of rock stick
ing UP through the sechg foam and others underneath
them.
The water reached the deck and began to wet their
feet They were fifty yards from the rocks where the
sea broke, and perhaps hundred and fifty from the
shore.
"I suppose may well jump over and take Our
luck" the boundcr suggested; but it's ten to one
on those rocks Hanged if it isnt!"
They stared at the black masses jutting UP between
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-22

MERE was space of still water round the
UYdliou One reef sheltered her as she lay
upon another, straining and groaning, like a
beast in pain Her bows had climbed over the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
Marriage Licenses.

J, o. Ashcrafl ST Anthony. Ida. and
Cora Wilkinson. IloytSvile Utah.
,lcssc Earl, Lchi. and Lys!c Boyle. Pay
Srn
+. H. DaNy. HALEY, Ida. and Caroline
J.. Manning, Salt Lake.
Isaac Isaacson and Matilda Anderson,
Gushon.
:. II Frahm and iqez Holdcrness, Muir
IJN
r h. Fowler Murray. and Amy Ben
uiun. Tay!orsVill1.
Edmund Ludlow and Ella Chris:cnscn,
salt Lake.
\. r. Mantcy and Clare Marrick, Hal
Icy. Ida.
". a. Dahl,lulst and Florence Alams,
Oakley, IDA.
j. 4 Rodeolck. Raymond. Canada. ard
Adelaide WinE. Lchi.
Nathaniel O'Couner. Knoxville. Tenn.
and Ollic BcudiXcn. South Cottonwood.
i. :. uuskinson and Della Dunton. st
Apthonv. Ida.
w u Hammond and Elsie SomcUillc
Moab.
II, r. Mounteer. Union. and claude J.
Marriott. SANDY.
w c. IToltsrcvc. Salt Lake, aid Gala
Bappe, AlvG. Okla.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18

Mrs. Louie Hite. 42S Outlen St, Dan.
vile. H.. writes. October LIST; Foley S
Kidney Pills started me on the road to
health. [ was treated by four doctors
and took other kidney remedies, but
grew worse, and was unable to do my
bousework, and the doctor told me l
onIv could live from two to SIX months.
| am now so much better that do all
Of nv own work, and ] shall be very
glad TO tell any ore afflicted with kid
ncy or bladder trouble the good results
received from taking Foley s Kidney
Pills" Commerce today aud be well!
Do not risk having Bright's disease or
diabetes Schramm-J Johnson Drug Co
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
WATTERSON ROASTS
yellow JOURNALS
Veteran Editor Points Out Dan
gerOus Trend of Newspaper
SensatiOnaliSm.

WASHINGTON. Nov, l1.-Deprecat-
ing the tendency of newspapers toward
scnsationaIism, Col. Henry Watterson,
editor of the Louisville Couricr-Journal,
addressed members of the National
Press club tonight al a reception In his
honor on the personal relation OF the
newspaper 10 the public. Mt Waiter
son is on his way home after an eX-
tensivc European trip.
- Pretending to be the especial defend
crs of liberty, We are becoming the IN
Vaders of private right, sad Col.
Wattcrson. " No household longer seems
safe against intrusion Our reporters
are being turned into detectives, As
surely as this be not checked. we shall
crow TO he the objects of fear and ha-
tred instead OF trust and respect.
Need for Reform.
.SSome ono ought TO organize an in.
tclligent and definite movement toward
the bettering OF that which has reached
alarming proportions,
- say this in your interests as Wen
rs The interest of the public and the
profession, for ] am sure that YOU arc
gentlemen and want 20 be considered
SO, whereas the work you are often set
60 do is often the reverse OF the genie
manly 1t subjects YOU 10 aversion ana
CONTEMPLATING YOU and hlgh ana
mighty calling into disrcpute-by con-
fusina ;bc purpose and functions OF the
newspaper with those Of tho police and
Ire scaVcnger.
- have been proud Of that calling
nj my life, and when | 90 TO my ac.
count want to see Il clean and honorcd
Rau jriue from the masthead.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
Real Estate Transfers.

Jcnnett fJuskinson to William b
White. part block Z. five acre
plat c -. ..,. .,-,.............:
Charlotte =. 2 Birtch TO Harold
T.. hampton lots 2S and %. block
J. South Salt Lake addition ....
Willard Olsen 10 George \. Jones
rart section -. township north.
range west ...- So. ......
-tX"i L. Larson II al 10 Wallace
Eraeun. part lri 3, block >. plat
J ~. Chi,ds 81 al. to 7. \. Jensen.
part section -. township south.
IarGr cast ...... ......
' iciur AEkarstr:91 1t al. 10 C;rncs
y. Smith. lot :, block >. Ontario
sab. 80. ... .1....
Bon r. EldreGsc ct al 10 Leslie W.
SGow. part ,0' 10. hlocl. &c TN
acre pla. \ "
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
II Is a Wonder.

Chamberlain . Liniment is one of the
most remarkable preparations vet pro
duced for the relief Of rheumatic pains
and for lame back. sprains and bruises
The quick relief from pain which it af
fords is alone worth many times its
cost. Price 25 cents, large size 30 cents.
For sale bv all druggists
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
Building Permits.

-Four permits were issued by~Bui,d;
Inspector A. II Hirth. "Wednesday.
new buildings and Improvements Yalu
at $1,000 as follows:
G s Holmes. l23 Fast Second
South. rwo-story brick store. Ia
cost 80. 49,. -. ,.......,.....s g.,
Dn1ins Shoe COMPANY. 33 East
Third South street. alterations
To cost ..... -. =. ..,.
ayior-Armstrone Lumber COM '
penv. rear 33T Yves, South lem
re. two-stoIy brick barn. TO
cost -. :. -. ........... g.,
Rowe g. k"lly company, 129 Main
street alterations 10 cost .......
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
Deaths,

Nellie stewart. .Goly Cross hospital.
aged thirty-four typhoid fever.
Wilhcmiua H. :. Dittmor. 222 Post
street. aged orlv-siN, drowning.
MaN ChrlStiansop Goodhuc avenue.
AGED ;ir;y-siV tuberculosis.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-18
Salt Lake Statistics
Births.

David Taylor. 15l First avenue. sirl
:. IL. Bottom, st. Marks hospital. Sirl
Jan JauGsun. 3a3 Post street, Siri.
T.. l.. Iachcrson, pos lola avenue boy,
Anton Ciawson, rear 80 Grape street,
Giyl
\. p. Icnson. s@1 Post street. boy.