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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
EngIand,s Biggest Goose Fnrm.

To provide the Christmas goose for
5000 homes-or, at the modest esti-
mate, 10000 peoples no light I'M
dertaking. Twenty odd years ago a
thrifty youth saved his pocket money
during the earlier months of the year,
and later purchased very young Cos
lings with his little hoard. These
he reared and fattened for Christmas
on his parents farm in Lancashire.
Young John Harrison saw there was
money in the little business he had
taken up as a hobby. The thing grew
year by year as he grew, until to-
day he is well known as the Lanca-
shire Goose King, and his business
has assumed the aforementioned pro-
portions.
A peep at his huge nocks of geese
wandering over fields, acres and
acres in extent, at Halsau, a pictur-
esque hamlet near the old market
town of Ormskirk. would indeed be
a revelation and a surprise to many.
Twenty sacks of corn, besides a large
quantity of meal and potatoes. have
TO be dealt out per day to this stock
OF geese, the corn being usually
scooped out of carts into trenches
made along the fields AS Christ
mas approaches the birds are even
more literally supplied with delica-
cies, until they evince no disposition
to fly - and, indeed, very little to
wander about at ALL Expert killers
and FUCKERS get TO work some time
before Christmas, and half a dozen
Of these men can prepare 800 to 400
day. They make more than SOW
ereign a day at the work. The feath-
ers sometimes bring as much as two
shillings a pound Tit-Bits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

"Your wifes twin sister is so like
her That 4 wonder you can tell them
ap9rt'
Well when ] meet either Of them
/ Kiss her. When she slaps my face
I know it isn't Bertha. ~ eggen-
dorler Biaetter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

TO is said ON tho authority OF those
versed iu statistics that there are to-
day 12,000.000 pupils on the actual
rolls of the Sunday-schools. and that
they are distributed among $4,000
schools and taught By 100000
teachers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
A DISAPPEARING CALLING

Days of the Old Coast Guards Are Passing---The
Ancient Institution is Gradually to Be Abolished
in EnSland---Some "reminiscences OF the Days
When Freer Smuggling Gave 1t Great Importance
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

Hot weather has brought a marked
increase i'm the number OF children
who are taken to- the New York hos.
pitfalls for treatment, and tho diag.
nosis shows that ninety per cent. of
the trouble arises from improper
feeding.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

They have banished the automO
bile from Bermuda But they still
have the onion, prOclaims the Chi.
cago Evening Post.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

The grand hall Of the recent Bor-
deaux exposition will be rs-srsetsA
for the Marseilles exposition
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

A hotel is being bullt at Berlin
which will be the largest in the
world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12

How Would You Like This Butterf
 The Moor prepares butter in an original way and gets different taste from the usual one. Fresh butter ("si- bida," as he calls it), as known by us. he despises and uses only for cooking It must be old if 1t is to be liked. After it has lain in a hole in the ground for some years and has got certain ap- pearance it becomes a delicacy. To make butter a goatskin is turned in side out. It is filled with milk, bound tight and tied to a tree. There it is beaten backward and forward till the butter is made. That is why you can not get butter in Morocco without hairs all through 1t. The butter is then laid on pieces of wood and the maker goes to sell it Possible buyers lift the dirty cover, put in their fingers and take out taste and if the goods do not please close it down again and the salesman pursues his way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
Point of RssamhIane

PoInt of He8emb lance. Stella-Does her auto match her gown7
 Bella-Yes. they are neither of them paid for.-New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
Last of the Aristocrnts.

'sThe old French aristocracy dies with me-" cried the Princess de Valmont on her deathbed. She was a bitter old soul, who, born of a long line of un- contaminated ancestors and married to a noble of equally superfne strain, had, through her husbands death in financial difficulties, to marry her five children to ''abominabIe persons" of high character, but with the blight of trade or industry in their blood. Her last years were made mournful to her by this pitiful descent, and just before her grandiose last utterance, looking with a bitter smile at her children and grandchildren in tears round her death bed, she broke silence in the following terrible reflection: we have here," counting on her fingers, representa- tives of carriage making. wholesale grocery, confectionery, coal mining and the stock exchanges, and all grafted on the old tree of the De Valmonts.'-New York Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
sToE ex,. >,Ihs Kind You Have Always eeught as,;:'" s &HA2zzI
WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN SUFFRAGE

r The debate Wednesday evening at P. A. l. was the most interesting one this year. The question was the much lnooted one of the present day. that of woman suffrage. The affirmative side was very ably defended by Messrs. Thomas Van Huesen and Carl Web ster, while MessrS. Iathrop, Radel and Edgar Webster argued for the mega tive The contest was close and Spir- ited and after much deliberation the Judges, Messrs. Billings, Stapleton and Loewith. gave their decision in favor of the negative.
 Joseph Spittler read very pleasing selection and Clarence Blakeman made a 6irse extemporaneouS speech on his experfence as travelling salesman
 The meeting was followed by an open debate which was very lively, many taking part.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
PROPOSED NEW
 CITY ORDINANCES
Assistant ts Building Inspector Considered
 - Other Matters.

At the meeting of the Ordinance committee last night there was hear ing upon the resolution of Alderman John H. McMurray relative to the making of an ordinance which would provide an assistant building inspector, who would be competent mason. Nicholas F. Byrne of the local ma sons union appeared and spoke at considerable length upon the matter, naming several jobs where he belier- ed better work would have been done and better conditions exist to-day if the city had a mason inspector.
 J. H. Dougherty another prominent member of the building craft gave a rehearsal of the things he noticed in the building line which escaped the at tention of the present building inspec- tor who was obliged to do the work of three men, looking after the plumbing work, the carpenter work and the ma son work on all buildings in the city. They stated there was a great deal of mason work which should be inspect ed while the work was in, progress be- by the other work which followed.
 Robert E. Hurley, master mason and member in the Interstate Association told the aldermen that the office of sary one. He favored the appoint ment of an assistant inspector who should be a plumber as he believed a plunb ping inspector would be more ben ef1cial to the health of the city. He was of the opinion that the matter of supervision of building was one that was in the hands of the Building com mission and the board of aldermen should not interfere unless the request for the inspectorship first came from the commission.
 The committee did not take any ac- tion on the matter but decided to con- tinue it for investigation.
 It was voted to plan an ordinance whereby the clerk of the Fire Com mission will pay off the members of the department with cash as is done in the police department. At present the clerk makes up the payrolls, the city clerk draws the checks which require the signature of an alderman and the auditor. The f1remen apply to the of flee of the auditor for their pay and sign the payroll there.
 Chairman R. M. Gould was author ized to draft an ordinance separating the office of hydrant inspector from that of captaincy and providing that the position can be held by hose man in the department. The position is held at present by Capt. Daniel Johnson of No. 1 engine company who also holds the title of assistant chief in the department. An additional s10O is paid per year for the inspec- ton of hydrants.
 The work for several years back has been per1orrleo py doseman FTdHk Noonan and he will probably be ap- pointed to the new place when it is created.
 The matter of increasing the number of patrolmen in the police department by five will be taken up at the meeting to be held next Monday night in ad- vance of the meeting of the Common Council
 Health Officer Mcclellan appeared be- fore the committee with the draft of an ordinance which the Board of Health desired acted upon relative to the sale, storage, handling and trans portation of milk. It was laid over for discussion in the future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
h.h.~ a.sa.A~

From the president of the nation down to the humblest citizen the fas- cination of grip and password en- thralls. It Is not that the lodge is a se- cret organization, though that is a part. It is not that its membership is chosen with caution. though such ex- ciusiveness undoubtedly makes it more eagerly sought. It is not that it gives direct benefits or that it offers protec- ton to the family when the bread earner has departed. Not these things alone make the lodge popular. Greater than these fs the desire for social com panionship, the love of fellowship, the power of community of interest. Not a substitute for club or church, yet fill ing a place in mems lives that neither occupies, the lodge has developed the old time guild idea and fitted it to mod ern conditions and is an institution that exerts a tremendous power in business, in politics and in society. So rapidly does it increase in popularity that it shows little indication of ever welding less power over mems desti- nies than it does today.-C. M. Harger in Atlantic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
InErowing Toe Nails.

It has been found by some that the copious application of dried powdered alum is sufficient to cure most cases of ingrowing toe nails. The applications are not painful, and the inhamed tis- sue is dried up, and a hard, resistant, nonsensitive bed is formed for the nail. The toe is wrapped in a cloth soaked in soap and water for twenty-four hours beforehand, and then the pow dered alum is poured into the space between the nail and its bed, using cotton to keep the alum in place and repeating the application daily. The suppuration, if any exists, rapidly dries up, pain and discomfort are all most immediately relieved, and, the application being repeated for about five days, a cure usually results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
JANER SENTENCED TO
 q YEARS IN PRISON
His Victim Returns to Her Home in
 Brooklyn Today.
Especial from United Presso

New York, March 12.-Catherine Loersch, the II year old girl whose ab- duction and mistreatment by Joseph M. Janer, a wealthy real estate man of Brooklyn, resulted in Janer's sen tence to twenty-one years imprison- ment in the Maryland penitentiary re- joined her family in Brooklyn to-day. The paralytic father and sick mother were almost overcome when the pale and trembling slip of a girl, clearly showing evidences of her terrible ex- perience, stole timidly, into the home, after an absence of five weeks.
 man, also returned to Brooklyn to- day apparently satisfied with the pun ishment inflicted upon her husband.
 It is reported that she affected a set clement with Janer before he was led to prison by which she and her chill dren will have the full enjoyment of his big estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
The D. M. Read Co.

Covers. These have heavy knitted fringe and are fine Tapestry goods. See what a bargain you get here. At 36c-SpeciaI lot Tucked Muslin Curtains. Nearly as good as our soc Curtains.
 At 1Oc-The best Real Hair Net ever sold at price. At 5c-Celebrated Crayola School Crayons, assorted colors in box for a necktie.
 At $2.95-Splendid Brass Automobile Lamps, worth $500.
 At Sc, for Sc, 25c dozen-Bright Wire Coat Hangers.
 At 1c to 5oc-Large line Kites for the Boys.
 At 9Sc-New lot Mems Pajamas for Spring.
 SPECIAL SALE BETWEEN
 AND 10 A. M. ONLY. At 4Ec-Best Prints of all kinds. At 3%c-Yard wide Cheese Cloth White or Brown.
 At 4Ac-Lot Remnants Plain Silko- line, 10c and 121sc qualities
 At 616c-Remnants Colored Denim and BurIaps, worth 121ac to 1Sc yard. At 44Ac-Another lot White Shaker Flannel.
 At 9%c-Several kinds and qualities English Long Cloth in short pieces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12

At 1c, for 5c-Handsome Gold Fin ish St. Patrick Postal Cards.
 At 1c-Shamrocks, Flags, etc, to pin on-
 At 5c-GarlandS, Ribbon Badges. At &c., for 25c-Very large lot Sou venir Badges made up with Ribbon Hats, Pans, Snakes, etc.
 At Sc doZ., 36c hundred-Dennison's s Shamrock Paper Napkins.
 BARGAINS ALL OVER THE
 STORE.
 At S12SLot new Bicycle Tires. Splendid quality, best we ever had at this price.
 At 9c-Ladies' 121zc Tan Stockings. So-called seconds but very little the matter with them.
 tA 2ec-Lot Children's Rompers: These are Boston Goods and well made. Regular price is higher but sell these at this special price.
 At 17c-First quality White Oil Cloth, also few pieces Black and White Marble
 At 25c-Traveling Cases Powdered Soap. These cases were made to sell at one dollar each and are put up in fine NiclxIe Case with two extra. Rolls Soap What we have will go at a quanter of a. dollar each.
 At 9sc-Several styles Fringed Table
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
DISSENTING OPINION IS WRITTEN BY THE
 CHIEF JUSTICE

HOLDS THAT IN JU W c T O N
 AGAINST PUBLICATION OF I'VE @ DON'T PATRONNE LIST IN
 FTDERATIoNISTS IS VIOLATION
 OF CON NSTITUTION AND
 ABRIDGES FREEDOM OF TIE
 PRESS.
 Appeals of the District Of Columbia handed down an opinion yesterday sus- taaning the decree of Justice Gould of tho Supreme Court of the District Of Eolumbia granting the injunction prayed for by the Bucks Stove and Range Company of St. Louis restrain Ing Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, Frank Morrison and other officers of tAe American Federation of Labor from pgoeecuting a boycott against the stove company and from publishing 1t an the Federationist, the official organ o6 the Federation, under the caption We Don't Patronize." Gompers, Mitchell. Morrison and other officers of the. Federation are still restrained Rhn enjoined from conspdrng or com fdning to boycott the business or pro- duct Of the complainant or from aid ing or abetting in any boycott or in directly threatening, coercing or in t1midating any person from buying, selling or otherwise dealing with the stove company. The jail sentences 3HNpO06d BY JuSCtc0 WIISnC OH NTOIh- psrs, Mitchell and Morrison for dis obeydng the Injunction are sustained.
 Chief Justice Shephard wrote a dis senting opinion. Among other things the Chief Justice Saad:
 "AsSllminsr that the publication of the Bucks Stoves and Range Company in the We don't patronize' column of the American Feeder atiOnist was a. step in the formation of a. conspiracy to coerce independent dealers into refus- ing to have further business relations with that company, I cannot agree that the publication be restrained for that reason Regardless of it's character or purpose the publication is protected from restraint in my opinion by the First Amendment to the Constitution which forbids any law abrfdging the freedom of the press.
 The liberty of the press became an established principle of the British Con stitution after a. long and arduous struggle, and consists in complete free dom from any kind of restraint. The fra1ners of our State and Federal con- stftutions were compelled to choose be- tween the danger to free institutions that would result from any abrldgment of the freedom of the press and the evils that attend the abuse of that cation of matter calculated to wound feelings, injure character and rights of property and provoke the disturbance of the peace. They preferred to risk the latter eTil-'
 In conclusion the Chief Justice said that the only remedy which the stove company had in the premises was by civil action for damages and criminal prosecution, adding:
 "I cannot agree with the terms of the decree as modified In my opinion it should be modified so as to restrain the acts only by which other persons have been or may be coerced into ceaS- ing from business relations with the Bucks Stove and Range Company, but so as not to restrain the publication of the name of that company in the we don't patronize' column of the Amerf- can Federationist, no matter what the object of such publication may be sus- pected or believed to be-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
Crushing . Bore.

An Englishman. experimenting Amer jeans on their skill at postprandial or atory, went on to discuss the possibili- ty of boring an audience. He said the severest reproof for a bore which he recollected was that administered by the great TaIleyrand while driving with friend who kept telling him stories. As they passed through the streets of continental town, which in those days were policed by many sentries. they observed one sentry yawn at his post, and Talleyrand said to his friend: "Hushi We are overheard"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-04
FOUR DAYS IN A BOX CAR.
Man Locked In Nearly Died for Lack
Of Food and Water.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Without food and
water for four days and nights and
almost dead from hunger and thirst,
John S. Brown, 60 years old, was taken
from a freight car on the Michigan
Central Railroad in South Chicago. He
was unconscious when the car was
forced open by railroad employees.
The man was taken to the County
Hospital in an ambulance. He recover
ed and told story of intense suffering.
Brown was so weak that he was
hardly able to talk. He could not tell
where his home was, but said he en-
tered the car in the northern part OF
Michigan to take a nap. He said he
was without home Or friends in that
part of the country. When he aWoke
he found he had been locked in and
and kicked at the doors. but in vain,
He finally decided that he would be
able to attract attention at the next
stopping place. In this, however, he
failed.
Time and again he attempted to get
help. Finally, becoming exhausted
from lack of food and water, he sank
to the floor unconscious. He revived
frequently, only to lose his senses each
time until finally the train arrived in
Chicago and he was found by railroad
pnD1oVpnc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-04
kENNEBEC
SIDN EY.

NORTH-Eugene Clarence Page and
Miss Alice Maud Bennett were united
in marriage at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Davenport Sunday evening
at o'clock. Dr. Fl. L. Johnson per-
formed the ceremony, the single ring
service being used.
Schools in town will open Sept I.
Mrs. o. A. Meadcr of Waterville and
Mrs. Marble Austin of Lawrence,
Mass, were calling on friends in town
recently.
W. Scott Bracket and Guy H. Lyon
are on a hunting trip to the great
ponds in Belgrade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Fl. Bragg and
little daughter, Marjorie, also Mrs. Ann
Goodhue, returned last week from a
weeks outing at Owls Head.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Houghton and
the Misses Minnie, Alice and Antoin-
cite Moore attended the funeral of
their cousin, the late N. G.. Packard OF
Chelsea, Sunday.
Arthur w. Bowman and DIR. and Mrs
Fred Bowman of Boston We're recent
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. f. Bowman.
Mrs. Abbie H. Burgess and Mrs.
James Field and daughter, Elizabeth,
are visiting Charles H. Burgess of
Watervillc for a few days.
Among those who attended the Po-
mona Grange Field day at Island Park
Tuesday were DR.. and Mrs. H. l..
Johnson, Mrs. Orrin Davenport, Mrs
Clyde Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Houghton, Fred e. Blake, Mrs. Linnie
Wyman and Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Barr
NJ. r. Reynolds of Augusta visited
his nephew and niece, Frank and Min
ME Moore, a few days last week.
Mrs. Ernest Libbey returned recent
ly from a weeks stay at Old orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Totman and
six children of Providence, r. l., who
have been passing several weeks at
James II. Beams, returned home
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Sawtclle of
Oakland passed the day Thursday with
his son. r. II. SaWtelle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-04
BIG INCREASES
Shown in Imports Dur
ing Past Seven Months.
The Foreign Exporters Rushed
Goods to This Country
To Evade Increased Duties Under
sPayne Tariff Bill.

Washington, Sept. 3.-During the few
months prior to Aug. 5, when President
Taft signed the new tariff law, foreign
exporters to this country almost
doubled their shipments on many ar
tcles on which raise in duty was an
ticipated under the Payne bill
The imports of principal articles for
seven months ending July, 1909, is
shown in detail in statement issued
by the bureau of statistics. embracing
also comparisons with figures of the
corresponding months of last year.
The larger importations which were
rushed in to profit by the operation of
the old Dingley law, comprised hides,
raw silk, manufactured wool, cot
ton laces, linens, crude India rubber
and copper.
The value of the principal articles
imported during the seven-m months pc
Rod On which figures We're compiled
We're: Sugar, $6S,000,000; hides and
skins, $50, 800, 900; coffee, $44, 900 900; raw
silk, SAP, 900, 900; crude India rubber,
500, 100000; manufactured wool, $780,.
100, 900; cotton laces, $21, 100000; dia-
monds, $40, 100000; copper pigs bars, etc,
s17,9OO,oOO; furs, $6,4OO,OOO; silk laces,
So, 100000
Chief among the increases over the
same period last year were: Hides and
skins, $2:., 900 900; unmanufactured wool,
500, 600. 0O0 diamonds, $4,000, 900: India
rubber, $17,000,0 600; raw silk, $14,000,000;
cotton laces, 100000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-04
PENNSYLVANIA RELIEF FUND.
In Twenty Three Years the Total Has
Reached $26,702,947.78.

philadelphia, Sept. 3.-According 10
information Just issued, the relief de-
partment of the Pennsylvania railroad
system has paid out, in twenty-three
wears. a total of $26, 102, 947.7S iii bene-
fits to employees of the road. Members
VINO were unable to work received slo,-
Sgs 4o5. 50 of this amount, while the re-
mainder was paid to the families or
emploves who had died.
Reports for July show payments
amounting to sos. 2S5.70 on the lines east
of Pittsburg and Erie. To mem
bers incapacitated for work s59,'9'.lo
was paid, while to the families or
members who died there was paid s3S,-
4sG. so. The total amount paid out OF
the relief fund of the lines east OF
Pittsburg since it was established Ill
1886 is $40, Al, 1852.
On the Pennsylvania lines west OF
Pittsburg total of $43.l64.So was PAID
out in the month of July: $4,000 repre-
senting the amount paid in benefits to
the families of members who died and
s23, 164S0 for the relief of members VINO
were unable to work. Since the or
ganization of the relief department on
the lines west in 1889 there have beer
paid ia benefits total OF $',2-4's5l'zo