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The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
certainly enjoyed it.
ARTISAN

The frat snow of the season fell at 8 o'clock Sunday. We would like to see a good snow so we can hunt rabbits.
 MT. Stuart and daughter, who have been visiting MT. G. w. Ross, left last Monday for their home at Delight.
 Johnny Meador is now work ing for w. o. Allen of Emmet. Johnny says he is getting plenty of sugar. We wonder who is feeding him.
 Mutton Landers and wife went driving last Sunday. Nuton says he would have enjoyed the trip if the whole family had been along.
 Arthur Landers says that he IS going to see hIS best glrl now since her father said that he did not have anything particular against him. You had better watch out, Arthur, he might change his mind.
 Any one wishing turnip greens will please call on Earnest Sum- mers. He has two fine patches. The great, glad time of the year is almost here, Christmas. There is no time in all the long, long year like this day and it's blessed week.
 The Doctor.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
DIRECTORY.
JUDICIAL.

JUOICIAL ChAneelov D. Shaver of MenA JuoRt ...J. M- CArver. Ot IexArkAn0 Prosecuting Atty.............-.O. 4. Graves. Hops State Senator H. B. AeKensts Prsscott Circuit court meets sscond Monday in January and third Monday in July. Chancssy court meets hrst Mondays in Jans and DecembW. County court meets 6rSt Nondays in January. April July and October.
 Probate court mests 9th Mondays in January. April July and October.
 Court of Common Pleas mests 2nd Mondays in January. Apri,. July and October.
 OFFICIAL,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

Good for twenty-five cents on mems or ladies shoes at my store. Not good after January 1st, 1910.
 w. s. Hesterly. Printed in Pieayune.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

Everyone that clips this coupon and brings it to my store will be allowed 9 cents on any pair of mems or ladies shoes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

F~5iS ad. IS directed at the
 man who hss al the
 business ia h.a .ine n this community.
 ' Mir. Mercaant-You say you've got 1t al. You're sell i..g them all they'll buy, any how. But at the Same time you would like more business. q Make this community buy more.
 ~ Advertise strongly. consist ently, judiciously.
 ~ Suppose you can buy a lot of washtubs cheap; advertise a big washtub sale in this pa per. Put in an inviting pic ture of a Washtub where people can see it the minute they look at your ad. Talk strong on washtubs. And you'll find every woman in this vicinity who has been getting along with a rickety washtub for years and years will buy a new one from you. ~ That's creative business power.
 OUR, AID. RATES ARE RIGHT
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16

Board of Health Drs. Adam Guthrie. " F. Arnold. s. J. Hesteriy A. s. Buchanan and WW' lice.
 School Board-C. c. Hamby. President: Alex Vaughn. Secretary; c. R. Haynie. w. N. bemss J. c. Young. J. s. Regan.
 City council meets first and third Tuesday n'en"
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CHURCHES.

ME. Church South-Rev. W. A. Steele; Pastor Preaching every Sunday. morning and night Prayer meeting every Wednesday night Sunday School every Sunday morning at s:ab a m. Finis F. Murrah. Superintendent.
 Baptist Church-Eld. L. M. Keeling. pastor; Preaching every Sunday morning ana nun. .. Prayer meeting every Thursday night Sunday School every Sunday morning at g o'clock; J. L. Young Superintendent.
 c. P. Church-Rev.J. M. Alexander pastc. Preaching every Sunday morning and nl9nT ,y Sunday school every Sunday morning at S:S0;W.s' Tompkins. Superintendent
 Christian Church-Ed. R. A. Highsmith paeeM's Preaching every Lords day at II am. and ID pm Prayer meeting every Wednesday nignL Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 oc'ocA' Chas. F. Newth. Supt.
 POSTOFFICE.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-12-16
Jack Grayeoc WA'tsr HirJt

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 Mail from RnastOn and intsmediate poan0 !" rjves at n .. m. leaves at l ?. m-
 Nail from Gale and intsrmediate points arr1vO at n .. m. and leaves l D. m.
 Thess reatss daily sxeapt Sunday. ,.
 Man on rural rout0 NoA l. q [. | and sesv~ svsry day sxceps SundAy stA A-
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07

being because the attribute of Deity must be omn
If then, God is where where
science with giant telescopes then this
concusively that He is nowhere To believe that
such being is everywhere in spite of His mvsbty and in
spite of knowledge that life is impossible and
planets intellect believe infinite
spook
On the highway of reasonn the evolution of religious Thought
stopping between Romanism scientific
Maerialism The agnostic should be agno BECAUSE
AN AGNOSTC. He and the funda
of Christianity unreasonable He rejects The
authority and then has absolutely nothing build
faith Even the great but piou Gladstone conced ID:
testimony the bible conclusive what
Gods existence and Immortality?
agnostic friend Then
him its glorious temple of facts and
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07
BLUE GRASS BLADE

truth Here of and thinkers he
revel acquiring knowledge and aiding
solving riddle
existence and life he in this noble work he
inevitably Maeriaist
Assocatonto substitute truth for and to rid the world
Of superstition.
We affirm: There God eternal life for the individual
absolutely evidence prove We deny do
Mother devil because childish fable We KNOW
elephant office
parlor, that twice not five There nnumerabe
ideals, varied humanity itselfrom "Overruing
Providence Dynamis" Heavenly Father"
"Bken you nickel the storesbut all
childish conceptions phantoms conecures idols and
(gn the application blank of NJ in another column
Secretary
Grange, Illinois,
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07

ing for it; or failed to find themselves in
unpleasant circumstances when they did
not plan and work for the morrow.
Such doctrines as Jesus taught are per-
nicious and demoraizng, and any man
who believes in prayer is afflicted with
loss of self-reliance and willpower for the
moment one begins to lean on something
or somebody in the struggle to exist he
weakens his forces and becomes timd and
lacking in determination
The man who does thines relies on self,
and cultivates by use and exercise that
strength of will and purpose which can be
realized in no other way. If man wants
to feel that he is the little end of nothing,
let him sink into a state of passivity and
begin praying; for there is no way more
certain to insure weakness, vacillation I'M
certainty and failure in life
Prayer is the lazy mans attempt to get
something for nothing, and every person
that resorts to it for that purpose, or to Sc
cure anything beyond his reach, will find
that he has been the victim of misplaced
confidence.
Prayer may give relief to the mind the
same as profanity does by relieving the
pressure, but to use it for any other pur-
pose is foolishness and folly.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07
Merely Lazy Mans Effort to Get Some
thing for Nothing
(By Claiming Severance.)

Prayer found its origin in superstition,
and only those afflicted with it in some
form, continue to believe in prayer and to
pray.
No man who lives by the light of reason
wastes any time in praying, for he knows
that a universe run by interchangeable modes
of motion, cannot be Influenced by human
wants or desires expressed In words, and
then addressed to a phantom called God,
that the Imagination has created to account
tor dynamic forces.
The Christian Herald claims to be re-
ceiving many letters asking why prayers
are seldom answered which would indicate
that intellectual forces are beginning to
manifest themselves although in the edit
ors reply such is not the case, for he
seems to have softening of the brain or
mental paralysis. His answer is weak,
puerile and unsatisfactory. There is just
one reason and only one why prayers are
not answered: there is nothing and no
body to answer them. Whether men pray
TO Jehovah or the new God Rillken, to
dead Jesus or an infinite spirit, the result
is always the same-nothing doing. For
10 centuries the Christian has been pray
ing, 20, Lord, give us this day our daily
bread" but up to this date there has been
none received from that source. On bend
ed knee, with sanctimonious phiz and
closed optics, he has appealed to the skies
for help, relief and the good things Of life;
but from that direction nothing has come.
Probably more agonizing prayers have
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07
The Foolishness Of Prayer

been uttered by drowning and ship-wrecked
people than from any other cause; and yet
no supernatural force has ever interfered
to save life or bring relief. With piteous
pleadings ON their lips, they have always
gone down to watery graves, where God
alone had power to save. And his record
ON the land is the same as on the water;
for in fire, flood and pestilence; in natural
calamities of every kind, and in the pres
ence of all the evils that afaict mankind,
God has invariably failed to reveal himself
or his power. Still people continue to be-
lieve and to pray, and these extravagantly
absurd words attributed to Jesus confront
every reader of the Mex Testament: And
all things, whatsoever, We shall ask in pray
er. believing, we shall receive
greater falsehood was never uttered
and any man making such an assertion to-
aay would find quick and ready welcome
in the Annanias Club. OF all the absurdi-
ties ever taught and accepted by gulible
man, the power to get anything you want
or need by praying for it, leads the list
If this were true, as Jesus afirms it to
be, Christians would need to know nothing
except how to pray; and by working their
mouths they could get food, clothing, shell
ter and everything needed for comfort and
pleasure knowledge, science and human
efforts would be needless and one could
readily accept the fools philosophy: Take
no thought for the morrow" for with every
thing needed guaranteed by prayer, why
should one be disturbed by fears of want?
How many people we see even now, who
declare they believe every word in the
Bible, and yet not one of them ever got
anything from supernatural forces by pray
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07
Thanks for Papers!

Illinois, send you by today's mail
three copies of the Blade you asked for
March 1922, and April 26. On receipt of
this, if you have not yet received the miss
ing numbers, write me, and ] may be able
to trace them. Enclosed find money order
for $150, renewal for w. L. Smith-W. II.
ALLEN.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-03-07
Subscribes and Donates.

LLINOIS.-Enclosed please find draft
for $500. to pay for my subscription, expir-
ing March 18th, next Balance you may
use for the benefit of the Blade, or for
poor subscriber.-S. PABST.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

The first fatality by drowning in
Bellows Falls this year occurred at
ten o'clock Wednesday morning
when Rennie E. Russell, aged 10
years, was overcome by exhaustion
and sank before proper assistance
could reach him. In company with
Harry Hurlburt of Putney and Fred
Lorange of this place, Russell went
swimming in the Connecticut river.
burt leading, he heard Russell shout,
81 can't make it." Hurlburt turned
back and told Russell to put his
hand on his shoulders. Russell
seemed dazed and Hurlburt took
hold of him under the shoulder, but
Russell kicked him in the stomach.
Hurlburt then swan to the logs and
sent a plank out to Russell, but
Russell paid no attention to It. By
this time Russell was treading water
and after a minutes struggle sank
below the surface. A sister OF the
unfortunate young man, Miss Maud
Russell of Keene, was notified. Rus
sell came from Keene six months
ago, and was employed in Dreamland
as operator, was night clerk for a
time at the Rockingham, where he
lived and but recentely gave up work
for the Vermont Farm Machine COM
pany, where he worked for three
weeks, to go to Keene.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
Sees Mother Grow Young.

at would be hard to overstate
the wonderful change in my mother
since she began to use Electric Bit
ters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpat-
rick of Danforth. Me- Although
past 20 she seems really to be grow
ing young again. She suffered I'M
told misery from dyspepsia for 20
years. At last she could neither
eat, drink or sleep. Doctors gave
her up and all remedies failed till
Electric Bitters worked such won
ders for her health" They invig-
crate all vital organs, cure Liver
and Kidney troubles, induce sleep,
impart strength and appetite. Only
soc at C. Blakely's, Geo. G. San
born, Mortified, c. r. Leavitt.
PlainReld.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
Life 100000 Years Ago.

Scientists have found In cave in
Switzerland bones of men. who lived
100000 years ago. when life was in
constant danger from wild beasts.
Today the danger, as shown by A.
W. Brown of Alexander, Me-, is
largely from deadly disease. "It it
had not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which cured me, l could
not have lived" he writes, suffer
ing as I did from severe lung
trouble and stubborn cough" To
cure Sore Lungs, Colds, obstinate
Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia,
it's the best medicine on earth. SOC
and 800. Guaranteed by G. Blake
ly, Geo. c. Sanborn. Mortified, G.
F. Levaitt, Plainheld. Trial bottle
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

The graduation exercises of the
class of 09, Troy Conference Acad-
envy, Poultney. of which the Rev.
DR.. C. H. Dunton is principal. were
held Wednesday, June 90. A new
and impressive feature was the ac-
ademic precision of the graduating
class. faculty, trustees and visiting
clergymen. Music was furnished by
the Eliot quartet Of Boston. The
prizes were announced as follows:
Graduation first, SO, Miss Helen
NJ. Durfee; first for men, Herbert
Fowler Smith; second, Herbert Far
we'll Ostiguy. Spelling, Interna-
tional dictionary, Miss Carrie Lamb,
Poultney. Defamation, first, Miss
Alice E. Bosworth, Bristol, and
Thomas A. Mccormick. Burlington;
second, Richard L. Palmer. Essex;
honorable mention, Bertha E. sum-
mers and Fred s. Rowe. Latin, sell
ior, Alice Brennan, Poultney; first
year, Frank H. Nye, Keene. Com
mercial, bookkeeping, Miss Georgia
Smith, North Granville; correspon-
dence, Miss Carrie Lamb, penman-
ship, Miss Pearl Chanler, Hampton.
Bible, first year, Miss Minnie Moore
Hagaman; second year, Mssi Bertha
Summers, Castleton; fourth year
Herbert A. Ostguy. Ausable Forks
Botany, Peter Bramley, Schenec-
tady, n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
si ssnss ,1s Of LIeH72AIZsx

In Lamoille county court the case
of Arthur L. left VS.. Ethel NJ. left
of Wolcott, an action for divorce for
alleged intolerable severity and adj
ultery, was heard, NJ. P. Maurice
appearing for the lfbellant. The
next was the case of Joseph DeFaria
vs. Wilma DsFaria, Wolcot being the
abiding place of both. Causes alleg-
ed were desertion and an inclination
to be out late nights. M. G.. Morse
appeared for the libellant. The third
case was Clara e. Robertson VS.
Herbert Robertson for alleged des-
ertion and neglect and refusal to
support. w. E, Tracy appeared for
the libellant and NJ. P. Maurice
for the libellee. Decisions were re-
served in each case. A jury was en-
paneled in the case of State VS.. John
Jewett of Montgomery for alleged
intoxication. After deliberation by
the jury for about five hours 1t was
decided that the state had not made
out it's case and the respondent was
discharged. States Attorney NJ. P.
Maurice appeared for the state and
P. Coleman of Montgomery for the
respondent. Joseph Tatro, who was
convicted several days ago for fur
nishing liquor to minor, was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $500 and
costs. The fine was suspended and
Tatro, who halls from Belvidere,
upon payment of the costs was plac-
ed in the custody OF the probation
officer for 915 days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

Many people with chronic throat
and lung trouble have found COM
fort and relief in Foley's Honey
and Tar as it cures stubborn coughs
after other treatment has failed. L.
NJ. Ruggles, Reasnor, Iowa, writes;
1.-THE doctors said I had consump-
ton, and l got not better until
took Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t
stopped the hemorrhages and pain
in my lungs and they are now as
sound as bullet"
Sold by all Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
---------7-7==--
Tortured On q Horse.

'For ten years I couldn't ride
horse without being in torture from
piles" writes l.. S. Napier. Of Rug
less, Ky, "when all doctors and
other remedies failed, Bucklen's AIRY
MICA Salve cured me-" Infallible
for Piles, Burns, Scalds. Cuts. Boilsi
Fever Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum,
Corns, csc. Guaranteed by C..
Blakely. Geo. q. Sanborn, North
field. C. r. Leavitt. Plainfeld.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

Everyone should be benefited by
taking Foley's Orino Laxative for
stomach and liver trouble and ha-
bitual constipation. 1t sweetens
the stomach and breath, gently
stimulates the liver and regulates
the bowels and is much superior to
pills and ordinary laxatlves. Why
not try Foley's Orino Laxative to-
day?
Sold by all Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

If people with symptoms OF kid
ney or bladder trouble could realize
their danger they would without loss
of time commence taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy. This great reme-
dy stops the pain aud the Irregular
tiles, strengthens and builds up
these organs and there is no dan
ger of Bright's disease or other Sc
rious disorders Do not disregard
the early symptoms.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
Resigns Normal School Principal.
shin.

w. E. Merriam of Bellows Falls,
who recently accepted the position
of principal of the Johnson State
Normal School to succeed E. D.
Collins, resigned, has rendered his
resignation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

Il have been somewhat costIve, bu
Doan's Regulets gave Just the result
desired. They act mildly and regu
late the bowels perfectly ."-Georg
B. Krause. 306 Walnut Ave, Altoona
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

Minor sfOnth Vermont for Gu Bus Note from Far an Near
of General Imeesa nc La Imputm

No complete records exists show
ing the average amount of rainfall
in the various villages, the average
flow of the rivers. nor of their vari-
Gus tributaries. Neither is there
data showing at what points storage
reservoirs could be placed for res
training and storing food waters.
1t may be said by some that such
matters are Of purely local interest.
but this notion is erroneous and is
fast disappearing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

The question of the tax levy which
at present confronts the Rutland
board of aldermen is a serious one
and is causing much discussion
there. At the recent regular meet
ing of the board three resolutions
were introduced calling for 100, $50
and 200 cents on each 81 of the
grand list. No action was taken
and a special meeting was called
for next Monday night, when the
matter will be settled. The grand
list this year amounts to sS6,11S. 10,
practically the same as last year.
Heretofore there has been a deficit
at the end CT the year and it has
been necessary to borrow money to
run the city from January 1 of each
year to April 80 of the same year.
The annual report shows that there
is money in the treasury, but this
is never so at the end of the year.
If all the appropriations asked for
by Mayor H. o. Carpenter are made
by the board of aldermen and not
counting the school money there
will be a deficit May l, 1910, of about
$4,000. This must be provided for
by an extra tax levy, by using the
water money. Some of the alder
men are in favor Of raising the tax
levy claiming that this is the only
fair way of doing it. Others are
in favor of taking the water money
and others of borrowing on temper
airy loan warrants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

A current theatrical item announc
es the production in London of an
operetta by Frank L. Freeman of
the Daily News staO and Charles H.
Dorr of New York, formerly in the
employ Of the Burlington Daily
News. The paragraph reads: "a
matinee performance of "Cecile, the
Singer an operetta in one act, book
and lyrics by Charles H Dorr and
Frank L. Freeman, score by Adrian
Schubert, will be given in London,
England, on June "a. The opera is
the work of Americans. The cast
has been arranged by NJ. Sammarco
and Nine. Campanini. The presen-
tation will be made under the man
agement of Miss Elsie Lathrop, who
represents Messrs Dorr and Cur
nee of New York in London"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

Lyndon Institute at Lyndonville
has been very successful in raising
funds recently for repairs on the
building, the Woman's Club having
contributed $1,000 which it realized
from the sale of a cook book and
5000 having been raised by individ-
uals and in variety of small ways
T. n. Vail of that place, made the
generous offer to double the amount
raised which brings the figures to
$4,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01


creameries in Addison county met
at the Stevens House in Vergennes
on Thursday and decided that a test
case should be made up to deter
mine the constitutionaliy of the law
passed by the last legislature re-
quiring the sterilization of skim
milk and buttermilk returned by
creameries to patrons. w. H. Bliss
of Middlebury, and a prominent
Burlington lawyer have been engag-
ed and the case will be carried to
the Supreme court. Creameries in
Vergennes, Panton, Ferrisburg, No.
Ferrisburg, Monkton, Middlebury
and Weybridge were represented
and others have promised to share
in the expense of testing the validity
of the law. The creamery men say
the enforcement of the law will
ruin them. The law was enacted
to prevent the spread of bovine tu-
berculosis and provides for steril-
ization or pasteurization according
to regulations formulated by the
state board of health and the cattle
commissioner. A fine not to exceed
$50 is provided for wilful violation
of the provisions of the act which
went into effect May 1.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

A committee from the Burlington
board of aldermen, appointed to
confer with reference to a new union
station for Burlington, has laid the
proposition before J. W. Redmond,
S. HOLSTER Jackson and Eli H.
Porter, the public service commits
sion. The necessity for a new sta
ton was emphasized by the COM
mittee and it was pointed out that
a desirable location would be at the
foot of King street in the vicinity
of the Champlain Transportation
Co.'s wharf. There has been
much complaint with reference to
the manner in which passengers
have to alight from the cars a long
distance outside of the station and
this Is particularly disagreeable
when the mud is very deep. The
same difficulty is experienced in
reaching sleeping cars, passengers
being Obliged to travel a long dis
lance either way from the station
regardless of storm, mud or slush
as the case may be.