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Morris tribune., 1909-03-13
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Iss.
COUNTY OF STEVENS

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF STEVENS
On this 10Th day of February, 1909, be-
fore me personally appeared III. w. Stone
and Archibald A. Stone to me well known
executed the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged that they executed the
same as their free act and deed,
T. E. CoLAHAN,
(NOtarial SeaD Notary Public,
Stevens County, Minnesota.
NY commission expires 1913, 1910.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
On this 1st day of March, 1909, before me
personally appeared Royal A. Stone. to
me well known 20 be the persons deScrib-
ed in and who executed the foregoing in
strument and acknowledged that they
executed the same as their free and deed.
c. F. McNALLY,
(NOtarial SeaD Notary Public,
Ramsey County, Minnesota.
My commission expires Jan. ], 1915.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
I hereby certify that the within instru-
rnent was filed for record in this Office on
the 2 day of March, A. D. 1909, at $3.50
D CloCN, d. III ana was duly TeCOIQGu III
Book RS of Interpretations, on page 161.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
Secretary of State.
Office of Register of Deeds, County of
stevens, MINI.
hereby certify that the within instru-
nent was filed in this office for record on
he 5th day of March, A. D. 1909, at 1880
o'clock a M, and was duly recorded in
Book < of Miscl., on page 557.
JOS. J. GAEFNEY.
Register of Deeds.
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vitation. leaving stephen alone in the
glow OF the fire. for the walk that day
had been a stern battle with both wind
and snow, and he seemed older and
feebler.
A couple OF hours later. as they went
downstairs to lock the doors and put out
the lights. Jane said: Look in and see
how the fire in the big room is. while /
see to the furnace. Ny. hear that wind"
Amos opened the door. but paused on
the threshold and beckoned with a smile
Come here. Jane" he whispered. II
thought / didn't hear him go out" Jane
looked over his shoulder with a word Of
surprise.
The fire had burned low. In a deep bed
OF ashes big oaKen gnarl still smoldered,
sending up now and again a single leap
ing Jet of flame. and by its fitful light
stephen was internationally revealed, deep
sunk In his Armchair. his gray head
turned laxly aside, his gaunt hands hang
ing emptily by AIS side.
Better wake him." said Jane He'll
take chill. He'd better sleep here to-
night"
Amos went over and touched the sleeper
on the shoulder. He did not respond
Amos laid his hand against the grizzIed
cheek. and turned with a start toward his
wife. look Of awe on his face-a look.
gesture which told his story instantly
and with completeness
stephen was with Martha, and the past
and the present were 10 him as the morn
ing and the evening of one day.
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mGnac and the weekly newspaper" re-
marked Hiram. My stars. but the draft
in our old chimney would draw nails out
of oak planks. We had to put a stun on
the Bible
But we didn't have consumption in
those days"
I'VE had somethin' worce." piped Pitcher.
What's that?''
"Chilblains by cracky"'
And then they all cackled together, and
the committee broke up.
What's this / hear?' inquired Serbia,
sharply. a few days later. Has the
owner of the Merrill place asked Jane
Kittredge to go into that house?'
81 guess that's right, mother"
Serbia snorte1, t'Wcll, that's a fool
thing to do-how como it? Did you adj
wise it?''
well, no-Mr. Hill was sort O. inquiring
round for some one, and as Amos was
sick and Jane"
81 knew It! L knew you had a hand in
that"
"Well. why not? Amos is my brother
in-law-Tve a right to help him-and
James a good housekeeper; you can't
deny that
Serbia turned away. She and Jane were
a little "aidgewise" toward each other
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Cariss. we don't have 10 think Of Thanks
giving dinner dishes"
That's right, answered Cariss. "and
yet 1t doesn't seem bit like Thanksgiv-
ing, does it, pap
Stephen did not answer, for he was far
away in the holidays Of the past.
1t Is a tragic thing to grow old in daily
labor, but 1t is almost as sad to grow old
with nothing to do-and homeless. Among
all his fellows StepLen alone began 10
perceive that to seek comfort for the body
in new things left the mind filled with
longing for old things-left it comfortless
and unhoused.
So. while outwardly he remained the
same. inwardly he was filled with recoi-
lections which made him trembe with
their power. He greeted his neighbors
with a smile which grew each month a
little more bsent-minded-a little more
wistful-and when he wrote to his son IN
Chicago. he said. "Our home Is about rs
big as our hat and it's nice and neat,
but We can't have any Christmas this
year-no place to set a table for more'n
six. I'm trying hard to pass the time"
and as he wrote his glasses grew misty
WIFI ltdTE
But one day, while he was sitting alone
by his window at sunset. when the blue
jays were in flight and the butternut
leaves were falling, Stephen permitted
himself a most heroic dream. In imasi-
nation he said TO a contractor. II want
my old house across the hill. don't care
what it costs. 1 am worth $4,000 and
il IL takes half of ii / want my home Ny
women folks will never go back to the
Coolly with me. and / can't live there
alone, so you must bring the old house.
fireplace and all-across the ridge and put
IL up under the trees somewhere. I want
IL just as Il was--can you do this?"
In this imagined conversation ne was
able to express himself easily; SO he
went on to say, Il amt got but a little
while 10 stay here and / want to spend
M days in peace-I want TO be comfort
able In my midland my mind amt easy
in this little box: / want a roomy room
with shadows in the corners and fire TO
watch when / don't want TO read or talk
Il want the old room"
And when his wife broke in on this
magical revery he looked up with eyes SO
scared and pleading that she wondered
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with a large and annually increasing
family (and who was casting forward
very definitely to his share of the estate)
Albert would look with disfavor on the
expenditure of so much money in 30
foolish a fashion. AS for Pitcher and old
Hiram and the rest OF the boys. he WAS
prepared to weather their laughter. for
it would be good natured-and, besides.
the joke would be partly on them. for
could he not say. II fooled we. though.
every man jack of ye.''
But the strain of his duplicity wore
upon him. and Serbia grew SO concerned
about his silence. his abstraction. that she
wrote to John to come up and see what
was the matter with his father.
John came, and in answer to his ques-
lions, Stephen said: There's nothin the
matter with me. my son. only amt got
nothin' to do. 1 miss the old place"
well, you are in snug quarters" John
admitted, as he looked about the little
house. Its all very nice. mother, bu:
it isn't a bit like home
Serbia was defiant. did you s'pose ]
was goin' to end my days i'm Wet Cooily,
twelve miles from the railroad? ! was
Just as sorry to leave the old house as
he was But, my stars! 1 couldn't stand
the strain. It's all right for you to talk;
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THANKSGIVING and Christmas, we can go
to the hotel and get dinner. or take 'em
in squads here at home"
That wouldn't do he protested. 1T
wouldn't do at all. 1t wouldn't seem nat
ural or right for us to go to hotel on
such days. We'd ought % have all such
meals at home"
We'll, you wouldn't build a big house
just to use for Thanksgiving. would you?"
II d. know but 1 would" he answered,
sturdily. 81 d. know but 1t would be just
about as good a way to spend our money
as any other. I'm sick O. this little coop.
Let's buy the Merrill place and have
room to dance Jig If we want to-
'tNo, Stree, You don't ketch me livin'
on the edge Of town. with no sidewalks.
want to be right in the center of things,
wlere we can have our telephone, 'lectric
lights and ALL
IT could put in the telephone"
II won't hear If it. Steve. 1 came away
from the farm to live in town, and I
don want no halfway business in
mine"
Stephen surrendered to her will and
made no further complaint.
They took their Thanksgiving dinner ut
the hotel-and on the way home Serbia
said, There! For once in our lives.
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partly because Amos was Stephens first
wife's brother and partly because Jane
herself was quite as sharp-tongued as
any one.
Serbia had grazed her husbands larger
secret, but had not really touched it-and
he went out to the barn to think the sit
uation over.
The truth was that all this buying,
planning and building we're stanzas in n
poem Of Stephen Thurber's Imagination.
He was the .owner," Mr.. Hill was mere
ly his confederate. his blind.
To the sympathetic young fellow he had
gone (while on a visit to Tyre) and to him
had explained his needs. Now. l can't
move the old house over from the Coolly.
that's out of the question. but l want you
to go and look it over and build me an
other exactly like 1t. Make 1t just as it
was when l went into it for the first
time. so that when sit down by the fire
1 can jest imagine I'm home again." He
paused there, for his voice failed him.
This was his secret palma sense Of
homelessness. All the subtle charm of
his life, all the poetry of the past, was
associated with the home beyond the
ridge, and the sense of loss grew IN
power of appeal day by. day as his palms
softened with idleness and his cheeks lost
their coat of tan. He was bitterly un-
happy in his present. and in consequence
his face turned more and more fully to-
ward the lovelit days of his youth. The
thought of growing old on a f1fty-foot lot
in a cramped. high-colored little house
appalled, him; and SO. after weeks Of
burning desire and irresolution, he had
broken ground.
No one suspected his connection with
the building-his plan was too audacious.
too far removed from the practical,
everyday life Of Bluff Siding to be imag-
ined by any one: and yet he was tor
mented with dread OF the storm of shriil
establishment and protest which would
encircle him when his secret should be
disclosed.
His hope and comfort lay in the belief
that a visit to the new house. all COM
plete and ready to move into, would sub
due and win his wife. OF Cariss he had
no fear. He also. covcrtly. depended upon
the sympathy and support Of his Chi
cago Boy" as he called John; but Albert.
who was q Woodworking dentist in Tyre.
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you can come and go, but / had to stay
there winter and sumner
John was generous enough to acknow,-
edge that it was a lonesome place for q
woman in winter
"Lonesome. You might as well be
buried"
II s'pose you're right, mother. It's all
a part of a sorrowful exodus" and leav-
ing a prescription for his father he went
back to the city. quite uninstructed In the
real cause OF his fathers loss Of health.
The point toward which Stephen was
definitely working was a grand house
warming on New Year day; and he
wished to surprise John especially. for be
would certainly understand.
1t was a time Of anxiety. but 1t was q
time of great Joy. Each day as the house
took shape he rode by or sat in the yard
to feast upon it. From the porch in front
to the little garden fence on its roof II
was exactly like the old house-the win
dows were the same, tho chimney rose
through the shingles at the same point.
Sometimes he went inside, but the litter
there troubled him, ana, besides. he
wanted to wait until all was completed,
in order that the impression might come
to him In fullness OF power.
His notion in getting Jane and her hus-
band in was at first due to his desire to
have some one to put the place to rights
pending his confession to Serilla-a con-
fession which became each day more diff
ficult-for as the days slipped by and the
house neared completion he became abb
sorbed in the idea of restoring the fur
nishing Of the house as IT was when
Martha was alive, an idea which came to
him as he sat with Amos and his wife
among their furniture. He was surprised
to find a number of pieces Of Martha's
furniture which he had given them after
her death, and he asked Jane to see II
she could find the armchair he had let her
sister have.
AS the day for warming the hearth drew
near Stephen fairly trembled with Joyous
excitement. The builder was paid up and
gore; the yard was slick as whistle"
and the big new house stood cold and
white and graru under the bare branches
OF the elms The andirons and the man
tel were in place, but Stephen had not yet
permitted himself the luxury Of sitting
down before the hre-he wanted to wait
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and sharply cried out: Whats the mat
ter. Stephen? You look as II you'd seen
a ghost"
There, mother-there, mebbe 1 have"
he answered, and turned away to hide
the CULVER of his lips.
One day he came in from his usual trip
up town visibly excited. and after he had
taken off his coat and hung up his hat he
began:
well, somebody has bought the Merrill
place.
Serbia looked up from her sewing.
"Who?"
Hiram said he heard that a man from
Tyre, a contractor. had bought 1t and
was going to build on speculation"
The Merrill place. as 1t was called, was the
remnant of a fine farm which had once
been the pride of old Abner Merrill. The
house, standing among magnificent elms.
commanded ten acres of landau the rest
had been sold away by the heirs. The
outbuildings were in decay and the yard
was Uttered with rusty machinery, but it
was a beautiful site, and Stephen had
long admired 1t. He never passed 1t with
out planning what he would do II ne
owned it. Now he said: We'll, I'm glad
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somebody is going to improve 1t, but 1
wish you had let me bIy it,
To this Serbia made no answer.
Stephen had been kind O. dauncy' all
through the hot weather. but the work
going forward on the Merrill place seemed
to interest him. He fell into the habit of
walking down there Of a morning. and
Serbia was glad of it. though she took
her fling at him and his cronies.
IT'S a wonder to me that you and
Hiram and old man Pitcher don't get a
tent and camp out in the Merrill yard.
Seems to me if 1 was that builder I'd
order you off the premises"
He considers our advice valuable.
mother"
III bet he does,' she scofnfully replied.
A few days later old Hiram reported to
1.-The committee on the universe" that
Mr.. Hill, the builder, was putting in n
big chimney and fireplace. He says all
the city people have 'em these days"
We'll, now, Steve" said Pitcher, you
better go right down and give him little
help-you bein' an authority on fireplaces.
We all hung our stockings in chimney
corners back east. but I'll be dinged IL 1
car remember just how you put 'em In"
It's funny thing to me-" said Hiram.
In the days when we ali I.ad fireplace
we were crazy for stoves. and now when
we are all pervided with furnaces some
people want fireplaces. You'd think a
family that had nigh about froze to death
in front of a hole in the wall would fight
shy of 'em thereafter"
But they have their good p'ints." sail
Stephen, eagerly. "Recollect the mug o.
cider on the hob and the chestnuts in the
ashes. and the apple parin's and the
dances-I tell you there's nothin' takes
the place o. a good Old
We'll, you can have hot cider and apple
bees without a hole in the wall you can
sling a yearling through. What's the
matter with a base burner"
Stephen was stubborn. Won't do. A
base burner is such sullen sort o thing.
No. sir. You've got to have the flames
a-lcapin' and a-crackin'. I'll admit you
need other heat" he added. when the
weather's too cold; bu' 1 just believe we'd
all be healthier II We went back to the
drafty old freplaces. II did keep the
room ventilated-the bad air was all
swept up the chimney
Yes. long with the cat and the OIL
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Without Prejudice.

KHAYoR COUoHLN OF Fan Rsv1A
IVA speaking at recent banquet, told .
sorry about a old Eau River abolitionist.
sThs old boy" said Mayor Coughlin,
swsnA b she theatsR IN Boston ono night
end ssw 'Othei3oS Hs knowledge OF tha
besd Of Avon Was 1m1tsd; he had No ideA
that mo hsse of the paeos ~ . VINO
man biacksned un
well. after chs pe1V ~ 0ysB . A3en0
asked him what he t6ought q the aotegus'
He cleared f11 Ehyoo4 and answered -
liberateIys
avail i9y1Q % seet3on0 pre5u@cea
add go Pasa1 90 g tSs YSsst,oo a. y
sc s:ss1assa:s 8 - 20 fee.ae
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TEPHEN T II L r.
BEG had no notion
Of falling in with a
great sociologic
rlovemtnt when he
decided to sell his
farm In Wet Coolly
ard move into Bluff
Siding: he merely
yielded to the i'm
portunities OF his
wife and daughter.
VINO looked away to
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GOWNS BRING LUCK TO
ENGLISH SOCIETY WOMEN
correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, November 8, 1909.
(<yV1EAR the hues which tone with
w your own coloring," said a great
Student fha narr,od
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-23
$685. 600 STOCK OF FINE SHOES
SFCIIREn FRnM THE WELL KN0WN N

TNE o
ABOUT HALF ACTUAL VALUE

Mems $500 and $3.50 Shoes-In Patent
Calf, Vici Kid and Gunmetal, button or
buckle style, on sale at, pair ......$1.9S
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-23
SPECIALS
Meat Department

Mic Hams, per III. ........ 1910
1000 lbs. Iowa Pride Bacon. mar
row strips, 10, ............ .l51ao
1900 lbs. Armour's Star Hams.
(best brand, 10 10. average. l21So
Just received 1000 lbs. Philadel-
phia ~SCrapple, per 10, ,...... l6c
We carry a complete line Of
Usingcr Nil. Sausage and David
Berge's Kosher Sausages.
Courtney's Selected Pure Pig Pork
Sausage. per pound ...... 25c
Connecticut western news., 1909-10-21

we won't say that it cant be done. Maybe June's friend will take some salt next time he goes hunting.
 Glorious Spectacle of Nature
 Monday night Nature, the electrician extraordinary, furnished us with one oi the most brilliant of her freak displays, the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. The phenomenon was visible from around nine o'clock until after midnight and was beautiful to behold, despite the cloud banked skies. The display was at its best between eleven and twelve o'clock. During that time, giant streams of pale green light, as from phenomenally powerful search lights, shot into the heavens from the northern horizon. These floods of light would remain stationary for quite a period then shift slowly, or gradually dissolve. Also, their intensity huctuated. For q time there were rom two to four or five of these brilliant shafts in the heavens simultaneously and, while they were hIaShAhCelts III thellscANcs, kuey 4oA liAeu but portion of the electrical display These stupendous streams were supple mented by numerous of the so called merry dancers big splashes of light, which leaped and danced and fiickered over the heavens and then lost them selves ill infinite space, only to be re- placed by other merry dancers. " While the Northern Lights of Monday night were a pale green, they are liable to take unto themselves various colors from pale red and yellow to deep red, or blood color" An old superstition has it that they are "a sign of cold weather"
 [Canaan News Continued on Page 6.l
Connecticut western news., 1909-10-21
OCTOBER THOUGHTS

Autumn holding OCT the plain"
 Thompson. AS we note the lengthening shadows; the beautiful veriegated leaves that are daily going from the trees like great focks of birds, and other of Autumn s various harbingers of dull Winter, many of us are wont to sigh in anticipation of the cold season. We all like warm summer much better than that season when Jack Frost holds high carnival. And small wonder, too, for when Mother Earth is covered by 8 snow-white pail, Nature seems cold, sullen and dreary. However, every day of winter Is not silently callous, inasmuch as there be times when the South Winds blow and Old Sol looks longingly toward the Earth, from far position in the sky and seems to say, ''If dared, I would come nearer; but never mind, my old friends, I'll come closer ill the Spring time." And there is one day in winter which stands out saliently. A day on
 
 weather can dishearten us; the day which commemorates the greatest event ill world history; the day of all days-Christ' birthday. And if for no other reason, Winter were good because of the twenty-ffth day of December. We said that oft-times in Winter Old Sol seems to say, "I'll come closer in the Springtime." And by that same token " should be thankful, for we know that God in His goodness will send the sun nearer next March; we know that the God-given breath of Spring will-m the snowdrifts; that the Earth will grow green beneath the loving caresses of the soft winds. This stanza from the Swedish poet, Frederika Bremen, comes to mind as we write:
 A tree that braved the wintry storm,
 With branches bare and brown,
 As the brooklets sing ill sunbeam warm, Puts ill its leafy crown.
Connecticut western news., 1909-10-21
LEGAL NOTICES
nISTBtCT or CORNWALL ss., Pro- ' z hnte Court. NntnLNr ll. lNNl

nISTRtCr OF CORNWALL ss., Pro- AI bate Court, Nctotvr IA, 1909
 Estate of Ann Fl. Bierce late of Corn wall in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of Percy IT. B,erce praying that letters of adminstra- tion may be granted on said estate. as DOT application on file more fully appears. it is ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Cornwall Bridge in said District. on tho 22d day of October. A. D. 1909, nt 200 o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice be given of the pendcncy of said application and tho time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing the same once in some newspaper having n circulation in said District, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign-post in tho town of Corn wall in said District.
 GEO. R. SMITH, Judge
Connecticut western news., 1909-10-21
PULPIT AND PEW
of Interest Tn canasn'.
 Religious Circles

Happenings of Interest Tn canasn.
 Religious Circles
 Christ Church.
 Rev. J. P. Smyth, rector; 10:45 o'clock, morning worship and sermon, followed Sunday school: : o'clock, evening ser. vice aud address.
 Pilgrim Church
 Rev. k. 0. Gillette, pastor, ll0.30 o'clock, morning worship and sermon; Sunday school, immediately following: 6:45 p. m. meeting of the Young Peoples Society.
 The midwee1 meetings will. bo re- sumed with the meeting this evening. A social half-hour will follow the meet ing.
 The Young Ladrs' Mission Circle will hold its annual meeting and election of officers at the parsonage to.morrow at 3 p. m.
 The Ladies Missionary Society will meet with Miss Norton tomorrow at 2:3O.
 The special topic for consideration by the Friendly Glass in connection with the Sunday school lesson next Sunday will be Justice and the Jail"
 The young people of the church are planning 8 Halloween party for the night of Monday, November 1st, ill the church parlors.
 At Tuesdays semi-annual business meeting of the Young Peoples Society the election of officers resulted as follows: President, Eugene Rowe; vice president. Mrs. George Mather; secre- tary, Miss Ruth Peirce; treasurer; Allyn Fuller; pianist, Miss Helen Hanlon. The old committees were reappointed.
 Methodist Church.
 Rev. Harry Cornford, pastor. Preach ing at 1O:30 o'clock in the morning; Sun- day school, at 12, noon; Epworth League meeting from 6:30 to 7-3O; followed by evening worship and sermon. The pas tor will preach.
 St. Joseph s Church.
 Sacrifice of the Mass at II o'clock Sun- morning, Rev. Father Ramon celebrant
Connecticut western news., 1909-10-21
POINTERS

Nosl urgh, the grocer, calls attention to the old reliable King Arthur flour.
 G. l.. Parsons & Sons, in their adv. this week, invite you to look at tho "Hooslcr' cabinet.
 In their announcement in another column of this issue, E. r. Huut x Company, of Great Burlington, tell all about an easy plan whereby you can get a sewing machine almost like finding it."
 Benjamin has everything for automo- bile owners and horse owners. Call and inspect his line of Winter goods.
 A. J. Wigglcsworth and company call attention to their large display of stoves and ranges. Sec adv.