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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-03
DUTY OF THE WORKER.
Organization intelIisently Directed His
Grief Dependence.

Plainly is it the duty of men and
women of labor to organize. What or
ganizatiOn has done. what it can do,
for the human family is so marked
that one is amazed at the disinterest-
edness of some of our people on the
question. The success of labor organi-
cations involves the life of the nation.
At no time in the history of the world
has organization been found more nee
-"""u for the preservation of the very
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-03
Home For Pressmen.

The special committee of the Inter
rational Printing Pressmen's union has
decided 10 buy at Hale Springs, near
Rogersvile, Tenn. site for homes
for tubercular and superannuated
members. The site is $500 feet above
che sea level In the Allegheny noun
tainS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
The Loves, Courtship
and MARRIAGE of
Abraham Lincoln

SONS and the roses were laid upon her
grave.
The doctors said Ann Rutledge died
of brain fever and doubtless they
we're right. 1t may have been due to
her pathetic, eager desire to learn
enough to be the wife of the future
statesman that she saw in the over
grown and awkward clerk of the coun-
try store.
Lincoln was beside himself with
grief, and his friends feared suicide
He never was again quite the man of
irrepressible buOyant spirits that he
was necessarily before Ann Rutledge
was taken from him.
II really loved that girl" he once
said after he was president, land
often think of her now, and l have
loved the name of Rutledge to this
day."
A year or so later Lincoln became
involved in a singular embarrassment
A girl named Mary Owens came to
New Salem to visit her sister, Mrs.
Able, and spent four weeks. Lincoln
met her, and liked her Tor her STEADY
and well-balanced character, her evil
dent domesticity, and, neither last nor
least, her prepossessing appearance.
After she went he jestingly told Mrs.
Able that if she would bring her sis
ter back he would marry her. Mrs.
Able reported the conversation, and
Mary Owens accepted Lincoln's Of
fer as being seriously intended.
Lincoln was in a dreadful pre- dica-
ment. Go back upon his word he
would not, even if it meant lifelong
misery for him. Mary Owens was a
year older than he, and when he met
her again she seemed to have lost
most of her good looks. He wrote to
her. 81 am afraid you would not be
satisfied" he said, ''you would have
to be poor without the means of hid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
OLD MAN HAS GOOD MEMORY.
Stock Breeder Knows All His Cattle
by Their "Faces."

Fallbrook, Cal.-Henry H. Grid, aged
50, is one of the active men of the
country side. He is in the saddle
nearly every day looking after his cat
tie, and is hale and hearty. In 1853
he came to the northern part of Cali
fornia from the Missouri river, driv-
ing four yoke of oxen, bringing his
wife, who is still living at the age of
81, with him. The trip occupied 100
days.
Mr.. Grid came to San Diego in 1880
and for % years has lived on the ranch
which is now his home. 1t consists of
1900 acres along the north bank of
the San Luis Rey river. He is one of
the few men who declined to sell his
holdings to the Pacific Light e Power
Company of Los Angeles when its ex-
tensive purchases were made a few
years ago. His hobby is the raising Of
fancy Devon steers for the market
He sells them at the age of % months,
at which time they weigh 900 pounds
or the hoof and dress about 60 per
cent. beef. He watches the cattle
from the time Of their birth and says
that he can tell each and every one
of them by their countenances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grid have four chill
dren, one son and three daughters, all
Of whom live in the Fallbrook coun-
try.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
FINDS KEY TO INSCRIPTION.
Or. HempI Will Throw New Light on
History of Rome.

Stanford University, GAIA discov-
cry which will have important results
in the world of science has been made
public by Prof George Hempl, Stan
ford's professor of philology. Accord
ing to statements made by him, he has
discovered the key to ancient inscrip-
tions on Etruscan tombs and columns,
so long a mystery to archaeologists.
The professor has become widely
known by solving the inscriptions on
German runes.
Prof Hempl declared that his find
will have far-reaching results upon
ancient Italian history and upon the
disputed facts of Latin grammar and
etymology. But so inscriptions out of
a mass of 5000 have thus far been de-
ciphered by him, but the translation of
these, he says, has been enough to
show that the history of Italy as writ
ten at present must be greatly modi-
fed when his work is completed. The
popular theory that the Etruscans and
Romans were entirely different peoples
is entirely exploded by this discovery,
declared Prof Hempl.
AS made clear by him, the language
of these neighboring nations was alike
in all important respects, save its
writing, and the conclusion, he de-
clares, is that the nation sprang from
the same race Dr. Hempl showed that
the Etruscans were the outgrowth of
the Trojans after the fall of Troy.
Thus, in an indirect manner, the story
of Virgil's "Aeneid" receives scientific
confederation. DR.. Jordan, president of
Stanford university, said:
CDR. Hempl has made most impor-
tant discovery. The deciphering of
these Etruscan inscriptions overturns
the popular idea that there is no con-
nection between the Romans and the
Etruscans. DR.. Hempl, with his key to
Etruscan inscriptions, will make enor-
nous changes in our views of the an
cient history Of Rome and Greece"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
PREPARES HUNTING OUTFIT.
President to Be Prepared for All
Emergencies in Africa.

Atlanta, Ga.-President Roosevelt's
outfit for his African hunt will be sim
pie, according to Lou S. Darling of a
New York firm that will furnish the
various articles. ~~s--y.,-e = .s''~-7'
"To begin WITH" said Darling, who
is here on a fishing trip, there will be
six guns, with which all sorts of game
can be shot, and any number of rounds
of cartridges, knives and other acces-
series. We are paying particular at
tention to the tent the president and
his son will occupy. 1t will be silk,
covered with damp-proof canvas, and
so arranged as to bar snakes and in
sects. However, there will be plenty
of ventilation.
Especial care will also be taken
with the two sleeping bags.
zone of the most interesting adj
juncts will be the snake kit Since
snakes are to be found in all hunting
countries, the outfit is prepared to
combat with any misadventure. The
case contains glass vacuum in which
there are lot of crystals of anti-ven-
ON serum, which, when injected, will
cure a snake bite. There is the tour.
niquet, which must be applied at once
to stop the circulation of the blood; the
lance comes next and then the serum.
"The other paraphernalia is about
like that of anyI other hunting or fish
ing expedition. Just before left New
York l got together a lot of fishing
tackle to add, as Mr.. Roosevelt will do
lot of fishing while in Africa"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Earliest portrait of Lincoln.
Dagnereotype taken about
the time of his marriage.

cluded that it was not much Of story.
But 1 think that was the beginning of
love with me-"
When "Abe" was % years old he be-
came clerk in the store of Denton
Offutt, at New Salem, Ind. 1t was a
general store, and his employment
was various. Presently he was made
postmaster, and carried letters (for
the sparse population of couple of
hundred), in his hat, and hungrily
read every one of their newspapers
before he let them go. He also found
employment as deputy county survey
or. He boarded at the tavern Of one
James Rutledge, grandson of a signer
of the declaration, and there he met
and fell head over heels in love with
the beautiful, blue-eyed Ann Rutledge,
the 19-year-old daughter Of mine host
the tavern keeper.
Ann Rutledge had been engaged to
a prosperous young farmer, John Nc
Neill by name, but John MCNEIL had
heard the east a-callin'," and had
gone thither upon business bent, prom
Using to come back and reclaim her as
his bride. His letters, at first frequent
and ardent, became non-committal and
occasional, and finally there were no
more of Mr.. McNeill's missives for
Postmaster Lincoln to hand to Ann
from the crown Of his hat. She still
was faithful to McNeilPs memory. For
a long time she would not listen to a
wcrd of love from the newcomer. But
it was the old story of first endure,
then pity, then embrace"
"Abe" likewise felt sorry for the
Tilted Ann, and longed to be able to
comfort her with his sympathy. They
were thrown together three times a
day at meals, and presently she let
him sit with her on the steps, and that
led to long rambles through the coun-
try roundabout. When at last she was
convinced that MCNEIL was never
coming back to her, Ann Rutledge
yielded to Lincoln's impassioned plead
ing and agreed to become his wife.
She must have realized the promise
in him which others disbelieved or
deserted but dimly, for she felt her
need Of a better education, that she
might be a more suitable helpmeet for
him. So it was arranged that while
Abraham went to Springfield for the
legislative session and to study law she
should go to Jacksonville, H., and
spend the winter in an academy there.
In the following spring they were to
be married.
Spring cane. but the a2rls bios
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

ceipts and disbursements Of the said society
for the past year; and further certify that.
the accompanying premium list and speed
list is a copy of Unpublished premium list.
and speed list of the fair of the preceding
season. held on Sept. 1, 2, and Sd 1908, and that
the statement bereuntO annexed is true
and correct itemized statement OF all prem
iums and purses actually paid by the said
society at such fair,
In witness whereof, ] have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the society,
at Lancaster, Wisconsin this 29th day of
January A. D., 1905
@. b. ZIEGLER, Secretary.
State of Wisconsin IS Nv: J.Bailie; presi-
Ziegler. secretary of the Grant County Agri-
cultural society, being severally duly sworn.
on oath depose and say that the actual
amount of cash premiums and purses paid
by the said society at its annual fair held on
the above dates was Sept. /, ? and 3D. ;and that
at such fair. all gambling devices whatsO-
ever, and the sale of Intoxicating liquors,
were prohibited and excluded from the fair
grounds and all adjacent grounds under
their authority and control.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
10Th day of January, A. D. 1909.
RICHARD MEYER, JP.. Notary Public.
w. J. BAILIE, President,
G.. b. ZIEGLER, Secretary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

the natures Oh most
men who have made history, writes
Fullerton L. Waldo in the Philadel-
phia Ledger. Listen to his own story
of the first awakenings of the ten
der sentiment-it is very like the
dream of Kipling's Brushwood Boy,
except in the non-fulfllment:
when l was a little codger lin the
log-cabin Indiana days., one day a
wagon with lady and two girls and
man broke down near us, and while
they were liking up they cooked in our
kitchen. The woman had books and
read us stories, and they were the
first had ever heard. I took a great
fancy to one of the girls, and when
they were gone / thought of her a
great deal, and one day, when I was
sitting out in the sun by the house,
wrote out a story in my mind. I
thought 1 took my fathers horse and
followed the wagon, and finally I
found it, and they were surprised to
see me. 1 talked with the girl and
persuaded her TO elope with me, and
that night put her on my horse, and
we started off across the prairie. After
several hours we came to a camp and
we found it was the one we had left
a few hours before, and we went in.
The next night we tried again, and
the same thing happened-the horse
came back to the same place, and then
we concluded we ought not to elope.
l stayed until had persuaded her ia
Their to give her to me. l always
meant to write that story out and
publish it, and began once, but con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
ANNUAL REPORT.
OF THE
Grant Co. Agricultural Society

oroanizad at Reetown. Wis. on the 9Th, day
Of Nov. 1855. under the provisions OF the
Laws of the State of Wisconsin. ~ occord-
The said Agricultural Society," IN 49, I4Sg
STATUTES Of 1895 as amended by Chapter Pie G4
Laws of 1901, Chapter 446 Laws q h ly foil o
Chapter $40 Laws Tvs o. PLY 1gO1 ions fo-wit.
M The 6eP entire Receipts and Disbursements n q
the Society for the year have been o loi-
lows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Had His Coffin Twenty Years.

North Kingston, r. Paul S. SHen-
bricks, 80 years old, an eccentric re-
cluse who lived few miles out of the
village, died and was placed in the
white pine coffin which 20 years ago
he had built for himself and has since
kept locked up in a room next that in
which he lived.
No undertaken will attend his fu
neral, in accordance with his wishes,
and the service will be private.
Mr.. Hendricks was born in this
town, and had been a thrifty farmer
throughout his life, acquiring a com
potency. His wife died many years
ago and ne at once made plans for
his own death and burial, personally
supervising the construction of his
coffin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Mary Todd Lincoln. from a
photograph made about 1851.


ing your poverty. What l have SAID
1 will most positively abide by, pro-
vided you wish it, My opinion is that
you had better not do it. You have
not been accustomed to hardship, and
it may be more severe than you now
imagine. / know you are capable of
thinking correctly on any subject, and
If you deliberate maturely upon this
before you decide, then 1 am willing
to abide by your decision"
This did not sound in Miss Owens
ears like the ardent protestation of
true love. She wrote back and gave
him a piece of her mind, saying that
he was deficient in those little links
which go to make up a woman's hap
piness."
Lincoln, not little relieved, accept
ed this rejoinder as the conclusion
of the matter and wrote to Mrs.
Browning: 81 have now come to the
conclusion never again to think of
marrying"
About a year later a high-spirited
and fascinating Kentucky girl, Fl
years old, Mary Todd-the sister of
Mrs. Edwards, at whose house Lin
coin was frequent visitor-was the
cause of a broken resolution. Stephen
A. Douglas was among Lincoln's RI
walls for the hand of the beautiful
southron, but Lincoln won out in this
his first debate against the little gil
ant" and in twelvemonth from the
hn first ~
engaged to be married to Mary Todd
and on November 4, 1912, they were
married by the Rev. Charles Dresser,
at the house of Mary's brother-in-law.
Ninian w. Edwards, who had been
bitterly opposed from the start to the
alliance on the ground of Lincoln's
church-mouse poverty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln went to board
at the Globe tavern, where the charge
was 81 week for the twain.
The four children of the union were:
Edward Baker, born March 10, 1916,
who died in infancy; William Wal
lace, born December 81, 1850. who
died in the White House February 90
1862; Thomas, born April 4, 1853, who
died at the age Of IS, and the eldest
born and sole survivor, Robert Todd,
born August 1, 1843. The latter, a
lawyer by profession and a Harvard
graduate, became secretary of war
under Garfield and Arthur, minister to
England under Harrison, and is now
president Of the Pullman Company, re-
siding in Chicago. Mrs. Lincoln out
lived her husbands martyrdom until
July 16. 1882.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
RECEIPTS.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Total DISBURSEMENTS.

/ c. z, Ziegler. secretary OF the ssld
IS a trae AM correct statement Of the re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
IIlooical Man.

The men who make jokes ABOUT
feminine irrationality and shortcom-
ings. who consider women inferior be-
ings, generally make an exception in
favor of the female members of their
own families. As all men do the same,
where are the inferior women to be.
found Berlin Tageblatt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

HERE was a vein of
strong and true ro-
nance in the make
up of the man Lin
coin, as there has
been = no matter
how deep-hid = in
the natures of most
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
DISPERSION SALE OF
Registered Shor;horn Cattle

The undersigned will sell at public
auction, commencing at one o'clock p. M,
Friday Feb 18th, at the Lancaster House
barn, Lancaster, "a head of Scotch and
Scotch Topped Shorthorns. bulls ranging in
age from months to years. OF these
bulls are pure Scotch and good enough to
head any herd in the county. Eighteen head
of females, consisting of COWS, heifers and
calves A few pure Scotch. q While these
cattle have not been fitted for sale. they are
a. useful lot in thrifty condition. If you
are looking for something to improve your
herd, come to this sale. Everything will be
sold without reserve. Terms, Cash; or one
years time will be given on bankable notes
at per cent. interest.
JOHN c.. MARROW
r. n. Hoskins, auct.
Richard Meyer, clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
CA SIT oEIA n..-.h. sIhs Kind Y0u HaVs Always Bought s'ss;:''' :: &HzZzszSw
How the Debt Was Collected.

How the Debt Was Collected.
 Tn the home of a certain influential family they arose one morning to find that no breakfast had been prepared. even the kitchen ire had not been lighted. Upon investigation the cook was discovered peacefully reclining in bed.
 Are you ill?' inquired the mistress.
 "Not at all. feel quite we'll" was the surprising response, but still no persuasion would induce her to arise.
 After a time the doctor was sent for. He put to her his usual questions, but the girl insisted that she felt perfectly well.
 elf, as you say, you are not ill, :" said the man of pills and potions, then tell Ene in confidence why you won't get up and go to work"
 Well" said the girl resolutely, '-these people owe me $25, and I won't stir until they pay it"
 'Do you think you'll get it quicker by staying in bed?' asked the doctor.
 'I most certainly do." she replied, with a gleam of the eye that expressed determination to fight it out on that line if 1t took all summer.
 The doctor, advancing. said: Roll over and stay there. That's the only way you'll get it. They owe me $00." National Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
GOOD CLOTHES
 PROMOTE HEALTH So Says Famous London Specialist Change Your
 Suit and be Rid of
 "Blues" ANY OLD CLOTHES
 WILL NEVER DO Don't Expect Man Out West Who Never Saw You to Give Satisfaction.

A famous London nerve specialist is
 responsible for the statement that good the wearers and in consequence result in better health. Anyone who gives
 minute consideration to the thought
 will readily realize its value. How
 often one feels tired and exhausted and
 sort of Gin the dumps after a hard
 days duties with possible disappoint-
 ments, the condition almost bordering
 on 'tthe blues." to find perfect relief
 the minute they don a change of cloth ing. Clothes play a most important
 part in the great drama of life and like
 the actor of the stage the better they
 are the more applause they win. Let
 your clothes represent you creditably at all times. This you can't expect to
 do unless you boast of a good tailor. Don't ever let yourself be argued into thinking that some manufa cturer out eyes on you can make you a suit you can intelligently call satisfactory. Ready made clothes are built by the thousands-ibuilt for every race, creed and color of people and if you stopped to maturely consider what this means you would always feel ill at ease with
 one of such suits on your back There's a mighty pile of satisfaction in being able to say My tailor is So-and-So.'' '' This means you are exclusive and that you demand more than some one else who is satisfied to wear clothes that possess common style and patterns. You never know who is going to have an exact duplicate of your suit it it's a ready-made one-but when your tailor has provided you with a gar
 ment you know you have an individual style and that it fits because it was built solely for you along your own lines and measurements and will, when once completed. never have to be rip
 ped and chopped up in an unsuccessful attempt to right wrong. First de eide on having merchant tailor make
 your spring suit and then decide on
 that tailor being Wheale, at 1042 Main street. There are plenty of good req sons fo.' your selecting Wheale, who creates new ideas and exclusive styles
 and whose close connection with New
 York and London style shops pa-ticu-
 larly fits him to be the painstaking
 mans tailor. The new patterns are awaiting your approval.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
Marriaue In Japan.

A Japanese husband is allowed only one wife. but to marry is sometimes q much more serious matter than with us. Either the husband must be form ally adopted into the family of the wife or the wife into the family of the husband, the couple being absorbed into one family and subject to it's discipline. As a rule, this custom weighs more heavily on the bride than on the husband, for she must not only obey her husband, but every member of his family of an older generation than himself; hence . young woman often longs for old age, so that she may wield authority over the younger generations. To bring about a mar riage in Japan an Intermediary is ap- pointed, whose duty it is to introduce the parties and to look to every ar engagement of the wedding. He re- mains through life the guide, philos- opher and friend of the married cou- pie. who refer all matters, all misun- derstandings, to his counsel = Pear sons,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
DIED.

O'DONNELL-In Danbury. March 10, Manora Ellen O'Donnell. of Brook field.
 STEVENS-In Brookfield. March 10. Catharine L. Stevens. aged 79 years LIGHT-Ip Danbury. March 10. John Henry Light. aged 65 years. EDDY-At Mianus. March Il, John Eddy aged 75 years. HULI-In Brookfield. February 2S, Jeannette A. Hull. aged S0 years. BELL~At Darien. March 13. Thaddeus Bell. in his 79th year, DAYTON-In New Fairfield March 12. Charlotta E.. widow of Henry J. Dayton. aged 70 years. MANGUNSON-In Danburv. March 10. Hilda O. Mangunson. aged p years MORRELL-In Bethel. March 12. Mrs. Juliet I. Morrell. aged 59 years OLMSTEAD-In Cranbury. Josephine, widow of Aaron OlmStead. HENDRICKS-In Norwalk. March 13, Emily Virginia. wife of William H. Hendricks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
CONVENTIONS PRESERVED.

State conventions are preserved and they declare the party platform and nominate the Treasurer. Comptroller and Secretary of State.
 Provision is made for independent nominations (outside of parties) by petition after the primary result is as- certained.
 This is done in other states. This exclamation of the proposed law is necessarily very brief.
 The act should be obtained and studied and if passed the voters will finally come to their own.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
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