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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
Blown Of High Porch.
MAJOR FOOTE'S HOME BURNED.
Fire Yesterday Afternoon Late III
Wilkes County.
to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Ncrth Wilkesboro, n. c.. Jan. 81
fire occurred in Wilkes county TINS
afternoon about 5 o'clock. The nome
of Major J.. II. Foote, on the sontn-
side of the Yadkin river opposite
Roaring River station, was burned. "A
'phOne message here this evening
stated that the roof where the tire
originated was falling in, and on &C
count of the absence Of help most ca
the contents would likely be lost.
Major Foote has been a prominent
educator in the State and owned one
of the finest libraries in North caro-
lima. placed at about three thoSaund
dollars, containing many rare BOOKS
and records as well as the latest. The
building was a large old brick resi-
dence, and as the library was on the
first floor, it is hopedl that some OF 1t
was saved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02

Lights Come up Out of the Ground
Have Been Doing it a Generation
or Two.

Statesvilie. N. G., Jan. 26.-Mr. T
NJ. Cloer, of Chambersburg township,
has a problem for the professors
who are up on such" He reports an
unusual phenomenon on his farm. AT
times, usually after a rain or damp
spell. he sees lights appear-st1oOt up
out of h ground so to peak. They
are oval and about the size of a
candle and some times go as high as
SO feet in the air. Mr.. Cloer has been
frequently seen these lights. The man
who sold him the farm appraised him
Of these strange lights and warned
him not to be afraid. Some time ago
some one told Mr.. Cloer that these
lights were evidence OF gold and Mr..
Cloer believed it and made u-nsuccesS-
full efforts to locate the gold. The
problem Of how come these lights
has been submitted to many but is as
yet unSOlVed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02

sons for ~adjudging Miss BOyson'S essay
the best of all of those entered in the
contest.
Some of Miss BOysOn's Statements.
In the course of her essay, Miss
Boyson said: He General Lee) was
a traitor in that he sacrificed all to
aid the enemies of his country. But
things which are technically Of the
highest ~criminality may at times be
of the least disgrace.
You do what he did then. o would
be treason for Civil War has since
then taught what is right in the re-
gard"
Again she says: HE General Leo
differed from the greater Washington
only in choosing the wrong side
Again. the slave system with which
hep General Lee) thus o sides was
vastly different from the general in
stitution of the South"
Speaking on education in the South
before the war she said: 'Intellect-
ually the South was practically dead.
Most of the people were densely ig.no-
rant, hence h great religious and
educational movements which in the
North had built a church n a school
house at every cross roads had swept
by them unheeded."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
Storm Of Sieet, Snow and
Rain Strikes Chicago
Sped Along by High winds, the
storm Has Frustrated
and Telephone Wires, Stalled
Trains. Wrecked Buildings and ISO-
lated Whole Communities in SeVerai
States.
nv the Associated Press.)

Chicago, Ill, Jan. 29.-The storm Of
sleet. snow and rain, which, sped along
by a high wind during the last z4
hours. has Frustrated telegraph ana
telephone. wires, sta led trans
wrecked buildings and isolated Wnole
communities, struck Chicago tonlght
and was reported central in the Vlcln-
itv Of Detroit. The first bite OF the
storm was felt in Chicago at noon aau
it continued to increase il fury as the
hours passed. The wind blew forty
miles an hour and the thermometer
registered a drop of over twenty de-
grees to ten above zero.
The dav was one long fight by the
telegraph and railroad to
restore wires and rescue Staiieu
trains. No freight trains are running
tonight in the storm belt IN Iowa anu
few in Wisconsin, and Minnesota. me
Chicago. Milwaukee, and ST. Paul re-
ported practically all it's wires down.
The hest information obtalnaple az
Ia Crosse was that two trans are
probably stuck in the snow III oou'is
no ~ r
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
The Lovely Part OF 1t.

It's lovely to talk to q Wcll-read girl.
Whose knowledge is deep and vast;
A girl who d~iscOurSeS on chemical
forces.
On history present and past,
On language, medicine, phychical lore
Politics. q finances!
It's lovely, [ say, to thus while away
The time-when I get the chance.
lOVelier far, I'm bound to confess.
Is this-when all has been said:
That sapient young lass who's head Of
her class.
/ luckily don't have to wed.
February YOung's Magazine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
What the Oldest Democratic
Delegate Says
The Tobacco Trust Says Let Me GO,
What / Want Or L Will Destroy the
Tobacco Markets of North Care
lina'-Interview With Col. Greg
DRY.

Col. Roger Gregory, of Granville
county, who was a delegate to thu
Democratic State Convention that met
in Raleigh in 1854 and nominate
Bragg for G~oxernor, spent yesterday
in Raleigh:
II came down. said Col. Gregorv.
Ito look in on the Legislature and
see some friends in Raleigh. / want
to tell the Democrats that the pe0plr
are looking to see them pass a strong
no aW-Of. course not. A band OF
burglars would say to lawmakers.
DO not make any law Furnishing
burglars until 1 get what I want"
Col. Gregory avs his long expert
ence shows him thai the only SAT-
course fo,. a party or an individual is
to be true to its pledges, for the PEG
pie do not forget after the election
what was promised before the eiec-
ton. Col. Gregory was the only dele
gate present from Granville county at
Charlotte in 1858 when Judge Ellis
was nominated for Governor. Holden
a supporters for Governor but not
one of them reached Charlotte in time
to attend the convention, and as / was
an Ellis man / cast the solid vote OF
Granville county for him for Cover
nor" Col. Gregory has attended al
most every Democratic Stat COnVen-
ton from 1854 to the present. H
has kept the faith in peace and IN
war; in victory and in defeat, and IS
today rs straight as an Indian and as
staunch in his Democracy as When IN
1854 as a young man he came 10 RAJ
eiSh to help nominate Bragg. one ol
the ablest men who ever adorned the
position of Chief Magistrate OF tn
State of North Carolina.
i always love to get the Old Re
table, said Col. Gregory. Il reckon
| am the Oldest subscriber to the pa
per, for / began to take it when MI.
Pell established it IN 1865"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
ALREADY!
President and Vice
President OF Cuba Strained.

(By the Associated Press.)
havana, Jan. 29.-The relations be
tween President Gomez and Vice
President Zayas became seriously
strained today over the appointment
of q man to fill the. post of chief of
the secret police. The friction is SO
acute that it is rumored tina Senior
ZayaS has threatened to tender his
resignation as vice-president should
President Gomez insist on the APP
pointment of his (GOmeZ'S5 nominee
for the position.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
Burlington Child Drinks Poison.

Burlington, Jan. 27.-Lydia, the d
year-old daughter of Mrs. Edna Tseiey.
swallowed a quantity of carbelic acid
today and Slight hope for her recov-
cry is entertained by her physicians.
The bottle containing the acid was
picked up by the child in the yard OF
a neighDOr. ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
Alabama Lumber Plant Burned.

Mobile. Ala. Jan. 29.-The saw
mill plant Of the Alabama Lumber
Company, three miles north of the
city, was totally destroyed by fire this
evening entailing a loss of SIS, 600 on
the plant and $4,000 on the lumber
with no insurance.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02

Neither autos nor flying machines
iWll ever entirely displace the horse.
There is only one horseless city in the
wOrld-Venice, whose streets are
canals-and that is in decay.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
Take Chances.

cleveland Leader.)
Won't kiss her? Why, you
Are a chump if you won't.
She'll scream if YOU do.
But she'll cry if you don't.
thing in the world.
No man or wOman who really has
for the soil can ever go yer
wrong.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02

sons for adjudging Miss Boyson's essay
the best of all of those entered in the
contrast
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
An Old Time Blizzard.

ST. Paul, Mimi. Jan. 29.-An oiu
time blizzard ragged IN the Nor1hwese
todav Talegraph communication with
the East was almost wholly destroyed.
Owing to the high wind and Lncreas.
ing cold which at 2 O'Clock was one
degree belOw zero h DuDilc Schooi0
closed.
ST JOuis. Mo. Jan. K NC
Cormack. the Oldest member OF the
police force. was blown from the III,
teen foot high porch Of his home anu
atally hurt III the storm To-
day. .or+aa
severe storms of wind and snow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02

Better be bankrupt in bullion than
character.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
server.

ing buildings impervious to moisture
and dampness. in which to store the
grain until wanted. Even with this
protection, dampness still attacks the
grain. More recently, grain mer-
chants are attacking the problem
from an entirely different standpoint.
They are now working on the idea of
thoroughly drying the grain before it
is stored in the grain elevators, the
theory being that the grain contains
too much moisture when received
from the field Inventors have ac-
cordingly been designing machines
for drying the grain, many of which
are now in use. The latest apparatus
of this nature patented is shown here.
This machine consists of tank con-
tanning treating fluid with drum
mounted to rotate above the tank and
through the fluid. The grain is auto
matically delivered to the drum,
treated to the fluid and afterward
elected into a chute. In addition
there is scraper which skins the
grain after being washed. The fluid
contains ingredients which eventual
ly cause 1t to evaporate, at the same
time carrying away all moisture in
the grain. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02

box with a rope handle and which can
be folded into the space thin maya
zine would occupy. The receptacle is
made so that its walls fold in and lie
fat on the bottom. 1t can be of
either heavy paper, heavy canvas or
metal, and can be manufactured
cheaply enough to enable progressive
merchants to keep a stock for use
in place of paper bags and other re-
ceptacles which are unhandy to carry.
BY the rope handle it can be carried
as easily as leather bag, and will
be boon to commuters and other
people who cannot wait for the deliv-
cry wagons. This device will also
make serviceable and convenient
lunch box, for those who take their
lunches to and from work. A metal
box of this description will be found
useful in hundred different ways
Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
Boost For Alcohol.

Denatured alcohol will receive a
needed Government boost" Despite
its freedom from taxes the official re-
ports says that not one new industrial
still was set up in the United States,
while American production was only
100000 gallons, against Germanys
120,000,000. To remedy this neglect
of what is abroad a cheap fuel ard
source Of light and power the De-
partment of Agriculture has equipped
a plant at Washington to test mater
ial and processes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02

Here is a possible explanation of
the strong prediction j. Pierpont
Morgan has for cigars. According
to the United States Tobacco Jour
nal, the Chester School, of Water
bury, which the financier once at
tended, has sued man in Hamden,
Conn, for years board and tuition
for his son. The defendant makes
the answer for his refusal to pay that
the school officials and teachers used
tobacco in the presence of The pupils,
thereby encouraging them to contract
the habit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
cEIlDRFN,S DEPARTMENT.

what mean by my spring cleaning.
That Is because you know next to
nothing about fairy ways. ! suppose
you think that spring comes just be-
cause April comes and you imagine
/ have nothing to do with it, There
is where you are mistaken. April
might come and stay for year and
nothing would happen II did not set
things going, In the autumn ! put
everything to bed and in the spring
and my green workers waken every
thing up--and a nice time we have
Of it. After 1t is all over my green
workers are so tired let them go to
sleep for month.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
QUEEN cRossPATcH TALKS.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's Queen
Silver-Bell'' story, THE Spring
Cleaning" in the ST. Nicholas begins
in this charming way:
1t is just the hundreds and thou
sands of things have to do for peo-
pie like the Racketty-P acketty House
dolls and Winnie and the Rocks and
the Cozy Lion that makes it impossi-
BILE for me to attend to my literary
work. OF course nothing ever would
get told if didn't tell it, and how
is a person to find time for stories
when she works seventy-five hours a
day. You may say that there are not
seventy-five hours in a day, but I
know better. work seventy-five
hours in a day whether they are there
or not.
OF course you don't understand
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02

Jessie Crane caught large otter
In a muskrat trap on the A. S. Hires
farm, near Quinton.
John Elwell, a produce dealer. Of
Salem, has purchased the Fenwick
Inn, the only temperance hotel in
Salem, of former Congressman Geo.
Hires.
Cement piers are up and lumber
on the ground at Mizpah for the
plant of the Union Safe and Lock
Company, of Philadelphia. The new
factory will employ over fifty hands.
Former Surrogate and Mrs. Chas.
Alpaugh celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of their marriage at their
home in Pennington.
Lewis Hill and Emily Van Camp.
of Hamden. dug out six skunks and
three 'coons. The days work netted
them $14.S2.
Richard Wayland, Sr., Of High
Bridge, fell upon the ice, breaking an
arm.
For dragging his wife across side
walk by the hair, John Heating, a
snip filter, was committed to Jail for
two months in the Camden Police
Court.
Mrs. Mary Kirkbride, of Paulsboro.
who has been in the Woodbury. jail
for week as a witness in the Cole
murder case, has been released.
Pleading guilty to charge Of
stealing materials from a plumbers
cart, Samuel Bailey, negro, was SEN
fenced to three months in the county
Jail by Recorder Stackhouse, in Cam
den.
The Court of Pardons dismissed
the application for parole made by
William H. Belcher and George j.
Kerr, of Paterson. Belcher, once
Mayor of Paterson, is serving a
twelve-year term for embezzlement.
Kerr was implicated in the death Of
Jennie Bosschieter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
MoRRrsrowN posroFFrcE.
Open from In the Morning Eatil z
In the Evening.

Open from In the Morning Eltn z
In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
1904. M For New York and all intermedi
ate stations.
S15A. M--For Easton, Newton. Chester and
all intermediate stations. Whippany.
8.l5 A. M.-For Brookside, Mendham and aiV
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad
9.1hA. M.-For New York and intermediate
stations.
9l5 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
e.AA. M-For Newark, New York and boz
yond.
il.25 A. M.-For Newark. New York and he
yond.
12.4s p. M.-For New York apS sill inferno
diate stations.
l245P. M.-For Rockaway and Dover.
$50 p. M-For New York and all interms-
date stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY
M.-From New York and intermedi-
te,stations
$50 A. M.-From Hackettstown and inte
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt Freedom.
A. M.-Trom Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
500 A. M.-From New YorRx and intermedi-
ate stations.
ia. M,--From Dover.
%llO p. M..-From New York and insermedi-
ate stations.
1.2S p. M.-Frum New York.
s.aOP. M.-From Philadelphia, EastQn. New
Son, Chester and intermediate stations
40 p. M.-From Brookside, Mendham and All
YtAtions ON the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
+A41 p M.--From New York and intsrmedi-
ate stations.
~4lA From Newark and New York
delivered by carriers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
Race Between Engine and Horse.

1t has been some time announced
that the new machine for travelling
without horses, being impelled en-
tirely by steam, was matched to run
twenty-four hours against any horse
in the kingdom. This bet, so novel
in the sporting world, will be decided
on Wednesday and Thursday next.
The machine is to start at o'clock
on Wednesday on it's ground in the
fields near Russell Square to demon
strate the extent of it's speed and en-
DURANGO Very large sums are de-
pending on the issue.-London OBJ
server.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
Long-Lost Ring Returns.

Mrs. James Fish, of Beverly. lost
her wedding ring twenty weight years
ago when it slipped from her finger
while she was washing dishes and
was thrown out with the water. At
the time of the loss Mrs. Fish lived in
the property in Beverly now occupied
by William Haufter. and the latter
found the gold band while working
in his garden. The initials inside
were perfect and the ring was as
bright and shiny as the day it was
lost. 1t has been restored to its
owner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Tiny Scratch Kills a Girl.

Blood poisoning, due to tiny
scratch received in a trivial coasting
accident, caused the death of Anna
Hand, fourteen years old, daughter OF
William Hand, of Glenside avenue.
Summit. The girl, when coasting,
lost control of her sled. She was
thrown off, but apparently was not
hurt, except from a slight smarting
in her knees, so she continued with
the sport. Two hours afterward, ,
when she returned to her home, ex-
animation showed only scratch on
her knee, but soon she became fever
ish. Her mother thought THE child
merely had cold and administered
home remedies but her condition rap
idly grew worse. DR.. r. w Meister
was called and had the sufferer re-.
moved to Overlook Hospital All
endeavors to check the spread Of the
infection failed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02

One hundred and fifty different
languages are spoken in India, most
of them unwritten, and this fact fire.
quently leads to trouble in the courts
of that Oriental country. Strangely
enough, Indians frequently drift into
that capital who can find no one able
to understand their varnacular.
Neither the court nor the court in
terproters understand some of the
litigants and witnesses involved in
some OF the lawsuits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
Train Kills Station Agent

Stepping from local train at Will
Jamestown Junction, where he was en-
ployed as station agent for the Allan
tic City Railroad Company, Harry
Slower was hurled to instant death by
southbound Cape May express train.
Coroner Litchfield, of Camden, who
viewed the remains, found that nearly
every bone in the mans body was
broken. He gave a certificate of ac-
cidental death Slower was forty
eight years old and lived at Egg Har-
Dor City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
pUFFER DIscoMF1Ts ENEMY.

All the little sea folk have their
own clever way of protecting them
selves from their enemies, but the
spiny boxfish has about the cleverest
way Of ALL
He belongs to the great family
called puffer, and you will see in q
moment how well the name fits him.
Just imagine the little puffer SWIM
ming around in the water, looking
like small round box with head
on. A big fish comes along, sees the
little puffer and thinks, There's just
good mouthful for mel" But just
as he darts toward him the little puff
fer blows himself up like ball, turns
over on his back and floats around
with all his sharp prickers sticking
out toward his enemy.
The big fish is dazed, he stares at
the puffer and thinks, "Can that great
prickly thing be the same little fish
tried to swallow" He can't under
stand it, but he sees there is no use
trying, SO he goes sadly on his way
and when the little puffer is sure he is
gone he just empties the water out of
his skin and goes back to his usual
size.
Now isn't that pretty clever trick
for little fish to play? But you see
Mother Nature gave the little puffer
just that kind of body that he might
escape from his enemies. Nature
and Science" in st. Nicholas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
Motors For Fishing.

Introduction of motor boats into
the fishing industry is held to be re-
sponsible for the steady increase in
that industry in Norway. These
boats make It possible for the fisher
men to take . much larger catch and
also furnish better protection in
rough weather and are safer than the
old boats driven by sails.