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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
Dry Estinu,

Moses Ezekiel, the Roman sculptor,
says: whenever I see a toothpick l
think of a dinner that was given in
Rome in honor of two Turkish noble
men. l sat beside the younger of
them. He glittered with gold en-
broidery and great diamonds. But I
pitied him sincerely, for he was
strange to our table manners, and
some Of his errors were both ludicrous
and painful. Toward the dinners end
q servant extended to the young man
a plate Of toothpicks. He waved the
plate away, saying in a low and bitter
voice, No, thank you, I have already
eaten two of the accused things and
[ want no more.'"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24

The Mountain.
Each builds his world forever, dark or
bright,
And sits within his separate universe.
The shepherd sees in this green mountain
top
Place where his sheep may wander and
grow fat.
What to the drover IL this lflted pool7
A hollow for his swine to wnllow in
Gold hunters ind upon this rocky peak
Nothing but lodges for their ringing
picks.
But to the poet all this soaring height
Smokes with the footsteps Of the passing
God!
Edwin Markham in Nautilus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
The -
Scrap Book
No Advantage to Him.

w N0vaUe~Ve % S1S"Ns
A nan who was always more o. less
hard up boosted nj day, with a smile,
that he was to have a big raise in sal
lry the following week. One Of his
friends approached him next day and
asked If 1t was so.
Eyes, it's SO, but 1t don't do me any
good"
FLOWS that?' inquired his friend.
"Well, you see, I talk in my sleep,
and my wife has found out about it."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
Self Deception.

W. are like shop windows, wherein
we are constantly arranging, hiding
or exhibiting those supposed qualities
which others attribute to us, and all
N order to deceive ourselves.-Fried-
R1ch NietZsche.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
HAGEN & FRY

If you are going to put up q build
ing, construct q pumping or current
wheel irrigating plant, put in a steam
or gasoline engine, steam or hot water
heating plants, or build a bridge,
SEE US FIRST,
And let u Figure with you.
If your gasoline engine needs repairs
or attention of any kind, see us. We
furnish all kinds of supplies.
rne Mnsu n~a 90 InL- EnnT nrASrnnS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24

Cor. Main and st. John FORT BENTON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
New Xork,s Lobster Palacea

Nobody of distinction of appetite goes to lobster palace to eat One goes there in gaudy mood or when every other place Is filled or closed or with the kind of man who thinks gay ety means overdressed women, bedia- moned men, walters rushing with champagne as if they had the fire buckets and caterwaulins orchestra. At midnight the din and the excite. ment incline a sedate man to ask him. self whether he Is not in riot. If you have lobster digestion, you don't hear the din or feel the mae!strom of 0mnibuses, walters head walters and patrons swlrlia, about you A man who is eating lobster has to concen. trate all his faculties. mental, physical. moral and intellectual. on the ordeal. You have heard no doubt of the young lady who was asked over her first lob ster how she liked It. II think" she declared, tits perfectly delicious if there weren't so many large bones in It. They look like celluloid, don't they ?"-Richard Duffy in Putnam's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Rs Was a Poor Guase.r

He was new conductor and anx. ious to expedite matters. When he saw woman holding a two dollar bill in her hand he dispensed with the customary exhortation to pay her fare and began to count out change. There had been drain on his pockets throughout the trip. and he was obliged to interview half the passen gers in the car before he finally se- cured the desired small coin. Finally the transaction was completed, and the conductor returned to the woman.
 "F'are?" he said
 The woman fished a nickel from her pocket book. Then she looked at the two dollar bill
 "Dear me- she said. How careless l am! I forgot l had that money in my hand. Somebody might have stolen It."
 "Chump" growlcd he conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her, but he didn't. He was cursing his own stupidlty.-N York Globe
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The Dream of the Rev

some small article had been l0st-l forget now what let us say a key-be. longing to one of two sisters who were travelling together. It could nowhere be found. But ono night one of the sisters dreamed that she saw tue key in the pocket of her travelling bag. She told this dream on waking to the other And have you looked In the pocket" the sister asked. No, I have not :. said she, for the very good reason that there is no pocket ill my travel ing bag" Well" said the other. there is pocket in mine I will just have a look there on the chance" An6 there the key was found. The infer encc is that the dreamer had seen with the eye of sense. though not with the eye of observation the key put Into the pocket. Even when the key was so found she had NO recollection of seeing it placed there. but the brain had unconsciously recorded the sensa- ton. In course of sleep it had stun. blcd on that record, and by good luck the sleeper on awaking chanced to re- member the mental operation that had taken place during sleep. It is sin gular and almost alarming reflection that our brains are stored with count. less such records of which we know nothing nor ever shall know unless le association of ideas or some pecu.a, mental state brings them to our no ticc.-W Westminster Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Cieveiands Gre.djness Far wark

A.
 President Cleveland was often at his desk ln the White House until s o'clock n the morning and up again at 8. I Tell into the way of working until about l o'clock fin the morning and because of the oppressive heat l kept the door of my room wide open. Of ten during the hours around midnight l would step into the hall in hope of getting stray breath of air. Once if 10 happened that as I looked across the hall to the half open door turned toward mine l saw upon it's polished surface the reflection of the hand of a man writing with a patience and an Industry that amazed me. 1 knew that the president was at his desk. I used to ask the watchman when I went to my task In the morning at what hour the president had knocked off work the preceding night. I found that 1t was generally about 5 o'clock in the morning. although sometimes W hen he had finished some severe task that he had set himself he would SOD at o'clock l usually stopped work at 1 o'clock, but l did once or twice hang on until in the hope that I might. if only for once, show an endurance equal to that of the man next door whose sreediness for work had become gorge F. Parker in Me Cures
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Con'ts.

Don | aft".nl't to i;H,li,l, all sour enc IileS at Hi:,n. lou pan'I do d large business WI t Snil,s ,'o,i' al Don't say Il told you so" ,iw" to one yov never said q word about i Don; worry about another mans business. A little selhsl.ueSs is sometimes com mendablt. Don't islias:le that yon can correct all t:lc evils .l tue w,i'..,i
 A grain of sand is not prn.nlnent in Il desert. Don't mourn over fancied grievances. B,le your time. and req sorrow will come. !)en't titrou dust in your tea, hers eyes l, will ot.': il jure the pupil, Don't worry ::,,at:i >, Ice crop kecl. reoi and lo5i .eii} .slYt enough. Don: borrow ,.ea"ll to please your wife Better .;c lAr a little sulky. Don't imasi;;a tii,t r~sr.r- thing Is weakening H'lttcr is Strnn. in this market. Don't publish you1 acts of charity. The Lord will keep the account straight Don't color mcerschaums for a living. 1t is sim ply dyeing by inches.-Mark Twain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Queer Pronuneiations.

There are many names of places in England that puzzle the stranger. Happisburgh. in Norfolk, for instance. Is pronounced HaZehoro, Abereavenny simply drops syllable and becomes Abcrvenny. and it Is alleged that St. Neots sounds more like Shoots titan anything else. Cirencester seems to vary from Sister to SiZeter. In Suf- toii Wallringiicld Is "Wunnerful" and hcmondiston "Chimston." while in f!le adioiniag county of Norfolk Hun stanton is .HunSton. and in the west country I;ad@eworthy is "Badgery" md CoTHwood "hernood Hunting lonshre claims the purest English. but they cal E'apworth "i'arpor." And .ot far away is another village of 'calt%. The motorist turned upon a ":,,.h Toad and asked the intelligent "h'rtr where 1t would take him.
 f,a! .oad." said the honest country ;!:;:,. wipin:. his brow. will take you D ..,., sir The courageous motor 4si w"nt 'lt aud fonnI Ellsworth, which s prr;,u':''.'', "f1sar" Manchester .;uardian
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
How Rats Move Eoos.

nse as the story may appear O. removing hens eggs from tn 1 to the top of a house by oAe |lns on his back and graspin. his ovoid burden with his for, While his comrades drag hia oy the tail, l have no reason naturalist. to disbelieve it. seen two rats accomplish tl,e om stair to stair in a farm
 lh bahffshire. the first anxious pushing the egg up on its hii,G pa the second assistant lif;;oc Rlth It's fore legs, It was the [hIetlc feat I ever witnessed
 not out of the common. The
 extract the contents from a
 Florence oil, dipping in his II and repeating the maneuye,
 mas consunaed all that can he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
u.n Heart as Power Engine

Human Heart as 'Oo"eF Ens'ne A great physician once remarked ,at desp,te its complexity, there was I'd oroan of the body readier to adapt {tself to circumstances or more cata,
 ble of repaying ordinary care than the
 heart, This is very true, and an ap- n-oc,at tion of that fact should cause us fu the more carefully to follow the [yisa mans advice and to keep our
 ,oart with all diligence. When we
 have regard to the tremendous work the heart accomphshes we might well |v,th wesley say. Strange that harp
 nf thousand strings should keep in |+une so long, Estimated in scientific |f. sbion a mans heart in twentyfour |bours performs an amount of work |wbich if represented by the energy de |n,1 nded for big lift would raise 12o |tons of weight one foot high. Such a |ca1culation can be accurately deter |r,,ned by measuring the force expend- ed fin one beat or cycle of movement |of the heart and multiplying the short work into Tt of the day; Thus in no |.mall deg. 'oes the hearts labor |contribute to swell the big total of the Energy the human engine expendS Each day it lives.-New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Th. Mennoniess.

The Mennonites grew olt Of four sects of Dutch, Flemish aud German Baptists They derive their name from Memo Silnons. Catholic priest " he became a leader of the anabaptists in about 1531 Slmons was born in l492 and died in 1537. His True Christian Belief was published three years be- fore his death. Following the death of the leading spirit the sect under went divisions and changes of creed.- Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Tired of Being In Print.

"Mr. Smithers," said his wife. If ] remember rightly you have often said that you disliked to see woman con stantlv getting herself into print?'
 'l dc. said Smithrrs positively
 uu eoEsidt rod l. unwomanly ant. 'nd"li; ate. I belieYe?'
 ">'cr.:,'' ''
 And yon don't see how any man s~dld allow his wife tn do anything of he kiadf''
 To-, ,hiat so now"
 Well. :ir S.nIthcrs. in view of all he facts tn thn case feel Justified Tn 'S'':i'@y fn' |; new silk dress"
 ".A rev; silk drsss?"
 '..'",' Fer t!'t' last els sht years I have isad nothing better than fourpenny .4t!iro, aud i want something better !':.i tired "f getting ilto print."-Ton. 't"n ii' Hi1s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
French Peasant Women Hard Workers

The Trench peasant woman Ere tonne or otherwise. works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields. d-=n. and delvi1s, carrying heavy burdens driving the cattle. sometimes attend. ing to the machinery employed on the farms. One wonders whether huS- bands and fathers appreciate T all especially when you hear some of ,.,e ballads, for ballads are supposed to reveal the soul of q people. heard on" the other day of which the rrflaI, Is as follows:
 Dea" is nlg good wife Jean!le
 Her death l should depore
 But dearer are my beaves
 Their loss would grieve ne more. From Piougastel (France, Letter t, New Orleans Times Democra,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Sta ndinq Up For Him.

Miriam, isn't that young Fergus ,'o:aiag to our house pretty often nnw?"
 II suppose he Is. mamma"
 Do you know anything about him ! What is he worth. for instance?"
 Well. he's worth any dozen of the ordinary young men of my acquaint- aN"""
 Yes. but
 And he's worth SlOO a week to the nriu hN works for. even If he does get only $....5 nov'"-Chicago Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Culinary Courtship.

Janet had nodded the domestic af- lairs of the family with whom she 3 yed for so many years that the news f her intended marriage had much Hhe effect of an earthquake. Have Foul and David been engaged long?" jentnred the mistress of the house Fold.
 A"One week when next Sabbath bmes," stated Janet briefly. 4"And-and had you any thought of arrying before that?' asked her mis- ess.
 #Times l had and times 1 had not" id the imperturbab!e Janet, ''as any rson will. But a month ago when ye David a wee bit of the cake I'd en making and he said to me. Janet. ye you the recipe firm in your mind,
 S, so you could make 1t if Mrs. knns book would be far from yollr
 ch? I knew we'll the time was dra W.
 short.
 And when." said Janet, closing her
 $ at the recollection, sI said to him.
 |yid, lad, the recipe is copied in
 e book of my own and I saw the
 t in his eye reckoned 'twould be
 hin the month he'd ask me-"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
ppo's Mouth an impressive Siahs

ppo's Mouth an Impressive Sight. be hippopotamus Is sort of float island which inhabits the African Is. To see hippopota mus rise out be waer and go away Is as discon- pg to [ e tourist as it would be to } sand bar get out of the Missouri
 and chase COW. The hippo s too short to write his full name a big brother of the pig. He hs five tons. and gargoyle is and pretty beside him. He is fat dabby. covered with reddish adorned with bristles and has a flat head as wide as a dinner
 The mouth of the hippo is an. SrN natures African extraya.
 s. He has mouth enough to do eting for boys boarding school. avs are very flexible, and those
 have gazed into the inner works
 hippo when he has opened his
 pink lined mouth, studded herc
 here with tusks that look lik,
 P on Grecian columns. have beer
 ssed with the sight. Collier,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
His Mistskn

enaer Of images. who had just Eo"n out of a large office build. Ht bitterly as he looked at his Fnes and broken wares.
 u,u .., this?" inquired the friend.
 III pinch 'em if ysu say the
 !, was wa my fault" said the vic, lnefing up the remains of s |Gt tuase. as \, T insisted on trying tc |. or Noah Webster to a meet.
 "pl'f'sd spoilers. Depve,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Washinoton's Rebuke.

Washington" said senator. twas not a cynic, yet he sometimes said things so wretchediy true that they had cynical note. Thus. rebukins a certain type of churchgoer, he once wrote:
 "'Ihe churchs seasts and lasts are marvelously well kept up. The rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
All the Same.

The "horny handed" calls what he lives on "pay." the skilled mechani ''wa@cs." the city clerk salary" the banker ''inrome.' landowner rent r"il." | lawyer fees" burglar "swa@." Ia, it all comes 10 the same in the ena.-I.end9N Scraps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
A Canaid Critic.

Author-!1ave you rs4d my new book?
 Friend-Yes.
 What do you thi0a of it!''
 Well. to be candid with you. think the covers are too far apart. Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
In Doubt.

"pid ycu ever haze appeadicltis?' said tt,e insurangc man
 Well" answered the skeptic "I was operated on Hut never felt sure whether it was q case of appendicitis or a case of professional curiosity"- Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
" .n ii.s

!, e, lie when namm. t.,,x hos fos a nas been saying. bu, Ea. tE.s ana repeats 1t at th.
 e, matter q lie become. )su,,ea spms by being moppet,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
Reeiorocitv.

Do you expect your constituents to believe all you tell them?'
 MO-" answered Senator Sorghum. and In return they must not expect mo to tell them all l belteve."-Wash- ington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
A Conundrum.

When Is a piece of wood like a mon. ruler.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03

If man enpties A1s par1e into his aead no s1o sQ1 tass | fFoo Aim.- sfankln. Nn~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03

No weather is m if ths wind hs stf1. -0paaaJA fDuvssA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
'e excuse For th. s,.

s*euss For th. Sun.
 karns. aprs sir is m:@ lates, pie, enaa',' tenaous Friend-well, you 4om'zed h. mi paint on 1t, have ws !ltle have you given to
 aa mnat at. do I call 1t, Why, ,s an autumn sunset. 1nrcn' Iiou e don't say so. Vel, Ps the sun at all for .et, t'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03

Mr. Claude kilburn. Piano Tuner. J. E. Shafer, solicitor. '. VI. (. 4. Bldg.
 6-2i q {
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03
His Choice.

His Choice.
 mao".a ers yer like to b. EN ot tarria rulers sell
 Noe me. Bus. r1alot
 bum dan a bum t,rs ,o'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-03

s%aa sssaa naa te aw n osfesr 0an sltAer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06
EAST eRooKFIELp

Mrs. Daniel Webster is visiting in
Barre.
George Newell was in Chelsea on BUSH
ness last Monday.
Charlie Banister visited friends in Ran
dolph Center recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Holt visited in
Mortified the first of the week.
Little Edward Harrington has been
sick and under the doctors care.
Miss Edith Rutz is at Mrs. g. K.
Sprague's this week dressmaking.
Flora Stoddard has finished working al
P. g. Reeds and is at home at present.
Charles Hixon has been having q seri-
Gus time with his face, caused by his
teeth that were recently filed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Seymour and little
son have been spending few days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith.
]. M. Angel sold two DeLaval separa.
tors last week, one to z. @. Harrington
and one to Daniel Webster, who lives on
the Stearns farm.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06
Settled BY Arbitration.

In the case of II. w. Camp, VS. E. s.
Hall, heard before Justice e. ID. Camp as
referee, at his dwelling house Saturday,
judgment was rendered for the plaintiff
to recover IS and each party to pay his
own costs.
II appeared that e. s. Hail as admins
traitor OF the estate OF Milo Emery bar
gained the Emery farm to II. W. Camp
for $500 and was to deed it to him after
he had a license from the court to sell.
But unlocked for developments arose la
ter in the settlement of the estate, which
made It impossible for Mr.. Hall as ad-
ministrator to fulfill his verbal promise.
Mr.. Camp claimed 600 damages and
threatened to sue Mr.. Hall at county
court. Later, he agreed to ettle for S25,
and Hall offered to split the difference so
as to keep out of the litigation. Then
they got together and agreed to arbitrate.
Each was to pick = man and il, after
hearing the evidence, they failed to
agree, a third man was to be appointed to
decide the case. The time and place
agreed upon for the hearing was at Z. ID.
Camps Saturday afternoon.
r. 8. Hall appeared with G. c. Clifford
as his man for arbitrator, and later a. w.
Camp with Winfield Hammond Of Tun-
bridge for his man. After a conference,
Camp objected to Halls man, as he
claimed be was an interested party. Aft
err using up most Of the afternoon in sug-
costing and rejecting several different
parties for arbitrators, they finally agreed
to leave it to E. d. Camp alone for an inn
mediate decision Che having known ell the
circumstances in the case from the begin
ning.)
Justice Camp read Section 1876 of the
Revised Statutes and claimed that this
statute expressly forbids any such case
to he brought before any court in the
state of Vermont.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06
EAST BETHEL

Mrs. M. d. Brown was in Randolnh
last week caring for her sons wife. Mrs.
Walter Brown, who is III with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Laura Fowler has enjoyed fresh
tomatoes picked from vines grown in the
house, with house plants, the past win
ter.
Harvey House suffered another shock
Friday night and is very low. He and
Mrs. House are living with Mrs. N. A.
Wills. Charles Wedgwood is taking care
Of Mr.. House.
Miss Grace Godfrey OF Wilder and
Charles Lamphere spent Sunday at o. r.
Godfrey's. Mr.. Lamphere arrived from
the South, where he spent a portion OF
the winter. Miss Godfrey returned Mon
day morning.
The body Of Luman Greene was buried
in the village cemetery Thursday from
the vault in East Randolph, which again
brings TO mind that this village is SADLY
in need Of a receiving vault, a. well az 4
new cemetery.
The marriage Of Marcia, Oldest caugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Godfrey, to &.
W. Titus occurred at the home OF her par
ents Wednesday evening, April 2S. Rev.
j. W. Miller performed the ceremony.
The old time-honored custom OF sere-
made was rendered by their many friends,
In which nearly everyone in the village
participated. The happy couple received
many useful and expensive presents and
will keep house In one of Faber Bens.
diets tenements and will be at home aft
er May 10. No cards were issued.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06

At a meeting of the directors OF the
National Back of W hite River Junction,
VT. held May 3, 1909, Robert E. Smith
was elected to All the vacancy caused by
the death of the late president, Hon.
John L. Bacon, and James W. Pattee was
elected vice president.
Both Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Pattee have
been connected with the bank as direc-
tors for several years, the former having
been vice president since 1905. William
w. Russell was elected director to NIL
the vacancy in the board, the remaining
members being Messrs. Leonard d.
Wheeler and Howard J.. Miller, as here
tofore.