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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Tho Place OF Honor.

Farmer Hodge was Of the good. old
fashioned school. and he always gave
q feast to his hands at harvest time.
It was harvest time and the feast
was about to commence.
Giles was the oldest hand and tho
hostess, with beaming cordially, mo-
toned him to the seat by her right
hand But Giles remained silently un-
responsive.
Come" said tho hostess, don't be
bashful, Mr.. Giles"-he was just Giles
on ordinary occasi0ns-"you've .
right to the place of honor, you know"
Giles deliberated 4 moment. then
spoke.
THANK you kindly, Mrs. Hodge,"
he said, but If It's all the same to
you, I'd rather sit opposite this pud-
den'!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Like the Other Kind.

It was In a down east" village that
the young man met his sweetheart, q
charming country beauty. When he
returned to the city he sent her a jar
of cold cream to keep her cheeks as
fresh as the budding rose.
On his next visit he asked her how
abe liked his little gift.
THE taste was very nice," she
said, with rather sickly smile, but
I think that like the other kind OF
cream best. dear. '-Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
ChiIdlike Ignorance,

Laura Jean Libbey, discussing in
Brooklyn her successful appearance
on the stage, said:
II talk In my monologue about love,
marriage and the other interests of
the heart. On these subjects women,
especially young women. are strangely
ignorant.
They really make me think, you
know, Of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
"'What can you tell US about Solo,
mon?"
Solomon replied the little girl,
was very fond of animals
And how, my dear said the teach
er, do you make that out?'
Because answered the little girl,
the Bible says he had 500 porcu-
pines.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
On HeHFer-Sartan Creek

Sartian through an avenue of cucum-
Der trees. Never had I seen so many
cucumber trees In my life as were on
that one rocky road, and had they
only been starred with their great
creamy blossoms they would have
been compensation for the whole toll
some trip. Disappointment awaited
me at the mouth Of the creek. The
church there was closed, and above
its doors was not the picturesque title
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

county office and he shouted his slo-
gan to some native playing baseball
up the creek, to the porches OF the
houses as we passed, and when we
met voter in the road he stopped.
while rode discreetly on, and he new
er failed to overtake me with a wink
of success. I'd like to wager that the
brother won. Hell-fer-Sartain Creek
had once deserved its name, he said.
for there had been a heap Of devil
ment" done up there. There had been
several fights in tho schoolhouse
where where I had heard preaching,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
GETTING EVEN WITH MAMMA
In This Case, Chiid's Punishment Ger
tainly Failed to Have SaIu-
tary Effect.

A little girl had been so very
naughty that her mother found it
necessary to shut her up in dark
closet-in that family, the direst
punishment for the worst offense.
For Is minutes the door had been
locked without a sound coming from
behind 1t. Not whimper, not sniff
f1e.
AT last the stern but anxious parent
unlocked the closet door and peered
into the darkness. She could see
nothing.
What are you doing in there?" she
cried.
And then a little voice piped from
the blackness:
II thpit on your new dress and
thpit on your new hat, and I'm wait
Ing for more thpit to come to thpit
on your new parasol!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

I had been to Hell-fer-Sartain, and
I had heard preaching there. II l
went back now the way had come
should save six long weary miles. I
was tired, as was Old Faithful, but l
had not been to the mouth Of Hell-fer-
Sartain and had not seen the church
there, and while my curiosity was sat
isfied, my conscience wasn't. and so
from sheer stubbornness saddled Old
Faithful and rode on down Hell-fer-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

but everything had quieted down
there, as it was quieting down all
through the mountains, except over
toward Jackson Yes, the good old
times were gone!-John Fox, Jr. in
Scribner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

When Rubbers Become Necessary
And your shoes pinch, shake into your
shoes Aliens Foot-Ease. the antiseptio
powder for the feet. Cures tired, aching
feet and takes the sting out Of Corns and
Bunions. Always it for Breaking in
New shoes and for dancing parties. Sold
everywhere Csc. Sample mailed FREE
Address. Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
First and Foremost.

First and Foremost.
my wife has a great deal to say to
me about her first husband
Nonsense; you're wife was never
married before"
Il know it. That's what makes he,
reflections so painful. "-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
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W. Exx%GT or zz[v@ <@z
ROM zoG< PHOSPHATE ~
zEDXHGT 70 [cz1ZI4E

potassium, magnesium and other es-
sential abundant elements supple
mented by the amounts returned In
manure and crop residues for the pro-
ductiOn of large crops at least for
thousands of years; whereas if the
supply of phosphorus in the soil is
steadily decreased in the future in &C
cordance with the past and present
most common farm practise. then
people who till the common agricultu-
raj lands of the United States"
Phosphorus may be applied in lib
:ral amounts-as much as 1000 pounds
the acre every three or four years
nd it costs about 81 a ton.
After the problem of returning the
elements to the soil has been solved
the farmer may find another condition
of the soil which must be corrected
before his farm will produce as it
should This is the tendency of GER
tain soils to acidity. Glover, alfalfa
and other valuable legumes cannot
thrive upon soil that is sour. Some
times OH dClu SCllS WuS1 dppllCdllOuo
of farm manure are made, the legumes
will seem to grow we'll, but examina-
ton reveals the fact that the nitrogen
gathering bacteria fail to develop
properly. Hence the most valuable
contribution the legumes have to make
to the soil is largely lost. Upon GER
tain fields belonging to one OF the
most famous agricultural stations in
the world, that of Rothamstead, Eng
land, applications of natural limestone
were made a century ago. They are
still moderately productive. although
other fields near by, which have never
received the application, are extreme
ly unproductive.
Care should be taken that lime
stone is used for the one and only pur-
nose of correcting soil acidity.
And while we are upon this
subject of soil stimulation, have you
ever thought that most OF our I'M
I1% IN, WON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

not the man with the hayseed in his hair who
feels 1t first but the man with the pen behind
hts ear. Month by month the price Of each
separate commodity puts little large nunc
ture In his salary, until by the end of the wear
his savings, which began hopefully, as an un-
known quantity, have ended as "X=nothing,"
He it is who knows the cold dread of middle
age; for unless the land can be induced to
yield abundantly prices will not settle down to
the point where the man moderate salary
can live free from fear. Farmer and clerk
alike, we are all vitality concerned in this
problem of maintaining and increasing the fer
tility of the soil that is fertile, and Of restor-
Ing soils that have been cruelty exploited.
Fortunately they can be restored lntelll-
gence is more potent than avarce and can
undo the evil it has wrought. Even those soils
that have been exploited to the point of appar-
ent ruin can be nursed back to health. DR..
Cyril Hopkins, head Of the agronomy depart
ment of the University of Illinois, a soil spe-
cialist of national reputation and the author of
numerous pamphlets and book entitled "Soil
Fertility and Permanent Agriculture" is one
of the most enthusiastic workers along this
line. He is a man of hard facts and loves
pretty theories even the devil loves holy
water. Every fact that he gives out must
prove itself over and over again in tests upon
his own farms, or those belonging to the uni.
versity or upon one of the various experiment
tai plots There are about thirty Of these plots
scattered through the state of Illinois, where
the soils are carefully examined and then
cropped according to their'needs l could tell
YOU tales of what Mother Earth has done in
the way of corn, wheat, oats, or clover when
she has received proper treatment that would
set you to building castles in the air upon an
earthly foundation. The corn yield upon one of
the university farms in 1909 was 81 bushels
to the acre, due to treatments with limestone
and PHOSPHORUS. But before we go farther
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
AAarfSa Tra,uhlA

Hearts Trouble.
Faint heart never won fair lady,"
Faint heart has no business to try
to win anything; faint heart ought
to see q DOCTOR"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Tho next best thing to being rich
10 to have people think you are.

Constipation causes and asRravates many serious
diseases 1t Is thoroughly cured by DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets The favorite family laxative.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
Buy Furs and Hides Send for catalog los.
N W. Hide l. Fur Co.. Minneapolis. Mimi.
A cheerful man is 4 pessim1st's idea
of a fool.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

It's Advantages.
There is one appropriate use OF 4
good poker hand"
What is that?"
1T will shovel in the money"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

The word tired" Is much used and
abused.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

- ANS pest friend Is MS
Z !: !; &
- mother-the earth. All
N N|Q M she asks is the oppor.
MAJ tunity and she will
IkDI NJ yield him the wealth Of
.VS IS W an account that has
Observation-Disclosures, been growing for ages.
NXNR|ANKmgIV And he has treated her
@1eES@ as he usually treats his
@ best friends. He has
[HVNNS taken all she had to
1(1N give, bought an auto
w. % mobile and house in
town and then hid his
address from his relatives of the soil
for fear they would bring their earthly
smell into his new residence.
With quiet Indifference old Mother
Earth endures this ingratitude, but
the time comes when she has nothing
for his greed. What happens then?
Look to India for one answer Ten
million Of our own Aryan blood starve
there in a single famine year-starve
could be. almost inconceivably fertile
RUSSIA offers. another reply, where
with stomachs empty men enter a
world that never fills them. Yet an
other. answer, centuries old, may be
found In the Tigris-Euphrates valley
which, once marvelously fertile, now
searches uselessly in the tropic sun.
me necessity of man forged weapon
that brougb: him plenty; but the greed
OF man forged a weapon that brought
MIN penury. For do you think there
can be prosperity when the earth no
longer yields? Do not forget that the
shame of Rome was coincident with
the time when one bushel Of seed re-
turned but four in the harvest. When
the soil exploited, that Is when it
is SO farmed that the essential ele-
ments are taken out in crops and moth
ing returned to build it up, the result
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
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is exactly the same as when men are
exploited in workshops and nothing
returned to build up their bodies. You
cannot haul phosphorus and nitrogen
In oats and wheat and corn from your
farms year after year and maintain
the fertility of the SOIL if you give
back no phosphorus and nitrogen in
return. Twelve thousand abandoned
farms in the state of New York alone
testify to this. After sixty years of
cultivation the lands of the corn belt
are beginning to hint at the same
thing.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Erie's Special Excursions.

On account of various conventions
the Erie will place on sale at Port
Jervis, round trip tickets at greatly
reduced rates.
To Boston, Mass, on sale June SG
TO July 3rd, good returning to July
18th, at S10.60 via all rail, and 50, 40
via New York and boat.
To Niagara Falls. good going on
train No. July 1st. all trains July
End and Srd, good returning on all
trains to train No. lO2 July 9Th, at
Ss. 96 for the round trip.
To Detroit, Mich, on account Of B
P. o EIks Grand Ledge, on sale July
u, 8. 9 and 10th, good returning TO
July goth. at $2l 10. Rail tickets are
good on boats between Buffalo and
Detroit. Meals and berth extra.
To Chautaqua Lake, N. Y on sale
July sth, good returning to August
9Th, at s1l 45 for the round trip.
For Pullman reservation, and In
formation as to extension for return
limits on above tickets please address
or call On H. L. Slauson. Erie Ticket
Agent, Port Jervis, N. Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
KINGS GRANTS

Charles l who was King of Great
Britain from 1925 to l649 granted
charter in 1928 to the Governor and
Company Of Massachusetts Bay Col
ony and in 1929 gave the Province Of
Carolina to Sir Robert Heath his at
torney general. In l6s2 he gave a
proprietary grant Of Maryland to Co
celius Calvert, second Lord Balti
more. Charles ii King from 1860 to
1895 granted liberal charters to Con
necticut and Rhode Island in 1928
and in 1881 granted Pennsylvania to
William Penn, giving him a propri-
etary grant Of 10000 square miles in
payment Of debt Of 10000 pounds
due Penn's father. The State con.
tains A, 935 square miles.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Jersey Autoists

Officer MoCarty July 4th arrested
a party Of autoists from New Jersey
because they had no Penna license
and carried New Jersey number.
Before Justice Ludwig they ex.
plained that they supposed they had
the legal right t. run over here be-
cause Of the reciprocity between
states and as proof offered a chart
printed in q New York publication
which had after Penn the word
exempt indicating that there was
general reciprocity. Jerseymen gen
orally understand there is no recip-
ricity and some twenty thousand
autoists over there now are organic
ing to have a law passed next winter
to recognize foreign Licenses. They
see that the present requirement. OF
a license for outsiders is a detrimeni
by keeping many travellers out Of the
state. IL was argued that good roads
we're being injured to a greater ex'
tent than the benefit derived from
the money spent by tourists. hut it Il
being realized that a state cannot af
ford to fence itself in and compel chs
public to go around 1t. If Jersey
persists in being like Spain neigh
boring states will have to CubanizI
her. Mosquitoes and all.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON

Mary Gunner teacher in the east
ern part Of this county closed her
school the past week and returned
home
& Our old macadam from Tuttles
Corner eastward is undergoing re-
pair, and people passing over the
road clam that there is a lot Of ex
penss and the repairs win be Of little
benefit. From al rel osts the road IS
in bad shape at present.
Mise Mabsl Smith who has been
teaching for the past two years in
Newark returned home on Friday
win spend her vacation with her
parents At layton.
.sAisacie Fsrm'i over along the
Delaware is filling up with boarders
The place is ideal for the city folk
and under the management Of Frank
and Ira is made pleasant for all stop
ping Win tDem.
The big barn on the Club farm at
Bevans Is about enclosed and the
building is being pushed to compile
tion.
The patrons of the Bevans P. o.
have to depend upon the mail carrier
for their mail matter.
The Office was closed on Thursday
last and all papers removed to the
Layton P O.
The Layton p. NJ. and clerk have
their hands full placing patrons mail
in bags for those along the route
from Hainesville to the waipach
fine.
1t is certainly no picnic.
Work on the new road is progress
ing rapidly and the grading is about
complete from Layton to beyond G
E. Hurshs. Most of the beautiful
trees along the road were removed
mnct to the regret Of the people. TIL,
steam roller came on Saturday ant
the orusher. with a capacity of III
tons per day, will be here in a few
days. Many were worried over tn,
Italians. but they are a gentlemanl.
set Of men, and their foreman, Ra,
Thompson, Is just the man to hav'
charge Of the work.
Fears were expressed that corr
wonld not reach the knee high mari
by July 4th, but there are severa
pieces that have done it nicely.
The marriage of Miss Grace Aver
and Grover @. Utter both Of thi
town took place one day last week
Their many friends wish them mucI
Happiness.
Miss Sadie Hursh of Newarl
Ispent Sunday and Monday with he
father at Layton, returning to New
ark on Monday evening.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Polite Expressions

Some children in town of different
families who formerly had been
playing together met one day and
one was invited to the home of the
others. He declined to go and as it
appeared by the conversation the
reason was that exception had been
taken by the mother OF the others to
some expressions he had used. The
two cordially Invited him over but
he still refused to 60. Finally the
little girl said "Oh, now do come
and play with us, Mama is not home
and you may say deevil and heel,
and we will love you just the same"
Then he went.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08

Milford has again opened its doors
TO summer visitors, many Of them
coming from Brooklyn.
Among the guests at the Bluff
House are: hr. and Mrs. George
McKibbin. Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Has
sell. Miss ,. A. spicer, Frank and T.
StraffOrd Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
T. Burke. Mrs. E. Lyman and Miss
Kathleen Kiley, all from Brooklyn.
At the Milford Inn are: A. Brank.
muller, D. B. Shea and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Schoenberger, who arrived here
recently in their car.
The Marguerite is fortunste in hav-
ing secured the services of a Holland
House CNew York) chef, Louis RO-
maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus T. White
are again occupying their cottage on
Hartford Street. They live in Brook.
lyn during the winter, Mr.. White
and Mr.. McKibbin are enthusiastic
golf players, ana can be seen on the
golf grounds almost daily.
The first baseball game OF the sea.
son took place in the morning of
July A. The opposing team hailed
from Newburg. The Milford team
has tull- blooded Indian battery,
who know how to play ball.
The game resulted in q score of 2-1
in favor of Milford, and while it was
well contested there seemed little
life in either the players or the audi.
ence, and a lack Of enthusiasm
seemed manifest.
Clifford Pinchot is located for the
summer at his "GreY Towers" es-
tate, and will give considerable atten
tion to matters connected with the
Yale Summer School Of Forestry,
which convened at its camp this
week.
The Field Club held subscription
bridge whist and 1900" party in the
afternoon Of July 2. and many hand,
some prizes were awarded.
Tennis, croquet, cock golf and
quoits, besides reading, writing card
playing and social Intercourse art
the pastime afforded by the Club.
The Homestead Free Library Ii
well stocked for summer reading.
At the various hotels there will bi
dances, church festivals, and anna
teur theatricals to attend; and now
and then dancing bears and travel
lug gypsies may be seen.
For those who are fond of th,
wheel, riding and driving, there ar
excellent roads and beautiful scener!
to pass through from Port Jervis I,
the Delaware Water Gap-up bill
and down dale-mountains on th
right Of us, and the Delaware Rive
and valley on :he left of us.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Twenty-Six Men

Up to the present time twenty two
different men have been elected TO
the Office of President OF the United
States. Five of these have died In
office, and have been succeeded by
their respective Vice. Presidents.
Only one Of the latter, Theodore
Roosevelt, was afterward elected to
the presidency. Thus the great Of
foe has been held by twenty-six diff
ferent men. OF these twenty-six
men, fourteen had college educa.
ton. Harvard claims three John
Adams, his son John 9. Adams and
Theodore Roosevelt. William and
Mary College In Virginia Thomas
Jefferson and John Tyler. No Other
college has had more than one of its
alumni in the White House. Yale
appears in the list now for the first
time In the person Of WIN II. Taft.
Bowdoin was represented by Frank.
lin Pierce. Williams by james A.
Garfield, Union by Chester A.
Arthur, Princeton by James Madi-
son, Dickinson by James Buchanan,
the University of North Carolina by
James K. Polk. Kenyon by r b
aayes. Miami by Benjamin Harrison
The Military Academy at West Point
graduated Grant and Monroe. w.
q. Harrison and William Mckinley
entered college but did not graduate
It is 3 great honor to be President ol
the United States. 1t Is sufficient
honor TO be worthy Of the presidency
Not many boys can hope fOr the for
mer but all may confidently aim al
the latter.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
NAPoLEoN's GRIT

was Of the uneOnquerable. never-say-
die kind, the kind that you need most
when you have bad cold, cough or
lung disease. Suppose trOehes, cough
syrups, cod liver oil or doctors have
all failed, don't lose heart or hope.
Take DR.. Kings New Discovery. Sat
isfactiOn is guaranteed when used for
any throat OF lung trouble. 1t has
saved thousands Of hopeless sufferers.
1t masters stupbOrn colds, obstinate
coughs, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma
hay fever and whOoping cOngh and is
the most safe and certain remedy for
all bronchial affections. Soc. and 81.
Trial bottle free at all druggIsts.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
THoSE PIEs oF RoYHoop

How delicious were the pies OF boy
hood. No PIES now ever taste so COED.
What's changed2 the pies9 No. It's
you. You've lost the strong, healthy
stomach, the vigorous liver, the active
kidneys, the regular bowels Of boy
hood. Your digestion is poor and you
blame the food. What's needed2 A
complete tOning up by Electric Bitteri
OF all organs Of digestion-Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys, BOwels-Try them.
They'll restore your boyhood appetits
and appreciation Of food and fairly sat
urats your body with new health
strength and vigor. soc. at all drug
glsts
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Census RumOrs

Probably the census of 1910 will
show that Southern States. including
Oklahoma and Missouri have made
a 2l per cent gain in population since
1900 and that they will now show
about 80 and a half million. The
gain in other states is estimated at
ls1< per cent. Five states made the
greatest gain; Alabama, Georgia,
Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma, the
latter likely made the greatest gain
Of one and q quarter million.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-07-08
Real Estate Transfers

G ford Pinchos and Others to Mil
ford Cemetery Association acres,
Dingman. $50.
e. b. LaBar Treasurer to Mary
Elizabelh Ford, 2 deeds. JAS. B. Wal.
lace no. 70 100 acres. John Krouse
|Ie, $50, % aerOs Blooming Grove.