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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
CELEBRATIN'
THE Fourth.

TWAS the Fourth. an the dye o the blue
1 mornin' sky
An the red o the sun. risin' fast,
An the white o the mist made flag that was
kissed
By the breeze Oily dallyin' past.
While the quails meller fife stirred the echoes
to life.
An the drum o the pheasan, beat time.
An all nature was gay in respect for the day.
Al. the weather was proper an prime.
7 ONG tie broad country road ratified load
L. after load
o good people. lengthy parade
Lii.le rosy checked girls all in Rounces an curls'
Litls boys dressed in cay cotonade,
Happy swe, hearts an beaus, older folks in good
clo'es-
Loohin ever so starchy an elum.
An the teams all a-prance in a sdestepPin'
dance
To the tune o the fife an the drum.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
The Saddest of All,

'There are many sad things in this
vale of tears" remarked Uncle Joshua,
the genial, "but of all the sad things
that can be recorded by tongue or pen
the saddest is this-to wit, namely, viz,
the boy whose dad has given him a
quarter to buy firecrackers with on the
Sd of July and who has spent the two
bits that night for candy and peanuts,
devoured the same and then goes out
on the glorious Fourth to meet the
gang"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

n Lapino THERE WAS RALPH"
towns celebration and the circus peo-
pies elephant hunt. But was oblivi-
GUS to everything. The sun was slow.
1y crawling over the horizon, and my
decision was not yet made.
at would be just like Ralph to creep
up behind me and scare me half to
death, only he's a hundred miles
away" was thinking to myself when
/ heard a stealthy and steady step in
the grass behind me.
l glanced back, screamed and fell
into the water face downward. What
would have happened hadn't a party
of circus people come up just then 1
do not know. The tatooed man pulled
me out by the heels and laid me on the
grass, under the very trunk of the pa
tient old elephant-the cause of my
fright-who stood calmly by, blinking
his establishment at all the excitement.
NV nose was scratched and scraped by
pebbles. My hair was soaked and
filled with sand. Oh, l knew without
looking at myself that l was a ludi-
crous sight! The female bareback rider
came to the rescue. She was properly
alarmed. She sent the clown off on
her white horse for a doctor. She led
me up on the sunny bank, took off my
dress, wiped off my face and draped
me in the snake charmer's spangled
robe, wrapped twice around me, and
then went off with the rest of the par
ty to find some kind of a vehicle in
which to get me back to the village.
So there i sat behind clump Of
bushes on a rock, my bare arms bound
fast inside the robe, my hair drilling
sand and water over my face and
down my neck, my eyelids red and the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

THERE was visions an dreams; there was
l oceans an streams
O. the best grub that ever was cooked;
There was oil fashioned cakes like no bakery
bakes;
There was melons as good as they looked.
An the poor an the proud an the lowly an
loud
Eat o chicken an pickles an pie.
An the lout an the lord sat at one common
board,
Ceebratin the Fourth o July,
THEN the speakers all spoke. crackin' many
ajoke,
An the oil Declaration was read,
An the rigs rumbled home in the gathenn
gloam,
An the people went happy to bed.
Up the east the moon crept to keep guard
while they slept
An the streaks an the stars in the sky
Spread banner o love cross the dark vault
above.
Celebratin the Fourth o July.
James Ball Nayor in Reader Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

tears chasing down my cheeks or me-
Rndering over my poor malred nose,
looking at my ruined brilliantine suit
spread out to dry.
was just wondering how I'd ever
get back to town that night was
bound to go that night-when without
any warning there was Ralph standing
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

Chat from my
brothers), "Plenty
of sand" chats
fathers verdict,
"Such a dear boy
around the house"
(of course that's
mother), and so
on, until l was
really a f r a d l
should get to TAX
ing others opin-
i o u S a II q Il o t
thoughtfully for
mulate one of my
own. T h i S was
the reason / de-
cided to spend In
dependence day at
alone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
An Eccentric Lord.

Matthew Robinson (Lord Roke-
by), prominent but eccentric Eng
lishman of the eighteenth century,
became famous for his long beard
and his pronounced hatred of med
ical practitioners. His dislike for
physicians was carried to such an
extreme that he left codicil to his
will which was to the effect that a
favorite nephew was to be disin-
herited should he (the nephew in
the last illness of the lord let his
eympathies cause him to send for
a doctor. This having been made
known to the nephew when his un-
Gle, the lord, was in good health,
it is needless to add he allowed that
persons spirit to take its flight
without calling in any Of the 'in-
fernal surgical fraternity"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
prsparinu For SAFE Fourth.

"Hey, neighbour! What you diggin'T'
Cyclone cellar"
"W'y, this amt a cyclone deestrick."
'Nope-not ginerally speakin'. But
I'm hustlin' t git this cellar done In
time"
'In time fer whatT
"Fer the Fourth o. July, that's
what"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

Though more'n a hundred years have
flown
(Time's flying like bird).
King George is still On Elgland's throne
At least so have heard"
"'Tis true indeed-who runs may read
But he isn't George the Third
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
THE HAPPY FOURTH.

We're going on picnic!
We're going to celebrated
We've got the incest lunch done up
And the fishing rod and bait.
There won't be any rockets
Nor any banging noise,
But there'll be the great big out of doors
That's made for girls and boys.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

How was L to
know that the
patient old ele-
plant, tired of
hauling loads and
feeling perhaps
the same as L
did, had started
for the identical
patch of woods2
The day was
ideal. Sitting on
the banks of a
pretty little trout
stream | could
hear in the dis
lance the village
C a n n on S dim
roar and other
u ois e S of the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
In many an old Virginia home

Al many Olu uolnC
This morning you will see
A portrait of one who gave
His life for liberty.
Draped with the stars and stripes ithangBs
And far among the pines
or Maine above the cottage door
The same bright emblem shines.
The Fourth Is sacred to their fame,
Their glory fills the sky
These men whose souls go marching on,
whose victories never die.
SO let the cannon thunder out
A loud refrain while north
And south and east and west unite
To keep a glorious Fourth.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

in front Of me,
looking me over
with the gravest
expression ! had
ever seen on his
face.
Oh. 1t was a
mean flank move
ment, but it was
not Ralph's fault.
He had gone to
spend the Fourth
at his fathers,
t h irty m il e S
away, and had
driven over with
the family to see
the circus.
$50 this is
what comes Of
going away to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group if you apply DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil at once. 1t acts like magic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29

Oh, instead of din and banging
That make you think of wars,
Wed rather have a picnic
In the happy out of doorsI
We're going on a picnic
Where the woods are cool and green,
And the only crackers that we've got
Have got some jam between.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

Special to the Express.
1T. sill, Okla, Dec, S.-of the dozen
or more military posts. either tenn
porary or lor the time permanent
which have been established al, va
rious times in the Oklahoma aud In
dian Territories. the general wedding
out policy Of the war department has
now LEFT but one ard although twenty
Years ago Fort sill, too, was slated
for abandonment, recent action OF the
department in authorizing the eSpen
dlmre of more than a million dollars
in its Improvements as the first step
toward the carrying out Of designs
known to have been approved gives
assurance that fhls post IS shortly 70
become one Of me important mill-
tary centeTs for the army " the
southwest ii moi, as Is intimated ultl'
mately the largest inland post IN the
United States
Ft. Gibson for almost fifty years the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03
TRANSFORM TT. SILL
INTO A GREAT POST
Vast Improvements are Under Way
and Government Plans to Spend
Million More on the Fort

5nly military station in the territory
ol the Oklahoma redskins. Arbuckle'
Ft. supply, Cantonment, TT Cobb, Rad
iminslty, Ft. Reno. have all in turn sub
stluted the Smithy's anvil for the
warlike cannon and Fit Sill alone re
mains And now, after forty years
Of existence as a primitiyely fash
ioned. though picturesque, frontier
post. Oklahoma's one remaining fort
wears the appearance Of being in the
dawn Of new era.
Proposed improvement
Original contracts for new improve
ments, awarded a little more than a
year ago. called for the expenditure
or s76O.OO0 and included hfty-four
buildings As follows One colonels
quarters. two field officers quarters
eleven double officers quarters one
gour-set officers quarters, six field
artillery barracks, four double non
commissioned officers quarters, one
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03
Senator's in Brief Session



particular outside location is being op-
posed. The idea is to locate the sapi
tol buildings closer tc the business
district than the site selected by the
capitol commission, appointed by the
governor, following the capital elec-
tion June III.
Governor Haskell has favored the
site selected by the old capitol com
mission. His preference, however, il
IS said, has not been SO strong as to
preclude consideration OF others.
Knowing these facts, ct is not unlikely
that the senate viii endeayor to effect
a compromise with the governor and
the adherents to his capitol location
program both in the manner OF Sc
lec.ing the site and its location.
That the house bill passed Friday
and Immediately placed on first read
ing in the senate will be dissected
when eaken up for final consideration
is not questioned by those familiar
With the sentiment Of the members
OF the upper body and the trend to
their deliberations since the special
session began.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

administration building, one post ex-
change, two storehouses one bakery,
six battery stables. one band stable
one quartermaster's stable, three
double stableguard and shop build
ings, sig gun sheds, two hay sheds, one
granary, one coal shed, one wagon
she'd, one pump house. To this NUM-
Der have within the last few months
been added eight more buildings in
cluding one guard house, two store
houses, one repair shop, two field off
GERS quarters one double officers
quarters and one four-set officers quar-
tiers at a cost Of $4,000
Aggregate st,525,ooo.
This increases she total number Of
buildings to sixty-two and the total ex-
penditure on buildings alone to $500,
GOO To these contracts have been ad-
ded $4,000 for artesion well, $25, 600
4 for water works. $4,000 for sewers
$4,000 for reservoir and sewerage
lpurihcation plant $4,000 for roads
and s6s,0OO for electric lighting sys
tenn. The aggregate expenditure i.
round numbers, is thus placed at 81
025,oOO.
A score or more Of the BUILDINGS ar'
practically complete, at least fifty are
under active construction, and wof'
is progressing rapidly on all Of th'
improvement contracts, the weekh
pay roll on the work averaging slo
COO ID is estimated that almost an
other year win have passed, however
before the rev post, which is 10 pre-
vide quarters fos \ whole regiment
win be ready for occupancy.
Plans Are Larger.
But the plans Of the war departmen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03
cHIckAsHA GIRL Is
Welded IN IOWA.

The following account Of the we'd
ding of Miss Charlotte Chase and Mr-
Charles Adams rs taken from the n.
Dodge Iowa) Messenger. Miss Chase
Is the daughter 81 Mr. and Mrs. T. N.
Chase Of this city and has numerous
friends in this city who extend their
wishes FOR her happiness.
Eat the home OF Mr. and Mrs T.
\ Brunson OF Gowrie, occurred the
marriage Of Charles r. Adams and
Charlotte l.. Chase at 4:s0 O'Clock
Wednesday. The house was beauti-
fully decorated for the occasion with
smilax, ferns and chrysanthemums.
The bride was attired in a cream mes
saline gown and carried a bouquet bf
white chrsanthemum The bride and
groom took their place, at the close
Of a vocal solo. %, Promise Me,
which was rendered by the brides
cousin, Miss Mabel Francis. The pas
tor Of the Congregational church, J. "a.
Caskey, married the Young coupe WI
ing beautiful ring ceremony.
IA reception and wedding dinner
was given al G:SO In the evening che
Misses Spangler, AIesserole, skinner
caskey and Bird assisting m serving.
Many valuable and useful presents
we're received and among the many
congratulations was telegram from
the brides parents IN Oklahoma
which was read in the presence Of the
guests.
The bride is from Chickasha, Okla.
but was formerly OF Webster county
and is a sister Of Mrs. F. n. Brunson
and is well and favorably known here.
The groom is letter carrier in ihe
city OF Fort Dodge for which place
they left on the night train to enter
their new home where they will be al
home to their friends after December
18Th.
The out OF town guests We're the
grooms mother. Mrs. Q Adams, Mr.
and MS. Bunnell Mr. and Mrs Coop
ar Of Fort Dodge Mr. Isaac Bird Mis-.
Gladys Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Miss Mable Francis. Mr. and Mrs.
B. +. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs Franl
Peterson. Miss Beryl Skinner Of Moor
land. Mrs. II. Z. Fitz Of Calender
--a-------- ---
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03
HE MAN BEHIND THE Pen.

Ths vBachelor Maid" has got her di-
gorce,
The Widow has never been wed,
The II hiou Mentors trump, Of
ce se-
THE Rossder" goes early % bed.
The lady who writes the Advice to
Brides
Is a sorrowful, sere old maid,
And the author Of Household Hints"
resides
In hotel, it is said
The Guide 10 Beauty who points
the way
To acquire a sylphlike grace
And peerless complexion, is clever
but say
Have you ever seen her face?
The notorious author of problem plays
So descriptive Of marital strife,
From his peaceful hearthstone never
strays,
Fer he's dead in love with his wifel
And 50 they pose the high and th'
low
~Ye Scribe and the ethical scholar
ttr. IL VA. .. -. e...,,., o., ,-5,,, .vcIx Dh
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

There never was better time to
commence the Improvement 81 the
grade 81 cattle kept on the farm Reg
lstered animals are cheap, and a good
start can be had for small amount
Of money.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

do not stop here. Immediate designs
include the enlargement of the post
TO brigade rank, something more than
duplicate Of present contracts, ana I
blue prints in the Office OF the quarter
master general which have been ap-
proved by the department look ulti-
mately to the establishment at IT.
Sill Of division post and the ex'
penditure of at least $2O-00O00O in its
construction MAJOR B. F. Cheatham,
quartermaster general, visited F't. Sill
Recently and declared that Major Gem
eral Leonard Wood, present chief Of
staff Of the United States army, is in
full accord with the original plan for
mulated BY Gen. Bell and hopes to se-
cure. appropriations from congress
which will continue the enlargement
designs until ultimately completed
While here. Major Cheatham author
4 izel the construction Of ten additional
buildings ard the advertisement for
bids for building roads and concrete
sidewalks in that part Of the post now
building. The final completion of a
division post would see something like
$4,000 soldiers stationed there. The
post itself, according to the plans, will
be four miles in length and contem-
plates a. government observatory OF
top Of Mount Signal, four miles dis
tant.. connected with ghe post by a
turnpike road and the establishment
Of an airship station on the reserya-
ton
School Of Artillery Ordered
the old post now occupied by three
batteries of the First field artillery
under command Of COL Fl. M An
drews. win probably be retained as Z
school Of artillery which, under or
ders just issued. is to be established
here in the spring for training il
more approved artillery methods. 1
was first announced that the old POS
buildings would be torn down bu
President Taft himself it is under
stood, who visited Ft sin while sec
retary OF war, intervened to have then
retained and preserved intact becaus
Of their picturesque and historic cnaI
acter. For, eliminating old Fort Gil
son alone. perhaps, Fort sin is prof
ably the most historic spot in OklahS
ma.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

THE MONEY WHICH YOU SPEND
Ar HOME NAV COME BACK no
vou; SEND lT AWAY AND YOU
SEE iT NO MORE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

Matt lvarsou, representative of the
iii j. Heinz company, IS demonstrate
ing Heinz ~ varieties at the Fontron
grocery today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

The game Of billiards was intro
duced into England at the close Of the
sixteenth century.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

Mrs. B. L. Edwards has been II
several days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03

On account Of the extreme late
season and warm weather we
find that we are OverstOcked
in our Ladies Ready-to-W Wear
Department and it is not our
policy to carry over anything.
Beginning December 3rd, we
will offer to the buying public
the most unprecedented bar
gains that this country has
ever seen. Right at the open
Of the Holidays when you will
want to do your Holiday shop
ping. We are going to sell
every Ladies and Misses Tail
ored Suit in the House at
ONE-HALF OFF
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-08-05
G. T. SWITCHMEN TO 60 OUT
WALkouT ORDER WILL REACH
FREIGHT YARDS TODAY,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Discuss Demand for Higher Seized
uIe-Harmon's Plans Fail.


Chicago.-The freight yards of the
Grand Trunk railroad at Chicago and
other centers are likely to be the
scene of further trouble in the strike
on the Grand Trunk railroad.
At meeting in Chicago of the local
members of the Switchmen's Union
of America it was voted to support
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and to can out every switchman on
the Grand Trunk. The first strike
call will be issued today.
A concerted movement on the part
of railroad men to secure higher
wages on flfty-six railroad lines in the
middle west and west has been in
augurated
Columbus. O.-Efforts of Governor
Harmon to bring about a settlement of
the Columbus street car strike proved
unavailing.
When the governor told the union
lists that the company was willing to
settle If the question of recognition
and the wearing of union buttons was
waived, the union officials said they
had rejected such proposal before
going out on strike and would con.
tinue to reject it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-08-05
SAYS CHIEFS SPLIT LOOT
Former Car Inspector Of Illinois Gen.
trail Road Testifies In $780,
600 Fraud Case.

Chicago.-"High officials of the Illi-
nois Central railroad, who were in
terested in car-repairing plants, en-
tered into an agreement among them
selves to divide profits grated from
the railroad These profits amounted
to as high as 40 per cent. of the total
amount paid by the railroad COM
pany."
That is the charge made on the
witness stand Thursday by Harold A.
Sims. in his testimony concerning the
grating from the Illinois Central rail-
road. His testimony was given be-
fore Master In Chancery Mason. in the
suit of the railroad to recover $500, 900
from the Memphis Car company. Al
though he was on the inside" and
knew in detail the method used to rob
the railroad, Sims says that he real
ICED only $3.50 for his share in the
work.
Illinois Central lumber was used to
repair Illinois Central cars, and then
the road was charged for the lumber.
was another of his charges.
Cars loaded with material were
shipped to the Memphis Car Repair
company and 1t was the practise to
charge for repairs made on the cars
whether they were made or not, the
witness said. and more often they
we're not
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-08-05
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem.
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
took care Of the child. 1t was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched so that she could
not sleep nights. used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap.
piled Cuticura Ointment. | did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re-
solvent, when you could see change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think 1t is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura. !
send you picture taken when she was
about IS months old.
she was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds OF
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
H. Herman, 663 Quincy St, Brooklyn,
N. Y, Sept, 81, 1909"