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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
WATCH YOUR DOG

There is d good deal of nv
drophobia i'll "arts of tbi,
State-a number ofcases i'm Rich.
mond. AT this time of wear
especially it is we'll to watch Won,
dog lfhe shows signs oflanguor,
sits about, and looks detected
and unhappy, has sad and dis
tressed look, and u dribble OF
saliva from his jaws-these are
suspicious signs-he should at
once be confined. The disease
does not come on suddenly. but
is marked by the above syInp.
toms, and it is SO dreadful and
lncurable that a mad dogs bite
Is fatal to the bitten person. Ii
the dog is mad, and You are
Obliged to handle him, wrap your
hands and arms with your coat
or some such protective article.
statistics show that few persons
6ltten through clothing are in
fected by the'bite. But the best
treatment of q suspected dog is
a shot gun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
POLITICAL.

The progressive republicans" o.
Ohio met defeat in the recent conyen
ton in that State, Garfield being signal
ly defeated and a stand-pat platform
carrying the day. A new man W. c.
Harding-was nominated for governor
on platform Garfield refused to stanc
on.
In Nebraska William J. Bryan wen,
down and was showed under mercilessly
the convention refusing to hear his ap.
peals and scouting his long continued
leadership. Independent papers make
no bones of saying that Mr.. Bryan has
been a stumbling block in the way OF
Democratic victory. While this does
not eliminate him from strong posi-
ton in the political field, it seems to
mean that the party in his own State is
willing to try another leader.
Never in our recollection has the SEN
tlment of the people been so thor.
oughly crystalized and concentrated
upon one man in connection with a high
Office as it is now in favor of the -selec-
ton of Mr.. Swanson, and it may be Ia.
ken for granted that Governor Mann
Will heed the wish of the people and at
the same time select man, who with
out disparagement of any other one. is
pre-eminently the man for the position.
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
The Urbanna Sentinel strongly rec
ommends to Governor Mann the an.
pointment of Ex-Governor Montague 10
the vacant senatorship. 1t seems to us
that this Sentinel must have been sleep
ing on post not to have become copni-
zant of the several cogent reasons re-
'tralning the Governor from such use
Of his discretionary power. AS well
night President Taft be expected to
lame Mr.. Dolliver as Chief Justice. and
We are surprised that our Middlesex
riend should have INDUCED in asugges-
ION so grotesquely at variance with
ne possibilities. Norfolk Virginian- |
'ilot.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
WRGINIANS IN NEW YORK.

In New York alone there is colon,
OF Virginians with population of from
5000 to 5000. and in some of the other
large cities the proportion would be
maintained. 1t would not be difficult to
get in communication with these. and
doubtless many of thom would jump at
the opportunity to get back and be the
guests of their mother State.
AS somebody said. "virginians have
more State pride than the people of any
other State, and that alone is enough to
insure the success of a homecoming
week. All over the nation there are
men who delight in saying, Il am a Vir-
ginian,' and you can readily figure that
they would be just pleased to death AL
most to get back for such an occasion. 4"
Are you coming back to Old Vir-
ginia, Nellie?"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
TRUCKERS NOTES

Some of the finest peaches, it is said
ever shipped to Norfolk were recent,
received by w. ID. Nye, a commission
merchant. Four of them. being weigh
ed, totalled four and one-half pounds.
They were shipped by John Hutton.
houer. of Southern Pines, N. C
Flour made from either sweet or
IRISH potatoes is being manufactured for
the first time in history by John Taylor
at Hallwood, in Accomac county. Cull
potatoes. unfit for shipping, can be
utilized for this purpose, and the -four
can be used for many Purposes in Gull.
amy operations.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
KILLED BY GIRL.
Son OF secretary 70 Idaho Senator Shot
al Mount Holly. Va

Benjamin T. Smith, sixteen years old.
son of Addison T. Smith. private secre,
tary to Senator Weldon b. Hepburn. of
Idaho, was accidentally shot and killed
at Mount Holly, Va, by young woman.
The utmost mystery hides the identity
of the person who fired the shot.
At least dozen boys and girls and
several grown persons were present at
the wharf when a rife shot was heard
and young Smith fell dying, and vet
not one of them, according to the story
told by the witnesses, is able to say
who held the gun at the time. Great
confusion followed the shot and that
every one in the party when asked who
held the rife, gave the one reply: 81
don't know"
Coroner Shinn, who issued a simple
certificate of death by accident, seems
to have thrown no further light on the
subject during his short investigation.
The party at Mt. Holly is said to have
included several boys and girls from
Washington, Mr.. Yeatling. of Colonial
Beach. and several young folks from the
Mount Holly neighborhood.
Smiths brother and companion.
Dinger. who is also sixteen years of
age. had been engaged in target practice.
Bonnie Smith loaded his rifle and placed
1t against a nearby tree. About this
time launch came up containing a boy
and girl, acquaintance of the young
marksman. and merry throng was
soon playing about the wharf. Bonnie
was romping about with little girl of
about ten years, when shot was heard,
and Bonnie fell, mortally wounded in the
temple.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
DIVES UPON A sTINGAREE.

Laurence S. Baker, an II-year-old
Jacksonville, Fla lad, dived from a boat
while in Lake Worth last week and
struck on stingaree. huge, fiat-bod-
led and gruesome species of warm-wa-
ter fish which was lurking Just under
the boat. One of the barbed SHINES
which this fish carries on its whiplik a
tail pierced the boys neck, cutting into
the Juguiar vein. He rose to the sur-
face crying for help and bled to death
within four minutes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

| CikHl IDlillO0 eHRS-
a hounder's an astounder
We wish we had a chance To trade
Our chickens for q founder.
Houston Post.
a great waste of oyster life has been
stopped by x-rays. The pearl fishers of
Ceylon inspect oysters under these rays
at the rate of thousands an hour. re-
tanning the few pearl-bearing individu-
ais, but returning all others unipjured
TO the sea-instead Of destroying them
as hitherto.
TO TRY DEEP-wATER PLANTING.
At the last meeting of the Commits
sion OF Fisheries, David Cain, of Nor
folk, made application for a lease of
between 800 and 400 acres of ground
opposite Ocean View in deep-water, in
which Cain desires to experiment in the
raising of oysters by planting shells.
The Commission decided that if the
ground was not grabbing or claiming
ground and in no way interfered with
the oyster. grabbing or claiming indus
tries the lease would be let. An inves-
tigation will be made.
Mr.. Cain said that although Norfolk
Is at the present time the largest and
the most favorably known oyster mar
ket In the world. she is as a matter of
TACT not taking advantage of the oppor-
tunities that nature has put at her dis
pOsal in this line.
There are great many people in
TINS part of the country who think il is
folly to talk of raising oysters in deep
water or on sandy bottoms. ! don't
agree with them and ] think that am
going to show them that they are mis-
taken i'll get the lease from the State
Fisheries Commission that hive ap-
piled for. said Mr.. Cain.
Northern men are doing it and why
can't we? They have shown conclus-
lively that the old theory Of shallow
water and mud bottoms is only par.
tally true. / refer to the people of |
New York and New England who for
years past have been planting oysters
." waves SWShty -WsC iccI VI ueepeI anQ
also on sandy bottoms.
''Of course it is understood that the
bottom, if sandy, must not be COM
posed Of shifting sands. The sand must
be stationary, But believe that the
sand off Ocean View at depth of %
teet is stationary and on the strength
IT this opinion ] am going to sink some
money out there.
The other thing that appears to be
Incredible to some people is that there
$ any spawn at depth Of % feet in
he water. ] have tried some expert
nents along this line and ] am con-
'inced that there is plenty of it at this
epth and am going to work on this
'elief. AS matter of fact / think
rab men often get oysters at @ depth
f % feet off the View and it there was
% spawn thereabout do not see how
hey'd get the oysters.
IL intend to plant about is. 600 bushels
( shells in the coming fall and IL | get r
esults, as feel certain Twill. | shall
liant hundred thousand bushels the
year"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

MR. CHARLES +. TmACKER. who
has Tor the past II wears con
Quoted The Newport News Daily
Press, has retired from the man
agement OF that journal. a man.
aSement of cOnsummate ability,
and the paper has passed into
the hands of ii company headed
by f.. :. Blanton. Mr.. Thacker
retires on account of failing
health. He made the Press one
of the leading newspapers of Vir-
ginia and his loss to the field of
Journalism is IL real one. The
Press will be conducted. as here
tofore. on high planes and an
independent Democratic paper.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

john DAvEY, of Kent. Ohio. is
heading a society for the exter-
mination of the English sparrow
He insists that n united move
ment must be started. or the
robins and bluebirds will be
things of the past in this country
in a very short time. But. what
IL morelmportunt. he states that
these sparrows are the cause of
destroying thousands of trees
and the great damage to crops.
The sparrow has the song birds
sadly reduced in numbers. Mr..
Davey says, and the songs birds
are the enemies of the insects and
bugs that infest trees.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

The Roanoke Times sees in the
fashionableyounglady ofourdav
with her cigarettes IL harkino.
back to the days of her grand
mother, who sat in her cabin
door and smoked a corncob pine
Thus does nature revenge herself
on those who, endeavoring to
climb out OF the simplicity of an
cestral descent, leave them with a
hankering after ancestral habits.
The anti-meat eaters profess to
see in our craving for flesh diet a
relic of cannibalistic days and
tastes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

If you made mistakes yesterday for
get them. No strength was ever hull,
upon continued regret. Today is the
result of yesterday. but it is more i'm
portant to remember that tomorrow is
the result of today.-Exchange.
Which is all well, in a sense
But the chief gain of mistakes
and againf for which we should he
grateful, is the lesson they teach.
Experience is the mother of wis.
dom, and weforget the mistakes
how shall we gather wisdom from
them? Rather, let us not forget,
but profit by the mistake, SO that
IN future it may not be repeated.
NO use crying over split milk"
try not tospill any more.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
Those Pies OF BOyhOod.

How delicious were the pies Of boyhood. No pies
now ever taste so good what's changeds the pies;
No. Its you. You've lost the strong. healthy stol.
ache the vigorous liver. the active kidneys. the
regular bowels of boyhood. Your digestion Is
poor and you blame the food. What's needed? A
complete toning up by Electric Bitters of all organs
of digestion Stomach. Liver. Kidneys. Bowels -
Try them. They'll restore your boyhood appetite
and appreciation of food and fairly saturate your
body with new health. strength and vigor. SOC at
all druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

DoN'T be afraid to aspire To
the big Jobs and high places.
There : lots of fellows to take the
small ones. If you decide to STAY
at the foot OF the ladder, remem.
Der there's a bigger crowd there
then anywhere else on earth.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

j. j. Hill, the great railroad
magnate, in IN address recently
repeated his urgent plea for econ
omy. Mr.. Hill says that we are
hVlng too fast, are spending too
much money on unessentials and
are rushing on without thought
OF Che future. To the statement
toat the growth and wealth OF
Gne country are excuse or reason
Tor the billion-dollar Congress. he
says that there isno necessity for
expenses keeping pace with in
crease OF wealth any more in
national than in family matters,
OUT that, as matter of fact. our
expenditures far out-run our i'm.
crease in solid wealth.
1t is very difficult to pause in
che midst of what appears a
career OF success and take stock
Oh what we have. But the fact is
THAT the rank and file of our peo.
pie have lost the art of saving in
sfnall ways.-nay. have become
ashamed OF such ways,-and
ashamed of being suspected as
mean and stingy. I'm his boyhood
days this writer recalls the ease
OF an Old man of means who
severely rebuked his son forsplit-
ting up "a good shingle to kindle
Cne hre. 1t was Il waste. he said.
aud should not he allowed. And
Ghere Is Il story eXtant of how on
one occasion General Lee asked
Tor some information contained
In II catalogue of the university
OF which he was president, and
the party with whom he was
talking took up a catalogue of
The school about to be mailed
ana was about to tear off the
wrapper To get mt the contents
when the general stopped him
with the remark that he should
not do that. the wrapper cost
money, and he should search for
a catalogue that had not been
wrapped. We seem to have lost
that art for small savings. and
go on bllndly wasting i'm WAYS
tnat would appal a Frenchman.
rev people nowadays teach
children systematic economy.
And very few fortunes are aug
mented by savingi in "a small wav:
and yet it was Just in these small
Iaings that our ancestors, many
OF them, piled up snug fortunes
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

EVEN Homer mods occasionally
and our erudite friend. the
Major. OF the Richmond Times.
Dispatch, seems to have slim
ped up Just "a little when he
ascribes The Tar Baby" story
Go Joel Chandler Harris, or
Uncle Remus." An old friend at
odrelbow, whose recollection goes
back to over three score and ten
tells us that he was told the "Tar
Baby" storyby his black mammv
away back in 1910 somewhere
But Harris, the genial, the mimi
table, set in frame of Jewels the
old negro legend. 1t is probably
even more ancient than this race
coming out of the Dark Ages
who can tell when?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

MOSQUITOES are SO starved in
pennsylvania that they light on
the plough-horses in such num-
6ers that the poor things lie
down, roll over TO be rid of them.
ana even run away in sheer
agony. Still, there are people
who persist i'll living in such
countries. Once in a great
while, u solitary mosquito strays
away from MiddleseN to this side
the Rappahannock, but it's SO
lonesome for him that he gets ON
the first craft going across and
lies him back to Urbanna creek.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29

The barefootcountry boy. dig
ging the reluctant worm from its
native earth and inserting into
It's lnsides the barbed hook,
catches fish with the zest that the
hookworm catches him. 1t may
be hookworm that makes him
lazy, but still the day may come
when he will shake off the laziness
even as the small fish shakes
itself loose from his bent pin, aud
he will rouse up and be states
man, or, anyway, a politician.
TREAT men thus grow from hook
worm boys.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
FISH AND OYsTEP NOTES.

A nounder lays eight million eggs
A founders an astounder
we wish we had a chance to trade
Our chickens for founder.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
FAIRFAX,

News has been received OF the marriage
at Marlboro, Mass. October 10 Of Edward
y. Mahon. formerly Of Fairfax, to Mary
]. Mccarthy The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Father Towney at
the Church of the immaculate Conception,
Marlboro. After reception at the home
OF the bride the couple left for a honey
moon trip which will include New York
nrd Philadelphia. They will reside at
North avenue, Roxbury district. Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rooney are the
happy parents Of baby boy, born Fri
day morning.--The Young Peoples Mis-
sionary societys harvest supper at the
Baptist Church October 10 cleared them
about s23--Irving Chase Of Brandon call
ed on his daughter recently.-The hunters
in town were disappointed that they
could not hunt deer this week.-A. Cover
has sold his farm in Buck Hollow to
James Meehan and Mr.. Cover will move
| 10 Bakersfield November Mrs. Edward
Learned has sold her farm to w. j..
Trornby and has bought her daughter I,
home In Mil.on.--1'he selectmen have
| torn up the Hollow bridge and will put
on a cement floor. There Is no passing
with teams now.--Wiliam s. Daniels
| had shock Sunday and Is not expected
to live--rhe Ladies' Aid OF the Meth
odlst Church will serve an oyster supper
Wednesday evening, November g. follow
! ed by concert, consisting of double male
! quartet duets and selections.-H O. VII
kins Will move into the boarding house
| soon. He cannot live IN the Hollow as
the fog from the river makes his asthma
| wprsa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
VAUDEVILLE.

Fred Davis has moved into a. d. Stock
wells hojse.-Mrs. CAauicy Tllotson
was IN burlington several days last week.
Mrs. Pauline Ladue Of bradford ia
visiting Ter sister, Mrs. Frank Lara
way laud Bennett OF Fairfield was
with his parents several days the past
wcck.-Mrs. Irwin Brown spent the past
two weeks In camhridge.-Mr ". NJ.
Lawrence of Minneapolis. M!nn.. spen.
thu past week with hor ccGsin, Lutte
Potter.-Mrs. John Lumbra IS spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs Roy
Davis, at ST. Albans.-lIlba Stochwsll
and mother. Nlre. ~ d. S:ockvcl ara
spending Il few days With Ms grand
parents at Morctow AIRS. l.. V. Greene
OF 81. Adams, mother of Editor Frank
Greene Is visiting Nrs. i. l.. Laravay.
Arthur Harvey and son Of Ncwfana
Were in town for tw1 days the past
wcok.-urs c. l.. Hodgklns who has
been spending several months with her
mother. Mrs. Chauncy T,llotson. returned
90 Memphis, Tenn. Friday.-Mrs. George
Beard and daughter, Lizzie, are spending
the week with her husband at Mont
peior-P. l.. Fletcher has moved onto
his own farm UP the branch and hli
mother has moved back into her owl
| house.-Mr. ard Mrs. H. NJ. Mcfarland
! Of Hyde Park spent sunday With his
father, Capt. Moses Mcfarland. who +.
! vary ill.-Thc house owned hy Mrs L. J.
| Wells and occupied by Walter Lock was
/ burned to the ground Monday mornin,
! about 10 o'cloclt The fire vas first dis
covered I'm lie barn. Tho cause is I'M
known. There was a small insurance on
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
MORRISVILLE.

I.amoille Lodge. y. T. O. p. observed
their @Srd anniversary at their hail Thurs
day night. Daniel NJ. Frye OF Boston.
supreme secretary, Past Grand Warden
Merrill Russell OF Montpelier. and Henr>
Is. Bush also past grand warden, were
present and addressed the COMPANY
Miss Ida Thorp, gues, for several
days of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton CARMEL.
returned to Cambridge Saturday The
Rev. V. NJ. Hardy has returned from
Boston. where he went as a deo"ltr fruir
Vermont to convention OF tonSrcsa-
tional Churches u. Bradford mas r.
signed his position as foreman OF the job
department of the Morrisville Messenger
office and goes to ST. Adams 10 I'll
like position in the office of tive 81
Adams Messenger company-E n
Smalley has gone tn Iowa for q 'arlotd
Of horses.-Mrs. w. f. Worthen left sun
day for Plainfeld. where Mr.. Warthen
has purchased livery business prank
Worthen will also move to flainleld
and he connected with his father III the
business under the firm name Of W T.
Worthen IL Son.-Iiarry GauVin has gone
to Boston. where he has IA position on the
electric cars-Mrs. Alno Moulton is visit
ing in Jeffersonville.- Mr and Mrs George
| Holman Will soon move to the tenement
| In the II. c. Paul house vacated by MT.
| and Mrs. w. Il, Worthen,-A NJ, Adams
has a broken bone in his right hahu.
He was assisting in carrying heaVy
| box and his hand was caught between
the box and the sharp corner of post
| Fred c. Peck, who has taken a leave or
absence from his duties as freight agent
during the summer has resumed his posi-
I ton, and A, H. Hoyt, who has beeh N
charge, will have cha - oe the station
ut Wolcott for tho wrte', The regular
agent, Mr., Judd. with pass .he winter In
California.
| summer at Potsdam and Parishvilie, ~
| Y, has returned home,-Harley camp
for some time employed In the furniture
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
GRAND ISLE
SOUTH HERO.

Mrs. Abbe Wright Robinson. widow
OF the late Henry Robinson, died at four
O'Clock the morning of October 10, after
a few weeks illness. Mrs. Robinson was
d woman of great energy and strong
Christian character. She was the last Of
her fathers family Of six children and was
born at Fairfield. Vermont. September a.,
1927 and at IN early age came with her
parents to Grand Isle, whore she lived
until her marriage to Henry Robinson,
November 20, 1855 when sh& came to
South Hero When a young lady she
taught several terms in the public schools
and for many years was Sunday
school teacher in tho Congregational
Church. OF which she has been devoted
member since 1910. MIR Robinson died in
April, 1885. The deceased is survived by
two daughters. Mrs. Erwin Fletcher Of
New York and Mrs Fred Allen OF this
town; three sons. Frank of Elko. Nevada.
Wallace and Edison Of this town, all of
whom were present at the funeral. She
also leaves 10 grandchildren to mourn
her loss. on Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock funeral services were held from
her late residence and were conducted
/ rs the Rev. 4. II. Mix. pastor Of the
Congregation Church. The bearers were
! Juan Robinson, Herbert l.add. Warner
/ Hail and Frank Hall. The intcrment was
! In the village cemetery.
Tho Rev. G. c. Adams of Essex juno
ton will preach In the Congregations
! Church sunday evening. lie viii preach
! I'm Grand Isle Sunday mcrning.-The Rev
! Mr.. Mix Is spending ter days vacation
at his home in Stamford. Conn Tho Mu-
| tual Benefit society served dinner In the
| { oucrcga; ional vestry Wednesday. Mr.
! and Mrs. Frank Robinson of Eiko, SeV.
arc the guests Of relative; III town Miss
}la2cl Robinson returned to Potsdam
y. Y. sunday. where she Is attendini
srhool.-Je LaNdon has returned to his
J home in Atkinson. Neb. 1.-The receipt.
from the harVctt super were about SIG
Henry Como H. ill.-Mrs. James Dough
erty has returned home after nin'
weeks stay in Wincoski, where she wen
for treatment.-M and Mrs. Juan Rob
| inson. MIR. ana Mrs. Wallace Robins ON
MIR and Mrs. Frank Robinson. Mr.. an,
Mrs. Edison Robinson returned Tuesda,
evening from n trip to Montreal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
ALBURG.

II. W. Marvin was a business visitor in
Burlington 1uesday.-Mrs n. l.. Kings
ley and her niece. Miss Bcrrice Tassle,
are visiting relatives in Barre.--Mrs. l..
II. Honsingcr IS in Mary Fletcher hospi-
tai, burlington, for treatmcnt-Mrs An
nctte Morgan is the guest of her grand
daughter, Mrs. r. NJ. Rogers.-The death
OF Mrs. w. l.. Brown occurred at her
home Saturday. She had been in poor
health for Il few months past but her
sudden death was unexpected. Funeral
services were held at her late home Mon
day afternoon. the Rev. T. II. Cresy Off
ciating. She is survived by her husband
and one daughter, Miss Lora Brown.-W.
r. Nantine OF Burlington is in town