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The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
NEW YORK AUTO LAW
A Model Statute Enacted in
Empire State.
MANY ADMIRABLE FEATURES

Specified MiIes-per-hour Speed Linz
ttatiOns AbOiished--AI RegIstra-
ton Fees, Fines, and Penalties TO
BE Applied TO Highway work-Ex-
IRENE Penalties for Soy-riding,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

teachers desk and near at hand the
fireplace, in which smouldered the
green wood just dragged from the
near by forest. Around three sides
of the room ran a rude shelf or desk
and two rows of backless benches
one for the larger scholars, the other
for the little tots. There was no ven.
tilation, and doubtless some here pre-
sent have vivid recollections of the
unsatisfactory working of the print.
tive heating plant, for these condi-
lions prevailed without much varia.
ton until the middle of the last cen
fury, not only in Vermont, but
throughout New England.
At first only a winter term of school
was maintained; this commonly COM
menced Immediately after Thanks
giving, and continued until the money
on hand had been eXpended-a period
that seldom if ever exceeded three
months. After few years a summer
term. usually called ''woman's
school" was provided, and attended
by the girls and the smaller boys.
Release From Taxation.
Constant pressure from men with
small families to be released from
taxation usually resulted in a COM
promise. Funds for salaries were
raised by a tax on the list, and other
expenses were assessed according to
the number of pupils in each family.
The law of barter of course compell-
ed the teacher to board around, al
though the custom was not universal,
and occasionally the job of boarding
the teacher was put up at vendue and
knocked off to the lowest bidder at a
price varying from &C 2-3 cents to
rs cents a week
few teachers of this period stand
out by reason of their preeminent
ability, but the average was low, as
might be anticipated from the wages
paid. The salary of a female teacher
seldom exceeded a dollar week, and
was often less, while the male teach
ers, employed to handle the winter
school, did not average more than
ten or twelve dollars month. In
deed, as late as 1850, five dollars a
month was common pay for female
teachers, and the average monthly
compensation of male teachers
throughout the State was less than
$14.
And in what branches were these
teachers called upon to give instruc-
ton? Each district determined its
curriculum. and the following is a
fair sample Voted; that the commit
ace be instructed to procure teach
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

cross-questioned. He was thereupon
ordered to make a public confession,
which he did in truly handsome man
ner admitting his wrong, and begging
| forgiveness of his brethren and his
God.
! In 1909 we find the following {.
| Whereas there appears to be reason
! to fear that our sister, Mrs. G., is in
danger of a snare by an attendance
on the preaching of Methodists; voted
that it is the duty of this church to
! look into the subject and give our
sister that warning and counsel in
the case as the Gospel may warrant >
! But alas! the wanderer proved obdur-
/ ate, and was a few years later ex-
communicated for these sins How lit
tie had a century and half removed
us from the spirit of Governor Dud-
| ley's quatrain!
Let men OF God III courts and church
es watch
Ger such as do federation hatch
Lest that i'll egg bring forth a cocka-
trice
To poison all in heresy and vice.
After the State the church; after
the church the school. 1t is but fitting
therefore, that within year after the
organization of a church, the first
school district in our town came into
being, and that provision was made
for school to be kept in a conven-
lent kitchen, the expense to be defray
ed by an assessment on the district
list, with the exception that those
who send to school this ensuing win
ter shall provide the wood according
to their number of scholars"
Passed In the Negative.
The record also says: at was put
to vote to see if the district would
hire Mr.. S. Smith to keep school and
engage him 10 bushels of wheat, and
passed in the negative"
Mr.. Smith had evidently presumed
! too far. Other good men and true
stood ready to teach the district
school without exacting such excess
wise pay, and the meeting therefore
voted ito hire Mr.. s. Smith to keep
school if he can be obtained without
engaging him grain; otherwise to hire
Stephen Pierce"
The school established, provision
was at once made for schoolhouse.
| AS was almost universally the case, its
location was determined by the geo
graphical center of the district and
the worthlessness of the ground on
which it stood, exposed to the scorch-
ing sun of summer and the bleak winds
of winter. Indeed the tendency or
those early days to seek mere geogra-
phical convenience and the conse-
auent multiplication of districts and
small schools without reference 10
efficiency or economy in their man
agement still persistes, and is a
CRYING evil in our hill towns today,
For Building SchOOlhOuse.
! Compare the cost of any of our MOD
ern buildings with the appropriation
order for this first schoolhouse in the
town. a,
"Voted: to build a schoolhouse "a
feet IS feet, with 8 foot posts, ana
TO raise the sum of $1666 in cash and
$40 in lumber, at the rate OF 70 per
thousand for spruce boards, 70 per
Thousand for hemlock boards, 10 per
thousand for slit work, one penny per
foot for square timber, one penny i or
each three feet of timber suitable ior
rafters and sleepers, and ~ for shin-
giles" 90 ,orh,d-
Cheap in construction and forpld-
d;ng in external aspect, our school-
house was even worse within. III
front. near the entrance, STOOD 'he
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

4 er capable of teaching reading. writ
ing, arithmetic, grammar and geo
graphy, provided such one can be
procured for any other pay than mo-
ney."
Textbooks In Variety.
/ Text boks existed in unending va
riety, for the caprice of successive
teachers and the profit of booksellers
wholly governed their selection. These
! books are interesting today as a
/ source of amusement, for crude wood
cuts, fables, quaint sayings, and bits
of information and advice fill their
! pages. AS a general rule there We're
few textbooks suited to beginners, the
transition from the alphabet to elab-
crate and stately composition being
! far too rapid. Nor were the lessons
always clothed in language that would
today be thought proper for the bud
ding mind, as, for example:
Joan is a nasty girl"
Greedy gluttons buy many dinty
bits for their ungodly CUTS
Children drink birthstone and
milk for the Itch
But on the other hand note the fol-
lowing from Noah Websters spelling
book:
"A good child will not lie. swear,
nor steal He will be good at home.
and ask to read his book: when he
gets up he will wash his hands and
face clean; he will comb his hair and
make haste to school; he will not play
by the way as bad boys do"
The Rule of Three.
Few of our goth century pupils are
acquainted with the rule of three, tear
and trett, single and double fellow
ship, barter, and allegation medal
terms that were in common use in the
arithmetics of a century ago. Some
here present doubtless started their
table of long measure with; Three
barley corns make one inch" but
how many ar familiar with the rule of
dry measure that Two quarts make
one polite; two bushels make one
strike; two strikes make one COON;
two cooms make one quarter; four
quarters make one chaldron; five
quarters make one wey; two weys
make one last"
One notes also the marked attempt
in these early arithmetics to PROFOUND
dry problems in an interesting man
ner. and even to reflect the customs
of the time, as witness:
Continued on page 3.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

Plnkham'S Vegetable Compound made
me a well woman and l have no more
backache. / hope / can help others by
telling them what Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me, = MRS. EMMA MISE, S33 First St.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinhham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond doubt that
Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinlxhan. of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice Is free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

Inc a well woman,
and I would like to
tell the whole world
of it. l suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. had the
best doctors and
they all decided
that l had a tumor
in addition TO my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. LYDIA II.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10
AFTER
SUFFERING
} ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ilam'sVegetableC Compound

Milwaukee, Wis -" Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10
Advantage Only Temporary.

Brother Us advantage was only
tamnorary. however, for within four
days the spiritual steps had been du-
iv taken. he was again placed on trial
and promptly found guilty OF having
"co,ored his evidence in a civil court
and Of having lost his temper when
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

Continued on page 81
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

and his father kept tavern on the
Boston-Albany highway, where sold
iers in the French wars were wont to
linger as they journeyed to and fro.
We picture him as a lad lying of a
winter evening before the great fire.
place in the living room, while in the
dim light of the flames the father and
his guests, with mugs of steaming
flip in hand, related tales of war
fare, suffering and heroism that sent
the youngster shivering to his attic
bed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-10

The life was hard. Long hours o
toll for every member of the famil.
were the rule. Food and raimen
were scarce, and must be produced II
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
OBSERVED ST.J0HN'S DAY
Masons of Cairo and Neighborhood
Towns Have interesting Ser
vice and Banquet.

Cairo Lodge 237 A. f. and A. M
observed st. Johns Day by holding q
reunion of the local members and
Masons from neighboring towns
There were about one hundred
Masons in attendance nearly half OF
them from out of town. Among the
latter we're Past Masters John A
Waugh, DR. Hall Whitaker and Rev
W. D. Margrace of Mound City, and
Past Master ]. NJ. Jones of Grand
Chain.
F, The local working team did work
in the Master degree for the edifica
ion Of the visitors and general good
time was had the finale being ban
quet at The Washington. The Mound
City lodge at an early day will be
invited down to show what their team
can do in degree work.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
TRIP TO cREAL SPRINGS
Offered Free b. opera House Man
agement to Most Popular
Young Lady Voted For.

The most popular young laly en-
ployed in any capacity, as clerk, in
factory or telephone or otaer offices,
win BE- awarded a free trip of one
weeks duration to Crenl Springs.
Railroad fare both ways and hotel
bill, in fact as stated--the entire ex-
penses CT the trip will be furnished
by Manager Williamson. Beginning
today each admission will lie given a
voting slip on which TO write tne
name of the young lady preferred and
to be deposited in ballot box sta
toned in the lobby Votes may be
deposited any time of the day from
s a. m. until II p. N, The voting
will continue until and including Sat
urday midnight. The standing of
candidates will be announced nightly
from the stage and the winner will
be announced Sunday night.
One ticket o admission to the NATL
entities purchaser to two votes.
The program today and tonight
will be a good oae the features being
Her Dads istol," drama, and
The Phrenogolist." eomQly; re-
leased June 18th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
'OWLCAR' STARTED 5 STATION HOUSES
CAIRO & THEBES MANAGEMENT
TO RECEIVE BIDS ABOUT
JULY I.
Rails For Terminal Tracks to Arrive
Next Week--Constructlon
Train Here--Ready
For Main Line.

Work on the passenger station Of
the Cairo & Thebes has been stopped
day or two pending the arrival OF
material needed to continue the work.
About the first of July bids will be
asked for the building of station
houses at Cache, Milers Place and
Thebes.
Several boarding cars and fiat
ears belonging to the l.. & n. road
have been here some days and will be
used for the first section gang which
will begin iaying track as soon as the
steel rails arrive The steel rails have
not yet been made. but work win be-
gin tomorrow at the Illinois steel
works at Chicago to turn out the
Cairo & Thebes rails. AS they came
from the furnace red hot they are
rolled and move along the conyeyors
until they are landed finished on fat
ears ready for Shipment. The first
shipment win leave Chicago about
the first OF next week and shipments
will continue until the first order of
thirty-four cars has been filed
When the rails arrive the track
men will begin at once to spike them
to the ties. A large number OF ties
have already been laid upon the sands
in the yards. Other supplies for con
struction work are coming in every
day, such as bolts, nuts. spikes, etc.
and are being unloaded and stacked
The construction gang will consist
OF roadmaster. section foreman and
forty or fifty men.
Track laying will begin at this end
of the line and continue northward
The right of way is ready for track
laying as far as Beech Ridge. Near
there is small gap that is being rap
Idly filled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
SERVICE RESUMED LAST NIGHT
BY ORDER OF GENERAL
MANAGER cHuBBUck.
Quicker Time On Day Service--Car
Every GA Minutes on Wash.
inston-Wanut Street
Open to Traffic.

AS a result OF General Manager
Ihubbuck's visit to Cairo the owl
car service has been resumed much
TO the satisfaction of almost every
resident in cairo. The car made its
half hourly trips last night and while
many did not know that il was run.
ming, those who did and had occasion
to be out late or up early welcomed
It as a long lost friend. 1t had been
out OF commission for about four
weeks. This, service. had been con-
tinuous for about fifteen years and
like the proverbial expression you'll
never miss the water till the we'll
runs dry" many never appreciated
tile owl tlllFit flew the coop.
WAnut Street Open.
Yesterday morning Walnut street
was opened for regular traffic by
street cars for the first time. in many
weeks. and the old order Of things
has been resumed The Walnut street
and Commercial avenue cars are
being operated the same as OF yore
and the Holbrook avenue and Poplar
street ears are back in their place,
with the regular four car service in
stead Of the two cars that have been
running since the blockade made by
street paving work
Quicker Service
Another feature that has been in
troduced for the betterment of the
service is the cutting down of the
time of all cars The time for the
round trip of each car will be 25 min
utes This schedule begins today.
Instead of car every Is minutes as
formerly there will be a car every
12la minutes on each line and there
ought to be car up Washington
avenue every Ga minutes and down
Washington avenue every ca min
utes.
The block signals that have been
used for several weeks will be con
tinued. as the company finds the sys-
TEN works well,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
Smoking Before Tobacco.

II seems probable that there were
smokers 10 England long before the
Introduction OF tobacco, according 10
the London Graphic Pipes have bee2
discovered imbedded In the mortar OF
churches built before Ehrope's 1rst
acquaintance with tobacco and II
seems only reasonable to suppose that
the people of that day smoked herbs
OF some sort, either incidentally or for
pleasure. CoItsfo0t was inhaled for
asthma. though whether pipe was
used In the process remains matter
for conjecture
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
AMERICAN BOAT WINNER
kaiser's Vessel Among Those De.
feated by coehran's Westward
in Big Race at kiel.

Kiel, June 24.-The American
schooner-yacht westward" owned by
Alexander s. Cachran, OF New York,
won the Krupp memorial prize, beat
ing Emperor Williams American
built Meteor with the emperor at
the wheel, by half an hour. over the
% mile course in the feature race OF
the regatta, here today
The Westward was sailed by Cap
tain Charlie Barr, an American skip
per, and an expert crew She out
classed the other contestants.
The race was sailed in a calm, and
"a heavy rain fell throughout. The
emperor personally steered the Meteor
during the nine hours 1t took to com.
.plete the contest
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
The Heat Of Australia.

Australia Is the hottest country on
record. have ridden for miles astride
the equator. but ! have never found
heat 10 compare with this. Out In the
country In the dry times there appears
to be little more than sheet of
brown paper between you and tho low
er regions. and the people facetiousiy
say that they have to feed their heos
on cracked ice TO keep them from lay.
ing boiled eggs sydney Telegraph
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
ATTACKED THE WOMAN
Because She WouIu Net Send for
His Baggage--cut Wrist ard
Clothing.

About six o'elock last evening the
neighborhood OF Eighteenth street
between Washington avenue and
Walnut street was stirred up by tie
screams OF woman living in 4
house on the south side of the street,
and q man running away from tAe
building with police officer in puf-
suit The man ran out Walnut dowl
to Seventeenth street then toward
Washington avenre where he was
captured AMI taken to police nead-
quarters. The woman was Mrs.
Amanda Rogers, WHO tells the story
that Fred Parks, the man WHO was
captured by the policeman, came to
her house yesterday morning for a
room He had stopped there before,
He had arrived this time from M>m-
phis and being under the influence
Of liquer insisted on Mrs. Rogers
sending to the express office and get
ting out his baggage and paying for
1t. She claimed because she refused
10 do this he assaulted her, hitting
her on the head and then pulling his
knife from mis- pocket stabbed aer
with it cutting her wrist and her
clothing. Parks was formerly a bar
tender at Mounts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
FOR NEW BUILDING
Cairo Cider & Vinegar Co. TO Ask Fol
Bids Aug. Location Near
c. e. T. Terminals.

Bids will be asked for about the
first of the month for the construc-
tion of the new plant for the Cairo
Cider and Vinegar Co, The new fac
tory building, cooper shop and ware
house will be constructed on ground
located on Twenty-second street west
OF Park avenue and adjoining the
right-of way OF the Cairo & Thebes
railroad The Big Four road will
also be close at hand. BY the first of
August it is expected that work will
be commenced ON the building and 1t
will be ready by the time the Cairo &
Thebes is completed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
A Pleasant Surprise.

A small boy OF Washington square.
brought up by fire eating father To
hate any thing connected with Eng.
land or the English, was consigned
recently to eat dinner In the kitchen
with his nurse while the family enter.
tained genuine NJ. T. In the dining
room. The grownups' meal had come
to that twenty minutes past" stage
where conversation haltS direfully
when childish treble fell upon the
horriied diners ears piping up the
dumb waiter shaft from the Kitchen
This was what the astonished Nj, T.
heard:
Fe. fl. 10. FUN.
l smell the blood OF an Engllshmun.
New York Sun
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
An Aristooratic Grain,

Could plants lay claim 70 aristocrat-
ie position. as representing an old fam
lily. rice might safely claim to be of the
most ancient pedigree. 1t Is the ear
Hest cereal known. Originally native
Of India. 1t has crossed the ocean and
made n home for itself where heat
and moist soil could be found. II
grows IL an warm portions OF the
globe and furnishes the principal food
OF nearly one,lhird OF the human race
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
Palmistry.

PalmiStry IN It's modern acceptation
's divided Into two ranches-chirog
nomy and chlromancy Chirognomy
defines the outward shape of the hand
ana of Its members the thumb and
unger Chiromancy is also derived
from the Greek and signifies diyina
ton Wy lhe hand-that Is. by the lines,
mounts and other marks on the palms
of the hand
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY
Pastor Of Anna Church Will Conduct
Rites over Remains Of Late
Andrew Lohr.

The, funeral services over the re-
mains OF Andrew Lohr will be con-
Quoted this afternoon at the Lutheran
church by Rev. H. l.. McGill pastor OF
the Lutheran church of Anna.
The pail bearers have been select.
ed from the clerks of the First Bank
& Trust Co., OF which institution de-
ceased was director Those selected
were: H. r Alsthorpe, Charles
Schutter, Henry Grhofer, Norton
Renito, Charles P. Wenger, Leslie
Roche, Herbert C. Steinel and Roy L.
Lutes. The directors OF the bank will
attend in body,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
HICKORY STOVE WOOD $3.50.
Big load. stove size. delivered. Both
phaneH. rlarb-Danfnrth Handle Co
Creates. Battles Of t,istory.

Burke In his letter on Natural So
ciety' says that Sylla destroyed 300.-
600 men In each of three battles. one
being at Cheronea. The Persians are
said to have lost 100000 men at Pla.
taea. II Chronicles xiii, II, records
5UtooO slain on one side, which. how
ever. may not have been In a single
battle. Kings IL. rs. tells of 100000
meD being killed on one side in single
day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25

sir. Cribijs-A Mrs. C.sl have borne
with resignation nay. even chreri u
ness- antique chairs that NabDrd, an
tiuue clocks that We're always thirteen
hours behind time, antique russ shal
some prehistoric Turks Note, antique
china. antique bowls, pans aud Kettles
All this | have smiled III. but wnen
you give mt untique eggs fof break
fast | draw the me, nIadan, draw
the iinct
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
Tried 70 Get Conference.

A frield cf Mayar Parsons say
several days before HIS Honor lpf
he wrote General Manager Chuhbuck
stating that he would like 10 meet
the latter either here or in Chicago
to confer regarding tie street paving
matter; bit fad received no reply
when he left. He offers this explana-
tion Of the Mayors absence when Mr..
Chubbuck came. The mayor win re-
turn in few days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
NOTICE! MAENnERcHoR.

All active members of the Ger
mania Maennerehor are urgently re.
quested TO meet at their hall at /
o'clock sharp this Saturday afternoon,
to attend the funeral of their late
brother Andrew Lohr
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
Win Diu For OH.

David s. Lansaen. Gus Botto, Lee
B. Davis, Louis Rossman and Alex
Wilson returned from Odn yesterday
where they went to see about hav-
ing a well sunk on their oil land.
New wells are coming I'M steadily
in the vicinity OF their holdings with
.staadily growing assurance that they
will find rich "spouter" when they
dig on their own land.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25
FUNERAL NOTICE.

loHR-Andrew Lohr, died Thurs
day, June %, aged Is years. Services
will be held at lmmanuoi Lutheran
church Saturday afternoon. June 18th
at l.20 O'Clock. Jnicri2ent at a'Vilinl
Ridge Falenls are rqlacsff'l 7to as-
sembla difeetly at the 'lGhtifFh iii',ts'l
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-25

The Bulletin is authorized TO an
nounce the name of Fred NJ. Pool.
OF Herrin. III as n Democratic can
didate for representative I'M the 5o'h
senatorial district subjects to the
Democratic primary September Is.
1910.