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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-06
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"It was good story" remarked the Wizard OF
Wnsted, "and so true, although another man got 1t
first, but 1 made New York W.T.. 1t in line
How many boys have been from reckless
ness by the simple warning which came from Win
sed in the story of the rude youngster who dis
turbed his teacher In school by blowing into and
bursting paper bag, and in doing broke both bag
and hand
An the ac cunts which the Wizard commits to
the wings of the mornn names attached and
always suitable ones What wcuI. man named
OTIS f. Gillette do for instance? He would be re-
sourceful brilliant and inventive. He tormented
by The attacks Of mosquitoes on the bare citadel OF
his brain and at had a picture of spider
painted on the top his bald head which frightened
away every pest within Zig ing di--apce-
phineas Aldrlch captured twenty-nine skunks IN
one day. selling them for SS0.25, and 1t was gentle
man of n similar name who had many of these in
terestIng animals as household pets, great
their admiration for the bonhommie and cheerful
ness which he had ever displayed.
when the President Jared opossum IN the South
Wjnsted and It's enyirons not to be outdoBc
One old settler declared that le irew wildcat soup
To be beyond compare; q sccond recommended con
somlne dc woodchuck; third wns sure th;t black
lynx PURGE would fill the bill
Peanuts win the hearts of squirrels near Winsted
and that appetcncy OF theirs resulted IN great say
ing for Mr.. Thomas Hicks. One appreciatye rodent
OH the payment of ten goobers was accustomed TO
brush or Mr.. Hicks shoes with his busby TALL tax
ing the end OF it in his teeth and swinging backward
aud forward impartug that brisk action - neces-
sary 10 perfect polish
Ii was only last Alc Winsted that trout tnot
ete) bit nun and hung TO him for quarter oil
mile as he ran finally rclnquishing bis hold wneN he
cune 10 an inviting stream
These are only few of the traditions Oh whicn
the mind of the Wizard delights to dwell as ne Sis
on Sunday afternoon listening TO natures teachings
aud takim1 deep drushts at The Pieran spring
Peace le 10 him at Wintergreen' where TIC 'u"fe'
ros nm, rj,c white backbirds sing ID long life 10
Peter in The iimpd pool aud TO all ravens hatched oy
hand.
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the outside world by long distance telephone and also
with the sympathetic OF the Seer. Litch1cd
county is whispering gallery to him, with the Berk-
shircs sounding board. No story of the doinss
of beast bird comes out of the hcket the wood
but what "Stone OF Wnstcd" knows Being
TO ascertain If such and such locality has better
offering. And strange TO relate. before the wires
heated even moro remarkable occurrences have been
found for nothing is too good for the metropolitan
Journals which the Seer zcaously serves He is the
city editor of daily paper in Winstcd, which means
that he gets most of the edits tho foreign and
telegraph dispatches attends to the market reports
keeps his eyes and his open for those wonder
tales garnered with such conscientious care and
writes advertisements
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VINO rose flaming wrath out OF the floor of the
club house there, and with primitive udgcon pnr.
sued the merrymakerS nearly TO the LitchGcS line?
1t was good ghost story and the descriptions Of
the spirit gathered by the able correspondent himself
were duly reproduced in pictures and nc -er to this
day has that ghost of the silent frozen lake been
Iai1
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Lay OF Grateful Hen.

Mr.. r. c. SpauIding had the grateful hen which IN
return for her board dug worms for him The bird
whenever she saw her master going for his fishing
pole and basket ran like one posse ed to the
den and brought in her beal worm after worm
that he might go his excursion well proyidcd wiz
bait
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-06

One of the charming places ON the estate OF Louis
Timothy Stone where tile prophet rests while the
ravens bring him food is completely shut in by the
giant pine trees where for years the dried needles
have been accommodating in a carpet in which
ones feet sink ankle deep His favorite seat,
however, is by a spring In the centre of bis
deiuesne between the upper and lower rege-
table gardens and from It's cool waters simple ltt
Ing of a rope brings light basket filed with bot
Ties of cooling and sparkling drink. The Snsses are
brought frIgid from the same deectablc and
here where the water rills from natures fountain
and the birds blthely sing and the chipmunks leap
from boush TO bough. the Wizard of Winsted is al
his best His mind dwellS almost tcndery upon all
the children OF lbs brain.
Out there somewhere SAID he, indicating Tue
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-06

slant frog He ashore day and
aged 10 sct Photograph of him. and then he jumped
OF The pier when ne realized what had happened"
Everybody remembers the Giant Frog of Wnsted.
pictured not long ago tall the persons who stood
near him and wide a barn. The lake is said to
have risen half an Inch after his plunge back into
It's bosom
Professor Michael Pupn. the eminent authority
on electricity. who is connected with Columbia Uni
Vcrsy. lives not far from the retreat of the fame
maker of Winsted. His farm bore tragedy, for
automobile ran over Getruda, the mother of as 6ne
porcine litter graccd Connecticut The
curly tailed orphans were In despair. They pined
Tor food and mother and refused ordinary fare
The professor mounted storage battery of nursing
bottles in trough. pig high and in The form OF a
plate drying rack buck The necks of the
bottles, with their rubber feeding appliances. were
placed through the holes bored in the side Of the
rack and the bottles heiug thus placed with their
bottoms up and well secured afforded rapid feeding
by grayitaton The young porkers took to this sub
stltute in avid and joyous fashion, was evidenced
by the swift moving Of their tails. They all -four
ished In the chill spring they were accustomed to
lie down by the kitchen stove until the season ad-
yanced sufficiently to permit them to wander In the
men and to n :
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How the reporters went by shoals 10 he received
at the station by the Sage himself then slender ana
with the bloom of youth in his checks! How he
conducted them through swamp and field anu brlaf
patch, Shall that memorable Sunday ever be lot
eoIen when distracted farmers reported that they
had seen monster with eyes OF fame With his great
shock OF blood red hair and his purple eyes, HOW
tic hero of Buena Vista hnd fred ut hm ana tue
creature had bounded away leaving in his wake
thin crimson trail: All, hacyon dnys were those!
wizard OF WIusted IL has been many day since
YOU have brought such q tale as that
"Io you know" commented he "as be Slpped III
reminiscent mood, 81 have often wondered who that
Wild mnn was3 Do you suppose that old pe4con
Blank could have started all tnat to Keep 'te cn,-
dren from getting Into his blaekberres:
Who can ever forget the Spook OF WonNsunkamenk.
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His Lake Retreat.

Great Inspirations come to the IMAM who made
Winsted famous" amid the seclusion of his summer
home the shores OF Highland Lake. Here 1t IS
that he harvests $50 year from his chestnut trees
and also writes many of his most profitable contri-
buttons Wnergreen Is the of this Arden of ten
acres. which slopes down to the edge Of the wafer
and within boundaries brooks for fish. trees
for birds of strange plumage cavcrns in the living
rock where weird animals 10 hibernate until the
spring ortter yarn season has come, ana cavities
where ancient toads mny come forth 10 tell feebly of
the paeozoc age. bless Louis Timothy Stone and die
Beauteous and romantic Wntergreen, home of
chcckcrberres and stories of checkered animal lives
holding within its limits the cottage where the Wizard
OF Winsted goes TO commune with the secrets of
earth and sky His bedroom is an octagona chamber
perched the second story from the broad
windows Of which he view the lake and shore
and wood and dale with the rising of the sun
Practical and direct is Louis Timothy Stone His
square jaw, his clear blue eyes his broad forehead
not those of the drea C.. but woul eharac erzc
the hard working of affairs When he speaks
1t Is with an air OF conviction. oons the auditor
squnrely In the face and tells his story without the
quivcr Of muscle. His voice t7-oS infection
only when he talks Of his friends OF furred and fcnt
cred tribes He IN Wlnsted in 1919, and
after completing his high school course plunged into
the vortex Of journalism. twenty years and with
In year after his entrance into the lists he bad
LANDED" his first story. 1t something about Il
chipmunk and poker game
His humble beginnings enabled him TO acquire
this domain the shores of the lake. and to add to
1t year by Such Is the gratitude of nature that
the birds OF the air and the creatures of the wood
and field pay for their shelter and add to the preserve
by furnishing stories for metropolitan markets Like
ginseng. OF these narratives disposed of in
condensed form and have much of the zest dried out
or them yet for all that every little helps. Winter.
green grows larger rs the years add lIstrc TO the
fame OF Wmsted and Its sage
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we'd Pete ?" l suggested.
Peters Simple Story.

ayes replied the Wizard, calmly and deliberately
"rctc {s q rood sort | am much attached to him,
You remember my story of the tunneLinG trout
Pete Is n subway maker He got away from the
upper brook following a hidden watercoursc of
some kind; may have used n mole for tunnelinS
shield but doubt It Anyway. Pete arrived with
muddy nose in the lower spring. where found HIN
He has lived here ever since l hadn't the heart TO
drive him away
"Bl-u-u-pw A flash Of glossy side. and a I'm waved
above the water and although Peter did not eAacug
say IT, surely none could doubt that he meaut
Thank YOU"
winsted is grateful to Louis Timothy Stone Tor
before lie begal his picturesque career Us i"un''
naturalist for the New York newspapers the town
was not on the map Pike county had monopoiF
and drove q hard bargain with the dowutrodden Sun
day editors making stories longer every year ana
Insisting ON special rates for such Items as bears
putting up scarccrows TO frlgbten away the BIRDS
from the bIactbcrres. 1t twenty years ago that
oudcsy at first and then by slow degrees Louis Tim
ohy Stone came as tile of the snake yarn trust
brought into life his dependable accounts OF the
happenings of the New England countryside
Winsted rests in a ebnice of hills and near 1t are
the jewels Of three lakes, which clear days are
like great expanses Of turquoise. For miles round
about arc nourishns farms, each connected VIII
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Hatched by Hand.

81 do not suppose" said the teller OF tales that
borhood than in any other large rural community
but take much get all Of interest
which does and TO present 1t In compact form.
l find OF them here. Now, there the crow
which hatched by hand"
The whichi' ! asked.
voice and with that Intensive enrnesness which
shows minute attention TO details "is negbbor
OF mine and here Is the where found the
Of Il crow, perhaps deserted by the unkind mother
or perhaps the parents slain by some wanton
hand. There four eggs in the nest, and Claude
took two and l had the others. He wanted to carry
his home and put under sitting white duck just
what the effect would be, aud had some
scheme hatch mine by electricity Claude started
down the road with his two eggs, walking under the
brolllng sum- when suddenly beak came out OF one
of the shells and little black crow hopped out
his hand He took 1t home and tried TO raise 1t under
q white hen but as only kind of crow Is well
come poultry yard the poor little chap died of a
broken heart"
'Bu-u-pr'
We had wandered unconsciously to the we'll and
looking down we beheld the smlling-yet perhaps II
was all ina gina tlon-the mockng countenauce of the
Intelligent Peter
The Sage tossed bit Of soda cracker To the run
neIlng Trout and out OF the depths shoDe the
the creature. which now seemed all confidence aud
trust.
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~ ETERr
- Clear and strong the careSsins cadences
of the Wizard of Winsted fell into the
depths of we'll

"Bl-u-u-p"


depths of we'll
"Bl-u-u-p"
Quick the response to the summons dark
and graceful form shot with arrowlikc swiftness
from the sandy bottom. and Peter. the Tunneling
Trout emerged half out of the water with look of
polite interest his high bred and intelligent face
He did not speak, but 1t was as if he said
Master I'M come your bidding bowed"
The Wizard smiled and waved his hand, Peter,
Iecing that it contained no worm. disappeared
suddenly as he had come. To whom else would
dumb creature respond like this but to Louis Timothy
Stone. the who made Winsted famous?
Wlnsted7 Yes, Wnsted, Litchfeld county. Connec-
lieut. near the foothills of the Berksbires Wnsted,
the home the retrieving hen. Of the grateful
woodpecker who saved callow hedgng by n
dayman remained forever in his service boring holes
In Switzer cheese; Wnsted which not all the anathe
mas against taking stirred from its proud
pre-emnence as a mart for wondrous taes Winsted
where Puss of the Woods became household pet;
Wnsed home of the biggest frog in the world; Win
stcd the centre from which went the tidngs of Pro-
fessor Pupins parentless pigs and the duck which
nut something aside for rainy day. Matching rattle
snake eggs for bounty.
at was thoughtless of me-" observed the Wizard
of Winsted with sigh, mot to have had worm for
Pete but unfortunately, ours became extinct There
used to plenty of good bait along the edge of the lit
tie brook over there, and fine trout too. The
hens went there scratching around for breakfast and
they were very successful at first but they real
zcd that the fish were eating the very choicest and
fatest worms Those trout were the most greedy that
! ever saw. They jumped out of water to the bank
seized their prey and Topped back again. The hens
saw that two three times and one day they held
consultation 1t happened TO be pretty bad year for
potato bugs and my friend giving them paris
green diet One day the hens helped themselves TO
all the poison they could load on their beaks and
went down and washed off their mouths in the brook
The paris green of course got into the water and
killed off all the fish, those chicken Borgias in
tended There have been since, and the hens,
having 10 ideas about conservation, ate up all the
worm reserves and there is hardly any bait on
This place at all"
"But YOU saved Petc?' | suggested
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Wild Men and Wraiths.

What memories cluster about old Winsted How
the news came the wire fifteen years ago
"WiId man loose, terrorzng country Posse. How
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-02-19
BLYTHEDALE

Mrs William Jackson and children,
OF Colora, were the guests of her Sis
ter, Mrs. Clyde Nickle, on Sunday
Messrs. Levi Patterson and William
Ryan were in Baltimore Tuesday last.
Mrs Samuel Akin, of Akin, was the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Edward Jack
son, on Thursday.
Mr. Lewis Todd gave surprise
party on Wednesday evening. the 9th
inst, in honor OF his son. William s
eighteenth birthday The evening was
delightfully."- spent in playing games,
etc, with good music in abundance.
Refreshments were served in the din
ing-room. The following guests we're
present to wish Mr.. Todd many happy
returns OF the day: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Craig. Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Blackburn, Mr. Lewis Todd and Mrs.
John Brown, Misses Permilia Todd,
Sena Jackson, Maize Musselman, Ber-
tina Whitaker and Eva Jennings; and
Messrs. Arthur and George Todd,
Robert Meek, Clinton and Garrett
Blackburn. John Baker. Hiram St.
Clair, Harry Alexander, Oliver Whit
akcr and Leroy Hammond.
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PERRYVILLE

Mrs. George Lawrence spent sew
raj days in Wilmington the past week
Mr. Charles Rains has moved his
family to Oxford, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. William Little visited
relatives in Baltimore this week.
Misses Helen. Alice and Mr.. Edward
Wright. oil Stepncy, Hartford county,
were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. w, T.
Boulder, Sunday
The Ladies Art Circle met at the
home OF Mrs Charles Kecsey, on
Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Bessie Ward has returned
home after spending some time in Will
mington.
Mrs. Norman McMullcn was i'll Viii
mington this week
At Walter Tallcy. Of Wilmington.
YVES the guest OF Miss Kate Scott on
Sunda' last.
Miss Susie McMullcn has returned
home after spending some time in
PHILADELPHIA and Wilmington
Mrs. Maurice Cole and son. Donald
spcrt several days in Baltimore the
past week.
Miss Ella Hopkins, OF Wilmington,
is the guest OF Mr., Eazlct McMullen
and family.
Mr. Wallace C. Owens and Miss
Nina Jones spent Sunday last in Viii
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-02-19
COLORA.

Elwood Balderston and William T..
Fryer were in Annapolis last Friday.
Miss Clara Brumfeld was at home
from Philadelphia over Sunday.
The students OF West Nottingham
Academy have been having examina-
tons.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reynolds purchas-
ed the Coulson property near Korner
Ketch last Saturday, for ST .ooo
William Irwin and wife attended the
funeral of Miss Lima Mahan, near
Bay View, Saturday.
Miss Mary Anna Balderston, West
Chester. has been visiting at the home
of her uncle, Elwood Balderston.
Miss Lille Barrett spent Sunday
with Mrs. Israel Reynolds, near Por-
ter's Grove.
Mrs. William Wilson and daughter,
Miss Helen, were in Port Deposit on
Saturday.
', Rev. w. H. Briggs and wife were
Wilmi's ton visitors this week
Earl Wayne and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival CT young son.
Mrs. Robert Muldoon, Barnsley,
spent Saturday Monday with relatives
near here
Mrs. NJ J Saunders and daughter
Miss Joe, OF Liberty Grove, were
guests OF J. 7. Hanna and wife, Sunday.
Andrew Wiley was in Oxford, Satur-
dav.
FL Couson. West Philadelphia, visit
ed his sisters. Mrs r. F. Pierce and
Mrs. f. a. Reynolds. Saturday and
Sunday
Mrs. Slater b. Tosh entertained Mrs.
Henry ID. Keen and Miss Abbe, We'd
nesday
Nathan Montgomery. Gainesville. is
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Merton Irwin has purchased new
organ
Mrs. BENJAMIN Buckley is in a criti-
cal condition from the effects of a
stroke she sustained few days ago.
The body OF John Underwood was
brought here from Wilmington last
SATURDAY. afternoon and taken to West
Nottingham Presbyterian Cemeter" for
interment
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BETHEL

Mr.. Jack Phillips is again very i'll at
his home at this writing.
Mr. Andrew Worth and daughter,
Viola. have returned, after spending
some time in Elkton.
Mr.. Wnslow Moffitt. who has been
spending several weeks with his bro
ther. Joseph Moffitt, has returned to
Oxford. Pa.
Mrs c. A. Feed was in Elktcn one
day last week on business
Mr. Ulysses Desmond spent Satur-
dav and Sunday with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lorenson and
daughter, Serena visited Mrs c. A,
Reed on Saturday and Sunday OF last
week. They intend making their future
home in this vicinity.
We are still having Sunday School
and hore to have preceding some time
in the near future
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Mr.. Warner Gray and Mr.. Chris Bea-

Mr. Warner Gray and Mr.. Chris Bea-
mer were Chester visitors OH Sunday.
Mrs Minerva Rutter. of Woodlawn,
was the guest OF her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Lynch, on Tuesday
Mr.. H. B. Tyson has purchased a
colt from George Tyson. The animal
is quite gentle and we expect to soon
see him on the pike.
Miss Myrtle K. Abrams returned
home, Monday, from pleasant stay
with her aunt, Mrs Samuel Tyson, OF
Hickory Run.
Rev. and Mrs J. L. Elderdice dined
with Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Welsh, on
tuesday.
Mrs. James W.. Abrams and Miss
Bessie Abrams visited friends at
Greenhurst, on Sunday.
Miss Bertha Tyson, OF Rising Sun,
bought Mrs. Thompson Reeds flock Of
wild turkeys on Monday.
Rev. and Mrs j. L. Elderdice were in
Baltimore, part of last week.
Mr. Jethro Johnson, OF Chester. was
in town over Sunday.
Miss Gladys Williams is spending
the winter with her aunt, Mrs. Vinie
NJ. Leedom, OF North East
Mrs Viola NJ Rose, of North East,
was the guest of Mrs. William Booth,
part OF last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shippers, OF
Leslie, were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
r. ]. Reed, on Sunday.
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SERIOUSLY STABBED.

Before Justice Owens, on Wcdnes-
day, Robert Foreacre, an old man.
aged 70 years, was arraigned, charged
with stabbing his son-in-law, Thomas
Bryson, on the public road, near
Browns gate. in Elk Neck. inflicting
five wounds, one OF which may prove
mortal. The trouble grew out of dis
pute as to who was the best man in
Elk Neck William Foreacre and Au-
gustus Foster who were present, tes-
tilted as to the quarrel. and Henry Bell,
who was with Robert Foreacre in the
evening testified that he said he would
kill Bryson or Bryson would kill him.
Foreacre was committed for Court.
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BAY VIEW.

Mcssrs Ed and Alie Smith were
in Philadelphia the first OF til, week,
buying horses.
Mr.. James W. ABRAMS recently pur-
chased a new butcher wagon from the
Burns Bros. OF IIGvrc dc Grace, which
is model OF convenience and impos-
ing in style
Clarence Perry has returned from 4
visit to Chester
Mr.. Roland Harris. accompanied by
Bradford Williams. OF Colora. visited
Elk Neck friends over Sunday
Rev. and Mrs. ]. l.. Elderdice spent
the latter part oil the week in Balti-
more.
Miss Mamie Trmblc is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Charles Waters OF Will
mirgton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Ruttcr, OF Wood
lawn, spent this week with relatives
here
Mr. and Mrs. James w. Abrams en-
tertaiucd Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Kirk, OF
Grecnhurst last Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry Jones, OF Chesapeake
City. spent part OF last week with Mrs.
Eldcrdce
The weekly prayer meeting was led
last Wednesday night by Mr.. r. w.
Rose.
Rev. J. l.. Eldcrdicc conducted the
funeral service OF Miss Mahan from the
residence Of Mr. Guthrie, on Saturday
Of last week. The intcrmcnt was in
Houses Cemetery, near Fremont, Pa.
Mr. Edgar Rem is gladdening the
hearts OF the sick with donations OF
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mington.
Mr.. William Baker has been quite i'll
ior some days.
Mrs. Hall, Of Baltimore. visited her
sister, Miss Mollie Gardner, over Sun
day.
Mrs. G. G. Crawford WIS a Thiladel-
phia visitor last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Little have
occupied the house vacated by Mr..
Charles Rain.
Mr.. A. c. Jackson has been on the
sick list for some days.
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DROWNED OFF GROVE POINT.

A young man named John Mcguire,
employed by Mr.. Mark Manlove. on
the Grove Point farm, several days ago
started to walk across the Sassafras
river on the ice, ostensibly to shoot
geese. He was seen by two persons
standing near large air hole and dis
appeared in less than two minutes. 1t
is believed that he deliberately walked
into the water
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-02-19

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