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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15


round the neck' and Kiss him. but the
risks are great If be takes the liberty
kindly he win part with a sovereign;
Il otherwise he VIII part with the
dsser. In one instance the master was
so furious at being kissed that he
closed his works until New Years day.
thus mulcting the hands In weeks
wages.
A ludicrous story is told Of young
Japanese engineering apprentice IN
connection with the Christmas custom
OF kissing. He was serving his time
in the north Of England and was as
tonished when waitress at the dining
rooms which he regularly frequented
kissed him under the m1stletoe
On its being explained to him that a
present was expected in return, he
suggested pair Of gloves. The dam
sci. however. had heard that he was
immensely wealthy and gently limited
that something for her neck would be
more acceptable. When the present
arrived next day she conjured mp
visions Of a pearl necklace as she
trembIingly undid the parcel Then
was disclosed to her disappointed gaze
q Jap's idea Of something for her
neck. 1t took the shape OF a bar Of
soap
L is interesting 70 recall strange
Christmas kissing custom that in times
gone by was regularly observed at a
certain London hostelry. This was a
honse known as the Pied Bull In Clerk
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
Appropriate Christmas Pressnto,

Appropriate Christmas Presents.
For your wife-A cookbook.
For your servant girl-A sealsk1n
.zzeIoak.
For your rich Acknowledgment.
For yonr poor elatives-Nothing
Ear your wife's relatives-Less than
zAptf1fng, II you can obtain It.
For the guest within your gates-A
5gentle hint to go.
For your maiden aunt-A husband.
For your unmarried enemy-The
vnlaiden aunt aforesaid.
For your minister-A Bible
For your son-A position downtown
with some one who will make him
learn his salt.
For your daughter Some clothes tc
&Alelp her capture some unsuspectine
saman.
For some unsuspecting but other.
wise worthy young man-The afore-
said daughter. Y elbow Book.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

WHAT 1S TT THAT THINE EKES MAY SEE e
THEN spake King Arthur solemnly.
- At camelot. at CAmelot.
Thou who hast neither word nor song.
But wisdom oversreat.
What is It that thine eyes may see
BY other eyes unseen
That thou dcst look ON Lancelct
And G,inevere. the queen?"
ANSWERED the king he sraybeard
seer. 49,
At CameIot. az Camelct.
'''I see little winged child.
As fair an snow and fire.
Between the two ye hold most dear.
A flower O. flame he stands
And he hath smiled on either one
And touched them with his hands"
DROPPED king and court on Blended
knee,
AT Camelot. At camelot.
'Behold. il in the little Christ
Who i the Virgins sonl
He comes to bear US company.
For this our lovins's sake
And low with them bent Guinevsre.
And Lancelot Of the Lake.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
KING kRTHuR'S
CHRIS TMAS FEAST.
BY THEOD0SIA GARRISON

r ING Arthur gave Christmas feast
At Camelot. at CameIot.
IN honor Of the little Christ.
Who was o. Virgin born.
And at the board sat great and least.
The mirth and wine between.
Merlin. the seer. and Lancelot.
And Guinevers. the queen.
THE torches Hared. the great logs
blazed.
AT Camelot, at Camelot,
I'm honor Of the little Christ.
That was . Virgins son.
The wine was poured, the song was raised.
But still with brooding eyes
Upon the queen and Lancelot
Looked Merlin. the most wise.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

HRISTMAS is indeed the
holiday Of humanity and
by that token no less in
teresting than humanity itself.
The rich current Of its observ
ance has to carry allsthe be-
quests of other ages their
ideals. their hopes. their recol-
lections. the beliefs that had
won the right to live. the gra-
cious, joyous customs which
had won the same right by
helping or heartening men. as
well as all that our age can
contribute to it from the ma
terial. artistic and spiritual
side. The modern feeling has
made a place. as the feeling of
each age is sure TO do. for the
mood OF carnival as well as
the mood OF faith. 1t can
weave into the fabric OF the
holiday time the little specta-
cles Of fireside felicity, the af-
fectionate pledges Of friends,
the cheer Of the loaded family
board or banquet table. the
taper lights and organ music
Of cathedrals, the offerings Of
music and the drama and all
the noble product Of the artist
and the artisan. In a sense
Christendom takes inventory
OF itself at this time in each Of
Its thousand activities.
One Of the benefactions Of
the holiday is that it gives men
the chance to do this and puts
them in the mood to do 1t. It
is the last and greatest "truce
OF God.r The pause it Inn
poses is not so much on warts
alarm, although the din OF con-
flict grows ever feebler the
while the message Of "good
will unto men" deepens into
deed and custom, as it is on
the absorptions and distrac-
lions OF an age so wrapped up
in its pursuits that it hardly
has time to look about it. At
Christn1astide men do look
about them. That its atmos-
phere could make bad man
out OF a good one or a gener-
GUS man out OF a selfish one is
one OF the paradoxes whereof
perhaps we must look to the
genial fiction Of Dickens for
complete veriication. But it
does make men kinder. more
thoughtful. more serene. than
their wont.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

&
RUT Merlin held his eyes apart.
- At CamelOt. at CamelOt.
He knew he saw a heather God,
A God he might not name.
Who slept not meath Virgins heart
Nor gave the peace thereof.
Oh. king and court. they knelt 10 Christ.
But two there knelt TO love.
Y ING Arthur gave . Christmas feast
"A At CamelOt, at Camelot.
In honor Of the little Christ.
Who was Of Virgin born.
And at the board sat GREAT and least.
The mirth and wine between.
Merlin. the SeeFs and LAncelot.
And Guinevere, the queen,
New York Evening Mail.
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came.
Just say IL there's
something you'd
like I'm the
same.
: Come, up with your
stocking. ] VOW
it's q shame
That this Is q
bachelors Chin
neyl"
: Santa Claus stood
on the hearth
stone,
And I half rose
from the bed.
kBut I uttered no
swOrd, for my
&heart was stir
rec,
land I thought OF
the years long
sped.
lis there nothing
you lack?" He
spoke with glee.
TIN your fairy
godfather, you
know" said he.
In my pack are
Eonderfult things
come see
Yes, cen for q
h0 nhnl0Rs@ OlnfVra-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

enEell the landlord Of W5Ts1
under an obligation to bestow = vas
woman who came IN before NJ - ever
kissed him given measure Of -, and
+ records can be relied On 's
nost" had no lack Of lady cnst. nlne
On the festive morn.-Tit-Bits 'Oners
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

"NHHRE Is one way to make
a white Christmas even
though there may be not
d make Of snow in sight
LeE the whiteness be in your
heart Put aside all thoughts of
guile. Forget all the big or lit
tie bitternesses you may be en-
tertaining against. some other
person. Cast out all envy, all
covetousness, all unkindness. En-
deaYor to harbor in your heart
only such thoughts and feelings
as the Nazarene knew when he
dwelt by Galilee. Cultivate hu-
man brotherhood. Practice Chris
tan charity. Look beyond and
above your workaday horizon.
Get out Of yourself. Get into
the hearts Of others.
Then you will be sure of a
white Christmas this year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
The Day That Comes but once.

no Day That Comes but Once.
Though Christmas comes but once yoG1,
wish It might be twice.
Said Willy Jones the little dear.
because think it's nice
But papa. reading Santas bill.
! said Once Is once TOO often. WIN
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
BACHELORS CHRIS TMAS EVE.

- ANITA CLAUS
~ peeped from
49, the hearth
stone
And peeped
from the bed.
This can IS quite
queert Pray,
why are you
here p
/ summoned my
courage and said:
eff you've come
here as eeking
wee stockings
and shoes
Il very much fear
that your labor
you'n lose.
You've made q mis-
take In the mat
ter Of fiues.
Know. this is q
bachelors chin
ney.
Santa Claus stared
from the hearth
stone.
And III stared
from my bed.
His cheeks, the
were pink. az
he tipped me
wink
wag OF his head
n & =. = -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

A great longing NIL
ed my soul and
killed
The JOY that his
kind face shed
THE gift / de-
sire-I fear twill
cost
Is the light OF two
eyes meath the
marble messed.
Go bring me the.
love that / loved
and losti"
And the night
wind moaned in
the chimney.
Santa Claus shrank
at the hearth
stone,
And l sank back
on my bed,
And the embers fell
like a ghostly
knell
To ashes gray and
dead.
God pity the wish
Of your stricken
soulI''
He sighed, and !
saw q teardrop
roll.
The boon that you
aRn~A a haUnRA
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

Yes, cen Tor o a'YEs. E'EN FOR "A
oacnelors cnim- RAcHELoR's CHIN
ney." mr."
santa Claus laughed on the hearthstone.
But Ismiled not from my bed
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

my dole"
: And he fed with the wind In the Chin
Samuel Minturn Peck
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

AS he quoth, with wag of his head:
-"pGood friend don't ask me the reason
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
COS I KISSES
AT CHRIS ] MAS

ATa Christmas dinner given every
year to the old folks Of Hanley,
the capital Of the pptteries dis
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
Be Not Cast Down.

Christians are sometimes per-
picked and discouraged because OF
their trials. They know not what
God is doing with them. But they are
His workmanship" He is preparing
them for their destination in the tenn
pie of His grace. These trials are APP
piled to qualify and advance them.
They will only perfect that which
concerneth" them.
Howard (the famous p~hilanthro-
pist) was taken by the enemy and
confined in prison. There he learned
the heart of the captive, and his ex-
perience, originating in his suffering.
excited and directed his thoughts, and
led him into all his extraordinary
course of usefulness and fame. 1t is
good for me- says David. that l
have been afaicted." II know sac
Paul. that this shall turn to my sal,
yation." For our light afilctions
which is but for a moment, worketh
for us far more exceeding and eternal
weight of ~glory."vWilliam Jay.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04

Springfield, Mass. - Disclosures
made concerning the past life Of
Springfeld's Man of Mystery"
George D. Nelson, who died on Febru-
airy s, gives a death blow to the
claims of scores of alleged heirs TO
the $1,000, 600 estate he left. The
result of a careful investigation APP
pear to show beyond doubt that the
so-called Nelson was really George
Nelson Dunn; that he was born IN
Chenango Forks, N. Y, lived there to
manhood, and that he changed his
name and became lost to even MS
near relatives because of a business
venture in which he sunk all of his
money and became involved in debt.
Hitherto all knowledge of Nelson S
past was that he came here thirty
year ago, driving from the West two
blooded horses purchased by a rail-
road president; that Bliss Vinton, a
young society man, gave him a posi-
ton on the Vinton estate, of which ne
became manager; that upon the death
of Vinton, Mrs. Emma Goodrich Vim
ton, the widow, who lost both OF her
hands in a fire, valued his services SO
highly that she persuaded him not TO
make a marriage he contemplated;
and that upon her death in 1908 he
inherited her entire fortune of $780,
600. Mrs. Vinton's relatives made a
strenuous effort to break the will, but
failed.
Recently Nelson sent for his
nephew, George G. Dunn, of Camden,
Oneida County, N. Y, a travelling
salesman for a Rochester company,
and informed him of their relation
ship. He left his entire estate to
George G.. Dunn, ignoring his only
surviving brother, Andrew W. Dunn,
a O of Chenango Forks, father
of George G. Dunn; the latter's
brother, William, of Fulton, N. Y,
and Georges sister, who lives in Os-
wego.
The man so long known as George
D. Nelson was the son of Nelson
Dunn, and was born in 1S45, on a
farm in the town of Greene, Chen
ango County. He was graduated from
a Syracuse business college, and be-
came a shipper of butter and eggs to
the New York City market. He was
doing a fine business when he was
ruined by a glut in the butter market
in 1869, at a time when he had just
laid down in New York an especially
large shipment of butter. Disheart-
ened, and believing himself hopeless
ly in debt, he disappeared from Chen
ango Forks.
There is no trace of him for the
next eleven years, and until thirty
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
INSANE INCREASING FAST,
MAJORITY FOREIGN BORN
Ratio in 1909 1862 to 100000,
Compared With 255 in 1888.
COST LAST YEAR ss,sss,ooo
Valuable Results Obtained From
Work in P~sychiatric Institute on
Wards Island-Over $4,000 900
Asked For New Appropriations.

Albany, N. Y.--n the annual re-
port in the State Commission in
Lunacy, of which DR.. Albert Warren
Ferris is president, a statistical an
alysis shows an increase in the ratio
OF the patients committed to institu-
lions in the State for the insane. The
report points out the ratio of the
committed patients has Increased
from 255 to 100, 600 of the popula-
ton of the State in 1889 to 1852 to
100000 of the population in 1903.
The ratio has increased, however, less
rapidly in the last decade than in the
period from 1889 to 1899.
The report shows that the insanity
rate is higher among women than
among men. Although several rural
counties containing small cities have
a high rate of insanity, in general the
urban counties, particularly New
York County, have the largest ratio
of insane to the population. The re-
port shows the majority of the cases
of insanity is among foreign born.
The report says that at the close of
the fiscal veal there was an excess
of patients over accommodations
amounting to 1919. The commission
deplores the failure of the Legisla-
ture to provide the necessary funds
for beginning work on a new hospital
in Rockland County. The number
of persons in public and private hos
pitfalls for the insane and in the two
criminal institutions at the close of
the year amounted to 31,541.
Of this number 15,107 were men.
The net increase of patients in all
hospitals for the year amounted to
1884. In the course of the year,
however, 1924 persons were dis
charged as entirely recovered, 215
discharged as much improved and 901
discharged as improved.
The expense of maintaining the
various institutions, including new
buildings, amounted to S6,899,000.
For the coming year, the Commits.
sioners estimate, there will be needed
$~8,420,000, of which S5,890,000 il
estimated as the cost of maintaining
an average population of $1,000 pa.
tients and $500 employees. About
$2,385,000 is needed to provide addi.
lions to existing hospitals.
Under the direction of Commits
sioner Ferris the scope of the work in
the psychiatric institute on Wards
Island has been enlarged, and valua.
BILE results have been obtained from
the course of clinical lectures carried
on by DR.. Adolf Meyer.
Physicians from State hospitals
have attended these lectures, and as
the new p~sychiatry is in a develop
ment stage instruction is needed by
the young physicians other than what
a be found in books.
The present method of analysis of
mental disorders results in a clearer
insight in many cases and a more
rapid restoration to health OF certain
individuals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
Blind Workman One of Rest.

So nearly blind that he can scarcely
distinguish daylight from darkness,
James J. Carr is working at the Wall
Rope Works at Beverly in the midst
of machinery. where n false move
would mean his death, yet he is n
of the ablest workmen in the place.
Carr has no fear of making the false
fatal step, for with an acute OF
touch he is more careful than those
with good sight. Before Carr lost his
vision he was recognized as n OF
the best ropemakers in the business,
and when he applied for his old job,
although almost totally blind, the
foreman hired him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
SymnathY Saves Him.

Magistrate William Haughey and
hts assistant, Tony Scarducio. who
were convicted at Mays Landing OF
maintaining a disorderly house n
gambling at Atlantic City. were or
dered to pay a fine of $500 by Judge
Higbee. The court informed Hau-
ghey that sympathy for his wife and
children saved him from being sent to
State Prison. Howard D. Johnson,
also convicted of keeping a disorderly
house and gambling under the name
Of the "Colored Head Walters Asso-
citation of Atlantic City," was fined
$500. Johnson Immediately produced
the cash,
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
TWO MILLIONS TAKEN.
The Record of Massachusetts, in Six
Months.

= Boston, Mass. = With town and
bank stealings approaching $4,000
900 uncovered within her borders in
six months, Massachusetts,, in COM
mon with other Eastern States, is be-
ginning to sit up and wonder whether
her boosted safeguards around the
peoples money are straw or steel.
Coming as it did hard on the heels
of the S425,000 looting of the South
bridge Savings Bank, the discovery Of
the embezzlement of 100000 or
more from the National City Bank of
Cambridge by a $12-a-week book
keeper has tended to intensity an al
ready strong demand for safer condi-
lions.
The suspension of National Bank
Examiner Pepper, who examined the
incolvent Cambridge bank in Deem
Der, has led to a suspicion that the
Governments system of examination
Is not infallible.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
MAN Of MYS7ERY'S PAST DISCLOSED
Millionaire George D. Nelson Was Really George n Dunn Whe,
H~opeIessIy in Debt, Left Chenango Forks, N. Y.--Society
Mans Widow Left Him a Fortune.
KNELL TO HOPES OF A GREAT HOST OF
NELSON'S CLAIMING THE ESTATE AS RELATIVES

years ago. when he delivered the
| horses here, and was employed by
| Bliss Vinton. He had left in Chen
ango Forks his father and mother, a
| sister, Mabelle, and two uncles, An
drew w. and Bagley T. Dunn. OF
| these only Andrew Dunn survives.
For two or three years after his dis
appearance he sent a few brief COM
m%unications to his old home, but he
| gave no opportunity by which he
might be found, and his friends and
neighbors finally believed that he was
dead.
When Dunn arrived here he called
| himself George D.. Nelson. AS he
grew in favor with Vinton and Mrs.
| Vinton, and finally inherited the Vim
| ton estate, there was much specula-
| ton as to his ~antecedents, and the
humble manner in which he had made
his advent in Springfield was recalled.
| He told nothing of himself, and be-
money and became heavily involved
in debt.
Mrs. Vinton built a hotel and a
| theatre, which Nelson managed, and
to which, when they became his prop
| erty, he gave his own name. He was
a shrewd business man and nearly
doubled the Vinton inheritance.
In the light of these developments
! it is now clear why Nelson never reg
istered here as a voter. He could not
have answered the necessary queries
as to his name, birthplace, etc., with
| out disclosing either his real identity
or committing perjury.
1t was announced after Nelson's
| death that his sole heir, George e.
| Dunn, was the son of a sister. The
| belief exists here that the nephew
| and his advisors have permitted the
facts in Nelson's life to become pub
lie in order to set at rest the claims OF
those persons named Nelson who as
sert that they are relatives of the
testator. They write from nearly
every part of the country, and one, at
least, came here to enforce his alleged
relationship. Frank e. Carpenter,
Nelson's attorney, declined to affirm
or deny the story of his former
| clients life. He said that granting
the story to be true, the validity OF
the will was not involved.
"That document" said he, "can be
broken on only two grounds-un-
| sound mind Or undue influence. we
are prepared to show that Mr. Mel
| sons mind was absolutely clear, and
that every bequest was inserted at his
express direction and without sugges-
ton from any other person. The
witnesses are wholly disinterested
| persons"
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
Claims $4,000 For Bites.

The case of Joseph Carson against
Walton G. Locke, of Paulsboro, came
to an abrupt ending in the courts at
Woodbury., when Carson suffered a
voluntary non-suit, and a new suit
will be instituted. Carson seeks to
o $4,000 for injuries alleged to
have been sustained last October.
when Locke's bulldog bit him on the
leg and arm. Carson was unloading
a key of peer at Locke's stable, and
had just stepped to the sidewalk
when. he claims, the dog grabbed him
by the leg. He dropped the key on
the animal, which caused it to loosen
its hold.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
PENIS GROVE, N. j.. FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1910.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Negro Porter the Shooter.

William T. Boyd, a negro Pullman
porter, who was arrested in Washing
ton, D. c., was identified in Jersey
City by Leslie H Lord as the man
who shot him and his companion,
Harrison F. Higbee, on a Jersey Cen
trail train. Higbee, with a bullet hole
in his breast, was still unconscious
when the prisoner was taken before
him, but Lord surveyed the suspect
while lying in bed. The negro was
put through the third degree" and,
according to the police, has confessed
to the shooting. maintaining that the
white men insulted the mulatto wom-
an who was with him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
Wipes Out Mercantile License.

An important decision affecting the
city of Cape MAY has just been hand
ed down by the Supreme Court in the
cases of Frank Richardson, insurance
agent, and Marcus Scull, merchant,
setting aside their convictions under
the Mercantile License ordinance,
passed by the Council about a year
ago for the non-payment of the Ii
cense fee provided thereby. The de-
cision Is on the ground that the pen
atty imposed is in excess of the power
granted by the city charter and the
State laws applying to Cane May. The
effect of the decision is to invalidate
the Mercantile License ordinance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
Law HeIpless on Stove.

The wife of Charles Gable, an en-
gineer on the Pennsylvania road, was
severely burned and taken to the hos
pital at Mount Holly with her face,
neck and arms badly burned. Mrs.
Cable was working about the kitchen
in her High street home hen she
was seized with an epileptic fit, fall
inc on the stove. She was discovered
unconscious by Harry Caron, who res
cued her. 1t is feared she cannot re-
cover.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
The Field of Sports.

The Harrisburg Club has sold IN
fielder Owens to the Quincy GILL;
Club
Dupuis, Wauseka and Houser, OF
the indian football team, are men,
hers. too. of the basketball team.
August Belmont has four trainers
for thoroughbreds which VIII pc careu
for in America, England and rance
The life of Eddie Smith, who VIII
referee the Nelson-Wolgast light, mas
been insured for $4,000. In the
event Smith dies before the contest
m off each contestant viii receive
kKnA0
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-04
About Noted People.

Francis Wilson, the actor, Is fifty
six.
Eben Plympton, the actor, is fifty
six.
Charles Dickens, novelist, was born
on February 7, 1912.
Ex-vice-President Fairbanks ar
rived in Berlin for a visit.
Edwin Hawley has acquired con-
troll of the Hooking Valley Railway.
Dennis Trapley, who decided to
patent his discovery of growing black
roses, says he can grow hlack cotton
as well.