Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
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OF CURRENT NEWS
Brief and Interesting Items for the
Busy Reader

Ex-Governor and Mrs. Sw anson
have returned to their home at
Chatham after a trip to the Pacific
coast.
Dr. Frederick A Cook arrived at
Rio Janeiro Wednesday under a
fictitious name. He will leave for
New York on March Is.
Doing ones level best every day
brings whole lot of comfort and
satisfaction, People who only half
try just exist, they don't really
live.
After having served as president
of Bridgewater College since 1892
Walter b. Yount resigned last week
owing to delicate health and DR..
John S Flory was elected in his
stead.
A man who has for years been
identified with the poultry business
prins at the top of his letter heads;
1T is better to begin with a hundred
lens and find out bow than TO begin
with thousand and make a sure
failure" Good advice to follow in
establishing any business.
This is the month to plant trees
If you have place of your own
plant trees. If you have 40 place
get one who has a spare rod of
ground to let you put out tree just
to show your good will toward those
who come after You may have an
opportunity TO rest under its shade
yourself If not what matters, some
one else will. Then there is the eX-
ample Every time man sees an
other planting a tree he is reminded
that he should do otherwise.
The most expensive article on the
market in the way of corncob pipes
is a nest of six bowls, with an amber
mouthpiece mounted in silver, which
may be obtained for the slight lay
out of about $50. Corncob pipes
now go to every country in the
world where smoking is a practice.
They are especially in favor in Aus.
tralia and New Zealand, whore they
are regarded as Enthusiastically
American in suggesting the idea Of
Yankee ingenuity. With English
men, probably the greatest pipe
smoking people on the globe. it is
different. however, for the briar pipe
ranks highest in their estimation.
Despite the many difficulties that
had TO be overcome, Botetourt county
will have in the near future several
miles of macadamized road under the
new order of things. The permanent
oke city, now nearing completion,
and the three miles of the Fincastle-
Troutville road, for which limestone
rock is now being crushed, and
then the several miles leading out
from Buchanan in westerly dir
ection over the old macadam road,
which have been definitely agreed
upon, will in the near future give
many of our people some idea of the
great advantage of permanent roads
over the old mud pixies. These roads
are being constructed in thorough
manner, and the macadam is being
laid under careful supervision and
in accordance with the most approx
ed methods.
Practically the entire military
strength of the nation will be under
arms and playing at war" during
the m onths July, August and Sep
TENDER, according to the plans of
the War Department for the joint
maneuvers of the regular army and
the militia to be held at ten big
camps of instruction. The war pro-
gramme, as just announced, will
place every regular command in the
country in the field and only pro-
perry guards will be left at the diff
ferent army posts. The regular
forces in every military district, in
Guiding every arm of the service,
will be modified with the militia
from tho contiguous states and the
citizen soldiery will be instructed in