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Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
CHRISTMAS WooING OF CUPID.
Mr stie Love Spells With Apples In
 Foreign Lands.

Mr stie Love Spells With Apples In
 Foreign Lands.
 Apples enter into many Christmas spells. In Austria on Christmas eve the apple must be cut in halves in the dark and without being touched by the hand. The left hand half is then placed in the bosom of the diviner and the right hand half behind the door of the bedchamber. Then at midnight, should the spell have been fully carried out, the spirit or "astrap' of the beloved one appears, standing beside the half which was laid behind the door.
 Another charm is to cut an apple in two and count the seeds in each half. If the numbers are even marriage will be soon. If seed is cut in two there will be trouble in the course of love. and should two seeds be cut there will be early widowhood.
 A Sicilian maiden throws the fruit from her window into the street and watches. Should it lie long without being picked up she will be widowed soon after marriage. Should it be pick ed up by a woman marriage will not be within the coming year, but should 1t be picked up by a man then she will be welded before the next year is ended.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
MEMORABLE YULETIDES.
Odd Coincidence of Queen Vietoria's
 Sorrows at Christmas Time.

Odd Coincidence of Queen Vieteria's
 Sorrows at Christmas Time.
 One of the most extraordinary Christmas days London ever had was that of 1891. The shops had been, as usual, specially prepared and decorat- ed with the object of attracting the buyers when suddenly, on Dec. 22, 8 thick fog came on. Not until the evening of Dec % did it lift. This particular fog held the record for be ing the heaviest London had known. Thirty lives were lost and over POO accidents recorded.
 Christmas, 1860, was the coldest England and Scotland had ever expe. rienced- Just three years later Christ. mas day was marred by news that William Makepeace Thackeray. the great novelist, was dead.
 The late Queen Victorta's most mem. orable Christmases were the most pathetic. It was in less than fort. night from Dec. %. 1861, that her hus- band, the prince consort, passed away. So affected was her majesty that she allowed fifteen years to pass before she celebrated Christmas day in the traditional fashion. Then on Christ. mas day in 1872 the Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VII, was so i'll that his life was despaired of. But he made remarkable recovery.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
USE MOST CHRISTMAS CANDY.
Several Million DoIlars' Worth Sold ts
 r New Workers.

Several Million poIlars' Worth Sold ts
 ra New Workers.
 Three million dollars worth of Christmas candies is New York city's annual holiday bill. .#.
 The amount of money spent by New Workers during the holidays for candy alone is so great that 1t seems out of proportion to the amount donated for charity until it is remembered that perhaps one-third or more of all the candy bought during the last half of December is given away by secular and religious societies, by Sunday schools and churches, and that con- sequently a large part of the sum be- longs in the charity account. .
 Three or four New York manufac- turers get the bulk of this class of or ders. and they agree that, even taking the population of the city into ac- count, New York's consumption of candy excels that of any other city.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
KEEP oN.LEARNlNG

Learn soneihn1 every day One of the Eestess sa61seions "a t1s wodd a dse feeEng of enlarge ment of Fo~th, ot s.r..ehns up- ward and onward. No pleasure can surpa,s that which conss ftom the eonsciouness d tee6ns ones horizon of isnoranee beng pushed farther and farther away; of mak- ing headway m the wosid; of not only getting on. but also ofgetdng up.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY.
Richly Cooked Rice a Popular Dish
 Brownies Used to Share it.

BroWnIes Used to Share It.
 The day before Christmas the holi- days really begin. It is customary to have richly cooked rice served with milk or fruit juice for dinner. In the tureen is a blanched almond, and he who gets this receives a present. The practice used to be prevalent among the peasants to set out dish of this Christ. mas rice in the barn for the gnomes or brownies. whom they thought would do some good turn for them in pay ment. -.r- e. r~ s." @u #
 Flowers always make a home look festive, and the custom in Norway fa to send these as messengers of love al Christmas. -..-.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
HIDDEN JOYS.

The bess sOss of hAppines, ]. resy rarely Mible to the multitude. It 6es hidden m odd cornesv and m q3es placea and the easrr wodd. which presumably is seeking it. hn- ries past and, never recognizes t, but continues to mistake for it prosa penty and inches, noise and laugh ter and even fame and mere cheap notOnety.-Henry Seton Meniman.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
RININFNs CARDS

GEORGEh WILCOX, BLAOkSMIT horse shorIuR, wood work and
 Iron work, RAILROAD ST. CANAAN, CONN.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
Christmas Day.

 How win 1t dawn. the coming
 Christmas day, ~. A northern Christmas such as paint
 CTS love, And kinsfolk. shaking hands but once a year. And danes who tell old legends by
 the fire7
 Red sun. blue sky, white snow and
 pearled ice, Keen, ringing air, which sets the - blood on fire And makes the old man merry with F| the young. Through the short sunshine. through
 the longer night9 In whatsoever garb or gay or sad, Come fair, come foul, twill stiIl be P Christmas day.
 e-an#a Charles Kingsley. Asesas&S@&s@&SasasasAA
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
Kimonas and Dressing Sacques

Women's Flannelette Dressing Sacques in pink blue,
 lavender and grey, floral effects on light grounds
 Made in fitted styles with belt of self material att
 tached, scaloped round collar fgll sleeve with
 plain cuff, at ..................... Kimonas of German Flannel in fancy floral figured ef-
 fects-made with kimona sleeves. front and sleeves
 embroidered with floral figured border at. ........ Dressing Sacques of German Flannel made with high
 waisted effects and trimmed with satin ribbon to
 match color, at. Chale Dressing Sacques Tn dainty floral pattern and
 solid colors. Round collar front and sleeves fin
 shed with embroidered scallopy, at French Flannel Dressing SaequesL in grey pink
 and blue high neck and long sleeves collar and belt
 fastenngs of satin ribbon ,.. ..s........g.........
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

thirty miles between the station and
their destination.
We'll. here we are at home" said
Raider cheeringly.
Its a devil of q looking place." said
Mcclure promptly as he rolled upon
the gallery floor In fit of coughing.
We'll try to make 1t comfortable for
you, buddy" said the cattleman gen.
ty. "This'n be your room in here. Any
thing We got you ask for It" He led
Mcguire into the east room. The floor
was bare and clean. White curtains
waved in the gulf breeze through the
open windows. A big willow rocker.
two straight chairs, a long table GOV.
cred with newspapers, pipes. tobacco.
spurs and cartridges stood In the Gen.
ter. A wide, cool cot bed stood in a
corner. Mcclure spun a nickel.
Thought ! was lynn about the mon
ey, did yef Well, you can frisk me
If you wanter. OATS the last simoleon
In the treasury. Who's goin' to pay?''
The cattleman looked steadily from
under his grizzly brows into the huck.
leberry optics of his guest After a
little he said simply: "I'll be much
obliged to you, son, IL you won't men,
ton money any more. Folks ask to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

tered in the public school to warrant
such apparent lack Of interest as is
shown at the school meeting.
The life of the grange does not de-
pend altogether upon its present men,
bers. The boys and girls living In
community should be trained to be-
come not only future farmers, but they
are the ones to be concerned in rural
progress. If the grange has an inter
est In keeping up prosperous. up to
date school its young people are much
better prepared to figure in rural prog
ress.
No teacher and no equipment is too
good for rural school. 1t is there
that larger responsibility falls upon
the one teacher. and even though there
are but few children in the school
they are as worthy Of good instruction
as though they attended a school where
there are fifty or hundred. Every
grange should demand that there be
teacher employed who is in sympathy
with farm interests, who has some
knowledge of the work which the chill
dren are supposed to do later in life and
who will cooperate with the grange
in the interests Of the community.
The school cannot do this work alone;
neither can the grange Cooperation is
essential.
A course Of study which does not
include knowledge of agriculture and
the work of the farm home is not an
up to date one. Many teachers have
not had the training which will enable
them to teach the essentials of agri-
culture. The grange can assist in this
by securing practical talks for the
school and literature and equipment
for the teaching Of agriculture; other
wise it must be expected that the boys
and girls trained in the rural schools
will not have the interests Of the farm
Mt heart.
Many of the. schoolhouses Of the
state are, not fit places for housing the
children six hours Of the day. The
grange should have standard for hy-
gienic conditions concerning artistic
surroundings which will help to make
the schoolhouse pride in district
rather than fit. to be placed upon a
back road. The grange can arouse
public opinion in favor Of truly at
tractive public building.
MARTHA VAN RENSSELAER,.
Cornell Agricultural College.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04
FARMERS FIGHT.
The Canadian Reciprocity Treaty
Aroused Them to Action.
The Senate Committee Hearings
Brought Out Many Arguments
Against the Ratification Of the Treaty
From Grange officials and Others.
Tho Farmers Contention.
Especial Correspondence.1

Especial Correspondence
We are not opposed to equitable reci-
procity or honest tariff reduction or even
honest free trade, but we desire congress
to know that IL we are to have free trade
in farm products we shall appeal to all
farmers to up and at It to level the entire
tariff wall to where the president and
congress have placed ours. Shoulder to
shoulder we can win victory.-C. B. Keg-
ley.
The grange and farmers fight
against Canadian reciprocity was hot
ly contested. From early In May un-
| til early In June the senate finance
committee gave hearings on the reel
procity question, and arguments pro
and con were made by able represent
atives of 10th sides until there seems
to have been nothing left unsaid re-
garding the advantages and disadvan-
tages Of the treaty.
The general effect has been bene6
cial from the farmers viewpoint.
There has been an array of the farm
ers' forces at Washington that has
been revelation to the senators and
congressman, and perhaps we should
include the president. The "hayseed"
farmer has taken on a new aspect In
the eyes of our high government Off
cials, and 1t has been discovered that
ability to present logical and cOnvlnc-
ing arguments on a question Is not
confined to legislators and lawyers
simply The grange officials who ap-
peared before the committee repre-
sented the states of New York, Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Connect
cut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania. West Virginia, Illinois. Mich
igan, Delaware, Ohio and Missouri
Vigorous arguments were put up In
the three days hearing before the COM
mttee. The entire delegation had an
interview with the president, and SEN
ators and congressman were urged to
give the farmer a little show in this
great crisis which he is facing. AS
the National Grange Monthly well
says: "a more determined lot of men
have seldom visited Washington, and
their earnestness and sincerity evident
ly made q marked impression upon the
senate committee. The latter body lis
tened with the closest attention ito all
the arguments offered and gave the
farmers every possible opportunity for
stating their case. The arguments pre-
sented by these men were logical and
earnest and were offered in such q
courteous and dignified manner that
they commanded instant and constant
attention from every senator"
The farmers contention should not
be misunderstood 1t is conclsely and
plainly stated in the quotation at the
head of this article from G. B. Keg.
ley, master Of Washington state grange
The farmers claim that they are not
getting square deal;" that they have
been selected to bear the burden Of an
experiment and that If the Canadian
farmer is to be allowed to invade our
home markets and we are to have
free trade with Canada 1t Is farce
to continue to maintain a tariff on
farm products from other countries
]. w. BARROW.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
The school district of a few square
miles is the educational unit In the
state of New York. The residents are
generally unwilling to give up this par
tcular institution even though de-
creasing population makes very
small attendance at school. Consoli-
dation of school districts has been ad-
vocated as means of Strengthening
districts and Offering better opportuni-
ties for supervision and instruction.
No doubt consolidation is valuable.
However. there will still be country
districts where 1t is impossible to
transport the children and where it is
necessary to keep up high standard
for the school for the children living
in the community.
The sChoolhouse Is the only public
building Of the district. and a larger
interest should center about its af-
fairs. Unfortunately interest In school
matters Is often at low ebb. The
trustees elected at the annual school
meeting by very small representa-
tion of the taxpayers employ teach
er and set the educational machines
at work for the year. Sometimes not
enough interest exists In the district
to secure an attendance of voters to
transact business at n school meeting.
This Is uncivic and nonpolitic. AL
ready too important interests are CEN
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

said the cattleman, land stay till you
get well. Six months III fix you good
as new" He lifted Mcclure with one
hand and half dragged him in the d.
rection of the train. ......
"What about the money! said Nc
CURE, struggling weakly to escape.
money for what?" asked Raider.
puzzled.
Passengers on the southbound Won
dered at the confux of two such antip-
pdes. Mcclure was five feet one,
with a countenance belonging to ell
ther Yokohama or Dublin. Bright,
beady of eye, bony of cheek and jaw.
SCARED, toughened, broken and reknit,
indestructible, grisly, gladiatorial as a
hornet. he was type neither new nor
unfamiliar. Raider represented the
union of the west and south. Few
accurate pictures of his kind have
ever been made.
At Rincon, hundred miles froru
San Antonio, they left the train for a
blackboard. In this they travelled the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04
HYGEIA AT
THE SOLITO
By o. HENRY
Copyright. 1907. by Mcclure
Company

II you are knowing in the chronicles
of the ring you will recall to mind an
event in the early nineties when. for q
minute and sundry odd seconds, a
champion and a would 1e" faced each
other on the alien side oil an interna-
tional river. So brief a conflict had
rarely imposed upon the fair promise
Of true sport. The champion merely
smote his victim, turned his back
upon him. remarking, 81 know what
! done to dat stiff" and extended an
arm like a ships mast for his glove
to be removed
Which accounts for q trainload of
extremely disgusted gentlemen in an
uproar of fancy vests and neckwear
being spilled from their Pullmans In
San Antonio in the early morning fol-
lowing the fight; which also partly
accounts for the unhappy predicament
In which Cricket" Mcclure found him
self as he tumbed from his car and
sat upon the depot platform, torn by
a spasm of that hollow, racking cough
so familiar to San Autonian ears. At
that time in the uncertain light of
dawn, that way passed Curtis Raider,
the Neuces county cattleman. May his
shadow never measure under six feet
two. The cattIeman. out this early to
catch the southbOund for his ranch
station. stopped ut the side of the dis
tressed patron of sport and spoke In
the kindly draw of his ilk and region,
"Got it pretty bad, budF'
Cricket" Mcclure, ex-featherweight
prizefighter tout, jockey, follower Of
the ponies" all round sport and ma
nipulator of the gum balls and walnut
shells. looked up pugnaciously.
"G'wan," he rasped, telegraph pole
l didn't ring for yer"
Another paroXySm wrung him, and
he leaned Imply against convenient
baggage truck Raider waited pa
tiently, glancing around at the white
hats, short overcoats and big cigars
thronging the platform. You're from
the moth. amt you, bud?' he asked,
"Come down to see the tightT
"Fightr' snapped Mcclure. "Puss-
in-the-corner! Twas a hypodermic in
lection. Handed him just one like a
squirt of dope and he's asleep and no
tanbark needed in front of his resi-
dence. Fightw He ratified bit,
coughed and went on: mo more dead
sure t'ings for me. Put my last cent
on and could already smell the saw
dust in dat all night joint of Jimmy
Delaney's on T'irty-seventh street l
was goin' to buy. And den-say. tele-
| graph pole, what q gazaboo a guy Is
to put his whole roll on one turn of the
gaboozlumw
You're plenty right" said the cat
tleman, more specially when you
lose. Son. you get up and light out for
hotel. You got mighty bad cough"
Lungs" said Mcclure comprehen-
sively 81 got It, The croaker says
I'll come to time for six months longer
maybe year if ] hold my gait. |
Of myself. OATS why speculated on
dat 8 to l, perhaps. had t'ou-
sand iron dollars saved up. If l
winned was goin to buy Delaney's
cafe. Who'd "a fought dat stiff would
take nap in de foist round-say"
Curtis Raider interrogated an enor,
nous gold watch and laid his hand
on McGuire's shoulder. Come on,
you're going down to my ranch,'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

hand to bis chest-"I not know for
what He put his ear here and here
and here and listen-I not know for
what He put little glass stick In my
mouth. He feel my arm here. He
make me count like whisper, so-twen-
ty, treinta, cuarenta. Who knows"
concluded Ylario. with a deprecating
spread Of his hands, "for what that
doctor do those verree droll and such
like things?"
Within a very few minutes the cat
tleman was mounted and away. In
two hours and a quarter Raider, from
a gentle swell, saw the branding camp
by a water hole in the Guadalupe.
Sick with expectancy of the news he
feared, he rode up. The only being in
the camp was the cook.
Everything all right in camp,
Peter he managed to inquire.
$50, so." said Pete conservatively.
"The boys-all welli"
Pete was no optimist. Besides, IN
quiries concerning the health of cow
punchers were not only superfuous,
but bordered on fiaccidity. 1t was not
like the boss to make them.
whats left of em don't miss no
calls to grub" the cook conceded.
whats left of 'em2" repeated Raid
Ter in husky voice. Mechanically he
began to look around for McGuire's
grave.
"Sure," said Pete-"what's left. Cow
camps change In two months. Some's
gone"
Raider nerved himself.
"That-chap-I sent along-McGuire
-did-he"-
"Say," interrupted Pete, rising with
a chunk Of corn bread in each hand.
"that was a dirty shame sending that
poor sick kid to a cow camp. A doc
tor that couldn't tell he was graveyard
meat ought to be skinned with cinch
buckle. Game as he was too. It's a
scandal among snakes. Lemme tell
you what he done. First night in
camp the boys started to initiate him
In the leather breeches degree. Ross
Hargis busted him one swipe with his
chaparreras, and what do you reckon
|. the poor child did? Get up, the little
skeeter, and licked Ross-licked Ross
Hargis, licked him good; hit him plen-
ty and everywhere and hard. Ross d
just get up and pick out fresh place
to lay down on ag'in.
"Then that Mcclure goes off there
and lays down with his head in the
grass and bleeds. A hem'ridge they
calls it. He lays there eighteen hours
by the watch, and they can't bulge
him. Then Ross Hargis, who loves
any man who can lick him, goes to
work and damns the doctors from
Greenland to Poland Chiny. And him
and Green Branch Johnson they gets
Mcclure in tent and spells each 9TH
er feedin' him chopped raw meat and
whisky.
| "But 1t looks like the kid amt got
no appetite to git well, for they misses
him from the tent in the night and
finds him rootin' in the grass and like
wise drizzle fallin'. 'Gwan,' he says.
Lemme go and die like wanter. He
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

LICKED ROSS HARGIs LICKED HIM GOOD"
said l was a liar and a fake and l
was playin sick. Lemme alone
1.-TWO weeks" went on the cook, "he
laid around. not noticin' nobody, and
then
A sudden thunder filed the air, and
q score Of galloping centaurs crashed
through the brush into camp.
''Illustrious rattlesnakesv' exclaimed
Pete, springing all ways at once
Here's the boys come, and I'm an
assassinated man If supper amt ready
in three minutes"
But Raider saw only one thing-a
little brown faced, grinning chap
springing from his saddle in the full
light of the fire. Mcguire was not
like that, and yet
In another instant the cattleman
was holding him by the hand and
shoulder.
"Son, son. how goes itT was all he
found to say.
"Close to the ground, says you,"
shouted Mcclure. crunching Raiders
fingers in grip Of STEEL "And dats
where I found 1t, healt' and strengt',
and tambled to what cheap skate
been actin. Tanks fer kickin' me
out. old man. And, say, de jokes on
dat croaker. amt It? / looked trough
the window and see him playin' tag
on dat dago kids solar plexus."
"You son Of a tinker" growled the
cattleman, "whyn't you talk up and
say the doctor never examined you"
saw, g'wan" said Mcclure, with
dash Of his old asperity. Nobody
can't bluff me. You never asst me.
You made your spiel. and you t'rowed
me out, and let 1t go at dat. And.
say, friend, dis chasin' cows is outer
sight. Dis Is de whitest bunch Of
sports I ever travelled with. You'll let
me stay, won't yer, old man7"
Raider looked wonderingly toward
Ross Hargis.
"That cussed little runt," remarked
Ross tenderly, Us the jo-dartines
hustler and tho hardest hitter in any.
! body's COW camp"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

In Pennsylvania the legislative COM
mittee of the state grange Is looked
upon as real power in legislation.
Efforts are concentrated on two great
reforms-viz, equalization Of taxation
and the initiative and referendum. In
struction In agriculture In the public
schools has become an accomplished
fact, and grange educational achieve
ment is found in the township hlgn
schools that now dot the state.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04
p,,s,se Court Sessions.

......... ru. PROBATE COURT FOR
st--.. on ESSEX will be held as
u. .Hr wear 1911:
hIgR- n the forenoon of the first
N urlary, June, September and
V.... . .f,.. afternoon of each of the
NN..
s7r'.. ..-t Mondays of May, August,
.. sr.rch, in the afternoon.
N.f ..... .u the hTst Saturday otEeach
nJHla. ...,.iiI he held at any place in
..a. f.. r-TCgment. .,,,,,
j. u-..r,r Register to Canaan. to ED
TT.i.r g1.LL. JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04
THERURAL SCHOOL
How the Grange May Be Helpful
to Education.

Rural Progress Dependent Largely on
the Education the Boys and GirIs
Receive In the Rural Schools-Best
Teachers and Best Equipment Neo-
essary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-04

Total disbursements. .............. $44,24a7