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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
To the Last Mosquitoes.

Only the female ores bite-Linnacus.
Lass win~g-va1npirc OF the season,
FINAL of amounted numbers.
lou. for some sufficient reason.
Sng q requiem to my slumbers,
All the friends that you have known
Twined in merriment or pain.
From Your gentle side have flown,
Or st sanguine feasts were SLAM.
Are you o}dwife. meH'ry-laden.
Or a matron. biithe and busting.
Or some fair irsectile- maiden.
Fer a placid future hustling?
Were you watched by winged SWANS,
AS YOU fiuttered to and fro?
Are you-with or without brains,
Handsome. as mosquitoes go?
Have you pedigree TO tell?
Did a ~grandame boast the process
OF the sinking OF q well
In proud Caesars strong proboscis?
lid fair CLEOPATRA pause
In her international cooling,
To extend bejewelled claws
For your ancestreSs' undoing!
Anyhow, You are my guest;
In the lamplight's faint refulgence,
Go ahead and do your best,
At one unrestra' ned indulgence!
Take your drop OF blood, l say!
Mine a thousand times could fiji you
Guiltless vampire, go your way:
I'd be hanged before I'd kill you!
Will Carleton. Ia Every Where.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
ANOTHER PARTY
OF OHIO FARMERS
Will Visit Eastern Sec
ton of North Carolina
During December

Especial 10 News and Observer
New Bern, Nov. ia few weeks
ago the Land and Industrial Depart
ment of the Norfolk Southern Rail
way Company brought a party OF
ONO farmers TO eastern North Caro-
una on a special train and exhibited
70 them the wonderful progress ~
his section.
owing to the fact that just at the
time this trip was made there wcte
a large numDer OF those who had
intended being among the party de-
tanned on accoun Of harvesting their
crops.
The visitors were SO Wei pleased
with hat they saw, especially in
and near New Bern. that they gave
a very glowing account OF their visit
when they returned home. Within n
lew days the railroad officials re-
ceived a number of inquiries in re-
gard to another similar trip, and after
due elaboration of the matter they
decided TO run another OF these
special excursion trains from Ohio
to Eastern Carolina.
With this idea in view they COM
piled and issued a profusely Illus
trated and Very attractive 6S-page
booklet which fully describes the con
ditions in this section as they really
are. These booklets were sent out
all over that State to prospective Vfsi-
tors. Plans have been made for the
party to leave Cincinnati, O., On De-
cember 5.
Coins on TO Norfolk they VII spend
one day there ard then traverse the
coast section. arriving in New Bern
on December 9Th. After spending
several hours in this city they will
go on to kinston and look over that
section. Returning here on the FOL
lowing day the party Will disband and
return homo at their leisure. The
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
is doing much for eastern North Car
DINA, and the people, realizing this,
are doing everything possible TO as
siSt them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
A Railroad Mans Prayer.

An old railroad engineer expert
enced religion and when asked to
lead in prayer, this is the way he
Worded it:
80 Lord. now that I have tagged
Thee lift my feet off the rough road
Of life and plant them safely on the
deck of the train Of salvation. Let
me use the saety lamp known as
prudence, make all of the couplings in
the train with the strong link Of Thy
love and let my hand lamp be the
Bible. and Heavenly Father keep all
switches closed that lcad off on
sidings, especially those With a blind
enc.
20 Lord. if 1t be Thy pleasure,
have every semaphore block along
the . line show the white light Of
hope that / ma make the run Of life
without stopping and Lord give us
the ten commandments as q schedule
time: and when my train shall have
pulled into the great dark station Of
death. may Thou, the superintendent
of the universe, look with a smile
and say, well done thou good and
faithful servant, come up and sign
the pay roll and receive you check
for eternal happiness"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
NOT IN THE SAME CLASS.

You folks amt LAX Moses: When his
work WuZ done
He seer into de Promise Ian, but he
couldn't git dar, son,
He seen de country
Shinin' bright,
An yit fer hin
'TWuz out O sight.
You folks ain't LAX Jonah: When it
blowed a gale;
Eff dcy'd th'owed 0 in de sea you'd
ketch an sell de whale.
You'd beat dat story
Twenty mile:
You'd sell de whale
Ter git his lie.
You mostly ak OF Job WIZ. when
Satan ON a-prOwlin,
You all time say: D fires out an
DIES set dar a-growlin'!
f. L. STANTON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14

trifies. But they are conscientious
ana thorough and have none of the
SdilpnnS instincts OF men. Their
tendency IS 10 crawl. not leap. |
want more OF thai TO walk AT a brisk
pace.
No-success in business does not
MAKE a woman lose femininity. If it
uld. L would rather have failed con
Inudily You can catch tibet spirit OF
q business life without losing any OF
your grace as a woman. l still sew
duching in my blouse, and fuss over
my clothes"
And talk gently" I added to my
SELF, and look as if you had lust
stepped u OF a drawing-rom with a
volume Of Crawford in your hand"
Ana yet n has the income Of a rail-
road president, and is the only wo-
man IN the financial Who's Who"
her New England conservatism ball
ances her intense APPROPRIATENESS: the
com blnation makes her what she is
a solid success.
LUCILLE EHSkINE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
FIRE. At FAYETTEVILLE.
Valuable Timber and Othcr Property
To Value Of $1,000 Destroyed Yes
fcrday-Partial Insurance-Man
Killed hY Train.

Fayetteville, n. C. Nov. l1.-The
brick dry house of the Fayetteville
Wooden Ware Company. containing
$50 cribs of seasoned juniper and oak
slaves, warehouse also of brick and
quantity Of lumber were destroyed
by fire early this morning.
The loss amounts to $4,000. with in
surance OF $4,000 or $1,000.
Early this morning, Nc
MILAN and Campbell sidings, on the
Virgini and Carolina Southern Rail-
way, a man named Hail, OF st. Paul,
was killed by the southbound train.
The engineer seeing him, blew his
whistle when the man stepped on the
track and was run over. Hall was
satd to have been deaf. He was an
elderly man n leaves a wife and
family.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14
SO-CALLED OLD TIME CORN
SHUCklNG" But AN IMITATION.
But tho Imitation is Better Than Most
Of tile High Falutin New Time

! Oh !1lC High GdluuH new lLlle
Pleasures of h Day.
The Mocksvillc Record prints the
following, written by a correspondent:
IAN old-time corn snucking Yas
given at the home OF Mr.. j. +. Shut
last Friday night, about fifty boys
and girls being present. In the red
ear contest, Miss Lola Ellis was the
lucky one and won the ticket to the
show. finding twenty-nine red ears.
| After the corn was shucked the good
time came, which was serving chicken
pie and pumpkin pie. After supper
the ladies were entertained by piano
and violin music, while the boys were
enjoying the game OF pulling Tige's
tail. c. c. March and W. l.. Shut
seemed to be the best at that. as the
s~cratchers were not able to part them.
The Statesville Landmark copies
the foregoing and explains:
This wasn't an 'old-time shuck-
ing it WAS only an imitation. AT
the oid-tine Stockings the main feat
ure, first. vas TO divide the corn pile
by running a fence rail through the
middle and two captains chose the
shuckers for a ace. One captain got
first choice Of the ends Of the pile
and the other first choice OF the
Their they fell 10 and
shucked like all possessed 10 see
which could finish the task first. 4
part Of the inspiration Of the race was
q jug with a corncob stopper in the
fence corner. AT Ii well managed
shucking the jug was passed discreet
~ and nobody got too much-just
enough TO add to the good feeling and
the zest of the occasion. II ladies
were present the young man who
found J red ear was entitled 70 Il kiss.
In the shucking race the corn was not
always shucked clean. but that was
expected. The work done the chick
en- pie and pumpkin and potato Gus
tsrds. boiled ham and other good
things we're served on a long table
III the yard, and If the night was cool.
and II usGa ~ was, there were bon
fires for comfort. Then there was
wrestling. dancing. pulling Tige's
tall or "Tofd's from tall and 9TH
CT forms OF amusement. There was
no ticket to q show as a prize ard
piano and Violin music was unknown.
The idea Of playing a piano Il m
Old-time corn shocking, But there
was fiddle music in abundance-fid-
die music Of the old-time variety. Th=
man who called q fiddle Il violin on
such occasions would have been look
ed on with suspicion.
NO. the Davfe shuckirc was not
an old-tilne ~shucking. II was oniy
an imitation"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14

The secret of success IS eonstancy to
purpose-DiSraeli.
The poetry OF earth IS never dead
Keats.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
AN INTERESTING LECTURE

The National Lecturer Of the
Modern Woodmen of America,
doubtless the strongest fraternal
organization in the city, has ac-
cepted an invitation from the To-
cal Camp No. 1855, to deliver a
lecture in the opera house on Tues
day evening, August 18th. The
lecture will be illustrated with
stereopticon views and will be on
F'raternalism and the Cure of Tu-
berculosls as successfully carried
on at the Modern Woodmen SAM
forum located at Colorado
Springs, on which the Order has
spent several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to cure it's men,
bers OF this dreaded disease.
This lecture is free to both la
dies and gentlemen, and members
OF other fraternal orders are es-
peclally invited to be present. 1t
will be a lecture worthy of ap-
probation by all, and reflects
great credit on the local camp in
getting a discourse of this nature
by a lecturer Of national fame.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
CAUGHT AN ALLIGATOR
IN SILVER LAKE

According to stories told by
some, pretty much everything
with fins or fur has been caught
in the murky waters of Silver
lake, but it remained for an en-
ploye Of the Virginia & Rainy
Lake company to hook the first
gater-and catch him alive.
The catch was made at shortly
after seven o'clock Friday even
ing last, just too late for note in
our last issue, but the story, like
the CATER, is built on lines which
will last as long as the birch log
which formed the foundation of
the practical joke, which resulted
IN the captor of the animal pacing
the log deck until the midnight
hour on Thursday in quest of the
reptile which had been seen and
which was assigned as the cause
OF men quitting work on the log
roll, and in his taking up second
nights vigil in company with a
man carrying a high power rifle
Tor the protection Of both.
And they found what they were
looking for. AS they slowly paced
to and fro the head of hideous
creature suddenly bobbed from
beneath the murky water and two
bright eyes-made Of incandes
cent bulbs-shone forth. eau
tlously making their way to the
edge OF the log jam the twain
threw lasso over the animal but
in the attempt to pull it in found
1t had an anchor chain attachment
with someone at the far end, Sc
curely hidden in the mill, to fur.
nlsh 1t with such motive power as
it possessed. But they finally
snaked it out, chain and all, a six
foot birch log with a hideous
mouth, peg teeth that were water
ing for taste Of black meat, and
eyes that shown like a bob-cat s
and it is said there was something
doing for a time thereafter-fo1
a man who can wrestle the bear
can wrestle some with man if he
only gets the chance.
But with the removal of the rep
tile those who had been quitting
work on the log roll returned to
their accustomed places, and each
twill have a photograph of the an
imal to look at when he thinks of
how near his life came to being
snntfed out through being mis-
taken for a darkey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids for the construction
of one room school building on
the Northwest corner of the South
east quarter of section twenty Gig hit
(2S) township sixty-two (62) range
nineteen 49,, St. Louis County, Min
nesota, will be received by the clerk
of the County Board of Education
at his office in the Court House,
Duluth, Minnesota, until 2 o. m.,
Angus !, 1911.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the office of the clerk and
at the office of the Virginia Enter
prise Company, Virginia, Mime
sofa. The successful bidder will be
required to file bond in the
amour, of the contract price, with
the clerk of the County Board OF
Education at the time of the execu.
ton of the contract. The County
Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any and all bids
N. A. YOUNG,
Clerk of County Board of Educa.
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
ADDRESS
SUNDAY EVENING

Mr.. P. J. Youngdahl of Mime
apolis, speaks in the First NJ. E..
church next Sunday evening in the
interest of the Anti-Saloon League
of which he is state secretary.
MIR. Youngdahl is recognized as
one of the greatest orators in the
state temperance ranks, and prom
ises some astonishing, interesting
and attractive facts, and should be
greeted by large attendance of
those interested in temperance
work.
And this class-those interested
in temperance should in
cIude every man, woman and
child on the iron ranges, where
the curse of the liquor traffic is the
most rampant of any section in the
state of Minnesota.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
ALGOT JOHNSON WRITES "
FROM PRISON

Algot johnson, the boy bandit,
who is serving 3O-year sentence
at Saltwater, Mimi, for the muir
der of Policeman Harry Ches-
more, has written to Secretary E.
l.. Ranck, of the Duluth Y. NJ. G..
A.
Charles Melodrowski, the lad,
who, with Algot johnson, held up
the night clerk at the hotel Nc
Kay and later in an attempt to
escape arrest, shot the policeman,
died at the prison but a few days
ago. No mention Of Melodrow-
ski is made by johnson in his let
ter which follows:
Saltwater, Alinn., July "a,
1911.
''Secretary Y. NJ. c., A.
''Duluth, Mimi.
"Dear Sir: | now have the op-
portunity to drop you few lines.
| am getting along we'll with my
work here. | work in the machine
shop and hope to learn the trade.
| go to night school during the
school term which is from the first
OF October until the last of May.
am going to ia Ike up shorthand
next term and hope to take up
bookkeeping and a course in me-
chanlcal drawing later on. | am
going to join the band in a month
or so when get my first grade.
I'VE are getting summer suits
made out of kahki cloth so that we
can throw off our heavy wooden
suits which we wear in the winter
time. There are over 700 men in
this institution. One hundred are
over at the new prison. 1t is said
that it will be ready in about a
year or so. 1t will accommodate
about 1000 men. It has modern
improvements and the cells are
larger.
Respectfully,
ALGOT JOHNSON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
SAYS RECIPROCITY
WILL CARRY

H. T. Hazen, chief engineer for
the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific,
says the reciprocity agreement be-
tween the United States and Can
ada is sure to pass. Mr.. Hazen
has just returned from a two
weeks trip through eastern Cana
ga, and says that while most of
the people of eastern Canada are
opposed to the reciprocity pact
the western part of Canada is al
most solid for it.
MIR. Hazen states that with the
carrying Of the coming election
and the ratification of the treaty,
much of the wheat from the Cana
dian northwest will be hauled to
Duluth and Chicago, but states
that whether or not the terms of
the treaty will affect the general
business Of either country or both
is hard to say.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
ENJOYS FORTNIGHT OUT
ING AT SAND LAKE

Rev. Henry E. Neff, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, to-
gether with eleven Of the boys of
his Sunday School, left early Mon
day morning for a fortnight s
outing at Sand Lake. During
their days in camp the boys, who
left here in high spirits, will be
under strict discipline, regular
hours for meals, play, bathing,
boating and work having been
outlined.
The boys constituting the party
are James Walker, Donald Cap.
stick, Harvey Fliehr, Claude Fen.
stimaker, Wheelock Sherwood
Ellsworth Ziel, Russell Neff
George Sigel, Willis Olstead, and
Ellard Kin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
DIES OF TUBERCULOSIS.

Edward Whits, a well known
brakeman on the Duluth, Rainy
Lake 4 Winnipeg, who returned
here few days ago from Phoenix,
Arizona, where he had been in
the hope Of regaining his health,
died at the Lenont hospital Wed
nesday morning Of tuberculosis.
The deceased came here five
years ago, and was always a de.
servedly popular young man with
his co-employes and with all who
knew him.
Funeral ceremonies will be con.
Quoted from Our Lady of Lourdes
Church on Sunday next, under
the auspices Of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Trainmen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
HE CALLED AND COUGHED

One IS told on an employe Of the
Virginia & Rainy Lake Co., who
IN a moment Of alteration left a
valuable umbrella hanging on a
water pipe at the mill Friday last.
received a note later to call at the
Brewery for ''package.' He
called, finding his umbrella decor
ated with the names of a number
of his fellow workmen, who had
put the rain protector in hook to
the tune of half dollar. He
coughed, but will be more careful
about where he leaves his umbrel-
la next time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
SCANDINAVIAN EV.
MISSION CHURCH.

Saturday, August 5th, the
Ladies' Aid will have a social in
the church at s p. M.
Sunday, August 6, at II a. M.
Mr.. j. P. Youngdahl, one of the
ablest and most popular temper.
ance orators in the northwest
will speak.
Song service at 7:30 p. m.
Scandinavians are cordially in.
vited to attend.
p. Lindh, Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
AUGUST 18TH LAST
DAY FOR FILING

August 10Th is the last day for
filing notes Of issue for the August
1911, general term of the district
court to be convened in this city
on the last Tuesday of August.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
MOHAMI'S WIN TEN
INNING GAME

In the game between the Mo.
hami club Of this city and the Hib.
blng divers at the Hibbing Park
on Sunday, the Mohami team
booked a victory by a score of
to 3 in a ten inning game. The
Hibbing bunch opened the game
with two scores in the first, the
Mohami's booking three in the
fourth, neither side scoring aside
from this until the ninth, when
Steinmetz, left field for the Hib-
bingites, "scrambled" an easy
one, letting in two runs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
INSTALLED OFFICERS OF
HIBBING ENCAMPMENT

District Deputy Grand Patti
arch Isaac Van Domlin and Grand
Junior Warden Edward G.. A.
johnson, of this city, were Hib-
bling visitors last evening where
they acted as installing officers of
Hibbing Encampment No. Al, I. O.
%. F. This Encampment was or
gained some eighteen months ago
and reports indicate a pleasing
growth in that branch of Odd
Fellowship in the west end vii
lage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
TEMPORARILY OUT :. -.
OF BUSINESS

Owing to the teraing down and
rebuilding Of the structure Tor
merly occupied by the Commercial
Barber Shop, which will be re-
built as a part of the Lundstrom
three story block, the CONNER
clal is temporarily out of business
and Mr.. Scott, proprietor, will
spend much Of the time on his
homestead in the north country.
When comlete, the Commercial
will have handsome quarters in the
new block and will reopen with
a frst-class outfit in every respect.
about October LIST.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
WILL PETITION FOR d.
VISION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT

Residents Of Mckinley circu-
late a petition for representation to
the board of county commission
ers asking for division of School
District No. Is, which now in
cludes Sparta, Gilbert, Elba, Nc
Kinley and Kellogg.
The proposed dividing line runs
south of Elba, leaving Sparta and
Gilbert in one district and Elba,
Mckinley and Kellogg in another.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
THE FUNERAL OF
FRANK PLASA

The funeral of Frank Plasa
whose death was noted in our last
issue, was held from the Church
of the Immaculate Conception
Hibbing on Sunday morning last
A brother of the deceased lives
at Hibbing, and took charge of
arrangements for intcrment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04

Service at the Swedish NJ. E.
church, corner Spruce and Wyo-
ming, Sunday, August 9Th, at 7 As
p. M, and Thursday, August 10th,
at 8 p. m.
The service Sunday evening will
be in charge of Rev. Gramness, of
this city. Scandinavians are cor
daily invited.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
M. E.. CHURCH..

Sunday, August 9Th, at 10 80 a.
M, address by Hon. w. |. Norton
of Minneapolis. Sunday school at
II As a. m.
In the evening, Epworth League
at 7 90; "The Divine Service, -
Mrs. G.. w. Sarff.
800, Union mass meeting and
address by Mr.. p. J. Youngdahl,
of Minneapolis, state superinten-
dent of the Anti-Saloon League.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
ANOTHER ORE STRIKE
AT GRAND RAPIDS

A second well at Grand Rapids
has gone into an ore body, and
the citizens continue in state of
excitement. In the village well,
where ore was first encountered.
the body has been proven for y
feet, the drill still working in ore
of good grade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
MARRIED WEDNESDAY
EVENING

Richard J. Coole, Of Eveleth
and Miss Ingrid Linman, of this
city, were welded at the home of
the bride on Maple street Wednes-
day evening, the ceremony being
performed in the presence of a
number Of immediate friends of
the contracting parties by Rev
Hanscom, of Eveleth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Interest in Saw Mill for Sale.

Willsell for cash a one-half inter.
est in my saw mill and planning mill
at Ray, Mimi.
Over a million feet of standing
tim Der included ia the deal.
Mill capable of saving 5000 feet
daily, planning $1,000 feet daily, and
making 10000 lath daily.
Investigation solicited. If YOU
have money and would make a we'll
paying investment, do not pass up
this opportunity. A. E. Blow,
5-l2tf Ray, Mimi.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Situation Wanted.

Young lady stenographer, with
knowledge of bookkeeping, wishes
any kind of office work. Has had
some experience, and can mention
good references. Enquire at Enter
prise office. 2tp,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
GETS ELY SEWER CONTRACT

The H. L. Bartlett Company, of
this city, pulled down a juicy con-
tract at Ely a few evenings ago,
being awarded a $4,000 sewer
job. Work on the new improve
ment in the Vermilion city will
commence at once, and citizens
may be assured of receiving a
workmanlike job in every respect.