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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-10

and / am still strong enough to sew
carpet rags"
We've none to sew. and want the
Feelings for my hogs"
IL would sleep in the henhouse If
you said So"
But that would keep the hens
awake, and they would not lay next
day"
But was told to go to Huckleberry
Corners, and will you let me ride
with you?"
"Yes, for quarter. I'm not toting
old women around the country for the
fun Of the thing. Hand over the
dough and you come along"
kind sir. IL hang myself will you
see that my grave is kept greenT
mot by a jugful. I've enough TO
do in my cornfeld without looking
after graves. You should have saved
your money in your youthful days, in
stead Of going TO the theaters. and
you could have had FIVE or six green
graves now
She Meets a Genuine Huekleberry.
With that he drove on and Lulu sat
down on Il stone and fell TO weeping.
Her tears were falling fast and the
sole Of one Of her shoes was working
loose whep she heard CHEEKY voice
addressing her with:
"Hello, motherl What's the matter
heref"
IL was Sam Smith. also OF Huckle.
berry Corners. He was poor man,
but he was the only real huckleberry
on the bush His last COW had just
died OF hollow horn.
kind sir" said the fairy. "rm a
poor old woman"
81 guess that's straight, but don't
feel bad about t." he cheerfully re-
Piled I'VE are all bound to get there
In time. What can | do for your
81 want to get to Huckleberry Cor
ners before die. want 10 see the
huckleberries from which hotel pies
are made want to find some person
80 kind hearted that he will let me
sleep in the barn and live on the FISH
bones thrown out"
'1'm your clothespln." was the hearty
reply OF the man, "only you shall have
the best bed In the house and custart
pie every night for supper. Here yor
60"
And he swung her over his shoulder
and was trotting along when Lulr
waved her hand and an auto (nam'
Of maker concealedl rushed up ant
they were borne away In II. They ar
rived nc Sam Smiths shanty TO find 4
changed Into villa.
Sam had left his wife dressed In cal
ico. He now found her In silks, Will
a $4,000 pearl necklace twisted sever
times around her neck. II was ont
that had been Struggled through
There were forty servants, a barnfu
Of horses, wine cellar, n mahogan,
poker table and twenty-five eight-dal
clocks. The White House looked likl
10 cents by comparison. sam had lief
Eve ragged children behind him. Nov
as the auto drew up seventeen hand
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-10
FORTUNE LOST AT GAMBLING
American Victim Of sharpers Has A.
legged Noblemen Arrested.

Paris, March l0.-Three men de-
scribing themselves as Italian noble
men we're arrested Wednesday charg-
ed with having swindled Levin Hart
a young American, out of $4,000.
The prisoners gave the names OF
Borelli, Carminatti and Bordeni and
are alleged to be parties wanted by
the police of Italy According TO the
story told by Hart, he met the strang
ers at his hotel In the Place de
TEtoile and was introduced by them
at various gambling clubs. During
the visits to these places he says
that the men by the use OF marked
cards and other devices robbed him
of his entire fortune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-10
Fertilizers are cheapcc

and better, II mixed at home accord.
ing to some good formula. Write us
and we will give you free. postpaid,
full information about what TO use
how to mix. prices OF ingredients, etc,
Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park, VI.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-10
FAIRIES OF TODAY.
Deacon Pegram Loses Out on
Lulu'S Request.
HUCKLEBERRY SAM A WINNER
Dazzling Transformation Scene at His
Home Because He Was Good to the
Fairy-Luek of the Woman at the
Aviation Grounds.
Rv M. QUAD.

by NJ. QOAO.
copyright 1910 by Associated Literary
Press.l
JENNIE name Of the fairy was Lulu.
She had been sent out dis
IN gulsed as an old woman, and
she looked TO be eighty years
old and she walked with two canes
and had no teeth. 1t was enough to
melt a heart Of cast steel to see hel
making her way slowly along a dusty
highway with the hot sun beating
down upon her poor old head. BY and
by. rs she stopped for moment t.
rest her palsied limbs, Deacon Pc
gram came along with his team and
stopped to hail her with:
"Well, grandma, whittier bound"
"To Huckleberry Corners, kind sir
she replied.
II live there, and | can tell you we
don't want any more paupers around
u.s."
Il am old and poor, but hoped to
find some one with soft heart"
You won't md EN- at HuckleDerry
Corners. Better turn Off here for Oys'
ter Bay"
"Kind sir" continued Lulu, have
you an old mother"
"Nope. After she got to be sixty she
had sense enough TO hang herself on a
crab apple tree"
IF you would let me live with you
I'd eat nothing but potato Feelings,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25

Life Saved at Deaths Door.
81 never felt so near my grave" writes
W. R.PaitersOn. Of Wellington, Tex, as
when frightful cough and lung trou
bic pulled ms down to 100 pounds, in
spite Of doctors treatment for two years.
NV father. mother ami two sisters died
Of con sumption. and that am alive to
day is due solely TO DIR. Kings New Dis
cOvcry. which completely cured me. Now
| weigh 1871 pounds and have been well
aud strong for years." Quick, safe. sure.
t. the best remedy on earth for coughs.
colds. lagrippe, asthma, Group. and all
throat and lung troubles. SOC and 81.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
Port Barre to be Incorporated

Port Barre, La. Feb. ID. A mass
meeting was held this afternoon
by the citizens of this place for
the purpose of recommending a
municipal ticket to the Governor
of the State for the village of Port
Barre, which is to be incorporated.
W. H. Morrow was made presi-
dent of the meeting, with s. M.
Durand as secretary. The follow.
ing were nominated for candidates:
W. II. Morrow, mayor; G. D. De-
jean, A. j. Cormier aud j. D. LIE.
Blanc, for councilmen.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
Tortured For Is Years

by cnre-defying stomach trouble that
baff]ed doctors. and resisted all remedies
he tried. John W. MOdders, of MOdders-
vile. Mich. seemed doomed. He had t.
sell his farm and give up work. His
neighbOrs SAID, "he can't live much Ion
ger" Whatever l ate distressed me-"
IT'LL tried Electric Bitters, which work
ed such wonders for me that can now
eat things could not take for years. Its
surely grand remedy for stomach trou
blr." just as good for the liver and KID
neys. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
80 cents at all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
NOTICE..

By mutual consent the firm
of K. Schwartz ffD Co.. has
been dissolved, Mrs. S. Pr
card retiring.
Mr.. K. Schwartz will con-
tinue the business for his own
account at the same place and
hope he will be favored with
the same patronage that was
given to the old firm.
Respectfully,
MRS. p. PICARD,
K. SCHWARTZ.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
DIED..

At 4:30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, Mrs. Alexandra Goulas, ST.,
died at her home here at the age
of II years.
Mrs. Goulas before her marriage
was Miss Marie Emma DeGsyter.
Her funeral took place at half
psst FIVE o'clock Thursday evening
from the Catholic church.
Mrs. Goulas leaves a husband
and a large family of grown chill
dren to mourn her death.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
CONTRIBUTED.

A few minutes delay in treating some
cases Of Group. even the length If time it
takes TO 90 for doctor often proves dan
gerous. The safest way is to keep Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the house.
and at the first indication Of Group give
the child a dose. Pleasant to take and
always cures. Sold by all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
MRS. v. A. LEDOUx,

An attack Of the grip is often followed
by a persistent cough, which too many
proves a. great anaOyance. Chamber
lain's COugs Remedy has been extensive
ly used and with good success for the
relief and cure Of this cough. May
cases have been cured after all other rem
edies had failed. Sold by all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
CARD OF THANKS.

1t is with deep gratitude that we
extend our thanks to all those
kind friends who have 50 kindly
assisted US during the sickness
and death of orr beloved wife and
mother.
b. L. DURANE AND FAMILY.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25

SUPERFICIAL area, bounded North Ivy pro-
petty Of Robe. Martin. south bv that of
h. r. Long. EAST Ivy The Public Road and
west by Cypress Island, bring the same
property acquired from + Vuillpmont.
Sriz'qi I" satisfy said abovr writ.
Terms aud conditions cash.
Sheriff's Office this 9Th day Of february
A. b. 1911.
+. A. BROUSSARD, She, if.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
School Improvement Work.

When the writer was working
with the local committee, prepar-
ing the program for the Third An
nual Convention of the Louisiana
School Improvement League. held
in Lafayette January 17-1S, 1911,
we were very much anxious TO
prepare an attractive program and
select such subjects for discussion
that would greatly benefit the men
and women, who would attend the
convention, and awaken in them a
better understanding of this great
organized effort, the improvement
of the conditions of child life in
the home, in the school room and
on the playground.
One aim of the program com.
mittee was to have uucrowded pro
grams, the very best music and
speakers. and carefully selected
topics, but not 30 many of them
that there would be DO time given
for questions aud discussions.
The addresses of welcome bad a
ring of truth aud a warmth of love
for childhood aud right that
prompted them, and wereresponded
to in kind by al enthusiastic
League worker, who keenly APP
preciAted the genuineness mani
tested.
The report of delegates showed
a decided increase in the number
of Leagues formed during the year
and great improvement in the
plans of conducting the same. No
less than twenty thousand dollars,
90 far as known, has been expen-
ded for good causes in the work.
Excellent suggestions were gil
ven as to ways and meaus of fnan
cling the Leagues. Some were tx
tremely novel and interesting.
The State organization is fortu-
nate in having as leader ever since
its formation, Miss Agnes Morris,
who is devoted to the cause of
education. Under her systematic
efforts much has already been ac-
complished. Her talks at the
State Convention were constant
inspiration to those who listened.
They were impressed with the fact
that this is the age of the child,
and iDnumerable agencies must be
at work to promote its welfare,
aud to show fathers, mothers and
teachers the childhood possibili-
ties in their keeping.
The school authorities need the
assistance of the parents in the
home to cooperate with them in
bringing the child to the highest
development of it's physical, ill.,
tellectual and spiritual nature.
No larger field of work or spheI g
of helpfulness has ever been
thrown open 10 parents and teach
ers than that of looking out for
the boys and girls of the future.
As some one has said "When
school and home reall y got togeth-
or they will make trotting team
that will win the educational race"
CONTRIBUTED
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25

Reduce your light bill fifty per
cent and get fifty per cent more
light by using Tantalum electric
lamps = Ducbamp Hardware Co.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. George Malagarie of Brous-
sard was here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cham
psgne of Abbeville were in town
this week.
Mr.. C. 7. Bienvenu of Lafay-
cite WAS doing business here Thurs
day aud Friday.
Miss Elmirs Broussard of Brenux
Bridge was here this week visit
ing her sister, Mrs. U. Badon.
Father Francis j. Baissac WAS
here on a short visit "Wednesday
evening, returning the same day.
DIR. j. l.. Beyt is having a largo
and modern office built Oh The lot
be recently bought on Main street
Commencing OH March lst., the
dry goods stores, 10y agreement.
will close at six o'clock every eve
ming, excepting Saturdays.
-WashiDgton's birthday was
quietly celebrated here Wednef.
day. The banks, the school and
Offices we're closed.
The many friends Ut Mr.. Robert
Martin were pleased to meet him
upon our streets this week after a
prolonged spoil of sickness.
Wall Paper - We have just re-
csived Two thousand rolls of all
kinds of Wall papers aud at oil
pricss-Duchamp & Duorsst.
MIR. Jerome Mouton and his
brother Judge Julian Mouton of
Lafayette, were here Thursday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Alexab-
DIRE Goulas.
The Baylis property is being
moved to the Corner of Washing
ton and Bridge street, which pro-
perty has been bought by Mrs. A.
II. French.
-Messrs. Philip Hickey. A. A.
Ransonet and CIebert Melaucon of
Breaux Bridge, passed here Thurs
day morning in Mr. Hickey's auto
on ,hoir way to New Orleans.
Many of our people Left during
the week for New Orleans and
many more will leave to-day and
tomorrow, to take in the Carnival
comes to a close Tuesday.
ie Commercial Bank has leas
ed the Rousseau building in front
of the Catholic Church and will
leave it's own home with a view of
looking for a more central location
We learn that the Pointe Claire
road was repaired by Road-master
Durand. This is bad piece of
road which will require attention
for some time, as drainage in that
section ia bad.
An auto party composed OF
Messrs. J. G. Bienvenu, Emile Nj.
Nuillemot. Louis c. Guidry Ro-
d"Iph- Dugas aud Alfred Delaune,
left for New Orleans Thursday
morning in Mr.. Blpnvenu's big
Pope Toledo.
We had ice Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday aud coat of
frost that was like snow. The ef-
feet Of the freeze can he seen every
where on tender plants. 1t is be.
lieved the damage done by this
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25

By virtue Of an order of seizure and sale
Issued out Of the 10Th Judicial District
Court in and for the Parish of ST. Mar
tin State Of Louisiana, in the above Ell
titled an | numbered suit. dated this 4th
day of February 1911, to me directed. |
have seized and will pro erd to sell at
public auction to the last and highest
bidder at the front door Of the Court
House In tie Town Of st. Martinville, on
n Saturday the 18th day Of
March 1911.
the following Described property, tO-wit:
That certain tract of land with all the
improvements thereon and appurteD-
ances thereto belonging. situated in the
Third Ward Of the Parish Of st. Martin.
La. containing thirty three arpents in
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-02-25
NOTICE.

i llave on my plantation since about
eight days one Oay mare branded L on
right hind leg, about two years old. two
hind feet white. also white In fofehead.
Own er can recover property by proving
same and pay cost.
MRS. V. A. LEDOUx,
Jan. %. 1911. st. Martin, lille. La.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
MISREPRESENTATION
ONCE MORE EXPOSED

Because some tentative plans for the
housing of the various departments in
the Judiciary building have been
changed people who are unaequainted
with the facts have jumped to the con
clusion that there has been "blunder''
and that "costly delay" will be
caused. The Governor attention was
drawn yesterday afternoon to news.
paper attack upon the superintendent
of public works in connection with this
matter and in connection also with the
postponement of the opening of bids
for the structural steel. The Governor
said:
AS far as 1 know there have been
no mistakes made in the plans for the
different departments. The tenders for
the steel work are delayed, not be-
cause of any change, but in order to
have the tenders come in with the ten.
ders for. the other work. We do not
want to let some tenders and then find
afterward that the Others are too much.
As for the rentals for temporary quar-.
ters, 1t viii not make particle of diff
ference.''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
EXP0NENTS OF THE ART OF DIRT DIGGING
DIFFER AS To THE BEST PROCEDURES

How much dirt could drayman dig,
if a drayman did dig drift
The above apologetic paraphrase for
well-known tongue-twister is the sub.
ject of little report made informally
to the supervisors by Ex-Governor Geo.
r. Carter ON the basis of statistics
gathered by friend of his.
This friend, with the fiendish ae-
euracy of those who settle upon how
many dollars and cents we would all
have if John d. Roekefeller's s income
was prorated, took fancy in an idle
moment to snap a stOp.wateh on some
county and private employees loading
dirt into dirt cart in Nuuanu Valley.
His first victim (who it might be re.
marked right now, didn I know he was
being watched) was a county employe
loading cart with dirt on the Nuuanu
road. His labored efforts resulted in
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25

now law, come under The jurisdiction
of the road supervisor and will not he
IN the hands of the city and county
engineer
Murray, in this, states clearly that
1T IS the intention of the board 70
depose Wilder at once After the meet.
ing, other supervisors, who had been
poring over the law and who had com
meneed to appreciate the fact that
possibly the going was not TO be so
easy as Milverton had promised when
he drafted the amendments TO the
Municipal Act and the later ordinance.
expressed the belief that perhaps ii
wo1ld be better 10 let sleeping dogs
lie and retain Wilder, at least until the
clouds rolled by.
AS Wilder has been badgered under
the old system, 1t is probable that he
would be badgered still more so. now
that his resignation would leave the
way open TO the supervisors, in which
event he would have 10 quit sooner or
later.
Whether he stays or not. or whether
he sticks or resigns. does not alter the
fact that the fate Of other officers is
bound up in his and for this reason
the mayor desires 20 take the matter
before the supreme court for final
settlement.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
BROUGHT BACK
FROM TORONTO,
MAY Be INSANE

Brought back on the Makura under
orders from the American consul at
Toronto, William Keoni is held at the
city receiving station waiting for ex.
animation by doctors for his sanity.
So far as the officers at the station can
discover he is perfectly sane, talking
reasonably in both Hawaiian and Eng
lish and speaking the latter well.
Of his parents, however, his mind
is absolutely blank, his only other men
tai failing referring to his residence.
He thinks that his home is on Beretania
avenue, but has no sense as to where,
on that street. it is. He states that he
has lived in Canada for five and balf
years, and was, when he landed, and
still is, dressed in his heavy winter
clothing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
COUNTIES CAN NOT BID UPON CONTRACTS
FOR WORK UPON THE VARIOUS BELT ROADS

There is sorrow in the ranks of the
politicians, there is dismay in the
camp of the supervisors and there is
wrath in the t-nts of the belt road
commission because frst-class scheme
to obtain jobs for the former and to
give the Others patronage is going to
get it where the son of the rooster got
the ak. In other words it looks as if
the decision of the Territorial legal
officials on the question of whether
counties can bid for contracts on the
belt roads will be in the negative.
1t was reported yesterday that the
attorney general had given an opinion
adverse to Kauai county on this ques-
tion. When asked if this were true
Alexander Lindsay, Jr., stated that
while he was away on Kauai last week
Deputy Attorney-General Smith wrote
an opinion showing that there were a
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25

the cart being filled in just fifty.nine
minutes by the watch. The way he
stayed inside of the hour was notable
feat.
His second victim was another coun-
tysempIOye, loading dray exactly
similar under exactly similar condi-
tiOns. This was lazy fellow and he
took just sixty-five minutes by exactly
the same watch to load his dray,
The third man watched was a Japa.
nese gnonvOter) loading dirt on Georg
Rodiek Is place lower down in Nuuann.
IT might be said again right now, that
the cart was exactly similar TO the
other two and the conditions of load.
ing, etc, ditto.) The Japanese loaded
his cart in just twenty minutes by
the watch, guaranteed correct.
Mr. Carter presented the little re.
port to Supervisor Murray.
"That is one of the things we want
to correct, remarked Mr.. Murray.
. You we got big job ahead,n re.
marked Mr.. Carter
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25

"If there is no more system in the
road department generally than there
was on Cleanup Day, should think
the county is swindled at about the
rate of hundred dollars day." re-
marked William Wolters, chairman of
the labor committee of the Cleanup
committee, in discussing the statement
made by Supervisor Low that "the
whole cause of the trouble was due
TO lack of system, not being arranged
beforehand by the Cleanup Day com
mittee."
81 want to say,'' said Mr.. Wolters,
that the entire fault for the mix-up
was due to the one in charge of the
fourth district laborers. For some rea-
son, either that of politics or graft,
every attempt we made to get charge
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
WILL
PROBABLY PASS
IN SENATE TODAY

WASHINGTON, July 22-There IS
every indication that the Canadian reci-
procity agreement will pass in the SEN
ate today unaltered as it came from
the house, in spite of the Efforts made
to amend it.
Yesterday Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin again attacked the recipro-
city agreement in a bitter speech dur.
ing the course of which he scored the
President.
The amendment of Senator Charles E.
Townsend of Michigan, providing for
international Improvement of the ST
Lawrence River, was defeated.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25

good many obstacles in the way of
counties bidding for contracts
That surely was a diplomatic way of
putting it, but it will cause tears in
the ranks of the job-seekers and cusses
in more elevated quarters.
"I do not think it was an absolute
decision,' said the attorney-general
when pressed for further details. But
that will hardly dry the tears herein
before mentioned for he added: 'fBut
Mr.. Smith pointed out lot of difficult
ties that lay in the way of counties
taking such contracts.
And then, jlst as If he might be
rubbing it in, the attorney general
added:
"The county is not authorized to
go into regular biddings; another
thing, many of the supervisors are
members of the road commissions and
were the counties to be given contracts
they would be contracting with them
selves.''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-25
CRAFT OR POLITICS" At BOTTOM OF
CLEANUP DAY LABOR PIUKAS

of the fourth district men was frustrat-
ed. / arranged everything satisfactory
ly with the fifth district men and they
did good work without trouble, but
although we called and wrote and tele-
phoned, even on the morning of Clean
up Day, we could not reach the fourth
district men.
"They promised to have the men at
headquarters, but didn't. Then tele-
phoned to the stable and asked that
the men be held there until I could
reach them to give instruction, but on
top of my message the men were scat
tered and received no orders at all
"Graft or politics, I don't know
which. was at the bottom of it. Per-
haps they thought if we got near those
men we would make them do one good
days work in their life. At any rate,
if things always run the way they did
that day, don It wonder at the roads. -