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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-26
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.

Dear Editor: thought l would
write and tell you what little know
about the Battle of Bunker Hill June
II, 1775.
On narrow peninsula to the north
of Boston, and separated from it by
sheet of water half mile wide, was
the, village of Charlestown, behind II
were two small hills. The nearer Of
the two to Charlestown was Breeds
hill Just beyond it was Bunker hill
The possession of the British ships
which lay at anchor was Of much i'm
portance.
When the Americans learned OF
Howe's intention to fortify the hills
they sent force of about twelve
thousand men under Colonel Prescott
on the night Of June sixteenth, to
take possession of Bunker hill. In
mistake Prescott passed Bunker hill,
and went to Breeds hill, and before
dawn they had thrown up a large
earthwork. When daylight appeared
so it could be seen the British opened
fire from their ships. But the Ameri-
cans were not afraid, and kept work
ing on, and by noon had line of in
trenchments reaching from the
earthwork down the hill toward the
water.
Howe chose to send twenty-five
thousand men over in boats from
Boston, land them at the foot of the
hill, and go straight up its side toward
the Americtns on it's summit. The
Americans we're told not to fire till
they could see the whites of the
enemy's eyes, and they obeyed.
There was not shot came from
their line till the British were within
a few feet. Then the Americans fred
and when the smoke blew away the
British were running down the hill.
The officers sent their men up the hill
a second time. The Americans were
hidden not to waste their powder, but
when the British got close enough the
Americans fred, and the British ran
again. When they were brought back
for the third attack, the Americans
had no powder, SO they fought with
gun-stocks and stones. The results OF
this battle were two fold.
Ora Miller, Age IA.
batavia. Ia, r. r. No. /.
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HAzEL's HAPPY HOME.

Dear Junior live on farm with
my parents eight miles northeast
from Ottumwa. We have lots OF
flowers and trees In our yard. We
have variety Of fruit OF various
kinds. Papa raises hogs. horses, sheep
and cattle. l have ten bantams for
my pets. We have two dogs their
names are Rover and Teddie. I play
with them every day. have two
brothers and three sisters. My
school was out May 8. go to East
Union.
Your Junior Friend,
Hazel Yeager. age II
Agency, Ia, r. r. No. 2
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Where the Frogs
Came From

You see the sun every bright day,
don't your
And you see the moon every moon
shiny night?
Now. listen, and I'll tell you story
about their mother. No, not about
their mother, but about the mother OF
the god of the sun, and Of the god
dess of the moon, whose names were
Apollo and Diana.
It is about Apollo's and Diana's
mother this story is to be.
Once when they were little twin
babies their mother was in great trou-
BILE. She had to wander around and
around, and get food and drink wher-
ever she could find them.
One day she went to pond for
water, for the people in the houses
were cross and would not giver her
any.
And just think of it! These people
careless about soiling their green
coats and white vests, ran down to the
pond ahead of her, jumped in and STIR
red the water so that it was black
with mud.
And they called out, Come and
drink, Latona! Come and drink water
pure and sweet, Latona!"
This the cruel people did until La.
tona and her babies were SO tired and
thirsty they could wait no longer.
"Why do you abuse us?" she said:
"you have plenty of water in your
wells. Can you not see how these poor
babies reach out their hands to your"
But the rude people were jealous
of the beautiful woman and her lovely
twins, and only stirred the water till
| it was blacker, and cried the more, till
| they We're fairly hoarse:
Come and drink! Come and
| drink"
Latona put her two babies down on
the warm grass. Then she looked
straight into the blue sky, and raising
her hands, said:
! May you never quit that pond in
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d. : :
house. When they all come up we
played games. and ate the ice cream
etc. Every body said they enjoyed the
party very much SO far.
But the funniest thing was, we were
all playing outside and there was q
broken chair in the house, and two OF
Marys friends went into the house
and one Of them sat down on that
broken chair, and pretty soon we all
heard such a noise at the house, and
we were all frightened and we ran to
the house to see what was the mat
ter. So when we got to the house we
saw that the girl with the broken
chair fell to the floor. So we were all
laughing at her, and che was ashamed
Of herself After it was getting late in
the evening the crowd all went home,
but they all said they had fine time
My mother and my aunt said 1t was
very nice party.
Annie Drish, age Il.
East Pleasant Plain, Ia. r. r. !.
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VIDA WRITES TO MARY.
Miss Mary Palfreyman,
T.ncaa Ia.

Miss Mary Palfreyman,
Lucas, la.
Dear Junior Friend:
School will soon be here before we
know it. It seems like this vacation
has wings and tries to fly away from
us, but still I'll be glad when school
begins again for have had a pretty
long rest. I will 60 to high school at
Christmas.
Twill be fourteen years old Novem
her 29th. received a card from you
quite a while ago and hope you re
ceived my postal. have over two hun
dred postals, about thirty from the ed
ito:. I have received about twenty-five
cards from different Juniors. | have
never lived on farm, SO we
never had any chickens. have stayed
several months on the farm at Aunt
Ester's and Uncle Chris, when I was
q real little girl.
I have two sisters older than I am
don't like to look at most Of the
funny papers because they are toe
funny. have never been through
Lucas, Iowa. but would like to.
I drew that story which you spoke
about from my imagination. an
afraid that II I ever heard burglar In
our home would let the silver 60 and
hide, without shooting him.
I am taking lessons on my mandolin
hope that this vacation has been
pleasant for you. enjoyed the letter
you wrote to me through the Junior
page very much. certainly enjoyed
the chautauqua this year. liked Mr.
Cells lecture on "A Giant Through
Pigmy Land"
A new jail is being built in our city
now and it is showing signs of being
almost finished. have enjoyed all Of
your stories and letters that you have
written to the Junior page.
The clock is telling me that 1t Is
time to put up my pen, so I will say
good bye.
Vida VAIL, age 10,
10 E. Court ST., Qttumwa
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all your lives, neither you nor your

all your lives, neither you nor your
children"
The story is that Jupiter heard her.
and that these cruel people never
came out of the water again. They
grew very small; their green coats
and white vests turned into skin and
their children wear today the same
kind OF suits their parents wore that
day they waded into the pool. Though
they have the whole pond to them
selves, they croak away until their
mouths have grown wide and ugly, al
mockingly as did their forefathers at
Latona.
Come and drink But who wants
to drink out of frog pond?
Little heather boys, who believed
this story, used to pelt frogs with
stones, and there are some boys now
who act Just like those foolish little
heather.
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The Legend Q
The Seed

Once upon a time the earth was so
very young and the people upon 1t SO
pure and good that they could hear
the morning stars as they sang to-
Eether. It was during the Golden Age.
as 1t il now called, that one morning
In the early springtime little group
of girls were playing together and
gathering wild flowers.
One OF these girls was named Pros
erpina. She was the merriest OF them
hll, though her dress was OF the plain
est brown. Her little feet danced ev-
erywhere and her little fingers seemed
to touch the flowers as lightly as the
butterfly that fitted by her.
Carelessly she danced close to a
green opening in the ground. Looking
down she saw a yellow dafodil grow
ing on the edge Leaning over to pick
1t, she felt herself caught by her
dress, and the next minute felt her.
self sailing far down into the earth
through the great crevice. She was in
a chariot drawn by black horses,
which were driven by driver who
seemed to be both deaf and dumb. He
neither answered when she pleaded
VIII ulm 10 Jake neT OdCh, nor even
seemed to hear her.
The girls who were left gathering
wild overs had missed Proserpina al
most the moment she was out Of
sight, but no one knew what had hap
pened.
Come back, come back" the girls
called, but no answer came up from
the great opening or from the forest
near them. Only Echo marked their
cry Of "Proserpina, oh, Proserpinas
come back!"
"She has vanished" the girls whis-
pered. II always felt as though she
had wings beneath that plain brown
dress she wore,' said one.
"But who can tell Queen Ceres, her
mother?" they asked one another.
No one could go alone, SO they all
went together to Queen Ceres and told
her what had happened.
The good queen wept bitterly. That
day she laid aside her regal robes and
began her search for Proserpina UI
and down the world went this royal
mother seeking for her lost daughter
At last abe Gle to the land OF King
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STORIES and LETTERS
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

I IF
/ Lear Editor:-As have not writer
! for long while thought l woult
write on the subject 1.-THE Boston LET
Party"
! This was the most famous tea party
ever held in this country. You VII
Ne surprised when you learn how mucf
tea was used up in single evening
England saw the colonies We're on
the verge of revolt, she therefore re
moved all the taxes, except upon tea
That was to show the Americans she
did not mean to give up the right to
tax them.
She fixed it so that even with the
tax added the tea cost less than IN
England. But the Americans were
striving for a principle, and became
very indignant over the trick. When
the tea reached New York and Phila'
delphia the people would not allow
it to be landed. and the ships carried
it back to England. At Boston the
people tried to send the ships back.
but the governor of the colony would
not let them 60.
On the night Of December 16, 1913,
a party of fifty men, painted and dress
ed like Indians, made their way
through the streets Of Boston to where
the vessels, laden with tea, were lying
at the wharf.
A large crowd followed for they saw
was afoot.
When the disguised men reached
the harbor, they went on board the
ships, and began bringing up the
chests of tea. AS fast as they were
placed on deck. other Indians" broke
them open and emptied their contents
into the sea- They kept 1t up until
three hundred and forty chests OF tea.
all on board, were destroyed. While
throwing overheard the tea, they did
not call each other by their right
names; great many In the crowd
knew who they were, yet all were
their friends, and no one was betray-
ed.
The crowd on the wharf were so
quite that the noise Of ripping open
the tea chests could be plainly heard.
Having finished their work the lind
ians' sprang down from the vessels
and went to their homes. and the
town became as quite as on Sabbath
day. This event is known in history.
as the "Bosten Tea Party"
The next morning the news of what
had been done spread like wildfire
among all the neighboring villages,
and a messenger was sent on fleet
horse to tell the story to the colonists
of New York and Philadelphia. There
was great rejoicing and satisfaction
over the bold act throughout the coun-
try.
Mabel M. Oliver, Age Is.
Selma, Iowa, Route I, Box "a.
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THE cRoouET PARTY.

Dear Editor and Juniors:
One June afternoon when the sun
was shining the birds were singing
merrily in the tree tops and the earth
all green. a merry party Of girls and
boys gathered at the home OF Mary
Molines for croquet party.
The afternoon was spent pleasantly
in playing croquet. the one playing tho
best receiving g. nicc book.
About six o'clock q delicious three
course luncheon wa3 served.
About o'clock the young people de-
parted for a Joy ride and returning
at a late hour all wishing that Miss
Moline would entertain again soon.
Elizabeth Price.
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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was up and 30 out in the green fields
and get flowers for his mothers din
ing table.
4 He went to Sunday school every
Sunday and would stay for church.
He delighted in going swimming and
fishing In q pond near by. The neigh.
bors called him Happy Charles be-
cause he was always singing and
whistling. think that all boys might
be happy in such q home as this.
Don't you?
Pearl Nefr, Age IL.
lola, Kansas.
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went farther in the woods than ne nad

went farther in the woods than ne nad
ever been.
He saw birds but no nests. SO ne
started to go home. Alas, ne coulo
not find his way out. He set DOWN Oh,
a log he was so hungry. oh, II ne naa
only brought some cake. He nearo
a buzzing sound. 1t came from pee:
IL was his fathers bee, nobody around
had bees. 1t seemed to say, follow me.
Henry followed the bee out of the
woods. There was his house before
him.
His mother was standing in the door
waiting for him. She said, Henry
where have you been." Henry told
his story Of being lost in the woods.
Opal Locke, Age 10.
Hedrick, Ia, Route No. l..
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ELIZABETH IS A NEW JUNIOR.

Dear Junior: wrote to the Courier
Junior once before but / never saw
it in print. 50 will try once more
to write. like to read the Courier
Junior stories. like to go to school
My school was out June 2.
For pets I have twenty chickens
two dogs, one cat and one pig.
Yours truly.
Elizabeth E. Dexter. age S,
SttHIawa, Ia, r. r. No. 6.
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

1.Use ono side Of the paper only.
Z. write neatly and legibly, using
fnlrnr q sharp lead percil. :,
5. Always sign your name In fuil
and state your age.
4, Number your pages. :,
< IN not copy stories or poetry and
send us as your own WORK.
6. Always state choice OF prize
on 4 separate piece of paper, WIN
name and address in full.
=. Address tho envelope to Edltor
Courier. Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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CHARLES A HAPPY BOY.

Dear Editor:-Charles was very
happy boy. He lived on q small farm
with nice house and barn on it and
lived there with his mother, father
and one little baby sister.
Their farm was about two miles
from town. He could not have every
thing he wanted but he was light
hearted boy. and he liked the flowers,
woods and green fields, and he would
get @ s. the morning before the sun
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAUx,
EDITOR.
Myss MABEL OLIVER GELS
WATCH.

Dear juniors: After reading all the
stories for the new watch contest
vhich opened Thursday Aug. 10. and
closed August q. we have decided the
watch will go to Mabel M. Ohver Oh
Selma.
You have all written such gooo
stories that It has been very nara 10
decide. but we hope you will all agree
with the judges this time, and all try
Tor the next contest.
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junior Returns Home.

Miss Henrietta Plaster, OF Oska'
loosa. returned home this morning
after . few days visit at the nome OF
MISS Albertina Parks HOO North Elm
s.reet, Henrietta is a Courier junior
hi and attended the Junior picnic
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LOST IN THE WOODS.

Dear Editor:-Henry was a little
boy ten years old. He was up bright
and early to get his work done. So
he could go to the woods to hunt birds
nests. He did not harm the nest. He
just wanted to know where they were.
He already knew of one nest. When
ne first looked into it there were four
little eggs. but now there are little
birds in the nest. But today Henry
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TWO ALUMINIUM CUPS.

Exhel .Hartwick Of Moulton and
Anna Palfreyman of Lucas eacn gee
q drinking cup this week. Ihere are
two CUPS left for Juniors VINO write
nice stories on the following SUBJECTS:
AIR CHIPS.
AsAUSKING BEE.
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up town and buy what you please. bu,
first go and show Ruth. ~
When Ruth saw the two dollars and
heard Pearls story She began to cry
she could sweep better than Peal
Pearl went UP town and with fhs
two dollars bought herself q new hal
that lasted her two summers.
From q Junior,
Viola Schrader.
S1gOurney. Iowa r n A II III
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BATTLE OF BUNKER NIL.

Sigourney, Iowa, R. *. Z. -
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Mabel M. Oliver, Age Is.
Selma. Iowa, Route I, Box "a.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-15
ORDNANCE NO. 269.

Be it enacted by the Police jury OF
the Parish of Lafourche in regular
meeting assembled,
FIRST That the president OF
this Jury aud the Superintendent Of
the Public schools of this Parish, he
and are hereby authorized and en-
powered to sell the lease of the pub
lie ferries of this Parish under seals
bids, said bids to be opened on the
18th day of September 1911 at II
o'clock A. NJ. at the Court House in
the town of Thibodaux, Louisiana, 81
wing thirty DAYS previous notice of
the same in the official Journal OF
this Parish, to the highest responsible
bidder, the right being reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
SECOND That the lease of the
ferries sold hereunder shall extend
from the first day Of January 1912 to
the thirty-first day Of December 19l 3
inclusive, it being understood, howe
yer that such bidders who will bind
and obiiga,e themselves to construct,
erect and operate Pontoon bridges in
good and safe condition in the bids
submitted by them, the lease on that
particular ferry shall be extended &c
period of five years, commencing
January the first 1912, and that all
bidders who will bind and obligate
themselves to construct, erect and OPP
crate in lieu Of the ferries permanent
iron bridges Of dimensions and siren
9Th suitab bic to the Parish of Lafour.
che and in conformity with the Uni.
ted States War Department REGULATE
ons, the term of the lease or fran.
chise therefore shall be extended to a
period Of ten years, commencing jan
usry /, 1912; provided that the ferry
franchise hereinbelow located at Race
land shall be replaced by steelswing
bridge whereof plans and specification
shall be prepared by the president
and secretary Of this jury and which
said plans and specifications shall be
filed IN the office Of the secretary Of
this jury fol the inspection and use Of
all persons bidding for the construct
ION Of SAID proposed bridge, as well
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-15
H. y. Coulon Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO270

Lavying a Special Tax for the
year Nineteen Hundred and Eleven
on all property situated in the Parish
of Lafoufche, subject to Taxation IN
der the Constitution OF 1898.
Section L. Be it ordained by th
Police Jury Of the Parish of LAT
ourche, in regular meeting convened,
that an advalorem tax Of eight mills
| on Tie dollar be and is hereby levied
for the current year Nineteen hundred
and eleven On all property situated
| in the Parish of Lafourche, Louisiana
not exempt from taxation under the
Constitution Of 1898.
Section a. Be it ordained, etc, Thai
the said Tax, when collected, shall
be apportioued and set apart, as fol
lows
First. = Four and 2-10 Mills shall be
set apart to pay the current expenses
of the Parish, including the Salaries
Of the Parish Officers, and shall be
known as the General Fund.
Second Two and 4-10 Mills shall
to set apart and used for the mainten
arce of the Public Schools of the Par
ish, and shall be known as the "Pub-
lie School Teachers! Fund.
THIRD : Six-Tenths Of 4 Mills shall
be set apart and used for the purpose
of building, improving and repairing
the School houses belonging to the
Parish, and paying TIE Salary of Sup
erlntendent aud such inctdentals as
may be necessary under an economic
management, and shall be known as
the s.Pub!c School House Fund.-
The Public School Teachers!Fund
and the Public School house fund
shall be subject TO the legal order OF
the School Board of the parish, and
a statement clearly showing how the
fund nave been expended Shall BE-,
submitted by the Supe'intende' Of
the 81 honls Of the parish tn this Jury
spml-annuaily, SAY on the FIRST OF
Juiv and January of each year.
Fourth = Eight-Tenths of mill shall
be set apart and used for drainage
purposes, as stipulated ly Orllna"'
No.192 adopted March7th., 1899
and Revised Ordinances. S"ctiou q
adopted Janury 18th, 1900, and
the same shall be apportioned and
expended as therein provided.
Section g. Be it ordained etc. That
this Ordinance shall, take effect from
and after its passage.
Adopted June 90 1911.
Fl n Coulon, j. l.. Basset'
Clerk. PRESIDENT
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-15
Kill More Than Wild
Beasts.

The number of people killed yearly
Nv wild beasts don't approach the
vast number killed By disease germs.
No life Is safe from their attacks.
they're in air, water, dust,e even food,
But grand protection is afforded by
Electric Bi,tefs, which destroy and
expes the deadly disease germs from
the system. That's why chiIls, fever,
aud cgue, all maIsrial and many
blood diseases yield prhmply to this
wonderful blood puryfier. Try them
and enjoy the glorious health and
lew strength they'll give yon. Mon
ev back, if pot satisfied. Only 5oc
ii al! druggists.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-15
Each horse and rider, each

Each horse and rider, each
crossing .05cents
Each buggy with contents,
each crossing, ..............1 10 cents
Each buggy with two horses
and contents, each crossing. 20 cents
Each carriage with two hors-
es and contents each cross
lug 80 cents
Each four horse wagon load
ed or empty, each crossing, 40 cents
Each one horse cart, loa ded
or empty, eaoh crossing, 10 cents
Each two horse cart, loaded
or empty each crossing. ........ 20 cents
Each three horse cart, load
ed or empty, each crossing. ..25 cents
Each one or two horse wa
gon, loaded or empty, each
crossing 20 cents
Each threshlng machine, each
crossing, ........ ............. so cents
Each portable engine,
e ach crossing ............-.. 100 dollar
Each automobile, each eros
From Z O'Clock PM. until 5 o
clock A. NJ, between October 1st.,
and March 1st. and from 8 o'clock p
N. until 4 o'clock a. m. between April
1, and Sept of each year, the fer
~ keepers may charge double the
above rates tolls.
Tenth Each Ferry, Pontoon or Bird
&c keel er is hereby requ red to adhere
TO the above toll list, and further, to
keep list thereof conspicuously post
ed on Their boats, pontoon or perma'
ent iron bridges or on "a bulletin Board
placed couspicuosly near their ferry
boa., pontoon or bridge landing on
each side of the Bayou, under penalty
for failure so to do, of forfeiture Of
their lease, and further to
keep a good light on
heir ferry, pontoon bridge, or per-
manent iron bridge, from Sunset to
sun rise, under the same penalty as
herelnabove mentioned in this Section
Eleventeh.- All ordinances or parts
Of Ordinances previously adopted b."
this Jury, conflicting herewith are
hereby repealed.
Adopted June 90, 1911.
j. l.. Basset President.