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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

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of wheat We have sown there,
Better to hide from the Indian scouts
the graves of our people.
Lest they should count them and see
how many already have perished!''
Sadly his face he averted, and strobe
up and down, and was thoughtful.
Fixed to the opposite wall was a
shelf of books, and among them
Prominent three, distinguished alike
for bulk and for binding;
Bariffe's Artillery Guide, and the Com
mentaries of Caesar,
Out of the Latin translated by Arthur
Goldinge of London,
And, as If guarded by these, between
them was standing the Bible
Musfng moment before them, Miles
Standish paused, as If doubtful
Which of the three he should choose
for his consolation and comfort,
Whether the wars Of the Hebrews, the
famous campaigns of the Romans,
Or the Artillery practice, designed for
belligerent Christians.
Finally down from its shelf he dragged
the ponderous Roman,
Seated himself at the window, and
opened the book, and in silence
Turned DER the well-worn leaves,
where thumb-marks thick on the
margin,
Like the trample of feet, proclaimed
the battle was hottest.
Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen of the stripping,
Busily writing epistles important, to
go by the Mayfower,
Ready to sail on the morrow, or next
day at latest, God willing!
Homeward bound with the tidings OF
all that terrible winter,
Letters written by Alden, and full of
the name of Priscilla,
Full of the name and the fame of the
Puritan maiden Priscilla!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

been veal, dreary;
Sick at heart have been, beyond the
healing of friendship.
Oft in my lonely hours have thought
of the maiden Priscilla
She is alone in the world; her father
and mother and brother
Died in the winter together; saw her
going and coming,
Now to the grave of the dead, and
now to the bed of the dying,
Patient, courageous, and strong, and
said to myself, that if ever
There were angels on earth, as there
are angels in heaven,
Two have i seen and known; and the
angel whose name is Priscilla
Holds in my desolate life the place
which the other abandoned
Long have l cherished the thought,
but never have dared to reveal it,
Being coward in this, though valiant
enough for the most part.
Go to the damsel Priscilla, the love-
Hest maiden of Plymouth,
Say that blunt old Captain, man
not of words but of actions,
Offers his hand and his heart, the
hand and heart of a soldier
Not in these words, you know, but
this in short is my meaning;
| am a maker of war. and not maker
of phrases.
You, who are bred as a scholar, can
say it in elegant language,
Such as you read In your books of the
pleadings and wooings of lovers,
Such as you think best adapted to win
the heart of maiden"
When he had spoken. John Alden,
the fair-haired, taciturn STRIPPING,
All aghast at his words, surprised, EN-
barrassed, bevildered,
Trying to mask his dismay by treat
ing the Aubject with lightness,
Trying to smile, and yet feeling his
heart stand still in his bosom,
Just as a time-piece stops in house
that is stricken by lightning,
Thus made answer and spake, or
rather stammered than answered:
"Such message as that, am sure |
should mangle and mar it;
If you would have it well done-I am
only repeating your maxim
You must do it yourself, you must not
leave it to others!
But with the air of a man whom moth.
ing can turn from bis purpose,
Gravely shaking his head, made an
swer the Captain Of Plymouth
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

Seven letters at once, at the same
time writing his memoirs"
"Truly," continued the Captain, not
needing or hearing the other,
"Truly wonderful man was Caius
julius Caesar!
Better be first, he said, In a little
Iberian village,
Than be second in Rome; and think
he was right when he said it.
Twice was he married before he was
twenty, and many times after;
Battles five hundred he fought, and a
thousand cites he conquered;
He, too, fought in Flanders. as he him
self has recorded;
Finally he was stabbed by his friend,
the orator Brutusl
Now, do you know what he did on q
certain occasion in Flanders.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

armSp ne SAID.
z --.l nisneo auu bright and clean, as II
for parade or inspection!
This is the sword of Damascus |
fought with in Flanders; this
breastplate,
Well / remember the day! once saved
my life in skirmish;
Here in front you can see the very
dint of the bullet
Fired point-blank at my heart by a
Spanish arcabucero.
Had it not been of sheer steel, the for
gotten bones of Miles Standish.
Would at this moment be mold, in
their grave in the Flemish
morasses.'
Thereupon answered John Alden, but
looked not up from his writing:
Truly the breath of the Lord hath
slackened the speed of the bullet;
He in his mercy preserved you, to be
our shield and our weapon!"
Still the Captain continued, unheeding
the words of the stripping:
See, how bright they are FURNISHED.
as If in an arsenal hanging;
That is because l have done it mys
self, and not left it to others.
Serve yourself, would you be well
served, is an excellent adage;
So take care of my arms, as you OF
your pens and your inkhorn.
Then, too, there are my soldiers, my
great invincible army,
Twelve men. all equipped, having each
his rest and his matchbox,
Eighteen shilling month, together
with diet and pillage,
And, like Caesar, know the name OF
each of my soldiers!"
This he said with a smile, that danced
in his eyes, as the sunbeams
Dance on the waves of the sea, and
vanish again in moment.
Alden laughed as he wrote, and still
the Captain continued:
Look! you can see from this window
my brazen howitzer planted
High on the roof of the church, a
preacher who speaks to the pur-
pose.
Steady, Straightforward, and strong,
with irresistible logic,
Orthodox, flashing conviction right
into the hearts of the heather.
Now we are ready, | think, for any
assault of the Indians;
Let them come, if they like, and the
sooner they try it the better
Let them come, if they like, be 1t saga
more, sachem, or powwow,
Aspinet, Samoset, Corbitant, Squanto,
or Tokamahamon!"
Long at the window he stood, and
wistfully gazed on the landscape,
Washed with cold gray mist, the
vapory breath Of the east wind,
Forest and meadow and hill, and the
steel-blue rim of the ocean,
Lying silent and sad, in the afternoon
shadows and sunshine.
Over his countenance fitted shadow
like those on the landscape,
Gloom intermingled with light; and
his voice was subdued with emo
ton,
Tenderness, pity, regret, as after a
pause he proceeded:
"Yonder there, on the hill by the sea,
lies buried Rose Standish;
Beautiful rose of love, that bloomed
for me by the wayside!
She was the first to die of all who
came in the MayfloWerl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01
The Lovers E5YQnd

So the strong will prevailed, and Al
den went on his errand,
Out of the street of the village, and
into the paths of the forest,
Into the tranquil woods, where blue
birds and robins were building
Towns in the populOus trees, with
hanging gardens of verdure,
Peaceful, aerial cities OF JOY and af-
lection and freedom.
All around him was calm, but within
him commotion and conflict,
Love contending with friendship, and
self with each generous impulse.
To and fro in his breast his thoughts
80 faov wing arA daeEino
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

Truly the maxim is good, and l do
not mean to gainsay it;
But we must use it discreetly, and not
waste powder for nothing.
Now, as l said before, was never a
maker of phrases.
l can march up to fortress and sum-
mon the place to surrender,
But march up to a woman with such a
proposal, dare not
I'm not afraid of bullets, nor shot
from the mouth of cannon,
But of a laundering MOI point-blank
from the mouth of woman,
That l confess I'm afraid of, nor am l
ashamed to confess it!
So you must grant my request, for
you are an elegant scholar,
Having the graces of speech, and skill
in the turning of phrases"
Taking the hand of his friend, who
still was reluctant and doubtful,
Holding it long in his own, and press
ing it kindly, he added:
Though | have spoken thus lightly,
yet deep is the feeling that
prompts me;
Surely you can not refuse what l ask
in the name of our friendship"
Then made answer John Alden: THE
name of friendship is sacred;
What you demand in that name,
have not the power to deny you!"
-
DUNG and molding the gentler,
friendship prevailed over love, and
Alden went on his errand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

Caius Julius Caesar"
As In laundering ship, with every
roll of the vessel,
Washes the bitter sea, the merciless
surge of the ocean!
Must l relinquish it ALL" he cried
with wild lamentation,
Must | relinquish it all, the icy, the
hope, the Illusion?
Was 1t for this l have loved, and
waited, and worshiped in silence?
Was it for this l have followed the
flying feet and the shadow
Over the wintry sea. to the desolate
shores of New England?
Truly the heart is deceitful, and out
of its depths of corruption
Rise, like an exhalation, the misty
phantoms of passion;
Angels of light they seem, but are
only delusions of Satan.
it distinctly.
This is the hand of the Lord; it is
laid upon me in anger,
For l have followed too much the
hearts desires and devices,
Worshiping Ashtoreth blindly, and
impious idols of Baal
This is the cross l must bear; the sin
and the swift retribution."
So through the Plymouth woods John
Alden went on his errand;
Crossing the brook at the ford, where
it brawled over pebble and shall.
low,
Gathering still, as he went, the May.
flowers blooming around him,
Fragrant, filling the air with strange
and wonderful sweetness,
Children lost in the woods and GOV.
cred with leaves in their slumber.
Puritan flowers he said, "and the
type of Puritan maidens.
Modest and simple and sweet, the
very type of Priscilla!
So will take them to her; to Priscilla
the May-fower of Plymouth,
Modest and simple and sweet, as a
parting gift will take them;
Breathing their silent farewells, as
they fade and wither and perish,
Soon to be thrown away, as is the
heart of the giver.
So through the Plymouth woods John
Alden went on his errand;
Came to an open space, and saw the
disk of the ocean,
Sailless. son1ber and cold With the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01

Flaked with patches of snow, as
hedges sometimes in November
Near him was seated John Alden, his
friend and household companion,
Writing with diligent speed at table
OF pine by the window;
Fairhaired, azure-eyed, with delicate
Saxon complexion,
Having the dew of youth, and the
beauty thereof, as the captives
Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex.
claimed, mot Angles, but Angels 2
Youngest of all was he of the men
who came in the Mayfower.
Suddenly breaking the silence, the
diligent scribe interrupting,
Spake, in the pride of his heart, Miles
Standish. the Captain OF Plymouth.
Look at these arms. he said, "the
warlike weapons that hang here
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01
Lone and Friendship

Nothing was heard in the room but
the hurrying pen of the stripping,
Or an occasional sigh from the labor
ing heart of the Captain,
Reading the marvellous words and
achievements of Julius Caesar.
After a while he exclaimed, as he
smote with his hand, palm down
ward,
Heavily on the page: "A wonderful
man was this Caesar!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-01
The Court ShiD OF
Miles Sfu1diSh
With illustrations by
Howard Chandler CI1risfy
HOWARD Chandler {

ceowizhf. The Bobbs-Merrm Company
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Notice of Vacation.

Notice is hereby given that the Park
Board of Virginia, Minnesota have filed
with the city council petition asking for
the vacation of Cherry street from the east
line of Central avenue on the west to the
line of the alley along the right-of-way of
the Duluth. Missabe & Northern Railway
Company on the east, and all alleys in
blocks nine and fifteen, and that said petit
ton is on file in the Office of the (city clerk
of Virginia, Minnesota, with a plat of the
alleys and street proposed to be vacated.
the reason being that said alleys and road
way are of no public value and that the
entire tract will be converted into park
and for more particular information exam
ination may be made of said petition as
filed. Further. that on Tuesday. February
7th. 1911, in the council chamber in the City
Hall at Virginia, Minnesota, the city coun-
Gil will investigate and consider-!said peti-
ton and hear the testimony and evidence
of all parties interested and appearing, and
WILL thereafter, make such disposition of
the matter as may be proper Any and all
persons interested or wishing to be heard
are hereby notified to appear or file their
objection at the time and place above des-
ignated.
BY order of the city council of Virginia.
Minn. ALBERT E. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
Corporate Seal) Jan. GA.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Lincoln Camp R. n. A. InSta|Is.

Lincoln Camp No. 2O76, r. N. A.,
installed officers on Thursday, Jan
uary 10Th, Mrs. Weber acting as in
stalling officer, the following being
the list of those indicted INTO office
for the ensuing term:
Observation-Disclosures Weber.
Past Oracle-Letitia Heagle.
Vice Oracle-Sarah Murphy.
Chancellor-Jane Cook.
Recorder-Helen Sweeney.
Observation-Disclosures Heagie.
Marshal-Josephine Blankush.
Inner Seutinel-Mathilda Nelson.
Outer Sentinel-AdaG ulan.
Managers-Lucy Clark, Caroline
Zeil.
Physician-Dr. A. f. Hall.
Following the installation cere
monies luncheon was enjoyed and
a pleasant hour of social converse
by those in attendance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
ICE RACES TOMORROW
First Event In Series Of: Races for LovIls:
Cup wilt Show Entries; From
All Raaxe Points:

The first card in the series of races
for the loving cup trophy hung up
by the Virginia .Eveleth Driving
Association will be pulled off on
the Virginia Lake track tomorrow
Saturday afternoon, horses from
Hibbing, Chisholm, Eveleth and
Virginia being entered for the in
itial event.
The first event of the season on
the new track some three weeks ago
at which full two thousand specta.
tors were in attendance, awakened
the sporting blood of the horsemen
and the interest being shown in the
seasons events bids fair to result
in the building of dirt track here
the coming season if suita BILE
grounds can be procured.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Died al St. Luke'S, Duluth.

Elmer Mattson, of this city, died
at Luke's Hospital, Duluth, on
Tuesday, of pneumonia, following
an operation recently performed.
The deceased was a single man,
q years of age, and was formerly in
the employ of the Virginia Hard
ware Co. Funeral services will be
on Sunday from the Fin.
nish Lutheran Church, under the
auspices of Virginia Camp No. 1855,
Modern Woodmen of America, of
which the deceased was a member.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
A Newspaper at Bull.

It is given out az the intention of E.
A. Koen to establish a new newspa-
per venture at the village of Bull.
the first issue of which is promised
the coming month. With the sur
rounding villas the field should
prove good one, Bull being
among the real live range CON-
munities OF late.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default has been made in the
conditions of certain mortgage which
was duly executed and delivered by Mike.
hraker and Anna Kraker. his wife, mort
gaRors, to Bruce F. Britts, Morteagee, bear
in2:date the 18th, day of September, A. d.
$685. and which was duly recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds for St. Louis
County. Minnesota. on November 3rd, 1910,
at eleven o'clock A. NJ in Book 278 of Mort
cages. on Page 161. such default consisting
in the non-pay1nent of the principal sum
thereby secured and interest thereon;
And Whereas, there is therefore claimed
to be due, and there is actually due upon
said mortgage debt at the date of this
notice. the sum of One Hundred Seven and
5000 Dollars ($lO75O) principal, and interest,
And Whereas. said mortgage contains
power of sale in due form, which has be-
come operative by reason of the defaults
above mentioned, and no action or pro-
ceeding at law or otherwise has been in
stituted to recover the debt secured by
said mortgage. or any part thereof,
Now Therefore. notice is hereby given.
that by virtue of said power of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage. and pursuant to
the statute in such case made. said mort
6oAC Will Dc 1OIcCIOScu ny sale OF the PREM
ises described therein. situated in St. Louis
County, Minnesota. described as follows.
to-wit: Lot twentv-six (26), Block Sixteen
(16), Virginia., according to the recorded
plat thereof, on file in the office of the Reg
lister of Deeds in and for said County of st.
Louis. which premises will be sold by the
Sheriff OF said County of St. Louis, at the
front door of the Court House, in the City
of Duluth, in said County and State. on
Monday. February Goth, 1911, at two o'clock
P. NJ. at public aution, to the highest bid
der. for cash. to paw said debt and interest
and twenty-five ($5OO) dollars attorneys
fee, stipulated in said mortgage, in case of
foreclosure, and the disbursements allow
ed by law, subject to redemption at any
time within one a. year from the day of
sale. as provided by law.
Dated December Is, 1910.
BRUCE F. BRITTS,
Mortgagee.
Otto A. Poirier, Attorney for Mortgagee,
| Virginia, MINI. Jan. 6-Feb. TO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
LEGISLATION for Profit.

1t is amazing and amusing that
in this nation of intelligent and
well-read people there should be
moment's discussion as to the cause
of the high cost of living. The
cause is self-evident It may be
seen at first glance by a sane OBJ
server. To state it in three words,
it is Legislation for profit-passing
laws to make business pay larger
dividends.
For twenty-five years business
has haunted the corridors of the
capitol at Washington, and of the
capitols of the various states, seek.
ing Legislation which would in
crease it's profits. The government
has been turned into machine for
helping business. men get rich.
Laws do not create value, they only
transfer it. Every dollar which has
been put into one mans pocket by
legislation has been taken out of
some other mans pocket. Every
dollar that has been added to the
profits of any business has reduced
the profits OF some other business;
every dollar by which legislation
has enriched one man has made
some other man poorer. Every
privilege in price-raising given to
one, adds to the cost of living of all
others; and all the tariffs, financial
legislation, railroad legislation, and
most of the other Legislation of the
last quarter of century has simply
dealt out privileges in price-raising.
How can the cost of living help
being high under these conditions?
Why need the government interfere
in business at all? Why come be.
tween man and man, taking from
one and giving to another? Who
can find the least justification for
the passing of laws to help any man
or class of men to increase their
profits when to do 90 must newt
ably raise the cost of living for all
the rest of us?-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Wanted-Bids for Electric
Lamps.

Sealed bids will be received by the. un-
designed. Clerk of School Board of Virgin
ia, Mimi. at his Office in the Roosevelt
School Building up to eight o'clock p. m.
of February 3rd. 1911, for the furnishing of
the following electric lamps:
a 1MWatt Frosted Media lamps,
200 60Watt Frosted Nezda lamps,
500 40-Watt Clear Media lamps.
200 16 c. P. Carbon lamps.
Price to be F. o. b. Virginia. Minn., and
the same to be furnished within twenty
days from date of order. All goods to be
new and first class.
BY order of School Board of Virginia,
MINI. : ]. II. FLEMING, Clerk.
Dated January q. 1911. 1w.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Notice for Transfer of LIQUOR
License.

State Of Minnesota. County OF St. Louis. VIII
lage of Costin. S..
Notice is hereby given that on the 9Th day
OF February, 1911, the undersigned will sell
his rights and privilege in the liquor license
issued to Oarmuso Pauletto & Co. by the viii
lage council of the Village Of Costin, to Vito
& Charmali. to remain in same place as
when granted and that on Monday, the 9th
day Of February, 1911, at o'clock P. NJ. the
village council of the Village of Costin. Minn.,
will hear this notice read and will either order
or reject the transferring of the above license
to the party named in this notice or to some
other reliable party who will have filed with
the village recorder on or before the above
meeting, a surety bond in the sum of 100000
running to the State of Minnesota according
to the laws of said state.
The license is now held by the undersigned
at the following location: on the ground floor
front room Of the two story frame building
on Lots Block 3, Village of Costin. MINI.
Witness my hand and the seal Of Recorder
this 10th day of Jan. A. D. 1911.
GEO. BJORNsTAD,
Village Recorder.
Corporate Seal.) 1921.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-27
Public Library Notes.

All of the titles IN this list OF
books on domestic science are avail.
able at the library for home read.
ing. The housewife and the hostess
will find many good suggestions
and much wise counsel in these
books on the fine art of hospitality
and home-making:
Berry-fruit Recipes.
Glover-Dame Curtsey's Book OF
Recipes.
Glover-Dame Curtsey's Book OF
Novel Entertainments.
Elliot-Household Bacteriology.
Guller-Up to Date Sandwich
Book.
Hall--Hospitality for Town and
Country.
Hall-Home Building and Fur
nishings.
H;ll-Cooking for Two.
James-Housekeeping for Two.
Kephart-Camp Cookery.
Laughlin-Complete Hostess.
Lincoln-Mrs. Lincoln's Boston
Cook Cook.
Mitchell-FirelessC Cook Book.
Reed-Every Day Luncheons.
Reed-How to Cook Fish.
Reed-How to Cook Meats and
Poultry.
Reed-How to Cook Vegetables.
Reed-One Thousand Salads.
Rorer-Mrs. Rorer's New Cook
Book.
Rorer-Home Candy Making.
Rorer-Made Over Dishes.
Rorer-Vegetable Cookery and
Meat Substitutes.
Sherwood-Manners and Social
Usages.
Springstead-Expert Waitress.
White-Book of Children's Par
ties.
Good Housekeeping, Country Life
in America, Harper's Bazaar. The
Delineator, Ladies' Home Journal,
Elite sStyles and The Woman's
Home Companion are, also on file
in the reading rooms.