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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23

One reads this not with resentment,
bu. with a chuckle, as when one reads
this naive dellverance: 80, when Lord
CORVALLIS, with seven thousand men,
was obliged TO surrender to a French
and American force at Yorktown I'm 1871
we determined 10 withdraw from Amer
lea" Determined Is delightful
word But let us have done with the
ferocities and the quaint prejudicos of
this book. IL Is, nevertheless, a very
readable affair. Mr. Kipling has ever
way with him when he can shake the
burden Of the British Empire off his
shoulders; his rhymesl are often capt.
tally turned, and in the prose. too, as we
have already limited, there are touches
the secret Of which he must have COM
municated 10 Mr.. Fletcher. For close
packed and yet easy, vivid descriptions
Of the life of the cavemen IT would be
hard to beat passage like this:
No doubt there were holidays, too. after
a successful hunt, or long lazy summer
DAYS, when II was too hot 10 80 out after
deer or bison. and when even the women
laid aside their everlasting skin-atitching
and told each other stories or their babies;
and the babies tOddlcd about after butter
nlcs larger and brighter than the pea
cocks and tortoise shells Of to-day. I don't
suppose that these men thought OF Britain
as their country: but they thought OF
their family or their tribe as something
sacred. for which they would night and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23

tors and manner displaying the Iulia ito
u,itb which he appreciated and entereu INV
eIi The vIlgartty OF the composition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
HEADS OF THE NATION
Presidents and Their Families
at Home.

MEMORIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Home Life Of Our Presidents from Lin
coin TO Roosevelt. Being personal rec
objections Of Colonel w. n. Crook, some
time bodyguard TO Lincoln, since then
discussing officer Of the executives.
Compiled and edited by Henry Rood.
illustrated. svo, PIP. X, 3OS. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

The social which was held at the
sumptuous and hospitable home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Richie Robinson, Milford
Center, on Tuesday evening, Febru-
airy 2Sth for the benefit of the Deloit
Methodist church, was an unqualified
success, both socially and financially
The house was literally alive with
humanity. During the evening the
guests INDUCED in various games. Two
prizes were offered to the winners OF
the Matching Game" The first one,
which was a beautiful picture, was
awarded to Miss Marcella Burns, while
the second prize, which consisted OF
some excellent, toothsome suckers,
was captured by the pastor. Mrs.
Lewis Wall rendered two vocal solos,
accompanied by Miss Florence Hutch
inson. Lap supper was served, and in
the wee hours of the morning the
guests took their departure, pronounc-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson and their
neighboring coadjutators as ideal
hosts and hostesses.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
KEMMINC CLOTHING COMPANY

Eugene Gulick and wife to Johr
Shoning-Lots and 6, block 8, Nor
NAL School add Denison. Con. $105O.
William Dethlefsen and wife tt
Christian Jessen-Lot 1, Ell lot
block ISL, Denison. Con. $2O5O.
C. L. Voss and wife to A. T. Curry
S fractional NWA 19-s4-3S. Con
$6S22.1O
John Schoning and wife to Thomas
Hassett-E1h NEA 30-S3-3S. Con
$4,000.
George Naeve and wife to Thomas
Hassett-NEA SWA 19-SS-3s. Con
$4,000.
| NJ. J. Comstock and wife to Thomas
Hassett-NWA 19-S3-3S. Con. s11 $50
P. J. Farrelly and wife to Fred H
Fredericks--N. 60 a. NJ NWA 35
s1A SWA SWA 26-S44O. Con. $4,000
Tina Schroeder and husband to Mar.
tin Petersen-Lot s, block % of sub
division entitled blocks 81, %, % and
S1a blocks 10 and 10, Schleswig. Con
$1,000.
Mary O'Meara, single, to P. w
O'Meara, single-Sk SEA 10, NEA
3O-S3-39. Con. $4,000.
Peter G. Broders and wife to Louis
Wellendorf-Wk NEA and NWA OF
Sec. 13.S5-4O. Con. $4,000.
Mary O'Meara, unmarried, to P. w.
o'Meara-sA SEA 10, NEA 3o-S2-39.
Con. 10000.
Henry H. Jensen and wife to Henry
Hansen-SEAN EA of 8, all w. OF
Boyer SWA NWA of 2-S3-39. Con.
$4,000.
Detlef Schroeder and wife to Chas.
F. Koenck-Sh SWA, NWA SWN
16-S4-39. Con. $11, 400.
Henry Vogt, widower, to John Vogt
N so a. VIZ SWA, NEA SWA, SWh
NV IA 26-84-4O. Con. $1.OO etc.
Henry Vogt, widower, to Emil Vogt
VIZ SEA of 81, NEA 34-s1-4O. Con.
$1.O0 etc.
! Henry Vogt, widower, to William
Vogt-NWA and WIZ NEA of 4-S3-40.
Con. $1.0O etc.
Thursday, March 2, 1911.
l.. H. BOrcherdt and wife to Louise
Steffen-Lot 8, block s, Harrison
add. Charter Oak. Con. $1,000.
John A. Houlihan and wife to G. L.
Warehouse and e. H. Weed-NEA
3O-S4-4O. Con. $4,000.
John Stroeher and wife to T. G.
Christensen and e. E. Christensen
SEA NWA SWA NEA VIZ 19-S2-4O.
Con. $1S,50O.
A. C. Pryor and wife to Irwin
Schlensig- NWA SWA NEA
VIZ 19-S2-40. Con. $13,76O.
Arthur L. Wright and wife to Geo.
Kuhlmann-NEA 1884. Con. $13,-
500.
Frederick Neubaum and wife to Ar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
COUNTY RECORDER
WORKS OVERTIME
The Annual Rush Has Been Going
at the Recorders Office
the Past Week.
MANY TRANSFERS RECORDED
The First Two Weeks of March
Means Lots of Work and Try
ing Of Patience.
Monday, Feb. q, 1911.

c. L. Voss and wife to Jens Ander-
sen-W.1s SW14 30-S3-4O. Con. $4,000.
Carl F. Kuehnle and wife to Fritz
Meyer-NEA SEA 19-S3-4O. Con.
$4,000.
Franz B. Guderjahn to Horace w.
Hodhin and wife-S1a NWA seq NE
" 14-S2-41. Con. $4,000.
Josephine Etzel, widow, to Daniel
Scalan-Lots II and 10, block %, in
5 addition to town of Vail. Con. $500.
Thomas l.. Hewlett and wife to
Chas. F. Carroll-Lots 4 and 5, block
10. Buffers add. town of Arion. Con.
$3.50.
Mary Butler and husband to L. G..
Butler-Lots 4 and 5, block -, But
ler's add, to town of Arion. Con. 81.
Bernard vollertsen and wife to M.
l.. Jones-Lot IL, block 8, Charter
Oak. Con. $21OO
Katie Dozark, widow, Frank Dozark
and wife, Andrew Dozark and wife,
Mary christensen and husband, Jas.
Dozark, single, William Dozark,
single, to Joseph Dozark-W1a SEA
EH SWA 1851. Con. $4,000.
Peter Nielsen and wife to Peter
Kroeyer-Lots S, 6 and 7, block q,
Schleswig. Con. $4,000.
Peter Luneyholdt, widower, to Jul
JUS Ehler-SEA 1854. Con. $780,
800.
Gustav Schau and wife to John
Trulsen-Lot 13, part Of outlot w,
which lies south of extended one of
School street and S. 5 a. of outlot E,
lying east of e. street in town of
Ricketts,. Con. $500.
Tuesday, Feb %, 1911.
Frank Comstock and wife to John
Hassett and Thomas A. McGrin-
NWA 29-S3-3S. Con. $12,640.
Gustav Buesing and wife to William
Asmus-N. 100 A. of NEA and EA
NWA 11-S3-40. Con. $4,000.
M. A. Harding and wife to Tillie
Selander-Lot 2, block 81, Denison.
Con. $500.
Eta Saxton and husband to Carl
Dohrmann-Lot 9, block 2, Kenwood.
Con. 500.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

August F. Rasth and wife to Gus
tav Rabe-W 100 a. SWA 3O-S5-4(
Con. $13,627.
Carl Dohrmann and wife to Han
Christiansen-W1a SEA 5, NW1
NEA S-S3-4O. Con. $4,000.
August j. Hansen and wife to Johl
H. Krohnke-Lot s, block II, Schles
wig. Con. $1,000.
Lorenz Petersen and wife to Ed
ward kastner-NEA 11-S5-4O. Con
$24,OOO
Julius Ehler and wife to Len;
schroeder-N1a 19-s2-37. Con. s33,
2157O.
Martin Petersen and wife to Louie
Grill-E1a NWA 33-S5-29. Con. $4,000
August Green and wife to John Eth
ler-N1a SWA s15 NWA 16-S4-40
Con- $4,000.
Kate Melvin and husband, Michae
A. Ford and wife, Mary ]. Ford, I'm
married, Margaret Ford, unmarried
Nune Ford, widow, ct al to John Nc
Cullough-N1s SWA SWA 29-S5-37
$4,000.
Thomas Hassett, single, to Patricl
Hassett-SWA SWA 13-S3-4O. Con
$4,000.
C. A. Campbell and wife to Her
man Popten-SEA SEA %, NEA
NEA NJ NEA SEA 27-s4-39. Con
$500.
Wednesday, March 1, 1911.
Maggie Fiene, widow, to Peter F
Boeck-Lots s, and 10, block Is, in
Charter Oak. Con. $4,000.
Fritz Vogt and wife to Jacob Stock
f1eth-SWA 21-S4-41. Con. $4,000.
John Nemitz and wife to G. H. and
F. D. Reinking-SW fractional Il 6
$40. Con.>$17,572.8O.
Detlef Schroeder and wife to Chas
F. Koenck-S1a SWA, NWA SWA
16-S4-39. Con. $11,4OO.
C. L. voss and wife to Amelia De
Mey-SEA 2S-S4-39. Con. $4,000.
John H. Schelldof and wife to Rob
ert T. White-NWA SWA (north Of
the road 24-3S a., SEA SWA NW14
"a, 1Oa. SEA NWA "a, lying west Of
line parallel with and sc it. distant
easterly at right angles from the west
line SEA NWA, "a, S4-37. Con
$3.50.
Matthias Hugg and wife to Chris H
Lorentzen-NEA NEA 22-S3-39. Con
I$625O.
Heinrich Petersen and wife to Fritz
Steckelberg-NWA SWA 81, NWA
81, Lot 2, subdivision NEA 20-S2-3S
Con. $25,s67.4O.
G. H. Baker and wife to David T
Weaver-N 60 it. Lot II, block 10; N
70 it. lot II, block 10, Manila. Con
$500.
Thomas Hassett, single, to Emanuel
Trexel-N1s NWA SEA NWA 1888.
80. Con. $10,S00.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
Band Organized at Ute.

About half dozen of the old wheel
horses of the Ute band met at the
mayors office last week to talk over
and line up a band for the coming sea-
son. Several entertainments will be
given for the benefit of the band.
While Ute has always had good
band the enthusiasm has been at low
ebb for some time, and at present the
prospects were never brighter nor the
enthusiasm greater for the making OF
a band that will surpass any previous
organization. The members are all
boosters and will not let anything
stand in their way in making the Ute
Concert band, as it has been named
an excellent musical organization and
a booster for the town it represents.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Ottumwa, Iowa.-"FOr years l was
almost a constant sufferer from female

done more for me than all the doctors.
l feel it my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude 70
you for my cure."-Mrs. HARRIET -.
WAMPLER, 524 S. Ransom Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

Inquiry is made by the pension de-
partment for information concerning
one David F. Brewer, or David Poe,
who is said to have resided in Deni-
son in the year 1888, and to have
made his livelihood by the sale of
washing machines or churns. Anyone
knowing this party will confer favor
upon his relatives by communicating
the facts to F. w. Meyers, Post
master, Denison, Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

John w. Sicklesmith, Greensboro,
Pa, has three children, and like most
children they frequently take cold
1--WE have tried several kinds of cough
medicine" he says, "but have never
found any yet that did them as much
good as Chamberlain Cough Rene.
dy." For sale by all dealers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

If you have trouble in getting rid
|of your cold you may know that you
are not treating it properly. There is
no reason why cold should hang on
for weeks and it will not if you take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
sale by all dealers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

Hoist NEA 36-S5-4O. Con. $4,000.
Joachim Rathje and wife to Jurgen
Emil Rathje-Sh SEA 17-S5-4O. Con.
ii 900.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
Or. Sf0ckedaIe
Or. SfOClfdale
SkiIIedSp eciaIist
Credited With
Many Cures
in This Vicinity

No matter what the nature Of your
aim ent. how long you have suf-
tered or what physician has told you
you can't be cured, do not give up
hope until you have consulted DR..
Stockdale. He is physician of
one Of the finest colleges in the
country and has had more than 20
years experience in Iowa. For ID
years he has been coming to this
city every month treating his regu-
lar patients. The success attending
this treatment has made many 9TH
ers DESTROYS of consulting him. On
his visit here DR.. Stockdale will con-
suit with those who require the at
tcntiOn Of a skilled musician -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08
Chronic Diseases O,,iv

For over 20 years in hospitals and
private practice in Iowa, DR.. Stock
ment and cure Of Dyspepsia, Indi-
gestiOn, Stomach Troubles, Liver
Diseases, ConstlpatiOn, Rheumatism,
bladder Troubles, Diseases Of the
Kidneys, Chronic Catarrh in ell its
forms, Heart and Nerve Troubles
and every form Of Chronic Disease.
DIR. StOckdale has q special treat.
Ment for general weakness OF men
which he would like to explain In
person. He accepts nothing but
chronic cases. He will tell you hon
esitly whether his treatment can
c.ire or improve you. If not no con-
sultation fee is charged. Remember.
you are dealing with a reputable
and thoroughly trained specialist
with years Of experience behind him
and a record of hundreds Of cured
patients in your own county. Ref
erences. any banking institution in
Des Moines. DR.. Stockdale will be
IN his office at the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-08

Daily Inter Ocean and Re- 90 In
view one year for only -. .UJuJU
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10
TELL OF S0UTH'S
GREAT PROGRESS
Southern Commercial CONGRESS
Opens at Atlanta.
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT THERE
Presence of Prominent Men From Al!
Sections Adds Dignity to important
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Growth
of Fifty Years.

Atlanta, Ga.-The presence of Pres
ident Taft, Col Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Sec
rotary Of War Dickinson, Woodrow
Wilson, governor of New Jersey, to-
gether with all the governors of the
southern states and some of the fore
most business men of the nation at
the opening of the Southern CONNER
cial congress here Wednesday added
dignity to a convention whose i'm
portance to the country at large and
to the south in particular will be sec
ond to none. Coming as 1t does just
fifty years after the division of the
states in civil strife, it exemplifies
that great commercial union that has
sprung from the ashes of dead revo-
luton to bind the North and the
South firmly in the bonds Of mutual
interest
Three men of worldwide reputation
occupied the attention of the cOnven-
ton with addresses of much interest.
Secretary Wilson delivered speech
on agriculture in the South, George
Westinghouse spoke on Electricity in
the Development of the South and
George w. Perkins addressed the con-
vention on Business Efficiency in
Southern Progress
During the three days of the con-
vention many speeches were deliv-
cred. These discourses were headed
by speech from Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florida on "The Southern
Renaissance" The second speech OF
national Importance will be by Sen
ator Money of Mississippi on "The
Obligation of the Panama Canal"
The third national utterance was
from the lips of Former Senator
James Gordon of Mississippi, who
brought message From Yesterday
to Today" He was followed by DR..
Clarence J. Owens, commander-in-
chief of the United Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans, who spoke on To-day
and Tomorrow Colonel Roosevelt
was the fifth speaker. President
Taft made the closing remarks of the
convention, taking for his topic, "A
Greater Nation Through Greater
South
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10

One Chicago and Six Detroit Men
Are Held.
Company Officials Are
Accused of Using 800 Citizens to
Make Fictitious Coal Land
Entries.

Detroit, Mediterranean inves-
tigation into alleged Alaskan land
frauds involving approximately 49,
900 acres of land, valued at more
than $50,000,000, resulted in the
issuance of an Indictment by the
local federal jury, charging seven in
diyiduals with conspiracy against the
United States.
The defendants are: John M. Bush
nell of Chicago, Wilbur w. McAlpine,
Albert II. Roehm, George w. Ross,
Frank d. Andrus, Arthur L. Holmes,
McCurdy C. LIE Beau, all of Detroit.
The seven men are officials of a com
pany known as the Michigan-Alaska
Development company.
The contention Of the government is
that the defendants conspired to in
duce between 200 and 800 individuals
to become stockholders in the Michi-
gan-Alaska company by making fraud
ulent and fictitious locations of certain
Alaska coal lands" thereby violating
the land entry laws of 1910, which
made it illegal for more than four per
sons to form a company for locating
Alaska coal lands and taking out pa
tents on more than $40 acres.
1t is alleged that the several stock
holders of coal land claimants were
led to believe that they were locating
the lands for their exclusive use, "but
In truth and in fact for the use and
benefit of the seven defendants and
the Michigan-Alaska Development
company
The Michigan-Alaska Development
company was organized under the
laws of Arizona. w w. McAlpine is
the president.
The coal lands involved are situated
at Juneau, Alaska, and several contig-
uOus tracts In the vicinity of Homer,
upon the westerly end Of Kenai PENN
sula, bordering upon Cook inlet. The
claims are said to have been located
by about 200 Detroit and Michigan
residents and a hundred other claim
ants from New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Seattle and other western
points.
1t is declared by the defendants that
strictly individual entry of the lands
has been made and that the Michigan
Alaska company was organized as
benefit association for the purpose of
aiding the stockholders or claimants
to better protect their title and devel-
op their lands. They deny stock was
to be sold and they insist the corpora
ton was not formed for the exploita-
ton of the coal lands in the general
market
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10
Connecticut Makes PROGRESS.

Connecticut, 1.-The land OF steady
habits" is making steady progress;
indeed, the agricultural statistics of
the new census show a remarkable
advance in the last ten years.
The increase in the average value
per acre Of farm land and buildings
since 1900 has been so per cent; in
the total expenditure for labor, 62 per
cent; in the total value of farm build
ings alone, 45 per cent; in the aver
age value Of farm land alone, 43 per
cent; In the total value of farm i'm
plements and machinery, SO per cent;
in the number of farms conducted by
managers, % per cent The total
value of farm land and buildings was
given in 1910 as $136,621 900, as
against s97,425,0 900 in 1900 The aver
age acres per farm reported in 1910
was Christian Science
Monitor.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10
Catching the Speakers Eye.

The practice of catching the Speak
er's eye" dates back to the session of
1910, when a heated dispute arose be-
tween members of the house, several
of whom claimed precedence of
speech. 1t was then decided that
whoever first caught the Speakers eye
should have the right to address the
house. This rule worked smoothly
until 1856, when Sir John Trevor was
elected to the chair The new Speak
er was afflicted with an ,abominable
squint, consequently two members
would often catch his eye .simultane-
ously and decline to give way to one
another. To obyiate this a further
rule was framed to the effect that the
Speaker should call by name upon the
member privileged to address the
house. So every holder of the office
has to possess a good memory for
names as well as keen eyesight.-Lon'
don Chronicle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10
PRESIDENT CALLS
EXTRA SESSION.
Taft Issues Proclamation Conveninu
Congress on April TO Act on
Reciprocity.

Washington.-Ninety minutes after
the Sixty-frst congress ended Satur-
day President Taft called the Sixty
second to meet in extraordinary ses-
sion on April T.
The proclamation states the pur-
pose Of calling the extra session is to
get action on reciprocity 1t calls at
tentlon to the fact that the house
passed the Mccall BILL but that the
senate had done nothing In support
Of his demand, the president cites
the fact that the agreement with Can
ada forces him to do all in his power
to get legislation carrying out that
agreement enacted.
1t was at the request of the Demo
Gratis that President Taft fixed the
date of the extra session on April 4.
Just before the closing hour of the
Sixty-frst congress Senator Bailey
teIegraphed his resignation to Cover
nor Colquitt of Texas. The imme-
date cause of his action was disgust
over the attitude Of his Democratic
colleagues in voicing support of the
initiative, referendum and recall by
voting to accept the constitution Of
the prospective state Of Arizona.
Subsequently he withdrew his resig-
nation.
Out Of the smoke of the closing
battle emerge these results of larger
interest:
Positive Resu1ts-Provision Of ST.
100000 for the fortif1cation of the Pa
mama canal.
Provision for two new battleships.
Recodffication of the judicial code
regarded as most important for the
amelioratiOn Of the laws delays
Creation Of forest preserves in the
southern Appalachian and White
mountains
Providing for the construction Of
embassy legation buildings abroad,
Requiring the inspection of locomo-
tive boilers.
Creating Robert E. Peary rear ad
and formally voting thanks Of con-
gress to him.
Creating a commission of five SEN
atOrs and five representatives to in
vestigate conditions in Alaska.
Canadian Reciprocity Negative Re-
Sales.--future Of the consequent GER
family Of an extra session.
Failure or permanent tariff board
bill, which passed the senate, but was
killed by a filibuster in the house.
Failure of the resolution to admit to
statehood Arizona and New Mexico
killed by filibuster in the senate.
Failure Of the proposal to increase
the rate of postage on the advertising
sections of the large magazines; but
a commission provided for to inves
tigate the subject.
Failure of the resolution providing
for the direct election of United
States senator's
Failure Of the general age pension
bill.
Failure 70 act on Ballinger- Pinchot
Investigation reports.
Failure to enact the ocean mail
subsidy, passed by the senate alone
Failure Of bill fixing canal tolls and
settling form of government for Pana-
ma canal zone
Failure of congressional reappor-
tionment bill, based ON new census.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-03-10
FOLKLORE OF THREE RACES
Interesting Beliefs that Are Charaor
teristic of Inland New
FoundIand

Inland New Foundland is a country
still as unexplored by the novelist
and seeker after local color as it is
by the mapmaker. There live a scat
tered few of a race of backwoodsmen
Irish and French blood flows in their
veins, mixed with strong strain Of
native Indian To the third and fourth
generation they hand down the folk
lore Of the three races, with such
blending as time brings and such adj
dition as their own primitive super
stition suggests.
Michael Fevre, a strapping young
hunter, six foot four in his stockings,
Etrayed into st. Johns three winters
ago to barter for a load of his pelts,
the New York Evening Sun says.
Huddled about the stove Of the hotel
office he found a forlorn group Of
tourists. An audience was a godsend
to his Gaelic soul He lit his pipe and
fitting his chair back against the
desk, swung his big seal boots back
and forth like pendulums as he talked.
Did We ever shoot "a beaver?" said
he That's a ticklish critter to shoot.
Some fine beaver pelts in that there
pack Nv mine. faint every hunter
as darst shoot beavers.
"The beaver Of all the critturs is
the best Christian Ye must keep an
Sye out to kill no beaver at his pray
Srs. If he should chance to mistake
yersef and shoot, with him on his
knees and his fore fippers raised to
heaven, why, the sin of his soul is
on yours till kingdom comes Ye
must pray through the prayer book
for'ards and backards agin. In that
manner We may hope to hit the prayer
cut short by yer bullet and finish the
same"
why backwards as well as for
wards, MichaeI?"
Eye can never tell which way the
critturs would pray. Some say it's
for'ards, like adult humans; others
say it's back'ards in method of their
own contriVin' The only safe fash
Ion for prayin' beaver shooter is
Sor'ards and back'ards both