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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
OLD ENGLISH HOUSES.

In the Days of Wooden Huts, Thatched
Roofs and Clay Floors.
The habitations of English common
people for centuries consisted of a
wooden hut of one room, with the fire
built in the center. To this hut. if a
man increased in family and wealth, a
lean-to was added and later another
and another. The roofs were of thatch,
the beds of loose straw or straw beds
with holsters of the same laid on the
floor or perhaps eventually shut in by
a shelf and ledge like the berths of a
ship or by small closet.
The Saxon thane or knight built
more pretentious hail." large open
room like the Roman atrium with q
lofty roof matched or covered with
states or wooden shingles. In the cen
ter Of the hard clay floor burned great
fires of dry wood whose thin acrid
smoke escaped from openings in the
roof, above the hearth or by the doors,
windows and openings under the caves
of the thatch
BY day the ''hearthsmen" and Wis
ltors when not working or fighting sat
on long benches on either side of the
fire and, as John Hay puts it, ''calmly
drinked and jawed" or, gathering at
long boards placed on trestles, regal
ed themselves on some sort of porridge
with fish and milk or meat and ale
At night straw or rushes spread on
the floor formed beds for the entire
company in the earlier and ruder DAYS.
when the 'baser sort'' were glad to
share their straw with the cows
Charles Winslow Hall in National
Magazine
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
First Pub. JAN 10, 1911
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default has occurred in the conditions OF a
certain mortgage made and executed by WIZ
nam kohne and Annie Kohne, his wife, as mort
gagors 70 the First National Bank of Lake
benton, Minnesota, as mortgage, dated Janu-
airy z, 1909, and recorded in the office OF the reg
lister OF deeds in and for the county OF Mile
in book wv Of mortgages on page 1873, where
oy SAID mortgagors did mortgage and convey
TO SAID mortgage the premises hereinafter de-
gage the sum Of one thousand 1--WE hundred
dollars ($l,50O COY with interest at the rate of
| ten per centum per annum.
There Is claimed to be due and is due on said
mortgage and mortgage debt at the date of
| this notice, the sum of s2.1O20S, said sum be-
ing for both principal and interest. No action
or proceeding at law or in equity has been in
mortgage. >
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue Of a
power OF sale contained in said mortgage, and
pursuant to the statute in such case made ana
provided said mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale OF the premises therein described. to-
tenances thereunto belonging or in any wise
apperta1ning. at public auction to the highest
9ldder, for cash. by the sheriff of said Mile
oSse county MY at the front door OF the
county, Minnesota, on Saturday, the 9TH day OF
March, 1911, at nine o'clock in the forenoon Of
SAID day, to pay the amount which will then be
due on said mortgage and mortgage debt, for
principal and interest, and the costs and dis
bursements of said foreclosure sale including
| the attorneys fees stipulated in said mortgage.
The premises covered and conveyed by said
mortgage are situated in the county of Mile
! Laos, and state OF Minnesota and are described
| as follows, to-wit: The north half of the
southeast quarter (N1a OF SEQ of section ten
| QO) in township number thirty-six (36) north,
OF range number twenty six (26), west OF tie
Fifth p. M.
Dated January IL, 1911.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF Lake Benton Minnesota.
JOHN q. BROWN, Mortgages.
Attorney for Mortgagee,
Tyler, Minnesota
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Hanged the Clever Forqer.

Of curious petitions against the
death penalty being enforced one re-
calls the eighteenth century case of
William Lyland, who was sentenced
for forging a bill for FILA on the
East India House. The forgery was
a work of art No less than thirty
signatures were initiated, and at the
trial not one of the victims could
swear that the signature was not his
own. However, with the help of the
paper manufacturers Ryland's guilt
was brought home. Then came the
petition OF his friends. So clever a
man ought never to be hanged, they
pleaded. His craftsmanship should
save him. 1t gained him a respite.
He was allowed to finish a fine en-
craving he had begun. but nothing
more. Though the engraver was ia.
vorite Of George ILL.,, that king quite
failed to see how a forgery could be
excused on the ground that it was q
clever forgery-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
First Pub. Jan. 1e)
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the condition Of
certain mortgage, duly executed and deliv-
ereo Dy Cora A. Holland and Daniel NJ Hol-
land, her husband. mortgagors to S. s. Smith
trustee. mortgagee, bearing date the 31st az
OF December. 1904. and with a power Of sale
OF the register of deeds in and for the county OF
Mile Laos and State OF Minnesota on the Ard
DAY OF January, 1905, at 5 o'clock D. M, in book
n. OF mortgages, on page 252.
winch said mortgage, together with the debt
secured tnereby. was duly assigned by said
>. >. Smith trustee. mortgage. to Anna Pc
selson, py written assignment dated the 18th
once OF said register OF deeds, OF said Mile
Laos county, Minnesota, on the Goth day Of
M \. a,, 1905, at o'clock p M, in book x
OF mortgages, on page 81.
whereas the assignee of said mortgage has
elected to declare, and does hereby declare tie
whole principal sum secured by said mort
due and owing on said mortgage, at the date Of
this notice, the sum of -Four Hundred and
Forty. three and ss-1o0 dollars Q44ass), and the
lS1O;S) interest, In all the sum OF Five Hun
ored fourteen and s4-1oO dollars (S5142D, and
no action or proceeding having been instituted,
at law or otherwise, to recover the debt Sc
cured by said mortgage or any part thereof
NOW therefore. notice is hereby given that
oy virtue OF the power OF sale contained in said
mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale OF the premises
described In and conveyed by said mortgage
The southwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter (sw4 OF neO and the southeast
quarter SEQ Of Section eleven (1D, town
ship forty-two (4g and range twenty i've ca,
according to the government survey thereof.
In Mile Laos county and State of Ninnesota.
with the hereditaments and sppurtenances;
Wnich sale will be made by the sheriff of said
Mile Laos county at the front door Of the
Court house. In the Village OF Princeton In
SAID county and State. on the seventh day Of
March, 1911, at 10 O'Clock a. m. of that day, Rt
public vendue to the highest bidder for cash,
to pay sai ID debt OF Five Hundred Fourteen
and A-1OO dollars ($5142D principal and
interest and the taxes, if any, on said
premises, and twenty-five dollars ($25.O0
attorneys fees. as stipulated il and by said
mortgage in case Of foreclosure, and the dis
6ursements allowed by law; subject to re-
demptlon at any time within one year from
the day OF sale. as provided by law.
Dated January 10th, A. D. 1911.
ANNA PETERSON
Assignee of Said Mortgage.
Attorney for Assignee OF Mortgage
6s2 Metropolitan Building, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
Notice of Application for Liquor
License.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
County of Mile Laos, IS.

NouAUy VI MllIO 1dCS, SS.
Village of Princeton,
Notice is hereby given, that appli-
cation has been made in writing to
the common council of said village OF
Princeton and filed in my Office, pray
ing for license to sell Intoxicating
liquors for the term commencing on
February 24th, 1911, and terminating
on February 23rd, 1912, by the follow
ing person, and at the following
place, as stated in said application,
respectively, to-wit: Andrew Sjoblom
on the lower'or ground floor of that
two story building situate on lot five
(5), block six (6), of the original
townsite of Princeton. a.. .s -.
Said application will be heard and
determined by said common council
of the village of Princeton at the
recorders Office in said village of
Princeton in Mile Laos county, and
State of Minnesota, on Monday the
9th day of February, 1911, at 8
O'Clock p. M, of that day. =,
Witness my hand and seal of vii
lage of Princeton this 23rd day of
January, 1911.
IRA G. STANLEY,
corporate Seal.1 Village Recorder.
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ToL sToY WANTED ! 81 GOD.
His Quarrel With Turgeneff and tho
Reconciliation That Followed

Raymond Recouly in the Paris FL
caro- gives the following account Of
an early encounter between Tolstoy
and Turgeneff. which shows the Rus
sian sage in different frame Of mind
from the one in which the world has
since come. to know him:
1t was on the estate Of his friend,
the poet Fet. near Yasnaya. Turgenef
was among the invited guests. The
hostess inquired after his daughter,
who was being reared in France.
Turgenef spoke highly of his Eng
lish governess. with truly British
exactitude," he said, ''she requested
me to fix the sum which my daughter
might spend for charity. And now
she teaches her pupil to mend the
ragged clothes of the poor.''
''And you consider that a good
thing?" asked Tolstoy. -.-.-- =.
"Certainly." replied the other. 1T
brings the benefactor into direct con-
tact with the persons whom he is
helping" .-l- =.
ION my part, l think that well
dressed child who handles dirty and
i'll smelling rags is playing a hypo-
critical and theatrical farce, @,
II must ask you not to speak in
this way" exclaimed Turgeneff. with
menacing looks. ......s.. -
'Why should l not say what am
convinced is the truth?" remarked
Tolstoy.
''You think, then, that am educat-
ing my daughter badly" and, while
Fet was interceding, IF you will talk
in that way I shall box your ears -
Then he left the room, begging his
hosts to pardon his abrupt departure
Tolstoy also went. At the neighbor-
ing station he wrote to Turgeneff de-
handing an apology. He ordered pis-
tolls and tried to provoke his rival to q
duel. Turgenefs answer. very digni-
fed, brought the apology demanded
by Tolstoy- He closed by saying that
he thought it best that two men with
such opposite tempers should hence,
forth break off all relations. Tolstoy,
carried away by his anger Gt was in
1861, declined to be satisfied with
such an answer. He felt that he had
been gravely offended. He demanded
reparation by arms. He therefore re-
peated his provocations His friend
Fet, who attempted to pacify him
succeeded only in drawing from him
this vigorous reply: IT beg of you
henceforth not to write to me any
| more. I shall return your letters un
| opened, the same as do with Turge
| nef's." After these occurrences Turge
| neff returned to France, where he
| passed the greater part of his time
Some months later, on reflection, Tol
stoy regretted his violence. Seized
! with remorse, he sent Turgeneff a let
ter asking his pardon. II find it ex
ceedingly painful" he wrote, ''tc
think that have made an enemy OF
you"
Turgenen forgave, as one may i'm
agine, but the complete and definitive
reconciliation took place much later.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
The Cabal.

The term "cabar' as applied to Sc
cret factions of any kind had it's rise
In England about 1867, being first ap-
piled to the cabinet of Charles II. and
formed from the initials of the cabi-
net members names-Lord Clifford
Lord Ashley, the Duke of Bucking-
ham, Lord Arlington and the Duke
OF Lauderdale-C, A, B, A, L. Since
mat day it has been customary, in all
English speaking lands at least, to an
ply the name to any secret conclave,
especially in politics.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
(First Pub. JAN 49,
Notice of Application for Liquor
License.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, J
County of Mile Laos, IS

1
County of Mile Laos, SIS.
Village of Princeton, x
Notice is hereby given, that apph-
cation has been made in writing to
the common council of said village of
Princeton, and fled in my Office,
praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for the term commencing
on February 10Th, 1911, and terminat-
ing on February 18th, 1912, by the
following person. and at the following
place, as stated in said application,
respectively, to-wit: Anton Falk, on
the lower floor of that certain two
story frame building situate on lot
eight (S), block two (2), Damon's
addition to Princeton.
Said application will be heard and
determined by said common council
of the village of Princeton at the
recorders Office, in the village of
Princeton, in Mile Laos county, and
State of Minnesota, on Monday the
9Th day of February, 1911, at 8
O'Clock p. M, of that day.
Witness my hand and seal of village
OF Princeton this 10Th day of Janu-
airy, 1911.
IRA G. STANLEY,
(Seal. Village Recorder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
(First Pub. JAN 10, 1911
Order Limiting Time to File CIais.,s
w ittin Three Months, and
for Hearing Thereon

AOF I1eaf1n& thereon.
Estate of Nay-gwon-ay-bee.
State of Minnesota, County of Mile
Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Nav
gwon-ay-bee, Decedent.
Letters of administration this day
having been granted to 81. W. Bockus,
and it appearing by the affidavit of
said representative that there are no
debts of said decedent.
1t is ordered, that the time within
which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court, be
and the same hereby is, limited 10
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 18th day
OF April, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. M, in
the probate court rooms at the court
house at Princeton, in said county,
be, and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon and the examination,
adjustment and allowance of such
claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the
Princeton Union as provided by Law.
Dated January Ii, 1911.
VIM. V. SANFORD,
(Court Seal.) Judge of Probate
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
The Way She Saw II,

You must not mock people, Hazel,
once upon a time, the Bible saws. a
crowd of little children Knocked a good
man named Elisha, and two bears
came out of the forest and killed for
ty-two of them"
Wasn't that an awful thing FOR
their mothers ?"-Newark News
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
An Excellent Reason.

"You girls are beyond me- said the
father as he tied the ribbon of bis
daughters shoe. 'Why don't you wear
buttoned shoes that won't come unfas-
tened instead of these COMPOUNDED
things that are united half the timer"
Because. papa" said Gladys sweet
~. 'I'd rather have a bow than get
the hook."-Harper's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
Useless TelI;no

You can always tell an English.
man." said the Briton proudly.
or course you can" replied the
Yankee, "but it doesn't do any good
because he thinks he knows it ALL
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02

What is experience? A poor little
hut constructed from the ruins Of the
palace of gold and marble called our
illusions 3@.ss +
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
Farm and Restaurant For Sale.
TOWN CLERKS

Farm and Restaurant For Sale.
For sale, my farm of ITO acres. one
and half miles north of Princeton.
Good buildings and water. Will also
sell my restaurant, centrally located
ID village of Princeton. For terms
and other particulars apply to Frank
Henschel, Princeton. 43-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02

A word from a friend is doubly en-
ioyable on dark days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Decatur Il. F. ID. No. 2.

Mrs. Maggie Forkner, of Clear
field, Iowa, came Saturday for an
extended visit with her daughter
Mrs. Elite Rauch. and other rela-
tives.
Alfred Miller and family spent
Sunday with the formers sister, Mrs.
Reece Ellars.
Miss Winona Carroll spent Sun
day with home folks.
Mrs. Aria Alley and children went
to Leon Wednesday to visit few
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
O. H. Reynolds.
Mrs. Lille Smith and children
spent Sunday afternoon with her
aunt, Mrs. j. K. Norman.
James Pearce and wife visited last
Sunday with James Bonnard and
wife.
Miss Minnie Wiley called at the
1. N. Brown home last Sunday.
Miss Rosa Reed assisted Mrs.
Rauch with her work last week.
Mrs. Nancy Logan and son, Fred
Alley, were Lamont callers Monday.
Miss Cleve Ellars called on Miss
Marie Mannasmith at Decatur We'd
nesday afternoon.
Several from here attended the
l. O. o. F. picnic at Davis City Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Miss Esther Norman spent Tues
day with Miss Anna Carroll.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Garden Grove.

There were several from here who
went to Humeston last Thursday to
see the ball game between the Hum
eston team and the Kansas City COL
ored Giants.
ton at Hiteman last Saturday.
S. H. Amos went to Cedar Rapids
last week to attend Masonic Grand
lodge.
Postmaster Jennings went to Des
Moines Monday to attend a conven-
ton of postmasters.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. McNay, last
Friday, a baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Richards, of
Lineville, came Saturday evening to
visit at the home of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Rich
ards.
There was band of gypsies
through here one day the latter part
of last week begging and stealing.
Miss Ruth Stearns, who has been
four years, returned home Sunday,
she having graduated.
There were several from here at
tending the c. E. Union convention
at Leon last week.
Harry Shelter is fixing up his ware
house north of Main street.
Mrs. Kline, of Weldon, came last
Saturday to visit at the home of Mrs.
Boeger. Mrs. Boeger, of Davis City,
also came Saturday afternoon to
visit at the home Of her daughter
in-law.
Mrs. Kentner, of near Lineville,
was called here last week by the seri-
Gus illness of her father, Mr.. kob.
She returned home Saturday.
The X. of P. lodge observed decor
alton day last Sunday, and the lodge
marched to the cemetery headed by
the band.
Lewis Sears and wife went to Cen
terville last week and returned Sat-
urday accompanied by his father,
John Sears, who went there for an
operation.
H. w. Potts last week received an
alligator from w. E. Miller in Flor
ida as present. He has it on ex-
hibition at the drug store.
A. Spellerburg has the frame up
for his new residence he is building.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Burr Oak Ridge.

Quite a number have been attend
ing the carnival in Leon this week:
John McCalla and wife were Wis
itors at Charles Chastain's Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Bruner came down
from Des Moines for visit of sew
eral weeks at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Chastain.
R. Meek spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs: B. Smallwood, who con-
tinues very low.
Mrs. Emma Grogan has been stay
ing with her sister Mrs. Jasper Rec
ord, who has been suffering with a
very sore throat.
Mrs. Charles Chastain spent a
very pleasant day in Leon, the guest
of Mrs. Cain.
Mrs. Hulda Trelstrom, an assist
ant at the county farm, was an over
Sunday visitor with her aunt, Mrs.
Brolin.
Several from this vicinity attend
ed K. P. decoration at Leon Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Shira and daughter,
Miss Winnie, and Pansy and Donna
Shira, of Amsterdam, Mo-. former
residents of this vicinity, were very
pleasant callers at Charles Chas-
tain's one afternoon last week.
Joe Johnson's spent Sunday with
relatives.
There was a large crowd in at
tendance at the funeral of Mrs. Ellen
Owens, who died at her home Fri
day after painful and lingering i'll
ness.
A. ]. Rumley and wife and EN-
NETT Daugherty and wife spent Sun
day at the home of Ernest Hamilton
north of Woodland.
M. L. Edgington and wife were
callers at the Charles Chastain home
last Friday afternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15

health quite poorly. He is 76 years
old and it is not likely he will be
able to preach any more at Franklin
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Leeper enter
tanned some of their friends Satur-
day.
w. H. Hazlet bought wool from
several of the Center farmers, pay
ing 16 to IS cents per pound.
Jacob Beardsley and Mr.. Hurst
sons make an occasional visit with
Clay Harris.
J. Hoffhines shipped car of corn
from Crown. He paid 4 5 cents per
bushel for some.
Mr.. Farrens has been blowing
corn for Capt. Brown.
Granville Long has had the sour
dock cut near his place.
G. Brazelton sold F. CARRIERS corn
for AZ cents per bushel.
Frank Gittinger made trip to
Dakota.
Glare Long plays with the Leon
K. P. band.
Last Sunday was children's day at
Crown Chapel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Jack Oak.

Ethel Johnson called at Charles
Millsap's last Monday.
Dan Myers, Ray Haven, Fred Mill
sap, Charles Millsap and Charles
Matteson and families were at the
river last Sunday
Mrs. Matteson and son Frank
called at Charles Tenny's and Fred
Millsap's last Friday afternoon.
Will Stout and family went to
Grand River fishing Sunday.
Horace Millsap and Charles Porter
spent Saturday night with Ralph
Tenny.
Charles Doughton spent Saturday
night with Ralph Roberts.
A number of the boys went to
Davis City Sunday.
Hobart and Frank Matteson spent
Sunday with Frank and Clarence
Roberts.
Miss Blanche Roberts helped Mrs.
Young with her work last week.
James Young visited at the home
of Ray Young last Sunday.
Fred Millsap and family and
Charles Millsap and wife spent Sum
day at the Matteson home.
Arthur Martin and sisters, NADIA
line and Hazel, spent Sunday even
ing at Matteson's. H.
:. Mrs. Quigley and Goldie Sly went
to Leon Saturday evening. s. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
Maple Grove.

A rain is much needed in this To-
calit.
Fred Crees had the misfortune to
lose valuable mule last Friday by
getting it's leg broken.
Pearl South called on Nellie Crees
Saturday.
Mrs. Martha Woodland is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Bud Brown.
Fred Crees spent Sunday with
Everett Woodland.
J. J. Crees spent Sunday with Fred
Crees.
Charlie South and wife spent Sun
day with A. P. Woodland and family.
Charley Beers was buried at the
Woodland cemetery Friday.
Charley Grim and family, of La
celle, spent Sunday with George
South and family.
Sunday school was we'll attended
at Maple Grove last Sunday. Every
body invited to come.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
A Thrilling Rescue.

How Bert r. Lean, of Cheny,
WASH, was saved from a frightful
death is story to thrill the world.
"A hard cold," he writes, drought
on a desperate lung trouble that baf-
fed an expert doctor here. Then I
paid $40 to SIS visit to a lung
specialist in Spokane, who did not
help me. hen / went to California,
but without benefit. At last I used
Ur. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me and now I am
as we'll as ever" For lung trouble.
bronchitis, coughs and colds, asth-
ma, Group, and whooping cough it is
supreme. soc and $1.00. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by Van Werden 4
Kopp. .t...
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-15
camping and fishing at WOodard S

camping and fishing at Woodard' s
dam, west of Decatur City.
Erema and lone Woolman were
Sunday guests at the A. P. Coontz
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zearl Bethards Wis
tied Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. Lockwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bethards Wis
tied Sunday at the J. H. Adair home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lockwood, Jr.,
spent Sunday at the j. A. Adair
home.
Ivan Coontz is attending summer
school at Leon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beavers and
children spent Sunday at the Ira
Beavers home.
Misses Grace and Ruth Beavers
spent Sunday at the Goodman home
northeast of Leon.
Burr Hatch, of Leon, came Friday
for visit with friends here.