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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Prof. BeeswaX-On your trip abroad.
did you see any wonderful old ruins
Miss Sweet-Yes, and guess what
One of them wanted to marry me.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

The man who sings all day at his
work is a happy man" Yes; but how
about the man who works and has to
listen to him ?"-Browning's Maya
zine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

There's nothing in a name"
1T think there isl
prove it."
"Well, I'll bet If it was called lodge
instead of church more men would
attend. Detroit Free Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

"Granpa, your talk about 'persever-
ence winning is all nonsense
''Why, child?"
Here I've worked all afternoon
blowing bubbles and trying to pin 'em
on mothers hat."-Life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
ThoS. T. West,

Of Santa Rosa County. Member of Last Legislature,
and Now Candidate for Attorney General.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

The Equitable Life Assurance Society
Of the United States has paid over two
million dollars to policy holders throug ii this
agency and never contested death claim.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08
Furniture For Christmas presents.

NO long hmp WILL PAY WELL see
IN for ig your Christina
b H pes ntfOy YOURSELF
IL dtygo
Arm Chairs Bedroom Suites Bookcases
Down Quilts Dressing Tables Dresses Easy Chairs Fancy
ac Desks Library Chairs Chairs
Stands Morris Chairs Music Cabinets
Tables Bufes TOretes Vases
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

Santa Claus has set the
fashion fn Furs for Christ
mas, Always wears an Err
mine Trimmed Suit, YOU
know. Why not look our
Furs over soon?
A whole long counter
filled with neckwear, hand
kerchiefs and gloves will
quickly answer the perplex-
ing question what to give
him.
See the women's s hand
kerchiefs at 25c. Wonder
fully pretty styles and great
variety. Hand embroidered
handkerchiefs among them
and a particularly charming
effects in colors.
Night shirts and pajamas
are practicable and accept
able gifts for the men folks
and you cannot find a bet
ter variety in Milford.
Imported Dress Goods
at special prices. Some of
the very finest of this sea
sons novelties. Fabrics
that make elegant, exclu-
sive looking tailored suits.
Now half price or close toit.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08
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Our Picture Gallery, at the
entrance to the Toy Room. is a
wonderful collection of pictures
for the prices. The prices are
only half what YOU have been
paying. 1t is worth coming to
see.
Perhaps a Rug will please
Mother best. We have one large
room for the display of Rugs
only, all placed on swinging
racks and can be seen without
any trouble. A big stock, from
Sl.00 to $500. Come see this
Rug room.
No trouble about trimming
your home for Christmas now.
We have all kinds of paper for
decorations
BELLS, BALLS,
FLOWER POTS,
STREAMERS,
GARLANDS, WREATHS
At 10 Cents Each.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

Study our 1Oc China Counter
if you want useful, dainty and
Inexpensive gifts, and if you
want something finer, the coun-
ter devoted to Japanese High
Class China will delight YOU
with the novel, elegant gifts to
be found there.
For the most r emarkable
Christmas values in Gloves, see
our Glove Counters.
A visit to the Linen Counter
will suggest many novel, exclu-
sive gifts. Every woman ad-
mires fine Linen.
Post Card Albums are capital
Christmas Gifts Everybody
collects Post Cards or Photo
graphs.
Bed Spreads as gifts, a gift
every housewife appreciates. at
big reduced prices.
See them.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

Do you think vour wife would
appreciate one of our new 1917
Carpet Sweepers, the greatest
labor saving machine that can
go i'll any home.
Christmas Tree Ornaments bv
the hundred. All the new things
Nothing will please that young
man better than fancy vest
selected from our handsome
new line. See our window.
Was you thinking about Civ
ing an umbrella? If so, take a
look at our Mems, Women s and
Children's collection, from SOC
to $500.
Have you seen our Christmas
windows Christmas sugges
tons by the hundred.
The Picture Gallery is elo.
quent with suggestions for pic
ture gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

How can you please the
boy better than to give him
a new Suit or Overcoat2
Boys Clothing with us is a
specially. You can find
what you want in our stock
from $500 to $500.
Wouldn't a new shirt
please Papa. selected from
our large lines of Monarch
and Eclipse Brands $I.OO
to 81 SO.
Make Mothers work easier
by buying her some kitchen
needfuls. Don't cost much.
but OIL how she will be de-
lighted. Hundreds of ar
hcles at l0c, 25c and SOC.
Gifts for your friends out
of town should be bought
early and sent early.
Why not get the tissue
paper. ribbon, etc, to tie up
your Christmas gifts to-day?
Gift Cards and tags and the
ribbon to tie up your holly
wreaths.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

greatest qrh % 'Bg M a dhn ntre1
pvab|
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

Full-length coats OF black chiffon
kersey, or blue and black serge and
mannish mixtures. Some with deep
collar, rolling shawl front, trimmed
with braid and satin bands; sleeves
trimmed to match Patch packets.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

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Douglas Island news., 1911-01-18
AROUND THE WORLD
Dr. Simpsons Story of His Visits to the Countries of the
 Old World
COLOGNE lContinuedl

never realized before the love the Germans have for music. They like beer as the Englishmen do, but the German will have music with his beer if possible, while the Englishman does not care. 1 believe you will find ten music halls, beer concert halls or beer gardens here to one in England, vet I believe hundred Englishmen will drink as much beer as hundred Germans. Their music is classical; they do not run to rag-time much. The men are straight and well set up. The military training does them good.
 In almanacs and occasionally in newspapers you will find this kind of a thing: "Turkeys do not come from Turkey, nor Indian corn from India; German silver is not German, nor is it silver. Cologne water is made iu Col ogne, the foulest city in the world, etc, etc." Cologne is not foul-smellinR city. They do make Cologne water, but, like nearly every good thing, there are many cheap limitations and it is very hard to get the real article. When the devil left Cologne he left such a stink behind him that Farina had to invent Cologne water to kill the smell.
 The hotels are very good. Mine had a telephone in every room. l never used mine, for don't run to telephones very much, but it makes you quite chesty to know that you can annoy people if you wish to. They also had the most husky and most lusty lot of cham bermaids 1 ever saw-built from the ground up, good figures, good look ing and healthy, with good complexions and not one of them weighing less than one hundred and fifty pounds. At his request have sent "Slim Jim" the ad- dress of the hotel, name, cable address and telephone number. Capt. Thorn ton wants to know how the grub was, but I have forgotten. How the - does the man expect me to remember everything?
 CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE
 Everybody is familiar with the Col ogne Cathedral from the pictures, and you do not have to ask policeman to show it to you; you recognize it on sight. In 1925, Archbishop Engelbert planned the cathedral, but was assas' sinated by his nephew. In 1248 Arch- i bishop von Nochstaden began the work. The architect had been at his wits end l for years to know what plan to follow. Everything went wrong. He dreamt out the whole thing satisfactorily sev eral times, but when he tried to fix his dream on paper it disappeared. At last the devil appeared to him, told him he would fix his dreams or plan in his mind until he could put it on paper if he would give him his own soul and that of another on the day the cathe. | dral was dedicated or consecrated. He promised and the devil kept bis. The plan was followed all through, even ! with regard to what was done in the last fifty years. As the time of conse- cration drew near the architect became very uncomfortable; in fact, he wor ried himself into an illness and had to
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-27
4 Pace of Interest to OR Farmer Friends.

annlvine 80 pounds of plaster in every 100 pounds. The
important matters for peanuts are phosphate acid and pot
ash, for like peas, they can get nitrogen from the ar, though
a little nitrate of soda at the start will give them q carry
help.
Male and Female EarsAfsA neighbor claims that an ear
Of corn that is hollow at the butt where broken off is afemale
ear, and one that is smooth where broken off is a male and
non-productiye for seed. How is this9'' 1T is simply pure
nonsense. Every ear on every plant is purely female Till
# IS fortified by pollen from the tassels, the male-element-
The silk are the pistils of the female flowers, each terminal
ed at the lower end by an oyary, and the cob is SIMPLY the
receptacle on which the pistnIate or female flowers grow,
and every grain is the fruit of an individual female flower.
the tassels ripen, the fine, dustTlike pollen is blown al
around by the wind and falls on the outer part OF the PTS
ills or silks. These being moist and naked, the pollen grain
swells and grows downward till it reaches the ovary, and
there the ovule takes on a new growth and the fruit or seed
is formed. And there is never seed formed till a pollen
grain grows down the silk and makes it. Then each fruit
makes a seed, the result of the union OF the male and fe
male elements, and there are no male or female ears.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-27
HOW TO CONTROL LICE ON SETTING HENS.

Some Suggestions That Should Have Immediate Attention.
The losses by poultry raisers due to injury to the flock
~ lice is enormous, - says Prof. j. G.. Halpin, head of the
poultry department of the College of Agriculture of the.
University of Wisconsin. This is especially true In the
case of the setting hen whose body furnishes an ideal place
for the growth of lice. An idea of the rapid reproduction
of these pests can be gained from a recent experiment
which shows that in an eight weeks period one louise pro
duced $4,000 lice.
THE physical vigor of liceinfested hens is materially
impaired; the hens are uneasy and restless and neglect
their sitting. BY far the greatest injury wrought by the
hce-lnfested hens is their ready transmission of these pests
to the tender chicks who are In a defenseless condition to-
"As'st the parasites. 81
The season is almost here when the setting hen will be
called into service, " continued Professor Halpin. land she
suits. 1t is a good policy to dust the hen thoroughly with
some good insect powder before she is given any eggs
Then repeat this during three to four times during the in
cubatlon period if any evidence of lice is noted. The last
busting should occur about four days before the eggs are
Matched.
"A simple and effective insect powder can be prenarad
by using 8 partsd gasoline, one part crude carbolic aci
tstrength so to 50 per cent? and stirring In sufficient plas-
ter OF Paris or other fine powdery ingredient until = thick
moist mixture is formed. Spread out this mass on a cloth
or paper IN fairly warm room to allow the surplus DasoIino
to evaporate. At the end of "a hours the powder IS ready
for use. Another excellent busting powder can be made
by running refuse tobacco stems through the feed mill and
using the powder thus obtained for insect CONTROL
ts2
The best crops are impossible without good seeds. no mat
ter how favorable other conditions may be.
the best breeders young herd at both the Vireinia sndsthe
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
Disappearing Chinaman Sus
pected.

A plumber at work in the back
room of the Chinese laundry in the
Tracy block last week found a fuse
like arrangement that seems to hav.
been intended to fire the building
1t failed to work, and first-class
blaze was averted A piece OF
twisted cloth partly saturated with
oil lay on the floor, and one end was
charred as if it had been ignited and
had failed to burn The last occu
pant of the laundry left several
months ago, disappearing suddenly
A few weeks ago former laundry
man here, who was seen in Ashburn-
ham, Mass, said that the missing
Chinaman told him he left here
because the building had burned up.
States Attorney Skeels of Ludlow
was in town Thursday, and made a
brief investigation, but did not say
whether or not any official action
would be taken.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
PROBATE COURT.

r. A. Spafford. overseer of the poor
of Hartford. presented petition for
the appointment of a guardian TO,
Ella j. Perkins of Hartford. alleging
that she was mentally incapable OF
taking care Of herself and property
After two-days' hearing before
Judge Seaver the testimony wat
closed and the case was continued t.
April 6 for argument by counsel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
PoMFRET

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harding have
moved to their recently purchase
,i,ome in West Hartford. They hav,
been with us a good inany years AMI
P0mfret lie sorry to lose them. The
best wishes of all go with them.
A piano recital will be given in
the town hall next Friday evening
March 81. by Rachel Thacher. This
entertainments ia under the auspices
nf Pomfret Grange, No. 345. and the
receipts will he used for the plane
fund Everyone ia most cordial,
invited to attend Miss Tbacb.i
will he assisted by Avis H,s'kei
Wheeler of Montpelier. Light re-
freshments will be served during
the evening. The social hour fol
lowing viii also be pleasing fea.
ture. Admission Zoe.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
BASKET BALL.
The Unbeaten Bulldogs Close a
Brilliant Season.

The Bulldogs closed the season Of
1911 with an easy victory over 6
White River junction team at Que
chez last Friday evening. The Bull
dogs bit hard when they took hold
as the scores below Indicate. Unde,
Manager Whitcomb the team ha,
forged to the front at remarkable
pace, and to Fitzmorris, captain and
trainer, no small part of its sensa-
tional work is due.
The games and scores:
Bulldogs 26, South Woodstock IA
Bulldogs 26. w. H.. s. IL.
Bulldogs q, South Woodstock IA
Bulldogs 81, Red Sox IL.
Bulldogs 70. Quechee 2.
Bulldogs go. w. R. Junction 4.
The lineup was as follows:
Capt. Fitzmorris, If; Fl. @. Whit
comb. rf; Fl. P. Clark, Liberty, c.;
G. L. Prior, rg.; Allen Bourbon.
Dupuis, lg.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
WOODSTOCK NEWS
Co. G's Anniversary.

Co. G observed the second ami
versary Of their muster into service
Thursday evening at the armory
An oyster supper VAS served to the
members of the company and their
invited friends at $50. At the close
of the supper Rev H j. Maillet
spoke very enthusiastically To- the
company along the line of patriotic
duty of the young men of the country
toward the National Guard. His
remarks were enjoyed.
Mr. John S. Eaton also spoke
words,of encouragement to men.
AT 730 the company gave their
regular drill. This was followed by
an informal dance. About-75 people
were present.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
WEST WOODSTOCK

Some of the sick ones are ventur-
ing out.
r o. Braman returned from
'Wcstport. N. Y. Monday evening
Thomas j. Adams is at Windsor
also Chelsea and South Royalton this
week.
A very pleasant surprise was given
David S Rutherford Thursday even
ing at his home in the Cox district
the occasion being his 4lst birthda,
Several from this place attended
the funeral of Miss Helen Shattuck
at Bridgewater Corners on Sunda,
laat.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Adams attended
the funeral of Mrs Henry Riley IL
West Bridqewater.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
WOODSTOCK NOTES

Norman R. Case, whose successful
dairy business has outgrown biz
present barn mile out of the vii
lage on the Pomfret road, is framing
new building which will be one oI
the largest dairy barns in the count,
il not in the state. The main barn
will be 50xl20 feet. and the stable,
running at right angles with il.
making letter L of the structure.
40xS2 feet The stable will hold AZ
COWS, and there will be plenty oi
light and good ventilation. George
Marcelle is the contractor.
z. e and B. F. Adams of White
River junction have been awarded
the contract for the construction al
cement abutments for the new ste.
bridge the Woodstock railway COM
pany is to build across the Quechee
gulf in place of the old one built 80
years ago.
A whist party has been arranged
for Tuesday evening. March 2sth,
in q. A. r hall. for members of the
w. R. @. and friends.
Seventy-five members and guests
.
attended the maple sugar party and
entertainment at the Y NJ. @. A.
rooms Wednesday evening and
everybody WAS pleased with the
whole ppgram--the sugar, music
and social hour. An orchestra led
by Linwood Taft rendered several
selections, and played well, and F. A.
Nye's readings were likewise thor.
oushly enjoyed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
WEDDING KNIVES.
They Were Once Necessary Part Of
a Brides Costume.

They Were Once Necessary Part Of
n Brides Costume.
Of the many dainty and curious
relics belonging to old wedding GUS
toms none is more interesting and
beautiful in themselves than the
once indispensable bride kniveo.
specimens of which still linger here
and there among the cabinets of
old country houses in England.
Or you may discover slender,
quaint old pair of these ancient
posy knives in their delicate, faded
cases. hiding behind the glass in
some sleepy provincial museum.
You scarcely realize as You ex-
anime them that without her we'd
ding knives attached to her girdle
the medieval and seventeenth cen
fury bride would hardly have con-
sidered herself befittingly dressed.
SO completely part of the mar
riage costume we're they and so i'm
portant an item of the ritual Of the
ceremony that they once came to be
considered almost as necessary to
tha-arthodox marriage % the veil
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
QUECHEE.

The schools have closed for two
weeks vacation.
B. F Alden is in Maine to attend
the funeral Of an uncle
Charles Wood and men are saving
the years supply of wood at River
side farm.
Misses Emma and Ruth Eldridge
are at home for vacation from their
schools
Leslie Walker Of Hartland called
on his niece, Mrs. Herbert Hudson,
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs VIM Dennison with Ruth
and Richard of White River juno
tirn are spending the week with
Wesley Ilathorn's people.
Mrs Carl Marcy of Wells River
has come to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. Porter Lille
Richard Pollard gnes to work next
Monday in the store of l. l. Walker
IL Hartland.
Mrs Eliza Lamphere died quite
sudden Thursday night. She had
been ia her usual health. When re-
firing she expired She was the wife
IL the lalc T. + Lamphere, an I'D
resident 1 Qnechee.
Elizabeth Callahan is with her
grandmother, Madam Parker, for a
two weeks vacation from Rogers
Hall. Lowell, Mass.
The Ladies Aid viii meet with
Mrs. Preston Thursday afternoon,
March 30.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
SOUTH WOODSTOCK.

Mr. and Mrs.. R. E. Jaqoith are
spending a week or ten days in
RUTLAND, leaving Woodstock on
Monday morning last.
e. q. Billings and j. Edward
Curtis were at Meccawe from Sunday
until Wednesday,, looking after the
interests of the club.
Friend p. Fletcher is very low at
this wriiinp.
State Commissioner j w. Tit
comb has appointed j. Edward Cur
tis deputy fish and game warden for
The coming year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
F. w. B. Smith

and ring themselves. The old plays
TEEN with illusions to them.
And who can forget the figure of
Juliet, wearing her wedding knives,
as she stands in tragic anguish in
the friar's cell, and again when she
il about to take the sleeping po-
ton? Shakespeare in the old quar-
to Of 1897 made special reference
to his heroine wearing them.
OF the hundred and one delicate
trifies Of the ancient wedding toilet
few were invested with more tender
fancies Of mystic symbolism than
these knives. There was first the
idea of the severing Of the knot of
love and then the more practical
suggested emblem of good house
wifery and domestic policy.
They were not worn in England
alone, but all over Europe wedding
knives formed part of the brides
regular accouterments. The high
est invention was often brought to
bear upon their metal, brocade and
shagreen cases and sheaths. In the
old Flemish pictures they may be
seen hanging from the ladies' CIR
dies beside the bodkin, scissors and
other personal articles Of the new
wife.
Very beautiful indeed are some
Of the quaint old blades and ham
dies, and all were Of superior quail
ity and artistic ornament. As the
rank Of the bride rose no they be-
came more deliberately chased. and
sometimes they were jeweled to q
standard Of immense value. IT is
very curious to learn that many of
the finest English specimens en-
anated even in those remote days
from Sheffield.
The precise origin of the custom
of wearing wedding knives is lost
in obscurity, but their decline from
favor seems to have set in after the
reign ofWilliam and Mary. In the
time Of Anne and the early Georges
the cuatom was already obsolete
and archaic. There il something
almost mysterious in the way in
which these beautiful little memen-
tos have completely vanished from
modern usage. disappearing almost
concurrently with the i'll fated
Stuarts. London Queen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
posr-oEEIcE NOTICE
TRAINS GOING KAsT.

Mail trains arrive s.07 q, M. 3.2S p. M,
Mail trains leave lO.4o a. M. s.26 p. m.
hid $40 p. IN.
a Bridgewater Rutland and Ludlow stages
nave 6. as u. IN. and 500 p. m.
8South Woodstock, 800 p. m.
v Barnard and Bethel, 6. As IA. m.
HRura free delivery routes leave a. SIG
X III.
|.MAILS CLOSE For early stages q. sc
81 m. Later mails, 1000 a, M. 500 p. m.
Id 80 p. M.
fOfice Hours-S.30 a. IN. to $50 p. m.
to p. m.
SUNDAY mail closes 1920 a. m.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN. p. NJ.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
PLYMOUTH UNION

last week Thursday was the most
agreeable day Of the season.
Bugar making has had set back.
iely winter will leave us soon.
Nr. and Mrs. Allie Higgins and
sdren are at Helen Kavanagh's.
fy go soon onto a farm in
Fnish, N. H.
NJ. ]. Brown is moving his house
n goods from Ludlow to the old
nestead at the Notch.
r.. and Mrs. Longe of Ludlow
led at Charles Sawyer's the first
Ne week.
r. and Mrs. E. A. Hall, who
led to Ludlow several months
have moved back to their home
=. and Mrs. Allie Higgins drove
ludlow "Wednesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
SHERBURNE

N. o. Bates IS i'll with pneumonia
<he home of his sister, Mrs.
Zee Townsend, in Woodstock,
Us reported as being more COM
ble this afternoon Tuesday,
rs. WIN. Clifford and Jehial
bb are both sick with the pre-
ing distemper.
m. Cameron has been called to
as one Of the petit jurors at the
Eh term OF Rutland county
rs. Charles Cady and Mrs. Frank
and son Robert were. in
cester, Mass, a part OF las,
,. and Mrs. F. M. Plumley were
utland Tuesday.
Z rs. Della Mathews was the guest
RS. F. G. Spaulding last Friday
and Saturday.
;. Hiney OF the Berry Hall Co..
bngton, was in the place
dsv.
bison Johnson has moved his
6Dy 10 Pirufaehi.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25
tn. ch.pl.in,s Advice.

During the reign Of James l. the
see Of London fell vacant. and. the
claims Of applicants for the bish-
opric being very numerous, the
king asked the advice of Montague,
his chaplain. MAY suggest that
your majesty will find solution in
the gospel of st. Mark. the elev-
enth chapter and twenty-third
verse; The monarch read the pas
sage, "Whosoever shall say unto
this mountain (Montaigne). BE
thou removed and be thou cast into
the sea (see},' etc. King James
saw the point, and the witty chap
lain obtained the see.