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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17
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ing evidence of his common human
ity in the fact that while quite youna
he fell easily in love and wrote verses
and sentimental verses at that
When he was twelve years old, short
ly after the death of his father, he
was sent to school at Fredericksburg
after promising his elder brother te
be steady" 1t was a mixed school,
Of boys and girls and one Of hi'
schoolmates, a cousin, said in latei
life that while George was remark
ably studious he was also fond q
"romping with one of the largesi
girls: this was so unusual that it ex
cited no little comment among the
other lads" 1t was while at this
school that George wrote the follow
ing acrostic:
From your bright sparkling eyes L wal
undone'
Rays you have more transparent than The
sun,
Amidst it's glory in the rising day.
None can you equal in your bright array
Constant in your calm and unspotte<
mind,
So knowing, seldom one so young you'll
find
All, woes me that should love and con
Long have I wished but never dare re
veal
Even though severely Loves pain feel
Xerxes the Great wasn't free from Gu
pid's dart,
And all the greatest heroes felt thu
smart
The first letters spell Frances
Alexa. Alexa was the abbreviation
of Alexander, and the acrostic was
addressed either to a schoolmate OF
that name or to some fair Frances liv.
ing in Alexandria, where the boy was
we'll acquainted. There is reason to
believe that young Washington was
as susceptible as the average young
man of the present day. When about
seventeen years old he fell in love
with a young lady, whom he refers
to in a letter to a friends as your
Lowland beauty" and says going into
company simply revives his former
passion for her. He adds:
''Were I to live more retired from
young women, l might alleviate Ia
some measure my sorrows by bury
ing that chaste and troublesome pas
sion in the grave of oblivion or eter-
nal forgetfulness, for as | am very
we'll assured that is the only antidote
or remedy that l ever shall be re-
lieved by or only recess that can ad-
minister any cure or help to me, as
l am we'll convinced, were l ever to
attempt anything, should only get a
denial. which would be only adding
grief to uneasiness."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

was not a demi-god nor even a man
of genius. But he did possess
genius for honesty and patriotism and
was the incarnation of common sense.
His mother, after reading a letter
from him during the Revolutionary
war which conveyed good news, said:
George generally carries through
anything he undertakes" Mrs. U. S.
Grant once said, referring to her nus
bands determination and persistence:
"He is a very obstinate man" Grant
was not a genius any more than
Washington, but both men had the
gift Of success.
1t Is we'll for the American people
that they have idealized Washington.
and it is to be hoped that they may
never lower nor change their ideal,
and yet he was very human. AS a
young man and even after his mar
rage he was very fond of foX'hunting
He could get very angry on mt occa-
sions and sometimes swore. He drank
a generous glass of wine every day
at dinner and allowed his negro but
Ter and cook each a bottle OF beer
day. Nearly thirty years ago friend
ly biographer wrote:
Eighty years have now passed
since the death of George Washing
ton. and already he is hidden from us
in some degree by n haze Of eulogy
and tradition. He has been so uni
formly extolled that some of our
Young men tell us with a yawn, that
they are tired of hearing Aristides
called THE Just" He has been
edited into obscurity, like a Greek
play. Where the genial and friendly
soldier referred to one Of his cher
ished friends as "Old Put" a respect
able editor, devoid of humor, has sub
stituted General Putnam" until, at
length. a lover of the man has to de-
fend him against the charge Of per
lection"
Washington himself never pretend
ed to be more than an average man,
though all his contemporaries knew
he was. All that he claimed was to
he Derfect master of himself and to
use such powers as God had given
him the best he knew how. Once as
a procession in his honor passed
through the streets of a city he heard
q little boy exclaim: why, father,
General Washington is only man, +"
He looked with thoughtful interest on
the child and patting him on the head
replied: That's all. my little fellow,
that's all" He was one of the most
dignifed men that ever lived. yet one
of the most modest. One finds pleas
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

The descriptive reporter Of a Ger
tain daily paper in describing the
turning Of a dog out of court by order
of the bench recently detailed the &C.
currence as follows: The elected
canine as he was ANONYMOUSLY drag
gad from the room cast a glance at the
Judge for the purpose of being able
to identity him at some future time
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

No Nation or
people ever had
a richer legacy
than Americans
have in their
ideal of Washing
ton. Great as was
his real character
and inestimable
as were his serv-
ices to the coun-
try Washington
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17
WASHINGTON

D rippIes of Potomac's stream,
Break gently where the tread
Of thousands press the hdlIOzced sod
Above our greatest dead;
Mount Vernon, Freedoms dearest shrine
Guard well thy sacred trust,
Locked i'm thy loyal heart of hearts
Ye keep the PATRIOTS dust
I see him glide among the hufS
That dot the cherries gorge
The Joshua of a struggling band,
The Man of Valley Forge;
Where'er he goes his smile illun1eS
The shades that ftickly lie,
And all zVho hear his words resolve
With him to do or die.
The pilgrim comes from lands enSIdved,
Beyond the restless sea,
To mediate where sleeps the man
Who taught men to be free;
The glitter of the sword he drew;
Makes bright the world today,
And hands unborn will crown its h.
VIII, IduraI and zoith bay.
He needs no granite shaft TO tell
Of glorious actions done;
His n1Onunlent?-the freest land
That lies beneath the sun!
Today with Swelling pride we seek
The banquet board once more,
and drink to him whose fame is far
Beyond Virginia'S shore.
He is not thine, Mount Vernon, though
Upon thy sacred breast
Wrapped ii, the mantle Glory wear
In peace he takes his rest;
The voice of Liberty prOCiaimS:
'.He is my honOred son"
And Fame zVit1 lofty pride proclaim
"The Worlds one Washington"
Il. C. Harbaugh
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Our agricultural schools and ex-
pertinent stations have demonstrated
beyond question that grasses thrive
best on reasonably compact soil.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Trees of some kind can be found
that will grow in almost any kind Of
soil If there is sufficient moisture, but
the moisture is very essential.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

A weak, badly developed and under
sized pullet will not make a profita-
BILE layer; it is worse than foolish
ness to imagine she ever will
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Fattened ewes do not sell on par
with wethers because they carry pro-
portionately a greater percentage OF
offal and smaller amount of lean
meat
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

The silo not only furnishes an eco,
nomical storage but it enables the
farmer to handle his crops cheaper
than by any other method.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

When a hen lays $50 eggs a year
an egg for every other working day
she is going some, and is pretty near
the head of the column.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

n q calf scours physic it with castor
-, ~ milk and then give two or three
times daily. according to severity OF
80 two teaspoonfuls of a mixture
Of one part salol and two parts each
- nowdered catechu. subnitrate OF
hismuth and prepared chalk.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

The quantity of milk and butter-fat
produced by COWS depends in no small
degree upon the manner in which the
COWS are MIXED.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

The disobediert, unmanageable COW
Is often made 80 by an attendant
who has no love for or pride in his
work nor affection for the animals in
his charge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Bred today pullets produce more
eggs, because they are smaller, grow
faster, mature quicker, and therafors
lay earlier.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Sprouted oats are an excellene sub
stitute for green food. All fowls are
fond of them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-17

Any COW that has freshened IN tne
coll end received good treatment IN
tho winter. can always be depended
mon to produce for her owner Iully
twice as much butter or milk during
The calendar year as the COW that Is
fresbencd in the springtime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

THESE remarks of Senator Borah
on the Recall will appeal to all
who bear in mind some recent ju
dicial history in Missouri:
"Mr. President, l am not only
opposed to the popular recall, but
| am opposed TO private recall.
I am opposed to the subtle, silent
system which has grown up in this
country to a remarkable exten,
unknown to most people-that
of exercising an influence upon
Federal judges through the ex-
ecutive departments of our gov
eminent. If there is going to be a
recall, we want a popular recall.
We want a peoples recall. We
want it in the open and not in
quiet and subtle ways by devious
and undiscovered methods. We
want the privacy sought to be es-
tablished between Federal judges
and the heads of departments for /.
ever condemned and damned. 1t
is vicious, indefensible, and ought
to forever discredit the judge who
would brook it or the department
head who would seek it. -.
SIT is well known to those who
have examined and watched the
system that, during the last few
years, when certain department ats
here are interested in a question,
they have q system by which they
get for a particular cause a Judge
off the bench they want off and an
other on that they want on. They
have a system of transfer and ex-
change carried on formally under
the statute, but in fact through the
impudent exertion of power upon
the part Of the interested depart
mont. II the time ever comes in
this country when the people of
the country understand that there
is any string attached to a Federal
judge which they do not through
established laws hold, they will
not only elect, but they will recall
their Federal judges. Those who
are preaching against the recall OF
judges throughout this country
must be careful that they do not
adopt q system which will far out
weigh the strength of their words
and overcome their arguments.
When the system goes so far that
an assistant United States attorney
privately approaches a Federal
judge to suggest that he d~isqualify
himself to sit in a particular case
or formally consent to be trans
farred because some one else is
wanted to try the case, it is time
that the system should be ex-
posed"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
In MemOriam.

William H. Collins was born at
Arcadia, Mo-, March 23d, 1866,and
died very suddenly at his home in
Webster Groves, Mo-, on Friday,
September 1st, 1911.
He arose in the morning, APP
parently in good health, and went
out into the yard. In about five
minutes his wife stepped out and
saw him lying PROSTATE and upon
reaching him, found him breath
ing his last. With the help of the
neighbors, they got him into the
house and called a physician, but
it was all in vain. The verdict of
the Coroner's inquest was that in
slant death q caused from
diabetes which ruptured the heart.
1t was such q shock to his wife
and family, and it is so hard to
realize that he is really gone, but
"God doeth all things we'll"
He was converted and joined the
Methodist church at Des Arc, when
about fifteen years of age, but he,
like SO many others, got away
from home influence and away
from God. About two years ago
he was reclaimed and reunited
with the church at Tuxedo. On
Sunday night before his death, he
gave a strong testimony of his
faith in Christ and His power to
save, and was rejoicing in the love
and religion of his Savior.
He was married to Sarah E.
Belmar, November 81, 1888, and
of this union eight children we're
born, seven of whom, with the
wife, survive him and to them in
their sad hour we can only say,
clean upon Christ, who is able to
sustain and keep you through
all sorrow and trouble aad will
comfort you with his spirit"
After a service at the house
conducted by his pastor, Rev.
Geyer, assisted by Revs. Flower
and Gould, he was laid to rest in
the Oak Hill cemetary and his
grave was covered with flowers,
the tokens from friends and neigh
bors who loved him.
May we all be ready when the
summons comes to us as it did to
him, "For ye know not the day
nor the hour when the Son of
Man cometh." M. R.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Kenney told him he was his pris-
oner. He said, shat is all right;
l want you to come into the house /;
| have two guns | want to give
you; one is loaded with sixteen
buckshot and a ball." aud il
proved to be so. He told him he
was lying down in the corner OF
the fence as they passed by, with
his hand on the trigger, and his
eye on the Captain, and the Lord
only knows why he didn't shoot.
He had come to see his sick father
and found he had died and the
place deserted. The army after
ward came back to Pilot Knob,
and Mr.. Kenney gave MI. Russell
the gun and he is still its proud
p~ossessor. Mr.. Russell went from
here to Perry to visit friends. His
wife was a daughter of the late
Major Dat, OF Perry, and is now
visiting in New Salem.-GriggsUille,
(Hlinois.) Independent Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

In 1920 Thomas Jefferson in a
letter to Mr.. Jarvis, said:
SIT is a very dangerous doctrine
to consider the judges as the ulti-
mate arbiters of all Constitutional
questions. 1t is n which would
place us under the despotism of
an oligarchy. The Constitution
has erected no such single trib-
unal, knowing that to whatever
hands confded, with the corrup-
ton of time and party, its mem
bers would become despots. 1t
has made all of the departments
co-equal and co-sovereign with
themselves"
Again, in 1921, in a letter to
Hammond, Jefferson used this
language commenting on the
Supreme Court of the United
States:
sit has long been my opinion
that the germ Of dissolution of our
Federal government ID in the Con-
stitution Of our Federal judiciary
Ian irrepressible body, for inn
parchment is scarcely a scarecrow,
working like gravity by day and
night, gaining a little to-day, and
q little Tomorrow, and advancing
in Its noiseless step like a thief
over the field Of jurisdiction"
Mr.. Jefferson's prophecyl of
ninety years ago has been full
filed. advancing with n~oiselese
step like q thief over the field Of
jurisdiction" the Supreme Court
has at last arrived at the stage
where 1t arrogates to itself the
right to usurp the law-making
powers Of Congress and to change
Tho laws after Congress has re-
fused to do 500 Chicago Public,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

THE Mirror, VIM. Marion Reedy's
paper, plays no favorites, but hits
a head wherever it sees one. l re-
produce these samples:
"Why are some Episcopalians SO
worked up over the marriage of
divorced Col. Aston and Miss
Madeline Force? Seems to me
that Henry VIII, who founded
that church, was something of g
divorcer and remarrier himself"
"Isn't it just lovely to read
Father Phelan and other Catholic
priests on marriage. They're al
ways urging everybody on to
marry. They cannot themselves
marry. But marriage is a good
thing. "Let George do it?" And
if George overdoes it the priests
are mad at him. If priests mar
ried l don't think we'd hear SO
much about the indissolubility of
the union. The celibates shouldn't
rub it in SO; but that's always a
failing of special privilege"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

We do not look for any great amount
of inventive genius among the Esqui.
maus, but for years they have en-.
ployed a rather complete respirator,
used in the preparation and taking Of
a vapor bath, as a means Of protection
from the dense smoke, This Esqui.
mau %respirator is a little basket woven
of twisted strands of fine grass. 1t is
placed with its shallow side against
the mouth, and a wooden peg, which
arises from the center Of the basket,
Is held between the teeth. For this
purpose water Is evaporated over a
big fire In a very low hut. which is
tightly closed to keep in the heat. In
this sitting atmosphere the employ.
nent Of a r~espirator is absolutely nee.
essary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Gov. HADLEY, with characteris-
tic modesty, asks to appoint two
OF the four Capitol Building Com
missioners. l suggest to the Dem.
ocratic members of the board that
they treat him with as commend
able non-partisan liberality as he
has displayed in his appointments
to the various institutions of the
State. Out of a total of forty five,
four of his appointees are So
called Democrats. Figure out the
percentage for yourself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

WHICH is the better? "Har-
mony" with the defeat of prin-
ciple, or democratic honesty with
conservative" sulkers? In my
opinion, victory under the BAN
ners of the Joe Baileys would be
barren, indeed, to all who love the
party for the privileged enemies
it has made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
Maxim Msetlnr Ennal

One day a distinguished notary
while breakfasting with a friend at a
cafe in Paris INDUCED in some sting
ing comments on the public acts of
Marshal Marmont. Suddenly another
gentleman. dining at another table.
arose and approached them, his mus.
tache bristling with anger. sir"
cried he tragica1ly. you shall give
me satisfaction" Are you Marshal
Marmont?" quickly asked tie notary
I have not that honor. was the in.
dlgnant reply, but | am his chief
aide-de-camp." Give ne your card
then. sir" said the notary. II will
send you my head clerk"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kenney en-
tertained at dinner Tuesday, Mr..
Claud Russell of Bourbon, Mo. He
is a grandson of the late "Deacon
Guild" of the Congregational
church of Griggsville, and who
built the house where Mrs. Hitch
and her sons, Thomas and Rufus
now live. AT the time of the Civil
War, Mr.. Russell, with his parents
lived near Pilot Knob, Mo. He
was a boy then. The 18th Army
Corps spent the winter in camp
there, and afterward went down
into Mississippi. Mr.. Kenney and
his Captain were sent into the en-
emy's country after cotton with
a train OF q hundredSmule teams.
They passed through tall cane
brakes, and approached a large
southern plantation with all its
negro quarters. Mr.. Kenney re-
ceived the order to take two men
and 20 up to the house and find
out what was there. Az they
neared the house a rebel lieuten-
ant appeared around the corner.
They saluted each other, and Mr..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

BAILEY will retire. AS the
negro street minstrel said, SAC
cordin' to de wish OF do gemmen
who frowed dem aiga, desc pro-
ceedin's will now close"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

NoTE-The precipitation includes
rain, hail, sleet and melted snow
and is recorded in inches and hum
dredths. Ten inches of snow equal
one inch Of rain. SIT" indicates
trace of precipitation.
w. H. DELANO, Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

The vote on Prohibition in
Maine was fearfully close to a
''wet" victory. The ''drys" won
out by a majority of 200, out of a
vote of 100000.
P. S.-According to later advice
es, Maine is, well-iust a little
"damp."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Remember A. Rieke & Son sell
furniture on time payments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

THE Rev. DR.. says OF Mrs.
Thornton, she "is a woman more
to be pitied than condemned"
Now, l I'M not taking up the cud-
gels in her behalf. | only pause
to remark that she holds certif-
icates from the Rev. DR.. a~ttesting
to her "faithfulness" and ability.
The second of these certificates is
supplemented with the following:
"Mrs. Thornton is a woman
OF high character, q Christian and
in good standing in the Baptist
Church in this city.
"ADRIAN STEEL,
deacon of Baptist Church,
Ironton, Mo-"
This was under date of "June is,
1911" In what was her offending
that it did so transform her men
tally and religiously in two short
months as to cause her expulsion
from the church without a hear
ing, as she alleges? If she is
''more to be pitied than con-
demned," it occurs to, me an out
slider and a sinner, that her offense
must have been grievous indeed.
What was that offense that it sank
"pity" clear out of sight and left
the transgressor to swift condem-
nation?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
The Stove Without an Equal

For over is years, Coles Original
Air Tight Wood Stove has been the
most satisfactory and the only stay
satisfactory Heater of this type on
the market. An absolutely air-tight
construction is used which gives a
perfect control over the fire. A large
sensitive surface which responds
quickly to the fire and radiates all the
heat from the slow, perfectly con-
trolled economical combustion of the
fuel (R-S1)
Ee&thar Aspo-t.
Meteorological report Of Volun-
tary Observer at Ironton, Iron
county, Mo-, for the week ending
Tuesday, September 10, 1911:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
The comment:

"That we ever deceived any one
regarding this country is as false
as the REGISTERS methods are
base-the Ham letter, to the con-
trary Notwithstanding"
Such brazenness is impervious
to the assaults of truth; it's weak
ness lies in the assumption that
the average reader is a damphool
who can't understand falsehood,
though set forth in box-car let
ters. The Rev. DR.. seems to have
adopted the belief that
The stamp of Truth on Falsehood's brazen
front
His unencumbered pen can grave;
Nor right, nor fact, its venomed point may
blunt,
With Calumny its willing slavel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

THE President is "swinging
around the circle" at a cost OF
$4,000 per annum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Hammond's oleomargarine and
creamery butter for sale at Cod
ding's.