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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09
LlncOIn's EIOquence immortal

Edward Everett was to deliver the
main address, which took over two
hours and was a magnificent effort.
There were 100, 900 people present.
1t was a great occasion. Lincoln
had been invited to make a few
dedicatory remarks, and he did not
fail to be as great as the occasion.
After Mr.. Everett's oration Lin
coin stepped forward and read
from sheet of paper ten sentences
-268 words-and these few words
are universally known and cherish
ed as The Gettysburg Address. 1"
1t is the only bit of American lit
erature ever taught in an English
university.
The battle of Gettysburg was the
decisive battle of the Civil war and
one of the greatest Of all history.
Lincoln wanted to ask his people
not to let the men who fell there
die in vain" Had he made a
long speech, few would have read
it, so he made it short enough for
all posterity to commit to memory.
Those words so touched the north
ern heart and quickened it to action
that for the remaining conflict their
Importance became second only to
the battle of Gettysburg itself.
Everett's speech did not live an
hour. Lincoln's speech will live
forever. Of this speech Senator
Charles Sumner said; Since ST.
monides wrote the epitaph of those
who died at ThermOpylae, nothing
equal has ever been breathed over
the fallen dead"
To many Lincoln was almost in
comprehensive, yet he was himself
simplicity incarnate. None ever
called him a scholar, yet he was
master of the school. Never was
he noted for being a man of great
learning, yet he was a profound
thinker and reasoner, with the
happy art of eloquent expression.
His fund of illustration in argu-
ment was natural and inexhaust-
ible. No university ever proposed
to confer upon him the degree OF
Doctor of Laws, yet he so expound-
ed both the divine law and the
constitutional law that both doc
tors of divinity and doctors of law
were compelled either in blind pre-
judice and ignorance to ridicule or
to ignore his unanswerable argu-
ments, or to bow in humble ac-
acknowledgement to his superior
wisdom.
Such masterpieces of English as
the Gettysburg address, the two In
augural addresses, the Cooper In
stitute speech and many others are
not to be equaled in American his
tory. His letters are such master
pieces of logic, reason and good
examples of pure English that they
are not second to Bacon's Essays.
Some of his sentences are like a
demonstration in Euclid. Take
this one, for instance. After the
fall Of Vicksburg and the North
had gained control of the Missis-
sippi river, he summed up the sit
uation in a sentence of ten words,
thus: 1.-THE Father of Waters
again goes unvexed to the sea"
Where in all Shakespeare can be
found a more comprehensive SEN
tencei Lincoln undoubtedly wrote
the best English of any man since
Shakespeare. 1t is as hard for us
to conceive that the Lincoln of New
Salem was the Lincoln of Gettys-
burg as it is for Us to believe that
the Shakespeare Of Stratford was
the Shakespeare Of the plays.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and Go
During the Week

ONihH HOA Ou OuSAhOoo hOuudy'
T. L. Humphfres was up from
Forker on business Saturday.
M. T. Morrison was over from
Brookfield on business Tuesday.
Miss LiIvia Gibson spent Sunday
with her parents near MeadviIle.
Miss Mary Perkins of route one
visited friends at Meadville last
week.
Mrs. R. T. Dye is visiting her
son, G. O. Dye, and wife at Mon
roe City.
Miss Mae Collins of Brcokfeld
was the guest of Mrs. j. B. Pat
rick Wednesday.
William Matthews of Mt. Au.
burn, ILL.,, is a guest of L. E.
Eichman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Cotter and
family have moved to DR.. Standly's
farm southeast of town.
Mrs. E. K. Welsh and Miss Mary
Mills of Forker were guests of Mrs.
j. B. Jones Wednesday.
Mrs. W. A. Balloon visited her
father, Squire E. G. -GlUugh, at
Trenton the first of the week.
Miss Lee Bundren of New Cam
bria is the guest of her cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bundren.
Mrs. Mary Mize and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Allie Jasperson, went to
St. Joseph Saturday for visit.
Miss Lizzie Patrick of Chillicothe
has been visiting her brother, J.
B. Patrick, and family this week.
E. j. Baker was up from Chari-
ton county on business Tuesday
and was a pleasant caller at this
office.
Mrs. J. l.. Reid, who was here
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. FL. Love, returned to her home
at st. Louis Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Alexander
have moved from their farm north
east of town to Mrs. David's resi-
dence on South State street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Triplett of
near Brookfeld visited the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Weaver, the first of the week.
Jasper Henderson was here from
Monroe City Friday on business
connected with the local produce
house of J. Henderson & Sons.
DIR. 2. T. Standby attended a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Central States Life insurance
company at st. Louis yesterday.
L. W. Rummell, the Brookfeld
clOthier, was in Laclede Tuesday
on his way home from a business
trip to Brunswick and Carrollton.
W. NJ. Watson spent the latter
part of last week at Glasgow with
his uncle, George Watson, who
has been in poor health the past
year.
William Wood of Clay county,
Illinois, has been visiting his broth
er, Robert Wood, the past week.
The brothers had not met beforein
twenty-five years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cotter were
here from Kansas City the first Of
the week and leased 81. c. LOmax's
farm known as the Skulley farm
on route one. They will move onto
it the latter part of this month.
DR.. Jerome A. Kintner was here
from Bethany Friday for 9 visit
with his daughter, Miss Nina Kint-
ner, who is recovering from q long
illness. It was the Doctors first
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
Local Events Of The Past Week Recorded For
Busy Blade Readers.
Moving pictures Friday night.

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with vermin, buy box of Electric
Compound and let your hens dc
the work for you. Henderson 6
Sons Produce Co.
Have your hOrseshoeing and
other blacksmith work done by q
skilled workman at D. j. KeIley's
new shop, west end of Foreman
house block. Phone 81.
Miss Alice Wright spent Wednes-
day evening with Miss Anna Ran
som and left Thursday morning for
Kansas City, where she will study
the spring styles in millinery be-
fore returning to her home Wal
nut, Kansas.
J. W. Anderson has one of the
best equipped harness shops in this
part of the state. 1t will pay you
to read his advertisement and
patronize him when you need any
thing new in the harness line or
have repairing to be done.
After church Sunday, Mrs. Har-
ter's Sunday school class accom-
panied her home, where a splendid
dinner was served by the hostess,
assisted by her sister, Mrs. P. F.
Weaver, and Miss Anna Ransom,
the dinner being in honor of Miss
Gussie Bruins. After a jolly day,
the girls departed for their homes.
Linn county democrats will hold
primaries in the various townships
next Saturday afternoon to select
delegates to he@county convention
to be held at Linneus Monday,
when eleven delegates will be Sc
lected for the state convention to
be held at Joplin Feb. 20. Jeffer-
son township is entitled to six dele
gates to the county convention.
The moving picture show at the
opera house Friday night was ex-
ceptionally fine and a good-sized
audience was out to see it. The
owners of the machine try to Sc
cure films that will please their
patrons and you would enjoy the
show this evening and every. Fri
day night. Admission 5 and 10
cents.
The little folks, who have been
interested in the acts and sayings
of Buster Brown since he first ap-
peared before the public, will be
pleased to know that he will ap-
pear in the BLADE each week for
the next year, and older people
will find his advice of much value
and interest if they will read the
advertisements J. w Lomax & Co.
each week.
For this season of the year
feeders of cattle and hogs, chicken
raisers and owners of cows will do
we'll to use alfalfa meal or alfalfa
molasses feed. Either one is an
appetizer and will put large gains on
stock, but should be fed sparingly
at first. Soaked in hot water, it
makes an excellent green feed for
chickens. Try it. A fair trial
will please you. Per sack, 100 lbs,
$1.35. Laclede Mill.
w. P. Keithley and N. R. Will
son, two popular young farmers on
route two, have added their names
to our list, as have also II. w.
Lomax, assistant cashier of the
Lomax & Standby bank, and e. E.
Grindstaff, a bridge carpenter on
the K. c., and the following have
our thanks for renewals: E. E.
Kennedy and F. g.. Adams of route
two; II. G. Carothers; E. L. Lib
by, Linn Creek; E. ]. Baker, Sum-
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09
WHAT HOME FOLKS DO AND SAY
Local People and Events Briefly Mentioned and
Other Matters OF General Interest

OlrI WduCeu, dS OpeIdIoI dC CIC
telephone Office.
Good old-fashioned graham flour
at Laclede Mill.
Old Trusty incubators. j. B.
Patrick, agent.
Good apples for sale at my resi-
dence. Henry Kraft.
Is your bread made of Fanchon
-four? Laclede Mill.
Good Poland-China male hog for
sale by Maurice Walters.
Good red steer calf for sale by
j. L. Heath, route three,
The February term of probate
court begins at Linneus next Mon
day.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Miss Grace Sissons next Tuesday
afternoon at 2:3O.
Editor G. W. Green of the
Bro0kfeld Argus was pleasant
caller at this Office Monday.
We use Electric Compound in
our poultry house. Do you?
Henderson & Son Produce Co.
Farmers, bring in your corn to
be crushed. Crushed corn makes
a good feed. Per 100 lbs, ST. 20.
Electric Compound-best insect
icide known-gets 'em coming and
going. Henderson & Sons Produce
Co.
A car of seasoned hedge fence
posts was received by L. B. Jones
this week. Call, or phone No. 78
for prices.
Foley Kidney Pills will cure any
case of kidney or bladder trouble
not beyond the reach of medicine.
No medicine can do more. La
Moving pictures at the opera
house Friday night. Admission 5
and 10 cents.
A car of seasoned 7-foot hedge
fence posts and 9-foot corner posts
for sale in any quantity by L. B.
Jones. phone Is.
Your poultry house will be
disease and vermin proof if you
keep Electric Compound in it.
Henderson & Sons Produce Co.
A junior lawyer arrived at the
home of Attorney Harry j. Libby
Sunday and will soon be making
his voice heard in the firms affairs.
All doing nicely y.-Shelbina Torch
light.
A tramp preacher who appeared
to be more than half crazy talked
a long time on the streets Wednes-
day afternoon. He was finally
uuieted and sent along to his next
appointment"
C. F, Tobey will speak at the
Oak Arbor school house next Sun
day afternoon at two O'Clock. Sub
iect: Abraham Lincoln-His
Attitude Toward the Drink Habit
and the Drink Traffic" Every body
invited.
E. e. and Daniel Grindstaff
moved here with their families from
Sumner Friday and are occupying
DR.. 2. T. Standly's residence in
the west part of town. They will
work with the Z. G. bridge car
penters, who have their head
quarters here.
A number Of Royal Neighbors of
America very pleasantly surprised
Mrs. J. E. Kent Monday night by
calling and spending the evening
with her, the occasion being Mrs.
Kent's birthday. The evening was
delightfully."- spent in playing rock
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09
Rm Yonr Inraa NaH

All taxes must be paid before
March L. The penalty was raised
70 2 per cent Feb. L.
W. s. SGVAGR, Collector.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-02-09

Electric Compound prevents
poultry diseases. Sold by Hender-
son & Sons PrpdpcO Co.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17
Roosevelt Wounded.

Theodore Roosevelt was shot Mon.
day evening in Milwauee BY a man
named Schran When the shot was
+ fired the candidate for president had
just stepped into an automobile to
ride to the hall where he was to
speak. The wound is in the right
breast, about an inch above the nip-
pie, and the revolver US d was SO.
After being wounded Col. Roosevelt
insisted on going to the hall and de-
livering his speech. which he did.
An Associated Press dispatch saws:
Never was Roosevelt gamer than
in the hospital. While on the oper-
atingtable. with the doctors prob
ing for the bullet, he dictated the
following telegram to his wife: Am
feeling fine. Have bullet in chest,
but il will amount to practically
nothing. Man who shot me used a
IS callber revolver. Talked for an
hour and half after being shot.
Have felt fine all the time. and will
be quiet only two or three DAYS. I"
The dispatches say that, had it not
been for the fact that Roosevelt was
standing up and the muzzle Of the
pistol therefore elevated, the bullet
would have gone in direct and would
undoubtedly have proved fatal. AS
1T was, however. a thick package of
manuscript in Mr.. Roosevelt's
breast pocket was penetrated by the
bullet, and this possibly prevented a
fatal result. The would-be assassin
was arrested and jailed.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17
BREVITIES
News. OCT. oo

Bruce Better. sonof MIR. and Mrs.
Be'zer. vas quite i'll for a few days
last week.
William Jones, ex-sheriff Of the
county, was Linton visitor here
SATURDAY evening.
/. P. Lee and wife have leased the
Better residence and will move to
town for the winter.
DR. Larrahee's auto. the Titanic
y Undergoing some needed repairs
~ q HOSPITAL at Hazelton.
Conrad Kraft, Democratic nomi-
nee for county treasurer. was a WISH
Tor here Saturday evening.
The potato crop of North Dakota
Is ~ Keeping with the bumper crop.
spnds are plentiful in every section
of the state.
I; 6. Levin was in town Wednes-
day evening, and says that with
three weeks of fair weather the
farmers of this vicinity will be on
the safe side.
Hon. Joseph Hare. of Bismarck
and $. NJ Pye. of Hollywood. Cal
were Braddock visitors Thursday
Both are big boosters for their re-
spective communities
Roy Lee has purchased the Wilton
restaurant on Mitchell street, and.
with the help Of his wife. will run
an up-to-date lunch counter. The
pool and billiard tables will be over
hauled and put in first-class condi-
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17

and o " or Of ar Of 24-1s2-74.
$4,000
Baldasar Mattern and wife to
Maurits Van Soest, n hf Of ar
and n hf Of n W or OF 34-l3l.76.
|S5. 10000.
N. o. Bryant toe. ". Schriver,
lot 5 of 1885, 70 and n ar Of E Or
and lots I 2. 3 and 4 OF l3-l36-79.
s., 5000.
william Malloy and wife to Will.
lam J. Pettis, . E or Of 2O-l35-T.
g 10000.
Marie L. Rusten ct 81. to Betsy
C. Anderson, undivided 5-6ths OF . hf
Of 23-l35-75. $7.3S.A.
! Lena Isaac and husband to Chris
tian J. Bieber. y hf Of n or and y
hi Of . e or Of 24-l33-7s. $4,000.
Esther c. Postle to Rufus G Wa
CHER, " hf Of " hf of 36-l31-79.
s., 10000.
Heinrich Wagner and wife TO E.
A. Grain. hf and " or o. 1888.
IS. $l.OO.
Stella N. Fogle and husband to F.
J. Pietz. Or Of 8 or Of 34-l34-75'
W. F. Carter and wife to T. j.
Paisley. n or Of l7-l3l-77. n hf Of
35-l3l 10 and " hf OF 25- 1873 : "a.
| $l4, 100000.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17
Notice. hattel Mortgage Fore.
nlocuro

Whereas, Jonathan Hon. as mortgage ex-
ecuted and delivered 10 the First National
Bank. OF Linton. rs m"f'gagee, cert AIN
day OF November, 1870 Is security. for the
payment OF one proni,sory note, the mort
gage being the owner and holder. thereof.
aud the nortsasor having failed 10 pay
said note when due or the interest and
there being due thereon AT the date hereof
the sum OF SGD, exclusive ~ statutory AT
torney fees aud the cost OF this forecl sure.
Now therefore, n ,tice /, her.b. given that
the undersigned will Sell at puplic auction 10
the highest bidder for cash at M fraht dour
OF the Court House IN LIN, n, Eum,ns
county, North Dako'a, on Saturday tn u h
day OF October. iala al th- hour OF > O'Clock
D. M, OF said day. tn. io,,erty desc iued 10
said mortgage; to-wit:
One black geidinv, one white hind leg, 10
years old. weight about l. lno y, und>, branded
A on Jeff hip named Hawk
One bay 9elding, with white star In face. Is
frsli o'o "e'sn' ao'a' -" pounds o A@eo
One bay eeldine, Q years old, weight about
l.iG pounds branded on left shoulder.
named Sam.
about l.e00 POUNDS, named Molii. branded II
on Jeff shoulder
One red and white COW. 3 years old. weight
about 40 pounds
One rid and white COW years old. weight
xh Ut so pounds
One broom hosxe-colt.
one red better calf.
One nAfeoW-tife Deer i Webe: wAgon.
One J. Csc gang vi W.
Doe Mccormick mower, one Mccormick
hay rake, one Mccormick ndes. two sets Ut
heavy uosk-harness. one SIT uf lgDt work
harness.
Dated October L., 1912.
PETER sHfER.
Sheriff OF Emmous County, \. u.
CbAs. Coventry.
Attorney for Mortgage.
Linton, North uakotx
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17
CHANGED OWNERS.
List of Emmons County Real Estate
Transferred Since the Records
Last Published Report.
Patents

!
| United States to George Eychaner,
S or of s-l34-7s.
United States to Martin Hicks. n
ht OF e or and or of n or Of
7-l35-7s.
United States to HeiIje Schaap. n
e Or of l5.l29-77.
United States to William Malloy,
9 or of 20-..35-77.
United States to ANGEL Elwess. n
hf of or. or Of or and "
or of Or of 24-l33-75.
United States to Anna Co!auhoun.
8 hf of $ " or and e or Of S W or Of
1913 IS.
Warranty Deeds
Martin Hicks and wife to Chas. j.
Ra,hbun, hf of n e or and ar
of or Of 1858. sl.OO.
Chas. j. Rathbun to Martin
Hicks. lots and 2, block l. Iarvik.
$l.O0.
Charles J. Rathban to Martin
Hicks, lots 8 and 10, block 5, Larvik.
81 90.
Clarence Fetterley and wife to
Thor Thorson, " or Of 2-l29-7a.
81 10000.
Delano II. Heath, Jr.. to Patrick
J: keaney. " hf Of " Or of 26-l33-
q. 81 10000.
L: A. IoveIace and wife to Jakob
Beck. lots . and 6. block Is. Hunt.
ers First Addition to Linton.
81. $4,000.
Lizzie Buechler and husband to
Michael Vetter, " Or of n " az
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17

Elsewherein the Record this week
will be found the announcement of
Conrad Kraft. of Strasburg, as a
candidate for Treasurer of t,nl,nons
county MIR Kraft is young man
well ttted for the position. Hels a
man of good education and address.
and promises if elected to conduct
the affairs OF the office in tn. inter
est OF the taxpayers and not in the
interest of any particular bank. His
opponent, w. O. Irwin. is cashier & t
the First Bank of Linton nat insti.
tuition stockholders in when have.
almost without exception. filled ths.
offlce OF treasurer during tbs past
dozen years FIRST there was G. 4
Herolz for four years Then, as he
could hold the position No longer
under the law, an exchange Of
offices was made, Herolz becoming
Auditor and j. G. Pitts Treasurer.
Both were stockholders in the FIRST
Bank. Four years ago G. H. Nara
more was elected Treasurer, having
the opposition of the First Bank and
the combination friendly to it. But
Mr.. Naramure soon shook the poiit,-
cal friends who elected him and has
been during late years one of the
most devoted supporters of the
politicians friendly to the FIRST
Bank. The wife Of an employee of
the bank has for years been deputy
treasurer And now. it being ap-
parent that G. A. Herolz cannot win
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17

ton and in fact everything viii be
put in tip-top shape for the benefit
of their patrons. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
assumed charge Sunday morning.
O. f. Bryant, editor Of the Napo.
leon Homestead. was renew ling old
acquaintance here Tuesday during
train time while returning from the
exposition at bismarck.
With criminal libel charges
against Editor Streeter, disbarment
proceedings against Attorney Lynn
and the street fair, Linton must be
IN unholy town to live in.
Senator Allen and wife. accom-.
panied by Mrs. L. M. Doerschlae
motored to Bismarck Friday to taxi
in the doings at the big exposition
They returned Sunday evening.
Fritz Schueltz, living west Of
town has moved his family to Aber
deem. S. D., for the winter, where
his children will attend school. Mr.
Schueltz will also winter at Aber
deem. returning to Gods country il
the spring.
The young people of BraddocI
will give social dance at the Citi
Hall on Friday evening. Oct. IL
1912. This will be the beginning o,
the social season and number o.
dances and entertainments are beinf
arranged for the coming winter.
committee composed of Franz
Haines, K. A. Swanson and o. K
Peterson have been appointed ant
the personnel Of the committee -
sures success. The BurnstAs
orchestra have been engaged FOL
the dance to be given Friday even
ing. Oct IL.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-17
POLLOCK PICK-UPS.
6Prosress. OCT. ~

A number of people from Linton
and Mound City attended the Silk
auction sale Monday.
Gerrit Biesheuvel and family are
enjoying q visit from Mrs. Bies-
heuvel's father. who lives in Doug.
las county. S. ID.
The Steve Silk auction was held at
his farm last Monday as advertised
and almost everything that vas sold
brought satisfactory prices.
Anton B. Volk was in town yester-
day to get some repair work done on
his thrashing machine. Mr.. Volk
is thrashing in the ""inona country
and is having very successful run.
S. H. Pulling. of the Dale country.
leaves this week with his family for
Cherokee. Ia, where they will make
their future home. The genial
Steve and his estlmable wife will be
greatly missed by their many Pol
lock and Dale friends.
Clement Prouty and Ben Morrell
attended the Fetterley auction sale
yesterday. They report the proper.
ty sold as bringing good prices,
especially the mich cows which sold
for prices ranging from forty.five
to sixty-four dollars.
Slater Bros. moved their thrash.
ing outfit up to Emmons county last
week and are thrashing in the neigh
borhood of Braddock. There is Z
great deal Of work up there and the
boys will not be home until the
thrashing season is over.
The Leith Index comes to US this
week half its usual size and nota.
ton from Editor Frank Rasbeck
states that the cause of the shortened
paper was broken printing pre- ss.
When a man marries his troubles
end.
A near-serious automobile accident
occurred last Saturday evening near
Java. Carl Dux. of this place, Was
on his way to Java in the Overland
car with jacob Merkel. the black
smith. Miss Dufloth. who had been
visiting here and was returning to
her home. and Kelly. the well-dig-
ger. 1t was about nine o'clock in
the evening and very dark when the
party approached: the Milwaukee
railroad track and attempted to
cross. The machine when it struck
the rails turned and went along the
track for few yards. Before It
was gotten off the grade q freight
train came along and struck the
auto and demolished the rear portion
Of it. 1t was only by the narrowest
margin Of time that the passengers.
especially the young lady. got safely
out of the auto. The train was run.
ming without headlight on the en-.
CINE and the automobile party did
not know of its approach until it
was nearly upon them. The train
took the party to Selby and they re-
turned home Monday.