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Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
ARMOR IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Worn Not lnfrequently in the Early
Days and Was Richly Wrought
and Decorated.

"Armor worn, worn for service, in
America, ! don't believe it." This
from a distinguished visitor who stood
in front of one of the cases in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art why,
my dear fellow, we never had these
medieval people in our country" But
the fact is, none the less, that we did
wear armor not infrequently in the
early days, and that in some instances,
at least, the armor was richly wrought
and decorated says a recent issue OF
the Bulletin of the Metropolitan Mu.
scum of Art.
1t was, of course, only in the earliest
Colonial times that armor was worn
regularly. In the Spanish colonies II
was in constant service during the six.
teenth and seventeenth centuries. In.
deed. il was due TO their complete
panoply that Pizarro and Cortez. with
their handful of adventurers, routed
hostile armies. That hose arnor was
then used, and largely used, is incon-
trovertible. and the condition OF panic
caused among the Indians by the in.
vulnerableness of the Spaniard cannot
be given too much weight In the study
of the conquest. With armored horses
the invaders rode down masses of ma.
tives, and the invention of the stirrup
of the conquistadores had its grim use
In such q struggle. 1t was stirrup
of great weight with wide fianges at
the sides and base, and the horseman
could swing 1t fatally rs he galloped
through crowded squares. This type
Of stirrup survived in a decadent form
until the early nineteenth century; its
projecting fanges were retained only
as space for decoration, and it is more
than probable that those who later
rode with such stirrup knew little of
It's ancient use.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
MODEL FARMS FOR CITY BOYS
Novel Idea Of State Management to
Bring City and Country Boys
Together

Having provided for the boys from
the country at the 63rd annual State
Fair, the management decided to also
look after the boys from the city and
so established system of Model
Farms on plot of ground 1000 feet by
400 feet and on this plot fifty of the
city boys will conduct for the next four
months miniature farms on which will
be grown celery, onions, corn, pota-
toes mangles, beans, sugar beets,
squash, pumpkins and other produce
according to schedule and also flow
ers to beautify the little farms. The
lads who will take charge, each OF an
individual farm, will come from the
Boy Scouts and from the Ford Rep
ublic and other organizations. These
fifty lads will be under the genera,
charge of a man who will give them
instructions in the fundamental prin-
ciples of agriculture and who will also
provide them with the necessary
seeds. The crops will be so planted
that they will be at the harvesting per-
iod at the time of the opening of the
Fair and on the general results and
appearance of each farm the prizes
will be awarded The State Fair
Management has offered 500 in five
bright $40 gold pieces TO the boy
whose produce and the general ap-
pearance of his farm gives him the
lead and the second boy will receive
$50 and third boy $25 whils other
prizes of seeds and agricultural i'm
plements will be offered by the mer-
chants of Detroit and exhibitors whose
seed and tools may be used. The
lads who will range in age from four,
teen 10 sixteen years, will also be al
lowed to dispose of their produce to
the best advantage and in this way
every boy will secure adequate returns
for his labor. The State Fair Man
agement will prepare the ground for
the boys and the first crops will be in
the ground within few days now.
The idea of the Model Farms for boys
was that of Secretary and Manager
Harmon and it was Immediately taken
in hand by the Directors who gave it
their hearty support and by the man
agement of the Boy Scouts and other
organizations, who carefully selected
the boys. The State Fair management
made but one restriction, that twenty
five farms be in actual operation at
the time of the State Fair.
In arranging for the farming enter
prise for the city boys and for the
Boys State Fair school from the boys
all over the State, the Michigan State
Agricultural Society provides the
means for the boys of the city and OF
the country to get together for the
week and the meeting will prove bene-
fetal to all concerned and very inter
esting TO their elders
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
"sllent Actors Not Silent.

Tepcent grand opera is fast near
ing reality.
A patent was granted last week tC
c. Milton of London, Eng, for com
bining a phonograph and a moving
picture machine, so that they will op
crate in absolute harmony.
AS soon as this. patent is placed
on the market, 1t will in all probable
ity mean that moving picture shows
will soon have monographs in their
houses, and will reproduce the words
or songs of the now silent actors
at the same time that the film is be
ing projected on the screen.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
but you come over and court

-9ut you como over and court
Courtln' is next to marryfn'."
Elisha groaned some more, but the
widow Baker was implacable. Four
years more If 1t killed her stone dead!
II was a lonely man that went home
TO lonely house.
The very next day. whine hc was at
the plow again, he heard the widow
calling for help and started On the
DAD invaded the farmhouse and were
making threats. Elisha went for them
like a locomotive running away. He
banged them and slammed them, and
slammed them, and booted them, anc
when they had crawled away TO the
road the grateful widow said to him;
Lisha. | hate TO break my word.
but well take year of them four
and make the time three"
The old bachelor sighed over 1t, bur
went his way. Three years was not
as long as four, no matter what al
manac one had In the house.
Luck is erratic. She will slam-bapY
q man Ohc udy, anu itl nm hhu =" 49,
wallet in the road on the next. In this
case. she didn't slam-bang at all. she
just cuddled up TO Elisha and told him
to go ahead and she would back him.
Two days after the tramp episode
the widow Baker raised a ladder be-
side the house to tie up a growing
vine, and by a bit of carelessness she
lost her hold and hung head down
wards. II was Elisha that came to
her rescue again, and 1t was the wom-
an who. after drinking a pint Of hard
cider to steady her nerves. looked up
at him with grateful eyes and said:
'Lisha Ridgeway. I'm woman OF
my word, but I'll be summed II L
don't take a year of them three, leav-
ing only two for you to wait! But for
you I'd be a dead woman now"
Elisha thought of the two long years
and sighed and went his way with
feeling that Luck might keep things
going. She did Only three days later,
when he went to carry back bor-
rowed hoe. he found the widow Baker
in the well, where she had been for
three long hours, and was chilled
through and through. In drawing
bucket of water she had leaned too far
over the curb.
II was praying for you 70 come,
she said with chattering teeth as he
looked down at her.
You tie the end of the rope around
you when l let 1t down. Stop! Does
this take off another year,"
'Lisha, you know I'm woman OF
my word was the reply.
You are, Nancy"
Il said four years and then three
years, and now. though ! know how
Sarah Jones will giggle. I'm goin' to
knock off still another year"
Good for you! Come up!"
One year now-only one! Elisha
wondered IL Luck was going to turn
on him or continue being good. If he
could only smash that other year!
He had his opportunity. There came
a thunderstorm one midnight, and the
bolt that struck the widow Bakers
house and set It afire raised him out
of bed and sent him running. The
rain, aided by few pals of water
doused the flames, and some more
hard cider brought the widow clear OF
the shock. She had given herself up
for dead. After she could talk Elisha
seemed to expect her to say some
thing. She realized that he did, and
therefore led off:
'Lisha, I'm a woman Of my word!
| said five years. and then four-three
two"
And now, Nancy"
Sarah Jones is goin to giggle."
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

else to obstruct the way. The widow
looked at him for a moment and then
said;
"'Lisha, there amt goin' to be no
weddin' day."
But why?"
"In the first place I'm all eat up
with establishment, and in the next
you must have heard what rah
Jones said the day my husband was
buried?"
Don't remember"
But | do, and so does a heap of
other folks. She keeps quiet for a
minute and then mods her head and
says:
You Jest put Il down in black and
white that Nancy Baker will marry
agin as soon as the year is up"
Yes, Lisha, them are her very
words, and more'n dozen women
have got 'em writ down. Dye think
I'm goin' to let the words of that OLD
grasswidow come true? No street!
"But it's over year." he protested
Yes. it's thirteen months. one day
and two hours. TO be exact, but Sarah
Jones would giggie just the same"
II thought from what Jim said when
he found he'd got to go that he ef-
pected us to get married"
"Mebbe he did, but We amt goin' to
not yet, anyway. Lish. I'm a WON
an Of my word. When heard of what
Sarah Jones said said to myself tha.t
! wouldn't marry agin under FIVE years
at least, and I'll keep my word"
There was a groan from poor Elisha
that touched her heart, and her voice
was sympathetic as she said:
81 ain't sayin' that / don't like tou.
but I'm sayin' you'll have to wait -four
years more"
Another long drawn groan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
wonan an Ae.Iv. Politician,

Rough and Ready, Cal, is luck,
enough to have for registrars Of vot.
ers Miss Mamie Morrison, an expert
horsewoman who is highly popular.
and she has made new record by
hunting up every voter in her BALL.
wick. spending ten hours day in the
saddle. She takes her book to county
dances. too, and not man or woman
escapes without registering.-lndian
apolis News.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
An Old Neiqhborhood.

You live in an old, retired neigh,
borhood. don't your"
Yes, indeed. Every one of our
neighbors has long since got over the
idea that he can save money by rails
ing his own chickens"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

Coles Carbolisalve quickly relieves and
cures burning. itching and torturing skin
diseases. IL instantly stops the pain OF
burns. Cures without scars. 25c and SOC
by druggists. For free sample write to
j. w. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
Their Hspplness.

How about that newlymarried
deaf mute couple next door to you?
Do they seem happy?" "Unspeak-
ably."-Boston Transcript
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

Garfield Tea is admittedly tho simplest and
best remedy for constipation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
Her Prospectua.

Promoters Little Daughter-Mam-
ma, think they'll send us a baby now
that we've moved over on this new
street?
Mamma-How so, my daughter?
Promoters Little Daughter-Well,
I've prospected the territory and
they've struck babies on all sides OF
us.-Judge.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
The Flat That Failed.

Howell-How do you like your new
home?
Powell--It is a fat failure.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's
pinch of blue in a large bottle OF water. Ask
Tor Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
HARMONY IN Tastes.

II met George and his wife this
morning going down town. They have
such tastes in common"
Where were they going this morn
ing?"
"She was going shopping for tub
suits and ne was going to wash
SALE"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

The term reverend was first applied
to q clergyman In 1867.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22

The most stubborn costiveness yields.
gently. and naturally, TO the persuasive action
Of Garfield Tea.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-22
Mamma-How so. nv daughter?
TactIess of Him.

The Brute-What are you thinking
of, Mary?"
Mary--I am dreaming Of my youth.
The Brute-I thought you had a far.
away look in your eyes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
ROOSEVELT

Misses Mayme and Clara stern and
Gussie Belafsky spent Sunday out of
town.
Miss Freda Wall was an out of
town visitor Saturday.
Miss Margaret Carney spent Sat
urday out of town.
Miss Mary Devereaux spent Sat
urday In Elizabeth.
Miss Josephine Sexton spent Sat
urday visiting her sister, Mrs. ].
Darcy in Newark.
Miss Hazel Winchel spent Sunday
motoring through the state with q
party of friends.
Miss Elizabeth Macmillan, of
New York, spent Sunday with Inez
Connolly.
A class Of about fifty boys and
girls received first communion in St.
~Joseph's church Sunday morning.
Miss Katie Coughlfn and Joseph
Coughlin are spending a few days
in New York.
Messrs. William Coughlin and
Edward Dolan visited John McGol-
drick in Paterson Sunday.
Hermann Bros. are doing the ex-
cavating for a building to be erected
by Walter Qu1n for Thomas Shapiro
on Woodbridge avenue at the site of
the building which was destroyed by
fire during the winter. This build
Ing will be twice the size of the old
building.
Miss Swing is entertaining a
friend from Linden.
Mrs. Edward Carleton and son
Hugh were New York visitors Satur-
day.
Mrs. S. Juskovitz spent Monday in
Perth Amboy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mutt yer out-of-
town visitors Monday.
Miss Clara Stern spent Monday
out Of town.
Miss Kramer and Miss A. Morris,
former teachers in the borough
spent the weekend as the guests of
Mrs. Howard Thorn.
Miss Dickerson was an out-of-
town visitor Saturday.
A man working with Steve Van
Ness on a building he Is erecting
swallowed a nail which lodged IN
his throat. He was removed to the
hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
SOUTH RIVER

Culver Bros, painters, are redec-
Grating the residence of Mrs. Mary
Armstrong in Stephen street.
Mrs. Fred Nodine will receive the
Circle of Kings Daughters at her
home Wednesday evening.
The Jolly Midnight Crew will hold
a dance in Washington Park Monday
evening, June 10.
E. K. Gadson, of Newark, spent
Sunday with his fiance, Miss Nellie
Bovine. "a ~
Mrs. Victor Gotfriedson Is In Fort
Lee, where she Is visiting among
relatives.
Miss Edna Wright is visiting at
the home Of Der sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Cohen, Of Newark.
Harry De Hart has Joined the mo-
torists. He is riding an Indian mo-
torcycle.
Miss Alice Fee is suffering with
an attack of appendicitis.
Miss Florence Tenbroeck is en-
tertaining the Nosaskin Club this af-
ternoon at her home in Reid street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Liebman and
daughter Edna, of New York, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. d. j. Sheib.
The Main street property of Mrs.
Isabella Whitehead and son Howard
Is offered for sale. This Is one of
the most desirable residential loca-
tions in the borough.
A mark of progress in the grocery
business, of Raksangi and Liut-
hadt Is the enlargement of their Of
flee. The firm Will not be in business
a yea until August and by close at
tention to duty have made it q huge
success.
Miss Mary Rose visited her sister,
Mrs. William Donnel, of South Am
boy, Sunday.
Anton Jensen, of Perth Amboy,
was a business visitor in the bor-
ough Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Cohn and Joseph Benders
spent the week end among friends
in New York city.
Mrs. Nathan Clayton enjoyed an
auto trip to Jamesburg on Sunday
and visited among relatives there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
F0RDS

Miss Grace Martinesen, of New
Brunswick. spent Sunday with rel
atiyes in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William HandeThan
were out of town visitors Sunday
evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Liddle spent
Sunday morning out of town.
Miss Beatrice Ward, of Perth Am
boy, was the week end guest Of
friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Anderson
and children, of New Brunswick,
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Fullerton I'm town.
Miss Lillian Anderson was an out
of town visitor Sunday evening.
Miss Violet Liddle has returned
home after spending the week end
with relatives in New Brunswick.
Mrs. e. B. Mundy was an out OF
town visitor Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Egan, OF
Perth Amboy, spent Sunday after
noon in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Koch and
daughter Maude, Of Perth AmbOy,
spent Thursday III town.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morris and
children, Of Perth Amboy, we're the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
Loughlin, of town on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Burdett, of
Railway, spent Sunday with relatives
in town.
Mr.. Evans, who has been spending
the past few weeks at his home in
Baltimore, has returned to town.
MI. and Mrs. Joseph Ling were
out of town visitors Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Wiseman was a Perth Amboy
visitors Saturday afternoon.
Miss Maude Stewart, of Newark,
has returned home after spending
the past few days as the guest of
relatives In town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
SHOWS NEED OF
MORE OFFICERS
FeItus Street Residents in
South Amboy Ask Help.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, June 5:-The
question of an increased police force
has been much agitated in the past.
Some have been opposed to it, while
a small number have been in favor
of the increase In the force, and fire.
quently we have object lessons that
compel us to reach the conclusion
that our police force is inadequate
as to numbers. For instance, when
some Of the places of business have
been broken into and robbed and on
Monday evening while the Commit
ers Association was in session in
the city hall the telephone bell
sounded a call and when answered
1t was found that Mrs. Charles SAT-
ran, Of Feltus street, was calling up
police headquarters to secure the as
s~tstanCe of an officer for the purpose
of dispensing the large number of
young men that congregated on the
streets in that vicinity.
Last night the annoyance became
unbearable to Mrs. Safran and 9TH
ers along the street and while there
was a scattering of the crowd upon
the arrival of the officer, it did not
lessen the fact that an officer was
needed at that point as well as in
other places in the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
HUNDREDS DYING EVERY YEAR

Hundreds of people die every
year from diseases caused solely by
poisoned blood. They have taken
every precaution, SO 1t seems, have
observed all the laws Of health, but
still the poison exists.
Did 1t ever occur to you that
toilet powder used may have had
something to do with tt2 Most of
the powders. when applied to a
perspiring body, cake and clog the
pores and hinder perspiration.
Thus, when the waste matter cannot
be thrown off, it is absorbed by the
blood, which becomes poisoned.
Efeta. the body deodorant, does
not cake nor clog the pores.
1t Is purely a vegetable COM
pound, and will keep the skin in a
healthy condition. 1t is odorless,
antisept1c and deodorant. When
used according to directions. it viii
destroy all odor of Precipitation
about the body.
Try 1t and be convinced that it is
a valuable and necessary addition
to the toilet Of both men and
women.
20 cents in a shaker box, with a
money-back guarantee is not salts
factory.
West End Pharmacy, 297 Smith
street.
"Nufeet" as q foot powder is as
good and "Effeta" is as a body de-
odorant.
willis Pike & Co., Laboratories,
129 w. S1st St., New York city,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
RECEPTION BY
SALMACUNDI
Readings by George W. Ca
BILE, the Feature
eceotay to the EVENING NEWS.

6NCCtul TO Inc q hNINu Nv ~ ~ o.
Woodbridge, June 5;-One of the
most brilliant social functions Of the
season was the reception of the Sal
magundi Musical and Literary
Society given in the w. A. A. club
house last evening. Invitations had
been sent to old members of the
society who had moved from town,
also to a large number of friends
In this place and neighbOring towns,
and, as on former occasions, this
closing reception of one of the old
est societies in Woodbridge proved
a grand success and the affair will
long be remembered by those who
attended.
An address of welcome was made
by the president Of the society, F.
f. Grant, who introduced George w.
Gable, the noted New York writer,
as the entertainer Of the evening,
instead of a play by members Of the
society as in former years. The
society had provided a rare literary
treat for their guests in securing
Mr.. Cable, who. delighted his inter
ested audience with readings from
CDR. SEWER" n of his latest works.
The musical program was render
ed by members of the society and
was as follows: Trio, "Ex-Tase,"
by Came. violin, Carl Kline; cello,
]. Otis Pierce; piano, Miss Susie
Dixon. Vocal solo, "Toreador,"
(from Garment, Asher Randolph;
violin solos, Carl Klein.
Music for dancing which followed
the entertainment was furnished by
Prof. W~esterfelt, of New Brunswick.
The ballroom, reception room and
halls of the club house were artis-
tically decorated with flags, palms,
ferns and other green's.
On the reception committee were
Mrs. It. F. Grant, Mrs. w. J. Stewart,
Miss Edith Hinsdale. The ushers
were Messrs. w. B. Krug, j. Edgar
Brown, Ephriam Cutter, Asher Ran
dolph, Frank Ryder, William Smith,
Leon Harmed, James Liv1ngood, f.
B. Covert.
During the dancing elaborate re-
freshments were served. The meet
ings of the society will not be re-
sumed until fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-05
SEWAREN

Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Brown, Madam
Brown, and also Miss Anthony, of
Hackensack, who has been their
guest the past week, enjoyed a de-
lightful auto trip to Atlantic City,
on Saturday. They remained several
days in this charming resort, re-
turning to their home on Cliff Road,
Monday evening.
A. r. Hoyt and family have re-
turned from New York and opened
their home on Cliff Road.
Mrs. Gorham L. Boynton and
son Ware, have returned from /
visit with friends in the Bronx.
Miss Blanche Grieve, of Perth Am
boy, spen5 Tuesday with her sister,
Mrs. Robbins, of Broad street.
Mr., and Mrs. Clancy d. Boynton
and little Eunice spent Sunday as
the guests Of friends in Perth Am
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Sofeld, OF
"The Homestead" were ~entertain-
ed by Mr., Sofeld's parents in Perth
Amboy, Sunday.
Irving Demarest, Jr., is recover
ing from an attack of measules.
Master Oliver Ames is now in
charge of the Union news stand at
the station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Prince and
daughter, Louise, of West avenue,
who left on Tuesday for their for
mer home in Maine, spent the week,
end as the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles P. Ware.
MI. and Mrs. A. T. Child, OF
Darien, Conn, were overnight
guests of Mrs. Child's mother, Mrs
c. w, Boynton, last Wednesday.
Mrs. John Raymond still con
tinues seriously Ill at her home on
Cliff Road. Last night she was
thought to be slightly better.
Mr.. and Mrs. CourtIandt Carrier
and children will leave June 18Th
to spend the summer with Mrs. Car.
rier's mother in Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Walker, OF
West avenue. entertained Mr.. anG
Mrs. David Bryon and two sons, Of
Brooklyn over Saturday and Sun.
day.