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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

lose a treasure is TO bury it, it seems.
The earth in some mysterious way
spreads a mantle of oblivion which
can not be pierced by the memory of
man and takes back to her bosom the
treasure that was wrested from her.
The other area is in the east, be-
ginnig at about Camden, N. j., and ex-
tending north to Albany and thence
to Portland, Maine. In that field lived
the rich Royalist and Tory families.
The sudden turning of the tide found
the Tories in possession of a great
quantity of gold coin, gold and silver
plate and jewels, and fearing they
would lose these, they buried them
and then fed Comparatively little of
it was ever exhumed and the area is
dotted thickly with localities where a
search would be highly profitable. Of
them l can mention few only.
At Sound Beach, Conn. lives Mrs.
Jane Louden, 101 years of age. Her
husband, knowing that on the home
farm a wealthy Tory family had buried
gold, hunted until he found several
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each A neighbor also acquired
sudden wealth which he did not ex-
plain Every one knew there was a
great joint family cache somewhere
near.
1t was known for many years that
on Lord Edmeston's estate near West
Edmeston, n. Y, his personal repre-
sentative, Perdifer Carr, had buried a
treasure. The property known as the
Burdick Farm, having been bought by
Henry F. Burdick in 1850, was the
site. In 1904 a tenant named Cheese
borough plowed into case Of china
and glass, breaking half Of it before he
realized what the obstruction was. By
reason of design and quality the re
mainder, however, was worth small
fortune to dealers in antiques. 1t was
the Edmeston ware. The law suit that
followed for possession made the case
famous. Where is the remainder OF
the treasure?
Joel Coryell, sexton at Romulus, n
.
Tory estate in 1875, found a large
quantity Of money in an old pot. The
grave belonged to Thomas Mann, but
Coryell kept the gold.
Walter Butler, the notorious Mo
hawk Valley Tory, returned to the val
ley at the end of the war with force
of Tories and Indians to dig up the
treasures he had buried and those that
had been buried by other wealthy
Tories who had told him where to re
cover it in their behalf. When he had
finished his work and was returning
the pursuing Colonials under Colonel
Marinus Willet, overlook the treasure
squad beyond Johnson's Hall on the
bank of the West Canada in northern
Herkimer county.
The treasure was too heavy for the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
a Word to the Wise

The proverbial advice, "Cobbler.
stick to your last" had an opposite
exemplification in the following anec-
dote, for which lions Advocate is re-
sponsible:
A colored man was brought before
a police judge, charged with stealing
chickens. He pleaded guilty, and re-
ceived sentence, when the judge asked
how it was he managed to lift those
chickens right under the window of
their owners house when there was a
dog in the yard.
''Hit wouldn't be of no use, judge"
said the culprit, 'to try to 'splain dis
thing to you all. Eff you was to try
it, like as not you would git yer hide
full O. shot, an git no chickens, nei-
ther. IF you want to engage in any
rascality, judge, yo' bettah stick to
de bench. whar yo' am familiar"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

Copyright, by he Col
BURLINGTON PHILLIPS

York City. Certain British laws must
be repealed before it can be recovered.
however. 1t is in one of the out-of-
way places Of the world and very lit
tie Is known by the general public
about it. The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in a hundred
and nifty years, still await the return
or the fierce pilot to claim his own.
The Rock of Perez, named for the
adjacent fishing village, is one of the
true natural wonders Of our continent
When some CONFUSION of nature rent
the coast this rock was split from the
nearby mountain and left standing, a
grim monument to the caprice of the
gods OF sea and land. Several hun
dred feet high, with a comparatively
fiat top, it's sides are beetling and one
side is about two hundred feet higher
than the other. Once it was pierced
by three arches through any one of
which a small ship might sail, but now
one of these has collapsed, leaving
only the two huge galleries.
Captain Duval was a French priva-
'NSA "iIo Clul uSu OHly d SUIdlI pOT-
ton of his loot from English and 9th
er ships to the French authorities,
and after the declara lion of peace he
became an out-and-out pirate He
protected the French fishermen and
was generous with them. They, in
their turn, protected him as the Eng
l1sh peasant protected Dick Turpin.
AT last he was hard pressed by the
English, and having in his service a
M1cmac Indian who knew a secret
trail to the supposedly inaccessible
Rock Of Perez, he collected all his
caches of treasure in the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perce
The Indian carried a line to the top
of the rock and hauled up block and
fall. Then two prisoners were hauled
up, and next Duval himself Boats
containing the great treasure chests
stood by below.
The tradition is that they were a
day ana a moonlight night getting it
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duval himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Barber Shops In China,

Since the Chinese revolution a great
many Chinese have had their cues cut
off, and this has led to the opening of
a large number of barber shops
throughout the far east wherever Chi
nese are located, says an exchange.
Several progressive business men of
Singapore, anticipating this, imported
q large number OF American barber
chairs, and they are now unable to
get supplies quickly enough. 1t has
also been learned that the Chinese in
sist on having American hair clippers.
and refuse all other makes offered
them
1t would seem that American manu-
1acturers of BARRIERS supplies should
experience a large increase in their
Oriental trade
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

rhages which would last for weeks and I
was not able to sit up in bed. / suffered
a great deal with my back and was so
nervous / could scarcely sleep at night,
and did not do any homework for three
years.
"Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit l have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. | recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more than 80
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman's ills.
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia r.. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for add
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Vanilla PUDDING.

One and half heaping tablespoon
fuls of powdered gelatine, two cupfuls
of milk, half a cupful of sugar, one
cupful of whipped cream, three eggs
and one and half teaspoonfuls of va
nilla extract. Put the gelatine into
a saucepan, add the milk and sugar,
then dissolve.
Beat up the eggs, then add the milk,
stirring all the time, return to the pan,
and stir over slow fire till it thick
ens. Strain into basin, add the va
nilla extract, and when cool fold In
the whipped cream. Pour into a wet
mold, and when solid serve with any
kind of stewed fruit
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
The canniba.s Need Food.

An officer of the French colonial
army brought letter from the chief
OF group of missionaries In the
southern islands of the Pacific not
long ago, which winds up as follows:
company can do little against the IA
naticism Of these poor wretches. More
over, famine is ravaging the country,
for the harvest has been destroyed.
Therefore the dispatch Of more mis-
sionaries has become urgent."-La Pc.
tite RepubliQue.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
SOFT GINGER COOKIES
OLD RECIPE WORTH RETAINING
IN THE MEMORY.
cleveland Claims Ii as Its Own, but
Rightly II Should Belong to
All the World, So
Here IL Is.

Years ago Cleveland had WON
ans exchange" where the good cooks
of the city brought doughnuts and
bread and baked beans and other
good things that they excelled in
making. The ginger cookies they
sold have left fragrant, lasting mem.
DRY behind them; no one ever speaks
of the Repository" as it was called,
without saying do you remember the
ginger cookies we used to buy there?
A Euclid avenue store still sells ginI
ger cakes made over the old recipe:
little cakes that are moist and soft
and dark with spice and syrup and
rich with butter, but sells them at a
price that is prohibitive to even Eu-
cid avenue residents
A stroke of good luck has sent the
original recipe to me, and now we can
all have a feast of Cleveland's ginger
cakes:
Two cups of dark New Orleans mo-
lasses, one cup Of white sugar, one
half cup of melted butter or butter
and dripping melted together. CThe
ger cakes, most persons thiEk.) One
cup of sour milk or buttermilk, two
eggs, two level teaspoons of soda, one
level teaspoonful of salt, one rounded
teaspoon of ginger and one of CHINA
mon
Beat the shortening with the sugar,
add the spices and the molasses,
then the beaten eggs Put the soda in
the sour milk and add it with enough
sifted flour to make a cake batter.
Bake in gem pans or in muffin tins
in a moderate oven about fifteen min
utes. AS these are very rich they
must be baked as carefully as a layer
or pound cake.
Beside the ginger cakes there used
to be ginger snaps that really snap
ped and melted in ones mouth in
stead of tasting like a bill-sticker's
PASTE" says my informant, and she
kindly includes directions for making
them.
Boil pint of good New Orleans
molasses, one cup of light brown
sugar, two-thirds of a cup Of lard or
drippings and one tablespoon of dark
ground ginger into deep granite
saucepan and boil until the mixture
thcikens considerably. Remove from
the stove and cool slightly, then add
heaping teaspoon of soda dissolved
in half cup of tepid water. Cover
until COOL then mix in enough sifted
flour to make soft dough. Roll
very thin, cut and bake in a mod
crate oven"
Bakers OF ginger cakes and cookies
will find that there Is a great differ
ence in molasses; 1t used to be that
one could send for black molasses,
or New Orleans syrup and use what
the grocer sent with best results; now
1t is difficult to buy a good cooking
syrup. 1t is either thin and light and
without flavor or 1t is really black
strong and heavy. The proper syrup
for use in ginger bread and with 9th.
er connections containing soda is
dark brown in color but bright and
clear and thick. 1t is difficult to buy
molasses in bulk in Cleveland as 1t
is packed in cans under dealers la
bells, and it is impossible to always
find the same uniform quality under
the same label as the product fiuct-
yates with each seasons crop of cane.
Cleveland Leader.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

by no American city except Los An
geles, where there are "a instruments
per 100 population Copenhagen and
Christiana also have good service,
and it is we'll patronized; but London,
Paris, Vienna and st. Petersburg are
far down In the list of telephone-using
cities.
Tie relative use of the three great
methods of communication-frs
class mail. telegraph and telephone
in the United States in 1909 was 400,
GA and 5S.7 per cent. respectively,
while in Europe during the same year
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Deviied Olive Salad

Dissolve one package of lemon jello
in one pint of boiling water. When
cool add one pint of stuffed olives.
whole, one cup of walnut meats and
two punches of English walnut celery,
cut up in small pieces. Pour in mold
or individual molds and set on ice
till stiff. Serve with salad or cream
dressing.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
When BAKING Potatoes

Use one Of the new wire frames that
may be had for few cents. You stick
the potatoes on little upright points.
the potatoes bake all over at once
and you do not burn your fingers in
turning them over or getting them
out, for you can put dozen potatoes
on the frame and put it In the oven
iust like any other pan.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
ADMIRE AND USE TELEPHONE

ticalIy two-thirds of the telephone
business of the world is therefore con-
centrated In the United States. This
represents an investment OF s1,729-
100000, which is certainly a great
sum, in view of the fact that last year
was only the thirty-f1fth since Profess
sor Bell invented the telephone
Statistics recently filed show that
in Stockholm there are 1913 telephones
per 100 population, a figure excelled
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
To Keep Bugs From Meat.

After the meat Is cut out and cool
ed, salt down from three to six weeks
according to weather. When taken
out of salt sprinkle with borax. Put
the borax in large pepper can and
sprinkle over feshy side of meat as
you would pepper. Then hang in any
dry place. You Will find the meat
nice and no bugs on It.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Apple Cake.

Cream together one cup sugar, but
ter size of egg, yolks Of two eggs,
white of one egg, one-half cup milk,
one-half teaspoon soda, two even cups
-four, one teaspoon cream of tartar,
pinch of salt. Bake In three washing
ton pie plates
Apple f1lling-two grated sour ap-
Piles, one cup powdered sugar, white of
one egg, well beaten, one-half tea,
spoon lemon extract.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Hemmino Linen

When turning hem of linen, keep
a glass of warm water at hand and
dip the fingers into it frequently The
stiffness of the heavy linen will yield
and the work may be accomplished
very much more quickly and accu.
rately.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Figures Show That Americans Most
Greatly Appreciate This Modern
Aid to Business.

There are few aids to efficiency 30
useful as the telephone, and it is
something We may be proud of that
all the instruments and 611z per cent
of all the wire used in telephone serV-
ice in the world are employed. Prac-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Too Much Reconciliation.

"Fow foolish you women are" said
Mr.. Nagg to his better half. You
don't catch men doing such things as
Joining Don't Worry clubs
NOf course not" snapped Mrs. Nagg.
Men couldn't give up the pleasure of
worrying their wives"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

the percentages were 74.4, II and
239 respectively. The total numbers
of messages sent by all three methods
in the two divisions were practically
the same-about $1,000, 000,0 0o.-En-
cheering Record
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
Patience and Poultry.

A man doesn't need a big lot ct
money to build up profitable poultry
business But he does need a lot Of
patience and perseverance mixed With
an ardent desire to get hen under
standing
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

DeneVe / can safely
say now that / am q
woman. Twas
reared on a farm and
had all kinds of heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la
ter. For five years
during the Change Of
Life l was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter I had hemor-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
The Natural Inference.

While out motoring the other day, I
ran across an old friend of mine"
Was he much hurt?'
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

The old hat on a womans head
hasn't the slightest resemblance to the
new one she has on her mind.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

YOU CAN CURE CATARRH
By using Coles Carbolisalve. 1t is a most
effective remedy. AL druggists. 25 and SOC.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

The average man can make a fool
of himself almost as easily as WON.
an can make fool of him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30

Comparative Possession.
II have an abstract theory
That's nothing. I've got concrete
cellar
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-30
CRITICAL TIME
OF WOMAN'S LIFE
From 40 to SO Years Of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
In Safety.

Odd, Val am enjoying better
health than ! have for 20 years. and /
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
SOCIAL NOTES.

The German Priscilla club had a
very pleasant meeting Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Wilkinson at her home
in the south part of town. Dainty re-
freshments were served at the close
of the afternoon.
On Thursday Mrs. E. T. Cochran
gave a o'clock luncheon to mum
Der of special friends. Mrs. Cochran
entertains delightfully."-, and 1t is al
ways a pleasure to be invited to he1
hospitable home.
On Monday evening Mrs. N. A
Schluter entertained a number OF
friends complimentary to Miss Lena
VonDohlen, of Davenport. A delightful
time was enjoyed with music ano
games, and at a late hour very tempt
ing refreshments were served.
A number of our college girls en-
ioyed a picnic supper at the Grace
park Saturday evening.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
OFF FOR MORE PRIZES.
McHenry Aberdeens to Leave Next
| Week for the Various State Fairs
| Better Than Ever.

The McHenry herd Of Aberdeen An
gus cattle will leave here next week to
make the circuit of the state fairs.
There are thirteen head in the herd
that will be exhibited, and Of course
they will bring home the usual num-
Der of prizes. Mr.. John Brown, who
has had charge of the McHenry herd
for number of years, will accompany
them on the circuit again this year.
They will be exhibited at Des Moines
from the 21st to the 2Sth of this
month, and from there will go to Min
neapolis, Mimi; Huron, S. D.; Sioux
City, and after the Sioux City fair the
herd will return to Denison, remaining
here a week, then going to St. Joe,
Mo-, then to Kansas City and the last
ENTRY will be made at Chicago at the
international Live Stock show. We
are informed that the herd this year
is every bit as good as the one that
was exhibited last year and which
won so many prizes. Several OF the
animals that made the circuit last
year will also be included in this
years herd.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
DEATH CLAIMS A
VICTIM AT AST0R
Grandma Christensen, For Fifteer
Years a Resident Of Astor, Call
ed to Her Reward.
Spent Thrty-five Years Of Married
Life in Denison. She Was the
Mother Of Ten Children.

Grandma Christensen, for the past
fifteen years a resident of Astor, died
lat $3.50 a. m. on Friday, August 9th,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 0.
A. Olson at the age of "a years,
month and days. Mrs. Christensen
has been in poor health for over a
year with that terrible disease of can
Ger of the stomach. She was born in
Boifing, Denmark, June %, 1928, and
was married to Christen Hough Chris
Jensen in 1862. For thirty-five years
they made their home in Denmark.
Mr.. Christensen died some years ago.
She has been a member of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church nearly all her
life. Deceased was mother of te n
children: Mrs. T. E. krogh, Mrs. 0.
A. Olson and Mr.. T. Christensen, of
Aston; Mr.. L. Christensen, OF Def
ance, and Mr.. N. H. Christensen, and
Mrs. J. Rasmussen, of Astor. Four
other children died in infancy. Fun
eral services were held at the home
of Mrs. o. A. Olson Friday afternoon
lat 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Wren
berg, a Norwegian pastor of Irwin.
lnterment was held in the Aston GENE
|tery
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
A Good Road Roller.

The enterprising citizens of Ipswich
Edmunds county, S. D., have taken up
the matter of good roads in real earn
est and are building 40 miles of road.
The Tribune of that place says:
"When it comes to economy IN the
handling of public funds the Ed
munds county committee goes under
the wire first. They wanted a heavy
road roller. 1t would cost from one
hundred to two hundred dollars, &C.
cording to size and where bought.
Mr.. Parmley suggested making a con-
crete roller right at home. F. X.
Wing volunteered to do the work. A
strong steel shaft was donated and an
iron shell four feet by forty-two inches
was made. Concrete was run into this
and all kinds OF old iron mower
wheels, stone, etc., was pounded in.
The result is roller that will last a
hundred years and all for less than
TWENTY-FIVE dollars. 1t weighs over
four tons and will be pulled behind a
steam engine in rolling the roads,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
DEATH OF MRS. F. MclLRAvY.
Former Citizen Of West Side Dies at
Her Home in Montana-Very
Highly Respected.

West Side correspondent to Non
pareil:
West Side, Aug. 12-Mrs. Frank Nc
Ilravy. formerly Miss Jessie Campbell
of this place, died at BroadvieW, Mont.
Wednesday after lingering illness
and the remains were brought here for
burial, arriving Saturday morning. The
funeral services were held in the M
E. church Sunday afternoon, conduct
ed by Rev. J. G.. Waterman.
The deceased was born near West
Side, graduated from the local high
school and later taught successfully
in the public schools OF this place. In
1893 she was married to Frank Nc
Ilravy and resided at Sioux City, Ev'
erett and Seattle, Wash, at which
places her husband was the principal
of the public schools.
She was woman of winning per-
sonality, whose many noble qualities
endeared her to her wide circle OF
friends. A large number of relatives
from out of town attended the funeral
services.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-14
CIRCUS PEOPLE DANCE.
Engage Opera House and Have Enjoy
able Time After the Circus
Saturday Night.

The performers and managers OF
the Hagenbeck-W Wallace circus held a
strictly private dancing party at the
opera house Saturday night after the
performance. Early in the day the
opera house was rented, and suitable
arrangements made for the comfort
and pleasure of the participants. The
circus orchestra furnished excellent
music, and rendered such popular CD
selections as the Turkey Trot,' "The
Bear Hug" "Everybody's Doing IT,
etc. 1t is said by few favored spec
tators that the dancers knew the diff
ferent steps, movements and gestures
to certainty, and kept perfect time
with the music. During the evening
refreshments were served and the joy
makers adjourned just in time to catch
the train for Council Bluffs, where
they were to show Monday. These
dancing parties are regular Saturday
night occurrences with the show PEG
pie.