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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Aged SO She Picks Cotton.

Athens, Ga.-An Athens cotton firm
has received from patron at Com
merce, eighteen miles distant, bale
of cotton that was picked out of the
field by a white woman Lightweight
years old. Mrs. W. H. Gordon.
During the pleasant weather in the
early fall, Mrs. Gordon spent five days
in the fields near her home and picked
leisurely the 1,400 pounds of seed cot
ton which were to make the pressed
bale of 453 pounds of lint cotton.
The cotton graded high, as the aged
woman had taken pains to remove
every particle of trash from the fleece
lock by lock-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
NICE HAS A DRAGON
Strange Sea Monster Causes
Panic in Italian City.
Residents OF La Turbie Are Badly
Frightened and No One Dares to
Venture on Highways With
out an Armed Escort.

Nice.-They say 1t is about two
metres long and at least thirty-five
centimeters broad, with enormous
Jaws well furnished with dentistry.
but what kind of an animal it is no
one knows. For the past several days
the residents of La Turbie have been
living in deadly terror of 1t. A search
was organized, but as yet only two per-
sons have met the thing" face to
ACE.
About IL o'clock in the morning re-
Gently boy was passing through the
quarter known as Les Routes" car.
rying dejeuner to his father, who is
employed in a quarry. Suddenly an
animal. stranger than any he had ever
seen, appeared in his path.
The boy ran, but so did the animal.
Just as he was about to be caught the
boy climbed on to a block of stone.
The animal managed to get on its hind
feet and was about to grasp the boy
In its terrible jaws when the automo.
bile which runs between La Turbie
station and the Mont-Agel golf course
approached
Frightened at the noise, the wild
beast" took fright and fed. The boy
shows marks on his breast which he
says were made by the animal when II
was reaching for him. He also de-
clares the animal was covered with
huge scales.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
clock Struck Backward.

Chicago.-Because his grandfather
clock struck backward, Patrick Cal
houn spent several days in jail cell
Waking at o'clock in the morning he
heard the clock strike five, and decid
ed he would sleep another hour. Half
awake at six o'clock he heard the
clock strike four, and turned over this
time for two hours of rest. At eight
o'clock he arose in wrath, as the clock
was striking two. He stormed because
his wife had let him miss morning
mass. She called the police and Pat
rick was taken to Jail.
After the arrest Mrs Calhoun re
membered she had cleaned the clock
the day before and upon investigating
noticed she had put the wheel which
regulated the striking In backward.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
OPAL SEARCH TO START SOON
Portland, Ore, Folk to Rake over
Material Dredge Discharges
for Valuable Stones.

Portland, Ore.-When the big
1redge Columbia, of the port of Port
land feet, said to be the largest single
suction digger of her type in the
world, began operations in the harbor
in pumping material that is to be used
in the fill at the side of the Southern
Pacific east side freight depot there
we're many curious ones attracted tc
the outfall of the 30-inch pipe line or
shore to watch stuff drawn from the
river bed.
Years ago fill was made on the
east side with a dredge, and opals
agates and other stones were pumped
ashore. 1t is expected searchers will
soon be raking over the gravel on the
new fill with the hope of finding valu
able stones.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
TO DIG INTO MANS PAST
Yale University Expedition to Peru
Will Try to Find Bones of the
Anclents.

New Haven. Conn.-The next expe-
dition to Peru, which will be made this
year under the direction of Prof. Hi
ram Bingham of Yale, will not be geo.
graphical as in the case of the last ex-
petition, 1t was announced at Yale
recently, but will concentrate it's work
largely in that region where the hui
man bones were found under a gla-
cial deposit which indicated a mini
mum age of 1000 years.
1t is believed that with a combina-
ton Of geographical research and pros
pective new discoveries of human rel
les much light will be shed upon the
age of man in South America. In con-
nection with this investigation there
will also be research in architectural
remains of the Incas civilization and
of the periods which preceded it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Quiet Town of Burwash, to Which
Noted Author Moved From
rockingham.

London.-Although every part of
Sussex is within easy reach Of Lon
don, there are still many out-of-the-
way villages In 1t where you may
practically get as far from the Mad
ding crowd as IL you were in the mid
die of desert.
One of these ia Burwash, where
Rudyard Kipling secluded himself
from the torment Of sightseers who
drove him from rockingham. Rotting-
dean is a quaint seaside village, so
close to Brighton that every visitor
here makes point Of seeing it, and
Kipling used to be looked upon as a
valuable asset in the attractions Of the
place.
Every omnibus laden with holiday
trippers used to make point of draw
ing up close to his garden wall, while
the conductor detained in a loud
voice to the passengers (all craning
their necks In the effort to see as
much as possible). This 'ouse, ladies
and gentlemen, Is the residence of the
distinguished h'author. Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling."
There came a day when this oft
repeated sentence was followed by
another-"And there, ladies and gen
tlemen, Is the distinguished h'author
fssel, a-takin tea with his family on
the lawn'
This was the climax Rudyard Kip
ling fed and secluded himself at Bur
wash, where there are no trippers and
where the villagers are of the stolid
! kind prevalent in Sussex. who mind
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
SPIRITS FIND MINE.

runs, laid the curse on him that he
should catch no bear in his traps for
500 years. Bodfish went on setting his
traps, but caught nothing. Then he
went to the Mediator to try to in
duce him to life the curse. The Medi-
ator at last relented to the extent of
taking off 200 of the 500 years. Bod
fish went home and thought 1t over.
Even 300 years seemed too long a
time to wait, and again he called on
the Mediator. who consented that the
200 years rebate should run forward
from the beginning instead of back
from the end of the original 500 At
the end of the season the customary
array Of bear pelts was hanging on
Bodfish's fence to dry.
Brown says the spirits told him of
the existence Of very rich mine in
California. They described is so
carefully that the Mediator felt sure
he would be able to find 1t, and he
notified some of his earthly friends on
the coast. The Californians told him
to come on and locate the mine, and
he did so, returning with the news
that he had pointed out the location
of gold deposit that would make
them millionaires. For himself he
had no interest in wealth.
One day the Bodfishes gave Brown
a cat.
When l got that cat home"
Brown said, II took it out In my cook
room and placed pan of fish on the
table, and ] said to the cat Bodfish
cat, there is pan of fish on the
table. am going out of the room for
a while and while | am gone do not
want you to touch those fish If you
do, Bodfish cat, I will kill you. Now,
remember Well, I went out of the
room and returned when | said
would and part of the fish was gone.
Did kill the cat? Well, l couldn't
break my word"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Dead Friends Direct mediator
to Gold Deposit.
At Least Old Trustum n. Brown Of
Maine, Their Confidant, Declares
... They Did-Neiehbor Felt
His Power.

Bangor, Me.-Trustum II. Brown,
the Mediator" was in Bangor, re-
Gently, on his return from a visit to
Boston, and although eighty-six years
of age he tripped down town like a
boy and told with enthusiasm all
about a new treatise he has just COM
pleted on The Truths of Christ and
the Errors of Christianity" Not
long ago the Mediator demonstrated
his reputed supernatural or unusual
powers by locating a gold mine in
California, getting his information, he
said, from the spirits. of intimate
friends long dead.
For many years Brown has occu-
pied little cabin on a mountain
slope, spending his time chiefly in
fishing, hunting and philosophical
meditation and research, all the while
holding communication with. the
spirits of the departed, he says. He
calls himself Mediator between God
and man"
Beyond delivering exhortations
wherever he may find listener, the
Mediator's principal occupations are
trapping for furs and bear bounties
and preparing and peddling a medi-
cine, compounded from forest roots,
barks and herbs, warranted to cure
every human malady. His gala time
of the year is when the Spiritualists
of Maine hold their annual camp
meeting at Etna Pond in Penobscott
county. This he always attends, en-
tering into the spirit of the occasion
with an enthusiasm that makes the
COB of SURPRISING him the most diff
tcult of the whole proceedings.
The Mediator's only neighbor is
Nymphas Bodfish. Becoming offended
at Bodfsh, the Mediator, SO the story
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Mo MORGAN Art for Brooklyn.

New York-Brooklyn will not ex
hibit any Of the art treasures ]. Pier
pont Morgan is shipping to this coun
try from Europe. This was made
Known in letter received by Borough
President Steers.
He had suggested to Mr.. Morgan
hat If the Metropolitan museum could
rot display the art works adequately
hey could be taken care of by the
Institution museum. Mr.. Morgan re
lied from Rome:
81 have already arranged with the
Metropolitan museum to store my col
sction and can not, therefore, take
the same question with anyone
Sc so long as they continue to con
)rm to their part of the contract"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Secret Union of Farmer and House
Maid In ireland Held to Be
Binding in Law.

Dublin-Justice Kenney recently
delivered Judgment in the midnight
marriage case" of USHER and USHER,
which came before him in December
last.
The plaintiff, William Arland Us
sher, a gentleman farmer of Eastwell,
Galway, sought to obtain a decree of
nullity of his marriage with his wife,
Mrs. Mary usher. The petition was
dismissed.
He alleged that the marriage was
null and void owing to the fact that
only one witness was present and that
the marriage was not carried out &C.
cording to the rites and ceremoni es
of the Roman Catholic church or ac-
cording to law.
The evidence showed that the mar
riage took place on April "a. 1910. Up
to that time the petitioner had been
Protestant, while the respondent,
Mary Caulfield, was maid in the en-
ployment of his mother After 10 p.
NJ. on April "a the parish priest, the
Rev. Joseph Fahy, went secretly to
the house and was taken upstairs to
a bedroom.
There he received Mr. USHER into
the Roman Catholic church, baptized
him, and then performed the marriage
ceremony between Mr. USHER and
Mary Caulfleld. The marriage was
kept secret and child was born in
January, 1911.
Justice Kenny held that the mar
riage was valid. His lordship said it
was clear from the evidence M the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14

their faces red, and their eyes swollen.
In charge of deputy she%iff the two
sisters left over the Santa Fe for Nor.
man Wednesday evening.
Lillian, who did most of the talking,
appeared to have very good educa-
ton. She told of how she had be-
come addicted to the use of the drug,
saying that after she had been sick
with pneumonia fever four years ago
she took morphine in small quantities
to relieve her suffering AS she re
covered from the illness, instead of
quitting the use of morphine she used
more and more, and now claims to
take about 25 cents worth daily when
she can procure it. According to phys
icians that much of the drug daily
will kill two healthy men.
The younger girl has been addicted
othe use of the opiate only little
more than one year, but her system
already requires nearly as much of 1t
as does her sisters. The two girls
were arrested by Patrolman Smith at
the stock yards. They claim to have
been employed in the sausage room of.
one of the packing plants since they
left home.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Night Marriage Is Valid

Most Rev. DR.. Gilmartin that in the
eyes Of the Church of Rome the mar
riage was absolutely Intellectual, and
that the petitioner and respondent
were living in state of sin.
But he Judge kenny held that
marriages between Roman Catholics
were governed by the common law of
the land. They were in law uninflu-
enced by the decree of the council Of
Trent requiring two witnesses.
The intention of the parties to be-
married was clear. despite petitioners
contention that 1t was a contract con-
ditional on their being married sub
sequently in a manner that would be
approved by the church.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Kipling's New English Home

their own business and keep them
selves to themselves, having no more
interest in distinguished writer's than
in undistinguished readers.
At Burwash they still tell the story
Of how George w., passing through
the village on one Of his journeys to
Brighton, was greatly chagrined by
the air of utter unconcern enveloping
the place. He asked the reason and
received the explanation direct: They
had rung the bells for him when he
came through the first time and he
gave them no beer, so they were not
going to ring for him again, not
likely"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
zoo MANY LABORERS THERE
Nc More Needed In Western Part of
Canada, Says United States
Consul.

Vancouver, B. C.-While It Is true
ahat with the approach of spring there
are fewer unemployed in British Co
tumbia than a few months ago, it can
hardly be denied that there are more
than sufficient laborers in this prov
tnce at present for any demand likely
10 arise in the course Of the year,
David T. WILDER reports from Van
couver.
The immigration of laborers from
the United States to Canada should be
discouraged until further develop
ments have greatly changed the labor
situation here. Immigrants from the
United States are bound to be disap-
pointed because of the lower wages,
hiSher cost of living and the great I'M
certainty Of obtaining employments.
They should In no case come without
nufficient means to keep them for
some time in case they cannot obtain
employment and to take them back
to the United States if finally unsuc-
eessful However, larger numbers have
been attracted to British Columbia
than can possibly obtain work, al
though the province is developing rap
idly Hardly a day has passed during
this winter when the situation of the
unemployed in Vancouver has not
been brought repeatedly to my atten.
ton by destitute Americans seeking
assistance to get home No less than
5000 Americans have permanently re-
turned from Vancouver alone since
November l.
1t should also be added that the
laws against vagrancy are very strict
and rigidly enforced In Vancouver.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
TWO GIRLS SEEK DRUG CURE
Beg to Be Sent to an insane Asylum
to XIII Their Craving for
b Morphine.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Two young
girls, Lillian Kersey, aged seventeen
years, and her fifteen-year-old sister,
Ollie Kersey, both, according to their
own statements, confirmed users of
morphine, voluntarily appeared before
Mrs. Sam Bartell, police matron and
asked that they be sent to the state
asylum for insane at Norman, to be
cured of the drug habit Both girls
physically were in pitiable condition,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14

A posse was organized Immediately
and started in pursuit, but not even a
trace of the animal was seen. Yes
terday laborer at the quarry says
he found the strange thing stretched
across the Mont-Agel road. The man
was on his way to work, and upon see
ing the animal he ran all the way
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Grocer Objects TO Law.

London.-Obeying the new half-hol-
iday law, Bristol grocer closes Sat
urday afternoons with this notice: by
order of the most tyrannical govern
ment since the days of Cromwell"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14
Ships Seven Tons of Bibles.

New York.-Seven tons of Bibles,
consigned to South Africa, none print
ed in English, comprised the record
shipment Of the American Bible So
ciety.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-06-14

back TO the village, He swore he
would never go to the quarry again.
La Turbie residents who do not be-
lieve In material manifestations of the
supernatural say that the animal is a
crocodile which has perhaps escaped
from a menagerie. And why not, they
declare, "Marseilles had its tiger!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17
Learn to aMtm

OF the thirty-third victim Of drown
ing in the waters near st. Louis this
season his mother said: HE was q
wonderful athlete. He could do any
thing except swim. and I'm sure |
don't know why he never learned" It
Is evident that this mother was not
averse to her sons learning to swim.
Unfortunately many women are op-
posed to boys acquiring this useful
art. fearing accidents while learning.
This is unwise -3f
If one travels at all. 1t Impossible
70 avoid the water. With two-thirds
of the earth's surface covered by wa
ter the chances are numerous that tg-
norance Of swimming may be fatal.
Swimming is one of the most health
full and enjoyable OF exercises, with
advantages Of still greater Importance.
The drowning of good swimmers is
exceptional, while the loss of life OF
those who cannot swim and get into
deep water IS the rule Swimming
should be taught In all the schools,
and those who have not acquired the
art as children should learn it at
once.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17
Elevation Affecting Steam Engine

Elevation Affecting Steam Engines.
Remembering that water boils more
readily, that is, with less heat, at high
attitudes, 1t appears to be only rea-
sonable to expect that steam would
have less force on high mountains
than In valleys. An engineering au-
thority tell OF large gas plant which
was some time ago exported from
Great Britain and erected at a loca.
tioA several thousand feet above sea
level. The engines did not give the
power expected from them, and sew.
eral reasons were advanced to account
for this deficiency. 1t was finally
concluded that the loss of power was
due to the altitude of the power sta.
ton. Upon investigation of the thee.
retical and practical considerations in
volved 1t was found that there is
loss of about one per cent. of the in
dicated horsepower for each 1000
feet increase in elevation. The effect
Of an increase in elevation on an en-
CINE with low ration of compression
is slightly less than on an engine
Nth a high degree of compression
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17
An AntI.Loauacitx Machine.

Il think I'll have to invent for my
own benefit. said the laxative man,
some sort OF an anti-loquacity ma
chine. I talk. am willing to admit.
talk too much; when get going I
don't seem to know when to stop;
and this machine that I'm meditatinK
will be something in a small portable
form that I can carry handily in my
vest pocket and that will wiggle or
weave or pop up or do something to
remind me when l have talked to a
reasonable limit. and l shall make it
non.adjustable SO that 1t can't be set
to run beyond certain limit; II it
was not made non-adjustable I might
be tempted to set II to run too long
before 1t gave the warning.
my primary purpose was, as said.
to invent this machine for my own
benefit only, but now when i come to
think it over may put it on the mar
ket; there might be a few, at least
few, other people who would like to
buy one" Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17
SAYS WOMEN ARE FUNNY AT J
CARD PARTY

Kathleen Norris, the author OF
Mother" In the first chapter Of her
new serial, 1.-THE Rich Mrs. Bur
goyne,' in the April Woman's Home
Companion, makes one OF her char.
acters say:
women; are funny at card par
ty. It takes them an hour to settle
down and see how everyone else
looks, and whether there happens TO
be streak Of dust under the piano;
and then when the game is Just
Well started. a maid Is nudging you
in the elbow to take plate Of hot
chicken, and another, on the other
side, is holding out sandwiches, and
all the women are running to look
at the prizes. Now when men play
cards
But nobody would listen to an &C
count Of how men play cards.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17

tfves OF the system, whether they
masquerade under the name OF DEM
ocrat or republican The democrat
ic farmer who has been robbed by
the beef trust or maltreated by the
railroads has just as much interest
in supporting man of Kenyon's
type as the republican farmer has.
Kenyon Of Iowa and Luke Lea OF
Tennessee have stood shoulder to
shoulder in opposition to nominal
democrats and republicans in both
parties who really represent special
interests. a-.2
= There is little doubt that regardless
of how Iowa goes in the national
election it will give its unqualified in
dorsement to Senator Kenyon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-17
! KENYON OF IOWA.

(From the New Orleans Item.)
Suppose that Taft should not be
able to swing the necessary majority
of delegates to- his candidacy in the
Republican convention. Suppose
Roosevelt's personality should give
him greater strength in the conven.
ton than he seems likely to have
now. Suppose there should be de.
cidedD split in the party. To whom
would the badgered delegates turn
for light to lead them out Of the
wilderness? Upon what man could
they rely to reconcile the warning
factions?
With La Toilette out Of the way
and Dolliver OF Iowa dead it is fully
possible that the convention should
turn to Delivers successor, Senator
William D. Kenyon.
At any rate it is well to take some
note of this new man who was chos-
en- without effort on his part and
without the spending of money to
succeed the most beloved public
man Of the middle west since Lin
coin. @r4,
Kenyon was q pupil of :Dolliver, ant
it was Dolliver who urged him to
give up lucrative law practice to
enter the publc service as an as
sistant attorney general Of the Unit
ea States. He has made a good
record for himself in the prosecution
OF the beef trust case. IIe is a bril-.
liant lawyer, an able man.
While Senator Kenyon has been a
member of the United States senate
but a short time, he has already
gained distinction by aligning HIM
self with the forces OF the sane pro-
gressives. He has borne himself
with independence and has allied
himself with those Republicans and
Democrats who are working to re-
store real democracy in the United
States senate and to cast off from
the United States senate the yoke Of
the representatives Of plutocracy and
the system.
Senator Kenyon's opposition to
Lorimer, his opposition to Stephen
son, are representative of the mans
natural and intuitive espousal of the
things tha are right as opposed to
the things that are wrong.
Throughout the country the people
are combining to fight representa-