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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Mullaney of Boston are
visiting Mrs. Mullaney's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Philbrick, Central
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Mrs. Mary Brown of Windsorville,
mas gone to Warren, r. l., to be the
guest of her brother, George Hayes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Mrs. Nellie j. King has been i'll with
bronchitis. Her son, Joseph p. King,
who is with Uncle Toms Cabin Co"
is at home with her for Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

The Old South Sunday school will hold.
at 80 Wednesday evening, their annual
Christmas tree and concert exercises. All
persons are cordially invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Miss Evelyn Davis arrived, Tuesday,
from Chelsea, Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Waldo Skillin of the Bowdoin Medical
school is at home for the Christmas va
cation with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana c. Skillin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Temple Grange.

The following officers were elected
for the Grange for the coming
year: Master. A. j. Chandler; overseer,
]. V. Hodgkins; lecturer, Mrs. Charles
Halves; steward, Charles Halves; as
sistant steward, C. J. Preston; chap
lain, John Dean; treasurer, j. A. Der
by: secretary, Eldora Derby; gate
keeper. Harry Blodgett; Ceres, Mrs
Frank Packard; Pomona, Abbie
Searles: lady assistant steward, Mrs
@ T Preston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

The first snowstorm of winter came,
Tuesday, and was proving itself a winner
late into the night, greatly interrupting
Christmas shopping.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Caryl Holden of Gorham is passing his
holidays in Skowhegan.
The first ice cutting for the season be-
gan at Lakewood, Monday. The Ice is
about nine inches thick and of the best
quality. not having snow in it,
Mrs. ]. ]. Landen and Elmer Baker of
Bingham were among the out-of-town
people TO attend the Chapman concert
Monday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Somerset Real Estate Transfers.

Following are the recent real estate
transfers as recorded at the Somerset
registry of deeds:
skowhegan-Josepn C. Cnabot to Fla
Wien c. Laferne Leroy Walton to Henry
Hoyt, OrviIle w. Kimball to Guy Kim
ball; Ernest Butler to Leroy Moulton,
Embden-Harlanj Boyington to w. BOY
inglon.
Pittsfeid-Hiram S. Chamberlain to AL
len Hackett; Jennie Coffin Hackett to
MILFORD f. Hackett ct al. (P W.; Fred
T. French to Charles Green ct al.
Anson-Thomas II. Spear to John ID
Roberts; Galen Kincaid to Thomas IL.
Spear; Frank A. Monegeon to Annie NJ.
W hite
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Miss Emma NJ. Cass of Is Academy
street left, Tuesday, for Waterville
to visit her sister, Mrs. Frances j.
Lowering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Regular meeting of Sanborn Lodge,
l. O. o. F., at go Thursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Piles Cured in to IA Days.
Your druggist will refund money il PA
70 OINTMENT fails to cure any case o.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudine
Piles in to IA days 50c.--Adv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
West Minot Grange.

A regular meeting of West Minot
Grange was held on Saturday evening
Dec. 81 1T being Matron's night the
following officers filed the chairs: Mas
Eliza Leland; overseer, Mrs. e. A.
Bearce, secretary, Eva Atwood; ste
ward, Myrtle Bradford; assistant ste
ward, Dacie Whittemore: Chaplain,
Alice Perkins; treasurer Eliza Atwood
secretary Eva Coyne; gatekeeper, Liz
zie Brigham: Ceres, Myrtle Bridg-
lam; Pomona. Clara Croker; Flora,
Eva Cooper; lady assistant steward,
Nellie Fernald; pianist Edith White
more. After the routine business, a
very interesting program was rendered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Miss Maud Merrill of Boston is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Bertha NJ.
Overlook. II Greenville street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Samuel G. Otis and his sister. Miss
Elizabeth G.. Otis. are occupying the
Elm Hill farm, for a short time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

George. the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Waterhouse, is i'll with
pneumonia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs George w. Paul left,
Monday morning. for n short winter
trip to Bermuda.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Raymond c. Church of Bowdoin is
passing the Christmas vacation with
his friend Lawrence Wyman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

Alfred Nelson of New York City is
the guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs
Jas. H. Nelson, IA Union street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

gh reputation as undertakers.
mediate charge of this department, Is a
rfect satisfaction. We carry in stock
e finest broadcl1ths and pushes, with
You will find us always, as in the past,
the city or out, will be promptly at
attendance.
i23-W.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
CIVIL WAR SHELLS IN TREES

The last battle of the Civil war OF
any Importance was that In April,
1865. at Bentonville, Johnston coun
ty, twenty-five miles from Raleigh
N. c. To this day many trees Of
large SIZE, notably the pines, show
the effect Of cannon fire and in some
cases Of the extremely hot musketry
fire.
Albert Ross. farmer, recently cut
some timber and burned the badly
shaped portions. There was a series
of explosions and the workmen fed
Shells embedded in the wood had ex
ploded and fragments were hurled
in all directions.
For years sawmill men have been
very careful about handling the tim.
Der from this section because saws
have been almost ruined by striking
embedded bullets.
General Sherman declared that al
Bentonville he received the greatest
setback on his famous march through
Georgia and the Carolinas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
-
[OUT OF THE ORDLNAPY [
= - $50 - - ~ - NE
QUEER ORIGINS OF WORDS

20, dear!" is equivalent to o do mic.
20. my Cod"
"Dandelion!" is dent de leon 1.-THE
lions tooth), and vinegar" was once
vim aigre (sour wine)
Madame is my lady" and sir has
been extracted from the Latin Sc
Nor" through the French.
Biscuit" keeps alive the Latin bis
cCctus (twice cooked) and "Verdict
is simply a we're dictum (true say
ing).
Kings in the earliest days were
merely the fathers of families, ana
the word is derived from the same
source as kin"
A villain" before the stigma or
disgrace was attached to him, was
laborer on the villa of a Roman coun-
try gentleman.
Pope is the same as papa, ana
car and kaiser are both Caesar.
Queen at first meant wife" or
mother" and q survival of It's early
Specification exists in "Quean' useo
now only in bad sense.
housewife; a "knave' was simply
boy.
Quelquechose we have jumbled into
"kickshaws," and our "gewgaws' rep
resent the jouxjoux or playthings or
former French children.
"Jimminy" is u "Reminiscences OF the
classical adjuration, o geminl, USED
by the Romans when they called up
The twins, Castor and Pollux. to help
them.
"Powwow" comes from the North
American Indians.
The word boss comes from the low
Dutcn and means master.
Kidnap comes from the mapping or
stealing OF kid. gypsy for child.
Calaboose, prison; picaroon, p1'
rate; palaver, 10 talk. are all Spanish.
"A rum chap" is simply gypsy
lad; it has no relation to the product
of the still
Pal is a brother. and "conk, TOT
nose, comes from the spouting fouh'
tain. the concha Of the Romans.
Demijohn comes from the Arabic
da!naghan, itself taken from the Per
sian glass making town OF Demaghan.
The conmon slang word "mash
is from beautiful gypsy word ma
fada," which means ito charm by the
eyes"
Why should man be called a
spoon? Why spoony when he is max
ing love? Simply because he is
"loefyel," which also means spoon
A tinker's dam has nothing to dc
with swearing. II is merely the dam
or storpage, made of 1our and water,
with which the tinker stops the gap
he is mending until the tin or the
pewter he is using has cooled.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
| WILD HORSES IN COLORADO

James and Jess Mccarthy. who are
mining a copper claim above timber
line on Mount Blanca. Colorado, re-
port a herd of wild horses running
loose on the sand dunes OF the I'm
comphagre range of mountains. south
west of Mount Blanca and Mosca
pass.
The McCarthys declare the hoofs OF
these horses have spread out to ac-
commodate the peculiar formation of
the grounds over which they run un-
til they have attained the circumfer-
ence of dinner plates. Many other
prospectors to the mountains have
seen the horses, and q peculiar story
is related concerning their presence
on the dunes, which are very rare
in vegetation.
1t has been told, on good author
ity, that many years ago a party OF
government surveyors was sent to de-
termine the scope and character Of
these dunes, and after many months
searching party was sent after the
men. The only trace Of their pres
ence was a surveyors instrument.
which stood like lonely sentinel in
the sands.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
RAILROADS LIABLE
High Tribunal upholos Act; Brake
man Awarded $4,000.

The supreme court n an opinion
handed down upheld the constitutions
atty OF Act No. 104, OF the Public Acts
of 1909, an act holding common car
rier railroad companies liable to their
employees. BY this decision not only n
the constitutonality of the act upheld,
but George Sousmith, Q brakeman en-
ployed by the Pere Marquette Railroad
Co., secures a judgment against the
road of more than $4,000 for the loss
Of leg, the amount If the damages
being figured on the amount of wage
received at the time of the injury and
a life expectancy of 40 years. The In
jured man was % years of age at the
time of the accident. TIC case, which
was tried in a lower court, where judg-
ment was awarded, is affirmed.
This decision is regarded by attor-
neys here as one of the most import
ant handed down by the highest tri-
bunal in the stare III y .ars. In Wiscon-
sin the supreme court Of that state
recently upheld the constitutionality of
a similar act.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
,FHE RIGHT SOAP FOR BkBY'S
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers ia
,vorite. Not only is it unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations, remove redness, roughness
and chafng, soothe sensitive condi-
tons, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment, it is most valuable in
the treatment Of eczemas, rashes and
other itching, burning infantile erup-
tions Cuticura Soap wears to wafer,
often outlasting several cakes Of ordi-
nary soap and making its use most
economical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14

After lying in the Hamcaze at Dew.
onshire for over a century the two
decked line-ofbattleship, Implacablc,
one Of the trophies which Nelson won
for the British navy. has been moved
to Falmouth, where she is to be pre-
served as a national monument. The
lmplacable was originally the French
battleship. Duguay Trouin. She was
captured by the British in the wars
of over century ago, recaptured by
the French, and again surrendered
to the British at the battle of Traf-
algar. Renamed the Implacable, she
was for many years employed at De-
vonport as training ship for boys.
In 1905 the admiralty put her in the
sale list, but before the sale she was
withdrawn to preserve her. She has
been restored at Davenport as nearly
as possible to her original state
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
Newspapers and Literature.

All this over emphasis Of the un.
meaning surface is due to a confusion
of newspaper and literary standards,
ends, aims. The word literary has come
20 suggest an absence OF red-blood;
spinners and knitters in the sun; the
S5 cent magazine crowd; this is non
Bensical. of course. In it's elemental
meaning literature is at least as stern
a jab as journalism, albeit the inten-
tion and function Of the latter is mere
1y to present things that happen, of
the former to volatilize such material
into lowering and potent meanings. to
strike the rock and raise spirit that
Is life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
GRAIN. ETC.

Clash No. red. $1.07 IA; De-
c2!nbc' opened without change at sl.0e,
declined Il Sl.0S 1-2, advanced to $1.0S
onhcloscd to s1.13 Ia; May opened at
Sta 81. declined to s1.1S IA and advanc-
ell 20 81 Is 3-4: No. ! white, S1.06 Ia
CORN-Cash No. 3, 81 1-2: No. 2 yell
ioX, | car at Ga l-2; No. 3 yellow. SO -;
No yellow on track. l car at 63.
AS. Standard, "a; No. 3 white. 80;
No White, | car at 81 1-2 j at 81 IA.
RYL-.Clsh No. 2, rs.
EEANo-lmmedate shipment, $3.50;
prompt shipment. $227; November ship
N emit $2.z5; December shipment. $2.15.
CLOVER SEED-Prime December, s11;
ntInplc, "A bags at SO; 30 at 1918, IS at
81: Is II $S.25: prime alsike. Sl3; sample
aSike. " bags at Sl1.75: at $l025.
FLoU't--ln one eighth paper sacks. per
1SG pou Ids. jobbing lots; best patent
$3.50; second patent. $500 straight. S.. 20;
cicar, $40; spring patent, $3.50; rye.
$3.50 Ter Dbl.
Eel in 100-lb sacks. jobbing lots;
Bli,n, S2S; coarse middlngs, $24: fine
middungs. so; era cked corn and coarse
corn ,aeal. $50; corn ana oat chop, s22
ten.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
Truth About Old Ace.

George F. Baer, the famous Phila-
delphia railroad Elan, said on his
seventeen birthday:
Il agree with Professor Metchnikof
about the wisdom cf 1he old. Profess
sor Osler made it fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs. but my experience las
been that the old not only possess
wisdom, but they seek il also"
With q smile Mr.. Baer added:
THE only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
GENERAL MARKETS

The market for geese and turl.cys is n
little frmcr. but chickens are easy.
lower. Apples are dull and easy. The sup
ply Is large. Other fruits show little ac-
lvitH and only small change in price.
Dairy products are firm and i'm active
demand. Potatoes are steady and vcgeta-
Gutter-Fancy creamery 32c: cream
Org, lirsts, soc; dairy, 22c packing, 2ic
PER -.
EESs-,Carrent receipts candled, cases
LEs-Fancy, sI75@2 % per bbl;
common, Sl4l.SO: poor. 75M$l per Dbl;
good apples, ny the bushel. 35@75 snow
S2.2iG"o pei bbl.
(ii;A plSs-New York concirds. s-r,.
BASKETS l6ICl7c. Alb BASKETS, lie Cataw-
bas, 4-fb. baskets, 121iSc
ol'INCES--'1.25 per bu.
,fR ipE FPUIT--S350 M4 per box.
CRANBLHRi Estate Halves. per Dbl.
Ss.15I; In pu.hel lots So
fEARS-Or"son, 81 so rcr box; Keffcr
..'c per bu
DRESSED EALVES-Or Urinary, 9@10c;
fancy 1l@ &c per H.
TAToES-Michisan. 45@5Oc in car
lots. md 55G1G0 for STORE.
cMATOES-Iiothouse, 1Sm20c per III.
HONEY-CIoicc fancy white comb. l6
ali Ter N; amber. iIM15.
LIVE pClI.TRY-liroi;crs. 13c per ID.
hens. i2c: NO hens. 9@11c: old roosters,
9Gi1OC: ducks, 12M13: young ducks, lao
Is geese, 11ct12; turkeys 1601S.
FtIETAt3LES-Beets 40c per bu car
rots, zoe per bu.: turnips. soc per bu;
spinach. 50c per bu.; dollhouse cucum-
ers. 'l.25 ellis per bu: green onions 1Cc
per doz; wa tercress, 52mS0c per doZ: head
Lettuce, $l25I1.50 per hamper; home
grown Gel cry. 25m30c per bu.; green
reppt rs. 15 Sue per bu.; rutabagas, 45c
per liu.
n \N.-Ca"lo. prices. track. Detroit No.
| timothy, $l6.L0G17: No 9 timothy. $3.50
ii: No. ] miAed. Sl3dD14: light mixed.
SI5.5Om16: we straw. S1lm105O; wheat
AMI cat straw $St9 FER ton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
HORSE OMNIBUS AS CURIO

In London, as in other cities, the
automobile is displacing the horse tc
such an extent that horse-drawn We.
hicles are becoming very scarce. Not
long ago a hanson cab was placed
in the London museum at Kensingtop
palace, and now, in anticipation 81
it's becoming a forgotten curiosity, a
horse omnibus of the "knife-board"
pattern, dating from the seventies
has been placed in the same museum
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14

Secretary Louis CorSer of the COM
mercial club of Nalamazco states that
a meeting OF tie organization will be
held within few days AZ which time
means OF combating the Catalog houses
bv means of the catalo,y itself will be
taken up.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14

Miss Katherine Bigelow, director of
physical training for women at the
university at Ann Arbor stated that
the first perfect girl, physically, enter.
d the institution this fall. Miss Fig.
wv refused to give the name of the
Dung woman, but SAID she weighed
,21.5 pounds, IN &c Z inches high.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
ASKS KISS, ENDS HER LIFE

Miss Ada Welch of 2206 Olive street.
st. Louis. accosted stranger on the
street in Pascogula, Miss, saying: II
have been ndstreated by the world,
and now before | die ] want TO feel
for once in my life the touch OF HUI
man kindness Please kiss me-" The
man kissed her. Then she drank poi
son and died instantly
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
MAN HAD SEVEN SPlEENs

An autopsy performed by Or. A. w
Foertmeyer on the body OF FRANK
IIeley. who died at the city hospital OF
Cincinnati, revealed that Heley had
seven distinct spleens. In an ordinary
body only one is found. The mans
heart was found on the right side oil
the body instead of on the left.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
ONLY 25,O0O,O0O YEARS OLE

Perfectly formed fossils of the trilo
bite species, the highest animals OF
the Cambrian formation. declared b,
archaeological 10 be more than Is
O00, 600 years old. have been unearthe,
In British Columbia.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14

Only a lawyer or a detective can
mind his own business when he prizes
into other peoples.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
Summer Styles.

Constipation causes ana aegssvstes many
serious diseases. IL is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite
family laxative. ADV.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
The Kind,

! How did they succeed in catching
that defaulting AVIATOR"
with n fly detective"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
THE MARKETS

DETROIT Cattle-Receipts; 1856:
market steady at Wedn. sday and last
weeks prices. We quote extra dry-fed
steers. IS; cteers and hcifers. 1000 to
500 to 1000 lbs. $5.25@$6; grass steers
an! heiiers that are fat, 500 to ! 900 ibis.
20 5W6, g ass steers and heifers that
are tat. 500 to 700 lbs. $l.25a So; choice
common COWS, $3.504S,75; Gamers, $2.75
a.; choice heavy bulls. s5@5.25; fair to
go, bologna, bulls, 81 50@4.75; stock
hu!s, si@4 40; choice feeding steers, 500
10 1000 Ms, $5.50@6.25; fair feeding
TAR fecdine steers, 500 to 1000 IBIS, $50
80; "holce stockers. 500 TO 200 lbs,
3t75MI45 fair stcckers, 500 TO 200 lbs,
SlhOH4,6, mixers, large, young, medium
Nea' CalVes-ieceipts, 1885, market, 25c
G. soc higher than last week; best, $50
80; others. s4@S.50; mich cows and
Sprirgcrs. steady.
Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 5074;
fnalke. 25c higher than last week, steady
with Wednesday; sheep very wet and
hafl to sell. Best lambs $G75; fair to good
lambs %606.25; light to common lambs
M,U5.5O fair to good sheep, S3Q375;
gu atd common, S2@2.75.
Hogs Receipts, 3,272; market. 10c
higher tnan Wednesday, or last week $
G" Sc Ha9ge :. OF prices: Light to good
3o;kers SI.25@T.55; roughs, 1-3 off.
EAST BUFFALO. n. Y.--Dunning Sc
%t"veLS, live stock commission mer-
ch.nts. report the market:
''att e-5 cars; steady; best 1850 to
1.l00 10. steers, $909.50; good TO prime
~ % 1, 300 ID steers, SS.25QS75 good to
prime LIDO TO 1900 ID. steers, S7.75@$S;
medium hatcher steers. 200 to 100 lbs.
yti0Q {; pitcher steers. $50 to 1000 lbs,
S..I5Qt.5t; light butcher steers. $500
80: hes lat COWS, $4,000: butcher COWS,
Si'O@5. light butcher cows, $4.76@ 4. 20 ;
tri nmei&. $3Ql3.50; best iIt heifers. $3.50
"i:.25; medium butcher hefers $1,000
9. Light butcher heifers. $4.50@525; stock
h".fors SlD425; best feeding steers de-
horned Q650; common feeding steers,
$'I5.25. hight stockers, $4.25@4.50: prime
eHuort bulls. $6m6.25; best butcher bulls.
S5.EO@hih; bologna bulls, $4,000 stock
bulls. S:I"@5; best mixers and spring
e?s So Gg75; common to fair kind $40@
30
f.oSs- - cars. strong; heavy. sS.30@ $40
workers., SS.15aS.20; pigs. $7.40@7,60.
Sheei'--40 cars. stead, top lambs. $40
1.ls; !C1Ilngs. s5@5.50, wethers, S4.50D
As; ewes. $3.90Q410.
Calves -S5D1l.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-11-14
Their Use,

Their Use.
why do ships have needle gunsr
ITO thread their way with. stupid.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-16
MUST. PAY LOSSES
IN SPECULATION
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
GIVES DECISION IN COTTON
CASE.

Justice Pritchard, of the United
States Circuit Court. handed down an
opinion yesterday that a stock specu-
lator must stand for his losses. A.
w. Lawton. plaintiff in error, vs.. Les
lie Carpenter, Joseph II. Carpenter.
Atmore l.. BaSgot and Sterrett Tate,
partners trading under the firm name
Of Carpenter. Baggot & Co. were the
parties In the case. In error to the
Circuit Court OF the United States for
the District of South Carolina, at
Greenville.
Carpenter, Baggot & Co. had OBJ
tanned judgment against A. W. Law
ton, vice-president and manager of
La wton, Simpson & Co., for s4.621.6s
teing the amount due ON certain
transac tions in cotton futures. Law
ton maintained that he did not owe
the money. ON the ground that he
had not bought the cotton for de-
livery.
The case was considered by Jus
tees Pritchard, Mcdowell and Con.
| nor, who affirmed the Judgment OF
the lower court, holding Lawton liza
BILE, Justice Conner fling dissent
ing opinion.