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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-06
attending Annual Meeting.

Mrs, G.. r.. jacob Went to Fargo
this morning to attend the annual
meeting of the Florence Crittenton
home which is in session in that city
today. Mrs. jacob went as the rep
r~esentat!ve of the local Crittenton
Circle and will present the years re-
port of this circles work. For the
reason that Mrs. jacob will not re-
turn until Wednesday the annual
meeting of the local Crittenlon Circle
which was announced for tomorrow
has been postponed until Tuesday of
next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

Observation-Disclosures
ing 81 know now-it is YOU who me- incarnate
in human form! You to me from the great golden
Heaven, where YOU live with God, You come to me
that | may know all is we'll that may know am for
given. Oh. Elizabeth. speak to mespeak to me just
with voice, the of your spirit Tell
me- with Your own voice. shall hear you, though
mortal ears may not dscern.oh, Elizabeth, tell me
am forgven
The girl laid both her hands upon his q,liverng head
a power far beyond aught in her personal experience
fervor of benedction mystical exalted obsessed her
stole through her limbs through her corporal being
levitating her to a of disembodment. She was
stepped in momentary enhancement nameess, gorl
In silence that rang within her like pean from
distant harps, she bent low. She kissed the old man
forehead.
Then all at the black storm parted and vanished
if at single puff from the sun golden breath.
Birds everywhere struck up their singing. The Odor OF
white azaleas came to them from out the hckets like
incense after rite, cogging the air with sweetness.
"Mother has spoken With her two hands the girl
raised him up until he stood with TRANSPORTED face and
eyes upifted to the blue sky. "Alother has spoken
Let go back to your tlresde. For have my
little story-and YOU will listen, will YOU not,
Grandfather"
HER bhe soul had kept her a child And like
"a child she told him ALL seated at his feet.
Before my father died, he exacted from
promise that if my heart yearned toward lover,
whom | would take for husband, | should first gain
the sanction and consent of whomsoever might have
first right my obedience curse he SAID rested
all marriage bonds sealed in spirit of defiance. 1t
his superstition understand it And so prom
ised and my word a sacred oatt Then he died,
and his maiden sisters took of me. They good
women; but Father had left me but little. And so,
when the doctor-he who the big house, far up,
with the great parks and orchards, stretching down the
slopes to the fiord-when this rich desired my
hand in marriage they could not why should refuse.
They would not dsown me, perhaps; yet all day long
they wept wept, that should cross their will. And
said to myself, He toward whom my heart yearns and
whom would marry is student, and poet, and a
woodcarver and he is poor And because they
weep that should marry him, cannot, because of my
promise to my father.
"Then great sadness fell over me, until day
light And and went to my lover and said
him, / know not why, but have confidence that
my grandfather yet lives in far America. | will not
write for if the letter find him not how should
know? No. | will go to him His consent will keep
for my promise. The little my father left will suffice
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wan and stricken outlined against the wind swept rain
soaked night beyond my freight turned and tegned
preoccupy nHself lest reveal the first twlnge of my
ren1orse. At last | looked up agan.she was gone! |
rushed to the door Elizabeth Elizabeth | cried into
the darkness. i forgive you all Oh, Elzabeth-wait!
l go with youyou shall want nothing further Eliza
beth-Eizabethl Wait for me. | GOMEZ!
"Thcrc was no answer. But family through the
soughing wind | seemed to hear dull echo of loosened
rock"
Grandfather
"And all night long CROPPED with my hands DER the
black face of the mountain Next day they found her,
scarce a hundred feet below my cabin. But
has ever known that she had reached me first. They
thought she had persisted on the way. No man has
ever known that my envcnomed shafts of bitterness
had hurled her back to her death. No man has ever
known that | was her murderer,
"She had fallen in strange manner as to shelter
her babe with her body. You were unhurt. sought
out the sick husband, your father. As who moves
in dream gave him my expcdent,-fase comfort, my
blessing which only Gods mercy could have altered
from a curse Gold also gave him, bidding him return
with his child to his country, his people, lest
he go mad And since that time have sought to
plate living in isolation with the Word of God. Be
hold! | have now hurled it from me-revealed as am
unto myself! My ceascess touch must surely have pro-
famed it. | was her murderer-vet all these years my
life had seemed righteous and devout My crime has
all the skies and all beneath them shall hearken
They shall cry my guilt aloud
AS he spoke soov clouds had lowered across the face
\ of the mountains. Far below the treetops rocked
and groaned with forebodlngS OF storm. A kissing
tongue lightning darted from the heart of the gathered
backness and forked against the gray crag behind them
There cracking like the toss of mighty whip
crash as though the heavens had split from end to end
Far above the two, at the summit of the leaning WALL
great kissed of that fiery bolt bowed to its doom
and slid down the rocky face with roar like the clangor
of waters to lie the ledge at their feet.
The impact of its outer twgs stung the old man out
stretched hands like lashes from scorpion, had
it fallen. And at that final scourgng from on high, his
proud if remorseful defiance went from him. He fell
his knees before the girl He kissed the white hem
of her garment.
She, on the other hand, though she had wept she
listened to her mothers story-wep freely and frankly,
child might weep,-now stood erect with enkindled
eye. She knew these surglng giant voices. The spirits
of the had been her friends. Lo they had
followed her from the fords the sea. Their
omen was kindly.
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to take there and when he has consented there will
be Just enough that | may return to you and then
shall marry.
"And my lover said to me- That no harm befal
will go with you. But that forbade. And my lover
said If you forbid, then may not go with you. But
YOU cannot forbid that follow after stranger. and
watch outside your threshold that harm befa.
And said, If you follow after it must indeed be as
stranger You must never speak, you must never
much touch the tip of my finger, the hem of my robe,
until have found my grandfather, until he has
sented.'
$50 he being poorer than |, in the steer
age of the selfsame ship From the cabin decks used
to look down upon him and sometimes smile
of my love; but did we speak, never did he
much touch the tip of my finger or the hem OF my
robe. Yet knew he watched me- guarded me from harm.
"When at last reached America, my heart for all
the days of delay was heavy; for saw him no more
and wondered if had lost him. But last night when
to the inn, the village of the valley, looked
from my window, and there he Stood patient, silent,
beneath my window in the moonlight. And great JOY
filled my heart; for | knew trial was almost over
TNTERRUPTINGLY across the threshold fell
l shadow. "Knut,' cried the girl "my Knutt But
quickly she laid finger on her lips. Not yet had
the solicited blessing been given.
THAT is he, she pleaded claspng the hermit knee.
THAT is he. We may not yet speak. He earns his
bread a woodcarver; but is student and poet.
And because of my mother and because of what has
been revealed usyou will not feel that stoop when
share his poverty? You will not withhold your blessing
that the oath may not be broken? You will not do that
oh Grandfather, father of the mother who bore me?
The hermits gaze was luminous. The honest blue
eyes of the Norwegian lad met it shyy. @This l
think the boy tried say in his badly broken English,
he held forth great book torn and stained but in
tact. @This-I have found-on my way A Bible
you call? Yours-naybe?"
In the awed silence of the two the hermit took the
volume from his hands,
At last he spoke: aNIy children, you will go back
to your Norway-and there will be withheld
consents weeping. In your ford village will
be richer than you. You will own this ridge of
hls-they have found coal within then-yea, and
gold and silver And all my estates elsewhere will
make to you. But you, my daughter, that he
goes dreaming and studying, and carving his woods
there be love-
Then, at his direction the two lovers wrote their
and the time and places of their births, and also
upper half of which had long ago been away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
GREEN BUSH.

Minnie Schrepel is home spending
her summer vacation. E&.-
Marie Schrepel visited at Patrick
Burke's on Sunday evening. -
The Schrepel Bros. have sold q
team to a man at Princeton.
Pearl Labbissonniere visited Mrs.
Derry on Thursday afternoon.
Minnie and Ida Schrepel visited at
Charles Raiche's on Sunday evening
Mr.. Grimshied, wife and son
visited Henry Sager on Sunday after.
noon. ....' a..
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Guderian and
daughter, Olga, visited at Richard
Guderian's on Sunday; -
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Normandin and
daughter spent Sunday with VIM.
Burke and family at Long Siding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Rehaume,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Blair and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Robideau spent Sunday
at the, lake. -
Mrs. Harper and family of West
ST. Paul and Mrs. Schrepel of LIE
Sueur returned home on Friday after
visiting relatives here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
WOODWARD BROOK.

Miss Mary Reiber has been home
for few days. :: 49,:
The Reibe baby boy has been on
the sick list the past week.
Rev. Lang left for his home in
Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Mrs. VIM. Jones is away visiting
friends in different parts of the
state.
Lumber is being hauled for shed
to be built on the school grounds of
No. SO.
Mr.. Starkenburg had a carpenter
from Princeton at work on his barn
the past week.
Miss Mabel Jones will shortly leave
for st. Cloud, where she will take
the summer course in the normal
school.
Miss Bertha Minks came home
from Minneapolis last Monday and
will spend few months at the par.
entail home.
Carpenters have begun work or
Gust Mink's large barn. At noon or
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
GREENWOOD,

Emma Rosin is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Will Gerth.
Mrs. Eggert spent Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Nick Essig.
Mr.. Clement was in this vicinity
last Sunday taking pictures.
Frank Pohl is having his house re-
painted. Surely we all know why.
Jacob Ellenbaum is having gas
light plant installed in his house,
which is great improvement.
Although we had a great deal of
hay cut we welcomed that small
rain, as the fields needed it very
much
The new telephone line is now
completed and we are given a chance
to chat with our Woodward Brook
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dannaman and son.
who have been visiting at Reissig's,
have returned to their home in Min
neapolis.
Henry Smith has purchased new
mower and also a buggy. Both of
them, he says, are good and add
greatly to comfort. r.
Fire destroyed Carl Gardeners
house and barn last Thursday night.
1t is said to have been caused by the
overturning of lamp.
Company is being entertained at
the O'Brien home. They having
come from the city are naturally en-
joying the fresh country air.
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line Of building and clearing. We are
glad to see new settlers and we have
room for a lot more.
The Van Camps, who have been
making hoops on the Suckow place,
have finished their work there and
moved to Malmo, where they have
more timber. They have sufficient
timber in this neighborhood for
several years. work.
The farmers picnic at the school
house was success. There were
about 300 people present. Thos.
Rawley Of Lake Elmo spoke on the
benefits of farmers cooperating.
Mr.. Rawley is a forceful speaker.
He is state organizer for the Ameri-
can Society of Equity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
DISTRICT NO. so,

Mr.. and Mrs. Winkleman were
Baldwin visitors on Sunday.
Miss Mary Bender was a caller at
the Campbell home on Sunday even
ing.
Adolph and Walter Egge were
callers at the Campbell home on Sun
day.
District 50 is very thankful for
Mondays rain, as it was badly
needed.
Mrs. Lewis Norberg returned on
Monday from a visit to friends in
Wyanett
There have been several parties of
landseekers from Iowa looking over
this locality lately.
Mr.. Clement of Princeton was out
one day last week taking pictures
of the Oakland farm COWS.
We are afraid the early crop of DO
tatoes will be rather light on &C
count of the dry hot weather.
Fred Murphy is firm believer in
Robert La Toilette as we'll as ourself,
and we hope he will come up yet.
r. M. Fiero was out the other day
with his shotgun looking for bugs.
He found SO many that he became
frightened and ran for cover.
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Saturday evening for a few weeks
visit. ~. He has been working for his
brother-in-law at Becker. =.
On Sunday the Glendorado M. E.
church gave Children's day pro-
gram and large crowd attended,
several of them from Oak Park.
Pussy Hubbard has been chief cook
and bottlewasher during her
mothers absence. The boys say
they lost their health but gained in
appetite.
A large crowd attended the ice
cream social at E. B. Bachelors on
Thursday evening. 1t was given for
the benefit Of the M. E. church and
Melted the sum of S12.75.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
GLENDORADO.


A number from: here visited in
Foley on Saturday.
Frank, Tom, Arthur and James
Hubbard were in St. Cloud on Mon
day. .>~H>"..~,: .::%..1 ,-;-*,..
Miss Mary Larson of Greenbush is
dressmaking at the Daline home this
week. Z ..-.s.,-.-.. 49, .-
Stella Penrod visited with her
friend, Cora Hubbard, from Wednes-
day until Saturday.
Gust Daline drove to St. Cloud on
Saturday after load of machinery
for our Glendorado merchant.
Mrs. Huldah Hubbard returned on
Monday from visit with her
brother and family at Park Rapids.
Arthur Halyorson spent few
hours on Sunday between trains at
Klondike visiting at the Hubbard
home.
Our pathmaster, A. P. Carlson,
has been doing some work on the
Hubbard road. It is, now in good
condition.
Tom Hubbard returned home on
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Virginia City are visiting at the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Harrington.
Mr.. Kettlehut has succeeded in
digging the well at Lessard Book
ovens. After digging over 200 feet
in depth a good supply of water was
reached. A well-digger's work is not
always the most pleasant when he
has to drill through rock for days at
a time.
The stork made flying trip
through this part Of the country,
leaving baby girl at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gerth. George is
trying to get used to being called
''dad'' and wears dads smile.
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Saturday they had to lay off as the
heat became unbearable. The
thermometer registered 126 on the
barn floor.
A special carpenter is lathing
Thorring's new house. Plasterers
are expected to begin their work on
the building next Monday
+" Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Olson and
Miss Helen and Roy Engebretson
came per auto from Milaca Sunday
and visited with the Peter Jensen
family.
A firm from Long Prairie has sold
a cement stave silo to M. B. Ander-
son. The silo has arrived and the
men who are to put it together will
soon be here. - .s".
Frank Newman, brakeman on a
passenger running from St. Paul to
Breckenridge, is spending a weeks
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Newman.
The German Baptists held preach
ing services at the Adolf Minks
home last Thursday evening. Rev.
Lang of Minneapolis led the service.
He also preached in Woodward Brook
school house on Friday evening.
Mr.. Jacobson is hauling sand and
will build an addition to his house
this summer. The building fever
has proved very catching here.
There is hardly a farmer in our
neighborhood who will not make
some improvements on his place this
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Draxten chaper-
oned party of young people who
went for days outing at Stanch-
field lake on Sunday. The party con-
sisted of Orley Jones and the Misses
Mamie, .Yotten, Margaret Jensen,
Genevieve Colburn and Mary Jensen.
Rev. G. Larson, the Sunday school
missionary, held preaching services
in our school house on Sunday even
ing. Mrs. Larson pleased the audi
ence by singing one of her songs. We
appreciate the services of both Rev..
Larson and Rev.. Lang, and the
people show it by coming to the
services though the weather is what
we call ''roasting:'
Land seekers are not scarce in our
community nowadays, but they find
that the average farmer here knows
what his land is worth and does not
intend to give it away. Our farmers
are pretty we'll satisfied with Wood
ward Brook and price their land at
from $50 to S75 per acre. No, there's
nothing small about the Woodward
Brook farmer, unless it's his head.
We have but few big heads here.
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oPsTEAD.

Rev. Berglund and Rev. Vestin of
Cambridge preached in the Baptist
church last Sunday.
Miss Christina Anderson of Nc
Grath is employed at the home of o:
G. Anderson of this place.
Miss Elizabeth Smart of Duluth,
one of our former teachers, is visit
ing friends here and at Eastwood.
Elmer Rosberg of Chicago is visit
ing at the home Of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.*and Mrs. Aug. Haglund-
Automobiles are seen here daily
some days many Of them, which
goes to show that our roads are
improving.
Road Overseer Oliver Johnson has
been fixing up all the roads in this
town and now has them in good
shape. Oliver is a. good man for
that job. =
Mrs. Harry Ellgren left on Friday
Evenings train for a weeks visit at
with her brother-in-laW and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Sogstad of Prairie
farm, Wisconsin.
The building of the farmers po-
tato warehouse, now under construc-
tion at Redtop, is progressing salts
factorily under the supervision of
Fred Zimpel, who has the contract
for building the same.
Mr.: Leutges, who bought land on
section 9, near the lake shore, in
this town last summer, is here max
ing substantial improvements in the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
BALDWIN,,

The shower we had Monday was
much needed.
Jasper Pierson spent. Sunday with
Tom Looney and family. 8
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Looney spent
Sunday afternoon in Princeton.
Katie Trunk spent Sunday with
her friend, Mrs. Woodward
Mrs. McCracken and Mrs. Carlson
visited with Mrs. John Olsen on Fri
day.
Ernest Moeger and family passed
Sunday with Dell Pierson :anc
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Nicely visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben johnson on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Pierson spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
0. A. Dorff
A number Of the young people at.
tended the dance at Patterns on Fri.
day evening.
Iva McCracken and Olga Griep
called on Hilda Carlson on Wednes-
day afternoon.
Herman Abraham and Olga Griep
spent Sunday evening at the Nc
Cracker home.
Lille and Gertie Pierson, who
have been i'll with the mumps, are
better at this writing.
Mrs. Trunk and Mrs. Henry Dorh
and little Alden Dorff visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Trunk on Mon
day.
Claude Richardson of MINNEAPOLIS
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richardson, and his sister, Mrs.
Geo. Townsend.
Mrs. Richardson is very i'll and she
has the sympathy of the entire
neighborhood. We all hope she will
be able to be about again soon.
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Getting Even.

Church Usher-That woman [ Just
seated is Mrs. Stuckup. She had me
sent round to the back door one day
when I called at the house on bust
ness errand. Made me transact the
business through a servant, too; but
I've got even with her.
Friend-You have given her one of
the best pews in church. 80"
Church Usher-Wait half an hour.
She's right where stained glass
window will throw red light on her
nose.-National Monthly.
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visiting with Almeda Camp. They
will stay till after the Fourth.
Mrs. Chas. Thompson and little
son and daughter, May, returned
Saturday from an extended visit to
Montana.
A telephone meeting was held at
the town hall on Monday evening to
organize rural telephone company.
Mr.. johnson Of the Tri-State COM
pany was present to explain to the
farmers what they would need.
Chas. Thompson was elected tempo
rary president and Dick Durbin tenn
porary secretary. The next meeting
will be held on July at p. m. at
the town hall.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
GERMANY.

Otto Manke visited at the home of
Mabel Weeks in Wyanett on Sunday.
Miss Stella Bockoven has gone to
Park Rapids to spend the Fourth
with relatives. "
Carpenters are busy working on
barns belonging to Arthur Sleeves
and Ed Engelke., 49,. ST..
Come all you FOUNDERS and cele-
brate the Fourth in grand style, for
it comes but once a year! -.
Mrs. Jen's father and sister, who
have visited her for over a week,
have returned to their home at Ma.
della. T.
At last the rain has come! The
sky wept few tears this week, 60 in
number, but we need more of these
tears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Reed OF
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OxBQW.

Miss Elsie Ericsson called on Myrtle
Carr last Friday.
Miss Alma Peterson is. spe ending a
few days with Mrs. Hosea Hunt.
Miss Emma Roadstrom spent a few
days with Mrs. Val Mott last week.
Mrs. Eric Lundgren and son,
Oscar, called at John Gates. on Sun
day. g..
Mrs. Carl Grapentine. and family
visited at the Gebert home on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Radeke and
daughter visited at David Wetter's
last Sunday.
Anna Chilstrom and Nina Levin
are spending few days at w. Annis'
during the straw berry season.
Mrs. VIM. Schmidt returned home
on Wednesday after few days. visit
with friends and relatives at Osseo.
Misses Anna Roadstrom and Sigma
Bengtson and Eric Pearson attended
services at the Swedish Lutheran
church last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Oelkers of
Zumbrota visited with the formers
brother and sister, William and EN-
ma Oelkers, few days last week.
Visitors at Henry Sleeves on Sun
day were Mrs. Geo. Carr and daugh-
ter, Myrtle, Emma Roadstrom, VIM.
Oelkers, Alfred Lawrence and Nina
Levin.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. Geo. Tomlinson last THURSDAY
but, owing to the busy season.: there
was not a very large attendance.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Fred Whitcomb on July II.
Hugo Grapentine has returned
home to spend few weeks with his
parents after an absence of four
years. His friend, Max Walker, &C.
companied him. They will probably
return to Michigan next week.
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SPENCER BROOK,

J. r. Medin went to Princeton on
business Tuesday.
John Bengston went to Cambridge
on business Monday.
Fred Foote and wife motored to
Princeton on Monday
The farmers in this neighborhood
are busy putting up their clover,
which is very good this year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
WEST SPENCER BROOK.

Charley Shearston is helping Gill
Clough break for few days.
Miss Gena Byl spent a few days
with Miss Ester Holman at the COL
Inns home.
Lyle Morton and Earl Thompson
were up from Bradford last Sunday
and spent the day at Morton's.
There was a dance at Geo. Pat
tens last Saturday night and many
attended from this side of the river.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
DALBO,

The Spring Vale team will play
Dalbo on July. IA.
Rev. Gustafson is assisting John
Olson to plant potatoes.
Oscar Newman and Hilder Blixt
were visiting in Spring Vale on
Saturday.
Elias Ockerlund came up from
Minneapolis on Saturday to spend
the Fourth. :,
Ole Swanson of Carmody- and
August Sigfridson of Wyanett were
visiting Erick Sohlin on Sunday.