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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31

speeches and wish bones in place of back
bone. The progressive is the man who
promises specific progressive legislation
and then keeps those promises.
Are you big enough to cast aside your
party shibboleths and consider men and
measures here in Vermontf Metzger
can't be elected, and if the contest goes
into the House you are again in the
power of the machine. Voters, take care
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

At Washington Washington I,
New York 2. Batteries -Groome
and Henry; Davis and Starrett.
At Detroit-St. Louis 5, Detroit
/. Decentralization and Alex
ander; Dubuc and Stanage.
At Boston Z, Philadel-
phia 4. Batteries Bedient, Hall
and Carrigsn; Coombs, Bender,
Houck and Lapp.
At Cleveland-Clevelan Z, Chi
cago 2. Batteries Blanding and
Caricsh; Douglass, Benz and
Schalk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31
cow GIVES 100
POUNDS Or MILK A DAY
Has Done This Every Day For Six
Months at State University
Farm at Davis, Col.

Woodland, Col, Aug. 81. Riverside
Sadie de Kol, Yoo county cow, is
the first in the world to average more
than 100 pounds of milk day for six
months. This announcement was made
iat the state university farm at Davis
Thursday.
For the first six months of the sec
ond years test. the cow yielded 49,
$50 pounds of milk. In 365 days, Ara!ia
dekel, her nearest rival, recently pro-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31
MOORE & OWENS
Bare's Leading Cothieu
I2z North Main Street Barre, Vermont Telephsns 66-I

of your best interests in Vermont next
Tuesday and cast your ballots for Howe,
the man who will do for Vermont what
La Toilette and Wilson and others have
done in your sister states.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31

The police declare they have no clue
to the identity of the persons who plant
ed the bomb.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

claimed the worlds champion cow has
yielded 2S,065 pounds of milk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb.
ruary ~, 1909 When he was about
years old his father moved to the
southwestern part Of Indiana. Here they
built a half face camp. 1t had no door
windows or floors. Lincoln went to the
rude A. B. C. schools. He was eager tc
learn and at night would throw
branches Of spruce wood on the fire tt
give him light. He did his figuring or
a wooden shovel with a charred stick
He read whatever he could lay his hands
on. among them Robinson Crusoe, his
tory Of the United States and the bible
He was elected president of the Unit
ed States in 1860 and signed the paper
that freed the negroes. He was shot by
John Wilkes Booth and died from the
wound. He is considered the greatest
Of Americans that ever lived.
Mary Olive Bates,
Bloomfield, Iowa.
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MANILA

The city Of Manila is the largest city
on the Philippine Islands. 1t has now
about 221,000 people. OF these, about
10000 are Chinese.
The city was founded in 1871 by q
Spanish sailor.
Manual has wall around it with a
cannon on the top. 1t has narrow
streets. It's buildings are very old and
pretty. 1t has many beautiful churches
and one great cathedral. Outside the
walls the 11arbor Is the Lunetta with
wide green lawns, nice flower beds and
hard smooth roads.
On pleasant evenings while the band
plays many soldiers, sailors and Flip
mos walk idly aobut. ..
If 1t plays the Star Spangled Ban
ner" every American takes off his hat
When it plays Home, Sweet Home
many are sad.
Manila was taken from the Spain
ards by Admiral Dewey Of the U. S. N
May 81, 1898.
David Hammond, age S,
Abba, Iowa.
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The Buckuheat

If you pass through a field of buck
wheat after a storm, you will see that
it looks burned. 1t is as black as il
fire had passed over it. The farmer
would tell you that the lightning ha6
done It.
| But how could the lightning do it:
This is the story that the sparrow
told me. The sparrow heard the story
from an old willow tree, which grew
, close to field OF buckwheat.
The willow tree is tall and stately
| but at the same time it is old ant
wrinkled. It's trunk is split from tor
to bottom. Grass and weeds are grow
| ing out Of it. The tree bends for
ward, and it's slender branches hang
almost to the ground.
In the fields round about the willow
tree, several kinds of grain were grow
ing-rye, wheat, and oats-the beauti
full oats, with large yellow heads. The
harvest was plentiful. The larger the
oats grew, the lower they bent theil
heads in pious humility.
| But there was also a field of buck
wheat lying very near the old willow
tree. The buckwheat did not bow Its
head like the oats but stood very stiff
and proud.
II am quite as rich as the wheat,
he boosted, "and besides, I am much
more handsome My flowers are as
pretty as apple blossoms. 1t is g
treat to look at me and my companions
Do you know anything, old willow
tree more beautiful than we are?"
Tho ri1INur %rna rnJIa1 ;%1 bao5 &C
If to say, Eyes, indeed I do" But the
buckwheat was puffed up with pride
"The stupid old tree!" he muttered
''This willow Is so old that grass is
growing out of his body"
Soon afterwards there came q
dreadful storm All the flowers OF the
field folded their leaves and bent their
heads while the storm passed over
them. The buckwheat. however, in
his pride stood straight, refusing to
bend.
Bend your head as we do said the
flowers.
There is no need Of my doing, that, u
replied the buckwheat.
"Bow your head as we do" said the
corn. 1.-THE angel Of storms comes
flying over us. His strong winds reach
from the clouds to the earth. He will
strike you down before you have time
to think"
mo. will not bow myself down, -
said the buckwheat.
'No!" cried the buckwheat. 81 will
look right into the very lightning"
And in his pride he did gaze upon the
without shrinking. The fash
was so bright that it seemed as if the
whole world was on fire. But the
bowed heads did not look up.
Soon the tempest was over, and the
flowers and the corn were greatly re-
freshed by the rain. They raised their
heads again. How sweet it was to
breathe the pure air! But the buck
wheat had been burned as black as a
coal He stood there on the field,
broken, dead, and useless. All his
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Stories and Letters.
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

The wagon was heavily loaded with
bars of iron. 1t was too heavy for a
single horse to draw. The patient crea-
ture had strained and tugged until he
succeeded in reaching the top Of the
hill. Now he must back the heavy load
in at the open door of the barn.
Back, Jim. back" cried the driver,
pulling lightly at the reins.
The horse braced his fore feet and
pushed but the wagon did not move.
The man got down from the seat, went
to the back Of the truck and pulled.
"Back." he cried. The horse strained
every muscle
Back" cried the driver again. The
wagon moved this time at least foot.
Once more the driver pulled and the
horse pushed together. "Back!" With
the last command the horse pushed
with all it's might. There was a sound
of splinterng wood and the wagon
rolled back. Not a blow had been
struck. Only gentle words had been
spoken and the horse had done the
rest. The man went to the horses head,
took his nose in his hands, patted him
between the eyes and said:
Good old Jim! You did 1t, didn't
you? knew you would
The horse rubbed his head against
the mans cheek as if to say just
kind words. ....
A person should always be kind to
dumb animals, for they do lot for us.
A horse should be given. the best of
care He should be watered three times
a day, fed three times a day and he
should be curried and brushed every
day We should never whip horse or
abuse them. -.....,-,
I have seen many poor horses whip
ped when they were sick and not able
to work. Also when man has horse
several weeks and takes care Of the
horn, very much the horse soon gets
used ~ his voice. Once a horse was
drawi\ load Of gravel along city
street g. -. The pavement was slippery
and at tie bottom of hill horse and
wagon stopped. The driver scolded and
shouted. The horse became frightened
and began to plunge wildly from side
to side. That made the driver still more
angry and his voice rose higher and
louder. A crowd gathered. The boys in
the street hooted. The poor animal be-
came more and more nervous, until it
really seemed that he never would be
able to draw the load UP the hill. Sud-
denly a woman stepped out from a
crowd. Asking the horses name she
talked quietly to him for minute then
she took hold Of the bride and said.
Come Jack" The horse gave one long
strong pull and the loaded wagon
started forward. It was not the mans
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12

pride was gone.
The old willow tree waved its
branches to and fro in the wind. Large
drops Of water fell from the green
leaves, as though the tree wept.
why do you weep?" the sparrows
seemed to ask. 1T is so beautiful
here See how the sun shines. how
the clouds pass over the clear sky.
how sweet the flowers are! Why do
you weep, then, old willow tree?'
The willow tree told Of the buck
wheat's pride and of the punishment
it had received. He seemed very
sorry for the foolish buckwheat.
l, who tell this story, heard it from
the sparrows. They told it to me one
evening when I had asked them for a
tale.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
ANOTHER MINNEAPOLIS JUNIOR

Dear Editor: As have never writ
ten to the Courier Junior I thought
that would write.
| We have taken the Courier since
we lived at Bidwell, Iowa, seven years
ago.
! My brothers name is Ray. He is
twelve years old. He spent his vaca-
ton this summer visiting relatives
near Ottumwa.
We go to the Emerson school.
am in AS grade and Ray is in the B7
grade.
go to the Friends Sunday school
and Ray goes to the ST. Mark Episc0-
pal Sunday school.
Ny cousin, Vic Crabill, lives here
and teaches music. am taking piano
lessons of her. I am studying second
grade music.
Ny pet dogs name is Nip. He is
very cute He can sit up and stand up.
had a little kitten but it ran away.
I have lots of dolls. have four
baby dolls, two big dolls and one boy
doll. 1t is lots Of fun to play with
dolls. l love to play with them.
will be eleven years old on October
9th.
Perhaps I will write again this fall.
Madge Edith Parker, age TO-
118 E. 18th ST., Minneapolis, MINI.
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what these fields are called7 Wait TIL
can think: oh, 1t Is 'Umbellularta.'
Never mind that" said Bob, TN
patient with too much information In
his amusement.
"But 1t IS beautiful little forest
though the stalks look 80 delicate
waving their little lights, and It is q
live forest and living lights. Above II
are other forms Of life, weird fishes
emitting more light from their bodies
Here Is one that looks as If he were
made Of black silk velvet and he has
two large lights in his head-one is
golden, the other is green"
Natures headlights" commented
Bob, "only we don't know whether she
means danger or go ahead Wen
go ahead; and what comes next, Mel
lie?" s~
Under our feet are the strangest
forms all blazing with hight. Some of
them know are crabs and some are
sea-fans; the others I have forgotten.
I'll read more carefully when I reach
land again. They emit gold and green
and lilac colored light and even the
mud beneath our feet CLEANS with it's
own light. We used to think that in
the deep sea Il rs always night"
Yes, I know" cried Bob, "but don't
these wonderful creatures have any
scraps?"
For shame, Bob! Slang and fight!
Some Of the fishes are all mouth their
jaws ffxed to The skull by hinges so
they cAn swallow everything that
comes. That ought to satisfy even
ues,f ~ $h4N@ &c nj
fare down here. Oh, here Is queer
fish, who Is made of India rubber,
think. for he draws himself easily over
fish five times his size. He has a long
name, but shall call him the glove
fish,. Then here are strange sharks
that look something like snakes or
cells, and they are always at war with
the others. don't like war in the sea
or out Of It, Come, let us go home,
Bob!"
'''Oh, not yet" pleaded the boy.
Don't you see any jolly jelly-fishes?"
yes; now we are coming up we
find them, and other jelly-like forms,
In the middle depths. You know they
live in the open water, but they come
down here, perhaps, on foraging ex'
petitions. You will approve Of them
for they have immense mouths and
long feelers with which they capture
the unwary creatures that come in
their way. Their bodies are shaped
like an umbrella, and one has been
seen off Nahant which measured six
feet across. Down here the different
branches Of the family emit different
colored lights. do not like them and
am going home"
Emily opened her eyes and drew a
long breath, for she was really tired
with the double effort of memory and
imagination.
WELL" sighed Bob, that was a jol-
ly walk, and my leg didn't give one
twinge of pain through the whole OF
it. Come again, Nellie, and let US go
somewhere else"
And Emily said she would.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
WANT LETTERS.

We are so anxious for the Juniors,
both big and little, to become better
letter writer's. We have many interest
Ing letter but we always want more
It is q great accomplishment to write
q good letter. Our young Juniors
write better letters than the old ones.
When we say better, we mean espec-
Tally, more original ones. We wish the
juniors would devote the next ten
days to letter writing contest. We
will let them select their own prizes.
OF course the prizes must not be too
expensive.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12

Dear Junior: ..-....
I am going to write about my cats.
I have two cats. They are both black
with white spots under their chins. !
like them very much. My grandma
gave me one of them. One Of them went
with me after the cows one night.
They both go with me nearly every
place I go around home The first one ]
got ran away down in the corn field
and I ran after it but did not catch it.
So went back up to the house.
After two or three days it came back
up to the house and gave it some milk
to drink.
The next one I got was the one got
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
SHEEP.

The sheep Is small animal. Some
are white, some are black and some
are spotted.
The thick soft growth on the skin
of sheep is called wool. In the sum-
mer the wool would fall off but in
April or May men cut it off and sell 1T.
Sometimes people call wool fleecers.
The f1eeces are cleaned and sent to a
factory and spur into thread and the
thread is woven into WOODEN cloth.
Wool Is obtained from other ami
mails but the sheep furnishes the
greater part of which is used in max
ing clothing.
Young sheep are called lambs Sheep
are raised in nearly all parts of the
world. Ohio is noted for the wool it
produces:
.. Gladys Jones.
Blakesburg, a., r. F. D. No. 3.
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DoRoTHY's PONY "cHlckADEE."

Dear Editor:-I am a little girl four
years old and have never written to
the Courier Junior before. l haven't
learned to write yet so I had to ask
some one to write for me.
I have a pony called Chickadee. l
like to ride him. ..
I have several brothers and sisters
and we have good times when they
are all home. s.@
Sometimes I go to Highland Center
and visit my sister that lives there.
My sisters, Nettie and Ef1e and my.
self have post card albums and would
like to receive some cards.
Dorothy E. Miller, Age 4.
Ottumwa Route No. I, Box 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
LErHA WILL HAVE A DOLL TOO,

Dear Editor:
I thought I would write story on
dolls I think dolls are the incest play
things a girl can have. My little brother
likes to play with dolls too. We have
three dolls. Their names are Grace,
Helen and Alice. We have little dishes
and we play and have doll parties.
can make dresses and quilts for them
I got a doll and doll go-cart last
Christmas. The doll had a white dress
on thought it was very nice.
I don't get much time to play with
my dolls now for I go to school every
day. I would like to receive one of
the Courier Junior dolls.
Letha Ornduff, age 7,
Batavia, Ia, r. No. l.
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Still SEND POST CARDS.

We want the Juniors to continue
to.wrfte letters to the Juniors and to
each other through the Junior page.
We have some splendid stories today.
we WIN send out post cards to all the
writer's whenever their letters or stor.
les appear.
Short stories on the following sub.
1ects will also entitle the writer to
beautiful post cards:
A BIRTHDAY PARTY. (ReaI OF
Imaginary
A kuT1fNG PARTY.
ny PETS.
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sHEEP.

Dear Editor:
Last year had pet lamb. Its name
was Minnie. Grandpa gave the lamb 70
me to raise. fed her new milk and she
grew very large. She was a Shropshire
breed and she had a very specified race:
We have 28 ewes. They are all run
blood Shropshtres. We think that they
are the best sheep. The best winter
feed for sheep ia fodder or clover nay
and little oats, plenty OF good shelter
and feed and they will come out IN the
spring all right.
Beulah Van Dyke. age 3,
Richland. Iowa. r. NO. !.
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DUPHEN WANTS FRIENDS TO
WRITE.

Dear Editor:
l will write to the Junior page once
more. l go to school. I am in the 7th
grade. My studies are reading, history,
arithmetic, physiology, grammar, writ
ing, geography and spelling. My teach
cr's name is Frank Stewart like to go
to school. I have not been tardy or abb
sent this term. 1 live one mile and a
half from school. Our school begins the
second of September. .E -.
Duphen Wilson. age IL,
Batavia, Iowa.
P. S. would like to correspond with
some of the Juniors through the Junior
page.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-12
JOHNS LETTER FOUND IN OLD
BOOK.

Dear Editor:
I thought I would write a letter to
the Junior from my new home. A large
steamboat canal runs through the
town. 1t separates the town into two
parts as the Des Moines river does.
There are two swinging bridges across
the canal. I am about fourteen miles
from Niagara Falls. The Dain manu-
featuring plant Is two and one-half
miles out of Welland. It is connected
with the town by trolley car and the
Grand Trunk railway
Forty passenger trains pass through
here day. There are three show
houses in town, all having vaudeville
and moving pictures.
l am a Daily Courier Junior and
would like to hear from some Of the
Juniors.
John L. Wilson. age 10,
Welland, Ontario, Canada, Box 64S,
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ONCE HAD 8 PET RABBITS AT
ROLLO'S HOME.
Dear Editor

Dear Editor:
once before. have always lived in the
country since l was year old.
was born in Ottumwa on the 9th of
May 1907 like the country for have
many places to play and lots Of little
birds to hear sing and l can hunt rab-
bits. We had, eight little pet rabbits one
summer. They ate clover and drank
milk. Our cat never tried to catch
them.
I was over to my aunt's last week. I
went on the street car and our old dog
Rover followed the car clear to the end
of Ward street car line and then fol-
lowed it back in the evening. Isn't he
a great dog?
Rollo Dunning, age 9,
Ottumwa Ia, Riverview P. o.
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tNrTEp STATES AND SOME o.
Her tNSULAR POSSESSIONS.

Aa.the contest announced last WeeF
does not close until Monday we Will
RIM the rules and subjects once more
Fore q new contest we want the Jun
tors tn write on one of the subjects
given below or include them all IN one
subject "The United States and some
of her insular possessions" The sep
arate subjects follow:
THE PHILIPPINES.
PORTO RICO.
WAKE AND OTHER SMALL Is
LANDS.
HAWAII.
We want the Juniors to give all the
historical features; when these pos.
sessions were coded to the United
STATES and other interesting matter
This contest is open to all Juniors
under fourteen years of age
We are glad to publish stories or let
ters from Juniors over IA. but we can
not include them among the prize win
ners. This contest will close, Monday,
October IA, and the contestants can Sc
lect their prizes from among the fol
lowing articles, a basket, book, work
basket. music roll with piece Of Sc
lected music, stamped sofa pillow.
Boys can select their own prizes.
In today's paper we have an ex-
cellent story on Kindness to Animals
BY Georgia Brown. We wish
more of the older Juniors would send
In their work. We will always be glad
to publish their stories.
The winners in the post card album
stories will be announced next week.
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A man gees riding by.
Late at night, when the fires are out,
Why does he galop and gallop about?
Whenever the trees are crying aloud,
And ships are tossed at sea,
BY, on the highway, low and loud,
BY at the gallop goes he.
BY at the gallop he goes, and then
BY he comes back at the gallop again.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
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WE WISH LILLY WOULD WRITE 4
SKETCH

Dear Editor and Juniors: The first
thing have got to do is to thank the
editor for my prize, book which is
certainly good. The name of it is
Seven Maids" Where l am reading,
the reader is left to wonder. If 1t didn't
take so many words, might make a
brief sketch of the story. but it takes
too many words. The book Is the SEQ
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ond prize that have received. I al
greatly satisfied with my prize.

greatly satisfied with my prize.
! saw three Courier Junior pieces 4
Saturday nights Courier I wasn't 81
pecting them there, since tho CouriQ
Junior pieces are always IN on Thurs
days.
My last post card had the picture d
the ByWard Gate from the inside d
the Tower of London. It looks -athad
interesting. There are three guards. 4
lady with little girl and boy are loon
ing around. The guards wear caped
reaching to the knees.
Another interesting card received
had the picture of q young farm0
coming from his work In the fields
His wife meets him at the gate. 4
little dog with brown ears also is oua
to greet the horses. One horse q
brown, and the other is white. Il
looks as though the dog and the brown
horse are great friends.
The farmer lives in a matched cot
tage Away back in the distance arr
the dark steeples silhouetted against
the sunset sky. It reminds me Of the
silhouette drawings we made ID
school. This picture looks as II there
was story to It.
We were going to have celebration
in school tomorrow, Monday, II thu
football team beat West Des Moines
but they didn't win, so l don't expect
they'll have it.
Thanking you for my prize and card
I remain,
A Junior,
Lilly Dahlen, aged IA.
407 Grant St., Ottumwa, Iowa,
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published oy
THE COURIER PRiNTlNG co.
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA OEveREAUx,
EDITOR.
WRITE STORIES ON PICTURE,

Dear Juniors: Near the center OF
the page today is picture of a Junior
boy making a Jack-o-lanter for hollow
ian. We want all the Juniors to write
a story about this boy. The writer OF
the best story will be awarded splen.
did halloween gift. This contest
opens today and closes Monday, Oct
81. Next week we will announce some
subjects for q halloween contest.
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WYOMING JUNIOR WRITES LET
TER.

Dear Editor:
I received your card some time ago,
and thank you ever so much.
~ Our school has not started YET put
within three weeks. I am twelve years
old and in the seventh grade. my
brother is fourteen and in the 9TH grace.
IHe\ has been working out the past
summer.
Veonne Williams, age IL,
Douglas, Wyo. Box SIT.