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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17
Notice to Contractors.
State Highway Department.

SIdCt dIBHWdy department.
Columbus. Ohio, october l2. 1912.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
office of the County Commissioners of High
land County, Hillsboro, Ohio until two
O'Clock p. IN. November g 1912 for grading
and paving with a waterbound macadam
The Belfast-Fairfax Road, State Highway
&C." Pet. 455, in Jackson Twp, Highland
County. Length 1920 it or / so miles, width
o pavement 10 IT. Estimated cost of con-
struction S678, 90. A draft or certified check
for $500 90 shall be deposited with each bid.
The successful bidder will be required to
give bond for an amount equal to the con-
tract price Date set for completion Aug
ust l. 1918.
Pla ms and specifications are on file in the
office of the County Commissioners and the
State Highway department
The State Highway Commissioner reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
JAMES r MARKER,
State Highway Commissioner,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

81 want to sue him for defamation
of character. He called nae crook"
sThat doesn't mean anything these
days,n said the lawyer. - wouldn't
Get excited over a little thing like
that. -Pittsburg Post.
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Sheriff's Sale.

Gilbert P. Pitzer VS.. George Hays ct al.
Highland County Court of Common Pleas.
Case No. seie.
ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN.
PARTITION.
In pursuance of an oroer issued from the
Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Highland and State of Ohio, made
at the October term thereof A. D. 1912, and
to me directed, will offer for sale at Public
Auction, at the door OF the Court House, in
Hillsboro, in the County of Highland, and
State of Ohio on
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

ArtistZI think I've got a good joke
this rime, whatf
The Editor-You're right. 1t is a
good joke-I always laugh at this one
before / reject 1t; done 1t for years
Sketch.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

s BIobbs-Does Longbow ever tell the
truth
Slobbs-Well, caught him In the
truth once, but he tried to lie out OF
it.-Philadelphia Record.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

In one year 4472 hours OF sunshine.
are possible, but there are not many
places where the maximum is'experi-
enced.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

"HaVelyou noticedthe astonishtngly
mussy way in which Mrs.. Delaney
Browne dresses her hair ~
"Mussya Why that's the Marie
Antoinette. -
"Is2 No wonder they cut off her
head. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

!, The barking of a dog is the last
sound which the balloonist hears from
the earth, and under favorable circum-
stances, this noise has been heard at
an elevation OF about four miles.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

Wireless apparatus which has work
ed successfully from heights OF 1000
feet has been perfected by a French
aviator.
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sherIff's Sale.

A, L. Vaughn VS., M. d. Stewart ct al, High.
land Court of Common Pleas. Case No.
ORDER OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROP r.
ERTY IN EXECU UTION.
In pursuance of an order issued from the
court OF Common Pleas within and for the
County or Highland and State of Ohio made
at the october term thereof A. d. 1912, and
70 me directed, will offer for sale at Public
Auction, at the door of the Court House, in
LIBERTY township, Highland County, State of
Ohio on
Monday, October 1S,
at O'Clock p. m. Of said day the following
described Personal Property. to-wit;
One Bay MareH years old.
One Peabody Buggy, rubber tire
One set of Buggy Harness.
One Robe.
One Horse Blanket,
Taken as the property OF defendant, John
Stewart on execution in favor of plaintiff in
above entitled cause.
Terms of Sale-Cash.
CAREY LONG,
Sheriff of Highland County, Ohio
GEO. L. GARRETT, Attorney. adv
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

McStab-Miss Jerolomon, do you-zer
think your father would care II |
called you Minnie?
Lovely Girl Certainly not he calls
me that himself Chicago Tribune.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

He-Does a woman when she's mar
ried expect her husband to tell her his
business affairs ?
She-I don't know but woman
expects man to talk business when
he's courting her.-Boston Transcript.
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FORT HILL.

kE'sE October IA, 1912.
Chester Rhoads and wife and Miss
Grace Williams were the guests of
James Roads and family of near Sink
ing Spring, Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Havens, of Good Hope,
is the guest Of her son, ]. P. Havens
and family.
Fred Rhoads and family spent Sun
day with Joseph Deardoff and fam
lily.
Miss Blanche Havens and Eva
Cartwright spent Sunday with Miss
Attic Burns, Of near Byington.
Minnie Skeens spent Tuesday night
with her grandmother, Mrs. James
Puckett. of near Sinking Spring.
Misses Jane and Grace Havens and
George and Alma Countryman called
on II. V. Matthews and wife Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Stults spent
Sunday with VIM. Staley and wife.
o. W. McLaren and wife and Alva
Easter and wife, of near Samantha,
spent Sunday with Joseph West and
family.
j. L. Reed and wife spent Thurs
day night with their son, Manlove,
of near Sinking Spring.
Mrs. Maud Matthews called on
Mrs. Carl.Phillips, of Sinking Spring,
Saturday afternoon.
James Deardoff and Miss Attic
Burns spent Thursday night the guest
of the formers uncle, Will Caplinger,
and wife at New Petersburg.
Ray Washburn and wife, ARA and
Fay Washburn and lady friends, OF
near Rainsboro, were visitors at the
home of 1. W. Stults and wife Sun
day.
Mrs. Matte Rhoads Is very poorly.
d. S. Matthews, of Greenfield, is
the guest of his son, Ell. V. Matthews
Bessie Turner called on Mrs. Anna
Deardoff Friday afternoon.
George Burns, of Collision, ILL.,, IL
visiting relatives here.
Lawrence Kessler and wife call ,e
on relatives at Sinking Spring Sun
day.
George Countryman will leave sat
urday for Middletown to visit hi
parents.
f. M. Kelley and family, of Hills
boro, spent Sunday at Butler Springs
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The man whoiwishes to get to the
front must notspend too much time
turning to see what the men back OF
him are doing. Chicago Record-Her-
aid
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

The mechanism and drivers seat In
a new German war aeroplane are sur
rounded by an armored cylinder, proof
against bullett.
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Peoples
Column
FOR SALE.

Huber Engine for sale or trade.
(tf) o. G. BoBB.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

For Rent-6 room frame house, CEN
trally located, modern improvements.
Call Home Phone No 152 or 2e4.
adv (tf)
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-10-17

Ii you want polled Jersey bull,
Short Horn bull, a Shropshire ram or
PolandiChina boar, call Foster Fl.
e. Bell, Marshall, o. (tf) adv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
Observation-Disclosures

IS pages 22S illustrations. All attractions and A
the leading hotels described with rates. city
maps, etc. Send &c stamp for mailing free copy. d
Atlantic City Free Information bureau
hzzs Il. .. BoT SO5. Atlantic City. ~. j rzuE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
GOOD FARMING IN
south ALBEMARLE
Fine Harvests of Wheat and
Clover on the Outskirts of
Scottsville.

DR.. Joseph P. Blair. clerk OF tho town
rouncii Of scettsvile ana secretary Of
the sccttsyiMe Beard Of Trade. sends
me SEINE cheering pictures which arr
given in this issue Of the Industrial
Section.
DR.. Disir writes me that he has sent
che pictures 3ust 60 let the Industrial
seotien and aii the balance Of the world
know tibet ihe good section Of Abe
innrle county that claims seotisville as
.ts capital is holding It's own In the
Agricultural tine. Well Judging from
the pictures, which speak for them
solves. from what have recently seen.
and from the csr wiudor IS I passed
along on tho Cheaeapoa&s. and ohio
Railway. and from wha: Dr Blair
wrltss mo. would say that Belle
Haven" and "aountain View aud tho
o;hor good farms near soo,tsyilio ~
old A.bemGris ana ncross tho rlvoT In
buckingham and Nelson counties und
or TO the side IN 1iUvenma are this
year nero than holding their own.
They aso making nov record anil
that. Suspect. = largely because such
up4;o-dato farmers as Captain John L.
Pitts II Aibemlr!e. And Captain caas
SneGd. IN lluvannu, and hunoFed
others I might name along the upper
james. are just spreading themselves
and pushing twentieth century Farm
INK methods to the limit; Talk about
poor land In Virginia: why, there is
none. The trouble that hampcred US
in the years gone by was poor Farm
ing. not poor land. The land is all
right and the farming methods are
getting al right and that is the graf
flying fact which the cheering pic
lures Dr.. Blair has sent me set forth
better than a column o: reading matter
could do.
Dr. Blair writes me that the pictures
were taken a; the proper time from
the Belle Haven and Mountain View
farms. owned ana operated by Captain
John l. Pitts and similar pieturs could
have been nude from not less than
dozen farms Within shouting distance
Of scousvi..e on both Sides OF the
James River
These two farms owned and scion
tinoally operated by Captain Pitts are
Just on the bordc- of the corporate
limits OF The good little town OF SCOTS
VILE.
But let Dr. Biairs letter explain the
pictures, the picture of the clover
patch Arst: He says
This neld contains 30 acres and
more than eco tons were cut from It.
I; was given up 10 be one OF the
finest and most uniform fields Of clo-
Yer ever seen IN Virginia. From the,
wheat field 1.-TWO pictures OF which
am sendlng) 50 bushels to the acre
were harvested Captain Pitts am
sure, Will give any information desired
In regard 10 his manner OF success
ful cultivation. etc.
Certainly he viii know Captain
Pitts and know him to be not only Z
good farmer ANA "a fine business m IN.
hu, also patriot. and 1T Is certain that
lie IS ready al any moment to help
any young farmer in OLD Virginia. by
showing him just how he can mike
several spriEs of clover grow where
only one grew before. and how 81
bushels OF wheat can be brought cat
OF an acre that once brought forth not
tho half OF It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
No OBJECTIONST
BUILDING hRllGE:
(COntlnuc! frUm t'Iist PugcJ

l.
I-..1 ,..-.-.---.--,
N"'ei ana sfN'i pipes ia'd anu
houses built here w..l have all the
advantages OF uD-to-date civ gnnrova-
ments
~
'su"or funp company OF kicn'
mond, has been awarded the contract
for Installing a 10000 gallon water
,ou..r 49,
,,.
Bills for the erection 81 public Fed.
cral building for West POINT. 10 cos,
sbOooo have hc.,, t,tro,4,,..., M A,A
80 ''' an" '"e HOUSE Dy senator
swanson and Congressman Lamb, re-
spectiveiy
Anon IN. many ,-r,,.s,s ,oo,,,,
'''
-o' III eS'h'eils TINS week are j. j.
O'Connor. OF Chicago. \. Vi Campbell
interested iu r.,l estate D., ,,ior,d,.
II . ra,t.... .
.r ""' 's
N"! rs ar. moore capitalist,
va ~" hoIN' 4'oh'hs LOT investment
M"o ""l Dc "e.A IN inc near future.
re, ME. ana Mrs CROSBY thompson
am In Niashey TOOK "Trip TO Urban
ia wh.'e ne was mere.
I" 'rosudNs' agent Tor the Farm
10 -. ny mas sh4pped IN the last
.ew Gays = toO barrels 81 IRISH potato:s
TO Cleveland and Detroit. most of them
ifish coDole.s
Vueh'it''S Oh trout and perch nave
ot'i SviI ''.s week on the street
''i 80 ''NN'"7' just l. ON me Aoih
NV ms. are great quantities OF
runs "'so SH'pned and Tor sale on the
H'"ohE the worst needs and certain
'"o most iNille'iiate need, OF West
o."' 5"St "t 'iia point and period OF
,!ne, is q h'''i or several hotels. Tho
No''is .''i 'fe mere "re hrSt-class
",'u ia "'nn .es poets Hp-io-dAte' but
Ivy 60 "'l'' ll OF inc lme. winter
",'u ople sometimes come
'''N 10 i''"i a." over Town TO get
'tH"s rN' t."o"atioH nero IS a
l"ini'N IN Baltimore, a man. his Wife
no W 90 'lt's VINO Is wiling 10
any Pt1r lN reason lot month $
~ .''hi'S VINO mas "au 10
~, go Ny'Ns ior ms partner
-" ''.H AMY 20 ~ '"' oush
o"'"'P Gown "eIe' SO '""t
tneN can nave A.s rooms. These men
-, -, ".'.'t Jay" 'hd business mere ana
49," ''s 'l' "s '"Fal "o'dhtases' hne
90 H''- est artes''h water IN
49,. -. 20. n'E"'s ue4'sh'ir ~
S,ssN'a most OF tho tune fishins. crab
ping. sailing and other advantages.
80 t.' - Spehn their vacation III west
,.ho p1H
-, ''N Co'nPahN' or som
's"Son' -" III not to open the park
~, |"n '"e e''l'h"' '"e la.s
=" 'Ne place Is closed 4"e
49, ~. up me ehti'e D'ach' Is
l,oan go. lehman lhSti uc'cd 20
,,.ri, Inc P'""y rom me peach. ne
,o,yr UNI on the streets the
IN" nr,,aYe,,o ""G 'aMp@yers nave not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04

date last year and a ton-year average,
Of SO per cent
The Acreage
The Crop Reporter estimates that
Nentucky had 1920 acres in tobacco
On 'uiy l. Estimates OF the acreage in
me states named are as follows:
Virginia, $4,000 acres; West v.r-
Sinia. 1880. Tennessee. $4,000: Ohio
$1,000; Indiana. 1890. Missouri, 6 oo0
Illinois, 500. The acreage for the whola
continental United States is 1881, 200.
1T VIII thus be seen that Kentucky's
area set to tobacco is considerably
more than onc-third of the total acre
age for the United States NeNt 10
kentncky aud Virginia in acreage is
North Carolina. with $4,000 acres.
crop conditions in all OF tile big to-
nacco growing States on July were
much better than on the same date last
year. II seems absolutely certain that
the production Will exceed that Of 1911.
and the outlook for a bumper crop Is
not unfavoraoie. though previous csti-..
mates have indicated that tho yield OF
1910. the banner tobacco year. would
not be reached.
The hurley Pool Of 1909.
From the Maysville. Ky. Bulletin l
learn that tho executive board Of the
$500 -Nf A'Af4Nt' s7'i.'N4 lltS announced
that thc last OF tho tobacco la the 1909
pool has been SOLD and that the dis,ri-
button Of the remaining PROCEEDS Of the
pool among tile growers who we're
members viii be begun as soon as the
money has all been collected and tho
individual shares of each member fig
Gred cut.
1t is considered probable that checks
20 tho members OF the pool VII bee sent
out the hitter part % this month or
carly IN September
The total amount of tcnacco in tho
pool Appropriated loe.oOo.ooo pounds.
and 1t was sold from S cents poun"
up. The average price has ~; ret been
announced by tho society.
The sales of tho tobacco have been
In progress for more than two years
and We're made both privately and on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04

date last year and a ten-year average
Of So per cent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
EGG SHELLS.
Stone Which Builders Rejected May BE.
como The !IeaL of illc Lnrncr
VIRGINIA.

stone Which Builders Rejected May Be
come the Head OF the Corner
Paris correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Times is responsible ,or the following in
dustria Item
Eat esg she'll Thov away the yolk II
need be and spill ou, tho white II YOU VIII.
but cat the shell Then you Will be honithy
and happy and live 20 see your srandchii-
drens children
Such IS the earncst adyiee given b. Profs
Emmerlch and Loewo. o, Germany. and
published widely hero. The words cat egg
shells" must NOT be taken too literally. The
learned professors have prepared LIQUID
they call the chloride OK css shells So.
perhaps. their advice should be worded;
Drink csE shells"
These learned men assert that esE sheils.
taken In proper form. lenghten human VI
furious baciii. nou-'sh the brain. strength
en- the heart prevent Inflammation and
lend courage and energy 10 tho human be-
Ing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
,rore Morl. ut RonnoIte Rapids.

Weldon. y c. August a.-The Rosemary
Manufacturing Company. Roanoke Rapids,
wiz phil "a siNty-foot extension 10 ltS
weave snsd 40 MIN to provide space
COR additional! looms II Is AFRO adcins cards
and spirdics IA No. . mill, and VIII huild
q ,AcNiCo-foot structure for additional shop
and suppiy-room facilities. This company
Is also eons!dcrns the erection OF another
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
YOUTH HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
Woman Customer 10 Much Pleased
Over Concession she Won From
Young CIerk.

Miss Ellis, descending the steps Of
Bennett & Bucks hardware store. met
Mrs. Lane going up. What they got?"
Mrs. Lane demanded in a tone that
said, Nothing much, I guess!"
II didn't look around" replied Miss
Ellis. II knew what I wanted" hold
ing out an ungainly bundle. land got
it-a hand bellows for my fireplace.
I went in. and Mary Bakers third
no fourth-boy came right up to me
and asked what he could show me-.
told him hand bellowses. He
brought some up and said they were
a dollar.
cts that the best you can dor I ask.
cd him.
1.-THE very best he says, but I'll
tell you what II do, Miss Ellis he
says. You don't look a very strong
lady, and I'll fll 1t with wind for
ye.'
''1f you want concessions" conclud-
cd Miss Ellis, II recommend ye to
that boy."-Youth's Companion.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
THEIR SINGING HARD LABOR
People Of Star Island, Says Celia
Thaxter, Grind Out Sounds With
Tremendous ExertIon. 1S

Among people Of average musical
ability there is less singing than there
used to be. Nearly everybody enjoys
singing, and there was q time when
nearly everybody was expected, on oc-
casion. to sing. But from different
causes-a more eIacting standard, the
rivalry Of the phonograph, and other
reasons-amateur singers are, fewer
than they were. II IL q matter for re.
gret from one point of view. and from
another for rejoicing.
In recently published letter, Celia
Thaxter tells how some Of the Star
Island folks during her long residence
at the Isles Of Shoals. used 70 sing.
Their singing" she declared, was
truly astonishing. indeed. fmight say,
excrucisting. They go at Il precissly
as II they were saving wood, and
grind out the sounds with such exer-
ton that their facet become crimson
and the perspiration stands in bsads
On their foreheads."-Youth's Compan.
ion.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
HE PLANNED HIS OWN DEATH
How Sir WiiIIan HanIford 500 Yeara
Ago Evaded Law Against Com
mlttlng Suicide.

Suicides often adopt ingenious
methods, but the art Of the felo de SO
seems not to have advanced material
ly during the centuries. The modern
case Of a heavily insured broker who
on feigned hunting trip stood bare
legged in a quagmire for hours and
wilfully contracted fatal pneumonia
is matched in cleverness by one 500
years old.
The following facts are we'll vouched
for, and indeed were never ques-
toned, says the Green Bag. Sir Will
liam Hankford, Judge Of the kings
bench In the reigns Of Edward III,
Henry w. Henry v and Henry vi.
and at the time of his death chief
justice Of England. was man OF
melancholy temperament.
He seems to have contemplated
life and during his later years the
idea became a fixed purpose. The
act was of peculiarly serious conse-
quences in those days for the reason
that the law treated 1t as capital
crime. The offender was buried at
the cross roads, with stake driven
through his body. and all his goods
and property were forfeited to tho
crown. to the utter ruin Of his family.
Hankford made good use Of his
wits and succeeded In accoxplishfhg
his purpose without incurrfhL 81 yfer
unpleasant penalty. He gave open
instructions to his gamekeeper, who
had been troubled with poachers in
the deer preserve, to challenge all
trespassers in the future and to shoot
to kill If they would not stand and
give an account.
One dark night he purposely
crossed the keepers path. and upon
challenge made motions Of resistance
and escape. The faithful servant,
failing to recognize his master, fol.
lowed instruction to the letter, as
was expected of him, and Sir William
fell dead In his tracks The whole
truth Of the affair was common
knowledge, but 1t was impossible to
establish a case of suicide by legal
proof. The servant was protected by
his instructions. Hankford had hon.
orable burial and his estate passed
to those whose interests as heirs he
had 80 wisely considered.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10

Kellytown, S. c.
1.-THE Menu Ease shoes I bought from YOU
will last me twice as long as any shoe have
ever worn, and Is the softest and most com.
Portable shoe I have ever seem"
HENRY KELLY.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
Arabla's Laughing Plant.

The laughing plant is not a flower
that laughs, but one that creates
laughter. II tho printed accounts Of
travellers can be believed. says an
English paper. It grows In Arabia
and 10 called the laughing plant be.
cause the seeds produce effects like
those caused by laughing gas. The
towers are Of bright yellow, and
the seed pods are soft and woolly,
while the seeds resemble small black
beans. Only two or three grow in q
pod. The natives dry and puiverizs
them. and the powder. taken in small
doses. makes the soberest person be-
have like . circus clown or madman,
for he win d&noe, sing and laugh
most boisterously and cut the most
fantastic capers and be In an uproar.
iously ridiculous condition for about
an hour. When the excitement ceases
the exhausted exhibitor Of these an.
tics falls asleep, end when he awakens
he has not the slightest remembrance
OF his fsisky doings.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
LIGHT Of the Eirefiy.

The statement that the light of fire.
flies and other phosphorescent animals
is produced without any sensible de-
gree of heat has often been repeated
without any information as to the
quantity of heat that would be required
to produce similar amount of light
by artificial methods. This information
is supplied by Professor Mcintosh. He
says that a temperature approaching
1000 degrees Fahrenheit would be nec-
essary to make light equivalent to
that emitted by an ordinary firefy.
The enormous waste In all industrial
methods Of producing light is a mat
ter of common knowledge, and the
example of the firefy remains unimita-
ted by man. The very simplicity of
the mechanism employed by nature
In phosphorescent animals Is battling.
-Harpers Weekly. sG
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-10
WHEN CARVING WAS AN ART
In Old Days tho SIIelns Was Suited
20 the Importance Of
the Guest.

Carving was once q serious thing.
The sixteenth century carver was a
professional. He had to make the
joint fit the guest. The size Of his
slices was the thing. Then he had
to know his guests and cut accord
ingly.
A lord. for instance, at the table,
and a pike was dished up whole.
Smaller fry, and the pike came on In
slices. The same procedure with pig.
The rank Of the diners decided wheth-
er 1t should appear at table in gold
leaf or naked, whole or sliced. With
bread, too. there was a difference.
New or three days old baked was
at the discretion Of the carver as he
sized up the visitors. And as for the
apportioning Of the tidbits according
to precedence there was no end. The
old-time carver in fact was born and
then made. +
The eighteenth century was the day
OF the carving master. He taught hos.
tesses the art. Lady Mary Montagu.
for instance. took three lessons q
week that she might be perfect on
her fathers public days. when, in or.
der to perform her functions without
Interruptions. she was forced to eat
her own dinner alone an hour or two
beforehand"
The hostess carved while the host
pushed the bottle" She did more.
She urged the guests to eat more
and more. and woe to her II abe
neglected q guest. The diner who
was forced to help himself to q slice
OF anything nearly choked. These
diners Of tho eighteenth century liked
being pressed. And the hostess vel.
coined the end Of the feast.-Londop
Chronicle.