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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

Atlas was holding up the world.
At this juncture Santa Claus drove
by.
Hello, Atlas said Santa. still
holding it up, I see.'
YES" woophed Atlas.
"Well, get busy with it," Santa ad-
vised
After l make my trip this year
there won't be anything left for an ev-
eryday hold-up man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26
THE OLD LADY SPEAKS)
By James Whitcomb Riley
CoPYriaht BY James Whiteomb RiIey-

enough" heerd
David swear,
ITO shave a man
and cut his
hair!"
And b low a n d
blow! and snow
snOW!-
w h er G j t h a d
drifted long the
fence
And 'crost the
roa Il som q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

He's chased Lide'S
beau a w q v
cause Lide
Shed allus take
up Perry's side
When David tack
led him; and SO,
l. as Christmas
was a year
ago.
Err ruther, bout. a
week afore,-
David and Perry'd
-.,1sl oh@ut
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

wv L W " NSl1lNhlNs
standin' there
All to myself. And
presently
David he sobered;
and says he,
III a n t that-air
Squire Hanch's
old
Buggy" says he.
a n d claybank
mare ?"
Says ], LES git
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

All way to meet
in. high and
low,
Last Christmas
was a year ago:
Fer all the awful
cold there was
A fair attendance;
mostly, though
The crowd was
no n d t h 6
stoves, you see,
Thawin' til cir
h q a an n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

l couldn't help
b u t think O.
squire
And US changed
round so, and
admire
His gentle ways
to give his warm
Bench up, and
have to face the
storm.
And when | no.
ticed David, he
Was needin' lab
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

BERN all through,
AS Lide and me both grabbed him,
Perry stepped out and waved his
hand }r
And says, Yes, Pap" And David jes'
STOPPED and kissed Lide, and says, Il
Yer mothers much to blame as you.
Eff she kin resk him, kin tool"
The dinner we had then hain't no
Bit better'n the one today
At, we'll have fer 'em. Hear some
sleigh
A-jinglin' now. David, fer me,
/ wish you'd jes' 60 out and see
Ef they're in sight yit It jes' does
Me good to think, in times like these,
Lide's done so weII And David, he's
More tractabler'n what he was
Last Christmas was year ago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26
HE Hard Work.

Mrs. Wander Does anybody ever
read those Christmas poems II the
papers /.
Nj. Wnnder Oh. yer. The editor
and the o0freadeTs haYe tos
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

! men at the open
DOR a n d
then
Is old S quir e
Hanch there"
says he.
The old Squire
suddenly stood
in
The doorway, with
a sneakin' grin.
rs Perry Anders
in there too?"
Says David, lin
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26

no east, no west, to Christmas ceIe-
bration in the United States. The
story of the Babe of Bethlehem y
written on every heart and eW,
tongue on Christmas morning repf
the song the angels sang over r.,
Judean hills: Glory to God in
highest and on earth peace to me-
good will"
asz.;;5 :s;Sf zs s'S-'
a.: ,>NS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26
Ithout no preachin'. Jes' G
word
Trial fer life-can't be Deferred"

And out he put! All way through
The sermont-and a long one, too
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
EDDYToRIUL

|. We was prutty hard put to it
for something to write a editorial
about this week, being as we had
used up about all the subieckts we
could think of, until we happened
! to think what awful curse riches
is. Soon as we thought of this
we made tip our mind to write
about rnoney-its use and abuse.
and so forth. ct cetera. Most peo-
pie seems to think money IS a
blessing, but that's probably be-
cause they amt got any more than
they need themselves. IF they was
rich like ]. Pecrpoint Morgan, or
Rockefeller, or Solomon, or Cy
Hoskins. they would think differ
ent. Now you can take Cy for in
stants. They was time when CIV
didn't know when his next meal
was a-coming. We have knowed
Cy man and boy for nigh so years,
and we can remember when he
didn't have scarcely enuf clothes
to cover his back. But in them
days he was happy because he
didn't know any better. After a
while Cy began to accumulate
wealth, and now he is considered
! the richest man in Bingville. He
owns 70 acres of farming land
mostly stones-and it amt nothing
for him to have three or four dol
lars on his person at one time.
Well. is he any happier than he
was when he was as poor as Jobs
turkey7 No. not by a durn sight I!
He is worried to death irwin to
get more riches and can't hardly
sleep at nights for fear somebuddy
will take away what he hath al
ready got. Now. if he didn't have
nothing, he would have easy con-
science like Hank Dewberry. or
ourself, or some other prominent
citizens of Bingville as we could
name Once Cy lost a quarter
which he never found, and it Just
fretted him about sick. He lost If
somewhere between his house and
the 18th of last July. and even to-
day he never passes that spot that
he don't stop 70 look for it.
Then you can take Peerpoint
Morgan, who IS almost as we'll of
as Cy is, if we can believe what
we read in the newspapers. But
Morgan he amt happy like he
would be if he had less money to
/! look after. But instead of gittin
less he keeps gittin more, and this
only adds to his annoyance, as you
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Local Items

Slime Gookins called at this Office last
week and perdiekted a early Spring,
Shines perdickshions don't amount 10
much. He perdickted early winter and
we never seen winter set in so late as
it did this winter.
There was quite fall Of snow in
Our midst last Thursday. Residents
was out with their shovels.
Subscribe for the Bugle and Incl
dentally why don't you pay Up your sub
seription? We get terrible sick of ask
ing you for money. What is the use?
Hen Weathersby, prop. of our general
store, has got in some gum collars for
the human neck These gum collars is
the finest thing that ever a person wore
and beat paper collars all boiler. You
don't haft to warsh them more than once
month and then yor can do it with a
damp rag and put the collar right on
your neck again and go right on wear
ing it. Fifteen cents each or two for
IS cts. (adv)
Mrs. Ezra Johnson intended to visit
her sister at the Co. seat last Tuesday,
but sprained her ankle on Monday and
now she don't know when she viii visit
her.
Miss Emily Dewberry, sister of our
keroiek town constubble, Seth Dewber-
~, and also OF our Hank Dewberry,
who is retired from work, made a trip
to Hsrdscrabbie last week and pur-
chased new spring hat Amt If a lit
lie mite early for spring hats. Emily?
Mrs. Gid Snlalley made Gid a ging-
ham shirt last week and when Gid vert
to pat II on he tore the durn thing from
the tail to the neckband. Mrs. Smalley
says Gid is terrible hard on shirts and
has no pztienee when he puts one on,
being il he can't get It On quick he'll
tear It to thunderzsnion.
Jim Herdrieks, our oldest inhabitant,
visited this office last Thursday morn
ing and remained al day by the stove.
We would be glad to see Jim drop in
| if he wasn't SO deef. He cant hear
thunder and he IS always asking quest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Ras Was Too Soft

Everybody in Bingville thourht that
Ras slocomb, who has been hunting .
wife for many years. had found one
when he begin to pay attention to
Widow Gookins down Hardscrabhle
way. but it appears that now Ras has
stopped a-keeping company with the
widow and goes around with q air Of
detection which Is pitiful to witness.
Mrs. Lem Brown, who visited the
widow one day last week for the pur-
pose of finding out the facts in the case.
says she asked Mrs. GooEins what was
wrong between her and Ras, and ii
she wasn't s-going to marry him as had
been reported. Mrs. Gookins ups and
saws, Law me, do you think I'd marry
that soft things" This is too bad and
we are sorry to hear t. We have done
all we could to hnd : wife for Ras
and have even went to the trouble OF
advertising for one for him in the
Bugle. but It pears ike he wasn't cut
out for ! husband. DON'T be so soft,
Rax
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Personals

Miss Phronieia Watkins has been
troubled with her corn toe of late.
Phronicia purchased new pair OF
shoes which aggravated the corn. The
shoes is now for sale at the same price
she paid for them.
The rats has got into Hame Peters
oats bin during the past week, and
Hame says they lug off more oats than
would feed horse Hame has pur-
chased some pizen and says he will fix
the rats so as they viii not bother his
oats. We hope he will.
Miss Sally HosSins, who has wrote, a
pome for the George Washington en-
|tertainment to be give at the Town
Hall next Thursday ev'g, has decided to
go on the stage. If she does we per-
dict bright future for her. We always
did think that Sally was cut out for a
actress.
Bud Hinckley, who amt quite right in
his head, has took two gals of sulphur
and n1olasses this spring Who can beat
this for sulphur and molasses.
Mrs. Alb Skinner brought US a half
dozen eggs the other day and lzy'd
them on our desk with her compliments.
Each of the six eggs had double yolk
in it and was all layed by the same hen.
Mrs. Skinner informs US that this hen
always lays eggs with a double yolk in
them. Settings Of these eggs furnished
by Mrs. Skinner.
Cy Hoskins purchased a horse last
week from Aaron Jones over to Sor-
row Hollow. After Cy had paid for
said horse he discovered that it had the
heaves and desired his money back, but
Aaron refused and a lawsuit is in pros
pect
Hen Weathersby, prop. of our general
store, got in new supply of gloves and
rnitts for next winter. Whyiwait? (adv)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
It's Too Early for Hens

TO begin to SET, BUT I desire to can the
attention of the public to the fackt that
expect to have several settings Of
Plymouth Rock Eggs to sell in a couple
of months or so and IL do will part
with thess eggs at whatever they ara
worth to me, and no questions asked.
Them as has seen my Plymouth Rock
Chickens knows what ! am talking
about and them as hasn't better do So
at once. As I say, this Is little mite
early to talk about hens setting, but
it amt too early to engage setting
Of these eggs before they are laid. IF
you purchase setting Of these eggs
now you won't regret it as long as you
live. They usually all hatch cut into
chickens, but some OF EN- sometimes
matches out into roosters, but what's
the differencea Some people would as
leave have roosters as chickens. ] put
. setting Of thirteen Of these eggs un-
der enc hen last spring and they al
hatehed out but II, and them would
have hatrhed out Il the fool hen hadn't
of left her nest and got kstehed by .
weasel. Don't put of buying thess
eggs urtil they are Matched, because
then you would have to pay more fs1
them than you would sooner.
Yours for eggs,
Bingville. DEACON ANDREWS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

might say. We don't know how
much Rockefeller is worth, but
we calkilate from what we have
heard that he has enough to live or
comfortable the rest of his life ii
he praktises economy. Yes, and
there is that other chap, Carneggy,
Carneggy was oneet a poor boy
and very happy, but in recent years
his money has begin to pile UP or
him until now he has so much that
it is a burden and in the shutdown
of his life when he ought to be TAX
ing a rest his time is all~took lid
in trying to give his wealth away,
But all he can do his money gifts
ahead of him. and the latest re-
port is he is afeard he will die
rich. This must be horrible.
We have never been cursed with
riches ourself and we calkilate that
we won't be as long as we are ed
ditor of the Bingville Bugle. Any
body who desires to avoid having
money pile up on 'enl ought to be
the editor of a first-elass weekly
newspaper like the Bugse and then
they wouldn't be in no danger. OF
course they is a great differents be-
tween having too much money and
not having enuf. Now they has
been a great many times in our
career as editor and publisher Of
the Bugle that we have been down
to hard pan as far as finances was
concerned. While we have no
hankering to be a millionaire we
wouldn't object to our subscribers
paying up their subscriptions so as
we could keep soul and body to-
gether, as you might say, and pay
for our paper and ink with which
to print the Bugle with besides.
We haven't been Pestered much by
subscribers paying up their sub
scriptions in the past. While we
are very bizzy most of the time,
being as our multifarious duties
keeps US on the jump from sunup
till dark, we are always ready ard
willing to pause long enuf to re-
ceive back subscriptions. Unless
we do receive some cash on ac-
count t now looks as if the Bugle
would have to suspend publication
until we ketch up.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Be Careful or You'll
GET HIT!

Several folks Of Bingville has been
struck by snow sliding off the rooves
of residences along Main street recent
ly. There was our beloved pastor, Rev.
Samuel Moore, who was buried under
avaIanee of snow which slid off of
Cy Hosl1ins' roof and had his stovepips
hat mashed fIattsr than a pancake.
Don't let that happen to you Let
me shovel the snow off of your roof
for you viii do il at a price that
seems reasonable to me. have =
long-handled shovel witch Bill Hepburn
made me a-purpose for shoveling snow
off of rooves and will be glad TO have
the job of shoveiing yours.
/ also have lot of rope with which
to tie myself on the roof, and as I won't
fall off and break my neck, so you
needn't worry. A great many people
think that am awful brave to venture
up on high roof unaided and alone
but that's what I'm here for.
Don't 60 and wait until the snow
slides of of your roof some morning
when you amt looking and hits you =
belt on the head that makes you see
stars.
Have me shovel It off. You will find
me in Hen Weathersby's store, or some
place where we can make arrangements
regarding price & Etc. Yours for snow
shoveIing of of rOovss,
Bingville. SIMON WATKINS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Slipt
6 Fell From the Roof to the
WoOdshsd & Like to Of Broke
His Fool Neck..-That's WhOt
Happend to kmTi Haines-.-S Sick.
suiRg Particulars Below

Amir Haines met with most uuex-
pected occurrence on last Tuesday after
noon and was injured by it, but not
fatal and it does not look as if it would
be, unless something sets in.
They was about two feet of snow
on AIMS house and being as the roof
wasn't very strong and leaked some in
places, Am took long handled shovel
and elm out the attick window until
he got on top of the roof for the pur-
pose of showing off the snow hereinbe-
fore mentioned. Am is a awful good
climber. One night last fall when he
was out coon hunting with some OF
the boys the dogs chased coon up
20 foot hernlock and blamed if Am
didn't climb clean TO the top of that
tree and after he done it he found
that the coon wasn't up the tree he
had CHM up at all. but was up anuther
tree which Am elm up later and shuk
it down and the dogs killed it after it
had killed one of them. We merely
mention this to show what a good
climber Am is.
Well, when he got up on the roof of
his house he straddled along the gable
until he come to the chimbley. He then
held on to the ehimbley with one hand
and began to shove the snow off the
roof with the shuvvei with the other
hand. He done prutty well for while
but, bye and bye when he wasn't ex-
pecting it, coming like it did like a
bolt out OF clear sky, as you might
say. Am lost his holt on the chimbley
and begin to slide down of the roof.
II amt any use for Us to try to de-
scribe Ans feelings when he found him
SELF slipping down the roof to awful,
if not horrible destruction. Words fail
US, we say, to portray what Am felt,
or even thought. When he saw that
he was goner, however, he determined
to sell his life as dearly as possible,
come what might, so he clenched his
teeth and shet his eyes. AS Am slid
of the edge of the roof he almost held
his breath. After falling through the
air a distance of about IL feet he lit
on the roof of the woodshed, almost
breaking hole in the roof and bounced
of of She woodshed roof just in time
to hit his wife who was out to the
woodshed to get armfull of wood and
didn't know Am was around until he
struck her. She thought at first he
done it a-purpose and she hauled of
with a stick of stcvewood and was
a-going to lsmbaste him with IL when
An explained the circumstances and
thus a horrible tragedy was averted.
Mrs. Hsines has q vileut temper and
is very quick TO act IN case of > eruer-
geney like that.
When An got onto his feet and felt
of hisself 70 see If he was all there he
discovered that he was skinned I'd more
or less and was shuk Up dreadful, but
50 fur as be could learn, No bones was
broke and he was not hart eteruzlly as
Dos LivernaoTe hoped when he first
heard of the accident A great mary
RingTille people was surprised when they
learnt thar Ara had struck his wife.
Knowing her as well as they did they
wondered how Am would dare 70 strike
her and they was a good cal OF Talk
abeut it until they heard the fsciSts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

shions and you hsft to heller your iungs
out to make him hear the answers. By
the time he left we was so hoarse we
couldn't speak above a whisper.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
.FATTED SHEEP.

Tails Of the Syrian Breed Weigh Ten
to Fifteen Pounds.
It has been suggested that in the
sheep f~attening process, which is COM
mon in the vicinity of Damascus, one
might be able to trace the original
meaning of the Biblical phrase, 1.-THE
fatted calf" Mrs. Mcintosh thus de-
scribes the process in her book, "Da-
mascus:"
1.-THE sheep differ from ours. When
we show pictures Of the latter to the
natives they ask what animals they
are. They miss the enormous tails of
the Syrian sheep. in which the fat Of
the body seems to concentrate and
which, after skinning and preparing.
often weigh ten to fifteen pounds.
early in the summer the head of
each family buys Or sets apart one,
two or three sheep. according to his
rank in life or his wealth. The wom-
en- and children devote themselves
with great zeal to fattening these
sheep. The children fill large baskets
with mulberry leaves and carry them
to their mothers. These several times
a day and also in the night take lit
tie wooden stools and sit by the sheep.
With one hand they keep the sleeps
mouth open; with the other they cram
in the leaves, forcing them down the
throat.
"Twice a day the sheep are led to
the village fountain to drink, and their
coats r frequently washed. About
the end Of September the work Of the
women and children comes to an end.
The sheep have grown 80 fat they
cannot stand up. They are then killed.
Their flesh is boiled with spices and
put into pots for winter use. This
mincemeat Is eaten as a relish at fes-
t~1vities."
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
FOUND AND LOST GOLD.
General Suffer Discovered the Precious
Metal In California.

General Suffer Discovered the Precious
Metal In California.
1T Is not generally known" said q
m~ineralogist. "that the discoverer Of
gold in California was a Pennsylvania
and at one time a resident Of Philadel-
phia. This distinguished pioneer lies
buried in the soil Of Pennsylvania al-
most forgotten. He was General John
"A. Suffer, a Swiss. who emigrated to
Philadelphia in 1884 and became a citi.
zen Of the commonwealth. His grave
Is in the Mennonite burying grounds
at Lititz. Lancaster county, In which
village he spent the last years Of his
life.
General Suffer was born in 1903 in
Baden. Germany. near the borders Of
Switzerland. Upon his arrival in this
country he spent some time in Phila-
delphia. subsequently removing to the
vicinity Of Littz. where. in the midst
Of relatives. he engaged in farming.
Possessed of a rowing nature, however.
1t was not long before he yearned to
explore the great unknown land be-
yVAO SA0 4AOSAAVos 04ISA A40Ay RAxv".
tons he reached California some time
in the early forties and staked a claim.
1t was in the fall Of 1849. after a heavy
rain, that, attracted by yellowish de-
posits in a small stream. he made his
great discovery Of the precious metal.
The news of his find spread rapidly,
and the following spring the great
rush from the east began.
General Suffer amassed q consider
able fortune through his gold diggings,
but lost most of it through unfortu-
nate ~speculations. He returned to
Pennsylvania in 1871 and spent his
declining years in retirement, living
on the pension Of $3.50 a month voted
him by the California legislature. He
died June 1S. 1880. Two Of his pail
bearers were Generals John @. Ere
mont and Ambrose e. Burnside, who
had been his friends in California;
Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
It Was His Mistake,

MI. Viewed the week before his
birthday)-Good gracious. here are six
boxes Of cheap cigars my wife has EVIL
IDENTIFY bought me for a PRESENT. l
couldn't possibly smoke such vile
things, and still I wouldn't like to hurt
her feelings by refusing. I'll just sub
stitute six boxes of my best Havanas
and throw these cheap ones away be.
fore she returns.
Mrs. Newed (the day after)-Oh,
Tom, l bought six boxes Of cheap ci-
gars yesterday for my dear Uncle Jo-
mas, the sea captain, who lives in
Wales. I have just posted them to
him. They only cost me 5 shillings a
box, but I'm sure he won't be able to
tell them from good ones. Why, how
funny you look, dear! Are you ILL.,
London Tit-Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
A snaiI's Tongue.

A snail eats by rasping of small par.
tcles with the tongue. This tongue is
a narrow band or ribbon with pointed
teeth set in rows across it. The com.
mon slug, often found in damp places,
has more than 25,0OO teeth on the
tongue, which act like the ridges on
a file and scrape the food into the
mouth. I once watched with a mag
nifying lens a small water snail feed.
ing as it slowly crawled up the side
of an aquarium, and, although I made
no very accurate count, the tongue
seemed to be pressed against the glass
about forty times a minute.-Ex-
change.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17

A vast amount of ill health is due to
impaired digestion. When the stomach
fails to perform its functions propealy
the whole system becomes deranged. A
few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets is all
you need. They will strengthen your
digestion. invigorate your liver, and
regulate your bowels, entirely doing away
with that miserable feeling due to faulty
digestion. Try it. Many others have
been permanently cured-why not you?
For sale by All Dealers.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
Too Much Appreciation

Too Much Appreciation.
A biography Of Huxley dwells on the
annoyance which he suffered from
bores. But the plague had its funny
side. Huxley one wrote to a friend:
II had a letter from a fellow yester-
day morning who must be a lunatic, to
the effect that he had been reading my
essays, thought I was the man to
spend a month with and was coming
down by the s o'clock train attended
by his seven children and his mother.
in.laWi" ~
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
Worlds Record for Butter
Again Broken by q Hol-
stein Cow

With the enormous amount of 1,322.9z
lbs: in 365 days from 27,4o4.4 lbs. milk
testing tssda g. 3;s s.I per cent cent fat fat; d,i have y bulls '?1
breeding that am only asking SIS, 500
and SIPS for that would be glad to
show you. Write for tabulated pedi.
gree. The Brown Dairy, Dickinson, N.
u. 5-II-2m
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17

Tho Matrimonial Lsaaue.
The baseball player gazed softly at
her.
"Would you sign with me for the
game Of life?" he whispered tenderly.
'That will depend somewhat on your
batting average and your capacity for
making home runs" she replied.-Har.
per's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1912-08-17
Reciprocity

uOc1proc1Sys
sure" said Patrick, rubbing his
head with delight at the prospect Of a
present, II always name to do me
duty"
II believe you," replied his employer,
and therefore I shall make you a pres
ent Of all you have stolen from me
during the year."
"Thank yer honor" replied Pat, land
may all your friends and acquaint-
ances trate you as Observation-Disclosures
Telegraph.