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The Washington herald., 1913-12-14

stay in the East and hunt grasshoppers.
The grizzly bear might or might not
raise objections to being hunted by such
4 hunter. Our people might be paralyzed
into inactivity by the sight of such a
novelty, or they might turn loose and
begin to shoot. There is no telling just
how things would go, and for that rea-
son the young man had better keep away
and take no chances. We once put on a
plug hat TO pursue a grizzly and he
turned to and run us four miles, and
we once walked down Apache avenue
with a pair of russell shoes on and had
them shot of our feet Stay East young
man-stay East!
HE GOT AWAY.
A stranger from down tine country en-
tered the Big Bear restaurant Wednes-
day noon and sat down to dinner, and
after giving his order called for a nap
kin with a sky-blue border. 1t has al
WAYS been the custom for guests at the
Big Bear to wipe their mouths on their
coat tails or the corner of the table, and
the strangers request could not be COM
n1jed with He was offered a piece OF
coffee sack, but he insisted on raising a
row and was finally put out OF doors
In the struggle to get him out he STABBED
a waiter named Bolt in the shoulder. In
the excitement and confusion over tnls'
the fellow was allowed TO get away.
About fifty indignant citizens made
long search for him. He is just as apt
TO demand lump sugar or real cream as
IN ask for a napkin, and it is evident
that he has entered the country to re-
tard her prosperity and demolished her
eacred institutions. He is square-snoul-
dered chunky man, with yaller eyes and
a red face, and in case he is lynched we
trust that some one of the crowd Will
send us a full account.
NAGNIFYING 4 TRIPLE.
The reports telegraphed around the
country the other day to the effect that
the mayor of this town (who is OurselO,
had been thrown out of WINDOW al
meeting of the common council contain
only a small grain of truth. As presld-
ing officer Of the council, We refused 10
entertain a motion which was clearly
out of order. Simultaneously with our
refusal we reached for our gun, but at
once discovered that it had been lett at
the office Six aldermen at once drew
down upon us and demanded that we
entertain the motion and not being anx-
ious to be made a fish-net of we prompt
w and cheerfully complied. No one was
thrown out of a window. No one was
shot, No one struck blow. Six alder
men simply bluffed the MAYOR to a
staudstiIl for the first and only time IN
his life, and the business of the corpora
ton proceeded after the unusual pro-
gram.
Al the next meeting OF the council We
shall have at least two guns, but We do
not anticipate any trouble. There have
been several occasions when we held the
six aldermen up and satisfied them of
fhe soundness of our position, and We
have faith that we can do it again. We
admit that We lost prestige in the al
fair, but with six guns looking at us we
had to lose something or other, and con-
cluded to let the prestige go.
A HORSE EDITOR WANTED.
The position Of horse editor on the
editorial staff of this paper is vacant. The
salary is 81 per week, and the duties
light. 1t is not necessary that horse
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24

,atcd to tear to pieces the fiscal policy
which has been the sheet anchor of nearly
two decades Of unprecedented prosperity
and which il the only guaranty of It's
rnntiuuaucc You have erected tariff
Motley blind to every consideration OK
cont the consumer The bin was frankly
not framed to encourage capital Co enter
now folds of industry or to extend those
already established / was not devised for
tine purpose Of inviting our farmers to re-
claim new acres for cultivation, It Is cer-
ialulv not calculated to enlarge the OPP
porwnltlcs for labor to find profitable
cmploymcnt Its sole Justification Is n re-
ducod cost of living. If 1T fails in this,
il fails utterly"
The belief Of many persons is delu-
sion. the senator said, that the protective
tariff is responsible for the high cost OF
living
Dcnoun.ing the al ralor"m system
adopted I'm the bin "a n substitute for
gnocfnc duties. senator Burton declared
chat it was Objectionable because 1T means
"a heavier burden uron tho consumer dur
! ing periods whom prices are highest, and
smaller burden whom prices ar low; int II
affords temptation for characterization
I and fraud. and that it works to tho dis
/ odtartagc Of tho Am arican manufactures
! who must buy raw material abroad
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24
"BLOOMER GIRLS" MEN.
Angry Crowd Wrecks baseball Park
and MUSES. Up Policemen

Washington July Clone policeman is
in hospital. two others arc nursing
bruises and awaiting new uniforms and
part Of the Union League Baseball Park
is a wreck to-day az the result Of a riot
at a Sunday baseball game when 1000
enthusiasts discovered that a team Of
"Bloomer girls were really men in dis
Euse The team was taken to an east
bound train +under police protection. A
half hour before the storm broke, the
manager OF the girls" took the gate
receipts and Disappeared.
The team was so successful here four
weeks ago that II returned for a second
appearance, the opposing team being an
amateur organization from Laurent Nd.
Tho trouble started when the girl" CEN
terhclder, n husky young blonde, threw
ball from deep center to home plate
catching the runner The spectators
grew suspicious.
A moment later a small hoy slipped up
behind the supposed divinity that pre-
sided at tlIrd base and gave her golden
locks a vigorous pull. They came away
in the form of a wig. revealing a chunky
young man with an elaborate makeup
ending tust above his eyebrows Tho
team fed through storm Of bottles and
bricks to the shelter of the clubhouse
where the police massed.
The crowd then stormcd the ticket win
dows. demanding their money back, vent
| ing their ire on the park property seN-
eral persons were hurt IN the melee ana
"A number of arrests We're made
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24
VERMONT NOTES.

Erred l.. framlin OF Newfane is i'll v.t1
utomalne poisoning, caused Il is though,
nv eating canned peaches Hts oond.t7r
IS serious.
Three horses valued at SO. 600 own
.l Dr.. W. =. Wormmood Of Wood svIlre.
% II ami entered In tho Rut1,nd ra..,
rs.a. were burned 70 death rrida,.
ui.r- .+ lrontraal
,,.
card ard sta,ioncr, store at rr,.tlaroro,
has boom adfud.-a+cd a BANKRUPT His Ia.
btt.ee ar. s95s3. % and his assets ABOUT
one-tl.ra that amount.
Itor,e. v,e....,, o7 ,.oor. old ~ 81
Tobneb,,r. ..rt.. ,,as soriu,.l,. injured
SUNDAY WHOM he r9lided while rootorcv.
Gle riding wifi. 4r au.otoobifa HIS ria-t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24
CONVICTS BURNED IN CAGE
All Means of Escape Cut on When
Alarm Was Given.

Jackson Miss July 22.-Eighteen charrs
ed bodies we're removed this afternoon
from the ruins Of the convict cage at tho
Oakley State prison farm where - negroes
couvicts persisted in a fire carly to-day.
When the alarm WAS given, all possible
means Of escape for the imnrisoned men
had been cut off and the 81 persisted n
less than an hour.
Sergeant John Doids, In charge Of tho
farm, believes the fire was caused by
spontaneous combustion among hay.
molasses and other farm products under
a stairway The coronor's jury found
that the IS prisoners came to their death
by an unavoidable accident
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24
FINE A WOMAN AuTOlST.
Miss Cougdon Drove - Miles an Hour
where children Played.

Rutland. July 22'--The police here
showed to-day that they ntenI TO
make no distinction between man and
woman in their campaign to force
strict observance of the traffic laws
when they summoned Miss Vera G.
Congdon a dentist, before Assistant
city Judge J. Dyer Spellman to an
swer to the charge of careless driving
and speeding of an automobile last
evening. She pleaded guilty and was
fined $l5 and costs Of $82 which she
paid The young woman was running
a car she borrowed for two lays.
Special Policeman Peter Pagan and
John Childs say She was soing 20
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

They sa' you can judge woman by the house
she keeps.
But you can't
That's where the little things not done,
but left undone, show the woman for what she is.
Her house may be spotess. specllless from her
front door to the back steps; there may be never
trace of spider from garret to cellar, and yet she
may have cobwebs foot long in her brain.
Her furniture may shine with much polishing
and be always guiltless Of dust-her house may be
as clean and orderly cemetery lot and yet her
mind and spirit may be thick with dust.
Her soul may be positively fly-speeked, her en-
tire personality rusted out from much staying in
and keeping "clean house"
Houses and furniture inanimate things. They
don't care whether they spotless not. But
womans woman. She had better let the house
cumulate a little more dust while she gets out and
minges with her fellow creatures enough to rub the
dust off her mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
The Little Things Of Life--By Kari Kaffer

~ OMET1MES the little things of life turn out after
all to be the big things. 1t may be just word
- an expressive gance-the doing refraining
from doing some very small thing that nevertheless
points to argeness of character or mentality.
Take man, for example
The creases in his trousers, and the exact degre e
of harmony between his tie and his socks will tell you
his standard of aesthetics but they will not tell
what kind Of man he is.
And yet it is little thing that does tell you
what he Is
nameless something in look manner or per-
sonality.
something that will always tell the discerning
woman who is travelling, what strange man she may
accept small favor assistance from, and what
she should look over, or through as if ne were
Invisible
The little something that tells is. there-if you
know how to see it-and it isn't the tie. socks
nor creases. nor smoothly brushed hair. either
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

For instance, again, look at the very old people.
They looked after and cared for assiduously by
their children and grandchildren. sse g
Every wish is anticipated, every movement is
watched with loving interest," nothing is left for the
aged hands to do
And it is all kindly meant, but it bores the old
people sometimes. They would like to do few
things for themselves
Then along comes person of discrimination who
asks little favors of these old people; who leaves
done little things that perhaps the old hands may
find pleasure in doing
little thing in itself, and yet it shows char
acter of keen perception and sympathy.
For there many little things in life that we
all like to do for ourselves AS Robert Louis Steven
says, best of all are the uncut pages.
We like to cut our own pages jus. as like to
turn over our chapters in fe-and not have
them mapped out for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

ing like good old New England rum to put
expression in country danse.
In this way THANKSGIVING day grad
uely fixed itself on the Nasion and was
finally recognized by the Pressidint and
reguler day set aside for evvery boldly to
be thankful in whethur he felt like it or not
Modern Misunderstanding, however, is
very unlike the old days. | do not of corse
speek frum persunnel experience, but [ am
rellabully informed that this is the case by
a man who has newer told me an untruth
when there was so little involved. We air
not longer annoyed by the Nobull red man,
and the only consern he gives us is to look
up his batting average in the worlds Sc
ries Now THANKSGIVING day is an occa-
sion when we must work ourselves up to
point of high fissical corrage so that we can
look the high cost Of living square in the
eye and spend three weeks wages without
a whimper. We must be abull r sect our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

thing to live under a Republicon
S====S forth of Guvvermint and have
Thanksgiving Day to look forward to- The
average citizen of the Reppblick sumtimes
has to do lot of figgering in his puzzle de-
partmint to be abull to arrive definitely
at sum conclusion of just why he's thank
full. but all the same he S reddy to join in
the gennell festivities and cheerfully en-
gage in the pleasant passtime of rapping his
system round sevverel pounds Of stuffed
terkey with absolute abandun and a reck-
less disregard of the cost.
The American citizen who refuses to be
plum cheerful and happy on THANKSGIVING
day has an ingrowing crouch, and is an un-
desirabul citizen; he has nuthing short of
disposition that is cross between an an
noved hornnit and an old made with the
grippe; he insists upon making himself a
genneri nuisance and injecting his pessi-
misticl veews on sosiety much to the dis
gust of sed sosety who on the hole don't
give boot about what we air thankful for
so long as we air thankful.
This kind of a persun does not contrib
ute emmy thing to the occasion but iol lot
of gennerily gloomy obsuryasions; he
nocks the extravviganse Of the peepul and
hops on the administration. He sees his
next door naybor enjoying himself and it
makes him soar. He sees his trends and
acquintanses down at the Club in the even
ing, sum of them all lit up like Kathedral,
vand sinsted Of falling into line and singing
he's a Jolly good feller" he INDUCES in
gloomy forbodings and seys "the only
thing I've got to be thankful for is that | I'm
not a damfool,' which obsurvasion is keep
ing up his genneril average of seeing
things frum the rong ange-hmself in
cllded.
Thanksgiving day was organized by
our forefathurs along with sum uther very
valuabull assets and tradissons which they
gennerusly handed rite on down to poster
rity. Our forefathurs have been very gen
nerus to us along these lines; always when
they had emmy thing that they weer not us
ing themselves they handed it down to pos
territy with there blessings and such uther
non-negosabull bric-a-b brac as was laying
round loose. A CRATE menny peepul don't
know how Thanksgiving day originated
there is an appalling amount Of reel
dense ignerense in this country and<it is a
burning shame that we have such a rev.
erred institusion as THANKSGIVING day and
yet the masses air totally ignerent of its
trew origin. Rite aftur the Presidents
procIam;sion friend of mine asked me
the origin of THANKSGIVING day. This
man was newspaper reporter and almost
intelligent and yet he did not know. Just as
soon as had time to look it up of corse
told him
Thanksgiving day began in a small
and lilnmited way with our New England
Ansesturs; good menny things we have
started just like Thanksgiving day purely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
On Thanksgiving
Day

selves at our festive board along with orr
muther-in-law and wife's relatives and
help them the secund time to the boosun of
the terkey and Cranberry sause and at the
same time maintain our cheerful cast Of
selves full of food and uther luxuries until
we resenibull Pittsberg alderman, we can
also IN the afturnoon go out to the football
game and witness the Slaughter of sum of
our feller citizens until our appetite for
gore is fully sasiated. Thanksgiving day
is almost entirely given over to football by
the average yung American who is seeking
a college educasion. He begins to prepair
for it munths in advanse by carefully avoid.
ing barber shop and by the time Thanks
giving Gums round he has as much hair on
his he'd as the sevven Sutherland sisters.
When the football game startes he appeers
on the feeld all got up like an armed croozer
and as soon as the Referee whistle blows
he starts rite in to walk on the lectures of
to bite off an ear or a nose to send to his
gurl for souveneer. Out there on the
bleechers air sum 40 thousend Of us idyots
who cheer wildly when q stalwart athlets
throw themselves on the man with the ball
and bring him to earth with dull thud only
to be carryed away in a momint with his
ribs sticking out through his jersey like hat
pins in cushion. IT'S CRATE sport.
Of corse there air sertain classes of our
popnlason-the predatory rich and the
vulger multy millyunair to whom Thanks
giving day will give no thrills; these pee-
pul have becum blaza with ennui and uther
forrain drinks, and air used to eating pie
EVERY day. To them Thanksgiving is
just anuther ordinery day and they prob
abully regard it as a day wasted becawse
the wheels of industry air idle and the
working man is out all dolled up like
Roman Parade and spending his mummy
and time in riotus living. But these pee
pul air in the mynorrity and like the man
with an lngrowing crouch cannot dampen
the enthewsasm or reduse the measure of
happiness of the Vox Populy
Presumably we air thankful to our fore
fathurs for this CRATE instituson; it is not
often that we can find emmy thing reely sub
stansial which our forefathurs passed along
down the line to us, but when we do we air
reddy to express our appresiasion in becum-
ming turns We believe that the plain pee
puf ought to draw up suitabul set Of res
solusions to our forefathurs with refer
ense to THANKSGIVING day. If there was
emmy way of transmitting the ressolusions
to them, they mite surve to britten there
surroundings and make the lot of having
been forefathur liter and moor cheerful.
Emmy way next Thursday sum one hun.
dred millyun Of peepul will selebrate
Thanksgiving, and be thankfull-menny
of them will be thankful becawse they air
thankful, becawse they air thankful and
menny uthers will bejust full.
Yours trooly,
BILL VINES
Washington, d. c..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

as an infint industry with small and mod
dest capital. When the forth of July was
furst put on the market it did not amount
to much moor than the 2nd Of April, but in
less than no time it loomed up on the horri-
zun of Urope like Pixies Peek ovver wart
on a dill pickle. Ennyhow nksgivving
had its origin with our ansesturs through
combnasion Of circumstances In the
early histery of our country before the adj
vent Of the steem railroads, the oughtomo-
bile, and the standing army, and when the
wooden nutmeg industry was just begin
ming to bloom, our forefathurs weeer con-
siderabully annoyed at times by the saw
wages. The red man used. to irritate the
frontier to considerable extent, and ev-
very now and then in the interest of free
trade and commerse it was necessary for
our forefathurs to bunch together and
armed with lot Of small bore squirrel
rifles go out Oh an expulsion and inject a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

lot of red-hot sivvlization into the sed red
man usually with very satisfactory and
fatel results Sumtimes, however, these
explosions did not turn out so we'll, and
would fail to cum up to expectations, and
when so usuelly sum of our forefathurs
would abruptly cease to be forefathurs on
tile spot, and the red men would put sIalp-
locks on the free list.
However, when they weer successful
and crops weer good, and suffisient cord
wood had been laid away for the winter
and evvery thing looked rosy to our aver
age ansestur they got into the habit Of selle-
brating the occasion at least onse a yeer by
having a big feest and a good old-fash-
ioned country danse afterwards Those
danses, according to accounts Of eye specta-
turs, weer usuely CRATE successes, and
along about 10 p m., aftur the New Eng
land rum begin to get effective, there was
agood deel Of pep iii them. There is nuth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

1t is by little things that the highly specialized
personalities adjust themselves to the commonplace.
The eloquent speaker, with tactful understanding
will often keep silent and let others talk though the
others probably have nothing much to tell. and not
even an interesting way Of telling that nothing.
The musician will often play Beautiful Lady"
or I'm Ny Harem" for you, though personally, she
would very much prefer to play bit of Beethoven
Chopin A gifted reader may to please YOU give
Granny Scratch though her preference lies with
Shakespeare Hugo
In all the walks of life it is the little things
which mark the distinction between the adaptable
natures and those characters set and CONCEALED in
their own atmosphere Of opinion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

spider or two had better get in of ths
house corners, while she goes out into the sunshine
and lets the exoroi2e and fresh air brush the cobweb
of her brain The house had better be disordery
than for her soul to rust.
And it is the little things that betray the would
be person. Take for example. certain lady who
though wishing to be thought a criterion is really
quite unschooled in the knowledge of things literary
and musical and who possesses a temperament naosi
matter-of-fact to express it politely.
This lady had gone to Atlanta expressly for thy
opera season She crazy about music and must
clans, she said, and knew she would thoroughly enjoy
every minute of it,
She heard eight operas Caruso singing in three
of his greatest roles Ada Rigoletto and Tannhauser
When she returned oher home friend said Il
her, How did you like Caruso? OF you hear
him?" To which this music-mad lady complaeentl
replied. Il don't know whether did not There
many of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Just like to open our own letters and pack
ages, and fix own rice and gravy at dinner and
do many other little things that no one else can do
for us to cur complete satisfaction
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-17
4 REPUBLICAN SWEEP AT NERIDEN
Mayor Donovans Progressive Administration Endorsed by the VotersFoW Five Wards Elect Republican Alder and Thirteen of 16 Councilnen of Same Political Faith-Socalsts Show Up Better Than Progressives.

Neriden, Conn. Dec. 16.-Daniel J. Donovan. republican. was reelected mayor Of this city today by a plural lty of 257 over his democratic oppo- nent. Henry L. IHa4nieh
 The republicans captured four of the five wards of the city eIeeting 13 new members to the city council and the democrats eleefing only three. The newly organized council consists of 22 republicans and s democrats.
 Prcgressfves Poll feo Votes.
 The new city auditor is Frederick Borst, republican, and the new city sRez4ffs are John A. Leeds and James w. Gregory, republicans. The pro- eressives who had endorsed Mir. Im- mich and various candidates Of both old parties On the ward tickets boiled d normal vote of 190. James B. Hilb the socialist candidate for mayor poll cd 25s votes. The total vote cast for mayor was 5, ,130, Of which Donovan received 2,554 and Immich 2,297. Mayor Donovan waged one of the cleanest campaigns ia the eity's political his tory
 A Progressive Administration.
 The republican issue was the eco nomical honest and businesslil1e ad- noinistration Mayor Donovan had giv- ca Bho saving of large sums in the various city departments increase in