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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
THE BAROMETER OF THE POST
OFFICE, THE READING OF
WHICH SHOWS WESTERN
CANAOA'S GROWTH.

Several OF Western Canada news
papers coming to hand during the
last part Of the year 1912 contained
items of news such as the following
speaking of the Christmas work in
the postofice:
"Other years have been heavy and
the employees have had plenty OF OPP
portunity of learning what it was to
work overtime, but the past has had
nothing equal to the present. Forty
extra men have been employed Tin
Winnipeg), and mail trains have been
run special. The increase in the mail
this year has been due to the enor-
nous influx of people into Western
Canada during the season, and also
the general prosperity which the
prairie provinces have enjoyed. To
the latter cause has been due the
heavy increase in the number of par
cells which have been shipped to the
old country and Eastern Canada"
The above extract taken from
Winnipeg paper gives a fair idea of
the great work that the Canadian
postoffices have had all through the
western prairies. During the past
year hundreds of new postof1ces were
established, many of them at remote
points from the railway, but all forced
upon the country on account Of the
new settlements that have taken
place during the year. 1t is said Of
the Canadian government that in its
immigration and settlement policy
there is nothing left undone to take
care of the people and their welfare,
whether it be in the new town along
a new line of railway or in the re-
hottest hamlet. This solicitude and
care are not confined to the postof-
fee, but with every branch that has
to do with organizing new districts.
Bridges have been built, roads con-
structed, the district policed, and a
dozen other things have to be done
and are done. Is it any wonder that
with the splendid land, the high
yielding land, the land that is free to
the homesteader or open to purchase
at reasonable prices from the railway
and land companies, that the Cana
dian immigration records for 1912
will show arrivals of upwards Of
100000, one-half of this being from the
United States. The new literature
being sent out by the immigration
branch at Ottawa. and it's agencies
throughout the United States deals
with many of the new and interesting
features that will mark the work Of
that branch for the year 1913.-Ad-
vertisement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

You're tryin' to tires" he impaired
his accents close to the drivers ear.
That was the first time that Stanton
noticed that Floyd lisped and blurred
his final "g" in moments of excite.
ment. 1t might have sounded effemi.
nate, If the voice had not been with.
out tremor. AS it was
At the end Of the first hour, the
bulletin boards showed the Mercury
five laps ahead of it's nearest rival
And then Floyd spoke again to his
driver.
WHAT" Stanton questioned, above
the noise of the motor.
We've got to run in; I'm afraid of
the rear inside shoe. 1t won't stand
another skid like the last"
Stantons mouth shut in hard
line.
Il will not" he stated. Get back
in your place. You can't tell"
II can"
Stanton deigned no reply, sliding
past one of the slower cars on ths
back stretch. TO go in meant to los,
the whole time gained. AS they too
the back turn. Floyd again leane
over.
= (To BE CoNTINUED.)
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

nation. was sick every three weeks
and had to stay in bed from two to four
days.
at is with great pleasure l tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. have fol-
lowed your directions as near as possi-
BILE, and feel much better than | have
felt for years. When wrote you be-
fore | was almost a wreck. You can
publish this letter if you like. 1t may
help to strengthen the faith of some
poor suffering woman. Mrs. JOHN F.
RICHARDS, Westwood, Maryland.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to restore
their health.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia E. Pinkham's so Page Text
Book. 1t is not a book for general
distribution as it is too expensive.
1t is free, and only obtainable by
mail. Write for it to-day. Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
FINED; MOVES HOUSE
Captain Pote Hailed to Court for
Sailing on Sunday.
House Built IFS Years Ago at WolFs
Neck by Mariner Who Transport
ed Building From Falmouth
Foreside on His Vessel.


Boston.-Few houses have a more
interesting his ,ory than the old
Greenfield Pote house at VOLTS Neck,
now owned and occupied by Evans C.
Banks.
The house was originally built at
Falmouth Foreside by Capt. Greenfield
Pote,. a well-to-do mariner. Just when
the house was built nobody knows,
but it must have been fully IT'S years
ago, as in 1862 Captain Pote had been
living at Falmouth Foreside for many
years and was quite prominent in the
town.
In 1862 Captain Pote had brought
the ship to his home port while he
spent a few days with his family.
When the date came for his depar.
ture there was no wind and his sail.
ing was delayed. For 9 week the
ship lay becalmed and Captain Pote
began to get uneasy, as every days
delay in starting was costing him
good money. Finally on Sunday a
good sailing breeze sprang up an
Captain Pote summoned his crew and
put to sea.
He was gone for many weeks, but
upon his return he was arrested by
constable and brought into court.
The old Puritanical Sabbath laws for.
bid mariners to leave port on the
Sabbath, and during his absence one
of his neighbors, who evidently had
a grudge of some kind against the sea
captain, had entered a protest against
his wicked violation of the Lords day
In court Captain Pote attempted to
justify his action by the long delay
that had been occasioned by the calm
but the presiding Justice would listen
to no excuses and imposed a large
fine upon the angry mariner.
So angry did the captain become
with the town and its inhabitants that
he vowed that he would leave it
never to return, and that he would
take all his possessions with him. He
straightway proceeded to tear dowr
the house and loaded that and all his
other possessions on board his vesse
and transported the property t.
VOLTS neck, where the house was SCI
up in a slightly location overlooking
the sea. At that time Freeport was
part of the old town of North Var
mouth.
In locating his house on Volts
Neck Captain Pote made one serious
mistake. He failed to study the la,
of the land sufficiently to determin,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Something 10 Be Thankful For.

Michael Meehan was the proud pos
SCISSOR of a brand new silk high hat.
At the wake Of his dearest enemy he
had guarded it carefully, and as a
consequence was strolling home with
the tile unscathed. AS he passed the
site Of a building operation, lady
acquaintance nodded pleasantly.
With an ostentatious wave of the
hat, which exhibited it to excellent ad-
vantage, Michael bowed. At the same
moment a brick sailed down from an
upper floor and bounced from his
barred skull. Upon coming to he in
quired anxiously for the hat. A by
stander restored it unframed, Mike
felt the egg-sized lump on his head
occasioned by the impact of the brick,
and then regarded his unchanged
tile. "Begorry," he sighed in salts
faction, "it's lucky it is l saw the
ioidy in toime!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

dancing behind the goggles. the RED
young mouth smiling below the mask
the shining young curls which the
cap failed 10 cover. He stared. then
slowly relaxed into a smile. and went
forward.
THE talking done while I'm up. is
done by me" stated Stanton forcibly.
Remember"
Don't you ever need a rest?"
queried Floyd.
Stanton opened his lips. and closed
them again without speaking. His
trained glance went to sweep his OPP
ponents, gaging their relative posi-
tons, their probable order on the first
turn. and his own best move. The
successive flashlights on either side
were binding, the atmosphere was
suffocating with the exhaust gasolene
and acetylene fumes. 1t was as IA
miliar to him as the odor of sawdnst
to the circus dweller, as the strong
salt wind to habitant of the coast;
the unusual element lay in the boy
beside him Man. he refused to
acknowledge him.
The sharp crack of a pistol, the fall
of flag, and the whole struggling
flaming flock sprang forward toward
the first turn, wheel to wheel in
death-edged contest. And Stanton for
got his mechanician.
Tho MaroprHy lo6 tbo n
usual. 1t was very fast, and its pilot
took the chances more prudent drivers
avoided. Still, the lead was less than
the cars own length, two of its closest
rivals hanging at its TANKS, when they
passed the tumultuous grand-stand
Just ahead lay again the death
curve" There was a swift movement
beside Stanton, the pendent linen
streamers floating from his cap were
deftly seized and the dust swept from
his goggles with practiced rapidity.
Gar on each side an one trying to
pass" the clear voice pierced the
hearing. mo room next the fence"
Stanton grunted. The boy knew
how to rise in a speeding machine
then, and how to take care of his
driver, he noted. Nevertheless, he
meant to take that fence side.
And he did. AS the other drivers
shut off power to take the dangerous
bend more slowly, Stanton shot for
ward at unchanged speed, cut in ahead
and swept first around the turn, TAX
ing the inside curve. The spectators
rose with a universal cry of consterna
ton; the Mercury swerved, almos
facing the infield fence, skidding ap
pallingly and lurching drunkenly OF
two wheels, then righted itself undel
the steering-wheel in the MASTER
hands, and rushed on, leading by {
hundred feet.
The people cheered frantically, thu
band crashed into raucous music
Stanton's mechanician got up to leal
over the back Of the flying car ant
feel the rear castings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
A GOOD BREAKFAST.
Some Persons Never Know What It
Means.

A good breakfast, a good appetite
and good digestion mean everything
to the man, woman or child who has
anything to do, and wants to get
good start toward doing it.
A Mo. man tells Of his wife's good
breakfast" and also supper, made out
of Grape-Nuts and cream. He says:
II should like to tell you how much
good Grape-Nuts has done for my wife.
After being in poor health for the last
Is years, during part of the time
scarcely anything would stay on her
stomach long enough to nourish her,
finally at the suggestion of a friend
she tried Grape-Nuts.
Nov, after about four weeks on
this delicious and nutritious food, she
has picked up most wonderfully and
seems as we'll as anyone can be.
Every morning she makes a good
breakfast on Grape-Nuts eaten just as
1t comes from the package with cream
or milk added; and then again the
same at supper and the change in her
IL wonderful.
1--WE can't speak too highly Of
Grape-Nuts as food after our re-
markable experience" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little book, "The Road te
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea
SON"
Ever read the above letterf A me-
ono appears from time to time. The
arc genuine. true, and full of huma
interest. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

two hundred dollars for a man 10 ride
the next three hours with mel"
You can't take a man from another
camp, Stanton" protested the frantic
Mr.. Green. He might trick you. hurt
the car"
His appeal went down the wind I'M
needed, except for one glance from the
racers Cleaning eyes.
"He won't trick me-" said Stanton.
The crowded stands were a. bulk of
swaying, seething impatience The
paddock was in an uproar. the Mer-
curry camp the center of interest But
no volunteers answered the call. The
painting machine, its hood wrapped in
jets of violet flame. headlights end
tail-lights shedding vivid illumination
around the figure of its baffled master.
quivered with impotent life and
strength. Raging, Stanton stood,
watch in hand, his face a set study in
scorn.
Suddenly the harsh resp of the off,
cisl klaXon scared above the hubbub.
warning, Summonlng.
-Four minutes" painted the despair
ing assistant manager. stanton"
Some one was running toward them,
some one for whom lane was opened
by the spectators from other camps
who had congregated.
Get aboard" called ahead a fresh
young voice. Get aboard; I'll 60"
Thank Heaven for a mani" snarled
Stanton, as the runner dashed up.
why, it's a boy!"
Floyd" Mr. Green hailed hysterical-
ly. You'll go?'
I'll CO." assured Floyd, and faced
the driver; slim, youthful figure in
mechanics blue overalls, his sleeves
rolled to the elbows and leaving bare
his slender arms; his head, covered
| like a girls with soft closely cropped
curling brown hair, tilted back as his
steady gray eyes looked up at Stan.
| ton.
You? You couldn't crank a taxi.
cab" flung the racer, brutal with dis.
appointment and wrath. You'd go?
A boy?"
I'm as old as the driver of the
Singer car, and scant five years young
er than you-I'm twenty-one," flashed
the retort. And l know all there is
about gasoline cars. l guess you're
big enough to crank your own motor
aren't you, If l can't? You've got
thirty seconds left; do you want me p
Met on his own tone, Stanton
gasped. then caught his mask from
the man who held 1t.
why don't you get on your
clothes?" he demanded savagely
Are you going to race like that.
Jump, you useless towards there
can't you pass him his. things? Tele
phone the stand that I'm coming, some
one"
There was wild scurry Of prepare
ton, the telephone bell jingled madly
"Jes Floyd is one of our new factory
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

where the road would be laid out, and
when road was finally built it passed
the back of the house, instead Of the
front. This necessitated changing the
interior of the house sufficiently to
give front door at the back Of the
house.
Here on VOLTS Neck Captain Pote
lived until his death, Sept. 49, 1897.
On the hill which rises a short dis
lance west of the house he was bur-
led. His gravestone shows that he
was born in May, 1886, and that he
married Jane Grant in 175S.
He was the father of several chill
dren, to one of whom. William Pote,
the property passed upon his death.
Another son went to sea in the priva-
teer Dash, which was built and fitted
out by Freeport people. The priva-
teer left Freeport just before big
storm and was never heard from aft
erward. AS years went by the num-
Der of graves in the cemetery increas-
ed and finally the property passed out
of the Pote family.
In 1855 Samuel Banks of Saco NOV
ed to Freeport and was so we'll pleas
ed with the location of the property
that he purchased it. The property
has since been in the Banks family,
It's present owner, Evans c. Banks,
being the son of Samuel.
A feature of the house is the big
cellar, the entrance to which is on
the south side Of the house, just to
one side of the front door.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
Horse Runs Into Window.

Chicago.-Frightened by pass
ing automobile, horse attached to a
cab owned by Robert Stafford, 125
South Elizabeth street, crashed into
a plate glass window in the Washing.
ton Shirt company store at South
Dearborn and West Washington
streets, shattering the pane. The ami.
NAL was cut by the glass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
For a Rubber Plant.

When the leaves turn yellow and
fall off the plant is dying. Feed 1t a
tablespoonful of olive oil every two
weeks. Also wash the plant once a
week with warm soapsuds, letting the
warm suds moisten the earth thor
oughly. Sprinkle. every other day.
This same treatment should be used
on ferns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
FARMERS Wife
ALMOST AWRECK
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound-Her
Own Story.
Westwood, Md am a farmers
wife and do most of my own work when

i am able. l had
nervous spells, fe-
male weakness and
terrible bearing
down pains cry
month. | also suf-
fered much with my
right side. The pain
started in my back
and extended around
my right side, and
the doctor told me it
WAS organic inham-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

oar ad in over Atty magazines, 5 months,
cents per word. A. s. MANkIN ~ CO.,
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
To Wear Rinus on Rloht Hand.

Reno, Nev.-Divorcees hating to
part with their first wedding rings are
now wearing them on their right
hands, sign to eligibles that they
ire in receptive mood as regards
proposals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
The Heiqht of Absurdity.

Your scheme is foolish"
FOOLISH"
Yes, sir absolutely foolish. AS
foolish as-well, as foolish as the
Iibretto Of a grand opera"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

It's easier for most men to pray
for forgiveness than it is to fight
temptation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-16
STATE NEWS

Miller-Hog cholera, or some such
ailment, has appeared in herds OF
swine south and southwest Of here with
serious results. The disease is attri-
buted largely to the excessive hest and
dry weather of the last few months.
ABERDEEN. l.. Browne, former
speaker Of the South Dakota house OF
representatives, fell in alighting from
a street IA while the car was moving.
He sustained q sprained ankle and
other painful bruises.
Winner-Mystery surrounds the iden.
tity OF a person who entered the home
Of Robert Casey during the absence oi
the family and escaped with a pocket.
book containing &t30 in cash. Late,
the empty pucketbook was found ia thu
back yard, where the thief had thrown
IL after abstracting the money
Piarre-In the death Of John Msgru.
der at his ranch In western Sully coun.
ty : negro, who became locally prom,
inent about five years ago, has gone.
Magruder came here from Misour;
and purchased . large ranch f,r about
$50, 600 and tegan farming on q large
scale purchasing . tractor pillow ard
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-16
HOG CHOLERA
A Nebraska Farmer Offers a
Remedy for Hog
Disease

Mitchell. Sept. 16.-If the advice
of an expert hog raiser from Weeping
Water, Neb., who now is visiting In
South Dakota, Is followed, it may lie.
suit ia the saving of animals worth
in the aggregate tens of thousands of
dollars. For some weeks a disease,
which was supposed to be cholera, has
been wiping out herds of hogs in south.
ern South Dakota, the losses thus far
reaching. it is estimated. wei 100, coo
head. In some districts whole herds
have been wipsd out.
The Nebraska nan alluded to states
that it is a mistake to classify the dis
ease as hog cholera He expresses
the firm opinion, after an inspection
of some OF the affected herds, that the
hogs have nothing but kidney worms,
and advises that hog owners give
their animals a teaspoonful of cop.
peras in a pail of water every day
until they have fully recovered.
That the Nebraska man may be
right in classifying the disease APP
pears reasonable when il is considered
that ia many sections where hogs
have been dying off rapidly ~vaccina-
tion with hog cholera serum has nc
effect.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-16

sinking an artesian we'll to furnish
power for gas to light his buildings.
Pierre-The attorney general holds
that under the provisions Of chapter
223. laws of 1908, there is no com
pulsary vaccination in this state, and
that pupils cannot be barred from
schools ii they bear a PHYSICIANS GER
t~ificate OF vaccination within a period
of FIVE years.
Marion-R. Tieszes. aged 10. son Of
Rev. Tieszes. was killed instantly al
2 O'Clock Saturday Afternoon, while on
his way home from Marion wnere be
had been to market grain. He was
sitting on the front end of an empty
wagon which was tied to the wagon
in front OF it. 1t is supposed thar
be tried to walk on the tongue from
the rear to the front wagon, aud Tell.
The heavy wheels passed over his
head. He lived nine hours.
Camp Crcok-Haz Bailey, while
working in his hay field in the Ala
da district. struck a match to liaht
his pipe and some Of the fire few
into the hay, which became ignited.
This caused his horses to run away and
the blazing hay scattered across the
prairie. This set ere to the prairie
and within u few minutes a serious
prairie ire was in progress. The wagon
vas entirely consumed and the hon ses
were badly burned. Ranchers turned
out by the score to fight the prairie
hre, which was controlled after it had
burned over q large territory.
Pierre-The report of the state
treasurer for the close of business Aug
ust 81 shows cash in all funds to the
amount of tss7, tie OF which the gen.
eral fund carried $l43. 8l3. The school
Income fund which will b distributed
IN December already shows up tf40.-
600, and will grow materially before
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-16
BURKE TO RETIRE
From the Political C a m e
Attorney Johnson and
Judge McNulty

Pierre. Sept. is. -Congressmar
Charles II. Burke, of Pierre, late
chairman of the republican congress
ional committee, and present republi
can whip, will not be a candidate be
fore the next primary for either the
house or the senate. He will drou
out of the political game and reside
In Pierre as q private citizen.
This is the definite announcement
authorized by Congressman Burke. III
health is stated as the reason for the
decisio on. He has felt for some time
that his physical condition demands re-
tirement from political activity.
Among the political leaders in
Pierre the announcement by Mr.. Burke
came like a thunderbolt, as few people
here had realized that he had been in
particularly bad health. For several
weeks past ii has been generally as
sumed throughout the state that he had
been merely hesitating on the question
of coming out for a denomination to
the lower house or as a candidate for
the senate.
Mr.. Burke served as a member of
the state legislature in 1894 and 1896.
He was first elected to conrgess in
1898. serving continuously until 1906.
wheE he was defeated for renomina-
tion. He was renominated in the pri-
mary of 1908 and elected the follow
ing November.
In connection with MIR. Burke's de-
cision to retire from congress, formal
was authorized today
OF Royal G. Johnson. present attorney
general, as a candidate for congress in
the Second district.
Aberdeen, Sept. 16. Judge Frank
McNulty. of the Fifth judicial circuit,
announced his candidacy for the re-
pu blican nomination for congressman
from the Second district.
Judge McNulty allowed the reaction-
airy bunch to use his name last spriug
as n of the candidates framed mn in
the futile attempt to ignore the result
OF the primary and defeat S~terlingis
election to the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-16

DR.. Moofe. While NO statement has
been made that would clear up the
shooting everything indicated that the
parting of the ways had come. That
DIR. Moore mad tired of the woman OF
became fearful that his wife and
friends would learn of the intrigue and
had decided to quit Mrs. Evans. He
was shot twice. either of the shots ply
sicisns claim would have been fatal.
Mrs. Moure was shot twice also, but
none of the shots, however, causing
any serious trouble.
AT the time of the tragedy and after
her arrest she claimed that DR.. Moore
did the shooting bat States Attorney
Bergh had accumulated evidence
sufficient to refute this charge. He
found where she purchased the revolv-
er and the cartridges. 1t was also
claimed by the physicians who exam.
ined DR.. Moore that it would have
been impossible for him to have fired
the two shots which entered his body
as either would have put the victim
in a condition where he could not
have fired the other. There was other
evioence tending to show that Mrs.
Evans did the shooting, but the
evidence was such that there was nc
sure thing of a conviction which led
States Attorney Bergh to accept the
plea ct guilty Of manslaughter.