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The Springfield herald., 1913-08-01
wonderful stories of escapes from ST.
IBERIA and is. in fact the most brilliant
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WAR WHEN THE WHALE COMES
So Think the superstitious Ones Who
Watch Over the Della.
ware Bay.

Chester. Pa.-Superstitious people
of this city believe that the whale
which was recently seen in Delaware
bay is precursor of war. They re
fer to past omens of a similar charar
ter. reciting that the whale whic,
came up the Delaware river in 1871
was precursor of the War of 1872,
and that in 1860. one year before the
outbreak Of the Civil war, whale
came up these waters to Philadelphia.
This latter whale Edward Cullen, vet
eran fisherman of this city, AYERS he
saw. He says:
1T was Just this way. 1t was dur
ing the summer of 1860. Horace Davis
and l were out in a boat fishing. 1t
was little dark. and we had a lam
tern. l was drawing in the net aad
Davis was banking it. All OF sud
den Davis said: Ned. there's vessel
upside down out there looked and
saw thing that had the appearance
of the hull of a craft upset. See how
swift the tide speeds by it, said
Davis.
Wed got pretty close to it then.
and l lifted the lantern to take a
good look. Just then there was a
terrible splash and the water vent
clear up into the air out of that thing
just as though powder magazine had
busted.
Il dropped the lantern, and Davis
and ! grabbed the oars, and we didn't
stop until we got ashore. There
wasn't any steamboat on the river that
could have beaten us that trip. When
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BY ORDER OF CAR
Nicholas Savin, Adventurer, Re-
leased From Riga Prison.
International swindIer. "Man of the
Hour" In Russia, Now Earns Hon.
est Livins-Was Street Car
Conductor In Chicago.

Moscow.-Nichoias Savin. the no
torious Russian adventurer who calls
himself Count Nicholas de Toulouse
Lautrec, has been released from pris-
on in Riga by the cars manifesto OF
March 5. When the count came out
of prison he had only three rubles in
his pocket He has earned 5000 ru-
lles so far. A Moscow newspaper is
publishing his diary and cinemato-
graph firm has paid him $1,000 for
films illustrating his life. In Russia
he is the man of the hour.
He is known to the police all over
Europe and America as an exceeding
ly accomplished swindler, who speaks
half dozen languages and whose
specially is the passing of on the
guileless of forged bonds and securi-
ties.
He accounts for all the records OF
charges and convictions against him
in various parts of the globe in two
ingenious ways.
Either they were crimes committed
by a cousin who Is remarkably like
him or he says they were charges
trumped up against him by the Rus
sian secret police in order to get rid
of dangerous nihilist.
According. to his own story, he took
part in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877
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Don't Poison Baby.
Alexander Stephens as a Lawyer.

In his own profession OF the law
Alexander II. Stephens fine intellec-
tual sincerity stands out fully, and
well proves that success requires nei-
ther dishonesty nor shufiling. What
business do you follow, Alex?" said his
uncle to him in the early days. Il am
lawyer" After an ominous silence
the uncle spoke again. Alex, don't
you have to tell lies?' Alex did not
have to tell lies. Hear what he says,
reviewing his career in old age: mo
advocate should ever assert as matter
of fact in his clients case what. he
knows is not such; any code of morals
justifying him in this woes not deserve
the name" And again, more person
ally: My rule from the time ! was
admitted to the bar was: First, to in
vestigate case submitted to me. to
inquire into the facts and the law ap-
plicable to it; then. If ] did not be-
lieve the party entitled to success be-
fore the court, l told him SO and de
clined to appear or prosecute the
case. ."-Gamaliel Bradford. Jr, in the
Atlantic.
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"Say-When John" Is Sure One Lucky Fisherman

CLEVELAND, O.-ls there anybody
" who lost watch in Rocky river at
13 minutes after o'clock.
"Say-When John" Nelse Peterson S
trusty lieutenant On the Cleveland
Yacht clubs island at the mouth of
the river, is asking that question of
everybody he meets on Billy Whites
corner. up the hill"
John didn't feel strong enough to
work the other day. so he dug over
an acre or two of ground for half
a pint of worms and went fishing 1t
was an important expedition because
he was to try out officially fishhook
which his brother had sent him from
Norway.
John dropped his hook In the cur
rent of Rocky river. Immediately
something grabbed 1t and started up
stream with it. John jumped into the
water and after herculean efforts
snaked thirty-pound inspected
scales) carp ashore.
The catch was too heavy to carry
home intact, SO John drew his knife
and opened the fish's vest. Inside
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z RathencW.

Rathenow-where King George
broke his journey to Berlin In order
to inspect the squadron OF Ziethen
Hussars commanded by the royal
bridegroom. Prince Ernest of Cumber-
lands a sleepy little market town In
the mark of Brandenburg. about forty
miles from the capital and only u few
from Schonhausen, the ancestral seat
and birthplace of Bismarck. 1t was at
Rathenow where Otto Won Bismarck
bearded young Junker. presented
himself for election to Prussians first
approach to parliament. The cleo
tors showed their prescience by ston
ing the man who was destined to ere
ate the new German empire.
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would their numbers become as to be
a scourge to the country.
NAP RUINS JUDGES DIGNITY
ais That You, Eueenie7" He Asks
When Reused from His Slum.
ber In Court.

Paris.-"Oh. sleep. It is a gentle
thing. beloved from pole TO pole!'
But people who indulge in forty winks
at the wrong moment get into trouble
sometimes.
Two judges of the Seine tribunal
are inflicted rather badly with the
judicial habit of mapping, and the 9TH
er day during a case in which they
were on the bench in company with
the president of the court the influ-
ence of the heat wave combined with
the tedious plcadings of an uninter-
esting case sent them into profound
sleep.
According to report that has
aroused much merriment in legal cir
cles one of the judges, being reused
by the toe of colleague gently
pressed against his calf. murmured.
rs that you. Eugenie?" and awoke to
wonder why the court was dissolved
in laughter
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- PHILADELPHIA. PA.-With a covey
of five hens and an ample supply
of cracked corn and plenty of water.
white bantam rooster strutted
around the yard Of Charles l.. Tull's
home, 2218 North Twelfth street, the
other day, and openly detied the man
date OF the common pleas court. The
diminutive fowl did not know or did
not give a rap what the court or
dered, for the rooster, despite an in
junction issued by Judge McMichael
against the owner of the bird. got up
at his usual hour. mounted the fence
and proceeded to serenade the neigh
bos by growing at the break of day.
Mr.. Tull is the proud owner of the
rooster He-Mr. Tull-was out of the
city with his wife. and when clerk
in the office OF p. A. Wildermuth, the
plaintiff in the case, tried to serve
Mr.. Tull with the injunction it was
found that the owner of the obnox-
ious fowl was in Atlantic City.
Members OF the Civic club are
deeply interested in Mr.. Wildermuth' 3
attempt to eliminate what he consid-
ers unnecessary noises. Mrs. owen
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Boy Dresses Up as Girl $50 He Can Be Good

Please. can | get a bed for the
night"
The sergeant glanced over his desk
and saw little girl standing there
with gingham dress and straw hat.
What is your name?" he asked.
I'm Tillie SPAIN. and I'm lost" re-
piled the girl.
Sergeant Fitzgerald turned the girl
over to the matron, Mrs. Minnie Mu4r,
and notified all stations to try to
locate her mother. Presently Mrs.
Muir came downstairs.
That's a fine little girl you have
up there" said Fitzgerald.
"Yes, she's a fine little girl-only
she's boy. and very bad one at
that" replied Mrs. Muir. Hes Roy
Wisebaum, and it's the fourth time
he's been here. | just caught him
pouring all my sugar out of the win
dow"
The home was notified, but the au-
thorities had had enough of Roy Two
small boys brought him his clothes.
Where Roy got the girls clothes is
not known.
Roy was turned over to juvenile
court officer.
1T amt no use trying to be good"
he said.
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Rooster Defes Mandate Of Court

Wister said she was In sympathy with
his efforts, and that. since all roosters
are nuisance in a thickly settled
recting the owner to either put a
muffler on the chicken or send him to
the country for the summer.
II the rooster crows after Mr.. Tull
is served with the injunction he may
be held in contempt OF court. Mr.. Wil'
dermuth says he will see that the
papers are properly presented. and
that he will back up his determination
to put the rooster out of business by
having a court officer take Mr.. Tull
into custody Just as soon as the In
junction is violated.
The cause celebre has suddenly
leaped into fame In the neighborhood
Neighbors who never before looked
over fence or peeped through hole
in the wall have developed won
derful curiosity to take look at the
subject of the controversy. A woman
of unusually heavy build snatched a
board from fence when she tried to
gaze into Mr.. Tull's back yard. The
children have also been boosting each
other to see the rooster and his five
barnyard companions.
Mrs. Imogene b. Oakley, head of q
special committee appointed by the
Civic club to do away with unneces
sary noises, declared law should be
passed to prevent roosters from crow
ing early in the morning.
MIR. Wildermuth was right in ask
ing the court to suppress the nui
sance," she said.
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COYOTES ARE NEARLY EXTINCT
Closed Ranges and Bounties OF
ScaIps Causing determination
of Animal.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan.-According
to stock raisers and farmers of this
county the coyote seems to be fast be-
coming extinct. The fencing up of
the big pasture districts in this and
neighboring counties, where practical
ly every acre is now stocked with cat
free and open range.
Because of his depredations on
young and helpless domestic stock a
bounty has been set on his head and
he has long been fugitive, hunted
and killed by every farmer, The boun-
ty of dollar which is paid by the
county for every coyote scalp turned
in probably more than any other
cause is responsible for the decreasing
wolf population.
In order to get the reward many
farmers. and especially the farmer
boys, not only trap and kill coyotes
whenever the opportunity comes, but
have made a practice of hunting the
coyotes dens and robbing them of
their young. For the scalp of a baby
wolf though only few weeks old
and innocent of any wrongdoing. Is
tHe sdIAe III tue eyes Vi lue law as
would be that of veteran chicken
killer
Only few years ago the county
money paid out in this county alone
for coyotes ran as high as $500 or
$4OO annually. Now, 1t is said. the
number will hardly reach 100 a year.
The bringing in of dozen or more
scalps by one farmer. which was once
SO common. no longer occurs.
The greater part of these bounties
are collected in the spring months
before the mother wolf has left her
den with her family. So persistently
have the farmers carried on the war
fare of determination that the coyotes
which rear their families in safety
must be cunning indeed. Though this
may seem cruel. yet from long expe-
rience the farmers have found that
in stock-raising country the coyote
has no place. Were they left to null
tiply even for few years SO great
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the stomach he found a watch in
perfect condition. the hands stopped
at 13 minutes after 3 O'Clock.
At first he didn't know whether to
part with the watch. He was. offered
S. for it and refused to sell. Later,
however. he was taken with a terri.
BILE case of stomach cramps after eat
ing some of the carp.
This. taken in connection with the
fact that the fish was caught on Fri
day and that the watch stopped at 13
minutes after 3 O'Clock. has convinced
him that the timep ece is soaked with
bad luck. Now he is looking for the
owner or the man who offered him the
five.
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HIICkGO.-Nobody wants Roy Wise
~ baum, seven years old. Even the
Jewish Home for the Friendless, East
Fifty-tbird and Ellis avenue, went
back on him the other day.
The superintendent says Roy is In
corrisible. Roy got to thinking over
his past deeds and decided to reform
There was no use running away be-
cause everyone knew that Roy Wise.
baum"
Gee, wish was GIRL he told
one of his playmates. Maybe
wouldn't be so bad and maybe some
body would like me"
An hour later Roy was missing from
the home About the same time Ser
geant Thomas Fitzgerald of the Hyde
Park police station heard small
voice inquire:
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and was severely wounded at Plevna.
There is some ground for doubling
this account, for he received no medal
and no wound pension. All that is
known is that In 1878 he gave up his
commission.
When Savin was on trial at Pau in
1908 for swindling he told the same
story of being wounded at Plevna as
well as at Santiago de Cuba. The
French court ordered the prison doc
tor to examine his wounds" The
doctor reported that there certainly
were scars visible, but they were re-
ceived in battles other than those of
war.
After a thrilling escape from the
French gendarmerie he fled to the
Balkans, where he enlivened proceed
ings by presenting himself as can
didate for the Bulgarian throne.
His schemes, however, were frus-
trated by Moscow barber. to whom
he owed money, and who. happening
to be in Constantinople at the same
time, gave information to the Russian
embassy as to Savin's identity.
The luckless adventurer was sent
to Marin, desolate convict settle
ment in Siberia. but within three
months he succeeded in escaping.
Afterward he lived In Chicago.
where he worked as a car conductor
and was naturalized as an American
citizen. He was married in Canada
and arrested and sentenced there for
dealing in forged bonds in 1900 and
has since been arrested in New York,
Lisbon, Finland and Pau. He tells
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Gee, and it's a clear day, too" sym
pathetically remarked an innocent by
stander.
What dyou mean. clear day?'
yelled Holmes. trying in vain to choke
the turtle.
"A swapping turtle never lets go til
it thunders." said the innocent by
stander.
Pray for rain, then" begged
Holmes, hopping on the other foo
and pulling harder.
How long Holmes would have re
mained attached to the turtle no on'
can say, but the innocent bystandel
had the forethought to stop passinl
band and hammer nightly on thu
bass drum. Instantly the deludet
turtle let go.
Holmes bitten hand was dressed a
the Coney Island hospital.
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in the possession Of the two men
practically all Of the jewels. and. while
Mcintyre is alleged to have confessed,
Rhind denied he had anything to do
with the robbery.
He is a teacher OF wrestling, and
fought desperately with the police be.
fore they overpowered him. Asser.
tions by Mcintyre that Mary Kruger
the seventeen-year-old maid employed
at the Haas home. to whom he was
engaged. had packed the jewels ready
for the robbery. led to the young
woman's arrest also.
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Conn. as the alleged principals in
the robbery was the result of detec-
tive work on the part of Mrs. Eugene
Scott. in whose home at Greenwich
Rhind, who was employed as a nurse
In a sanitarium at Greenwich. took
rooms.
Mcintyre visited Rhind and the
landlady's curiosity was such that she
listened while the men were talking
in Rhinde room. and heard them dis
cussing the disposition of some jew
els.
The police recovered from a satchel
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Old Hous. Has se5 Windows.

LondoI.-The late Lord Northamp-
ton owned one of the show places of
England in Compton Wyngates, In
Warw;ckshire, one of the finest exam
pies of half timbered house to be
found in England. 1t is a splendid
specimen OF Tudor architecture. with
battlemented towers and mullioned
Window and has been preserved In
tact from the days Of Henry Will,
whose arms appear over the gateway.
Nc two of its chimneys are alike and
there are 365 windows
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Three Cheers fer EN-.

Il like this pattern well enough"
said the customer who had dropped
in to look at some ribbons. but I'm
afraid the colors will run"
Run, ma ami" Indignantly an
swered the salesman. Red, white
and blue? They never rum
Whereupon the woman with tho
tiny American flag pinned to the
lapel Of her jacket rose patriotica!ly
to the occasion and bought As
yards.
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Ion 1rYInd.

Then you don't like these after
noon teas?"
TOO rough on the nerves. Here's
the situation: | gotta hold sand
wich in my mouth. plate of cake in
one hand, a cup Of tea in the other.
and nothing to set anything on but a
grand piano"
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thought whose presence among us will
still further tighten the bonds of mu-
tual esteem and ardent sympathy be-
tween France and the United States .
The Temps points out that the advent
of DR.. Lowell in Harvard coincided
with the reaction in favor of French
methods. Previously German meth
DDS had reigned exclusively in Amer
lean universities.
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MethodicaI Construction.

How about that dialect story OF
yours?" asked the impatient editor
Coming right along, sir" replied
Mr. Penwiggle. Il have all the pune
tuation marks written and it won't
take me more than half an hour to fill
In the letters
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Saved Somebody's Eyes.

Church-A sick cat in North Adams,
Mass, was found to be suffering
from having swallowed scyen-inch
hatpin.
Gotham-Well, that's one way OF
getting the Objectionable hatpiEs out
of sight.
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First Woman Jury. Verdict.

San Francisco.-The first woman
jury to appear in felony case in Cal
ifornia returned verdict of not guilty
after two hours deliberation in the
case of a woman on trial for an al
legged attempt at blackmail
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CURIOUS WOMAN GETS cLEw
Listens to Mems Talk and Soon
$4,000 Worth Of Stolen Jewels
Are Recovered.

Long Branch, N. IA woman's
curiosity led to the recovery here of
most OF the $4,000 worth of jewels
stolen from the home of Harry L.
Haas, a New York lawyer. 1t devel-
oped that the arrest of James McIn-
Scott. In whose home at Greenwich.
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Out Too Often.

George. love" began the dear girl.
after we're married you won't be out
nights, will you?"
Il hope not. replied George, who
plays poker pray for me-
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that whale was caught up near Ken
sington she had fishermen's nets
around her to stock two or three ship
stores. She had dragged them off the
bottom of the Delaware as she crawl
ed up toward PHILADELPHIA"
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For "Mr. Fragile"

A man with an express package un-
der his arm, stepped up to the box
Office window of New York theater
and, addressing Frank Loomis. asked: :
"Andbody here named Fragile?"
NO." replied Loomis.
"Well, that's the name on this
package"
Loomis took look. The box was
addressed to the manager of the Lon
don pictures. Over the address was
inscribed:
"Fragilei"
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LAuDs AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR
Temps Devotes Its Leading Editorial
to the Visit of Harvard Uni
versity President.

Paris.-The Temps devotes It's prin.
cipal editorial to the visit of DR.. Alb.
bott Lawrence Lowell. president OF
Harvard university. describing him as
'one of the leaders of Americap
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Into Town. Out of Money.

Mrs. Subbubs (entering husbands
ofice)-I ran into town today TO do
some shopping, dear, and l
Subbubs-I see, and you ran in
here because you ran out of money.
Well, how much?
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HioI1 at hny Price

Yeast-This paper says that the
water in the Nile is reported to be
lower than ever at the present time.
Crimsonbeak-Gec, They don't
have to buy water over there, do
they?
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locuacious Diet.

Missionary Ito cannibaD What
makes your chief so laxative today?"
Cannibal-"Oh. he ate couple of bar.
bers this morning Minnesota Min
ne-Ha-Ha.
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Not Always.

DO you believe in love at first
sight?"
Depends very much on the acre
age of the site"
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Taking Orders.

Miss Hogabust (of Chicago)-And
what profession Is your son in. Lord
Hightop?
Lord Hightop-Oh. when Algy
leaves college l expect he will take
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ALL Off.

Jack-So the doctor said you had
tobacco heart. Have you told your
flancee?
Tom-Yes. and she's given me the
marble one.
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cs,.or All Motion Pictures.

All motion pictures in Bavaria must
be shown before board of censors
before they can be put on a screen in
the showE
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Red Cross Bag Blue makes the launciress
happy. makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
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Would you try TO fatter married
man by telling him that he doesn't
look it?
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Miss Hogabust (surprise) - You
don't say! Well, poppa has got some
real nice gentlemen travelling for him.
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Defined.

whats a coquette?"
THE girl you can't get"
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ALIENS
FOOT=EASE,

Tra.ie Marx cVcfyWTcfc, &c, SuiiIfIIc TF II
address Allen $. Olmsted. I.c Roy. y Y
The MAN who put the E f . In Z Z T.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-01
Randall Posts Campfire.

IL was not good holiday weather,
nut there was an unusually good
attendance at Washington's birthday
campfire held by George c. Randall
Post. Capt. E. G Emmons was
here and he misses very few gath
,rings of veterans, though his age
night excuse him occasionally.
The music, speaking and read
i ,gs all pertained to Washington.
elle exercises following AN ample
timer served by the Relief Corps.
Nathan Gushing. chairman OF the
committee Of arrangements. which
aal much to do with the success OF
The day. presided.
Rev. Il. l. Garfield made the
.peniug prayer, and am address by
Principal E. V. Perkins followed.
The other speakers were Rev.
ienjamin Swift, Rev. G. f. Par
ridge, Rev. +. L. Clark. and Rev.
: r Phillips Miss Mildred Chan
Ter and Hal e. Payne sang, and
,nem, "Ihe Girls OF 81" was read
y Mrs. +. S. Payne.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-01
After the Brown Tail Moths.

The newly appointed commissioner
4 agriculture, e S. Brigham of st.
Albans, was in town Monday and
tuesday directing the campaign for
he ex termination OF the brown tail
moths saws the White River junction
Landmark. The invasions OF last
summer resulted in the leaving of u
large number of eggs on the trees III
The park aud some in other place.
about town Commissioner Brigham
says that the infestation is not al
nad here as in many other places.
A careful survey is heing made
along the eastern border of the state
aud the nests are being destroyed
where found and property owners
instructed how to recognize and
handle the nests. They can usually
ne told by the streak Of white that
.hows, but where there is as much
snoke as here The nests are more apt
20 he mistaken for harmless curle
up leave which they much resemble.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-01
W QUEcHEE.

Charles Mears was the host at a
party of young friends the afternoon
Of Fet,. 10. his seventh birthday
A Poverty Party" will be given
t fhe parish, house Tuesday evening.
March ii
" l,nys aud Boys Work was the
subject Of an Interesting illustrated
lecture by w L Davies. assistant
c unity YIN G a secretary. Last
Sunday evening At it's close boys'
branch of the Y. NJ g. A. was
formed with these officers: Pres.
WIN Mann; vice pres. Harry Sam
son; sec. Klondyke Thomas; treas,
Theoslnre Perkins The first meet
ing was held Monday evening and
meetinga hereafter viii be he'll as
follows: Bows under l3. Mondays
from T., 3 30 p m; boys over l3
and young men Mondays from 2 &c
To- 9 D m.