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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Mr. Al j. Garrett OF El Paso was
visiting In our town Sunday.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

u. A. Jones shipped a car OF fat
cattle Monday to the Fort Worth
market
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Rev. S. NJ. Young pastor Of the NJ.
T.. Church here preached his first
sermon Sunday to a large congrega-
ton.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Mr.. Gift Mcknight is still report
ed quite sick with fever.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. +. p. Cook and
daughter Miss Murle and their niece
Miss Ivy. left Monday for Baird,
their future home. Mr. Cook will re-
turn this week to finish winding up
his business before he takes his fin
al departure. Their many friends re-
gret 10 see them go.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12
WHERE the PRICES
Are Always
THE LOWEST

OUR CHRISTMAS DELIVER Yhas been care
fully planned to properly care for all orders in
trusted to us.
Make your gift selections early, and We'll make
delivery at whatever time you may desire. See
the many splendid Gift suggestions on display in
our show windows.
Plain statement of facts are Riven-no exager-
alton or twisting of the truth allowed here.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

town as It Is business that has
been badly needed here
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Mr. Fred Morris sold his cattle
last week 10 q Post city party CON
sideration not known.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12

Mr l.. S. Landrum and family leit
last Thursday for Liberty HILL their
new home
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12
WHERE the GOODS
Are Always
THE BEST!

AT THIS STORE your every want under the
heading Of Christmas Gift Goods can be filed
Never before have we brought on such extensive
lines Acceptable rememberances here at any
price you care to invest from Doc upward, that is
II you do not delay your shopping until the last
moment, for if you do lines will then be more or
less broken, making choosing much more diffi-
cult. Get the most of your Christmas buying
over with before the end of another week. Save
yourself many steps and much trouble by coming
direct to this store for gifts.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
Commissioners Notice
Estate of Amelia r. Mccall

The Undersigned, having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for The
District of Orleans, COM MISSIONERS, to
receive, examine, and adjust the claims and
demands of all persons against the estate of
Angela r. Metcalf, late of Irasburg. in said
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited
in offset thereto hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
office of the Town Clerk in the town of Iras-
burg. in said District on the 9th day of De-
O'Clock a. m. until O'Clock p. m. on each of
said days, and that six months from the 21st
day of October A. d. 1918, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and al
lOWance.
Dated at Irasburg this 18th Gay of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1913.
F. M. SEARS.
@. ID. K1DDER,
47-49 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
Auassiz and the Girls.

Concerning Louis AgassiZ, naturalist.
when a professor at Harvard. this
story is told by James Kendall Hos
mer in his THE Last Leaf" LAS he
strobe homeward from his walks in
the outer fields or marshes we eyed
him gingerly. for who could tell what
he might have in his pockets? Turtles.
tadpoles. snakes. any old monster
might be there. He was on the friend
lest terms with things ill reputed.
even abhorrent. and could not under
stand the qualms of the delicate He
was said to have held up once in all
innocence. before a class of school
girls a wriggling snake The shrieks
and confusion brought him to a sense
of what be had done. He apologized
deliberately. the foreign popularity he
never lost running through his con-
fusion. Poor girls. l will not do it
again. Next time l will bring in a
nice. clean leetle feeSh.' AgasSiZ took
no pleasure in shocking his class On
the contrary. he was most anxious to
engage and hold them"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
In Wettest Wales.

Rather unexpectedly the slopes Of
Snowdon. Welsh mountain only $500
feet high. nave proven one of the wet
test regions of the world. The aver
age annual rainfall of the globe is
about thirty-six inches. that Of tropical
Cherrapongee. Assam, is 61O inches.
with an extreme of 905 inches in 1861.
and that of Maranham. Brazil, 227
inches. Seathwaite, little village of
the English valley Of Borrowdale. has
claimed the third highest record. The
meteorological office, however, has re-
ports from thirteen Welsh stations, OF
which Lluchfa. at an altitude of $500
feet. showed the greatest European
rainfall-247 inches-and eleven ex-
ceeded the 143 inches of Seathwaite.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
Vermont Notes.

Judge Willard w. Miles handed down
a decision in Windham county court
last week in the suit of Mrs. Carmen
M. Stowell of New York against Fern
Green. alias Minnie L. Green, for the
alleged alienation of the affections of
the plaintiffs husband. G. Clarence
Stowell. the sum of $4,000 being
AWARDED the plaintiff. Mrs. StowelI
has two children.
More than 1.2OO members of the
parish of st. Charles Catholic church
gathered in Union hall. Bellows Falls.
recently to bid farewell to the Rev.
Father Edward Reynolds. who re-
signed as rector. and to greet the
Rev. Father D. D. Shannon, formerly
of Middlebury. who succeeds him.
DR.. T. j. Redden presented Father
Reynolds purse Of 1892. Is. the gift
of the members of the parish. Father
Reynolds in a brief speech of thanks
spoke fondly of the 81 years he hac
served as rector
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
The Unsociable Little Fellow.

At dinner during a voyage to Cor
sica. to which my father invited the
passengers who included some officers
of his regiment and two COrsicans.
he requested an officer. Nj. de Belize.
to call Young man who was wearing
the uniform of the military schoo! and
reading at the end of the boat. The
young man refused. NJ. de Relloc
came back irritated and said to my
father: 81 should like to throw the
unsociable little fellow into the sea.
He has an unpleasant face Will you
grant me permission. colonelT'
No" said my father. laughing
land am not Of your opinion His
face shows character. and | am sure
that he will he heard of some day."
The unsociable fellow was the future
Emperor Napoleon From Memoirs of
Comtesse de Roigne.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS COUNTY. ESS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
and Company, doing business in the City of
that said firm viii iii pay 't IT,. sum of one NE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENFY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. ID.
1886.
(Sea) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucrs
Surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
mOnialS free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipati on
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
CHRISTMAS AND PAGANlSM.
Many Customs and Emblems Of YuIs.
tide Antedate Christ.

Many customs and Emblems Of Yule.
tide Antedate Christ.
Most of our festival days are of pa
gan origin, and SO it is with our Christ
mas holly and mistletoe. But shall
we think any the less of them because
In ancient days they were associated
with the Roman saturnalia and with
the Druid ceremonies at which some
times human beings were sacrificed?
How many remember that the custom
OF decorating homes with evergreens
is mentioned in the Bible, where Nehe-
miah wrote:
And they found written in the law.
Go forth into the mount and
fetch olive branches and pine branches
and myrtle branches and palm branch
es and branches of thick trees to make
booths
This was for the feast of tabernacles.
So we see that the custom was early
practiced by the Jews.
Holly is the emblem of peace and
good will, and the ancient poets tell
us that it was also significant of the
resurrection. How fitting it's use to-
day and how interesting to know its
history! Who knows but that the
Romans may have derived their idea
from the Persians, who have saying
to the effect that the sun never shad-
ows the holly tree and who used to
make a concoction from the bark
which they threw in the face of new
born child as an omen of good luck?
Closely associated with the holly Is
the pearly mistletoe with it's romance.
The Druids held solemn procession
each year on the sixth day Of the
moon nearest the new year, going
forth with a golden sickle to cut the
mistletoe from the sacred oak. The
oak to the Druids was symbol Of
strength. 1t was also the tree sacred
to Jupiter. and only the mistletoe that
grew on an oak had holy virtue. Each
year when the voice of the cuckoo was
heard in the land The priests sent en-
vOys to spy out the finest mistletoe
growing on an oak, and when taken
from the trees it was placed in white
linen cloth.
lOIl llulC ldi thC AliotiC-
! toe has been considered an omen of
good, and it was said that fairies took
refuge in its thick foliage. so any one
who hung a spray in the home would
have the protection and gratitude OF
the good fairy folk. Today. with its
enchantment. we beguile sweet human
fairies under it's white berries, and al
who are kissed may be sure that the
hidden elves will sanction and not con
denim the practice. In Sweden amulets
were made of mistletoe, and in Wales
a necklace made from the waXen Der
ries was supposed to protect from
snake bites.
Sir Walter Scott wrote this beautiful
poem describing the social element II
the Christmas celebration of medieva
times:
And we'll our Christian sires of old
Loved when the year it's course had rolled
And brought blithe Christmas back again
With all his hospitable train.
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night.
On Christmas eve the bells were rung;
On Christmas eve the mass was sung.
That only night in all the year
Saw the stoed priest the chalice rear.
The damsel donned her kertle sheen.
The hall was dressed with holly green.
Forth to the wood did merry men go
To gather in the mistletoe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
Real Friendly.

my husband" she said, always
wants me to look my best. no matter
what the COST
WELL" her friend replied, lone can
hardly blame him for feeling as he
dOes."-Chicago Record-HeraId.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26

Some must be sad on even Christmas day,
Some sufferings and sorrows cannot
cease,
To some we cannot Merry Christmasr'
say,
But heaven comfort them and give them
peace.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-26
CALIFORNIA; LAND LAW.

California S attitude in the Jap
anese land matter was neces-
Sary. wise. just and for the best
interests of the country. IT the
legislature had failed to act as
previous pledged legislatures
had. there is no telling what viO-
lence and bloodShed might have
resulted to stir up really Sc
riouS international episode. |
believe that before many years
the whites of Hawaii will petit
ton congress to annul their right
to vote and grant government by
u commission sent from Wash
ington, simply because native
born Japanese will Outnumber
and outvote them. California
has learned her lessons from
Hawaii Rudolph Spreckels.
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16

Two improved eastern farms to
trade for Arkansas valley improv-
ed irrigated farms. What have you
24O acre farm in Pottawatomie.
Kansas, 3 miles to town, on rural
route and phone line. n story new
frame Groom house, barn 14x40.
COW barn. big shed. ETC.. all fenc-
ed. rs acres tillable. so in cultiva-
tion.3O meadow. peach orchard. 100
acres pasture. Price $45 an acre.
CS1O.SOO.) Incumbranoe $1,000. 6
per cent. Will trade for an 80 or
100 acre improved irrigated farm
in the Arkansas valley. close to
school.
Missouri farm of 100 acres near
Warrenburg in johnson county, Z
miles to town, one mile to school.
on rural route and phone line. good
8-room house, barn 42x54. shed 2S
by 80, 80 acres fenced hog tight.
40 acres tillable. 20 meadow. old
orchard, 80 acres pasture. Price
$40 an acre ($S.40O) Clear of
all incumbrance. VIII trade for
small irrigated improved farm in
Arkansas Valley.
Refer to your map and you.s will
see that both OF the above descrdb-
ed farms are splendidly located.
The Geo. A. Watson Land Co.
Lamar, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Estate of Elizabeth NJ. Blackwell De
ceased
The undersigned, having been appoint
ed Executor of the last VIII and
late of the County Of PTowers and State
of Colorado, deceased, hereby gives
notice that he VIII appear before the
County Court OF Prowers County. at the
Court House in Lamar, at the March
Term Monday, April 81, 1913, next.
at which time all persons having claims
against said Estate are notified and re-
Quested to attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted All persons
Indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the un-
dersigned.
Dated nineteenth day of March. A.
u 1913
J. LEY BLACKWELL,
Executor.
J.. x DOUGHTY. Atty:
First pub. Mar. IL. 1913
Last pub. APT. 1s, 1873
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16

Owing to an accident 70 tho ele-
vator in his office. the busy Mr..
Charles Frohman. the theatrical man
ager. was once imprisoned In the lift
for an hour. Alarmed for the conse-
quences of this loss Of managerial
time the staff eyed Mr.. Frohman anx-
iously as he stepped out In spite Of
the reputation which he enjoys for
keeping his temper they believed that
this experience would be too severe a
test. They were wrong. With big
cigar in his mouth and bigger smile
on his face Mr. Frohman observed,
well. boys. that's the first holiday
I've had for six years
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16

Yes. Tom"
THAT date in that wedding an
nouncement was Sept Is. wasn't it,"
Yes" very family
You have inspected the suite /
fitted up for bride l had never seen.
1t satisfied you?"
Yes. Tom" still more family. He
had to bend close to catch the words.
Then let's consider that wedding
announcement our own"
There are times when silence gives
consent
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16
Puts and Calls.

81 think" said young Mrs. Torkins.
doubtfully. that understand what IL
meant by puts and calls"
"Oh. you dol" rejoined her husband.
Eyes. A person with a tip puts
some money in a brokers' hands and
after a while somebody calls and gets
IT,"
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16
sibly have done.

blDIy nave uOue
Suddenly the breath was driven out
Of her by a blow between the shout
ders. and her bag jerked from her
hand by a man, whom she then saw
disappearing down a side street.
"Oh, stop" she gasped. They
won't do you any good
But he had vanished round cor.
ner.
The Lamar register., 1913-04-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
). Land office at Lamar, Colorado

April z. 1913
Notice Is hereby given that John a. u.
Siple of Lamar Colorado. who on Jan
uary 2Z, 1917. made Homestead Entry
No. Ilis, Serial No. 059II
for NEA Section %, Town
ship "a s, Range IS w, 9Th Princi-
pal Meridian. has filed notice Of in
tention to make Three Year Proof TO
establish claim TO the land above de.
scrbied. before the Register and Receiv-
er at Lamar. Colorado. on the 23rd day
OF May. 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George Noble, l. A Hays, Thomas JP
Newton. Charles NJ Sipie. all of La.
mar. Colorado.
EUGENE NJ. wHITAK Err,
Register.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
TEXAS PREMIER CROP
PRODUCING STATE
Illinois Comes Second, With
Iowa Third and Mis-
souri, Fourth

Washington, March 16-Illinois again
yielded to Texas the honor of being
premier crop producing state of the
union, Iowa holds her position as third,
while Ohio has lost to Missouri the
honor of fourth place, the department
of agriculture announced today. Dur
ing 1912, Texas produced S407.160, 900
in the IL crops reported quantitatively
by the government--corn, wheat, oats.
barley, rye buckwheat, flaxseed, rice,
potatoes hay, tobacco and lint cotton.
The enormous cotton crop easily gave
Texas a big lead over the second lar
gest crop producing state, Illinois,
whose aggregate production was valued
at $3.50, 900. Iowas crop value ag
gregated s2S4,S95,oO0 Missouris $780,
$685. 900, and ohio's s190,71s,00o
In the secAnd five the states ranked:
Kansas, s182, 1853, 600; Pennsylvania,
s176, 900; Minnesota, s160,615.000;
Georgia, s159,762,000. and North Da-
kota, $155, 100000.
The total value of these crops pro-
duced during 1912 throughout the coun-
try was $4,695, $4,000 compared with
81, ,592, ,33S,000 in 1911 and s4,496,647,-
600 in 1910.
In addition to the 10 leading states
the following produced more than
s100 10000 in the principal crops:
Indiana, New York, Nebraska, Wis
consin, North Carolina, Alabama, Okla
homa, Michigan. Kentucky, South Car
olina, Mississippi, Tennessee and Cali
fornia. South Dakota produced &c.,
660.0 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
FAVORS CONV|CTS
0NPUbL|C
Prominent Autauga Citizen
Believes it Means Great
Benefits

Prattville, March 16.--(Special) When
Daniel Pratt of this place was asked what
he thought of working the convicts on the
public roads, without hesitation he an
swered that he was heartily in favor of
1t as the best and most direct route to a
system of good public roads for the
county. He believes all convicts, county
and state, should be worked upon the pub
lie highways as means of benefitting
the whole country. He said he was aware
that the state convicts at present were
yielding a large revenue for the state,
but il the state affairs were economically
administered the loss of revenue along
this line could well be afforded for the
good accrued to the whole people.
Judging by the sentiment of those who
have expressed themselves on the mat
ter of working convicts on the public
roads, when the next legislature meets
Autauga will have a representative IN
favor of making the trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
BERLIN STR|NCENCY
AFFECTS MARKETS
Tightness Restraints Influ-
ences of Number of Favor
able Transactions

New York, March 16.-The stringency
in the Berlin money market maintained
its dragging effect on all financial mar
kets last week and continued to re-
strain the influences of a number of
favorable transactions Operations of q
more positive kind are withheld to wait
a clearer prospect of theesApril settle
ments at Berlin. That center made large
additional acquisitions for gold in London
and New York, the result being to dis
tribute the strain to the benefit of Ber-
lin and the expense of the other points.
The heavy outgo of gold from New
York came after shipments in January and
February The, surplus reserve at New
York fell to low point and the newt
able tightening of money rates here fol-
lowed. The effect was transmitted to
other domestic money markets.
Reports that Russia and Austria had
agreed to demooilize afford some re-
lief from the previous weeks apprehen-
sion over the army expansion plans of
the European powers. The expected
peace in the Balkans is relied on to
bring a relaxation of financial strain.
BUSINESS ana INDUSTRIAL affairs SnoWeu
no large variations from a wholly favor
able course United States Steers de-
crease of 10000 tons in March l untitled
tonnage seemed of slight moment COM
pared with the orders yet untitled and
the active specifying by consumers for
needs further in the future than ever
before Idle freight cars increased over
5000 during the second half of February
but earnings reports showed continued
expansion. Large orders for new equip
ment also showed that the railroads We're
still struggling to keep up with demands
on their resources Published views of
railroad officials We're in hopeful strain.
On the other side of the scale were such
items as the reduced earnings of the
American Sugar Refining company and
doubts regarding the maintenance of di-
vision rates by several corporations.
The part played by the Union Pacific
tangle in discouraging speculation could
be seen in the response to varying inti-
nations of the chances for agreement on
the plan of dissolution. Union Pacific and,
Southern Pacific moved irregularly, the
latter in particular displaying weakness.
The decision of the stock exchange gov
ernors to adjourn for both Good Friday
and Easter Saturday of next week mea-
sures the small extent of any small
business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
Weather Conditions

Birmingham. March 16, 1870 p. m.)-
An area of unusually high pressure de-
scended from the western plateau to the
gulf states during the past two days,
bringing a general cold wave with it.
The cold change reached Alabama Satrr-
day night, and the thermometer was
nearly tofreezng at the station in Bir-
mingham, and below freezing in some Of
the surrounding valleys.
1t continued cold throughout the day
in Birmingham, the average Temperature
being about IL degrees below the normal
value. 1t will be cold Monday morning,
but rising temperatures will be exper-
fenced during the day, and it will con-
tinue to warm up Tuesday.
High barometric pressure will be exper-
fenced in this section through Monday,
but the low moving down from the north
west is already making itself felt, in the
general temperature rise occurring
throughout the Rocky mountain and
southern plains states.
Rain or snow occurred in all the north
ern border states, in the lake and Ohio
valley regions. and on the entire Atlantic
slope. Amounts were generally light, be-
ing produced by the cold change that has
reached the Atlantic ocean.
Fair weather prevailed over most of the
southern half of the country west of the
Appalachian mountains, and clear skies
are noted in practically all the southern
plains and gulf states. Fair weather will
prevail in Alabama Monday.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations,
March 1s, 1919
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
GUILTY SENTENCED
IN PIKE COUNTY
Stewart Given 13 Months for Steal
ing Mule; de Selm Is Months
for Embezzlement

Troy, March Especial l.)-Fisher
Stewart, young white man arraigned
in the circuit court. was sentenced to
13 months in the state penitentiary to-
day, having entered plea of guilty
to the charge of the theft of mule.
Clarence de Selm, a young white man,
was sentenced to Is months In the peni-
tentiary. He pleaded guilty to the charge
of embezzlement of an insurance COM
pany for whom he worked while in
Troy.
Arrangements have been made
whereby a farmers institute will be
held here this summer in connection
with the fChautauqua. The sessions of
the institute will be held in the morn
ings of Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day.
A Boys Pig club is now to be or
ganized in Pike. A government expert
from Auburn is coming here shortly
to begin active work along this line.
An exhibit will be arranged for the
Pike. county fair next fall.