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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Paradise of Childhood.

Blessed be childhood for the good
that it does, and for the good that
it brings about carelessly and uncon-
sciously by simply making us love it
and letting itself be loved. What lit
tie Of paradise we still see on earth Is
due to it's presence among US. With
out fatherhood, without motherhood, |
think that love itself would not Oe
enough to prevent men from devour-
ing each other-men, that is to say,
such as human passions have made
them The angels have no need Of
birth and death as the foundations of
their life, because their life is heav'
enly.-Amiel.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Dry Mash Hopper.

er stock. 1t is well, however, to keep
the dimensions of the feed opening
the same, this opening being specially
designed to prevent waste. The ends
are made of one-inch material, and
the rest of the hopper of half-inch
stuff. Any lumber that is at band
may be used, and the construction is
so simple tnat anyone able to use a
hammer and saw can knock one TO-
gether in a very short time.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
The Way Up From Prison
BY Maud Ballineton Booth.

This is the case of former convict
whose companions ntcknamed him
Skinny. During his I'VE terms he
served over twenty-one years In pris-
on. He was a young man who had
not had advantages. and in fact had
stolen from childhood
During his last term he contracted
rheumatism. was so bent and broken
that he was unable for months to lie
down and was permitted to do a little
cobbling in his cell At times his pain
was so great that the physician would
give him 81 morphine tablet. but in
stead of using them ne Kept them, in
tending to kill himself when he had
saved enough of them.
How many of these would it take
to kill a man, doctor?" asked Skinny.
About twenty" was the reply.
On the day that our message reach
ed him he had accumulated nineteen
OF these tablets, and following our
talk he went back to his cell and
threw the nineteen away. After sub
sequent interviews he decided to
come to our New York home which is
one of four maintained by us for re-
leased prisoners, He came out on
crutches and he was indeed ENACT
ate6.
His Reformation Complete.
During the eleven months he re-
manned with US he built up his shat
tered health. and when able to work
was employed by gentleman at So
a week. While his employer was able
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
By Its Other Name.

What an eloquent man Senator
Buncomb Isl" said the lady who was
having her first experience. In the Wis
itors' gallery.
Yes" replied the senator's long
whiskered constituent from Squashop-
oils, that's what he is. Down home
we used to tell about him bein' one
of the gabbiest chaps that ever stood
up on two feet, but it amt right to
say them kind of things about a man
that's got as high up as Cy Buncomb
is"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Al the indian Schools

Nearly $4,000 Indian children went
to school last year, more than half of
them being educated at government
schools. Mission schools cared for
5000 and more than 1900 had so far
adopted the white mans ways as to
be enrolled in regular public schools,
according to a statement on Indiat
education furnished by the Indian Of
fee Of the United States Bureau of
Education.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
His Biblical knowledge Slight.

Whatever qualifications the newly
elected Judge possessed, Biblical
knowledge was not his most conspicu-
Gus. An attorney went to his court to
plead for girl who was to be sent to
the juvenile court for misdeed This
is the little girls first offense," pleaded
the attorney, land / don't think she
ought to be punished. Even Mary
Magdalen was pardoned." Mary
Magda1en." said the judge, 81 don't re-
member that case Clerk, bring me the
files In the Magdaleu case
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Another OUTRAGE.

Whats the matter?" asked the
beautiful singers husband.
"This is awful" she walled, crum-
ping the newspaper and tossing it
spitefully away. Here is a critic who
describes my performance in plain
English that anybody can understand
and after all my years of patient
training and study, tool"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
81. Wrote Sonnet on the Grass"

He wrote a sonnet on the grass,
The green grass on the lea;
he sat there, letting hours pass.
And wrote sonnet on the grass,
His hair was in a tumbled mass,
The kline strolled up to see;
He wrote a sonnet on the grass,
The green grass on the lea.
He wrote a sonnet on 1.-The grass
BY dandelions starred"
And caught his death of cold, alas
He wrote q sonnet on the grass.
Above him signing xephyrs pass
Take warning by that bard!
He wrote a sonnet on the grass
BY dandelions starred"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03

This is because buzzardS never be-
gin fight from the ground without
starting on a run of three or four
yards. If they cannot have that pre-
liminary run they either cannot or will
not attempt to fly, and so a buzzard
will remain a prisoner for life in a jail
with a wide-open top.
So with the bumblebee. One Of
these lively insects dropped into COB
let or tumbler will remain there al
ways unless taken out. because 1t
never notices the means of escape at
the top.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Just a Guess.

81 saw you out walking with your
wife yesterday"
81 didn't know you knew my wife"
II don't"
'Then what makes you think it was
she that you saw me WITH"
You didn't appear to be saying
anything to her"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
News to Him.

why are professors always so alb
sent-minded?" she asked.
Il don't know" said the dean of the
faculty, as he wiped his brow with a
bunch Of keys and tried to unlock the
desk with his handkerchief; Gin fact,
| never knew that they were"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
The New Firm.

Where Doubt & Wait had failed an
where
The ruins of their enterprise
Were scattered round in sorry heaps,
. Offensive to the public's eyes,
The firm of Hope e. Try set up
And hung their sign above the door;
There stands fine establishment.
Where failures ruins were before.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Gull Out Younu brakes.

Do not keep many of the young
brakes expecting to sell them as
breeders unless you know that your
market is assuered. 1t is better to sell
them as soon as possible. A drake will
in a very short time eat more than it
is worth on the market.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
In the Visitors Gallery

who's that standing over there?"
asked the lady who was attending the
opening of congress.
THAT is a celebrated English hum
orist who has come over here to write
up the proceedings"
What a funny looking little man
he is"
yes. Sort of standing joke, isn't
he?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03

Lectures Him, Probably.

Wife with newsp2per)- arti-
Gle says that person speaks on an
average about 10000 words a day.
Hub-I've always said that you were
above the averadge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Loose Grew.

Very often screw hole gets worn
so that the screw viii not stay in.
To remedy this CIT some narrow
strips of cork and up the hole COM
pletely, and then force the screw in.
This will prove jus as tight as If
driven into a new Il ole
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Store Some Green Food.

Don't neglect to store some green
food for the chickens SO that they may
have it this coming winter The fowls
will eat nearly all of the common
vegetables, such as potatoes, beets,
cabbage and turnips. They should al
so be fed clover or alfalfa hay.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
WHEN BIRDS ARE HELPLESS
Remarkable Absence of Reason Dis
played by Creatures to Whom
instinct Is All.

Some OF natures most active crea-
lures show strange helplessness under
certain conditions. Place a buzzard
In a pen six or eight feet square en-
tirely open at the top, and the bird
will be as absolutely prisoner as If
1t were Theoretically sealed in the In
closure
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
One Lii lie Sin.

It is astonishing how soon the
whole conscience begins to unravel
if a single stitch drops; one little sin
INDUCED makes hole you could put
your head through-C Charles Buxton.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Treating Bundle Foot.

Watch for chickens that are az
fected with humble foot. II the bruise
Is swollen and filled with pus lance
it and apply some COED poultice, held
on with strips of adhesive tape.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
uxurv ard Destination,

Luxury and dis; patton, soft and
gentle as their approaches are, and
silently as they throw their silken
chains about the heart, enslave it
more than the most active and turbu-
lent vices.-Hannah More
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Almost Horz less Case.

Mrs. F'limmins is worried about her
new husband She fears he will never
become elegant aEd refined, because
he cannot learn to put on a monocle
without twisting his mouth up to one
side
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Preventive Against vermin

It Is a good plan to use liquid lice
nests and in coops and colony houses
every two weeks as a preventive
against vermin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
q IIIe1 CnnclIIsinn

what would you think if a duke
should ask you to marry him."
I'D think pa had been doing some
tall lying to us about what he's worth
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03

IKll!Y YElzIl, 4

. MAN doth safely rule but he
- y that hath learned gladly to
obey.
Not what we would, but what we must,
Makes up the sum of living:
Heaven is both more and less than just
In taking and in giving
Swords cIeave to hands that sought the
plow
And laurels miss the soldiers brow.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
HOPPER FOR LITTLE CHICKS
and Used for Older Stockholm
structon Is Simple.

The hopper illustrated below will
hold one bushel Of feed, and is intend
ed for growing chicks, though by en-
larging the size it may be used for old
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
InSuItcd,

Nose Yallerby-I think youah sistah
am very chic.
Melinda Mokeby (angrily)-D' yoh
mean to sinuate dat she looks like a
hen Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
HELPED BACK To
FORMER PLACE
IN THE WORLD
PhiIanthropic Societies
Have Made Good Citi-
zens Out of veriest
DereIicts
RECORDS PROVE THE FACTS

That the Old Saying, "Once a Thief,
Always a Thief" May Be Revised
Is the Testimony of Those En-
gagged in the Work Of Reform in
Various Cities-Mrs. Maud BaIling-
ton Booth Cites Many Cases That
Have Come Under Her Personal
Observation in the Course Of
Years
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-03
Her prefereHce

Your daughter seems to play con
amore," said Mrs. Oldcastle.
Eyes. That's Josiah's favorite piece,
but | like Hiawatha' better"
Arizona republican., 1913-11-13
PIANO IS RELIC
 IF EARL ' DAYS
After Twenty-tWo Years First Piano Sold ill Ari- zona Returns to House That Introduced It Here and is to Be Preserved

Whether one is musically inclined or not, they cannot fail to be inter ested in the old piano displayed in show window of the RedewiH Music company on West Washington street, for that piano harks back to the pioneer days, before Phoenix was on d railroad and when everything that was brought into the town was freighted either from MaricOpa or from the north. And, too, it presents a reminder that in the RedewilI Mu sic company still exists concern that was not unknown in the days when the future of Phoenix was problem and before the acres of the Salt River valley were made to bloom like the rose.
 It is an oId-fashioned square piano cumbersome as were the pianos of quarter century ago before the up rights were heard of. It is the first piano ever sold in Arizona, and was brought to Phoenix in 1881 to grace the home of one of the pioneers.
 A RedewiH, then travelling out of Los Angeles. effected it's sale and engineered it's delivery here It came as far as Maricopa on the Southern Pacific and was then freighted overland by a Mexican en- gagged in heavy hauling This part of the journey was the hardest. and for a time it was thought the instru- ment would never be laid down at the point designated for it's delivery
 Despite the many years it has been in service, it is still of good tone, and it's rosewood case still pre- sents a notable example of the care exercised in finishing an instrument. It is the product of the Continental Piano company, q concern still in eX- istence and still represented by the RedewiH Music company. Referring to the number of the piano. 9 record still in the possession of A Rede- will. it is noted that the instrument at that time brought the handsome figure of $500. The RedeWiH com pany says that the instrument has been traded in with them for newer instruments no less than half a dozen times and there is no way of as pertaining how many other deals there are in which it has figured. It has now been sold for the last time and is to be preserved as relic of the early days.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-13
ARIZONA STATE FAIR
 FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Sufficient Funds on Hand to Meet
 All Debts incurred

The Arizona state fair is over ex- cept the checking out and the pay ment of premiums in the various de- partments. Enough is known, how ever, to know that the fair is T success from a financial point of view and there will be sufficient funds to pay all the bills incurred
 A rough estimate places the re- Ceipts and expenditures around $65, 900. The commissioners were more liberal this year in the various departments than ever before and the response was ready and prompt, resulting in ore of the greatest horse and cattle exhibits ever made at an Arizona fair.
 The office force is busy checking and paying off bills incurred and premiums awarded. Secretary Wood says that it will be several weeks be- fcre everything can be checked out and every effort is being made to rcail out all checks by the first of the month.
 The smaller departments will be checked out and paid off first. and the larger ones will follow Checks will be mailed promptly and winners will not be expected to call at the office for their money. However, if checks are not received by the third or fourth of next month, kindly write the office and be particular in giving the right address and the ex- act award claimed.
 Running Race Division
 There is department of the fair with which the fair commission is particularly pleased, and that is the running race division.
 This was under the supervision of T. R. Lambert and he showed a say ing to the fair of nearly $1000 over any previous fair. and moreover he would not take a cent for his ser vices, claiming that he was working simply for the good of the cause and was content with the gratifica- tion expressed by the commission at the good work done
Arizona republican., 1913-11-13
NJ LOSS IN
 RESERVOIR
Water Record Shows Same Level Two Days in Sue cession for First Time in Months-Rain RespOnsl- ble for This

For the first day since midsummer. the water report shows no loss :n altitude and contents in the reser- voir The height CT water yesterday and Tuesday were the same-108.21 feet, and the contents 41,441 feet.
 This is due naturally to the rains of Tuesday evening, rains that were much more general than was at first believed. The precipitation was hea- vier than is represented in the first estimate, and some districts in the Salt River valley got a good healthy drenching.
 The town of Glendale was partic- Ularly fortunate in getting a fairly heavy downpour. Fields and roads tor five miles in all directions were 1cnedered positively muddy by the rain.
 The roads all over the valley are hugely benefited by the wetness Dusty from a season of extremely Eeavy traffic. the roads in MaricOpa county were rapidly approaching the impossible" point Now, however something can be done to improve their condition.
 The trees and lawns throughout lIe Ndilcy were II ItS'lCltU NOiIuGI | ullN by the rains. For the first time in months the air of the lowIands has contained a sparkle and zip that is truly refreshing.
 The diminished loss of water was caused by the fact that the rains increased the inflow at the upper dam, cut down the amount of water needed in the canals to supply irri- gated areas. and finally because small floods in the Verde increased the supply available at Granite Reef
 some of the highest mountain val leys got snow. This is the safest form of stored water, as it does not evaporate as swiftly as rainwater, does not flow off in quick freshets and does not sink into the ground where it is lost. The precipitation in general however. was warm, and little of it was caught on the water shed.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-13
FARMERS TURN OUT
(Continued from Page One.)


 and immediately ahead of this and connected with the express stock car, was a wide flat car upon which dem onstrators worked and on which the stock was led for the purposes of that sort of lecture
 The afternoon opened after the ex- animation of the train by the many who thronged through it, with lecture by Mrs w. II. Lawrence of the University of Arizona. upon the subject of some inexpensive Home Helps" Mrs Lawrence showed how cheap a home bread mixer is, and how essential it really is to the home in the saving of labor. She followed this with a demonstration of a fire less cooker, explaining from a more elaborate sample how a home made rireless cooker can be made cheaply and how good are the results that can be gained from it. From the way the domestic science classes. | teachers anu all from the Glendale high school crowded around the speaker small idea of the interest in the work could be obtained Even after the lecture school girls and farmers wives stayed to ask individ ual questions of Mrs. Lawrence on the efficiency of such home helps In the meantime Frank Reed san ders. one of the most successful stock breeders of the valley, was busiIy engaged in explaining the merits of good stock. "The Paying Cow" and how farmers can easily distinguish good stock from poor even in blooded animals. Mir. Sanders spoke in a rl
 of 200 men around the flat car listen | ing intently to the words of the | speaker. Prof Lawrence followed MT. Sanders with an interesting lecture upon horticulture, using a splendid little tree as an illustration He ex- Piained planting and pruning and tEeir essentials
 Prof. G. F. Freeman followed on Grain Shuts" giving more informa- tion in his short terse sentences than many of the hearers thought could be gathered together upon the sub ject and dispensed in so short d time
 Dr. Morrill,. of the agricultural commission, followed with his inter- esting talk on Some Insect Pests" which closed the afternoons program
 After walking about the town, get ting supper and spending some time Tn getting acquainted, the evening meeting was opened in the high school, where there was almost as large an attendance as at the two afternoon meetings. Prof McOmie led off with a forceful lecture on
 crop Selection and Dr. Bartletr followed with an interesting f!Iustra+- ed lecture on Cotton Insects" The program was interspersed with much music which added not little to the interesting part of the program.
 The people of Glendale Were in tensely interested in the train and the lessons the cars carried Many Of the more prominent farmers person. ally thanked the professors and dem thstrators for the work in their be- half
 The train will be at Peoria all day today and as good a day is anticipated there as has been had ar Glendale. More than twice as many people visited the train here tfls year as did last, and altogether record breaking trip is looked for.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-13

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Arizona republican., 1913-11-13

the business. Just what plan will be adopted for this occasion is not an nounced, but the members of the or ganizatiOn are assured that there will be sufficient illumination to sat isfy all.
 . It has been suggested that the members of the Brotherhood now have an opportunity to manifest the proper spirit by turning out in rec ord breaking numbers. Interest in the meeting centers largely in the selection of the officers who will take care of the affairs of the organ ization during the ensuing year. There are also many other important matters to be take up at this time.