davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
A January Butterfly,

Summer still fingers in the lap of win ter, in spite of the almanac and the dis mal prophecies of the pessimistic wealth CT prophets. Mrs. H. G. Williams picked dandelions all during December, and other residents report wild-fiowers blossoming in all parts of the town, up to Christmas. and since.
 Frank Coons. janitor at the Town Hall. breaks the record by bringing to The News office a large and lively but terfy, which he captured in the hall last Thursday, while he was sweeping out the upper room. The butterfly was flying gaily around the hall and finally alighted on the ball room floor, where MT. Coons captured it. It was placed under glass tumbler where it remained all Thursday night, and although it was somewhat stupid Friday morning, it soon chirked up, after the sanctum be- came warm, and on being set at liberty, flew around the office for some time, un- til it found an opportunity to escape through the door, when it flew out and disappeared.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Firemen's Minstrels.

The date for the presentation of the minstrel entertainment to be given by Canaan Hose Company has been finally fixed for the last two days of the present month Thursday and Friday evenings. January 30 and 31. The posters an. nounce: Grand opening First Part. inc troducing the entire company, In choruses, quartettes solos comic and sentimental, interspersed with jokes and up to the minute local hits, etc. SIX funny end-men. Second part consisting of four funny vaudeville sketches en- titled, IA Little Something About Not Much of Anything" "The Organ. grinder and his Monk" "Fun in n Restaurant and big finale, "Dixie Husking Bee"
 Tickets go on sale at Collins jewelrg store, Tuesday, Jan. 2l. at 2 D. m.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Boy Killed by Tree.

Ernest Dwight Burnham, 13 years old of Hampton, was struck and killed Sat urday afternoon by large tree that his father was chopping down on his farm. MT. Burnham had sent. his boy across the lot to get his coat and the youngster came back just as the tree was falling One of the big branches hit the boy on the back of the head and fractured his skull. He died before a doctor could get there. The father was prostrated The boy is one of family of eight children.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
HEARSE BROKE DOWN
Corpse Had 10 be Transferred on Way
 to Cemetery.

Corpse Had 10 be transferred on Way
 to Cemetery.
 A distressing accident occurred while the cortege, at the funeral of Hiram Bartlett. was on it's way to the cemetery in East Canaan, Monday. The forward axle of the hearse broke, letting the body of the vehicle down and dislodg- ing the driver and undertaken from their seat. The wheel smashed one of the large windows in the hearse. and had it not been for the sharp spikes Which held the casket securely to the bottom. the casket might have been tipped over. The casket was transferred to the undertaker's wagon for the com pletion of the solemn journey, and the hearse left standing beside the road. It is said MT. Goodwin had called the attention. of the town authorities to the unsafe condition of the 'hearse-whlch belongs to the town-but no attention had been paid to it.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
New Douglas Library Books.

New Douglas Library Books. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition Miles. All the Children and All the People Smith.
 Brief Course in Education, Strayer. Practical methods of sewage disposal Ogden.
 Music of the Wild, Porter Gene Stratto Laughter, Bergson.
 Nome Florl-culture, Rexford. Your United States, Bennett. A Wanderer i'll Florence, Bennett. On Hazardous Service, Bennett Everybody's St. Francis, Egan. The Voice. M Deland. The Lady and Sada San, Little. Romance of Billygoat Hill, Rice Friendship Village Love Stories, Gale MT. Achilles, Lee.
 On the branch, Conlerin de. The Squirrel Cage, Garfield. Cease Firing, Johnston. The Reef, Wharton. Marjorie at Seacots, Wells. Children of the Dawn, Buckley. Boy Scouts of the Berkshire, Eaton. All About Ships, Taprell. On the Trail of Grant and Lee, Hill. Fortunes of Phoebe. Deland Ellen. How Phoebe Found Herself, Brown. The Singing Circle. Bell. Geographical Reader, Carpenter.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
TONIGHT'S BIG BANQUET
Annual B. M. A. Feast Will Break All
 Records.

Tonight the social event of the season, (for men only,) the annual banquet of the Canaan Business Mems Association, will eventuate at The Garfield, when 135 gentlemen will sit down, with the Governor of Connecticut and other dis tinguished guests, to a feast which, Landlord Baker assures the committee, will eclipse Tn quality and service any previous banquet of the Association and that will be going some."
 The committee on decoration, of which J. Clinton Roraback is chairman, will be busy today transforming the double dining rooms so the regular boarders won't be able to recognize the place, and flags and novel electric light ing devices will figure in the scheme of decoration.
 The number of acceptances and re- quests for invitation has been unprece- dented, and although Landlord Baker has devised new seating plan for the dining rooms, whereby 135 diners may be accommodated at once, the interest i'll the affair is so great that even with this increased seating capacity it would fall short of accommodating all who de- sire to attend. The committee, how ever, who had the arduous and more or less undesirable task of allotting the iu- vtations, having exercised good judg- ment in their issuance and made their calculation, to make sure that no busi- ! ness man who might have the slightest claim to recognition would, be sighted,
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
|. 0. 0. F. INSTALLATION
Canaan Lodge No. 50 Has New Off,
 CerS.

cers.
 At the regular session of the lodge, held Monday evening, D. D. G. M., w. D. Sheldon and suite acting as installing officers. The various charges were given by MT. Sheldon in his usual i'm pressive manner that added much to the occasion. The new officers are G. w. Parsons. N. G.; G. V. Wood, V. G; H. A. Holt, recording secretary, Dr. F. H. Lee, treasurer W. D. Sheldon. R. S N. C.. l.. A. Caldwell, l.. S. N. S. NE. F. Stevens, warden; O. H. Sheldon, conductor c. s. Mather, R. s. S. B. H. Baldwin, L. s. S.; w, A. Wright R. s. V. C.. c. F. Hitchcock, l.. s. N. G.; H. H. Scutt, O. G.; J. V. Adam, I. G. ; J. c. Roraback, chaplain. After the conclusion of the ceremonines the members adjourned to the dining room where bountiful supper was served Next week the initiatory degree will be worked for the benefit of two candi. dates.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Preachers' MeetinP.

One of the most interesting meetings Qf the season of the Housatonic Valley Methodist ministers, was held at Great Harrington, Monday morning and after noon. A most excellent paper was pre-. sented by Rev. L. C.. Spooner, of New Marlboro, on Ministers Problems" Ii not only aroused much interest, but pro voked an earnest discussion of the sub ject. The afternoon sermon was preach ed by Rev. Robert MacLaren. of North Egremont. It was a thoughtful dis course and was we'll re ceiyed and greatly enjoyed by the ministers present.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Civics Glass.

The first lesson of the Ciyics class of the Canaan Equal Franchise League was held in The Garfield parlors last evening, when the ladies took up the rudimentary principles of the subject. Only ladies were present. and ladies generally are invited to join the class. Later it is hoped to enlarge the scope of the class and admit men to the delibera- tions. As the class advances eminent lecturers and teachers are to he secured and it is among the probabilities that Dr. Anna Howard Shaw will be in. duced to come here to give d lecture.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Clerks Get Raise.

According to reports from New Hay en. definite decision was arrived at in the conference between officials of the New Haven road and representa- tiYes of the Grand Lodge of Railroad Clerks. As result of the session the clerks on all lines of the company get a flat increase in pay of t5 cents a day and two weeks vacation with pay during the year. About 80. per cent. of the de- mands were granted by the company. The most important demand refused was that of nine hour day. There were thirty-five minor concessions in addition to increase and vacation with pay.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Prizes for Corn.

The Connecticut State Agricultural Society, with headquarters at Berlin. Conn, have decided to offer extraor- dinary premiums for Corn Prizes during the coming year. The, details of the competition are now in the hands of President Beach of the Connecticut Agrlcultural College and Dr. Jenkins, Director of the two Experiment Stations of the~ State, and will be announced later, but the prizes will be as follows
 Best Acre of Dent Corn, $50.OO Best Acre of Flint Corn, 5000
 Boys Prizes
 l, Best Acre of Dent Corn, $50O0
 Best Acre of Flint Corn, 5000
 The President of the Connecticut prize of $100.00 to any person who is able toraise 30 tons of silage corn on an acre of land. The question of the amount of silage on given amount of land has been subject to good deal of dispute It is claimed that as high as 80 tons have been raised, so here is an oppor- tunity for those who believe in large corn to win magnificent prize.
 In addition to this,. the Union League Farmers Club of New Haven, through : the Connecticut State Agricultural So- ciety, will offer premiums of $50.00 for best acre of dent corn and $50.O0 for the best acre of flint corn. -.
 The Connecticut State Agricultural Society will also offer some premiums for boys kitchen gardens, but the de- tails of this have not yet been worked out. -.,.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Howitf's PicttN c

Manager Hewitt. of the Mahaiwe Theatre. started his moving picture shows in the Canaan Town Hall Mon. day evening, and although the notice to the pnblic was short there was a good attendance. The pictures were of high order, and we'll worth seeing Pictures will be shown three rights each week-Monday, Wednesday and Saturday-and there is no doubt that they will become popular amusement and well and regularly attended, under MT. Howitt's management.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Installation and Supper by Housatonic
 Lodge, F. and A. M.

Lodge, F. and A. M.
 The public installation of the officers of Housatonic Lodge, F. and A. M. in Masonic Hall, Thursday evening, was an event of rare interest to both mem- bers and non- members of the order. One hundred persons were present, iD- cluding many ladies, who enjoyed the impressive exercises in every detail. and old members who had not been inside the lodge room before in years. Chairs were brought in, which practically filled the entire floor space of the capacIous room.
 Worshipful Brother Leonard J. Nick erson, of West Cornwall, Grand Junior Deacon. representing the Grand Lodge, officiated as installing officer, and he imparted to the interesting ceremony all the impressiveness, in speech and man. ner, that the ritual called for, and con- veyed to the uninitiated an adequate conception of the sublimity of the pur- poses of Masonry and the signifcanc 3-of
 
 ficer was warmly congratulated by many Masons, at the close of the installation, on the masterly manner in which he had performed the dignified duty. The new officers installed were as follows: Lyman E. Howe. w. M.
 A. E. Molando, s. w.
 Charles A. Beaujon, J. w.
 George w. Ford, secretary.
 Fred R., Collin, treasurer.
 w. D. Sheldon. s. D.
 S. E. Kimball, J. D.
 D. 0. Garfield, $. $.
 l.. M. Whitney, J. s.
 F. k. Dewey, chaplain.
 G. B. DeHart. marshal.
 Edward Warner, tyler.
 After the installing formalities Wor- shipful Brother Nickerson delivered a brief address on the general subject of Masonry, which was of intense interest and full of instruction to both Masons and without the pale. Following MT. Nickerson's s address, Worshipful Brother Rev. w., l.. Dubois, Master of Wisdom Lodge, of West Stockbridge, and an
  setts, who was present as a guest of Brother w. W. Rowland, and who oc- cupied a seat ''in the East," was called on for remarks. and spoke interestingly and we'll on the subject of Masonry and its aims and purposes. /t
 After the formal ceremonies and the speaking the members and guests were invited to the dining room, where long tables had been spread and bounteous supper provided by the ladies of Esther Chapter, 0. E. s. To accommodate all the guests extra tables had been provid- ed in the large kitchen; but even with this additional table room, it was neces- sary to set a "second table" for some who were unable to find room at the first call.
 It was the most successful and enjoy able function of the kind ever given under the auspices of Housatonic Lodge.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
c. A. R. Officers.

David s Oowles Post, G. A. R., the annual meeting, reelected the old officers for the ensuing year, as follows : Commander. w. R. Weddle; s. V. O., James E. Greene J. V. O., James Reel; Q. M, w. R. Weddle Surgeon E. s. Roberts Officer of the Day, T. L. Sack. ett; Chaplain, George l.. Parsons Officer of the Guard, H. Scamerhorn {; Post Instructor, E. s. Roberts; Adiu- tant, W. R. Weddle Sergeant Major, A. P. Briggs; Quartermaster. Sergeant, A. s. Coons Representative to Depart. ment Encampment, Edward Hawver Alternate, George Fields.
 The Post membership now numbers only twenty-one.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Scouts at Work.

Last Friday evening fourteen Boy Scouts met at the club rooms with their Scout-master, MT. Stone, and Mrs. Adam, and had an enjoyable time with their new games. About eight o'clock a business meeting was held and after that they played with their games until Mrs. Charles Adam and Mrs. Laffargue came in, when refreshments were served to the boys by the ladies. It was the best meeting we ever had in our new club rooms. Some of the fellows passed the Morse telegraph test in both first and second examinations giving the code and sending and receiving sixteen words minute. The club rooms are fixed up fine with our new furniture and with the shades up and curtains up to the doors. We have two mission style chairs, settee, a dandy desk, table, a waste paper basket, five lamps and a clock; we are fixed up fine now. Secretary.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Legislature DeadIocked.

The Connecticut legislature is still in a deadlock over joint rules and house committee appointments, and adjourn. ment has been taken until next Tuesday
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

"When one reads he should rea& something to improve his mind"
 "Quite SO. Still 1t is imperative fer some of us to read laundry lists and tlnic tables occasionally. "- Birming- ham Age Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Dr. Warner Dead.

,Dr. I. De Yer Warner, of Bridgeport, died last week at his winter home in Augusta, Ga. He was the head of the Warner Brothers Corset Company, one of the largest of it's kind in New Eng land was a director of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com pany, president of the Bridgeport Gas Company, president of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, director in several city banks. president of the state com mittee of Y. M. 0. A. workers, presi- dent of the local Y. M. O. A. for many years.
 He was born in Linckaleen. N. r., March 24. 1S40, and studied medicine when young man. He entered the corset manufacturing business in 1876.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
Steenla Blown Down

The windstorm Sunday afternoon cuT- ried off the weather vane and part ot the steeple of the West Suffield Meth odIst church.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Gibbs-"Hodge thinks he knows it all.''
 Dibbs-.:Then he's victim of mis- placed confidence. ."-Boston Transcript.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14
THE SOUL

In our issue of Thursday we under
took modestly to explain how we
thought that prayers of the earnest,
sincere, penitent are answered.
In the course of the article we said
that when a man wakes up to the con-
seriousness that he is not living his
best, and is out of adjustment with
his better nature, and determines to
live his best and makes an inward ac-
acknowledgement, or confession, and de-
termines to live a higher and a bet
ter life, he awakes from his cOmmun-
ing, like one from a bath, refreshed
and invigorated. He feels a re-adjust-
ment. He feels that he fills a wider
space and occupies a higher niche in
the realms of better things; that it
was our belief that every man and
every woman who sincerely desires
to be in closer kinship with God, his
or her prayer will have an immediate
answer, because the soul is a part of
the infinite, and when it has the desire
can put itself in oneness with God
for the soul is God
We understand that this sentence
was harshly criticized from the pulpit
and that we were intolerantly, dogmat-
ically and mercilessly consigned to
eternal punishment, Notwithstanding
that it was known that the writer's
wife and daughters were members of
the congregation when the harsh CON
demnation was made
Passing over what appears to us as
the want of good breeding, we desire
to say that in giving utterance to this
belief, so far as we know, we are en-
tirely within the line of orthodoxy and
the best intellectual thought of the
world.
And the Lord God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the. breath of life;
and man became a living soul"
Neither the beasts of the field nor
any Otner IlVlng creature was so Gre
ated. The body was formed of the
dust of the ground, but the soul was
breathed Immediately from God him
self, and as much as it is is God. 1t
is a part of His personality, a part of
His divinity, a part of His essence.
The soul is the divine in man, and diff
ferentiates him from all other living
creatures.
Soul and spirit are frequently used
INTERCHANGEABLE If the soul were not
a part of God it would be impossible
for the prayer to be answered to
make this earth as the kingdom of
heaven
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14

President Wilson's rsh
20 ana conarmsfh.
with ue I p
Tie more
wu gross upon
trora WORKING
ceoer,pnII
dopHfle.. entered
aon y.
81.
r.
h..r
IrI.k. r
asr a m
p within
oln c.h
nraf.an
br.reIre f.r.Hf
tlfhv u.tn AIS.
Work hand
Their. an
differs rram m
"A .Iree th. e-
- jackson N.a F ~
eepre-entaf.or t
AIMS ann. of other
% recognize fhat
net anponfm.n
head 81 b.. r.ar. t.tI.
IA Woodrow
has written mar q. IS.
jackson -ths o.snsr.
Leadership ont - N
the soufh rors r
am, 80 t.. Qua u...s4
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14

others, even when the same people
had to let go their belief in a person
al God. Columbus discovered Amer
lea on Friday. but the superstition
was not shaken even when a happy
western continent unrolled It's good
luck to all mankind. George Wash
ington is said to have been horn on
Friday but if he was, the fact did NOT
shake the belief OF great people in
the balefulness of Friday Perhaps
we did not want to lapse into na
ton of infidels about our Friday The
old bell on Independence Han rams
the joyful first Fourth Of July on Fri
day
Each Of us knows some good man
or woman who was born on Friday
Some of the sweet children of our
homes-a favorite daughter. a noble
son-saw Friday first. Just how 20
explain the discrepancy has been very
difficult. 1t was quite impossible %
pGESudQG lIdC SdllIC udh-AtNA ~ A".
her wedding on Friday. though there
were good reasons otherwise. she en-
braced her mother, stroking bach the
white locks, and protested. Never on
Friday" 1t was a sight TO make a
philosopher gnash his teeth Both
mother and daughter were born on
Friday!
And now Neptune is TO be boldly
faced. Of course. it was the Amer.
can line that dared. In America the
old faiths are crumbling. No doubt /
the first ship will be full But IL We
could consult the Delphic oracle uo
doubt we could see that the ocean S
getting ready. Friday is already busy I
down in the unsunned caverns OF the /
sea There will be a miehy tussle -
New York Mail.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14

rors and prejudices; and schemes
erected in their stead that are alto
gether monstrous and irrational. and
require the most eXtravagant credul-
ity to embrace them.
Il would fain ask one of these bigot-
ted infidels, supposing all the great
points of atheism, as the casual or
eternal formation of the world. the
materiality of a thinking substance,
1.-THE mortality of the soul. the fOrtui-
ltOus organization of the body, the mo-
Itions and gravitatiOn of matter, with
the like particulars, were laid togeth-
Ter and, formed into a kind of creed
according TO the opinions of the most
celebrated atheists: | say, suppOsing
such a creed as this were formed.
and imposed upon any one people in
the world, whether it would not re-
!quire an infinitely greater measure of
faith than any set of articles which
they so violently oppose.
LET me- therefore. advise this gen
Ieration of wranglers. for their own
and for the public good, to act so con-
sistently with themselves as not to
burn with zeal for irreligion and with
bigotry for nonsense"
If the world had always been ra-
tional and tolerant, had always pic
tured the Creator as a God of love in
stead of a God of wrath, had used
persuasion instead Of vengeance, had
preached and practiced peace instead
of war, had meekly though zealously
walked in the footsteps of the prince
of Peace" instead of being bathed
in tears and desolation, the history of
the world would have been written
in letters as radiant as the colors of
the rainbow, and our religion today
would cover the whole earth as a ben
ediction as healing as the ointment in
the alabaster box which the woman,
though sinner, poured over the head
OF her Master
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14

The Jacksonville Metropolis says
that the soldiers of Florida are pre-
pairing themselves for war-war with
Mexico. There need be no alarm on
this score. Hon. William J. Bryan,
our new secretary of state, is sincere
~ opposed to war. and will exhaust
all the arts and subtleties of diploma
cy, the strength of his character, the
influence of his position and the po-
tency of his eloquence, before plung-
ing the country into war, especially
with so insignificant a power as our
neighboring republic. No. no. There
will be no war with Mexico as long as
Mr.. Bryan can avert it. War is dis
tasteful to him. He believes, as we
do, that it is one of the paradoxies of
religion, and that the churches should
come together and war against war.
1t is the foulest spot on the escutch-
con of our civilization.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14

sod blsss the nag! Lei It float and
Oh
the sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
so the low. sweet chant OF its wind.
swept lars.
And The chorus OF all its clustered
stars
embrace &C. o mothers! and heroes
shall Erow
While rs cOlOrs blush warm on your
bosoms Of snow
Defend &C.. c fathers; there's no sweet
or death
Than 20 float its fair folds with sol
dier'r last BREATH
And love II. 0 children! be. true to the
aires
Who vove It in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-03-14
FELT BAD
ALL THE TIN
ShellhOFn Lady suffered Z
Deal. But Is Al Right AsN

shelihorn. Ala.-In q letter ffre
place, Mrs Carrie May mFa a.
time ago. I commenced 80 kaft
spells and headaches fe.t -
the time. and soon gree m
couldn't stay up Thought : $50
AZ last my husband SO me
OF Cardui. and q helped me. -
some more. After had as
second bottle. I was entirety -
l wish every lady. suHsriug
womanly trouble. woul1 ~ 9,
II is the best medicine I kass
did me more good than anythingiF
used"
Cardui r. q womann go
strengthening medicine GO
made from ingredients that 81
eihcally on the womaniy orranA
thus help 10 build ~ ths wsman4
stitution to glowing Eood tain
As q remedy for wumana IA
successful record % or = -
Your druggist sells n rieam
~ B. Writ Co. Lasluss atsasnr -
sooga Medifine Ca.. 1kaItana9a. IF44
fnsar.etioAs, en9 t4pa9l 49,. 49,
~"s1sn. ssntm 80 ssapBMs -