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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-30
SHIP HITS ICEBERG
BUT MAKES HER PORT

AVONMOUTH, England, May go
The liner Royal Edward arrived here
today from Montreal with her stem
bent and twisted from a collision with
an iceberg in mid-Atlantic. Only for
the presence of mind and judgment
of her master the liner would have
probably gone down with the loss of
perhaps all her $50 passengers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-30
ALLIANCE MEETS

For the purpose of setting a date for
a mass meeting to be held some time
during the coming month. members of
the local branch of the German Alli-
ance will meet tomorrow at the Maen-
nerchor hall on South Sixth street. All
members OF the body are urged to at
tend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-30

by several hundred persons after the
program had been given.
Following is the Program.
Tannhauser-CM March and Choir "
wagner
DaS Leld ................ BaldamuS
Die Allmacht ..... Schubert-Liszi
Das Duetche Lied ...... Schneider
I'm Wald Observation-Disclosures. Leu
Sonntag lists .........-...- BreG.
An Die Heimat (EOlsleidD 49,. JungSt
My Old Kentucky Home ...... Foster
The personnel OF the party that will
make the Louisville trip:
Tenors-H. II. Engelbert, J. Vessel
Chris Fulle, Ed Issen, Fred Wiehmey-
er, Henry Nichter. Caspar Jelly, Henry
Eggert and Charles Hirchfield.
Basses-Albert Blaesser. Urban
Gausepohl. Joseph kutter. Charles
Vessel. William Schneider, August
Sturm. Herman Pilgrim. Harry Pill.
grim, Robert Corvis and John Hast.
ings.
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(Coutinued on Page Three)
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.aennerchor Singers
Please Fest Leader


a beeng
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Continued on Page ThreeD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
Author of "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm"

IL they want nothin' more'n so many
ignorant cockroaches. Them was the
great days for fightin'! The Husshons
was the biggest men 1 ever seen on the
field. most of 'em standin' six feet
eight in their stOckin's-but Lord, how
we waIloped 'emi Once we had a can
non mounted an loaded for EN- that
was so large We had to draw the ball
into IL with a yoke of OXEN
Bill paused from force OF habit. just
as he had paused for the last twenty
years. There had been times when
roars OF increduIous laughter had
greeted this boast. but most OF this
particular group had heard the yarn
more than once and let it pass with a
smile and a wink. remembering the
night that Abel Day had asked old Bill
how they got the oxen ont OF the can
non on that most memorable occasion.
ooh" said Bill, " that was easy
enough. We jest unyoked 'em an
turned 'em out o. the primin' hole
II was only early October. but there
had been a killing frost. and Ezra
Simms. who kept the brick store. flung
some shavings and small wood on the
hearth and lighted a blaze. just 20 in
duce a little trade and start conversa-
ton on what threatened to be a dull
evening. Peter Morrill,. Jed's eldest
brother. had lately returned from a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

shall blossom: and 1 will make to cease
from me the murmurings of the chill
dren of Israel, whereby they murmur
against you
Rodman had read on, absorbed in
the story and the picture it presented
TO his imagination. He liked the idea
of all the princes having a rod accord
ing to the house of their fathers. He
liked TO think of the little branches
being laid on the altar in the taber-
nacle. and above all he thought of the
longing OF each of the princes to have
his own rod chosen for the blossom
ing.
&c. And Moses spoke unto the chill
dren of Israel. and every one of their
princes gave him rod apiece, for each
prince one. according to their fathers
houses, even twelve rods; and the rod
of Aaron was among their rods"
/ Oh, how the boy hoped that Aarons
branch would be the one chosen TO
blossom, He felt that his aunt would
he pleased, too. but he read on steadily,
with eyes that glowed and breath that
came and went in a very palpitation
OF interest:
~. And Moses laid up the rods be
fore the Lord in the tabernacle of wit
ness
rs. And It came TO pass. that on the
morrow Moses went into the taber-
nacle OF witness; and. behold, the rod
OF Aaron was budded and brought
forth buds, and bloomed blossoms. and
yielded almonds"
IL was Aaron's rod, then, and was an
almond branch, How beautiful. for
the blossoms would have been pink
ana how the people must have mar
yelled 10 see the lovely blooming thing
on the dark altar, first budding. then
biossoming, then bearing nuts! And
what was the rod chosen for? He bur
ried on to the next verse:
20. And Moses brought out all the
rods from before the Lord unto all the |
children of Israel; and they looked. and
took every man his rod.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

81 remember that funeral WE'LL"
long trip through the state and into
New Hampshire and his adventures by
field and food We're always worth lis
tening 10. He went about the country
mending clocks and so many an old
timepiece still bears his name. with
the date Of repairing written in pencil
on the inside Of the door.
There was never any lack of sub
jects at the brick store. the idiosyn-
crasies Of the neighbors being the most
prolific source of anecdote and COM
ment. Whenever all else failed there
was always the latest story of Deacon
Bakers parsimony. in which the vii
lage traced the influence of heredity
He can't hardly help IT. inherltin' It
on both sides" was Abel Days opin-
ion. The BaIters was alters snug
from time memorial. and Foxy's the
suggest OF 'em. When I look AT his
ugly mug an hear his snarlIn' voice /
thinks To myself. he's goin' the same
way his father did. When old Levi
Baxter was left wilder man in that
house o. his'n up river he grew wuss
an wuss. II you remember, till he
want hardly human at the last, and /
own fathers funeral
"'Twould "a served old Levi right II
nobody else had gone" said Rish Blk
by. when his wife died he refused 10
come into the house till the last min
ute. He stayed 10 work in the barn till
all the folks had assembled and even
the men were all settin' down on
benches I'm the kitchen. The parsOn
sent me out for him, and I'm blest II
the old skunk didn't come in through
the crowd with his sleeves rolled up
went TO the sink and washed. and then
set down in the room where the coffin
was, as cool as a cowcumber."
II remember that funeral WELL" cor
roborated Abel Day. An Mis- Day
beerd Levi say 10 his daughter as
soon as they'd put poor old Mrs. BAx-
ter int the grave, Come on, Marthy:
there's no use cryin' over split milk;
we'd better go home an husk out the
rest o that corn Old Foxy could have
Inherited plenty o. mesnness from his
fnther, that's certain. an he's added 10
his Inheritance right along. like the
thrifty man he II. / hate 10 think o.
them two fine girls wearin' their fin
gers To the bone for his benefit"
"Oh. well. 'twOn't last forever" said
Rish Bixby. They're the han'sOmest
couple o girls nn tue river. an they'll
get husbands afOre many years. Pa
ttence II have one pretty soon. by the
looks. She never budges an inch bur
Mark Wilson or Phil Perry are follerin'
behind Win Ccphas Cole watchin' his |
nance right along too. Waitstill don't !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
Woman's Advantage.

(To be continued Next "wednesday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

z worry BOYNTON had taken the
q horse and gone TO the village on
an errand. a rare thing for him
to do after dark. so Rod was
thinking as he sat in the living room
I learning his sunday school lesson on
the same evening that the men We're
gossipinC at the brick store. His aunt
had required him from the time when
| he was proficient enough to do so TO
read at least part of "A chapter in the
! Bible every night Beginning with
Genesis. he had reached LeviticuS and
| had made up his mind that the Bible
was much more difficult book than
Scottish Chiefs" Notwithstanding the
fact that Ivory helped him over most
of the hard places. At the present
juncture he was vastly interested in
the subject of rods" as unfolded in
the book of Exodus. which was being
studied by his Sunday school class.
What added TO the excitement was the
fact that his uncle'S Christian name.
Aaron, kept appearing in the chronicle
as frequently as that of the great law
giver Moses himself. and there We're
many verses about the wonder work
ing rods of Moses and Aaron that had
when he read them aloud. as he loved
to do whenever he was left alone for 4
time. When his aunt was i'm the room
his instinct kept him from doing this,
for the mere mention of the name of
Aaron, he feared, might sadden his
aunt and provoke in her that danger
Gus vein of "Reminiscences that made
Ivory so anxious.
1t kind o. makes me nervous to be
named Rod, Aunt Boynton." said the
boy, looking up from the Bible. "All
the rods in these Exodus chapters do
such dreadful things. They become
serpentS, and one of them swallows up
all the others, and Moses smites the
waters with rod. and they become
blood. and the people can't drink the
water and the fish die. Then they
stretch a rod across the streams and
ponds and bring a plague of frogs over
the land, with swarms OF flies and hor-
rible insects"
That was TO show Gods power to
Pharaoh and melt his hard heart To
obedience and reverence explained
Mrs Boynton, who had known the
Bible from cover to cover in her youth
and could still give chapter and verse
Tor hundreds of her favorite passages.
1T took an awful lot OF melting. Pha- |
raoh's heartH exclaimed the boy. |
fharaoh must have been worse than |
Deacon Baxter. / wonder If they ever
tried TO make him good by being kind |
TO him. I've read and read. but I |
can't find they used anything on him |
but plaques and famines and boils and |
pesulences and thunder and hail and |
hre! Have | got "A middle name. Aunt |
Boynton, for / don't like Rod very |
much?"
Il never heard that you had middle |
name; you must ask Ivory" said his !
aunt abstractedly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

At the 5rtck store
- here were two grand places
for gossip IN the community.
the old tavern on the Edge
wood side Of the bridge and
the brick store in RiverbOro. The com
pauy ut the EdgewOod tavern would
be a tribe different In character. more
picturesque. imposing and eclectic be
cause OF the transient guests that gave
il change and variety. Here might be
found a Judge or a lawyer on his way
10 court. a sheriff with handcuffed
prisoner. a farmer or two stopping on
the road to market with a cartful OF
produce and an occasional teamster.
peddler and stage driver. On winter
nights champion story tellers like Jed
Morrill, and Rish Bixby would drop in
there and hang their wooden neck com
forters on the pegs along the wall side,
where there were already hats. top
coats and fur mufHers, as we'll as
stacks OF whips. canes and oXgoads
standing in the corners They would
then enter the room, rubbing their
hands genially ana. holding TO Com
pauion Pike. Cephas Cole. Phil Perry
and others. ensconCe themselves snugly
in the group by the great open FIRE
place. The landlord was always glad
to see them enter. for their stories.
though old to him. were new TO many
{ OF the assembled company and had n
remarkable effect on the consumption
of liquid refreshment-
on summer evenings gossip was ian
guild in the village. and If any occurred
at all il would be on the loafers' bench
at one or the other side Of the bridge.
When cooler weather came the group
Of local wits gathered in Riverboro.
either al Uncle Bart's joiners shop or
at the brick store. according to fancy
The latter place was perhaps the IA
vorite for RiverbOrO takers. II was
large. TWO story. square brick build
ing. with a big mOuthed chimney and
IN open fire. when every house in the
two villages had six feet of snow
around II roads would always be bro
ken TO the brick store. and a crowd %
ten or fifteen men would he gathered
there talking. listening. betting. smok-
ing. chewing. Dragging. playing check
ers. singing and swapping stories
Some OF the men had been through
the war OF 1912 and could display
wounds received on the field Of valor.
Others were still proUder Of scars won
in encounters with the Indians and
there was one old cOdger. revclu-
tionary veteran. Bill Durham by name,
who would add bloody tales OF his en-
counters with the "Husshons."
It's an awful sin 10 have on your
soul" Bill would say from his place
in a dark corner. where he would sit
with his hat pulled over his eyes till
the psychological moment came for tho
-Husshons'' 10 be trorted our "'IIs
an awful sin TO have on your soul-the
extummination Of n race o. men. even
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

"Did my father name me Rod. or my
motherT'
II don't really know. Perhaps 1t was
your mother, but don't ask questions.
please"
II forgot, Aunt Boynton. Yes.
think perhaps my mother named me.
Mothers most always name their ba-
bies. don't they? My mother wasn't
like you. she looked just like the pic
ture of Pocahontas in my history. She
never knew about these Bible rods. |
guess"
when you go a little further you
will find plessanter things about rods"
said his aunt, knitting. knitting in
tensely, as was her habit. and talking
as IL her mind were 600 miles away.
"You know they were just little
branches of trees, and it was only
Gods power that made them wonder
full in any way"
"Oh, I thought they were like the
singing teachers stick he keeps time
with
NO: II you look at your concordance
you'll find it gives you a chapter in
Numbers where there's something
beautiful about rods. ] have forgotten
the place 1t has been many years
since looked at It Find it and read
it aloud TO me-" The boy searched his
concordance and readily found the ref
erence in the 18th chapter of Numbers.
stand near me and read" said Mrs.
Boynton. II like to hear the Bible
read aloud"
Rodman took his Bible and read.
slowly and haltingly, but with clear
ness and understanding:
Il. And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying.
80. Speak unto the children of Israel.
and take of every one of them a rod
according to the house of their fathers,
of all their princes according to the
house of their fathers twelve rods:
write thou every mans name upon his
rod"
Through the boys mind there darted
the fash of a thought, sad thought
He himself was a Rod on whom no
mans name seemed to be written, or
phan that he was, with no knowledge
of his parents!
Suddenly he hesitated. for he had
the verse that he was about to read
and did not wish to pronounce it in
his aunt's hearing.
This chapter is most too hard for
me to read out loud, Aunt Boynton,'
he stammered. Can 1 study it by my
self and read it to Ivory first?'
go on. go on. you read very sweet
ly. l cannot remember what comes
and l wish to hear it"
The boy continued, but without rails
ing his eyes from the Bible:
80. And thou shalt write Aaron's
name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house OF
their fathers.
~ And thou shalt lay them up in
the tabernacle of the congregation be-
fore the testimony. where l will meet
with you.
-. And it shall come to pass that
the mans rod, whom l shall choose,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

fever is an easy death from warriors
pint o View
"Speakin' of easy death" continued
Timothy, 'you know I'm great one
for words. bein' something of ,schol-
ard In my small way. Mebbe You no
ticed that Elder Boone used strange
word in his sermon last Sunday?
Words air curious things sometimes.
ms I know, hevin' had considerable leis-
ure time to read when l was 1ogGln
bout the country an bein' brought
into contack with men o lcarnin. The
way | worked 1t out. not wishin' TO ask
Parson any more questions. bein' some
thing of scholard myself, is this:
The youth in Ashy is peculiar kind
o. youth. n their religion disposes 'em
10 lay no kind o. stress on huming life.
When anything goes wrong with 'em
an they get n set back In war or bust
ness. or affairs with women folks, they
want TO die right off. so they take
sword an stan IL straight up wher-
ever they happen TO be. in the shed or
the barn or the henhouse, an they
pint the sharp end right TO their waist
line, where the bowels an other vital
organisms is lowcated. an then they
fall on to It. 1t runs 'em right through
to the back an kills 'em like n shot. and
that's the way l cal'late the youth in
Ashy dies, if my entomology is correct,
as it gen'ally is"
Don't seem an easy death TO me-"
argued Ezra, but amt no scholard.
What college did you attend to, Tim:"
''I don't hold no diaploma." responded
Timothy, Though attended the Ware
ham academy quite spell. the same
time as your sister was goin' to Ware
ham seminary where dedication is still
bein' disseminated though of an awful
poor kind compared TO the old times"
Its live an larn," said the store
keeper respectfully. 81 never thought
of a seminary bein' place of dissent
nation before, but you can see the two
words is near kin"
You can't alters tell by the sound"
said Timothy instr7lctively some
times two words IL start from the same
root an branch out difr'rent. like crit
ter an 'hypocritter.' A 'hypocritter'
must natcherally start by bein' n crit
ter but a critter amt obliged TO be a
'hypocritter' 'thout he wants to-
Il should hope not" interpolated
Abel Day piously. Entomology must
be an awful interestin' study. though
l never thought of observin' words my
self. 'cept TO avoid vulgar language an
profanity"
"Husshon's a curious word for
man." interjected Bill Durham with a
last despairing effort. Il remember
seem n Husshon once that
Perhaps you amt one to observe
closely. Abel" said Timothy, not TAX
ing note of any interruption, simply
using the time to direct a stream of to-
bacco juice to an incredible distance,
but landing 1t neatly in the exact spot
he had intended. Its trade by il
self. you might say, observin' is. an
there's another singular corruption,
The Wings in foreign parts. so they
say. build stone towers TO observe the
evil Vaccinations of the Tories. an so
the word observatory come into gen
eral use. All entomology; nothin' but
entomology"
Il don't see where in thunder you
picked up so much larnin'. Timothy"
1t was Abel Days exclamation, but
every one agreed with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
CHAPTER XVII.

At the Brick Store.
4" here were two grand places
for gossip ~ the community.
the old tavern on the Edge
wood side Of the bridge and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Pod That 6Iossomed.

z worry BOYNTON had taken the |
horse and gone TO the village on |
an errand. a rare thing for him |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22

It's easy for a woman TO clean =
She can rub a little powder on y,
nose and cheeks. but man has 10 -,
OF his collar and necktie and "asN
Detroit Free Press.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-22
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