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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
DRUSILLA'S THANKSGIVING
By Kate Cloves.

copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
1t was the day before Thanksgiving that
Drus1ila Orde made up her mind to throw
up her position In Humans department
store and go back to Laurelton.
For ID years she had stood behind the
glove counter in the big store and fitted
gloves on all sorts and shapes of hands.
- nate 1t; l hate 1t; 1 hate it," she had
cried to herself for five years; that was
the last five years of her service there,
after the novelty Of being a wage Garner
tn a large city had worn off. Now she de-
tested the tiny third floor room, which
was all she could afford even after 10
years work; she hated the smell of toast
was detestable when 1t chung about the
little space in which she slept and ate
W meals each day.
able aef to sn send t1rz mo fes S yeaTs to she her had nar sssn
In Laureltcn-a tiny sum each week, but
enough to help. Then they had died and
the place had been sold and Drusilla had
gone back. The little money from
the place was boarded in the bank.
But now 1t was the day before Thanks
giving and all the store clerks had been
to spend the day in their homes among
their own people. and poor Drusilla grew
more homesick as the hours flew past.
She had few friends In the city and nc one
had invited her to dinner
At the lunch hour she went to the bank
and drew out almost all her money, then
BIG WeIl u uCI llllle room ana packed
her trunk and sent it to the railroad sta
ton. Then she went back to the store
and gave up her position. When she was
on the train she strained her eager eyes
tain that oyershadowed Laurelton. The
shabby old coaches were familiar enough,
and the face of the elderly conductor who
took her ticket was that of an old ac-
quaintance.
How do you do, Mr.. Bemis?" she asked
I]oyfuliy;
seen you In years! Well" he said you
amt grown any y%ounger!'
Drusilla tucked her graying hair be.
hind her pink ears And you haven't
retorted.
Dan chuckled. Your tongues as sharp
as ever, Drusilly! Well, where you going
10 stop-at your Aunt L~ucetty's?"
81 guess So" said Drusilla.
you must come and see us. F1ora'I
DO pleased to meet you again." and Mr..
And to each passenger he impaired the
Information that Drusilla Orde was IN the
front seat there and that She was going
to stay In Laurelton all winter.
So 1t was that when Drusilla arrived at
Laurelton in the early November twilight
she found many pleasant greetings from
people whom she scarcely knew. Warmed
by these CHEEKY greetings, Drusilla walked
on down the familiar road that led to the
village. r
The air was crisp and cold and the
smell of the pines was tnvfgorating to her
lungs stifed by the close air of the city.
AS she walked the years seemed to fall
from Drusilla, until. when she reached
the village street she. was quite 20 again,
In spite OF the gray threads In her brown
hair.
She passed the Methodist church, the
moving picture theater, which was a gilt
tering innovation. the meat market, the
Thorne's drug store.
The red and green lights confronted her
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

THANKSGIVING.


Lord, Thou hast given me a cell,
Wherein to dwell;
A little house, whose humble roof
is weather proof;
Under the spares of which 1 lie
Both soft and dTie;
Where Thou, my chamber for to ward,
Hast set a guard
OF harmless thoughts, to watch and keep
Me, while l sleep.
Low is my porch, as is my fate,
Both void of state;
And yet the threshold of my doore
Is worne by tn poore,
Who thither come, and freely get
Good words or meat.
Like as my parlour, so my hall
And kitchin's small:
A little butterte, and therein
A little byn,
Which keeps my little loafe of bread
Unchipt, unf1ead;
Some brittle sticks of thorne or brtar
Make me a fire,
And glow like it.
Lord I, l confess, too, when I dine.
The pulse Is Thine,
And all those other bits that bee
There placed by Thee;
Tbs worts. the purslain, and tho messe
Or water crosse
Which of Thy %kindnesses Thou has sent;
And my content
Makes those, and my beloved beet
To be more sweet.
'Tis Thou that crownest my glittering
hearth
With guiltlesse mirthe.
And givest me wassaile bowls to drink,
Spic'd to the brink.
Lord, it's Thy plenty-dropping hand
That soiles my land.
And .giv,st me, for my bushell sowne,
Twice ten for one;
Thou mak'st my teeming hen to lay
Her egg each lay;
Besides my healthful ewes to bear
Me twins each yeare;
The while the conduits of my kline
Kun crealne for wine.
All these, and better Thou dost send
Me-, to this end,
That should render, for my part,
A thankful heart;
Which, tir'd with incense, r resigne
AS wholly Thine;
But the accordance. that must be,
O Lord, by Thee.
-Herrick.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

oO1 40 " NO1u LILO
comprehends the happiness
of the human race. It
turns the heart toward the
Fountain of all good and so makes
possible a greater receptivity and
a greater Joy. Without it even
glorles Of heaven could not confer
happiness, and all the sweet ameni-
ties of life would fail. With it the
humblest home may be blest with
angel visits, and one step upward
from the depths of grief may be
fraught with a new-found joy.
But shall we be grateful for the
mere incidents of life and forget to
be supremely grateful for life it
self? We murmu so much at the
conditions Of life, and as a reluctant
concession we admit that this is bet
ter than that, and so we express our
feeble thanks-praising the beauty
of a single leaf while murmuring
at the tree that bore it.
Are you truly grateful for life?
Are you glad that you were born?
DC you accept your life from the
hand of God as His richest gift
the containant of all other possible
blessings?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
Some Smoke.
From Popular Magazine.

From PopuIa Magazine.
Jess Carmichael was walking DOWN
town in New York with his friend,
Bob Gintcr.
Bob was putting industriously "a !
fat dark cigar and had succeeded hi
the covering to curl up with. the heat,
What in thunder are you smoki1g4.
asked Carmichael.
IA fine cigar" replied Ginter.
"Oh!!" said Carmichael sadly.
thought At Was an umbrella 4
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
The Founder of Cold Storage.
From the Daily Oklahoman.

The death of Charles Teller presents a
lamentable example of the failure of an
important inventor to secure for himself
even. a 1.-THE of the benefits and profits
which he bestowed upon the world. He
died at the age Of Sc. IN actual destitution,
after years of neglect and dependence up
On charity. says the New York Tribune.
Yet he was the founder of one of the
most important factors in the rad and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
inconsistency,

From the National Monthly.
"Wimmen certainly amt got no
consistency"
Whats the matter. John?"
Me wife chased me out wild a rollin'
pin this morning and then cried be-
cause ! left home without kissing her
.goodby."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26


I THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS, :
The RAPTURE of the Year.
While the skies CLINT bright with bluest
through clouds that race DER field and
town,
AND leaves go dancing left and right.
Ana orchard apples tumble down;
Whlie school girls sweet, in lane or street,
lean salnst the wind and feel and hear
us slad heart like a lovers beat
30 relsns the rapture of the year.
Then ho! and hey! and w~hoop-hooray!
1hough, winter clouds be looming,
itemember a November day
is merrier than mildest May
With all her blossoms blooming.
While birds in scattered fight are blown
Aloft and lost in dusky mist,
ana truant boys scEd home alone
Meath skies of gold and amethyst;
While twilight falls, and echo calls
Across the haunted atmosphere,
With low, sweet laughs at intervals
so Teigns the rapture of the year.
Then no! and hey! and whoop hooray!
Though winter clouds be looming,
Remember a November day
Is merrier Than mildest May
With all her blossoms blooming.
Riley.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
BE THANKFUL FOR

EE u run
These to be thankful for: a friend,
A work to do. a way to wend.
And these in which to take delight:
The wind that turns the poplars
white.
Wonder and CLEAN of common
things
Sunlight upon a sea gull , wings.
Odors of earth and dew-drenched
lawns,
The %pageantry of darks and dawns;
Blue vistas of a city street
At twilight: music: passing feet;
The thrill of Spring, half joy, half
pain,
The deep voice of the Autumn
Shall we not be content with these
Imperishable mysteries.
And, jocund-hearted, take our share
OF joy and pain, and find life fair?
Wayfarers OF a road where we
Set forth each day right valiantly;
~EXpectant, dauntless, blithe, con-
tent
To make the Great Experiment.
Constance Darcy Mackay.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shal plan
And autumn garner to the end of time.
Robert Browning.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
Autumn

tn years last, loveliest smile
Thou contest to fill with hope the human
heart
And strengthen 1t to bear the storms
awhile
Till Winter days depart.
John Howard Bryant.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS.


For the days when nothing happens,
For the cares that leave no trace,
For the love Of little children,
For each sunny dwelling-place,
For the affairs of OUT fathers
And the closets where we pray.
Take, Oh. gracious God and Father,
Praises this Thanksgiving day.
For our harvests safe ingathered,
For our golden store of wheat,
For the cornlands and the vine-lands,
For the flowers up-spring sweet,
For our coasts from war protected,
For each inlet. river. bay.
BY Thy bounty. full and flowing.
Take our praise this joyful day.
Thousands Of years ago a leaf fell on
the soft clay, and seemed to be lost.
But last summer a genologist in his ramb-
lings broke off a piece of rock with his
hammer. and there lay the image of the
leaf, with every line and every vein and
Gil the delicate tracery preserved in the
stone through those centuries. So the
words we speak and the things we do to-
day may seem to be lost. but in the great
final revealing the smallest of them will
Appropriateness Russell Lowell.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
Harvest,

Harvest.
And now with autumn's moonlit yves
Its harVest-time has come;
We pluck away the frosted leaves,
And bear the treasure home,
Then let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let us. for His golden corn,
Send up our thanks to God.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
hiahways DEPARTMENT.,

The Highways Commission is in re-
ceipt Of a copy Of the National Old
Trails Road, ocean to Ocean High
way, the object of which is National
Highways and Good Roads Every
where" 1t is published by the Nation
al Highways Association, Of which Gov.
VIM. T. Haines OF Maine is connected
as a member Of the Council of Govern
ors and State Highway Commissioner
VIM. M. Aver and Assistant Engineer
Parker L. Harrison are members of
the Council Of Administration. The
booklet is handsomely illustrated with
views of the Old Trail roads as found
by tho commissions investigators. 1t
also has a fine map of the proposed
Ocean to ocean road from New York
to San Francisco and another showing
1000 miles of proposed national high
ways in Ohio. of the total road mile
age of 1851 mile Maps of other states
are being prepared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
Impure Water and Ice.

Some pointers worth knowing ane
remembering are included in the fol-
lowing from a letter sent by Director
H. D. Evans Of the State Laboratory OF
Hygiene to the board of health Of
fieials of a certain town;
Relative to the purity of ice from
this source l would state that. If the
ice forms by natural freezing and is
not aooded to increase it's thickness
1t will probably be safe to use. Nat
ural freezing of ice results in as
create publication in the water in the
cake as does the subjecting of the
water filtration, and this purifiea-
ton progresses with the storing OF
the ice. This publication is due to
elimination of all foreign substances
during the process of crystalization
and is not due to bacterial destruc-
ton by the cold alone. If the ice field
be flooded then all of the foreign sub
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
Automobile Registration

1.-THE registration of automobiles In
this State has kept up wonderfully"
remarked Deputy Secretary of State
Arthur I. Brown Tuesday to the Jour
nal. why. the receipts in our office
last week were between $500 and $500
daily. over 5000 more than last year
have already been registered and still
they come The last number issued at
close Of business Tuesday was l3,3o3'
Shows up some, eh4
Il am firmly convinced that the
men sent out to round up the delin-
auept automobile owners and drivers,
It cost something. of course, but
believe the plan has repaid $40 for
every one expended. Beside this, 1t
has stirred up hundreds to attend to
the matter and have the legal num-
Der on their cars and the necessary
documents in their coat pockets"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
RICHMOND

Mrs. Florence Duren of Fairfield is
the guest of relatives in town.
H. R. Drew and VIM. T. Hall were
in Bath Tuesday on business
John Capen of Boston is the guest
of relatives in town for two weeks.
A baseball game has been arranged
with the Pejepscot team for Saturday,
Aug. s. This team trimmed Rich
mond two weeks ago by score of 5
to .. A good game can be looked for
this time.
Noble Maxwell, who is passing the
summer at Scituate, Mass, was in
town few days recently. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Southland returned
with Mr.. Maxwell in his automobile
and will pass the week there
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Tallman
returned recently from visit with
relatives at Sidney.
The following vote was cast at the
Primary election Monday in Richmond
for county commissioner: Charles w.
Jack (R) "A; Marshall H. White (R)
II; Mark T. Costellow CD 80; Amos
S. Turner CD IS, Horace J. Whitney
Cd 2.
Roland Blair has returned to Boston,
after passing three weeks at the
Richmond campground.
Forest Yeaton of Springfield, Mass.
is passing two weeks vacation at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Yeaton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
British Marine Sailors
Living Quarters and Food
Disgrace of Civilization

Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Liverpool, July 24-The living quarters
and food to which the British mer-
chant sailor is subjected constitute a
disgrace to civilization, according to
DIR. Herbert Williams, medical officer
of the port Of London, who spoke at
the recent Sanitary Congress here.
what would be said,' declared DR..
williams, IF any sanitary authority
ashore permitted to be inhabited a
house of two rooms built of irnpervious
materials, each lighted by three i'm
movable windows seven inches square,
and each inhabited by eight men with
fourteen square feet Of free space
available for each man Furthermore,
picture the room heated by cheap
stove. usually broken, with the chin
ney passing through the only available
ventilator. Yet seamen live for many
weeks Under such conditions. 1t is an
accepted fact that men living under
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
Agricultural Department

Deputy C. o. Brown of Orono was
at the Agricultural department Tues
day, having just completed tour of
the general sanitation of drug stores
and bottling plants in Aroesteek eeun-
ty. After making his report he was
ready to start at once for a similar
tour through Knox county
Col. A. NJ n. Soule of Portland was
at the department Tuesday attending
to many routine matters in connection
with the pure food laws.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
READFIELD

Mrs. Florence Mitchell and daughter,
who were visiting Mrs. j. D. Mitchell
here, left Saturday last for Seneca
lake.
Mrs. Needham and niece are with w.
S. o. Elliott and family for a few
weeks.
B. T. Richards and granddaughter
were in Pennington few days last
week with relatives.
Mrs. ]. B. Coornbs and few OF her
friends from New York are at the
Coorbs home in Winthrop for short
stay. Mr.. Coombs is in New York on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer are entertain
ing their mothers at Kent's Hin now.
The Masonic funeral for the late
Lewis Hunton. Lafayette Lodge at
tending and Rev. VIM. Wood officiating
was at the Brick church here on sun.
day afternoon. Mr.. Hunton was the
fourth Civil War veteran, who Shas
died here during the last few swes1Es.
Only ten more veterans remain IN
town.
Miss Robbins, who has been caring,
for Mrs. Pulslfer for some weeks. paSes
returned to her home last woek sn0i
Miss Sherburn takes her naAeA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
Van Buren, Primary Nomination
Tangle Strengthened Out
Automobile Registration
Goes Over 1890
AGRICULTURE
Drug Store Inspection-Parks
Prize Cup Bears Major
Chilcott's Eame-State
House Chat
AGRICULTURE
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting Of Governor and
Council VIII Be Held at 10 A. NJ,
Wednesday, August 20.

The office or the secretary of State
Tuesday received from the attorney
general an opinion in the Van Buren,
case. where two men had been NOM
mated on the Progressive ticket as
candidates to the Legislature. The
papers of Levi Thibodeau were filed
at the seeretarys Office July "a and
those of Fortunat Michaud were re-
ceived July %. The primary law pro-
vides no method OF procedure in such
cases, therefore the attorney general
was asked to throw light on the sub
teet. The following was received on
Tuesday by Chief Clerk Harry Shorey,
in charge OF the ballots, and decides
that Thibodeau is entitled to have his
name on the ballot:
Augusta, Me-, Aug. 4, 1914.
Hon. J. e. Alexander,
Secretary OF State,
Augusta, Me.
Dear Sir:
Relative to the question submitted
by you some few days ago concern
ing the Progressive nomination for
representative to the Legislature from
Aroostook county in the Van Buren,
class understand that the papers of
Thibodeau were received prior to the
papers of Michaud, both sets being in
proper form and having the necessary
number of signatures.
This question has arisen in the past
in Instances of Independent nominal
lions and II arose at one time dur
Ing the term of Attorney General Pat
tangail. The practice in the office Of
secretary of state has always been
to accord the nomination to the party
first filing his papers and this prac-
tice was confined by Attorney Gener-
al Pattangaii in an oral opinion to
Secretary of State Cyrus w. Davis
In the year 1912 No writing setting
forth that opinion is on file. but Mr..
Pattaagall has confirmed the same to
me and there seems no sound basis
for making change at this time.
Roland T. Clark, Progressive state
committeeman from Aroostook county,
consulted with me on this point and
while he claimed there might be GER
tain facts which would give a basis
for the refusal of the Thibodeau pa
pers, he was in entire accord with the
view that the papers being in due form
when received should be recorded by
you and should so stand unless the
contentious of Michaud were sustained
in court. Any order of court on this
matter you WILL of course, be forced
to obey.
Very sincerely,
HAROLD H MURCH1E,
Asst. Attorney General.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
A New Wheat, with
Five Parents and Hav-
ing Virtues of Each

Correspondence of Associated Press }
London, July PA new wheat with
five parents and inheriting the vir-
tues of each of them is the latest tri-
umph Of Professor Rowland Biffen of
Cambridge University. 1t is peculiar
ly hardy development, growing from
three to three and a half feet in height,
stout CT straw and also good for mill
ing, and is especially adapted for the
exposed Fen country. This new wheat
will be put on the market next year.
There are several other wheats and
barleys to Prof. Riffens credit at the
Cambridge farm this year. One of
these is O wheat crossed between the
Red Fife and the old English wheat
known as Browick. 1t is an exceeding
~ heavy croppet and an excellent
grain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
German Battleship Seyd-
litZ a Powerful Craft

Correspondence Of Associated Press. J
Berlin July 24-Germany's recently
completed battleship cruiser Seydlitz
has developed S9,7ss propeller horse
power on its official trials. This is the
highest horsepower developed by any
battleship with turbines in the world.
The Seydlitz registered an average
speed exceeding IS knots per hour,
which gives her rank with the armored
cruisers Moltke and Goeben. The day
Of the turbine cruiser of 1000 horse
power appears not far off, for Germany
has thus far increased the horsepower
of such vessels with every successive
one. The Won der Tam, the first, had
79,S02, and the figure has risen steadily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
a Handsome Prize Cup

The Fish and Game Commission on
Tuesday received from the engraver,
the handsome silver cup presented this
year by G. M. Park as prize for
shooting by members of the Maine
Sportsmen's Fish and Game Associa-
ton. The first contest for it was at
the annual meeting of the association
last July at Mountain View House,
Rangeley. The rules were: Five shots,
slow fire, standing position, $50 yards
and an S-inch bulls eye, any rifle and
ammunition, open to all members. DR..
Chilcott of Bangor won, his score be-
ing 5-5-4-4-4-total %. The inscrip-
ton on the cup now bears the first
name
MAJOR LANGDON s. CHILCOTT
1914
The other prize cups are now in the
hands of the engraver, but will soon
be restored to their places of honor in
the State museum.
The new Parks cup is the largest
of them all, being ga inches in dame
| ter and 71s inches tall, standing on an
ebony base. 1t is plain in design, but
handsome in it's massiveness.
Recent visitors who registered at
the Fish and Game department in
| clude: Bruce Stewart of Maine and
Broncho Blackey of Texas, both with
Howe's circus; Ruth H Meserve
Maud e. Meserve and Susie NJ. Me-
serve all of Limington, Me.
1t has become necessary to remove
the visitors book from the museum
| to the main office on account of the
outrageous disfiguring of the pages
| by unknown parties, but presumably
| children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
JULY ANTHRACITE
COAL PRODUCTION

Production of anthracite in July was
a little less than that of July last year
With two exceptions, all of the large
producing companies report a produe-
ton approximately equal to that OF
the corresponding month last year, but
the Delaware Il Hudson mas had a big
ger July production than for several
years past.
When the Bureau of Anthracite Sta
tistics sends out the official figures of
the months shipments next week, they
will probably amount to between $500, :
600 and 100000 tons, or SOC, 900 or 600. =
600 tons short of the average months
shipments.
The anthracite storage capacity,
which amounts to less than 5000. 900
tons is reported full, and production
in the month of August will in all
probability be light.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05
State House Chat

Portland was recently amazed at a
lobster brought into that port by a
fisherman weighing a few pounds more
than even a millionaire could afford
to buy, but what would they say if
they should gaze on the monster shell
of the 21-pound patriarch that hangs
III case on a post in the State mu-
scum?
The Maine Register for 1914-15 has
arrived and are being distributed
through the State library to the Off
Gals and others entitled to copies.