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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-18
HAPPENINGS
or The WEEK

Railroad street.
E. ]. Parsons, wife and daughter
are on a tour of the state Of Maine
Stern Bros Store will be closed
all day Monday, the occasion being
the Jewish New Year, ,Rosh Hashona
According to their calendar, this is
the year 5675.
E. c. Potter of Richmond, Que, is
in town visiting friends.
Next Saturday the North STRAIT
ford High School ball team will play
the local High School team at Ath-
letic park.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Osborne, who
has been running a summer hotel at
Old Orchard, are visiting Mrs. o.
borne's parents, Mr.. and |. H.
Quimby.
At the next regular meeting of
Island Grange, a large attendance
is desired as there is important
business to come before the lodge.
But one switching crew is now
doing duty in the local yards, the
night crew being laid of. The hours
are from am to pm.
Misses marion Dale and Mary
Strobe shave gone to Burlington,
where they have positions az teach
ers in schools at that place.
CE Foss is having a concrete walk
made in front of his residence on
Derby street.
Dave Boutin is moving from Rail-
road street to the BoDnett block on
Cross street.
OF Davis is having the interior of
his store painted.
Owing to the scarcity of firemen,
Cydney Barnes is working out of
Richmond.
OIL Mansur is making extensive
repairs and improvements on his
house.
GH Douglass Of New Castle, Pa,
was in town, Tuesday.
Mrs Harry Austin and two child
ren of Richmond, Que. ,are spending
several day with her mother, Mrs
M J Hall.
Miss Albania Fortier of Berlin, is
attending the convent school.
VIM. Davis and son, Arthur, of
Bloomington, were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parlin.
Miss Ivah Humphrey has returned
home from Metallak Lodge, where
she has been employed during the
summer as table waitress.
Miss Butler of Troy, N Y, is the
guest of Mrs W A Gleeson.
Mrs. Mary Johnston spent Sunday
at the home of her son, &. c. Johns.
ton.
| Mrs Viola Barnes of Newport, is
visiting relatives here for few
days,
Maude Maroney of L ittleton, n
H., is spending several days here
with friends and relatives.
Gerald Petrie has gone to Lyndon
vile, where he has entered the Ag-
ricultural School of that place.
Mrs. Elmer Harmon and grandson
have returned to their home in Ed
monton, Alberta, after a several
months stay here with her mother.
On their return they spent a few
days in Ottawa with relatives.
Miss Louisa Strathern is in Bostor
selecting her fall and winter millin
cry, expecting to be absent two
weeks.
Ralph ThurSton of Auburn. Wash.
is on visit to/relatives here. H,
is stopping with his aunt, Mrs. Cors
Lindsay, and family.
Christ Church Sunday School
added SIS to their treasury as a resul
of the. supper served in the Guilt
Room of the church Tuesday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-18
AMONG The
CHURCHES
CONGREGATIONAL Church

Rev. ROBERT LAwToN, Pastor
Sunday Services
lO:4s am. Sermon by pastor.
l2m. Sunday School.
7:OOp.m. Sermon by pastor,
Weekday Services
Tuesday 400 pm. Junior G. E.
Tuesday 7:l5 pm. Y. P. S. c. E.
Thursday 1880 pm. Prayermeeting
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-09-18
Notice

Automobile driving on sidewalks is
prohibited under penalty.
Per Order,
Selectmen.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29

to the northwest, why, it is perfectly
plain the stringss would be cut in pass
ing over the sharp edge, and, conser
quently, the medicine mar would loss
his hold on the clouds.
Then If there should be no rain
Mr.. Medicine Man would make it con.
venient to find a buried Ratchet the
following day, while If there should be
rain he would be careful to say notk.
Ing OF a Ratchet or Of hatchets?''
well. something OF the kind
And the COW tails?'
THAT feature of the performance
i have tracked back to the early days
when the Creeks, Choctaws, Seminoles
and the Chickasaws we're known as
Meescocees. The Euchies were a
neighboring tribe, and, doubtless, bor-
rowed much of their medicine from
the older and larger organization. The
M~eescocees inhabited h eycountry east
Of the Mississippi river; but occasion.
ally the young braves crossed the big
stream to hunt on the buffalo grounds
some distance to the west. When they
got up a herd Of buffalo the game, oN
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
LIVE BY JUMPING
Labor Persists In English
Pottery Region.

London.-From the Midlands come
the report OF a still existing and re-
markable form Of child labor. 1t is
mentioned by DR.. A. A. Hill OF. Tun-
stall. Stafordshire, in the report Of
the chief inspector OF factories and
workshops for 1913. Describing the
work Of children who, working az
handle-makers. earn a living In the
p%otteries by jumping, he says:
Small and understood boys and
girls are usually engaged as handle
makers: In fact, many have to reach
the workbench by standing on boxes
or stools. The strip of clay for the
handle Is placed in the hollow space
between the halves of the mold, which
Is then put on the edge OF the bench,
and the young worker, making a short
spring or Jump, presses with the full
weight Of his body upon the top Of
the mold, repeating this process $50
to 200 times per hour.
Great pain and tenderness" Doctor
Hill adds, are thus induced, and
many young workers have to give up
the occupation on account of their
suffering, which could easily be pre-
vented by a little thought"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
ALL TO SAVE A DOGS LIFE
Three Lake Steamers Turned Out Of
Their Courses to Rescue Drown
Ing Bull Terrier.

Duluth. Minn.-The story OF how
three lake steamers turned out OF. their
In order that the life of q dog
might be saved was told wheh the
w. H. Bixhy of Detroit locked here.
Scott Worden, master of the Bixby,
took his pedigreed bull terrier Tige ON
the trip up the lakes. 1igc became a
great favorite. particularly with Mau.
rice McMillaI, owner of the vessel,
and Mrs. Mcmillan. who made the vow.
age. When in While Fish bayLthe
dog fell overheard. there was conster.
nation.
The Bixby forged far ahead before
she could turn and put back. Then
Captain Worden signaled the steamer
T. F. Cole. which had been following,
and a passenger steamer of the North.
ern Navigation company to look out
for the dog. The Bixby lowered a boat
and Tige, swimming bravely but al.
most exhausted, was picked up.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
BAD LUCK. TO A. STONE
Woman 10 Sorry che Took Forble
den Relic From Bombay
Temple.

Los Angeles.-1ll luck which has
followed Mrs. Edith Parker Klrrach-
Of Silver Falls, Ida, and her near rels
atives for many years 10 attributed by
her to a small. smooth cobras stons
which she indiscreetly took fromSas
temple in Bombay. India. In her; girli
hood. She regrets now that she ,failodl
to heed the warning given by her q
see nurse.
II was informed by my nurse that
the stones would bring Ill luck to any
one who took them," said Mrs, Kar-
rach. Il did not believe It. One
morning I went to a temple with her.
While she was praying I took one Of
the stones from a casket. under, the
high priests chair.
After I came to America the III
luck which apparently I hadzbroukhs'
down upon my head entered into mi
domestic life. l have known Of SIM
liar cases"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
INDIANS STILL . Make RAIN" AS DID
THEIR FATHERS IN The LONG AGO
Efficacy Of Cow Tails as Storm Producers, an Article Of Faith
With Euchle Medicine Misunderstanding Ceremony In
Which Indian Prays for Rain for His Corr
No Rain, No Pay for Performer.

New York The government at
Washington gave permission recently
to q band of Sioux to hold a modified
sun dance on one OF the reservations
out fh the Northwest. 1t wat explained
that the resident agent had instruc.
tons. to conflne the ritual of the cere-
montal to its purely religious features.
eliminating those fanatical demonstra,
tons, designed to appeal to race preju-
dice. which have worked 80 much In.
Jury in the past. 1t was a sun dance,
under the clever manipulation Of the
cunning Sitting Bull. which led to one
of the most frightful Indian wars.
While the sun. dance Is the best
known by name to white man, yet it
h by no means the most important
Of aboriginal seasonal feasts. When
Capt. Sam Geer of TalleQuah, Okla.
the Indian Nation" as it Is still
called by old-timers in the West-ar.
rived at Hampstead. l.. L.. a few days
ago, on. a short visit, he told how the
Euchie were making rain" to save
the corn. -
In the southern part OF the old
Creek reservation, in what was the In.
dian territory, is located the Euchie
village, which holds the remnants Of
a Ice powerful tribe that was sub.
dued by the Greeks many years ago."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29

who understood the language could
not distinguish the words. This. no
doubt by design. 1t would not do
for the members OF the. tribe to know
all the medicine employed on such an
occasion. They might witness the the.
atrtcal display; but without the pre-.
else form Of the communication to His.
sak-i-ta Eemisa they were powerless to
make medicine on their account.
The prayer concluded. the medicine
man closed his hands, which all the
while had been extended, and drew
them slowly to his breast. He began
another prayer in an undertone. ex.
tended his hands. opened them when
at the full length of his reach, closed
them and drew them to his breast as
before.
Seems to be pulling on unseen
strings ! remarked to John.
That's whatever; he's jtst dom
that same replied the guide.
After repeating the string-pulling
performance a dozen times, the medi.
cine man. still muttering u prayer,
reached over the side of his tub and
picked up the COW tails. He shook
them in the air over his head with a
quick. jerky motion, laid them down
and began again to pull on the unseen
strings in the northwest. Three times.
at regular intervals, the medicine man
shook the tails. Then he stepped from
the tub; emptied the water on the
ground. and retired into the forest to
the northwest. taking tub and tails
with him.
Later ! asked the old chief Of the
Greeks the meaning of the perform
ance ! had witnessed at the Euchie
village.
First began tie chief. let me tell
you that only a lew Sundays 6 l
heard a white man preacher pray for
rain. Now. what was the difference
between the white mans appeal and
that OF the Euchie medicine man? You
don't care to say. Ell? Well. I'll tell
you the difference, and a very impor.
tant II 1t is, from the Indians stand.
point. II the medicine man brings
rain he ave the corr crop, and, In
return for his services, he receives
Il portion of the crop raised by every
Indian In the tribe. No rain. no crop;
no crop, no corn for the medicine
man. The white man preacher gets
his corn whether he brings rain or
not.
But tell me: IL the medicine man
falls, what excuse has he to offer!
Those chaps always leave a hole
through which to crawl, without dis.
turbing the popular belief in the eff.
cacy Of their medicine
You OBSERVE replied the chief,
who was an Indian Of some education,
that the rainmaker seemed to be
drawing on unseen strings from the
northwest. The rain always comes
from the northwest IN this country,
and those strings" were attached to
ra1n-clouds. He was sure to draw the
clouds to himself, ana there would
surely be rain unless some enemy of
his, or OF his tribe. had planted a
Ratchet, edge up, between him and the
clonae' If . hatcher had haen buried
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
Green Llaht to Test SUGAR.

Cube sugar and ivory piano keys
ire inspected under the CHASTITY
greenish rays of mercury vapor
lamps with greater speed and accur.
acy than a be attained in ordinary
daylight, says the Electrical World.
Any impurity In sugar manifests 1t.
self by changing the white to a shade
Of yellow. To detect impurities,
plates of the c~rystallized sugar one
inch thick are examined by a man
looking through them toward a mer-
curry vapor lamp of the kind which
Is a familiar adjunct OF, the galleries
Of postcard photographers. When
thus viewed the yellow impurities
stand out clearly in the bluish.green
light.
The color of ivory varies from the
outside to the center of the ~tusk to
such an extent that manufacturers
sort the pieces into 16 different
shades. Formerly, this sorting could
be done only in bright, daylight, but
with. the light Of the mercury vapor
lamp grading IAN. b .done. without
limitation at any hour Of the "a.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
FOR HER, VACATION
This Kansas eohoolma'am 10 Not .
Believer In the. Idle
Life for Women,

Junction City, Kan.-Miss ndith
s~tonebraker. daughter Of a'wsulknown
Geary county farmer and Z ~d6tstet
school teacher, does-not believe I'm
spending her svaoation-1n idlsnese.
This morning she began TO- plow>
up a forty;acres Geld on the Po~.
ers farm. She contracted wtth;M1
Powers to plow up the senttrssdsldAop
a specified sum and has begun, work,
with q pillow and two big mules.s
She expects to turn three and sone.
half acres reachs,day- until thsstask>ts,
finished will be through ins tindv
to- take a rest before she resumsa
teaching this tan
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
stunu Again!

Johnny. I want you to go on a lit
tie errand for me-"
"Oh. mother. must I really? My legs
ache" His mother patted the boys
head.
"ln.that case, of course, you needn't
co. but / thought perhaps you'd like
TO-. You see. I wanted you to go to
Mrs. Stickney's candy shop and
Little Johnny. frightened wonder.
fully.
OH think 4 can walk as far a,
that" he said.
"Thensyou Will go?"
Certainly. mother!"
And you know ~where Mrs. Stick.
ney's shopgis?
We'll. i have a parcel upstairs
which. Il want you to hand in at the
postfo1lcss next door. I'm afraid it is
rather a. big parcel, but you d9u't
mtnd~carrytuy'1t do you,.' JohupZi
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
HIS PREACHING WINS WIFE
Methodist Episcopal Preacher ssvss-
ty-sIx Years Old, Takes Bride
Who 10 Only Forty.

Huntington. w. Wa romance cuL
minated when the Rev. c. H. LAkin.
seventy.six years old. one Of the vet
eran ministers OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church. was married to Miss
Nora Quinn. SO years his junior.
Miss Quinn, it is said. fell. In love
with the aged minister while Listen.
ing to n OF his sermons, and sought
an introduction after the services. The
ceremony was, performed by Rev. a.,
W. Bent, superintendent OF the Hunt
ington district.
Mr.. Lakin is the father Of James
l.. Lakin. president Of the state board
Of CONTROL
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29

said he. Il passed through this vii.
lage one hot July day. The weather had
been dry. No rain had fallen for weeks
and the grass was scorched to dust
colored hay ON the ground. Driving
along the road a short distance beyond
the village, I saw a crowd Of Euchies
on the banks Of a small stream. There
were many sQuaws In the gathering.
and. wonderful to relate. they were
silent. I pulled up the horse and asked
John sixshooter, the Creek guide who
accompanied me, the meaning OF the
assemblage and Of the silence which
prevailed. He shaded his eyes with
his hands. looked at the crowd for a
few minutes, and said:
Reckon they is bout to make rain.
see the old medicine man an some
o tn things they use when gettin'
ready for a play O. that kind"
"'Do they really make rain?' /
asked.
We'll. they say they do; but, like
tn white man. they sometimes say a
derned lot more'n they mean
I'VE drove over to the Euchies.
John had reckoned correctly. Rain
was badly needed in the country, and
the Indians had called upon their med
icine man to provide a bountiful sup.
ply.
1.-THE members OF the tribe we're
massed on one OF the banks OF the
creek. stolidly regarding the medicine
man. who stood some fifty yards away
on a little grass-covered knoll which
was clear Of tree or shrub. He was
perfectly naked. At his feet was a
tub, three-quarters full Of water from
the adjacent stream. The tub was a
plain wooden affair, such as Is used
by the country housewife on wash
days. On the ground. near the tub
were two dried Gov tails with the
fringe of hair at the ends we'll pre-.
served.
Turning to the northwest, the med.
icine man swept the expanse of clear
blue summer sky with a searching
gaze. Probably he was looking for
. clouds; If SO. he saw none, for there
was not even the seanar's %proverbial
cloud as big as your hand In the heav
ems. But the old Indians face betrayed
no sign Of disappointment. He was
grave, digniled and methodical ir
bearing and manner Some sixty years
Of age, he was as erect as a younf
buck and a splendid specimen of tbt
red man., Stepping into the tub, the
medicine man sQuatted with his chir
on his knees. He sprinkled water OF
his chest, on his head and over hi
back, slowly, at first, then moro rap
idly. until he scooped up as fast as h
could as much water as his hand,
would hold. Soon his body was run
ming rivulets.
Extending his arms at full length
before him, the hands open. palm
upward, the medicine man began
prayer to His.sak-i.ta Eemisa, the Civ
er Of Breath. It.was.a muttered SUI
Alication, in So low~a~tone that thos
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29

being disturbed, had q habit Of throw.
Ing their tails In the air. preliminary
to a mad gallop for safety. II the
weather had been dry the herd was
soon lost In a cloud of dust. This did
not bother Mr.. Indian very much, for
be- could track the beasts and gradu.
ally run them down. II a rainstorm
should come up overnight, however,
tho buffalo tracks were soon washed
out. and the herd. very likely. escaped.
80 the Indians interpreted the flirting
Of the butaloes' tails as an appeal to
the Giver Of Breath for rain. The
medicine men incorporated the tall.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
IS NINE Of JEWELS
Broadway Has Found, Ns.sa
Source Of Fama-
New York'si arsat ThereusksarseAsss
Up With 11e Varieties. oft Mtaspaio.
In Rocks When Excavations Are.
Made for skyseFapsessN

New York:-Broadway; mos4~ta1ho1.
OF thoroushfare in the world. AmDe4Fe
Gan home Of the opera, the dEAmA.AAA;
the lobster, famous avsnus- Of sky
sorapsrs and tango, has"foand-l1s-sA-
dttional reasons why it, rama ah1u11a
be undying. =
For Broadway. far down beneath
the hurryins feet OF it, orowdA. u
gem.studded treasure nlled vault Of
the mineral kingdom. uneQuallsd, per-
haps, by any other thoroughfa1s Ii.
the world in the variety Of minerals
to be found along its borders.
A paper recently written by James
g.. Manchester. which now forms part
Of the records Of the New York Min,
eralogioal club. has established the
right OF Broadway to claim it, .
ure Of fame In this new direction.
While Broadway has been. known
since 1914 as a mineral producing
area. 1t was not until the advent Of
the giant structures which dot it, Dor
ders that the real extent Of IL wealth
in that direction was realised. Thsn.
with almost every boring that pierced
the solid rock foundation, ind after
md was made by amateur and pro
f%essional collectors. Finally. 10 many
species and varieties had been brought
from beneath the street surface shat.
the highway actually began to attract
attention from the best known mineral
collectors In the country.
1T is safe to say" Mr.. Manchester
wrote. that no other public thorough
fare can equal Broadway in the ,vax47
ETY. Of minerals found along its Dor
ders." His paper lists. with extensive.
descriptions Of the specimens ,andF&hs .
location Of their finding. amphtbols~
(tremolitA asbestos. byssolits). apa-
tite, beryl, ~oalcite. chalcopyrite and
malachite. o%hrysoberyl. dumortierits,
epidote, >nuorite, garnet, graphite, gyp-
sum, kaolin. magnetic. manganese OK
ide. marcasite. mica. microlite, oltgo-
clase. opal. orthite. pyrite, orthoolass.
pyroxene. pyrrhotite, quartz, -ripdolits.
rutile. silbite. uraninite, topas, tour.
maline and, xenotime..
"A complete list Of the minerals 3
found in New York city," Mr.. Manches-
ter wrote. Consists Of 11s varieties, or
50 species"
Garnets { r QUITE common The
most interesting one found on Man
haitian island is owned by Dr.. George
F. Kunz. It weighs nine pounds ten.
ounces and measures six inches in itss
greatest diameter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
TWINS, ALIKE, BREAK LEGS
eaII From Same Apple Tree at Same
Time and Each Break Left
" Ankle.

Oxford. Pa.-Sammy and Jimmy
Johnson, known throughout this sec.
ton as the I%nseparable Twins, lived
up to their reputation Of always doing
exactly the same thing at the same
time yesterday by falling 20 feet from
the same apple tree and each break
Ing his left leg about six inches above
the ankle.
The boys are wards Of the Chill.
dren's Aid society, and they resemble
each other 30 closely that no one yet
has been able to distinguish them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29
YES, THE SWISS HAVE. NAVY
'ts One Vessel on Lake oenev,.
Watches French Savoy and
SmuqQlers.

London.-lt Is not quite correct to
say that Switzerland has no navy.
There is a small armed vessel, some.
thing Ikea gunboat, stationed on the
Lake Of Geneva and usually to be
found opposite Lausanne.
1t is not a formidable looking craft,
but apparently 1t has q big mission.
for 1t keeps watch on French Savoy.
and incidentally on smugglers from
Evians.les Bains, the charming French
watering place opposite.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-29

work, but sat very still In her corner
by the window. absorbed in a bright
colored circular. Other circulars like:
1t were strewn over her lap and
peeped from her handbag.
What's that you're reading?" asked
Mary. looking up from her work.
ITS q pamphlet on Bermuda said.
Sadie.
Are they all about Bermuda?"
asked Anne.
"Oh, no." said Sadie. There's one
on Newfoundland and one, on Nova
Scotia and n on the Thousand Is
lands and one on the Adirondacks and
another on a trip through the Canadian
Rockies and a tour through. Yellow
stone Park and"
MY, what a lot of places to choose
FROM" said Mabel. Il think it takes
a great deal of energy to get trip like
n Of those all planned out and know
Just when your trains leave or your
boat starts and get all your connec-
tions worked out and know what
clothes you are going to take"
Sadie began to trace with a hot little
finger an intricate route on an orange
map. 1t evidently led over hill and
dale and included a glimpse at most Of
the wonders Of the earth.
Leaving New York at 4:33 on Fri.
day, I would reach Hillsburg at 7:43
on Saturday. morning; making a quick
connection, would get to Plainsville
Junction at 1918, and from there"
Mercy, how complicated" said Ma
bel.
Yes; that would be-" assented Sadie.
Il think perhaps l would prefer the
sea trip to Bermuda. They say that
you can have a wonderful time there IL
you 60 to one Of the houses in the
country where they take visitors and
then hire a bicycle and see the island
for yourself.
However. I've always wanted to see
Nova Scotia. and that gives you a fine
voyage, too. II l do go by sea; would
you take just a suit case,s or would you
take q steamer trunk along? think
oneldark suit and a big coat and two
dark waists and one dressy waist
and
How long ls your vacation?" asked
Mabel. In her practical way.
1.-TWO weeks" said Sadie.
How much money are you going to
spend on your trip"
Not more than twenty-five dollars.
anyway" said Sadie.
well. I don't believe you can go to
Bermuda or Nova Scotia or Newfound-
land Or"
"Of course. l can't" said Sadie. Il
am only planning my vacation. al
ways plan 1t every year. and then l
60 spend two weeks with my grand
mother who lives on a farm in Mills.
Mass. But at least l have the fun of
making believe I'm going somewhere
else.""
With this vacation confession, the
train stopped, and the girls rolled up
their work and left the train. Sadie
marched on ahead and. as the ferry.
boat swung out Of its dock, she looked
longingly down the, harbor and pre-
tended she had decided on Nova SEQ
ia.