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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Monkey War Veteran.

JACKIE, the pet monkey of H. M. S.
Loyal, who has been in three wars, re-
Gently paid flying visit to Harwich,
and for the sake of variety made part
of the journey on the roof of a railway
carriage.
Born in South Africa during the
war, Jacko was made the pet of regi-
ment, and was with the troops on two
or three battlefields. A seaman faith
cred him and took him afloat He went
to the China station, and was with the
naval brigade in the Boxer rebellion.
Back to sea he went from ship to ship,
and he was in the Loyal during its re-
cent engagement with German de-
stroyers.
Being an old soldier, he then took
refuge in the fish-kettle, emerging
quite gay and hearty when the shoot
ing was over.-London Daily Mail.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
bingham Church.

by perpendicular tracery. The chancel
window, SO feet high and Is feet wide,
is filed with ancient German glass dat
ing back to about 1900. Apart from
its historic interest the church is well
worth a visit by anyone who is inter-
ested in church architecture For the
building is quite the best preserved
of its style in England" New York
Evening Post.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Tramps Raid Peacock Pen.

A feast fit for kings, perhaps, has
been INDUCED by hoboes who raided
the grounds of Millionaire Gardner
Hammond of Montecito, Cal. and
made off with the peacocks. The
beautiful fowls have attracted no end
of comment, being imported birds.
The loss was discovered in the
morning and all day Sheriff Nat Stew
art searched the hobo camps, but in
vain Raids on Montecito hen coops
have been of nightly occurrence.
big reward paid and no questions
asked" is the way the Hammonds are
advertising for the return of their pea
cocks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
IN ENGLISH CHURCH
Bust of Great American Has
Been Placed in Country of
His Ancestors.

TN THE parish church of the village
Of bingham, In Norfolk, England,
near the old cathedral city Of Norwich,
lived many generations of Lincolns, an
cestors of Abraham Lincoln. A bust of
the great American, set up in that
church by committee of Americans,
is shown with the church. A descrip-
ton Of the church by Rev. Milo H.
Gates, vicar of the Chapel of the In
tercession and secretary of the me-
mortal committee, is as follows:
"The building, dedicated to st. An
drews, Is constructed of rough fiints
with free-stone dressings. 1t consists
IF spacious chancel, a nave with
clere-story, north and south aisles, and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
MET IN THE CAPITAL
First Time That President Lin
coin and General Grant
Greeted Each Other.

r HERE is a man in the public serv-
ice in Washington who saw the
first meeting between President Lin
coin and General Grant in the White
House nearly sixty years ago.
Charles H. Richards, who for more
than fifty years has worked in the
stationery room of the senate, saw
the meeting. In an interview Mr..
Richards narrated the incidents con-
nected with the meeting and recalled
the first words ever exchanged be-
tween the two great figures on the
Union side of the Civil war. Mr..
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

a blttlemented tower 120 feet high,
containing a fine chime of eight bells
cast originally in 1919, on one of which
is inscribed: 'Omnis, sonus, laudet,
Dominum'
"The nave, one of the best exam
pies of fourteenth-century architec-
ture, has five clere-story windows on
each side. 1t is separated from the
aisles by pillars resting on quatrefoil
columns. Formerly at the east ends
Of the two aisles were chapels, prob
ably erected early in the fifteenth GEN.
fury. The east window of the south
aisle is one Of very great beauty, con-
tanning mixture of geometrical and
flowing tracery. The other windows
to the north were probably once the
same, but have since been replaced
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
She Was a Voter.

Visiting New York friends is an
Illinois girl, young and sweet and pref
ty. One evening she was out with a
party of people older than herself,
and after the theater someone sug-
gested that they go to rather lively
restaurant and dance awhile. The
others objected on the ground that it
might not be the proper place for a
young and unsophisticated girl like
Miss Blank.
"Oh," she said with quite an air.
you needn't bother about my youth
or my unsophistication. l am twenty
one years of age and l voted at the
November election"
No other woman in the party had
record like that and the Illinois girl
was taken along without further ques-
ton
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
VALENTINES Of
MANY YEARS AGO
GaIIants of High and Low Degree
Have Found Pleasure in the
lnditing of Love Son.
nets.

1t was at the battle Of Agincourt, in
14l5, that Charles, duke of Orleans,
grandson of Charles V of France, faith
er OF Louis XII and uncle of Francis
was taken after a fierce charge in a
vain attempt to retrieve the fortunes
of the day-"dragged wounded from
among the dead"-and for twenty-five
years thereafter he remained a pris-
oner in the Tower of London, until
ransomed for 100000 crowns by Philip
the Good of Burgundy. In order to re-
lieve the tedium of his long conf1ne-
ment the captive duke composed about
sixty poems, which, tradition asserts,
were the first valentines ever penned.
And the gentle duke has had innu-
merable imitators of high and low de-
gree and of varying standards, from
Robert Herrick, who sings:
TO HIS VALENTINE ON ST. vALEN-
TINES DAY.
Oft have heard both youths and virgins
say
Birds choose their mates, and couple, too.
this day.
But by their fight 1 never can divine
When l shall couple with my valentine.
down to the anonymous but more of
ten quoted lyrist who carols:
The rose is red, the violet blue,
This mark CX) is cross and so are you
AS time passed and the demand for
sentiments" tender and otherwise.
but appropriate for February IA, in
creased, there appeared annually
f1ocks Of quaint chapbooks and
pamphlets designed to enable the pur-
chaser to express his Utmost heart in
polished verse. The title page of one
of these little ANIMALS reads:
The True Lovers Own General Valentine
Writer for the Present Year, Containing
All the Very Newest Valentines, Ele-
CANT and Original with Appropriate An
swers, Adapted for Ladies and Gentle
men in Every Station of Life.
Ye Bellies and Beaux who own young Gu
pid's sway,
Who hail with rapture this auspicious
day,
Of Valentines you here a store will find,
All tastes to suit, or be they rough or
kind.
Yes, you might be the butcher, the
baker, the candiestick maker-doctor,
lawyer, merchant, thief-old, young or
le-aged-masculine or feminine
this invaluable compendium (price Cd
would furnish you with a poetical plea
exactly adapted to your station and
occupation, together with suggestions
for suitable illustrations, such as "a
flying dove" two hearts in a frame
of flowers, "a posy of forget-me-nots''
and two roses on one stalk"
A most confident and self-assertive
encyclopedia of valentines was pub
lished in 1854 under the title of "The
New English Valentine Writer, or the
High Road to Love. for both Sexes,
Containing a Compleat Set of Valen-
tines Proper for Almost Every Trade
in Town or Country, with Their An
swers. Likewise a Variety of Pleas
ing Verses Calculated to Crown with
Mirth and Good Humor the Happy Day
which is Called ST. Valentine, which
the Young of both Sexes may read
without Blushing, and those of Ripper
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
WHY GRIP IS DANGEROUS.

It requires a good tonic laxative to
keep the body Of the patient as strong
as possible to counterfeit the effect of
the poisons created by the grip bacil-
aus. An expectorant tonic with some
laxative qualities IS the safest REM
edy. Such Is Peruna.
Mrs. Gentry Gates, 1919 First Ave-.
East Lake. Ala, writes: 81 had
bad case of grip. I tried Peruna and
It cured me. I can safely say 1t Is a
fine medicine"
Mr.. George E. Law, 1914 N. Frank.
lin ST., Brazil. Ind, writes: Il am
satisfied that Peruna is a wonderful
remedy for grip. and do most heart.
lily endorse and recommend it,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

Years find much Pleasure and Enter
tainment.'
Here follows a taste of the quality
of this highly respectable compilation
THE FARMER TO -.
If pillow and cart
Can please your heart,
With milking-cows and swine,
Come here to me
And you shall see
I've plenty, Valentine.
Good corn my fields
In plenty yields,
My barns are filled with store,
Fine sheep in pens,
And cocks and hens,
Are clucking round my door.
For puddings beef.
Provision chief,
And, up the chimney bacon;
Sweet Valentine,
If you'll be mine
Youth never be mistaken.
ANSWER OF - TO THE FARMER.
Your plow and cart
Have won my heart;
Pray, who could better wish?
With corn in store,
Fowls at the door,
And milk, a well-filled dish.
Let others fate
Be high and great,
A farmers wife be mine.
I'll milk the cows,
And mind the house,
And feed the grunting swine
In summers day
I'll help make hay
While hot the sun does shine.
Then come to me
And let's agree
About it, Valentine
and should surely be a prelude to a
happy marriage.
A somewhat later chap book entitled
"Cupid's Delight; or, Instructions for
Lovers" contains this appeal from
THE COACHMAN TO THE LAUNDRY
MAID.
Early this morning at the tub
/ saw you often stoop and scrub;
The rising suds were seen to flow
AS white as any driven snow;
1 smackd my whip and drove away,
The day which shone so very fine
And made my Sue my Valentine.
Can it be necessary to add that the
laundry maids reply is altogether fav-
orable to the gallant coachman?
Some of the satirical verses in ely
mems Revenge Against Old Maids, Old
Bachelors and Impertinent Coxcombs'
are nearly as scathing as those of the
comic valentines displayed in the win
dow of the little stationery store
round the corner, while "The Beauties
of Hymen," on the other hand, con-
tains appeals as moving as any to be
found imprinted with the greatest
Celebrations of lace paper, tinsel, gid
ing and silk; yet never has valentine
writer, amateur or professional, sur
passed the honest fervor Of that an.
cient explosive couplet which runs:
Can Pen or Ink or Paper show
My fixed and pure affection? No.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Flowers as Valentine Gifts.

Flowers convey love messages bet
ter than any other gift, therefore they
are pre-eminently the gift for ST. Val
entine's day. A beautiful bunch OF
violets in heart-shaped box will
awaken a response in any female
heart, either wife or sweetheart. Even
if a more expensive gift is to be sent
be sure there are flowers of some
sort to accompany it. They are living
messages, and every woman away
down in her heart loves sentiment
especially when expressed in a deli.
cate fashion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Saw the Future Clearly.

I am glad l made the late race. 1t
gave me a hearing of the great and
durable question of the age, which l
could have had in no other way; and
though l now sink out of view and
shall be forgotten, / believe I have
made some marks which will tell for
am gone.-Lincoln's letter to DR.. A. G.
Henry, November 10, 1858.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Not Bitter in Defeat.

The emotions of defeat at the close
of a struggle in which l felt more
than a merely selfish interest, and to
which the defeat the use of your name
contributed largely, are fresh upon
me; but even in this mood l cannot
for moment suspect you of anything
dishonorable.-Lett from Lincoln to
J. j. Crittenden, November 4, 1858.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

Richards was APP
pointed to his
position in the
senate stationery
room on the rec
ommendation of
Charles Sumner
and Henry Will
son. He is a ma
tive of Massachu-
sets and was ap-
pointed from that
state.
Congress had
lust passed the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
THE COLONEL'S GOLD MINE

Out in Gregory County, South Dakota,
lives Colonel johnson, the famed Alfalfa
King of that great section.
About thirty years ago he left Wisconsin
for that domain. All he had was willing
hands, clear brain and bright vision
Today he is the owner of thousands of
acres, president of several banks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

a n d S t a n t o n
crowded forward
and greeted the
general and that
Mrs. Lincoln also
greeted him cor
daily.
General Grant
soon was hustled
into the east room
and as he sat on
a sofa he was
surrounded by a
great crowd. He
seemed modest
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Sure of Their Reward.

They who, continuing faithful to di
zine grace. however partially commu-
nicated, serve God with their whole
lives, will never fail of that one re-
ward, the greatest which even he has
to bestow, the being made able to love
him with their whole hearts.-Dora
GreenWell.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Knew His Own Past.

why should not Jiggs patronize
the fortune teller? Was he afraid to
have his fortune told?"
ooh, no; he said he didn't care what
she said about his future, but she
threatened also to tell his past
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
In Nautical Terms.

Wife-Mrs. Blank is very extrava-
CANT in dress. Her husband told her
she was carrying too much sail, what
ever that means.
Hubble probably put it that way
because he has to raise the wind.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
When Your Ewes Need Care

Use Murine Eye Medicine. No Smarting-Feels
Fine-Acts Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak,
compounded by our Oculists-not Patent
Medicine"-but used in successful Physicians
Practice for many years Now dedicated to
the Public and sold by Druggists at SOC per
Bottle. Murine Eye Salve In Aseptic Tubes,
s5c and Soc. Write for Book of the Eye Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
important TO Mothers
AiI-Star Cast.

and was the production of Hamlet
artistic?"
"For your life, yes. A famous fe
male impersonator played Ophelia,
they had lightweight pugilist in as
Hamlet, and four great baseball play
ers were doing other parts"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
LITTLE ALBERTS VALENTINE

By S.
A little poor girl goes to school,
And she's in my class there;
Her fathers dead and SO she can't
Have pretty clos to wear,
And sometimes when the other girls
Have parties, they are
To not remember to invite
The little girl that's poor. -
Her mother has to work, and they
Live up above store.
Because. you know. she hasn't got
A father any more,
And once when was tellin' her
What Santa brought to me
She cried and said she wished some time
She'd have Christmas tree.
Last week she caught the chicken po21
And has to stay in bed,
had it once all over, too,
And was nearly dead
And Jinks! the bitter stuff you take.
Cause nothing elseu cure
It makes me kind Of sorry for
The little girl that's poor.
had quarter in the bank
But it's not there today,
Cause yesterday sent q lot
Of valentines away
A nickel one to Grace and one
To Blanche and Ruth and Dot,
And one to some that guess
The others all forgot.
I'd like to stand around somewhere
And see the postrnan when
He knocks above store today
And hands out something, then
I'd like to kind Of listen there.
For I'd be pretty
To hear some happy guessn by
A little girl that's poor.
s.
= rs
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Daily Thought.

Let US wire out the past, trust in
the future-aAe rejoice in the glorious
Now.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

After a man gets on the shady side
of life he regards his age and his bank
balance as nobody's business but his
own.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

In England about 9 to 10 per cent of
the woman workers are now unem-
ployed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

He has found veritable gold mine in
his thousand-acre Alfalfa field, and what is
of particular interest to you and me is
that his first Alfalfa Seed, twenty-five
years ago or more, was purchased from the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis
The Colonel says: "The best paying crop
in hay, or grass, or pasture food is Alfalfa.
1t outranks everything in money value"
Salzer's Alfalfa is good on your own
farm, for three to five tons of rich hay
per acre, and with the aid of "Nitragen"
(see my catalog) its growth IS absolutely
certain
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09

Some women seem to think that be
ing married three Of four years is suffi.
cient ground for any divorce.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
For 10c In Postage

We gladly mail our Catalog
and sample package of Ten Fa-
nous Farm Seeds, including
Speltz, "The Cereal Wonder"
Rejuvenated White Bonanza
Oats, "The Prize Winner" Bill
lion Dollar Grass; Teosinte,
the Silo Filler, Alfalfa, etc.,
eff
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
Or Send f2c

And we will mail you our
big Catalog and six generous
packages of Early Cabbage,
Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce,
Radish, DISCRIMINATING lots
and lots of juicy delicious
Vegetables during the early
Spring and Summer.
Or send to John A. SaIzer
Seed Co., BOX ZIG, La
Crosse, Wis, twenty cents
and receive both above collec-
tions and their big catalog.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
ellRAL ROUTE SERVICE.

All over the state farmers are pro
sesttug against the changes in the
ygral routes and the protests are
fully justified. says the Creston I'd
veftiser. There is no excuse or Jus
filtration far the manner IN which
farmers are being deprived Of the free
delivery service they have enioy,d IN
the past The Dostofice officials may
tsIi, until they are BLACK in the face
about the changes not importing the
service, but the farmers who are fi-
secHy concerned know better. The
would not he protesting so vigorously
# the chau2cs ID not tntnre them =
because OF the incompetency Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
THs REPRESENTATION.

The republican national convention
TO be held in June OF next year to
name the next president OF the Unit,
ec States, will consist OF 1856 dele
yates and because Of material changes
witch have been made IN the matter
OF representation there Will be some
seyenty-ntne less delegates than there
were in the eyentscl convention OF
1912. when Colonel Roosevelt enacted
his famous dog IN the manger act,
avs the Santa Ana fCaltf.) Blade.
II Is possible that Their Will be sim
further reduction OF two delegates,
because IL has not been accurately
determined whether New York. under
the new appointment. rs entitled 10
the NINETY which II has in 1912 Or TO
eighty-efght The details OF the new
apportionnnent have Just been made
public.
The majority necessary 70 nominate
&c 1915 VIII be 435, or possibly z94,
as COMPARED With $40 fn 1912. II
New Yorks representation In the
convention is not reduced the entire
decrease I'm the number of delegates
with fall upon the solid south. Never.
tbelesg. the south IS likely to be an
IMPORTANT factor i'm choosing the pres
Mental nominee.
rhe scheme Of apportfonnnent adopt
ed by the republican national conyen-
ion provides for one delegate for
"a Oh congressional district and an ad-
sf,ionaI delegate for each district IN
which the vote for congressman in
1912 or the vote for Taft in 1908, was
1890 or more,
Those states which are known as
the solid s0,Ith because OF their long
record OF always returning democrats
10 office will have a total Of 15l votes
in the convention They are Ala
hama Arkansas, Florida. Mississippi.
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina,
South Carolina. Texas snd Virginia.
The states Of Kentucky. Tennessee
and West Virginia which have more
than once slipped out OF the demo
cratic column, will have sixty-three
deleeates, bringing the total or The
southern states up TO ia
Cornpared with this. however. the
western states. comprising Arizona,
California, Colorado. Idaho. Kansas.
Missouri, Nebraska, Montana Ne
yada. New Mexico, North DAKOTA
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota.
Utah. Wyoming and Washington. VIII
have together total OF 222 delegates.
Their vote will more than offset That
Of the solid south, and in most OF
those western states the delegates WIZ
be Instructed how to vote by Dresi'
Dental primaries.
The change In representation re-
moves the last excuse for the exist
ence of the progressive part. and
that this is generally accepted was
shown in the recent elections not
| only in our own state OF California but
tn roughout the middle west and east.