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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
sick for few days and she charged
me double board for sending Hilda
BY c. A. voIGHT

sick for few days and she charged
me double board for sending Hilda
up with my meals = such meafs-skim
milk and burned toast and such tea
you couldn't have told it from water
except that they called it teal"
1.-THE poor kids homesick, that's
whats the matter with her." went on
the first speaker in kindly tone
II says to her last night, Now, see
here, II, why don't you write home
and tell your folks what you're up
against-sure they'll send for you to
come home What do you think she
said? Said she didn't have any home
wouldn't that jar you? Most every
body's got some kin somewhere!"
: Arthur was listening shamelessly.
One Of the girls noted his interest
and stepped forward.
"Can l show you something, sir?"
she asked.
! "No-but you can tell me; you were
speaking of girl you called II -
that is her store number, of course?"
eyes, sir
Does her name happen to be Amy
Flood?"
Right! Are you some of her
folks?" asked the girl bluntly
For answer Arthur took out his
watch and showed her Amy's fair
face photographed on the inside case
That's her-that's TT" cried the
girl eagerly. Say, she needs some
of her folks-like enough Mrs. Cog
gins wouldn't let you in to see her. but
wait till noontime and you can go
home with us. and then - we'll, I
guess II will be mighty glad to see
a home face
girls and, having arranged to meet
intervening time by the purchase of
an absurbdly large basket of Injuries
| to tempt the appetite of an invalid
Mrs Goggin's hideous parlor wit
messed tender meeting. Amy, no
longer white and wan, but lovely
rose pink with happiness, greeted
the relieved young lawyer in man
ner that quite satisfied him.
when the store gave me that num-
Der, TT said Amy, 81 remembered
your superstition regarding it, and I
thought something lovely must hap
pen to me because of it-but the days
went by and l began to believe that
Aunt Ella was right after all that
you were fond of Made Weeks and
that your engagement to me CALLED
you. But now it is all right Oh,
Arthur, how can we do honor to that
precious number y"
WELL" said Arthur. to-day is the
7th of July - the seventh month; it
is also my thirty-seventt birthday. I
believe we had better be married at
| Z o'clock this evening to keep the
magic number on the family records.
I've been carrying a marriage license
around in my pocket for seven days,
and if it isn't good we will go over
to Jersey or somewhere else and find
a minister to marry US. There!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
CARDINAL LAJJDS
WILSON'S STAND

Boston, Mass May 11.-Cardinal
|O'Connell, in an address before the
state convention of the Knights Of
Columbus today, warmly commended
the views expressed by President Will
son in his speech at Philadelphia last.
night.
'That address," his eminence said,
ought to be read in ringing tones at
your convention and at the meeting
of every organization in America.
Here is an expression of sentiment
sublimely universal in tone and lofty
human sentiment, which only makes
our love of America greater because
it POUNDS itself on the natural love Of
every human heart for justice and
truth, and eliminates sectional jeal-
Ousy and discord."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
TWIN OF ILL-FATED
LITSITANIA IS HELD

London. May 1.-THE sailing OF the
Cunard line steamer Mauretania, Sis
ter ship of the Lusitania, advertised
for May 20, has been cancelled.
The Mauretania recently had been
doing duty as an auxiliary cruiser in
the British navy and it also has been
reported that she had been used as
transport for troops. 1t had been
the intention Of the Cunard line to
have the vessel resume her regular
passenger service between New York
and Liverpool and to the end OF the
present month, when she was to begin
a fortnightly service across the Allan
tic. alternating with the Lusitania.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
SIXTEEN BODIES OF
VICTIMS RECOVERED

Queenstown, May 11-Sixteen
bodies were brought into Queenstown
this afternoon by tug chartered by
the Cunard line. None of the bodies
has yet been identified.
The bodies are those of nine men,
five women and boy and girl. They
were floating with life belts twenty
miles east of the scene of the disaster.
The condition of the bodies will make
Identification difficult
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-13
PRESS SECRETARY CHOSEN.

Alton, May 11.-John F. D. Aue, pub.
Usher of the Alton Democrat, has been
engaged as secretary of the Iowa
Press association.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. B0WSFlELD

People who are taking little farms
with view to getting living income,
together with the advantages of rG'
raj home, naturally give great deal OF
thought to the earning capacity of an
acre, and there is much discussion OF
this subject.
l have visited ten and twenty acre
farms, both north and south, where
the vegetable crops were paying $500
to $40O an acre above the cost of the
labor. | have known celery, onions,
cauiiitoWer, lettuce, tomatoes and sew
eral other vegetables to give a net re-
turn Of 5000 to $500 an acre. Cabbage
and beans VIII sometimes do this also,
but less f,plu ntiy than the others.
Potatoes INA, Uc made to average 500
to $500. Asparagus, rhubarb, cucum-
bers and h3r&aradish rank high as
money crops, Lut still are little be-
hind some Of the others.
Numerous instances can be cited of
small fruits returning $40O, and apples,
peaches, cherries, pears, ounces and
plums $500 an acre or more. By add
ing a canning or preserving business
the family on little farm may add
largely to these profits. 1t is hardly
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Death OF Oliver Perkey.

Oliver Perkey, aged "a years, died
at the home of his oldest daughter,
MIS-. E. r. Lougee, Friday morning
at one o'clock. Mr.. P1rkey was hale
and hearty up to the time of his
death which was caused by heart
failure. The funeral was held Sun
day afternoon, services at the Catho-
lie church, St. James the Greater.
Rev. C. D. Trottier officiating.
He is sui vived by four daughters,
Mrs. w. U. Station of Norfolk
Mass, Mrs. All n Rosenbaugh of
Germantown, Penn, Yrs. Edward
Trottier of Germantown, Penn, and
Mrs. T. R. Lougee of this place.
Mr. Perkey came to Island Pond
IS years ago coming from Canada
and resided here up to the time Of
his death, being the first Of French
descent to settle here. In 1858 he
married Marah Currier, daughter of
Jason Currier, who died in May 1879,
after the death OF his wife he made
his home with his Oldest daughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

Congress will have the good roads
question to answer at its forthcominq Q
session, and the accunIulating demand
from al sections of the countr~ makes
clear that the issue must be met" as.
serts President John A. Wilson Of the
American Automobile association.
with over 100000 automobiles in
use the motorists now make up an
army Of road users entitled to equal
consideration with all other citizens 90
says Mr. Wilson "But we have finally
obtained nearly all those rights which
belong to the average citizen. It is
my belief that comprehensive highways
improvement has only begun, for It is
now receiving deserved attention from
a growing number Of men who have
most to do with the affairs of the ma
ton"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Happy New Year
l.. r. JONES, DRY GOODS

T. f. Maroney of White River
Junction spent Christmas at his home
on Mountain street.
Ella Mackenzie Of Boston spent
the holidays with her parents. D. P.
Mackenzie and wife.
Mrs. Emma Cabana and daughter,
Maude, Of Portland spent Christmas
with relatives in town.
/ Miss Dorothy Hohson of Boston
spent Christmas with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobsor.
/ Harold Gilman, proprietor Of the
Stewart House, spent Christmas at
his home in Lancaster, N. H.
Edith Sadlier is visiting her aunt
and uncle, E. M. SWEET and wife in
Norway, Me-, for few days.
Mrs. Freda Ellis of WatervilIe,
Ne, spent the holidays with her
parents, Adam Danforth and wife.
Anna and Eugene, Bernier who are
attending the Urseline Convent at
Stanstead spent the holidays at their
home.
Edythe Osborne of the Express
and Standard at Newport is spend
ing the holidays at her home on Der
by street
Mra. A. G. Wentworth and chill
dren spent Christmas in West Milan
at the home Of Mr.. Wentworth's
parents.
Frank Hodgsden has completed
his work at the Brighton Garage,
and has returned to his home in
Lowell.
John and Aban keenan,, who are
studying at st. Miehael's college,
Burlington, are home for two weeks
vacation.
Paul Murphy, who is attending
st. Charles College, Sherbrooke,
spent Christmas with his father,
VIM. Murphy.
On account of a shortage of ma
terial for composition, an article re-
lating to the new town clock, and a
list of subscriptions for the same, is
being held over until next week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
Home Matters

James Walch spent Christmas with
his parents.
Watch the Bosworth Store Co.'S
bargain counter.
John Foley of Portland is visiting
relatives in town.
Nurse Bradford is at her sons in
Holland for the holidays.
Mrs. Lyman Marsh of Norton is
visiting relatives in town.
Wall papers to clean up at Bar
gain prices at Bosworth's.
Robert Ingraham spent the holi-
day at his home in Barton.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick Boylan on Dec. 19.
Maynard Stevens spent the holi-
day with his family in town.
Vivian Rooney is visiting relatives
in Richmond for few days.
P. H. Dale has been business
visitor in town the past week. .s.,
Maurice Buck spent Christmas
with his parents in Newport.
L. F. Jones and Julius Stern We're
in Norton Monday on business.
Armand Ellie of Montreal spent
Christmas at his home on Cross ST.
w. F. Stolte and wife of Portland
are visiting at the home of L. B.
Jones. n:o.,
Ms7
M. Blanchette is spending a few
holidays with his relatives in Mill
bury, Mass.
C. K. Withrow Of Richmond is
home, and is confined to the house
ty illness.
Harold Gilman and Henry Amey
We're business visitors in Berlin, N.
H., last week,
Thomas DonneIly of Grove,on is
visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Lefebvre.
Annie Smith Of Lewiston, Me,
spent Christmas at the home Of her
brother, VIM. Smith.
Earl Donno..y, Edgar Russell. Az
thur Seymour, spent Christmas N
Coaticook, Cue.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
TO make AND
keep ROADS DRY
DRAG AFTER EACH RAIN.

Ruts Should Be Kept Filled and the
Road Crowned With a Slope Toward
the Side bitches Of From Three
fOurths 70 One Iaoh to the Foot,
Keep Side bitches Clean.
Water plus clay on ordinary earth,
when mixed, invariably forms mud.
On ordinary earth roads the rains and
melting snow furnish the water and
the passing traffic the mixing, and the
result is muddy roads. Take away the
water or prevent it from mixing with
the clay or earth on the road surface
and little or no mud will result. In
other words, keep your road dry if you
wish it to remain hard, smooth and
free from mud
Except in very sandy OF arid regions
good drainage is the cardinal principle
in the maintenance OF earth and gravel
roads. Get the water away from the
road as quickly and completely as pos.
sible. Water naturally seeks the low
est level. You cannot keep the water
from falling ON the road, but you can
assist its natural inclination to get
away to a lower level. Keep the ruts
filed and the road crowned with
slope toward the side bitches of from
three fourths to one inch to the foot
and the water will not collect on the
road and soak in and be mixed to mud
by passing traffic. Keep the side
bitches clean and with frequent out
let's to get the water away from the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
waguu ycegrAEla CROPS WE'RE PAYING.

wlUHu VEGETABLES CROPS WE'RE PAYING
necessary to say tina. lha kind of prod
vets I.,s,. O. great extent. be regu-
uuu u convenience to market. the
special eaaaa ot a certain trade and
he ability sell to private customers
atretgiI prices.
It takes 10th skill and industry on
5he part Of family to run a little
farm ou Ibis Intensive plan. Some
win do the work iudinerently and will
fan short Of the figures given. Others
may prefer to devote their time to
poultry, cattle ana hogs, and there is
no reason Nny they should not get
GOOD living income from a twenty acre
tract where dairying, hog raising and
poultry management are the main fea-
lures. Everything depends on the
owner and his family. The average
production in America of an acre of
corn is under thirty bushels an acre.
though more than eight times this
amount have been grown. The aver
age potato crop is less than 100 bushels
Per acre, though more than twelve
times this number of bushels have been
produced. When the intensive method
is used the productive value of an acre
Of land would seem to the average
farmer as fabulous.
There are three crops with which a
beginner may specialize. as they fit
well into a rOtative scheme and are al
ways in good demand. These are early
cabbage, early potatoes and late Gel
cry. In making a garden raise two or
more crops i'll one season these prod
ucts should be considered. OF potatoes
the farmer may try Irish Cobbler.
They are about as early as any. are of
uniform size and the quality is good.
The seed tubers are selected in the fall.
kept in cool cellar till about the mid
die of March and then are put in shall
low Slated boxes. If placed in a light
and modes tely warm room by the
time it is safe to plant them they will
have thrown out strong sprouts posi-
bly, an inch long. Do not break these
sprouts. Keep them uppermost in
planting. Each piece Of tuber should
have at least two eyes. A potato crop
SO handled will be quite early and pay
accordingly, There are a number of
late growing crops which can then be
put in the ground and brought to ma
turity by September or October.
To have cabbages headed early in
July it is necessary to have them set
out before the middle of April The
plants may be bought from dealers or
the seed started in cold frames. In
buying call for early varieties. The
cabbages are set two feet apart each
way and on a fair piece of ground will
grow crop worth $400 at an average
Of cents a head. The late celery can
follow on this ground or the potato
land, and it is also feasible to grow
sadishes, beets, carrots. turnips. lettuce
and many other things.
Celery may he treated as a highly
profitable crop. 1t deserves the most
intelligent care. AS moisture is need
ed regularly it will pay to have
cheap irrigation outfit. without water
celery is not cri or tender. A light
sprinkling Of nitrate of soda along
the rows he his crop.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
HotD Tuo Men
Cured LaGrippe

Last winter 1 suffered with ter
rible cold and case of la grippe"
writes p. G. Rhodes of Middleton, Ga.
When getting well of la grippe still
had hacking cough and for several
months could get no relief. Finally
began taking Foiey's Honey and
Tar and soon I was well of both
cough and cold and it never re-
turned"
F. G.. PrevO, Bedford, Ind, writes:
"After having an attack of la grippe
it left me with a severe cough and
1 tried everything. / lost in weight
and got so thin it looked as though
I would never get well. tried
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and
two bottles cured me. l am now well
and back to normal weight"
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound is
a healing family remedy and seldom
fails to relieve coughs, colds, Group,
whooping cough, raw and inflamed
throat, tight and sore chest, irritat-
ed tickling throat and bronchial
coughs,
JOHN W. YHURsToN, Island Pond
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

Once GeSplaed, It Is Now a Source
of LimitIeGs Products.
SPANS THE WORLD OF COLOR.
1t Yields Almost Every Shade or Hue
and Is Used In Practically Every In,
dustry-In Medicine and Surgery,
Also, It Hs5 Worked Wonders.

dustrv-In Medicine and s,rcerv
Alec - ~ wocLaA ,vo,Lo,.
Among the almost limitless number
Of natural products of this country
coal tar stands wen in the lead in the
variety Of usrs +, y,,t.h if may no ,,.
nIiod r..iI ,,,...t,i,,., f. =. +r,a ,,,,..,,
,,,...,.,...., r, ..., .-,...,s,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
WidoMs, Cans.

Who do widows wear caps? This is
one of the things that every woman
does not know. 1t is not because caps
make them look pretty and interest
ing. 1t is because when the Romans
were in England they introduced the
custom of shaving the head as d
sign OF mourning. Of course women
couldn't let themselves be seen with
bald heads. so they made themselves
caps
SO, though the hideous custom has
passed. the caps remain. london An
swers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

road entirely. Do not let the cs1lverts
clog up or material accumulate in the
bitches and hold back pools of water
to soak into and soften the Foundation
of your road Water is an enemy that
will run away If you give it u chance
Do not neglect to give 1t every chance
Like most other enemies, water Is
not very destructive or dangerous un.
til 1t collects In force. Therefore get
the water away from your road at ev-
cry available opportunity and before
it has time to collect In sufficient vol.
Ume to be dangerous to the road, and
do not invite certain disaster by max.
ing your culverts too small to care for
the largest possible storm. Further,
more, build the culverts so that the
water will of necessity flow through
them and not find way around or be
meath them. Properly designed sub
stantial wing and end walls are the
Notifications which protect the culvert
from attack and destruction during Sc
we're storms. Dofnot build dry wealth
er culverts; build them with view to
caring fer and protecting the road dur
ing the worst possible storms.
Make your road dry, build it hard
and compact with a crown sufficient to
shed water rapidly to the side bitches
and with ample culverts and drains
To keep your road dry maintain the
drainage in good condition. Drag your
roads after each rain. Dragging fills
in the ruts, smooths the surface and
maintains the crown. On road which
has been properly dragged the rain
finds no place to collect and soak into
and soften the surface. Unless the
rain is of long duration the surface Is
softened but very little. AS soon as
the rain has ceased and the road sur
face dried so that the clay is not
sticky, but while it Is still plastic, drag
the road again. Any depression or rutS
which have been formed during and
after the rain are thus filled and the
surface smoothed up and plastered
over with thin plaster of clay or
earth which packs and becomes very
hard under passing traffic. Therefore
In order to make and keep your road
dry first provide for good drainage and
then maintain the good drainage by
systematic dragging after each rain
Diligent attention to these points will
in general insure an earth road fairly
passable at all times and very good
most of the time-Southern Good
Roads.
Language and Religion.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31

Language and Religion,
There are 1904 languages in the
world and there are more than l.0OC
religions
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-31
A pownpour.

What do you do when your wife
begins to cry, Jibway?"
"As my wife is head taller than
am and she cries copiously, my first
thought is TO stand from under"--
Birmingham Age Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-10
DIVORCED FATHER
FIGHTS ADOPTION
Wants To Be Guardian Of Will
lam Mills, Sd, Heir to Million
Left by Mother.

DENYING that his son, William Mills,
Sd. was legally the adopted son Of his
divorced wife's second husband and as
sorting his right to act as guardian,
William Mills, jr., yesterday asked the
Surrocates' Court for permission to
intervene in the accounting of the Co.
lumbia Trust Company, as trustee OF
trust funds created for the son and his
mother. who was Mrs. Georgia Cross
ma. Leo at the time Of her death.
Mrs. Lee was the wife Of Thomas
Frederick Lee, 10 whom she was mar
ried after she obtained a divorce from
Mills. The trusts were created in the
will of George ". Crossman, one OF the
LARGEST coffee importers in the world
the father of Mrs. Lee. lie left an es-
tate valued at more than Sj,00O'OOO' OF
which more than 100000 was be-
oueathed to Mrs. Lee who at the time
of her fathers death, in 1919, was still!
Mrs. Mills, in trust, 20 90 to her next
OF kin at her death. Mrs. Lee died last
Nav. and her son by her first mar
rage, William Mills, Sd, now eleven
years old, is her heir
While Mills was in California ne
saws. his son was adopted without the
consent Of his father by Thomas
Frederick Lee, who married the boys
mother. Mills caused the letters OF
adoption 70 be vacated. Lee and Emma
KENYON Lee were appointed guardians
for the boy in the proceeding over his
mothers estate. Mills contends that as
father OF the boy ne is the rightful
Guardian for the lad and also Of his
estate.
Another move yesterday in the Sur
rogates' Court in the estate Of George
". Crossmaa was the filing Of notice
OF appeal by the Columbia Trust Com
panv. as trustee, and Herman S!clcken,
partner OF Mr. Crossmar, from the or
der of the court judicially settling the
account of the trust company as trus-
tee. There was difference of opinion
regarding the manner OF computing the
interest from the estate, Surrogate Co
haian UNFOLDING the contention OF
heirs. from which decision the appeal
is taken.