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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

a battlemented tower 1870 feet high,
containing 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
alsles by pillars resting on quatrefoil
columns. Formerly at the east ends
of the two aisles were chapels, prob
ably erected early in the fifteenth CEN
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
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
LincoIn's Eavorlte Authors.

Lincoln "read Shakespeare more
than all other writer's together" and
he went occasionally to the theater.
His favorite plays were Hamlet"
Macbeth and the histories, especial
ly Richard H." He often quoted from
the last the amaranthine passage be.
ginning: la
Let us sit upon the ground,
And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
For relaxation he turned to Thomas
Hood and to Artemus Ward, Nasty
and other professional jokers of the
time. But most of his evenings he
spent in his Office, unless there was
dinner party.-From the Diary of John
Hay, edited by William Roscoe Thayer.
for Harper's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
INSPIRATION IN PEN in NAT|ONS' HEART
Some Thoughts on the Gettys-
burg Grafton, Well Described
as immortal.
men are created equal.

~ HE FACT that President Wilson
i writes his messages in shorthand
and then transcribes his notes on a
typewriter has given rise to some spec
ulation as to whether this contrib
utes to the style of his state papers.
The variety of methods used by au-
thors makes it unsafe to dogmatize on
the subject. But that the writing out
of his messages by hand benefits the
style cannot be doubted. While short
hand suggests speed, it does not nee
essarily imply it when the writer is
committing his own thoughts to paper
He might linger as long over pot
hook as over an ordinary character.
But the writer who uses pen feels
a certain inspiration in it, and as he
writes various Synonyms come troop
ing through his mind and he has the
time to select the one that expresses
his meaning with the greatest nicely,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A magazine writer, in discussing
the presidents method, suggests that
when one operates typewriter the
cessation OF the click of the machine
interrupts the continuity of the
thought. This disadvantage is not so
obvious as that arising from the fact
that the speed of the typewriter pre-
cludes careful selection Of synonyms
But either method of writing is pre-
ferable to dictation, for dictation
causes prolixity and the speed pre-
vents fine discrimination in the use of
words. 1t is also responsible for
many extreme utterances. The famous
letter General Egan wrote about Gen.
eral Miles affords an illustration.
Much of it's heat was generated in the
| process of dictation.
Lincoln's Gettysburg address is es-
teemed a model of conciseness. 1t
] was the result of a lifelong habit of
| composition. AS boy Lincoln had
| neither slate nor scratchpad. He
wrote on. single with piece of
charcoal. The only way he could erase
his writing was by shaving the Single.
We have the testimony of one of the
telegraphers in the war department
that President Lincoln, when compos-
ing telegram, whispered it over to
himself before committing it to paper.
The telegrapher knew nothing of the
single, but we may trace the habits
of the man to his childhood. Is it too
much to argue that had Mr.. Lincoln
been accustomed to debating to a
stenographer we might have never had
the Gettysburg classic? And is it not
possible that the limited library OF
the Lincoln boy proved a blessing to
him? 1t was composed of the very
best books in our language and he
read and reread them and then wrote
the essence of them on his shingle
and told them to his playmates in his
own language. The self-education OF
Lincoln is one of the marvels of his
tory.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
st. Genevleve.

st. Genevieve. the patron saint Of
Paris, was consecrated at the age Of
seven to the service of religion by st.
Germanus. bishop Of Auxerre. who
CHANGED to pass through the village of
Nanterre. where she lived, about four
miles from Paris. She acquired a
great reputation for sanctity. The
church of st. Genevieve, completed in
1854. was named in her honor. Dur
ing the revolutionary period 1t was
withdrawn from the service of relig'
ion and called the Pantheon, but was
afterward restored in name and to
ecclesiastical uses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
IN ENGLISH CHURCH
Bust of Great American Has
Been Placed in Country OF
His Ancestors.

I'm THE parish church of the village
1 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 a 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
Of a. spacious chancel, nave with
clere-story, north and south aisles, and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Looked Ahead as Statesman.

While ] desired the result of the
late canvass to have been different,
] still regard 1t as an exceeding small
matter. think we have fairly en-
tered upon durable struggle as to
whether this nation is to ultimately
became all slave or all free, and
though l fall early in the contest, 1t
is nothing II I shall have contributed
in the least degree, to the final right
full result--Letter to II. d. Sharpe.
December 8, 1858.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG SPEECH

OURSCORE and seven years ago fathers brought
~ forth this continent nation, conceived in
EN liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that al
w are created equal.
Now engaged in great civil war; testing whether
that na,ion nation conceived and dedicated
long endure. We met great battlefield of that
We to dedicate portion of that field as final
restgpIace for those who here gave their ves that that
nation might live is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this.
Bot, in larger sense, cannot dedicate-we cannot
coosccrate cannot haow-this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here. have consecrated it
far above poor power to add detrac The world viii
little long remember what say here, but it
forget what they did here for living, rather,
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far MOLLY advanced 1t Is rather
for be here dedicated to the great task remaining
before from these honored dead take Increased
devotion that for which they here gave the last full
of devoon that here highly resolve that these
dead shall have died in vain; that this nation under God,
shall have birth of freedom; and that government of
the people by the people, for the people, shall not perish
from the
burg Cemetery November 49, 1868.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
More Enduring Than Granite Me-
mortal Is Inscribed Lin
coins Name.
VIZ e have raised tall granite columns
w in memory of men

WIFE have raised tall granite columns
w in memory of men
Whose deeds have won them glory
and their lives heroic been;
Memorials, lest we forget the kind OF
of men they were,
To keep alive the gratitude that
thought of them should stir.
We weave their names in story, song
and eulogistic speech,
While remembering the lessons that
noble lives should teach.
One needs no granite columns to per-
petuate his fame
Deep craven on the human heart 10
Abraham Lincoln's name.
His youth spent midst the rugged
scenes of western frontier life,
When every day meant hours of toll
and every hour meant strife;
Where face to face with nature he her
free-born spirit breathed,
And was heir TO sturdy manhood by
fearless sires bequeathed.
His mind was an inquiring one, books
his companions were,
Though the sources then of knowledge,
compared with now, were rare;
But inch by inch and step by step he
forward pressed his way,
Until ne found himself the peer Of
leaders of his day.
As lawyer, legislator and as congress-
man he shone
With grim originality and power all
his own,
presidential chair
They found in him a leader we'll
equipped to do and dare.
His memory is history; how we'll he
did his part
10 proven, for his names inscribed
upon the nations heart
His life a benediction, falling like some
"hoIy psalm"
We know him now as they did then, ae
"Father Abraham"
The dear old flag he loved so we'll un.
sullied still remains,
With not single mark or spot of trea'
sons cruel stains;
Der united land it waves from noun
tain top to sea,
An emblem Is to all the world of Ius
tice, liberty.
Fraternal bonds bind all the states In
one united whole;
What now exists was clearly seen by
his prophetic soul.
Though massive monuments we raise
thus honoring his name,
Yet In the hearts of patriots shall live
his truest fame. t
Augustus TreadweIl, III New York
Times
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Saw the Future Clearly.

am glad made the late race. It
gave me hearing of the great and
durable question of the age, which
could have had in no other way; and
though / now sink out of view and
shall be- forgotten, ! believe ] have
made some marks which will tell for
the cause Of civil liberty long after l
am gone.--Lincoln's letter to DR.. A. G.
Henry, November 10, 1858.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
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-
ius. 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: Il had q
bad case Of grip. I tried Peruna ana
It cured me. I can safely say 1t Is .
fine medicine"
Mr.. George E. Law. 1871 N. Franz
lin ST., Brazil. Ind. writes: II ann
satisfied that Peruna is a wonderful
remedy for grip. and I do most heart
lily endorse and recommend it,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
bingham Church.

by perpendicular tracery. The chancel
window. SO feet high and IS feet wide,
is filled with ancient German glass dat
ing back to about 1900. Apart from
its historic interest the church is well
worth visit by anyone who is inter-
ested in church architecture. For the
building is quite the best preserved
of its style in England" York
Evening Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Not Bitter In Defeat.

The emotions of defeat at the close
of struggle in which / felt more
than merely selfish interest, and to
which the defeat the use Of your name
contributed largely, are fresh upon
me; but even in this mood | cannot
for a moment suspect you Of anything
Observation-Disclosures from Lincoln to
j. ]. Crittenden, November 4. 1858.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Fitted for Grea. Position.

There could have been no better or
more ideally fit man for the great task
which Lincoln was set to perform lie
was the gentlest, kindest man that
ever had such burden laid on him.
So the nation does well to keep him
in remembrance. for he is its noblest
product. I *fFtt fiF
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
LlNcoLN's BIRTHDAY.
A day of 10y, a holiday;

A day of Joy, a holiday;
day Ii festal colors dressed
To honor one who knew not play,
Nor ever tasted rest!
Oh, man of sorrows and of tears.
Would we could bring to you
Back through the pathway of the years
One touch of comfort truel
Would that your eyes might penetrate
The shadows in between,
Through all the clouds of war and hate,
And mists that intervene,
Into the hearts of all the throng
OF living men to find
Your name and fame the first among
The treasures of mankind
John Kendrick Bangs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Soma Hint.

Hello, Blank! Where are you go
ing in such hurry?"
ITO the post office to put up kick
about the wretched delivery SERVICE"
whats the trouble?"
"Why, that check you promised to
send me ten days ago hasn't reached
me yet"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Putting II Up to Ma.

'Popl"
Eyes, my son."
what is this war about over In
Europe?"
Don't know, my boy, but you might
ask your mother. She knows a lot
about fighting"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Dellcatn lntlmatlon.

''I'll show them can do more things
than sit on stool and look pretty"
Come to think of 1t, you can sit on
stool"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

What a lovely collection Of pessi-
mists we would be If we could see our
selves as others see us!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Narrow minds think nothing right
that Is above their own capacity
ROchefoucauld.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Let France have good mothers, and
she will have good sons.-Napoleon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

w. N. u, BOSTON, NO. e-1s15.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
SOME SECRETS OF TOMATOES
Clip Out Runners and Fruit Will Be
Early and Handy to Pick-ln1-
provement Over Old Way.

In choosing tomato plants for grow
ing prize tomatoes, do not select tree
tomatoes, as they are not prolific, but
pick out some good smooth, meaty
variety. Set the plants on the south
side of the stake, about four inches
from it, and train same to stake as it
grows, tying with binder Irvine or
cloth strings, which are preferable.
Many times when the vines are very
rank two branches will start to grow
from the top, bat clip one off, allow
ing only one to grow to height of
five feet, then clip the tops and keep
them clipped, which will hasten the
ripening, and convert all the strength
of the vine into fruit
When the plants are eight or ten
inches high, little runners or shoots
will appear in the forks Here, writes
G. P. Bowsley in Farm and Home, is
where the whole secret lies. These
runners sap the main vines and turn
all the strength into vines instead of
tomatoes. When they appear pinch
them off and allow only one main vine
to grow. The fruit buds or blossoms
will also appear in the same fork, but
do not disturb them. Keep clipping
out the runners every time you find
any or when you cultivate them. The
fruit will be nice, early, clean, handy
to pick, a great improvement over the
old way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
AMERICAN IDEAS
HELP HINDENBURG
Germany'S Great Field Marshal
Talks About His Part
in War.
SUCCESS DUE TO RAILROADS
"RaiIroad Napoleon" Enthusiastic
Over American Methods Of Trans
portation-ls a Warm Admirer
Of Colonel Goethals.

German Great Headquarters, East
But for the field gray" coat and the
militant mustache, I should have taken
him for a self-made American, a big
business man or captain o. industry,
as he sat at his work desk, the tele-
phone at his elbow, the electric push
buttons and reams of neat reports
adding to the illusion. Quiet, unas-
Stunning and democratic, he yet makes
the same impression of Yirility and
colossal energy as Colonel Roosevelt
does, but with an iron restraint of
discipline which the American never
possessed, and an earnestness of face
and eye that l had only seen matched
in his commander in chief, the kaiser.
Here was a man whom the most neu-
trail American could instantly admire
and honor, regardless of the merits
of the controversy. It was linden
burg, the well beloved, the hope of
Germany. He has already been done"
by journalists, but 100000 are pin
ming their faith to him, which makes
him worth doing" again-and again.
For a moment 1 nearly forgot that
was an American with nerve"
bent on making him say something.
preferably indiscreet; it seemed al
most a shame to bother this man
whose brain was big with the fate of
empire. But, although I hadn't been
specially invited, but had just
dropped in" in informal American
fashion, the commander in chief of all
his kaiser's forces in the East stopped
making history long enough to favor
me with a short but thought-provoking
interview.
AS to his past performances, the
field marshal genially referred to the
detailed official summary; as to the
future. he protested:
Expects Final Victory.
Il am not a prophet But this can
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
BOWE:RY IS ORDERLY.
New York Thoroughfare Not as
Black as Painted.
For One Man Who Would Insult a
Lone Woman, a Hundred Would
Fight for Her-is Port of
Missing Men.

New York-"There is nearly as
much crime committed in Fifth avenue
every day in the week as there is in
the much-abused Bowery," says Fa-
ther William J. Rafter, in charge of
the Holy Name mission in the Bowery.
"A lady could start from Cooper
square and walk on one side of the
Bowery down to Park row and back
again on the other side and there
wouldn't be one slurring remark
passed regarding her. If any man
dared there would be hundred ready
to fight him.
In the mind of the average citizen
the name 'Bowery' is one of evil re-
pute-the recognized habitat of
brazen vice and unfettered crime. He
believes that no one lives within its
crime-steeped precincts except tho
predatory and murderous denizens Of
the underworld. To him it is the
Bowery of fiction.
How vastly different is the poor
old Bowery today. It's character
may be summed up in three words
poor but respectable Physically
considered, it is one of the main
arteries of the city's downtown traffic
Across 1t at every block the East side
pours its teeming thousands into the
Broadway business district. 1t is
practically the Broadway of the East
side. On both sides it is lined with
faI Cfn ~E
night it is lighted by store and street
lamps, and during the day the side
walks are crowded with people. It's
people-and there are as many as
$4,000 of them-are mostly honest,
harmless, law-abiding men. Poor?
Yes. Many of them would be abso-
lutely homeless we're 1t not for the
cheap lodging-houses where for ten or
fifteen cents one may obtain shelter
for the night 1t is the Mecca of the
poor and unfortunate. We have many
college graduates within our midst,
and most of then come from good
homes.
There is scarcey a town or city I'm
the country which haa Lot at least one
representative on this thoroughfare
Indeed the Bowery belongs to the
whole world. There Is no better
place to look for missing man. Only
the other day TWO young girls came
to me seeking to learn the where
abouts Of their father, whom they
hadn't seen in years. I expected the
man to call about six o'clock, for It so
happened that he was one of my spe-
ciaI charges. 1t was scarcely five,
so they went to a small restaurant
near to have a bite to eat. Scarcely
were they seated when the door
opened and in came their father with
a shovel over his arm. had helped
him to save some money from hlf
small wages and he now is an indie.
pendent upright man.
Few of our men are drunkards
though 1t is the common belief that
habitues of the Bowery spend every
penny they get on liquor. Our men
do not drink. On the contrary, when
they have a little money they pay
back what they owe or save it for
rainy day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
ERADICATE LICE AND MITES
Coed Insect Powder busted Into
Feathers of Fowl viii EffectualIy
Destroy Vermin.

The lice stay on the bodies of the
fowls and must be "doctored" by a
treatment applied directly to the fowls.
A good insect powder busted into the
feathers will do the work, but more
than one application must be made
because new crops of lice will hatch
out from eggs that are in the hens
feathers. If the powder is put on three
times, at intervals of four or five days,
it will pretty certainly rid the chick
ems of these pests. The powder is best
applied with a can that has a per-
forated top Hold the fowls up by the
feet, head down, so, the feathers win
fall apart, and shake liberal dose of
the powder into the feathers.
A good lice powder which is recon-
mended by the New Jersey expert
ment station, is made of one part crude
carbolic acid, three parts gasoline and
about four parts plaster of paris. Mix
the plaster of paris and gasoline and
then add carbolic acid. Spread out
until dry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25

Americanese). still-that may be
yet"
MAY I come along, your excellen-
cy?"
Certainly, then you can see for
yourself what kind of 'barbarians' we
Germans are
Dropping in on Hindenburg" yields
some unimportant but interesting by
products. The railroad Napoleon, as
all the wsrld knows. lives and works
in palace, but this palace doesn't
oVerawe one who has beaten profess
sionally at the closed portals of Fifth
avenue. 1t would be considered a mod
est country residence in Westchester
county or on Long Island. Light il
color and four stories high, including
garnet, it looks very much like those
memorials which soap kings and sun
dry millionaires put up to themselves
in their lifetime-the American col
lege dormitory, the modern kind that
is built around three sides of a small
court. The palace is as simple as the
man.
The main entrance, a big iron gate
way, is f1anked by two guardhouses
painted with white and black stripes,
the Prussian "colors," and two I'M
bluffable landsturm men mount guard,
who will tell you to go around to the
back door.
The orderly who opens the front
door is a sergeant in field gray uni
form. You mount flight of marble
steps and saunter down a marble hall,
half block long. It is the reception
hall. 1t is furnished with magnificent
hand-carved high-backed chairs with
out upholstery, lounging being appar-
emily encouraged here. They are
Gothic structures, backed up against
the walls. There is no brussels
or Administer carpet on the cold
marble f1oor-not even Turkish rugs.
Through this palace hall, up by the
ceiling, runs a thick cable containing
the all-important telephone wires.
The offices open off the hall, the doors
labeled with neatly printed signs tell
ing who and what is within. If you
should come walking down the street
outside at a. m. you would probably
see the lights in Hindenburgs Office
still burning, as l did. At $3.50 they
went out. indicating that a field mar
shals job is not a sinecure.-New
York Times Correspondence