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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-26
INDICATIONS OF
AN EARLY SPRING
Great Prosperity Ahead for
Western Canada.

The most recent advices from all
points in Western Canada report that
conditions are apparent for an early
spring. Farmers are going over the
implements. getting their seeders
ready for operation, the plows in shape
for extended breaking, and there is a
general optimism. A great many new
settlers have already arrived, and the
reports from Canadian Government
agents in the United States point to
the fact that in a few days there will
begin the usual emigration from va
rious of the Central and Western
states. From the Eastern states the
number of farmers going to Canada
will be greater than in any past year.
There has been a fairly large snow
fall during the winter, which will
greatly add to the precipitation of
last fall, which in the opinion of old
timers was in itself sufficient to in
sure a good crop during the present
year.
There will be very little titled land
that will be without a crop this year.
The authorities, though, are pleading
with the farmers to seed only such
land as has had careful preparation. for
rich as is the soil of Western Canada,
1t is no more fitted to produce good
crops uncu1tivated than is that of any
other land anywhere else. There
have been accounts of failures in some
portions of the agricultural districts of
Western Canada, and also reports of
small yields in some districts. A good
deal Of this is accounted for from the
fact that notwithstanding the advice
Of men Of experience, there are farm
ers who win persist in seeding land not
properly prepared. This may be done
this year, but those who cultivate on
reasonable and logical methods will
be certain of a paying crop. There is
every reason to believe that the high
prices Of all kinds of grain will con-
tinue.
With thousands and thousands Of
acres Of land waiting for the husband
man to bring it forth with a crop, it
is no wonder that Western Canada is
continuing to prove such an inviting
field for the agriculturist.
Seventy million dollars is a con-
sentative estimate of orders which
came to Canada as the direct result
of the war. Governments of the al
lies have been placing large orders in
Canada and buying huge quantities of
supplies for cash.
The total value of exports to Eu-
rope from Canada has jumped about
Is per cent since the war started,
while in certain lines the increases
have been enormous.
Therefore the results of the demand
of the allies for war and other material
is beginning to be felt in the financial
life of the Dominion. There is a marked
activity in many commercial lines, and
conditions are fast becoming normal.
Western Canada is receiving a rela-
tive benefit to the East.-Advertise-
ment.
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WORTH AGAIN GETTING BUSY
Great Partisan costumer Has Sent Out
Some Hints as to Coming
Spring Costumes.

Paris is beginning to take a little in
terest in the question of costumes just
now, and the foremost couturiers are
sending forth their messages of fabric
line and trimming almost as in former
seasons. Worth is making many won
derful frocks for the spring. A recent
letter from the fashion center says:
Worth is employing gabardine and
very soft, silky and supple cloth for
his walking costumes. Fallie Fran
caise is also being used by him very
extensively, and for his evening gowns
he is using a great deal of charmeuse
pekine with silver. His skirts are very
wide and short, showing the shoe. The
sleeves of his evening dresses are ell
bow length; for the robes de Vile the
sleeves are all long. The collars are all
very high and c1ose-itting. Worth is
also making understands, as these will
now be worn with the very wide
dresses"
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PAYS DEBT 20 YEARS OLD
Tennessee Farmer Sends Check
for $3.50 Pillow Bought
in 1896.

Little Rock. Ark.-In 1896 j. Milton
Williams. a Tennessee farmer, bought
a plow from H. S. Speck, a hardware
dealer at Morristown, Tenn, on cred
it. Recently Mr.. Speck, who long ago
left Tennessee and is now a resident
of Little Rock, received a check for
$3.50, the price of the pillow. The
letter accompanying the check read as
follows:
Dear Sir: You remember some
years ago l bought of you a turning
pillow. have always intended to pay
the debt, but it seemed that / had so
many things on me hat l had to put
what little money l could get into 9TH
er places. l hope you will pardon me
for keeping you out of your money for
SO long. l trust you are well and
prospecting. Respectfully,
-. MILTON WILLIAMS"
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RET0RT MUST HAVE sTUNG
Effective Rebuke If Recipient Had Not
A Hide as Thick as a
Hippopotamus.

One may be excused for feeling a
little joy when the man who goes out
of his way to make a rude remark in
order to display his wit receives a re-
buke that is as courteous as it is at
the same time effective
The retort given by a certain learned
scientist must have been considerably
more amusing to the onlookers than it
was to the learned gentleman's an
tagonist.
1t happened at dinner that one of
the guests began to deride philosophy.
and went on rudely to express the
opinion that philosopher was but an
other way of spelling fool.
What is your opinion, professor"
he asked. is there much distance be-
tween them?"
The professor, with a polite bow to
his y~is-a-vis, responded gravely:
Sometimes only the width of a
table"
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Automobiles For Sale

REBUILT CARS SI5O-G3,O o
Winter and Summer Bodies, ES-g0o
Tons, $40. Top Covers. 81. One man tops. y price.
got Century Co., 1884 broadway M. City
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BREAKS BANNS AT THE ALTAR
Bride-to-Be Says God Commanded Her
to Be Missionary-Fiance
Agrees.

Elgin, Tex.-At the chancel in the
Baptist church here, where Miss
Ethel Sowell and Ernest Byers were
to have been married. the bride-to-be
made a public declaration that she
had been commanded to serve God in
the missionary field. The wedding
was abandoned.
Miss Sowell, who comes from a
prominent Texas family, said that God
appeared to her in a vision and told
her that her life would be a failure
if she did not ~consecrate herself to
saving souls.
Byers accepted the decision of his
fiancee and accompanied her to the
church, where the change in plans
was announced to the assembled
guests.
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WORK WONDERS WITH SASH
Dressmakers Are Relying More Upon
Light Touches Than Upon Dis
tiKctive Changes.

Instead of announcing drastic
changes in dress the designers are Civ
ing due attention to details and make
a change here and there which is very
effective. They vary the appearance
of the backs of frocks and coats in sew
eral attractive ways. thus relieving
threatened monotony.
In their schemes the sash enters
obligingly. The simplest Of simple soft
wool frocks were seen a couple OF
weeks ago in dark blue in coloring,
with a center fastening down the back
of the corsage instead of in front,
which left the rest looking like a jer.
sey. On the hips a black MORE sash
was posed, and this ribbon, after trav.
ersing the waist, was brought forward
and tied in a loose bow.
This type of frock, known as the
nursery Dress" appeals less forcibly
o the majority of women than the
orsage with a front fastening, which
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WooDPEcKER RoBS A TOWN
Causes Short Circuit on Signal Wires
Resulting in Excessive
Water Bill.

Ilwaco, Wash.-A woodpecker is
blamed for large additions to Ilwaco's
bill for pumping city water.
The contract for filling the munich
pal reservoir is let to a power COM
pany and an electric indicator notifies
the engineer when the required depth
of water has been provided.
For some months the bill has been
regarded as excessive and the number
of hours required daily to fill the basin
has varied to a marked degree.
Investigation has placed the blame
on an innocent woodpecker which
chose one wire for a perch and with
its tail touching the other wire made
a short circuit so that the engineers
signal to stop pumping was con-
trolled by the woodpecker's rest rather
than the depth Of water provided.
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Was overmade.

It's as difficult to tell the age of an
egg as it is that of a woman.
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W. n. u NEW YORK. NO. ls-fe1s.
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WASTE BASKET MADE NEW
Small Touches Rejuvenate Receptacle
So That 1t Is Again an Orna-
ment to Room.

When the old wicker waste basket
has become yellowed and SCARED with
age it can be beautifully and easily
rejuvenated by a tight covering of col
ored silk or lining, and then a second
and top covering of crocheted lace.
The round waste basket does not
agree very readily with the applica-
ton of %crocheted lace, but the square,
octagonal or paneled waste basket can
be readily fitted up in this manner
Crochet panels of lace the width and
length of each side of the basket.
First basic each separate panel, thus
c~rocheted, to the basket, through the
wicker, and then proceed to whip the
panels together with white thread and
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Instrumentation.

Representative Herman A. Metz,
Apropos of neutrality, said at a lunch
con in Philadelphia:
Some of these people take a low.
debased view of neutrality; otherwise
they wouldn't do the things they're
doing.
Their idea of neutrality. in fact, re-
minds me of the two actors idea OF
marriage.
AT the seventh wedding breakfast
of the first actor the other, who had
himself been married six times, said:
"'Well. old man, l thought you had
learned by this time that a marriage
is nothing but a sentence of hard
labor for life
Yes said the other actor but it's
a sentence that you can get committed
by bad behavior"
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Modest Hint.

They were at tea near the college
grounds, she quite pretty and engag-
ing despite the fact that she was in
Teachers college, and he an earnest
student of the law. They had gone
quite far along the pleasant road of
romance. He inquired what degree
she pursued.
Il aspire to be a M. R. s., she re-
piled demurely.
Il dare say it's hard" he answered,
absent-mindedly. Hours afterward.
under the green shaded light in his
own room, it all came to him sud
denly.-New York Evening Post.
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The BIGGEST Fool.

Pat was strolling about one day
with an ~Englishman. Pat" said the
Englishman, 81 will give that woman
sixpence or every penny you give
her"
Right" said Pat. and he gave her
ninepence.
When the Englishman had given her
his share. pat" said he, which of us
was the biggest fool?"
1T was you" said Pat.
NO." said the Englishman. "it was
you, for you gave her all you had"
But" said Pat, that was my
mither."
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Not Ambitious.

The evening meal didn't exactly ap-
peal to little Waldo, and he ate spar
ingly. Mother, like all mothers. imme-
diateIy became alarmed. and urged
him to eat.
You must eat something, Waldo"
she said. so you viii grow to be a
great. big, strong man."
Mamma, l don't want to be a po-
liceman." the youngster said, making
no move to attack his meal.-Indian-
apolis News.
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FACE BATHING WITH
cuticura Soap Most Soothing to Sem
sitive Skins. Trial Free.

Especially when preceded by little
touches Of Cuticura Ointment to red
rough. itching and pimply surfaces,
Nothing better for the skin, scalp,
hair and hands than these super.
creamy emollients. Why not look your
best as to your hair and skin?
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Cheese HoIders

The fiat silver or silver and glass
dish with the little cheese plate in the
center-the fiat part for wafers-is
by now a usual adjunct to the salad
course. Somewhat newer is the fiat
dish with a little silver holder for a
glass cup in the center-the glass cup
for the softer sorts of cheese.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-26

Naval warfare in our n~eighborhood
is getting to be exceedingly danger
GUS"
did you say naval warfare?'"
Yes. A yonngster playing subma-
rine torpedoed a baby -carriage-battle-
ship and spilled an infant out on the
pavement"
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Relieved.

"And SO you are fully determined, .
he persisted. that you cannot marry
me?"
YES" she replied, gently but firm
ly. Il must still say so. l do not
care enough for you for that"
"All right" said he, with a we'll
simulated sigh of relief, as he turned
to the door to go. Il was afraid that
you had been taking our little f1irta.
ton seriously, and I meant to do the
right thing at any cost, but this lets
me out"
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New Cotton Fabrics.

Rodeline is the name of a new cot
ton yelling which comes in all the new
silent colors." F~osforina, a new
highly finished gabardine, is also one
of the new spring novelties in fab
RIGS. The silent" colors instead of
loud shades, narrow and wide stripes,
small squares and spots are most in
vogue.
The new white gabardine wolfe is a
beautiful material for the one-piece
gown, not too hot nor too heavy, and
with a remarkable power of resisting
~wrinkling.
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THE DANGER OF Il.
A Warning Which May Save Your
Life or That of Your Children.

Be careful what you take for a cold.
Many so-called cold cures" cough
balsams," ETC., contain opium. NOR
phine or other poisonous drugs. Re-
member that Father Johns Medicine
is absolutely free from dangerous
drugs, and has had more than fifty
years success for colds and throat
and lung troubles.
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Saves Socks From Shine.

Up-to-date bootblacks have adopted
a celluloid sheet which fits over the
top of an oxford, protecting the hosiery
of the patron from being soiled by the
polish Its spring top keeps il
clamped about the ankle. and as it car
be wiped off with a cloth it is easy al
ways to keep it clean.
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THE coL0NEL'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, a clear brain and a bright vision.
Today he is the owner of thousands of
acres, president of several banks.
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WENT ON ERRAND,
STAYED Fl YEARS
When Papa Returned With Gro
ceries He Found Second Hus-
band Was the Better Man.

Bfnghamton, N. Y.-Twenty-one
years ago Adam Rundal of Lester
shire obeyed his wife's request to go
downtown on Saturday night to get
groceries for Sunday. He returned
home late Tuesday night with the
groceries on the list which his wife
gave him Fl years ago.
He knocked at the door and then
walked in. His daughter, grown to
womanhood, met him and screamed
in fright, thinking him a burglar. He
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fashioned netting is a distinct revival
and that its presence in drawing
rooms throws an air of fashion around
them. The Effects of embroidery upon
1t are now more artistic than of yore,
nature as well as pictures often serv.
ing as models.
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Easily ExnIained.

His Ffancee-TeL me, count. why
do you always kiss my hand?
The Count-Are you not left-hand-
ed?
His Fiancee-Yes.
The Count-Then that is ze hand
with which you sign re checks. is it
not?-Puck.
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Ancient Gennranhv-

Toronto, Ont.-Believing Salonika
was still in Turkey, the Canadian aa-
thorities held up as war contraband
seven carloads of -four shipped from
Kenora, Ont, to that place. which has
been in Greece since the last Balkan
war.
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Many Children are sicklr.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours. relieve Feverish.
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms. They are SO pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for26years.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, A. s.. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
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ln societx,s Zoo.

The returned hero was received
with open arms.
Society locked to him in swarms
and droves and mobs.
They made a lion of him.
And he?
He made a monkey of himself.
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Keep Shoe Mates Tonether

Try keeping the children's shoes to-
gether in pairs by the use of clothes
pins. This will relieve the mother
and the owners of the shoes of CON
slant sorting and will keep the closet
floor from getting disorderly.
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0ssining, N. Warden Osborne
has granted permission to the base
ball nine composed of inmates at Sing
Sing prison to play civilian teams or
he prison ground this summer
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an ordinary sewing needle. Bind the
top and bottom of the basket with
ribbon to match the first layer of ma
terial used upon the basket and place
a not-toolarge bow at the side. The
color used in making the basket
should, of course, match the color
scheme of the boudoir or bedroom for
which the basket is intended.
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are square, ~turned-back cuffs and a
collar of serge, on top of which may
be worn another set of white pique.
The sleeves are cut in one with the
body and the betting in of the coat
induces a gracefulness in the skirt
portion.
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When one attempts to run down an
idle rumor he will find that rumor
travels on high gear with mufiers cut
out
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-26

can be diversified at the back in many
ways.
There is the basque arrangement to
remember; not the one of old, with it's
severe angularity, but a drapery elon-
gated from the folded fronts of the
bodice n knotted at the back. This,
by the way, is a for the demi,
toilette, which is the only form of eve
ming dress.
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"Lsbby" as a Diplomat.

In Mr.. Thorold's Life of Henry
Labouchere" this story is quoted:
The grand duchess of Tuscany had a
venerable maid of honor about seven
ty years of age. She had piercing
black eyes, and looked like an old
post chaise, painted up. and with new
lamps.
How old do you think l ann" she
once asked me with a simpering
smile, that caused my blood to run
cold.
l hesitated and then said
Twenty"
"FIatterer," she replied, tapping me
with her fan. Il am twenty-five"
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what did the old skinfint leave
behind him when he died?"
Everything he had"
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Rye Remedy for Red. Weak Watery
Eyes and Granulated EyelidS; No Smartine-
Just Eye comfort. Write for hook of the Eve
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-26

We know a man who has been a
lifelong teetotaler since the first of
January.
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After a woman has been married five
times you can't tell her anything about
men.
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A few short weeks and the house
cleaning microbe will get busy again.
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Buenos Aires province, Argentina,
has S.osS.250 acres sown to wheat.
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Quite Definite.

HOXsTE'S GROUP REMEDY. A CERTAIN
cure for congestive colds; no opium 50c-Adv
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He has found a 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
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.
The Colonel says: ''The best paying crop
/ 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 c1ealog) its growth is absolutely
certain,
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Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
signature l Of IMzNIzM
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle Is
to blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tiekle-5c at good Druggists.
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SaIesmen, Our household speclaltIes are need
ed in every home. sell at sight. $50 weekly
easily made. Particulars free. LEONARD
UPPLY CO, Bon IO4. WHITE PLAINS.
NEW YORK.
WANTED-AGENTS 10 sell DIddie-Bntzen
rods-Pos lightning rotection-Farme agts
make good. L. +. Diddie Co.. field. Wis
FINE LEVEL FARM-iS0 acres: 100 cultivated
Near fine market 1900; worth 500 1000 oats crop.
Information, / SPENCER Hattiesburg. Miss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-01

shipyard | looked over one old pas
senger liner that was being iltted
With nine-inch guns and looked
quite formidable While | was there
4 painter who was working Oh a
dummy funnel fell out of the
bo'suns chair he was sitting in,
went through the turret and smash
ed the gun inside.
"Of course all these things are
very lightly constructed aud have
10 be handled carefully An able
seaman, who was carrying a ten
ton anchor on his shoulder along
the deck, was admonshed by the
DO sun to go easy or he would
break the mudhook in two amid
ships.
THE work on some Of the small
or vessels is being done very rapid
~. l was told of one vessel that
was dingy-looking old tramp at >
o clock on a Monday afternoon, and
by the next night she had been
transformed into smart-looking
light cruiser. armed with eight,
apparently formidable siX-inch
guns and quick-firers.
Il knew Capt. Haddock when he
was commander OF the Olympic,
and spoke to him at the hotel. in
Belfast just before | sailed for New
York. When | asked him what was
10 be done with the dummy fleet he
was constructing he looked startled
and replied
" IIush' 1t is a secret
II told him that | got my infor-
nation first from a German waiter
in the hotel, who said. with great
glee;
They are building dummy
Lion" today at the dockyard
These vessels are to be manned
by volunteers who will take their
lives in their hands, as there is the
danger of laundering in heavy
sea, in addition to that Of being
shelled and sunk by the enemy.
The Admiralty have had no diff
Guilty in getting officers and men
for the job The applications have
already exceeded the number re-
quired to handle the reconstructed
craft All the men would have
double pay, l was told, and the Of
ficers who have volunteered from
the navy would risk their lives for
the honor to be gained.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-02-01
AN OFFER TO EXCHANGE
COTTON Fur CALVES
NAAAH,CHtE MAN SUBMITS
UNIQUE PROPOSITION TO
TENiS tATTiFsiAN.

A. S. Gage had a new proposition
put up to him whey he went out
about a week ago to receive the
500 calves bought j recently from
Skinner q Bynum OF Brewster
county. II. w. Getzendaner, the
banker of WaXahachic, Went out
with Messrs, Skinner and Bynum
from here and She became very
much enthused over conditions out
that way and when he saw the
calves all rounded up ready Tor
delivery his enthusiasm increased.
He told Mr. Gage that he had 300
bales of as good cotton as ever
grew in Ellis county in the ware
house at home and that he would
turn them over to Mr. Gage at the
rate of one bale for each calf. MIR.
Gage is something of trader him
self, but this was one deal on
which he had to sidostep.
The banker being Texas product
knew the calves We're all right, but