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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22

purposely unheeded, for the Washing
ton pitcher toppled and fell to the floor
with gentle crashing of its thin old
body.
Across the fragments of china and
dusty papers which had filed it the
two women faced each other.
Linnie tearfully indignant; Mrs.
Drake maliciously smiling. We'll
Miss Harris. l can't say l compliment
you on coming from a family of good
housekeepers. Land, what a mess of
dusty rubbish. l noticed it when you
unpacked 1t, and"-
please do not touch it." said Linnie
through sudden tears, land be kind
enough to leave me alone"
"Hoity- toity!" shifted the 1andlady.
backing out of the room.
For long time Linnie surveyed the
ruin of the Washington pitcher 81
won't let it spoil my day." she said at
last and stopped to pick up the frag-
mentS.
1t took her long time, the heirloom
had given up so many things. First
u an, oHCIe IolSINShSSS All
the form of Il later will leaving $4,000
and the homestead, with it's contents,
to Linnie, who had told a lie and con-
fessed it. And the $4,000 were there.
too, in the form of valuable securities.
1t was a wonderful day for Linnie
Harris.
When DR.. Allen came for her she de-
murely went, hu~cing her secret as a
surprise for her !, lend.
But on the ride DR.. Allen asked her
to marry him, and Linnie, in the bliss
of loving and being loved, forgot to tell
him about the contents of the Wash
i7sston pitcher until the next day when
he called to slip an engagement ring on
her hand.
Carefully mended, the Washington
pitcher occupies a prominent place in
the china collection Of DR.. Allen and
his wife
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22
The Old Yellow
Pitcher
Gave Up a Rich Legacy on
Washington's Birthday.

Mrs. Drake regarded the tail yellow
pitcher with dlsdainful surprise.
'-And so that-thing is all that youi
Uncle Gregory left your she de
manded.
Linnie Harris blushed holly.
That is all.
"And you expected something hand
some from him-several thousand dol
lars anyway. didn't your she per
sisted.
HE said / would be well provided
for admitted Linnie family. She was
feeling very weak after a long illness
with pneumonia. and during her alb
sence from the office another girl had
taken her position as bookkeeper.
When her illness had reached crit
ical point her great uncle, Gregory
Brown. had died. and instead of shar-
ing in his large estate Linnie had this
very morning received her legacy-an
ancient and. from collectors view
point. valuable pitcher decorated In
commemoration of the death of George
Washington.
I.innie always remembered the pitch
er. Ii had stood on the top shelf of
the china closet I'm Uncle Gregory's
dining room.
Once when she was child she had
visited Uncle Gregory with her mother.
One day In a fit of childish curiosity
she had climbed upon chair and TAX
en- down the pitcher.
1t slipped from her hands, and as
she caught 1t again 1t struck the shelf,
and a large piece was broken out of
the top.
Frightened at the possible conse-
quences Of her deed, Linnie had re-
placed the pitcher. and later when IN
Gle Gregory. having discovered the
damage. accused the trembling child
Iinnie had first denied 1t and later
made confession.
After that Uncle Gregory gave her
little peace of mind.
He persisted i'm regarding Linnie as
a practiced liar. and whenever oppor-
tunity presented itself he dinned into
her ears the well known story of the
youthful George Washington and the
cherry tree.
He never told a lie. Belinda" On
Gle Gregory would sternly point the
moral
Il never told but one, uncle" Linnie
sometimes defended herself.
And that is one too many" he re-
proved her sternly.
There came a day when Linnie was
sixteen that her mother ceased to be
Uncle Gregory's housekeeper-in fact
she died, and Linnie was left all alone.
Deaf to Uncle Gregory's offers to cd.
ucate her, Linnie packed her trunk
and went to the city. For eight years
she had worked as bookkeeper, and
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22
Deans Rheumatic Pills fol- Rheuma ism al
Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. Safe.
MaCE etic Srurms.

Contrary to the general belief, mag
netic disturbances do not begin at the
same moment all over the globe. In
stead of that they progress around the
earth. In the case of abrupt disturb
lnces, which are. usually comparative
~ minute in their effect on the com
pass needle. the complete passage
round the earth requires from three
~ four minutes. For the bigger eff
fects or for the greater magnetic
@torms the rate of progression is slow
~. so that it would take them half all
l.OlnNlciplY
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''FELL ME ABOUT THIS" EvADED THE
PHYSICIAN.
only this long illness had interrupted
her.
Now Linnie sat and stared at the
maze of clotheslines In the narrow
yards below her back window All
her savings had been wiped out.
There had been trained nurse, doc
tor and medicines, and Mrs. Drake. her
landlady. was still unpaid. That $50
doomed like some CHASTITY shape before
her weary eyes.
As soon as they had told her about
Uncle Gregory's death Ldnnie had
promised Mrs. Drake her money. ,..-
"He told me I would be well pro-
vided for" explained Linnte weakly.
Il suppose be sent me the pitcher to
remind me why was disinherited."
What about the pitcherT' asked
Mrs. Drake sourIy.
Linnie told her haltingly.
SO you lied to himT' sneered the
woman.
II told him the truth afterward.'
Mrs. Drake laughed.
Just as you've told 1t to me now,
missr' she shrilled.
There was a knock. and the door
opened to admit the doctor
He was a big. breezy man of forty.
five, gray eyed and keen and tender OF
touch.
He looked sharply ut Mrs. brakes
SNUG countenance, then at Linnie,
pale and wan, In the big chair.
You are cheering my patient, Mrs.
Drake?" be asked, smiling, with a
steely look In his eyes.
When they were alone DIR. Allen sat
down beside his patient. He was
quivering with anger that the sick girl
had been compelled to listen to Mrs.
brakes TRADE. Only his skill and
careful nursing had brought her back
from the gates of death.
"And so you let nurse goY' he asked
searchingly.
Il couldn't keep her any longer" she
confessed.
II guessed" he muttered savagely.
Then, taking an envelope from his
pocket, he said authoritatively: Please
don't pay my bill until my bookkeeper
sends Ii to you Ii confuses my ac-
counts when my patients pay as they
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tie spread-not over a hundred yards
in any direction. Active, energetic
men in kahki have been patiently
and systematically destroying every
visible trace of the egg masses. They
are first daubed over with creosote,
then they are soraped off and des-
troyed. It is some job to daub over
10000 egg masses about the size of
25 or so cent piece, and then curry
off, oak trees 100 years old and
corresponding large. When the snow
is gone all rubbish and litter in the
vicinity of the infested trees will be
destroy ed and the stone wall burned
ont Tie government will also spray
with arsenioal poison the infested
trees and adjacent ones to control
Matching caterpillars. The Gypsy
moth Is the worst insect pest at
present In Massachusetts. Many
thousands of dollars have been spent
10 prevent It's spread, and are being
spent every year to control its Tavages
In the infested area. The following
Ia II brief life history Of the insect:
A European insect was introduced into
Masasch usetts I'm 1889 by an amateur
scientist seeking n hardy silk worm
for this climate By natural dis
senination and artificial means the
insect ~ now found In practically all
Of Massachusetts east of the Connect
out river, In Rhode Island, Eastern
Connecticut and Southwestern Muine.
The eggs are laid In masses Of 900
to 500, and are covered with yellowisb
hairs These egg masses are about
l ! inches long by I inches wide, aud
are oval IN shape The young larvae
hatch about May list, commence feed.
Ing at once and grow rapidly. As they
grow they cast their skins several
times and, becoming larger, feed
principally at night, secluding them
selves by day. They become full
grown about July LIST, transfer to
pupal and emerge full grown moths
July 18th to Aug. 10Th, varying with
the season. The male adult is brown
ish yellow in color, has a slender
body, we'll feathered antennae and
sp. eads about u inches. They are
active fiiers The females-and they
are the more deadly''-are nearly
white and have their forewings
marked with several zizag black
transverse lines, and the hind wings
marked with series of black dots.
The body of the female is too heavy
to permit flight. Thus the spread of
the pest is naturally slow unless egg
masses, cate1pillars or females are
transported by artificial means. "Gyps"
feed on foliage of practically all
orchard. shade, ornamental and forest
trees and shrubs. Even conifers are
attacked if good plants are scarce.
They prefer however the oak, apple,
willow and elm. Orioles, cuckoos,
jays aul virleos feed on the cater
pillars. am some other birds cat the
eggs Parasitic and fungous methods
of control are being tried with vary
ing success.
Dean Rheumatic Pills fol- Rheuma' ism an !
80
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Thrift In the Office.

Large employers of Office help are
confronted with the problem of keep
ing down the cost of office supplies
AS a corrective. new eraser is not
given until the metal center of the old
one is returned The stump of the old
pencil is an order for a new one Ink
Is kept in nonevaporating wells
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
DEC. II, 1884.
items OF local interest taken from the column
of The Press, thirty-one years ago.


Walter Remmert is about to open q
hotel in Tilden's block, occupying the
center store and all the second and
third stories.
David Bissett and Henry Butter.
field, Jr., have returned from their
season of bird hunting and dog train.
ing In Virginia.
Westford The schools in districts
No. s and No. 8 commenced their
winter terms last Monday, that in No.
8 being taught by Wesley J. Curtis
and No . by George Towne.
The borough election on Monday
excited considerable interest, 222 votes
being polled. The names of the off,
GERS elected are given below: War.
den, Anthony Adams; burgesses, W.
A. Comins, J. M. Lord, O. f. Har-
wood, John j. Sullivan, Albert G.
Eaton, WIN. II Smith; clerk and
treasurer, Freeman #. Patten; col.
lector, jeremiah J. Gallivan; bailiff,
Daniel r. Mullin; assessors, L Cush.
man, T. @. Lathrop. Andrew Wilton;
board of relief, A. Adams, s. W.
Page, p. M. Hanley; haywards, Geo
q. Parkess, e. Ellithorpe, T. G.
Lathrop; registrars, W. p. Sweetzer,
J. W. Chandler; wood inspectors, W
A Comins, A. G. Eaton, @. Fl. Baker,
l.. W. Crane, Frederick Parker, A
Wilton, J. M. Lord, K. e Butter.
field, A. N. Nichols, j. W. Chandler.
W. r Small, +. J. Chandler; tything
men, J. V. Squier, w. Page, ID +.
Mulliu, John Brosnan, J. A Mel
berry, A. N. Nichols, @. G. Ellis,
James Wood, F W. Preston, f. N.
Crane, T. G. Lathrop. The warden,
burgesses and treasurer's report of the
borough show tor the fourteen months
period covering expenditures as fol.
lows: Bills of 1883 paid by board.
$3.50. 10; highway repairs, 81, 1913. 81;
fire department, $1,S32.9S; cross
walks, $3.50. 10; street lights, $347.-
40; sewer, $942. sc; miscellaneous,
$419. "a, max ing total of IS, $40 81
Born. Hartford, 9th, daughter
to Arthur M. and Anna B. Cady, and
granddaughter to j. O. Cross of
Stafford
Married - Westford, Nov. 9th, by
Rev p. Mathewson, J. Gibson of Toll.
land and Carrie A. Lincoln of West.
ford.
DEC. IS.
The bright light seen in the north
west about $40 Monday evening was
from the burning of E. d. Avery g
barn in North Somers, with 80 tons
of hay and straw, large quantity of
grain, two hogs and farming utensils
Also $3.50 worth of tobacco belonging
to +. V. Kibbe was burned. Mr..
Avery had left the barn a half hour
before the flames broke out, and the
cause of the fire is not known. A
barn in the neighborhood was burned
some three weeks ago, also from un
known causes. Mr.. Avery's loss is
~, 200, insurance 81, 400.
Born. - Stafford Springs, 9Th, son
to John Leclair; same day, daugh-
ter to Mack Doyle.
Died. Holland, 9th, Lizzie Brown,
Is yrs, mos, days. Hartford,
18th, at the residence of her grand
father, f. f. Barrows, Daisy R., Z,
daughter of Frederick M. Barrows of
Mansfield Center.
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Naturally.

Il saw Mabel buying rouge the other
day"
That gives color to the report that
she paints" -Raltimore American
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22

Impure blood runs you down-make s
you an easy victim for disease. For pure
blood and sound digestion = Burdock
Blood Bitters. At all drug stores. Price,
$1.OO.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22

"Pa. what's 'innocuous desuetude? :"
"It's what fall into. son. when your
mother end caller start to discussing
he servant problem" = birmingham
ge- Herald.
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Cynical.

rs he a good after dinner speaker
IF there is such a thing as good
after dinner speaker | presume you'd
call him one" Detroit Free Press
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22

Poverty is the north wind that lashes
men into vfkfngs.-Ouida.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-03-22

last year. He produced egg masses,
belonging to Gypsy moths and had
confirmed by the state experiment sta
tion in Amherst The United States
department. of agriculture division of
entomology. stationed at Melrose, was
notified, and men have been at work
clearing up the infestation for the
past three weeks and are practically
done except for some ground work
which must wait until the snow is
gone Monson was included in the
Gypsy moth quarantine area by the
bureau Of Entomology two years ago
and secuted by government men for
the pest, according to reports. Moth
ing of note was discovered however.
West of the town of Leicester the
United States government men look
after the Gypsy moth work entirely,
the local men having no hand in the
matter. A few egg masses have
been located the past two years in
Ware and North Brookfield, but none
have been located in Monsoon before
by the government scouts. DR.. In
graham has--0r had - a back yard
full of the s'pesky cusses. = One of
the government men on the job esti-
mated 10000 to $4,000 egg masses
in all, and said the brood must have
been multiplying for the past four
years. These $4,000 egg masses of
from 200 to 500 eggs each were plas-
tered under the caves of hen house,
on two very large and one smaller
pasture oak trees, on several fruit
trees, and in every conceivable crew
ice, knothole and granny adjacent.
The center Of the settlement was in
the oak trees; there has been very lit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

the home Of the present cpl
demic without a single solitary
safeguard Of any kind to the
innocent purchasers. AS long
as this thing is permitted to go
along unhampered, we certain
ly will have disease spread
throughout our land. Please re-
mind the fathers and mothers
Of Iowa who happen to be mail
order patrons that if they will
search from the front page to
the back cover of any great M.
0. catalogues they will not find
a single statement made by any
of the M. O. concerns, saying
that they will ship you new and
unused goods, nor can you find
any place that they tell you that
they fumigate or clean any of
the thousands of packages sent
back to them. Remember that
when the flthiest person in the
whole United States sees fit to
return goods to them, he or she
can do it as well as yourself, that
piece Of goods is he'd awaiting
another victim to order it, when
out it goes only perhaps to come
back on their hands again. But
out long enough to get in it's
deadly work in that home.
Many of us assume we save
money by dealing with them,
but l feel sure that when we can
trace the paralysis Of our little
ones to the M. 0. package we
awake too late to the most cost
ly bit Of imaginary saving we
have ever done in our lives.-
James Byrne.
In this connection we might
say that we have written S. R.
& Co., M. w. & Co. and the Ma
tional Suit & Cloak Company re-
questing them to give us infor-
nation as to whether or not
they are in the habit of fumi-
eating and cleaning the goods
that are returned before they
are sent in other directions the
third or fourth or fifth or sixth
time, but no answer. Mum is
the rd.-Commercial News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

en- the people Of Iowa to the
immediate danger of the pres
ent plague of infantile paraly-
sis. You have worked in accord
with the United States health
authorities as well as with our
state board, and for this | say
to you a most sincere and gen
uine thanks. | desire that you
will please call the attention of
your readers to still another,
and a very great source of dan
ger. l read in Mondays paper
Of the case of the little ones
stricken down at Berwick and
Drs. Gilpin and Martin quoted
as saying, There is no way of
discovering how the child con-
tracted the diseases. AS far as
known she has had no contract
with anyone from a stricken
community"
And in Tuesday nights paper
two cases at Ames, followed
by this report, "The Ames
Health Department have inves-
tigated both cases and it has
not discovered how infantile pa
ralysis was imported" Now per-
NIT me to suggest to honorable
health boards, to the doctors
who have worked night and day
increasingly and have carefully
examined every natural source
of infection, please look to the
M. O. package. Thousands are
shipped all over the u. S. daily.
They go down in the most filthy
novels of Mexico, they go by the
thousands all through the black
belt of the south as we'll as to
all other parts of the United
States. Hundreds and hundreds
Of these packages are returned
as being unsatisfactory after
being opened and tried on in
the homes (such intimate things
as stockings, LINGERIE, shoes,
clothing, etc., Please let me cali
your attention to the great M.
O. concerns located right in New
York City shipping women's
clothing broadcast right from
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25
''SPEAR HEAD
FAMOUS FOR
A GENERATION
The Chew That's Noted for
its Luscious, Long,
Lasting Flavor
MADE OF RIPE RED Burnley

The only tobacco that perfect
ly retains the natural juice of the
leaf is Plug tobacco. Therefore,
the only way for you to get the
full, tasty enjoyment and whole
some benefit out of tobacco is to
chew high-grade plug.
Spear Head plug is the mellow
est, juiciest chew you ever tasted.
It's luscious, long-lasting flavor
distinguishes it from all other
chewing tobaccos and makes it
the most satisfying of chews.
Sun-ripened red Burley leaf
carefully selected for its full, per-
feet flavor, is pressed into plugs
of Spear Head that make your
mouth water just to see them.
TRY Spear Head once and you'll
never again be satisfied with any
other chew.
Get a SC or 1oc cut today,
Your dealer has Spear Head.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25
Mail Order Pack
age and Disease
Discusses the Possibility o
Spreading Contagious
Diseases.

To what extent the monster
cataloguers are responsible for
the spread of disease in this
country is not for us to say at
this time. Suffice it, however,
to know it is a fact that with
their system it is possible for
different families in various
parts of the country to secure
goods, keep them in the home
for a time, try them on, wear
them and then return the goods.
The indentical goods are sent
out in the same manner to 9TH
er parties, thus carrying germs
of disease from one part of tie
country to another.
A letter published in the Reg
lister and Leader is exactly to
the point. Read every word.
THE MAIL ORDER PACKAGE
\ To the Editor: see that your
paper is doing all it can to awak-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

nesota," says Robert w. Har-
gadine, State Fire Marshal.
That there has not been more
serious damage from storage of
explosives close to occupied
buildings or railroad property is
due more to the activity of the
powder manufacturers than to
the purchasers of the explosives.
Railroad companies have CO.
operated to reduce the hazard
and have from data gathered as
the result Of explosions estab-
lished sort Of zone Of safety"
inside of which explosives should
not be stored.
For example, SO pounds Of ex-
plosives should not be stored
within 200 feet of an inhabited
building or 120 feet of a rail-
road, or 80 feet from the near
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

it simply can't be done. Up to
this writing, they haven't sue
ceeded in making editors bul-
let-proof, or impervious to knife
wounds. It's impossible for the
editors to shed wallops over the
head delivered by a club in the
hands of an irate man, or to eat
three square meals a day when
he loses his patronage. AS long
as country editors are human
they will have to handle the
truth with care, and refrain
from expressing their real
thoughts and opinions when
aforesaid thoughts and opinions
are entirely PERSONAL
Hadley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25

est highway. AS the amount
of explosives stored increases
the distance is doubled, until, ac-
cording to the table, if there is
$4,000 pounds stored in any
structure the nearest inhabited
building should not be closer
than $3.50 feet, or more than
half mile distant.
The State Fire Marshal is urg-
ing officials Of all communities
in Minnesota and the public gen.
orally, to take this subject up
for consideration with view of
having law enacted by the next
Legislature to regulate the sale
and storage Of explosives along
these lines.
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TT CAN'T BE DONE

Every now and then some
hair-brained galoot rears on his
hind legs and wants to know
why the country papers don't
tell the truth, without any fan
cy frills, about everybody and
everything. The answer is, that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-25
HAVE A CARE.
State Fire Marshal Hargadin,
Urges Care in Storage
of Explosives

"The increased use of explo-
sives in agriculture as we'll as
other peaceful occupations de-
mands that some legislative ac-
ton be taken to establish safe
ty zones about the places where
this material is stored in Min
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Try our WANT COLUMN.
The Twin City star., 1916-06-10

tended school and became book
keeper. In this position he devel-
oped his business nature and en-
tered business IS years ago. To-
day he is a factor in the transfer
and moving business and is
recognized as one of the leading
characters among the men who
made Minneapolis. He is a man
of philanthropic temperament, and
has been consistent in all meas
ures concerning the working men.
In particular, he has shown his
interest in the charitable institu-
tions of this city. While in the
Council, he was Chairman of the
Industrial Home Committee, a
member of the Board of Charities
and Corrections and was appoint
ed by the late Mayor Haynes, a
member of the Workhouse Com
mittee. Mr.. Skellet is due much
credit for the efficient system un-
der which the poorer classes Of
this city are taken care of. His
offices are located at 2Ol 5th St.
So, and he is one Of the men who
stand to safeguard the rights Of
the people on all measures. He
has done much for the Negro
citizens, both individually and col
lectively. He solicits the votes
of all citizens, on his record as
an experienced and faithful rep
resentative - supporting only
those things which are destined
to develop and conserve the
moral, civic and commercial re-
sources of the great city of Min
neapolis, with which he is thor
-oughly familiar.