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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17
PUBLIC SALE!

The undersigned assignee of Richard p Dial will sell
at public auction the Burr Winand Farm about three
and half miles Southeast of Mt Vernon the road
leading from the Martinsburg road to the Hopewe road
FRIDAY OCT Goth, 1916 the following property, to-
wit: head of cattle consisting of good milk cows,
heifer 1a years old, yearling calves spring calves
Work Mare and ten pgs two brood sows and five
shoats lot of young and old chickens; top buggy,
surrey about tons of Timothy hay in stacks, Eta
Booze farm. New moving machine cream separator; one
half of 45 shocks of johnson (25 az farm
road from Frank Gorsuchs residence and other small
ticles.
Robert l.. Carr
Assignee.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17
SHORT LOCALS

Stokes for ccroner--why not?
Butter, 80 cents; eggs, "a cents.
Prices furnished by H. v. Smoots.
Irvine Forbing of Brinkhaven spent
Sunday in this city with friends. ]
Have your Christmas portraits
made at the Lloyd studio. II
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sapp of this
city spent Sunday in Gambler.
Orrie Jewel of Utica spent Mon
day in this city on business.
Harry Wootton of this city spent
Monday in Danville on business.
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh should
be kept in every stable.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Frye of this
city spent Sunday in Cleveland.
Mrs. b. r. Taylor, south of the city,
Is the guest of relatives in Newark
Henry G. Beam of Parkersburg,
w. Va, is the guest of his father
Frank l.. Beam OF East High street.
James Tlghe of South Gay street
went to Akron Monday to spend the
day in that city.
Mrs. @. l.. Tier of South Mechanic
etreet went to Gambler Monday to
spend tho day with friends.
Alfred Shut and George Wood of
Columbus spent Sunday in this city
with frineds.
Mrs. Ellen Lee is the guest of DR..
and Mrs. James r. Lee of North Main
street.
Mrs. A G. Conner OF Columbus
spent Sunday with relatives in this
city.
Make your appointment today for
your Christmas portraits and avoid
the rush at Lloyds studio. Il
Mrs. Mary Tighe of South Gay
street is spending the week with
friends in Cleveland.
w. Middleton and Miss Anna Mer
rfman OF this city went to Columbus
Monday to spend the dag.
Miss Mary Harris of Greer street
went to Fredericktown Sunday to
epend several days with friends.
Miss Verna Coon returned Monda,
60 her home In Hanover after n visi
with her sister, Mrs s. ]. Roberts.
Mrs. Daniel Moriarty returned Mon
day to her home in Newark after
visit at the home OF Daniel Mccarthy
Mrs. G. Il. Bullocl of New York Cit
IN spending several days with friend
In this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Owens an
daughter Eleanor, and Philip Eisel
of this city spent Sunday in Newark
ID, s. Workman and Jay scolei
both OF Buckeye City, spent Thursda
In this city
Mrs, M. n. Hayes OF Butler is III
guest of Mrs. Jacob Rhoades, sout
of tho city.
MIR. and Mrs. II. H. Bowers an
three children OF Howard street sper
Saturday in Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Robinson an
Mrs. w. A. Smith of this city went {
Columbus Saturday TO spend the da!
Captain Lanning Parsons and fan
tly of East Chestnut street attende
the Mt Vernon.Mansfield footba
game at Mansfield Saturday.
Rev. Grayson of the Calvary Bal
tist church went to Cincinnati MOI
day to attend the colored Baptli
convention in that city.
Mr. and Mrs |. G. Eagon of Quak,
City were through here Monday, e
route home from Mt. Liberty whel
they attended the A. c. conventio
For Halloween masks, wigs, hear,
and all sorts OF disgulses for fun {
Froiic night, see the assortment
the Book and Art Shop.
Edwin Smithhisler was removed
his homo on Braddock street sundl
afternoon. Mr. smithhislcr recent
underwent an operation At the N
Vernon hospital
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17

BANNER WANT ADS. PAY
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17
Robert L. Carr
Assignee.
Assignee.

ertheless the quarantine places the
guests in a very undesirable posi-.
tion. It is expected that Churchs re-
covery will be rapid.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17
The Wolfe Funeral

The funeral of Mrs, Jennie Wolfe,
who died Saturday morning, at the
Church of Christ Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock. Mrs. Wolfe was the wife
of Emmanuel G. Wolfe of South Har
rison street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17

an extended illness at his home east
of Danville. The deceased was 70
years of age and leaves a wife and
several children.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-17
schaeHer Parsons

Funeral services were held in Dan
Vile Monday for Schaefrer Parsons,
whose death occurred Friday after
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-06
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

faction to the boy to md the answer
TO the question after he had become
q man. He noticed that persistence
Is rewarded.
There are lots OF 1nimportant ques-
tons coming into the minds of Wide
A.walses which other people cannot
answer, the self discovered answer OF
which is real achievement. 1t is
NOT what the other party doesn't an
sWer, but the success OF finding the
answer TO your own inquiry that is
Of real value.
Children are not very expert mt am
swering questions. A little girl who
had read in the Bible that the Phari-
sees strained at gnats and swallowed
camels.s told her teacher these people
were noted for eating camels.
1t was a boy who inquired: III a
Quaker never took his hat on to any
one, how could the barber cut his
hair7'
Even Wide-Awal1e children ask
many foolish questions, and few sem
sible ones (if you watch. out you win
notice grown-nps do the same thing1.
Asking yourselves questions and then
finding the answer is laying the foun-
dation for a studious habit. and stu
dious habit makes leaders Of men.
knowledge is power" and wanting
to know represents the propeling en-
ergy to usefulness and wisdom. In
difference to objects or things of in
terest leads to dull contentment and
it is easy to find. but not profitable.
To be able to promptly answer ten
questions where he asks one Is the
best type of a Wide-Awake and the
sure promise of a lively manhood
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BRITISH WoRkMEN WERE
NoNRuzzLEp BY RECEPTION
Were Mistaken fora Delegation of che
EnpIish Labor Party.

London. JAN. 5. 1s16-The Rev. n. J.
Campbell. the famous pastor of the
City Temple from which he recently
resigned. has returned from visit to
the British troops in France with sew
eraI good stories. among them the
following:
A deputation from the Labor I'M
lens had accepted an invitation By
the government to visit the front and
see conditions for themselves. In
expectation of its arrival, stan officers
werc sent to the wharf to greet the
incoming channel boat from England.
Are the members of the Labor
Party aboard ?" called out an officer
after the boat had been made fast.
A man obviously a workman, STEP
ped out with a yes. His compaH-
ions followed his lead. There were
seven in the party of worknen, who
seemed rather overwhelmed at the
cordiality of their reception, especi-
ally when they were put into motor
cars with the officers and handed
cigars On their arrival at headqHar-
! tors they were introduced to a cor
teous official. After a short chat
with the men, who seemed bit at q
loss as to what to say, the official an
nouBced with a smile:
And now, gentlemen, have In
! structions to take you to the COM
m%nder- in chief?"
Who's hep blurted one Of the men.
"SWhy, Sir John French. of course, "
answered the astonished officer.
We'll" put in the man who seemed
to be the leader Of the party, 81 don't
know we want to see I'm. You see,
me ard my mates ave come over TO
mend tho boom in the 'arbor.'
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a chinaaa sohooIhox.

China is noted for doing almost ev-
erything backward from the way we do
in America. So it Is not. such sur
prise to hear that schoolboy studies
out loud
A whole schoolroom Of them will all
be huddled up close. singing their les
sons over and over, each student SEEM
Ing to think that the more noise he
can make the harder he is studying.
When q schoolboy goes TO recite he
turns his back on the teacher. This Is
so that the teacher may be sure he Is
not looking ON the book.
The Chinese idea Is. that when q
pupil studies out loud the teacher can
tell when he stops.
The schoolrocms are not heated, so
the boy has to wear his thickest
clothes when studying. He wears a
cap pulled down over his head.
Even with these handicaps Chinese
boys make good students and usually
go to school from seven in the morn
Ing to five in the afternoon.
MARGUERITE J. BARRY, Age IL.
Norwich.
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STARS AND STRIPES

That one isn't as pretty as ours,
Anyway" Esther cried triumphantly.
NO, indeed not half" agreed
Leigh. tits all faded out-y!"
"An' there's free holes into it!'
ckimed in the Midget.
IGrandpa swung round on his seat
and regarded the three little girls on
the back seat gravely.
The most Beautiful flag ever saw
hadehcles In It," he said. 'Tt was all
faded out-y' and sofIed and frayed.
bat II WAC beautiful. We cheered it,
The older children instictive1y un-
dsrstood enc sat silent, with Solemn
little faces $50
why" cried the Midget aAn'
holes into it-an' dirty "a
tewas It after a battle. grandpa
Leigh asked softly, after few min
utsg.
Grandpa's stopped shoulders
Strengthened grandly. Esther thought
lew much he looked as IL 1t were
In The procession, with gold cord
arUsind his hat She always liked to
see him at the head Of his company.
Yes IL was after q battle-and a
victory grandpa said. and how his
eyes slqne down on the back seat
from Under their shaggy graz brows!
we boys were dirty and frayed, too,
ana some OF us were full of holes
poor fellows! But we cheered the old
fiaE-how we cheered 1T"
Dick, on the front seat beside
grandpa. Strengthened his shoulders,
too. and threw up his small brown
head. He was wishing he could have
clleeFed grandpa's battle-fiag with the
other boys.
I'hcxs rocc along farther. and there
were more Gags to count and 10 coni-
pare wifi the flag at home. Almost
all the houses had flag. and some
ofHthan a good many. They took
the breeze braveiy and fioated and
waved as IL they were proud of them
selves By and by grandpa turned
kOPpling tenement-h houses.
60 grandpa what we going down
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father brought the paper from the
po@tof1ce.
When Phoebe saw her poem I'm print
she was so happy that she laughed and
cried. After that she did not care #
her clothes were plain or IL she could
not go to school as much as she
wished.
The Clovernook home was near Gin
cfnnati. q. When Alice and Phoebe
grew older they left the home of their
childhood and went to live in New
York city.
They were now able to earn money
by writing stories and poems for
books and papers. At last they could
make their home beautiful with the
books and pictures which they had SO
long wished for.
Alice and Phoebe loved children and
they wrote many beautiful verses for
their little friends.
In their charming stories they tell
us about their life in C1overnook and
of their play in bayfield, ana barn.
ALICE PURCELL.
Colchester
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What the CLOCK Saw,

Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am situated in
the back of the school on the wall
have a round fsce and two hands.
have a long pendulum that hangs
down from my works, that go tick
took. tcck-tock.
My frame is made Of wood. look
and see the pupils studying their les
sons, and then see other children re-
citing see pictures on the wall.
and writing done by the teacher on
the boards.
I hear autos and teams going by.
and hear the children playing games
out-of-doors.
At eight O'Clock 1 see two girls come
in and build the fire. sweep the floor,
wash the boards and dust the desks
One morning they came and I had
stopped running.
. When the teacher came, she saw
I had stopped, and sent a little boy
home to see what time 1t was. He
came back and told her and she sci
me quarter of nine. She wound me
up and then 1 started running.
have been running ever since.
ORRIN WH1TEHOUSE, Age Is.
MansfieId Centra
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this street forr' Dick cried, in a lit
tie disgust.
ITO see the flags" grandpa said.
and he pointed to a tiny Old Glory
that fiuttered from a window high
above the sidewalk
And sure enough, the dismal little
street was full of little Old Gloriesi
Tney were very tiny ones indeed, but
they all had the stars and the stripes
In them. and they seemed to be proud
OF themselves, too.
"0h, my, seems as If the world
was brin-over full O. f1ags!' sighed
Leigh, happily. There isn't any end
to EN-
"But there was beginning" said
grandpa quitely, nodding over his
shoulder.
Truly But of course there vast"
"afy. Was there ever just one flag
in the country?' Dick cried; Just
oae. grandpa ?"
Just one fiag-the very first one of
all, Dick. Who can guess who drew
the design for it,"
II guess it was Adam!" Esther
said, promptly.
And Eve sewed the stripes to-
gether," finished Leigh.
Grandpa laughed heartily. ST guess
It Was George Washington" he said
He got the lady who made his shirt
rnnles to make the first flag of all
the flags in this country: and he SAT
In her little back room and made the
PUN for 1t. Thirteen stripes and
thlrteen stars-the first Old Glory
Ina; lady made all the flags for the
Government until she died, and then
her sister took up the work. Mustn't
It nave been glorious work p
@Or yes!" rnurmurer Esther
drcamily. I'd have loved to sew that
my own self. It would have been
glorious to prick my fingers making
fiag!"
How long ago did that woman
make the very first one, grandpa ?'
asked Dick. suddenly, his tiny brown
freckles aglow with interest
Well grandpa said, at was in the
year 1776, and you can reckon for
yourselves how long ago that VAS
A. n. DE- Youths Companion.
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sides Of the programme we had
poinsetffa. There were poinsettias
On the other biackboarda and q
Christmas verse. We spoke pieces
Only q few people were there We
had e Christmas tree and q Santa
Claus.
The tree was very pretty having
and bags Of candy, also tinsel. There
were several presents for every
scholar. received a giove-box from
my teacher which Is very pretty and
useful, small fnanfcure set which
consists of a nail buffer. three mani
curing sticks and several other
things I also received three post
cards and q little book to keep pins
In.
After the entertainment seven of us
went skating for half an hour, then
we went home having had nice time.
ARLENE PEARL
- 80 ~ IL
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a Tare Deer.

One day man shot a doe which had
two young ones with her. The young
deer. or fawns. were so frightened they
did not know (which way to go.
One of them ran right up to the
man and was caught.
One of the men, whose name was
Gray. took the fawn home with him
and kept him.
He soon got quite tame and would
go to his master when he was called.
As soon as he was fully grown q har-
ness was made for him and he was
taught to draw a buggy like a horse.
1t was curious sight to see Mr..
Gray riding through the streets of the
village in a carriage drawn by such
queer looking horse.
1t not only attracted the attention Of
the people. but the horses as they
passed would look very shyly at the
deer's long horns. Some of them were
frightened.
Mr. Gray had two children. boy
and a girl. who learned to drive the
deer, who grew very fond of him.
MINNIE RiX, Age II.
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will be a queen and will send you
forth to fight the drag on and you must
report to me each day how YOU are
getting on"
Robert reported each day, and one
day he said, sAunty. it isn't half 80
bad not to brag now as before Be-
fore, when would start ! couldn't
stop, but just think haven't Dragged
q bit this week. I think that dragon
is wounded, and I do hope he will de-
Aunty was very glad and she hug
ged Robert and said, II knew You
would kill him."
] think we all have some dragon to
fight. Perhaps it isn't the dragon
Brag, but there are many others.
Let US begin with the New Year I'd
fight our dragons and we will find we
will be happier boys and girls.
FRANCES Z. FIELDS, Age Is.
Rr,%uvif.l.
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about eight feet from tip to tip and
three to three and one half feet In.
length. The wings are large and
strong.
Eagles have curved claws that are
very sharp. Their legs are covered
with feathers to the toes. The beak
is shcrt and curved at the end. The
female is bigger than the male, and
Is dark brown. The eggs are laid in
a nest of sticks, and grass. 1t is very
rudely built on rocks, and the eggs are
laid on the bare stone. Two eggs Of
a yellowish white corol dotted with
light brown spots are laid in a nest
Eagles guard their young and will
attack any one going near their nests.
These birds fly to a great height.
Eagles hunt in pairs. They live on
rabbits, birds, fish and many small
animals. They sometimes take young
lambs, or sick sheep.-Unsigned.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-06
rHE WINNERS oF PRlzE BOOKS

1-ArIene Pearl, of Augusta. Me-
The Wolcott Twins.
2-Marauerite Barry, OF Norwich
Sweet P's.
a-Alics Purcell, of Colchester
Swiss Family Robinson.
4-christine Barry, of Norwich-The
Three Bears.
5-Aliee Kinney, of South Coventry
RIP Van Wrinkle.
s-FIoyd Hill, OF Norwich-The Out
door Chums.
Irene White. of willimantic-Ad-
ventures of a Brownie.
s-Frances D. Fields, of Norwich
The Club at Crows Corners.
The winners of prize books living in
the city may call at the Bulletin bus
mess ONCE for them at any hour after
10 a. m. on Thursday.
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Norwich, Conn.
AIice,s Christmas.


Dear Uncle Jed: write to tell the
Wide-Awal1es what I had for Christ
mas. had a camera, a pillow-top to
cross-stitch, a money purse with a PEN
ny inside, three or four handkerchiefs,
two yards of lowered ribbon and
string of beads.
We had Christmas exercises in our
school and there were quite few peo-
pie present.
! spoke piece, What B-?'
Here it is:
Say, how'd you like to be child,
Born in some tropic cline?
1t seems as If I'd hate it worst,
About Christmas time
There are no Christmas trees, you see,
In all the Philippines,
Just cocoanuts and such plants,
And you know what that means
For wouldn't my new doll
Look just as silly as could be,
A swelt'rfng mid the branches
OF tall banana tree.
And stead of having snow and ice,
The way we have them here,
It's hottest there at Christmas time,
Now wouldn't that seem queer?
And just imagine Santa with
No reindeer, if you can,
He'd have an automobile
And a great big palm leaf fan.
No, the children in Australia
Can't be as happy as they might,
and ice,
And spend one. Christmas night.
ALICE q. KINNEY. Age Is.
South Coventry.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
AWAKES.
The Dragons Of Today.

=
Now Aunty," said Robert, as he
was almost ready to hop into bed,
will you tell me another nice story p"
81 am tired. but you have been a
good boy today, 50 l will tell you a
short story" said Aunty.
She began her story, which was
about a fairy queen who lived across
the sea and in her land was a fierce
dragon, who killed many people each
day. In this fair queens kingdom
was knight who was very brave and
she decided to send him forth to fight
the dragon.
He gladly went and after fierce
battle won great victory.
'Ohl" said Robert when his aunty
had finished, IT wish there were drag
ons now"
There are many of them today and
I wish you would fight one" said his
aunt.
What is it?" said Robert.
Well said his aunt, most every
body has dragon to night and yours
is the dragon 'Brag." When the other
boys are doing something you always
say, oh, can do that That's moth
ing or something similar to that. Now
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The Fish Of North America.

Dear Uncle Jed: The fish of North
America are the finest in the world
for food and sport. The shad is prob
ably the most valuable variety; it is
scarcely surpassed for the table, its
eggs hatch in the shortest time. its
young require no care after birth, and,
being migratory, it draws its susie
nance from the seas, while 1t travels far
inland in Its periodic visits to the land.
There are a few farmers in this
country who do not have upon their
land a spring, or lake. or clear running
stream. II these men knew how easily
they could turn this water to profit,
not only by raising food for them
selves, but supply for the city and
village market, there would soon be
VERY few waters without their finny
Inhabitants. Anyone can see at a
glance what wealth this would add to
the country.
The biggest OF fresh water fishes,
the "arapaiIna" of the Amazon, IN
South America. which grows to six
feet in length. has teeth on its tongue
SO that the latter resembles q file and
is used as such. Some kinds Of trout
also have the Same popularity
Fishes that swallow their prey entire
have their teeth so supported on fex-
BILE bases as to bend Backward, but not
forward, in order that their victims
shall not escape after they have once
been seized.
JESSIE L. BREF1AUT.
East Norwich, N. Y.
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
AVVARES,

Il you wish to be popular you should
ask yourself questions and then quiet
" hunt for the answer. instead OF ask
ing your parents or friends questions
and feeling disappointed and grumpy
because they are. irritated and do not
answer. Nothing is more vexing to
some people than question they can
not answer.
Uncle Jed asked himself question
once and never asked anyone else the
Question until he found the right an
swer. He came near dying without
fnding 1t for It took him rs years,
and he has never asked anyone else
this question who could answer It
off shand.
7 do not know that the world would
have missed anything Of Importance
II the answer had never been dis
covered. but it was a source Of salts
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Versailles.
The First Snow Storm.

the little town of Stafford Springs
covered over with a coverlet of snow.
The trees were bending under the
weight Of it, which made them look
like weeping Willows.
The houses. fields and fences. which
were covered with snow, looked like
diamonds sparkling in the sun.
When the sun had wheeled its
broad disk down behind the Glue hills,
the red, blue and yellow streaks
that arose from 1t rested on the pure,
white snow.
Glistening in the last rays of the
setting sun it made the snow look
like the rainbow that rests in the sky
after a rain-storm.
AGNES E. SCHREUR. Agae IL.
Stafford Springs.
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Rulas for Young 4rltsrs.

i. Write plainly on one side Of the
paper only, and number the pages.
4. Use pen and ipk. not pencil.
he afven preferences. Do not use over
26a words.
{. Original stories or letters only
VIII be used
s. write your name, age and adj
dreas plainly Mt the bottom or tins
address an corruannications to Uncis
Jed, Bulletin Once.
.sWhatever ycu are-Be that!
Whataxsr you say--Be trpes
StraiRhkfcrwarday act,
BE houeEtin fact.
Be nobody else but you"