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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
Home on a Visit

We was turrible surprised tother day
to receive pleasant call at the Bugle
offs from Clarence Virgins former
resident of Bingville who left this town
two yeres ago to make his mark in the
world and now has a lukertive pn-
sishion as janitter in big bilding at the
co seat
Clarence is home on a VISIT to his
parents for the 1st time sinst he went
away and has so changed we diddent
know who he was until he told US He
now wears a stand up collier which
reaches to jest below his ears a brite
red necktie and has creases in his pants
as sharp as razors Clarence has lernr
TO smoke cigarets and swear almost as
wicked as old Abe Virgins his father
besides menny other accomplishments
too numerous to mentchion.
When Clarence left Bingville he was
sent as dressy as he is now and diddeut
roach his hair back nor wear golfers
high enuff to choke hisself todeth. In
them days it was all his mother could
do to git him to wash his Ease onct per
wk Civilisasllion has done turrible
lot for Clarence but Abe his father saws
ne cant make up his mind whether he
ort 10 kick the boy or kill him
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bizness. Dave says if bizness don't pick
up soon he calkilates he'll pull UP stakes
and move into some lolality where
good helth amt so abundant as it is
here.
Miss Amelia Tucker give a afternoon
tea at her residence to few of our
soshial leaders among the yung ladies
last Sat afternoon. Amelia poured and
when she wassent lookin what she was
dom missed the teacup and poured tea
on Miss Hildy Wade's new sateen dres
probably running same. Miss Hid
said that's the last afternoon tea a
Amelia fuckers which she would
tend and that hereafter she hoped
that Amelia would guvvern herself &c
-cording
Bud Hinckley who amt quite right in
his head done a fool trick tother morn
ing when the thermometer was away be-
low zero. But went out to the wood
pile and stuck his tung aginst the blade
OF the axe and of course his tung stuck
there and Bud hollerd and his mother
run out and led Bud into the house
and soaked his tung loose from the axe
with warm water. Then she give Bud a
good lickin until his walls could be
heerd all over Bingville
These is about all the personal jot-
tings which we can scrape and rake
together for this ishue of the Buele. Ii
you think its easy job to collecllt a
whole mess of personal jottings stitch
cold weather as this you're mistaken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
SPESHIAL MOTIFS.

Instid of dashing off one long,
deep brain rackink eddytoriul on
some single subjeck it ockurd to
us that it might be a good idee for
change. to dash off say two
shorter eddytoriuls on two seperate
& distinl1t subjecks just for the
sake of variety and also becuz we
don't seem to be able to think up
a subjeck important to dash off a
long eddytoriul about in this ishue.
1t amt as easy to dash off a eddy
toriul a collum and a half long as
you might nacherly think it would
be, and if some of you more ig-
norunter subscribers of the Bugle
don't think SO then try it, that's all
we've got to say. Below you will
find the 2 eddytoriuls referd to and
we hope they will come up to your
expecktashions.
EDITOR BIJGIE.
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Flare Up Likely

We observe that Sam Barker don't
make as menny trips over to see Minnie
Hite who lives on Pea Ridge as he
used to a spell ago. 1t was roomerd
that Sam and Minnie was engaged and
that the nupshial ceremony would take
place in the not far distant fucllure
but from all we can lern we guess the
have had flare up and the weddir
will probably be postponed indenit
Well. Sam you ort to cheer up and nc
go around lookin down your nose be
cuz the course of true love never die
run very smooth & slick. And emmy
how it may be all for the best-we have
hoerd that Minnie has a awful temper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
BLIZZARD
That's WhOt Struck BingvilIe Last
Thursday---Bizness at a Stand
still 6 TTafiick Delayd for a
SpeII!-- Several NaTTer ExcapeS
but No Fatalities Sickkening
Details Give Below!

There was blizzard swep over Bling
vile last Thursday the like of which
amt newer been knowd in our midst
and we hope it wont newer happen
agin being as onct was enuff. Dad
Henderson, our oldest inhabitant says
he never seen the wind blow as it done
for a few hours on Thursday and Dad
has KEEP track of the windstorms in
this town for the past 60 yrs.
Thursday morning dawnd brite and
fair but crisp and cold and it looked as
if we was going to have right Mise
sort of a day, but along about 10 a.
NJ it begin to cloud up in the north
west and it wassent no time until the
wind begin to blow and snow begin &c
snow and the blizzard begin to biz.
The roof was lifted often Cy Hoskins
tcnhouse and landed on top of Mel
where it is yet 1t must of been a tur-
rible surprise for Cys hens who was
huddeld up in the henhouse.
The wood sign hangin in front of the
law office of Anne Hillyer was tore out
by the roots and carried clean acrost
the st through the winder of Wilder
Higgins house breakin out two lights
and passin right under the widders nose
who was settin beside the winder knit
ting.
Snide Petersby who is about six feet
tall, thinnern a rail and don't weigh no
moren ITO lbs was tryin to come down
st aginst the wind but was knockt flat
on his back. Snide got up four differ
ent times but was slammed down hard
agin Finally he got scairt less the wind
nigh git under him and blow him clean
over into the next township so he
crawled along the ground until he got
behint Sim Winslows barn where he
laid quiet until the worst of the blow
was over.
Miss Sally Hosllins left Hen Wealth
ersbys store where she had went u
purchase a spool of thread Jest as the
storm was at its worst. The wind
turrible ridiCklus manner and turnd
when this happend she met Sim Goo
so mad she hauld off with what was
left of the umbrella and hit Sim a clip
over his head with it, after which she
continued on her way home with her
hat down over one eye until she
couldn't skeercely see where she was
goin-
Gabe Romans wagon was standin OUT
in the road front of his house on top
of Teck Hill and blamed if the wind
diddent start the wagin down the hill
The wagon kept the road at the rate OF
about a mile a. nlinnit until it come to
the bottom OF the hill, then it struck
the bridge and jumpt into Snake Crick
busting all to stove wood.
a IL. 4 4
It begin to snow and KEEP it up all after
noon and all mite. Next morning when
our residents lookt outeu their winders
they seen that moren two it of snow
had fell on top off what was alreddy Oh
the ground so that now the snow is
deep enufT to last until late next spring
even if not another flake falls
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Personal lettings

Harve Hines Our tonsorial barber cut
his own hair tother day and made a
purity good job of it except in one
place where he clipt his ear with the
shears until it bled Harve says its
quite feet for a person to cut their
own hair with their hands.
Hen Weathersby prop of our general
store is paving 80 cts per doz for eggs
and cant git emmy at that price. Its sim
ply disgustin the way hers stop layin
when the price of eggs is up and lays
like everything when eggs IS cheap.
Dave White our poplar undertaken
says that for all the bizness there is II
his line in this town he might as well
shut up shop and go into some other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
EDITOR BUGLE.
.EDDYTORIUL ON INDUSTRY

Industry is a good thing for a
person to have, and it would be
mulch better if more folks in
Bingville was pervided with this
vallyble comoditty. If everybuddy
in this town was filled with indus
try Bingvile would be twict as big
as it is and bizziern a beehive.
In fackt, the common or garden
variety of bee is held up to us by
histry & litterchoor as the emblem
! of industry. Soon as it gifts warm
enuff for bees to bizz around in the
spring until late in the fall when
they git so mum &, cold they can't
skeercely fly you'll allus find bee
bizzy from daylight to dark STORM
up honey and workin like a beaver.
Yon don't newer see honey bee
stopPin to loaf in the shade on a
hot day A bee won't stop for
nothink except praps to sting a per-
son who interfears with his rights.
Well, why don't you be as bizzy
as a bee instid of wastin your time
in repinin? If you would work
erly and late and make hay whilst
the sun shines you would be in
comfortable circumstances and in
dependent, whereas like as not as
it is YOU'RE morgaged clean up to
the handle and can't skeercely
raise the intrust on same.
If we wassent industrious as ed
litor & prop of the Bugle we would
of been in the poorhouse long ago.
In faclSt, we thort we was a going
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29

into bankrupsy on several occa-
shions, but by industry we have
managed to keep the wolf from the
door Industry is Our motto. and
you'll notis that the emblem of the
Bingville Bugle is bee at the top
of this page.
Most of the folks in Bingville is
too dadblamed lazy to come in
outen the rain or git outen the
shade in summer. That's why
they don't amount to nothink Now
let us take up the next subjeck,
which is:
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HOMES TY IS THE BEST
POLICY.

Somebuddy has said that honesty
is the best policy and we persoom
this is true, but according to the
way some of Our deadbeet sub
scribers acks who is back from 10
to Is yrs on subscripshion, we cal
kilate they don't take mulch stock
in the theory.
If they did they would step into
our offs and pay US few dollers
on their paper and enable us to pay
orr honest debts. If everybuddy
who owes us would pay us cupple
of dollers on their back subscrip-
sllion we would waller in the lap
of luxshury so to speak & indulge
ourself in the bare necessities of
life for spell.
If Hen Weathersby, prop of our
general store, would conduck his
self on the theory that honesty IS
the best policy the scales he weighs
sugger and other groceries on
would weigh about FIVE ounces
lightern they do at present and he
wouldn't sell eggs as stricl1ly fresh
which has been in his store for
weeks.
Yes. honesty is the best policy,
but Bingville folks don't seem to
of found it out as vet.
READ THE BUGLE FOR
RED HOT EDDYTORIULS ON
! DIFFERENT SUBJECKS!
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L0kal Squibs

Mise Janooary wether this, but it
wont last mulch longer becuz it viii
soon be Febrooary-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-29
How are You
off for aPpelS?

Tother day l went down cellar
for somethink or other. ! forget
what, and while there / deteckted
a odor which smelt like rotten ap-
pels, and when l examind my barls
of appels I was disguised to dis
cuvver that they've went and
rotted turrible on me. Without
further delay ! went to work and
sorted EN- all over, bari by harl,
pickin out and THROWN away all
the rotten ones l could find Be
fore what appels l have left. in
clooding Baldwins, Northern
Spies, Russets, King Wilyurns,
ct cetery, too numerous to ment-
chion. all rots on me | have desided
to sell these appels to whoever
desires appels at a ridicklus low
price. Come and buy bushel or
so before they rot on me. If YOU
don't want that mcnny then buy a
peck. Every little would help in a
case like this. Bring your appel
bag and take it home full & run
min over. Well talk price after
you get here, but please don't
delay becuz these appels is rotting
fast.
Sim DoOiiftle,
Appel Merchant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-16
A Friend Indeed,

At last! We despair no longer; we
have defender. We defy Colonel Con-
don, Ed Pointers, E. R., Pats and
knocks. Deak and all the rest Of 'em
who camp on the trail Of our orthogra-
ply, etymology, syntax and prosody. An
unknown knight arises to cheer US
with commiseration." Here he is:
Editor Of Kennebec Journal.-(Person-
alb .-- e- .-- -- ---.
| 1t is with great diffidence and at the
| risk OF mourning your displeasure that
address this note to you. AS a.
stranger to you it is an act of effront-
cry to do so. In looking over the col
umns OF your Journal from day to day
see that you are the subject of I'M
warranted attacks by persons who are
jealous OF your accomplishments in the
agricultural line. l am aware that it
IS not my business to interfere in the
matter, but I dislike to see such I'M
worthy remarks directed to a person
who is engaged in great unfit work
L refer to the PATS AND KNOCKS
and Ihumps you are obliged to suffer.
and to the bitter doses of WORMWOOD'
you are obliged to swallow. There is
hotning like courage in overcoming the
obstacles we meet with in this world
OF hypocrisy and villiflcation. For In
spiratlon, let us think Of the great men
VINO have risen from an humble posi-
tlon TO high places In the land. and az
an incentive to you to strive for ad.
uI.ional honors In the affections of
your countrymen I enclose a likeness
OF our most illustrious citizens in act
I'VE motion. Note the sylph-like form.
the classic features, and the noble sen.
timent he utters.
race this picture on your desk. and
when you are wearied by the eihes ~
your enemies. and your exertfons IN
raising garden SASS, renew vow
courage by gazing on the form NJ 10
great commoner who knows not what
defeat means. ' "n"'
yours with commiseration.
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BOWDOINHAM

| NORTH-Nearly every farmer in the
neighborhood was present at Charles r.
Hills Saturday evening for the first
meeting Of the Neighborhood Club. Har-
old ]. Shaw. county demonstration gave
very interesting talk on the subjects,
Feed Rations for Cows" Lining the
Soil" and Poultry" Not until q late
hour did the party break up and all pro-
nounced the evening a pleasant and
profitable one. Next Saturday evening
December sixteenth. the club will meet
at the home of H. E. Powers when all
who are interested are invited to be
present. These meetings promise to he
very helpful and the people appreciate
the opportunity of having Mr.. Shaw
meet with them as he plans to do once
a month.
Bonnie Chick, who has been with her
aunt. Mrs. w. W. Thomas, went Sunday.
Ito her aunt, Mrs. Ed Durham and from
there will return to her home in Hope
well, N. ].
The younger children Of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Lovejoy are taking their turn
having measles
f. Lovejoy is visiting his brother. Ar
thur Lovejoy.
Harold Rollins returned Saturday
from a cunning trip with two deer.
Mrs. Mabel Robinson passed the week
end with her aunt. Mrs. c. F. Hill.
| Charles Hill and son are putting I'D a
new carriage house and milk room. viii
Robinson is expected to help build 1t,
Silas Thompson and son are erecting
new ice house.
Mrs. Nellie Bessie Of Augusta passed
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Meserve
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Editors Letter Box
A Correction.

Editor, Kennebec Journal:
If reliance upon spiritual means for
healing by Christian Scientists is to
be regarded as merely CLOSING their
eyes to material aid", then according to
the statement Of q physician made re-
Gently before the Maine State Nurses
Association and reported In the Jour-
nal. the teaching Of Christ Jesus would
share fniethe responsibility for fixing
the death rate,' although Jesus said,
(John 10-10) II am come that they
might have life, and that they might
have It more abundantly."
The Christian Scientist, in the exer-
else Of his religion. Is following the
Master not only in theory. but in prac-
tice. Jesus used no drugs, nor did he
recommend them to his patients, yet
he healed AL manner Of sickness, and
said. mark 16-1D these signs (heal-
ings) shall follow them that believe"
That this is true needs no better proof
than the lives Of those who have
gained a clearer understanding Of God
and His Christ as revealed through the
study Of the Christian Science text
book. Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
AS matter Of fact. the majority of
people who turn to Christian Science
for help. do so only after having ex-
hausted all material means and have
been given no hope by the physicians:
yet a good proportion Of these same
cases are healed through Christian
Science treatment. This does not look
SO much like fixing" the death rate as
1t does like greatly reducing it.
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE c. EAMEs.
Bangor, Maine. Dec. IA. 1916.
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MONMOUTH

At the Congregational church Sunday
morning, Dec z, the pastor, Rev. Herbert
Dixon. will take for his subject, 1.-THE I'm.
changing Christ" The subject for tn.
evening service, the sayings and doings
of Billy Sunday by the pastor and D. M.
Benner.
Rev. c. L. Banghart, pastor Of the
Methodist church will take for his morn
ing subject. BILLY Sunday; in the eve-
ming he will speak on the Booze" and
several of his special hymns will be
sung. Afternoon services will be held a,
East Monmouth at 2 o'clock with the
same subject as in the morning; Ed
worth League at P. NJ.
William Frost of Litchfield was in town
Wednesday and Thursday to attend the
funeral of his cousin Horace Frost
There was also a small delegation from
the Odd Fellows Lodge in Winthrop, of
which Mr.. Frost was q member.
Mrs. Lawrence Emery and little son
who have been visiting her father.
Charles Curtis. for the past two weeks.
returned Thursday to her home In An.
burn.
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Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R,
In Effect October 1. 1916.
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA:

ThA4N0 A6sAV = AO1OSIAs
| GOAANG W c.oA-o.v4 A. NJ,
$500 Dec; SIS A. M, Bruins
Macx. A-swston, Portland. Boston; N4s
+. ID. AalIowell. Gardner and So
Gardner: 800 +. M. local: 4V7 T.
NJ. (express). Brunswick. Rockland
Portland, Boston and New York; sis r.
NJ. hallowell Gardiner and So. Gardi-
ner; 6.I2 +. NJ. mot beyond Portlandl:
1910 p. NJ. Lewiston. Bath Portland.
Boston. sundays 3.U4 and lU.l5 A. M, 2.SS
@New York; and 1910 7. NJ. Portland anu
GOING castillo A. NJ, Bangor, Ca
lais. Bar Harbor. St John. Halifax.
Aroostook Co. Sunday morning at LIS
4. NJ. does not connect beyond Bangor;
6.33 A. NJ, local to Moosehead Lake (via
Oakland). Belt t. Foxcroft and Bangor;
Ekowhegan; l206 r. NJ. Waterviiie. Ban
Halifax; 81 P. NJ. express 10 Waterville.
thence local to Bangor and Mattawam-
keag; 40 p. NJ. Wsterville and Sko,. he
gan; 7.W P. NJ. Watervtlle. Skowhegan
and Bangor. Sundays $40 A. NJ. 253 P.
NJ. for Bangor. $50 A. N. and 2.53 p. NJ.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowell,
Gardiner and South Gardiner at 6.3S, 1856
A. NJ, l248, sos, ais. 612 1910. Hallowell
and Gardiner only 4.07 p. NJ. Gardiner
only 3.04 A. NJ. except Mondays.
II. D. WALDRON, Genl Passenger Agt
D. c. Douglass. Gen'l Mgr. Portland. Ne.
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COMING EVENTS

Dec. 19-Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
; MAI Name Conduct school Of instruction,
D Is. 1s-21-Malne State Grange annual
co Dec; 2o o. H,, bearings ,efore
= Dudley and John F. Day.
Dec Dec c s6nG9ner lnau a1, Camden.
Dec. 26-Reunion classes of 1914 n 1ons
lewiston High school ~ A''0
Dec: 8-Monthly meeting Of Governor
and Council. Augusta
Jan. 1, 19l7-Relief Association. Portland
FIRE Department annual ball
JAN 3-Eastern Steamship Corporation
receives sale at 2. Bangor.
Jan. 3-Maine Legislature convenes An.
gusta. |10
Jan. 5-Eastern Steamship CORPORATION
receivers sale at 2, Boston.
Jan; S-Presidential electors vote for
Yep Kspup nlca candidate for President and
Ian Jan; H-lHCommunity Efficiency Con-
nj Jan IN 1S-Address on Welfare Work and
p. Frank Garland, director of public wei.
rare in Dayton, Ohio. under direction OF
Portland Chamber Of Commerce, at Port
land City hall.
Jan. 17-2o-state checker tournament at
rooms Of Lewiston Checker Club.
Jan. 1S-19-Maine Press Association an
nual meeting. Portland.
jan. 1S-Anoroscoggm county Teachers
Association annual meeting. Auburn.
Jan. 22-Annual concert by Prof. W.
r. Chapman, Bangor.
Jan. 25-Bailum & Barney's "Y' Circus.
Augusta City hall.
Jan. 25-2s-Maine Board Of Accountancy
meeting Tor examination Of applicants FOR
certificates as certified Public Account
ants. City hail, Portland
Jan. H-Annua1 meeting and banquet
Of Bowdoin Alumni Association of Port
land and vicinity, Falmouth Hotel, Port
land.
Dec. 15-Open deer season ends in
Aroostook. Franklin, Hancock, Oxford,
Penobscot. Piscataquis. Somerset and
Washington counties.
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CHINA

1inwood Jones Of South China supplied
the Baptist pulpit last Sunday morning
in the absence Of the pastor. Rev. Long
ley.
The Schools opened Monday with the
old teachers. Miss Nellie Greenleaf in the
primary and Scott Lewis in the gram
mar grade.
Rev. and Mrs. Longley have gone in
tho Maine delegation to Boston to attend
the Billy Sunday meetings.
Alice Mosher Of Weeks Mills who has
been visiting her cousin, Annie Doe. has
returned to her home.
Ono Of the State travelling libraries has
been received from the State library and
is installed In Martins studio. where Mr..
Martin will act as librarian.
Mary Washburn is supplying in the pfi-
mary grade this week in the absence Of
the regular teacher. Miss Greenleaf.
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ere are few and the cider peddlers have
suffered much moro under the law than
have the whiskey and beer peddlers
who are backed by tho rum trusts L.
gal talent, bribery and trickery.
For Maine has "cider law" about
which the Herald says nothing in it's
reply to those seeking information"
For instance:
"This chapter does not apply to the
sale Of unadulterated cider. unless the
same 10 sold to be used az beverage or
for tipping purposes"
Another section reads:
mo person shall at any time. by
himself, his clerk, servant or agent,
directly or indirectly. sell ANY tntox-
icating liquors. Of whatever origin. ex-
cept as hereinbefore provided: wine,
ale, porter. strong beer. lager beer and
cider when kept or deposited with
intent to sell the Same for tlppIIng
purposes. or az q beverages" etc.
1.-THE black face type and emphasized
portions are ours1.
When It is manufactured. cider is not
intoxicating and because Of that fact
the law does not deal with its manu-
facture. but the sale Of cider that has
become intoxicating Is dealt with by
the law as in tho case Of any other in
! toxicating liquor. And tho pretense Of
discrimination in favor or "the favor
lite beverage OF the farmer Is ono OF
the cheapest falsehoods ever put out
by the rum trust or those working for
it. As a matter Of fact, tho powerful
forces Of the distillers. brewers and
wholesalers have made the violation OF
the cider law much more hazardous
than the sale of any Of their articles Of
illicit traffic.
And the Herald should remember,
when it talks Of - bone dry" Maine,
that 1t will be a comparatively easy
matter to make Maine bone dry
when Boston liquor wholesalers and
brewers are driven from their whole
sale attempts to defeat the better cit
izenry Of Maine and discredit their law
in favor Of rum trust provisions; when
Boston newspapers that circulate in
Maine cease their violation Of the
spirit of the Maine law by carrying
liquor advertising that is prohibited
in Maine; when Boston newspapers tell
the truth about Names law and WHY
it cannot be better enforced; when the
Federal government goes out Of the
rum business; when the Federal gov
eminent ceases to assist the LIQUOR
traffic to advertise and canvass and
proselyte in Maine contrary to her
laws, for the postage revenue.
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mission Of either the Interstate commerce
Commission or the State public uunuss
Observation-Disclosures Journal
Someone should suggest TO the NAME
Central directors that Poland is having
trouble enough now.