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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
Historical "Reminiscences

Well do remember the con
dition Of things in lS,O when that
great minded. far seeing Abra
ham Lincoln was coming To the
front and to the leadership of the
greatest nation that the world
has ever known. Yes, an old
man, Il rabid black aboIitiOnist,
as Lincoln's followers we're then
called, took me to my first pOliti.
cal meeting. And | thought it
the g%randest event | eyer saw as
! came into the main street of
the town on a dark night and
saw Il large company Of men
with black oil cloth capeS and
caps, each carrying a torci, light
and marching up the street in a
zig gag line representing a crook.
ed rail fence. The lights would
zig gag past each other, and it
was truly fine.
Then | remember how the re.
port came that the South was
seeding, that they had fired on
Fort Snnpter. and that Lincoln
-
had called for 10, 900 men. Then
came the call for 100000 men.
Then came those four awful
years Of defeat and victory.
But it seems to he that few
stop TO realize what those four
years did for the American PEG
pie. Those four years, with a
few preceding and following,
have been the cause Of the two
conditions that exist in our IA
ton today. One, the growth,
Development and purity of our
nation, including the settlement
and Improvement of the north
western part of the United
States; the other is that element
Of anarchy, dissatisfaction and
spirit Of unrest, with IA desire to
get rich quick without stopping
to care for the law or justice to
others, just SO wealth comes
without labor.
This is really all the trouble
between capital and labor today.
There is money enough for cap.
ilal and labor both, and the soon
er they learn To make proper
divisions the better it will be for
both.
The war started great speech.
Iations. Those with Il hundred
Thousand dollars tried to specu.
late aud make millions. They
found il was for someone to
make
But the war Of 1861 f5 was the
greatest agent for settling up
the western country that we
have ever had. 1t brought PEG.
pie tOgetll.r from all parts of the
United States. and they talked
over conditions and learned pos
sibilitieS that would have taken
many more years to have learned
in any other way. Besides, the
speculative spirit started in land
and railroads. Some will still
recall the Great Northern and
the Southern Pacific railway land
grants. But those do not worry
me for do not know what we
would have done without rail.
roads.
| remember seeing cattle, hogs
aud even turkeys drove to Al
bany. n. V, before the D. Il Ii.
C. &. Il. Il. was built, and as
hard Il days work as | ever did
was driving cattle and sheep. to
Albany in lSt4.
This has been the granaeSt
sixty years of the worlds history
But there are many things that
need r~radjnsting If our nation is
to progress smoothly the next
sixty years. Our young men
must meet these conditions.
ABE |. FN)OrE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
Happy Hollow

Preaching at Pleasant Ridge
every 4th Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. G. N. Findley, Pastor. Sing
inc every Sunday night, Charley
tiNdlry and Reed Johnson, lead
ers. KITTY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11

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bladder troubles. dissolves gravel. cures
= diabetes. weak and lame backs, rheuma.
tism and all irregularities ofthe kidneys and
bladder in both men and women. III not soiu
cont of 81. One small bottle Is two months
tu.tmrnt and seldom fails to perfect cure.
Send for testimonials from this and other
81 Louis, Mo. sold hy drugEists.-Adv,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11

The modern steel passenger coach
costs the railroads 50 per cent more
than ten Years ago; the increased weight
is IL per cent greater, while the accom-
modations provided for passengers has
increased only II per cent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
CHURCH OF CHRISTI

Bible school at 9:45 Il. M. every sun
day. j. A. Riley, Superintendent
day afternoon.
Everybody welcome.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11

The Frisco has put Il new tool
house on the right of. way, near
the depot, for Signal Maintainer
G. h. Cathcart.
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BAPTIST CHURCH.

Preaching services every second
and fourth Sundays
Rev. j. NJ. England, Pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday at
0:A5 a.. m. W. b. Fullington, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
Flat Rock

Sunday school at Flat Rock ev-
cry Sunday at 2:3O p. m. Prayer
meeting every Saturday and
Sunday evening" BILLY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
Macomb

Sunday school every Sunday
ut the Baptist church. Every
body welcome. PENNY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
METHODIST CHURCH.

Preaching services every 3d
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. j. w. Needham. Pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 am. J. D. Reynolds, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11

Mansfield Mirror and Weekly
Kansas City Star both one year
tor Sl.2O.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
Olathe and Prairie Hollow

Church at Prairie Hollow every
first Saturday and Sunday; Sun
day School every Sunday: Chris
tian EndeavOr every Sunday eve.
nlng; everybody welcome.
RUBY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
FRISCO LINES.
East Bound,

East Bound.
Ol-PaSSenger 1000 p. M.
24l Local freight 1915 pm.
No. lU3 Passenger 4:42 am.
West Bound.
No. 1O2-PaSsenger 1913 am.
Local freight 12:l5 pm.
No. lU4 Passenger $3.50 p. m.
q. S. BURNEY, Agent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
CITY OFFICIALS.

Mayor. -. DR.. f. H. Riley
Clerk ~--. j. w. Brazenl
Treasurer james COday
Attorney ..~.~....-..~.~..... N. D. Craig
Marshal .......... Roe Strong
Street Commissioner Roe Strong
Collector .m.. ... .... Roe Strong
Police Judge. i. Beach
Assessor. L. l.. Afford
Health Of1icer-.....Dr. j. A. FusOn
Board of Health--Dr.F. II. Riley,
Dr.. j. A. Fusnn, .j.B. Freeman
Aldermen:
First Ward. ...Jame Coduy
First Ward. ........m..J Is. Freeman
Second Ward, DR.. j. A. Fnson
Second Ward, w. b. Fullington
j. b.. Freeman, President.
Council meets the second Monday
evening of every month.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-11
PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH.

Preaching services every fourth
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Rev. Joseph Davis, pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday at
:45 IL. m. G.. W. Freeman, Supt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

and then presented a voluminous report
to Congress. A great deal of the stats
tical work of the commission fell TO the
secretary; and in that work Mr.. Hus-
band acquired some first-hand informa-
ton about the various phases of immi-
grafton which will surely serve him well
in his present venture. BE it said, too,
that Mr.. Husband has always had lin
gering fondness for the newspaper pro-
fession although he has been divorced
from it for some time. So experience
with his topic and his predictions for
editing form happy combination, which
will make the new periodical interesting
and instructive. Volume certainly bears
out the impression, for it continues II
pages of concise information about the
subject of immigration, presented in an
impartial manner. Indeed, it is the pur-
pose Of the periodical ito discuss impair
TALLY all phases OF the problem and to
present eoncisely and without prejudice
current information concerning immigra-
tion and the immigrant as factor in
the population Of the United States"
Such purpose has been attained in
large measure in the first issue, and The
Immigration Journal bids fair to prove
an invaluable agency in dissemination OF
correct information about subject which
is but slightly known at time when
the government is considering the wis
dom OF making some changes in her i'm
migration restrictions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
CHELSEA.

The annual town meeting passed of
quietly with the usual snap and dispatch
harmony and good feeling prevailing and
the officers elected for the ensuing year
follow: Moderator, Stanley c. Wilson
clerk and treasurer, Willard p. Town
send; seleetman for three years, Andrew
L. Sprague; school director for three
years, Benjamin H. Adams; lister for
three years, Frank +. Bixby; agent.
George l.. Stow; road commissioner.
Charles H. Baraw; constable. Oliver f.
Burgess; collector of taxes. Hiram \.
Mattison; auditors, Wilbur F. Dewey,
Leon c. 0rdway and Harry r. Wishart ;
town grand jurors, Horace 4. Walker
and William II. Sprague; oyerseer, wal
ter II. Emery; $500 appropriated for
permanent highway work; whole tax,
$3.50; license vote, yes 20 no los: fifth
class license, yes 100, no AZ; Perry act,
yes SO, no ll6; direct primaries. yes r.
no 49, Selectmen authorized to build
one permanent bridge this year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
STATE. WIDE PROHIBITION.

Vermont's voice on the proposition tc
substitute statewide prohibition for To-
cal option on the liquor question was SO
emphatic as to leave no doubt whatever
of public opinion throughout the state
A majority of approximately 1880 in a
total of approximately $4,000 votes cast
is very decisive. At this time Vermont
wants nothing Of statewide prohibit
ton law. Whether it will want that law
in 1927, when the law will go into effect
providing no legislative action intervenes,
is a far look ahead; but the natural in
ference from the result of yesterdays
Voting would be that the legislature.
perhaps the next, will take action re-
pealing the act which created the condi-
tional prohibition law. If the expressed
mandate of the voters of Vermont car
ries any weight with the legislators,
there is no doubt that the next general
assembly will take the steps necessary
to quash the law. Consistency demands
such action.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
CURRENT COMMENT
The New War Secretary.

No one knows whether Newton Dieh
Baker will make an able and efficient
secretary Of war or not. With the tend.
ency already manifest to condemn the
appointment in advance, we have nc
sympathy. Let him have fair chance
to prove his quality before the public
makes up its mind as TO the fitness OF
the selection We hope he makes good,
for the country needs a capable man in
that responsible position at this time in
spite of the fact that the policies of the
nation will be determined by Congress
and not by the official assistants of the
president. Mr.. Baker has retained the
high opinion of the president apparently,
for he might have entered the cabinet
/ three years ago had he been willing to
leave the Cleveland mayoralty.
We may well remind ourselves just
now that Mr. Garrison, called the ablest
man of the cabinet at the time of his
resignation, was not so rated when he
began his duties He was merely Jer-
sey City lawyer, apparently without spe-
cial fitness for the job and it seemed a
hazard TO summon him. 1t looked like
risk for Lincoln to take Stanton to be
his second secretary of war, for Stanton
had been only a lawyer of wide expert
enee and for few months attorney gen
eral under Buchanan. No one knew that
he would prove big enough for what then
was place of terrifying responsibility.
Very likely better man might have been
found for the present incumbency. But
Mr. Wilson has called Baker, and the in
tprests of the nation rpuIlire that the
incoming on cial shall be given every
opportunity 10 develop d strong admin
istration.
Certainly tae obvious political advan-
tages of thu appointment were not q
hindrance to the choice. Mr.. Baker comes
from a great city in Il state of critica:
Importance ia a presidential year; he is
popular with all classes and a more sue
cessful campaigner than even Tom John
son himself; he led tie agitation for a
new state constitution and new city
charter; he was an original" Wilson
man. He fayors city ownership of pub.
lie utilize and national ownership of
railway and telegraph mes. He declares
that "the 'oters of Cleveland know more
about municipal government than do the
voters OF arg ot,ier municipality" He
manages on the musings to cite the
classics in tie oriG ual and retain the
votes of his hearers: ,e wonder il there
is another man in the country who can
do that. Yes. tie president will find him
useful in the campaign this fall, but this
does not necessarily imply that he will
be a failui n the Standardization He-
aid
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

clusively 20 the Sioux and Cheyenne thai
he was their absolute master. The SAINT
writer says that every mile Of the rail
road had TO be surveyed and built with
in range of the rifle and under military
protection, and much OF the success OF
the enterprise he attributes 10 the ae'
tive support OF Gen. Grant and Gen
Sherman.
West of Kearney the bluffs. consist
ing OF loess everything rocks of late Ter
tiary age, are about mile from tho
railroad Could the traveller restore the
landscape of late Tertiary time, he would
find himself surrounded by scenes great
ly different from those Of the present.
The swampy lowlands OF that time were
covered with vegetation similar to that
now growing in moist climates farther
south. He would recognize few OF the
animals. Though they formed an as.
semblage very different from that of to-
day, they much more closely resembled
the living animals than those OF former
ages. Camels and llamas were abundant
and great ground sloths and glyptodonts,
whose relatives now live in South Amer
lea, inhabited western Nebraska during
Pliocene time. Mastodons with tusks
on both the upper and the lower jaws,
much like those of the Miocene epoch,
still persisted. Shortlegged rhinoceroses
remained abundant, and there was a
great variety of wolf-like carnvora. Sa-
bertoothed tigers and true eats, some
of them considerably larger than the
modern tigers, were also abundant.
Three to6d horses we're still numerous,
but the modern genus Equus was not
among them. One of the most curious
animals of the time in Kansas and Ne
braska was gopher.like rodent that had
two large horns on its nose. Its enor
nous claws indicate good burrowing
powers and its horns also may have
been used in digging. guide.
book, t. S. G. S.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
Work in the Garden.

We all start out bravely in the spring
with our gardens, plant them, enjoy
the pleasure of seeing the plants come
up, and then-along comes host OF
insect pests to mar their beauty.
In this, as in many other things, to be
forewarned is to be forearmed Insect
pests are not such terrible thing to the
woman who understands how to cure
their attacks.
The most approved means OF eontroll-
ing insects consists in the Use of poison
Gus mixtures in liquid or dry-powder
form. Insects destroy plants by sucking
out their juices, or by eating the foliage
or stems. If they suck the juices of the
plants we must kill them by contact, as
they sink their beaks into the tissues
of the plants and do not take up any
poisons which might be sprayed on the
foliage. II they chew the foliage or
stems, we can kin them by applying to
the foliage a poison which when eaten
viii kill them; hence we have the two
kinds of poison, contact and internal.
The contact poisons are also OF two
kinds those which kill BY corroding o.
eating into their bodies, and the pow
ders that viii by filling up the breathing
pores, which in most hard bodied iu-
sects, with which we have to deal, are
located on the surface of the body. -
Womans World for March.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
BARRE'S NEW MAYOR.

Barre's new mayor, Robert Gordon
comes into office with a good, clean rec
ord as citizen and as man. During
the campaigns in which he has been ad-
vaneed as a candidate for Office he has
conducted himself in manner above re-
proach and, whenever possible, has dis
eountensnced any efforts in his behalf
which were not fair and above board.
His record as a candidate has been meri-
torious at all times, rejecting in large
measure the character OF the man him
self. Mr.. Gordon has been known to a
considerable part Of the people of Barre
for many years and by All of them, we
believe, he has been held in high esteem.
He has been a resident of Barre for a
long period and. while not heretofore ac-
lively engaged in municipal affairs, has
been in a position to be a close observer
Of conditions. The Times herewith ex-
tends its congratulations to the new
mayor and hopes for him a successful adj
ministration along progressive lines in
keeping with the advance Of our little
municipality
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

The changing fortunes of the Groton
Times have brought Scott WEIGH of st
Johnsbury into ownership of that news.
paper, and Mr.. WEIGH has taken charge OF
the plant. 1t is new business for him, but
his acqutainces speak highly OF his ability
as business man, so that it is hoped that
he wiuld build the newspaper up in sub
stantial fashion. All progressive people of
Groton should welcome Publisher WEIGH
back to his native town and should aid
him in his efforts for the good of the
community, as a local newspaper may
play an important part in the life of a
place. Groton ought to have paper and
a paper of a good class.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

The Times is authorized to state that
United States Senator William y. Dill.
lingham has never sanctioned the use OF
his name as possible delegate to the
Republican national convention and that
he will not be candidate for such a
position. Ever since the Republicans OF
Vermont began to discuss the probable
delegates to the convention, Senator Dill
lingham's name has been prominently
mentioned and there seemed to be no
doubt whatever that he could 90 to the
convention if he desired. In order to
stop further discussion of his name and
in order to give Vermont Republicans
plenty of time in which to crystalize SEN
timent for delegates Senator Dillingham;
at this early time thinks best to with
draw his name from the list of possibli-
ties for the position,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
SCENE OF TURBULENCE.
Was Kearney, Neb., in Days of Indian
Outbreaks.

Kearney, Nebraska, takes its name
from old Fort Kearney, which stood
south of the river. few miles east oil
the city, at the junction of the emf
grant trail from Kansas City and the
Plate Valley trail. 1t was center OF
turbulence during the time OF Indian
warfare. Here during the construction
of the Union Pacific railroad, according
to Gen. G. NJ. Dodge, there were more
desperate fights and literally hair-raising
adventures than James Fenimore Cooper
ever dreamed of. and here Maj Frank
J. North, with his four companies Of
Pawnee Indians, made history defending
the Overland route against hostile IN.
dams. The Plum creek, 0galalla, and
Summit springs campaigns under Mai.
North's direction did much to prove con.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
ORANGE.

The town officers elected at yester
days meeting were as follows: Modera.
tor, Frank Haynes; clerk, Flora A
Peake; treasurer, Edna l.. Beard; select.
man, Ernest A. Cutler; lister. w. r.
Tucker constable, Bert Richardson;
school director for three years, Archie
Flanders, for two years, Frank Miner;
auditors, Frank Haynes. Edgar /. San
born, William Chamberlain; road com
missioner, Herbert S. Clark; town agent,
Oscar Dickey. Town license vote-No
52, yes 49, ffth.cass license, no 43,
yes Is. State prohibiton-N 81, yes
%. State primary vote Yes 40, no 81.
Voted to raise S2l5 on the list Of 1915.
Voted $500 for state aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

Volume ! No. I Of The Immigration
Journal, it being for the month of March
has just come to hand. The new period.
cal Is published BY the Immigration jour
nal company Of Washington, d. C.. and
its editor is Walter W. Husband. former
u q newspaper editor in Vermont and
more recently secretary Of the national
immigration commission which studied
tie problems presented ~ immigration
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

Though 90 years of age and in inflrm
health, Albert Johonnott of Montpelier
went TO the polls yesterday and cast his
ballot as citizen should, thereby bring
ing the blush of shame to the cheek OF
many a man in the prime of life who
wouldn't waste the effort required in the
trip to the voting booth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

The west wind brings to-day the noise
of confused shouts of NO" and Eyes"
from across the Vermont border.-Con
cord IN. H. Monitor, March Z.
You ought to have been in it to have
appreciated it. Twas for all the world
like the bark of countless machine guns.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
WILLIAMSBURG.

Regular meeting of Fraternity Rebek-
an lodge Thursday evening. Work and
refreshments. All come. please
Rev r. II. Roberts viii supply the NJ.
r church in Cabot for the present.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
wEBSTERvILLE.

There viii be a social given in the
basement Of the Baptist church Friday
evening. An ladies' please bring e pie
or cake with name on the bottom 81 the
plate. Everybody welcome. No admis-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

The kaiser's big stock is swinging at
Verdun with the might of Thor back
of it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

There was sweeping majority against
prohibition and the direct primary in the
town of Somerset--yes |, no 4.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08

Eighty-two per cent of Barre's eligible
voters went to the polls yesterday. 1t
was remarkably high proportion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-08
EXECUTORS SALE
of Real Estate

To settle the estate of Albert w.
Jones, will sell at public auction at the
city court room in the city of Barre, on
Thursday, March 30, 1916, at O'Clock in
the afternoon, the home place, situated
near the Wheaton quarry, so called in
Barre. A good six-room house with
about one acre of land.
Watch this for a bargain at your own
price
The Detroit times., 1916-02-05

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-An
American republic has declared war
on Germany,
Its president and its army are
fighting in France,
This astounding information has
Just been received in Washington,
although the declaration OF war was
issued In September, 1914. and
many OF the republics soldiers are
already dead on the field OF battle.
The republic is Counani. and II
Is real republic. on the border
between Brazil and the French acc.
tion OF Guiana, about Is miles back
from the sea. Its independence
dates from 1855, when title TO the
country was officially relinquished
by the republic OF Brazil The Coun-
anians then expected 10 be annexed
TO French Guiana. but France
wouldn't annex them. so they
elected a presldent--and Copnani
has been independent ever since.
The present president is Adolph
Bresset Beaufort. a French colonel