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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
waiting there to eat UP my seeds

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waiting there to eat up my seeds.
Toads do not eat seeds, s said
grandpa. DO you suppose that
toad is not good for something &c
You said the earthwoGms were
little spades, and dug, my garden
for me, !" said Tommy, thoughtfuldy
"But toad can't dig. and don't
see what use he can be. ANYWAY
"WelA, then, VEN see u we can
not find out, s said grandpa
So he went to the wood shed and
pi aked out some little blocks OF
wood which he carried to- the CAMDEN
and with these he built little
house beside q, row Of young
squash plants.
Then he gave the toad a ride on
the coalrshowel from Tomany's gar
den to the little house which he had
built.
This is Mr.. Toadss house. said
gpamdpa. I'VE will leave him here,
and never disturb him..
The toad seemed to lie his. new
quarters. He was often seen sit
ting in his front door and looking
very sllemn, 'winking his bright
eyes as he looked out over the
garden, Tommy watched him close
~. but he could not see how he
was doing any good.
Mr.. Smith says the bugs have
eaten up al his squash wines, 8 said
grandpa, one day. Why have they
not touched ours, Tommy?.s
Tommy did not know.
How about our lodger in the
garden?. asked grandpa, smiling.
do you mean Mr.. Toad?. asked
Tommy docs he catch the bugs ?ss
If you watch him long enough,
you would see, said grandpa. When
he sits i'm his front door, he is talk
ing care OF our garden, and when
bug or worm comes along, Mr..
Toad arrests him at once, DON'T
you think he deserves to have
house rent free, Tommy?.s
Eyes indeed, grandpa. said Tommy
eagerly, then he added; thoughtful
ny, Il guess everything in the world
is Of some use. Don't you think SO,
4 grand pa rs
"Y'es," said grandpa. everything
| in its place.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
Cucumber Mustard Pickles.

Put into one-quart fruit jar
four tablespoons sugar. two table-
spoons each ,of salt and ground
dry mustard. Wash the cucumbers
and pack i'm the jars. They should
mot be none than, four dnches
long. Then flu up the jarr with
cold vinegar and seal air tight. Art
er six weeks they are ready for the
table and are delicious These will
keep several years ii kept in a
cool place. The cucumbers should
be fresh from the wines.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
WHY HARRY CRIED.

WHY HARRY CRIED.
Mr.. Willis and his SON, WilIiard
were repairing the fence. Suddenly
they discovered, they were RUNNING
out of malls. Somebody must ride
to blanchard. THE nearest town, and
buy some.
We can't either Il us go. and
finnish this job tonight, 9 he said
II wonder If Harry could go?"
"Oh. yes, papa. said Harry; ea,
gently.
His father wiped his hot fore
head and looked at the sky. q
don't know as ought to let you
he said, doughtfu1ly. This is kind
Of queer day. may be a weather
breeder. But guess 1T will be alll
right. You may ride Prince, and
DON'T stop anywhere, son. s
II WON'T, I'll come right home, :
answered nine year old Harry. He
was usually a solemn little boy, but
he ran and jumped on the way tic
the barn. he liked to ride Prince.
It was a queer day. Even the
birds seemed too hot to sing, and
the chip mllnls and rabbits stayed
hidden. Little gusts OF wind ratified
among the weeds, and tossed w
dust before Princes noise, wh<
snorted, but did mot shy. Prince
was too staid and dignified to shy.
The way was rather lonely. JUS
before the half-way point to- Blanch
ard, the roadl crossed littlt
creek at am easy ford.
Harry was almost to thds ereel
1 when he fclt q drop OF raim. Hi
looked up and SAW a very blacl
cloud. coming up from the west.
little logged etreak of lighNnina
wdnkend from the edge Of 1t.
Harry did not mind getting wet
but he was afaidd OF thunder stom
And yet 1t was aa far back nov
as 1t was to blanchard, and be
sides he hated to admit that h
was afraid, So t'e crossed th
creek and went ON.
The 1ightndng wdinked and shivea
ed again, and the day grew darker
The big cloud seemed to pitc
and roll like waters and it's edge
were silver bright and odd hooking
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
HAM SANDWICH FILLING

One cup or one half pound chop
ped ham, enough good vinegar to
moisten we'll. one tablespoon peanut
'butter, pepper and SALT to taste. Mix
WE'LL and you will have the best
ham sandwich you ever ate
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
he couesWi5e's
G orn!er
utnRREAD CREDIBLE CAKES.

Ol1tnNStSEAD CREDIBLE CAKES.
and hand ONE half cups fine stale
Someqlmbs, one and one-half
rignt allied milk, two tablespoons
1919 half cup of flour. SALT.
Anv mn teaspoons baking powder,
ing purpAdd miak and butter to
output I'D soak until crumbs
greatly iadd the eggs WELL beaten,
4 an sucn salt and baking powder,
80 an "a. sifted Cook same as
to the cate cAAe
to override
ing is teak Without Meat.
dozen y cup of walnut meats,
Lne seaschppped, into a mdGimg
n.s lo two cups bread crumbs,
,,,e,,a u teaspoons each of salt and
idiocy e, and a very little pepper.
The ther, add one egg Slightly
care fond four Tablespoons of
JoD enolpe as You would Ham burg
splepala fry i'm hot, frying pam
and 9th = : = = = '.SAss
output ooo' ss'4uSe
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09

into q crock to- cool. When cold.
put into jars. Boil only one quart
of frudt at time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
TOMMY AND THE TOAD.

Grandpa was sitting ON the porch
one warm spring day, when Tommy
came In from his garden with
two little wrinkles puckered right
across his forehead.
"Grandpa," said he; why did
Nioah let any toads come into his
ark?" d.
What do you mean, Tommy" ask
ed grandpa, lying down hds news
paper.
Cause ! Just wish he had let
them all drown" said Tommy. q
went out to sow some sweet-Will
lam seeds, cause you know William
DIS papa.s name, and there was q
great big toad right in the middle
OF my garden. / most know he il
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09

PRESERVED CHERRIES
To full pint OF STONED cherries
take ONE and one-fourth, cups sugar
Boil twenty minutes and TURIN out
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09

some distance down the creek, but
FINALLY he landed ON THE other
side Harry was drenched, hut once
on the other side he had "a clear
road home.
He had mot gone far when die
saw some men galloping toward
him, and when they drew near,
Harry saw that his father was
one of them.
Harry cried his faher. What
has happened. Are you safe q. His
face was white.
Yes" said Harry, ION . brave
voice.
That was an awful storm, g said
his father. 1T blew down the west
corncrdIb and we Thought the house
was going. Y our mother is almost
crazy about you. Did. you got to
Blanchard ?s'
Yes, here are the nails" said
HaTry, and he held out the damp
package.
Then aaI at once a funny feel
ing came into his Throat. his lips
twdtched and he burst into tears,
His faher quickly jumped from his
horse and came and put his arm
around the boy. who was trembling
From the Chill Of his wet clothing
and fright.
Why, HARRY" he said, You're
all right now; what's the matter?
You're not hurt. are your"
No." sobbed Harry. 81 was just
thinking how scared I've BEEN
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-08-09
FOR he
! HIEDReN
MY GRANDPA.

MY GRANDPA.
When / was small, oh, long ago,
For now Inn silk years old, you
know,
I used to think what FUN IT would
bel y,
II grandpa we're a boy like me;
I'D give him half my things to wear
And toys and candy. share and
share.
And Jet him feed my puppy. too,
And show him all the tricks we
BUT when told him so one day,
And asked him if he couldn't play
Together right along. If he
Were only just boy like me,
He laughed and laughed, and said
Tile guessed
Perhaps we'd like the way tits best,
For he cam take me up to bed,
or hold me ON his knee, he said.
newer Thought OF THAT, somehow,
And SO I'm quite contented, nowi;
For though we'd have splendid
play,
WANT my grandpa, anyway;
But THAT was most q year ago,
When was small and didn't know,
He couldn't be a boy like me.
And stay my grandpa. too, you see.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

late potatoes that look fine, he says,
and is expecting yield of 900 bushels
to the acre.
One of Col. Il. L. Robertson's 5000
cows dropped a fine heifer calf last week
adding s7s to her value.
Milton Tate was at Irvington Mon
day. He will handle tobacco for Schopp,
Cook q Co., at Stephensport. This
firm has already bought $4,000 pounds
of Burnley.
Hawkins Smith has large force of
men and teams at work on the new
Hardnsburg and Garfield pike. They
are moving things.
II. II. Norton, Z. l.. Robertson and
II. NJ. Beard, stockmen, were on the
Louisville market Monday with hogs,
sheep and cattle. They report draggy
market and lower prices, especially on
cattle.
Eli Storms says: 1--WE have the best
crops around Mechanics we have had in
many years"
Sam Galloway bought the Len Mat
tinaly farm of 2o0 acres sold BY Com
missioner Walls Monday for $1,000.
There were number OF bidders on this
property.
Tice Miller has put up 800 cans of
tomatoes and 100 cans of apples and
beans. He expects to run his tomatoes
up to 1000 cans.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

Are reading the Sea Slug Stories that going through
paper They intensely interesting and worth your while
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
RAYMOND NEWS

Miss Ruth Ramsey spent the week
end with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Almon Ramsey, at Stephensport.
Miss Edith Knott spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives at Rhodelia.
Quite number from here attended
the association at Enron last week.
Otto Fetch has moved on the Head
place near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Noble and Mrs.
Bette Biddle and son, Paul, spent from
Friday uhtill Sunday with Mrs. Biddle's
daughter, Mrs. Merserve, Chambers,
Ky.
Hughes Noble spent the week end
with his cousin, Walter Stiff, near Shi-
loh
Rev. w. II. Curl, of Ammons, was the
guest of Miss Eva Basham last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fruehwald and
daughter, Miss Linnie, spent from Sat-
urday until Monday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Belcher, of Wolf Creek.
Harlan and Audrane eastman are
working at the rock crusher, Mystic.
Harlan eastman attended an ice
cream supper given by the Modern
Woodman at Ammons last Saturday
night.
l.,
Sunday after spending the past week
with her sister, Mrs. Sam Robbins, of
Ammous.
Alex Rhodes and family and Miss
Louella Black spent Sunday with James
Rhodes and wife, near Webster.
S. ]. Brashear and family, of Fry
mire, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Stiff.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
YOU CAN'T STOP GRIMES.
Lance Corporal, Wounded For Sixth
Time, Will Fight Again.

Lance Corporal Ernest Grimes has
been wounded again, his sixth time.
but says, "I'll soon be ready to go back
and do another bit" Grimes enlisted In
the regular army in 1910 and was
drawn from India when the little army
settled down TO the first winter of
trench warfare. His first wound came
at hill 60, when he was hit by hand
grenade fragment. Five months in
hospital was his portion. The second,
Il bullet wound in the arm. took six
weeks TO repair Last summer on the
Somme shrapnel ball hit Grimes in
the leg and put him away for two
months. and another grenade wound In
the back, suffered in the fighting AT
Moquet Farm. sent him to the hospital
for the fourth time.
\ man with four wound stripes is
usually retired into some noncombatant
loh out of danger If he is still of some
use TO the army. But Grimes thought
be could do more damage in the trench
es, SO he went up again and was
wounded in the foot by shell at Les
boeufs.
His latest wound came in the big
push at Messines. An explosive bullet
HI him IN the left leg.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

sit i'll wind that blows nobody goods and of the good
things brought putting the ban the
featuring whsky in Kentucky which into effect September
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Marshal's Sale For Taxes.

BY virtue of taxes due the town of
Irvington, KY, for the years LOLA 1910,
amounting to the sum of 81 26, | will on
the 29th day OF September, 1917, be-
tween the hours of ten O'Clock a. m
and 2 O'Clock p. m, in front of the City
Hall in Irvington, breckenridge county,
KY, expose to public auction to the
following property Tor so much thereof
as may be necessary to satisfy the
amount of taxes due aforesaid and
COSTS to-wit: Lots Nos. I and 2, block
7, in Norman & Herndon addition to
town of Irvington, Breckenridge coun-
ty, KY. listed in name of Julia Norris.
Thos. Atkisson, Marshal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
HARMED

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Tucker and chill
dren were guests of his brother, Gar
Tucker, near Cloverport, for the week
end
Mrs. Kelly Watts and son, Lyle II 4,
were guests of Mr.. Watts in Louisville
last week.
Mrs. Eli Pile, who has beer visiting
relatives in Greensboro, returned home
last Friday.
Miss Edna b. Gray spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. Leonard Holmes,
near Madrid.
I'D. Aldridge, of Nook, was in town
last Saturday.
Mrs. S. H. Davis and Mrs. Roscoe
Davis spent part of last week in Lou
isville the guests of Mrs. Robert Nc.
Donald, nee Miss Lottie Davis.
Mrs. Robt. Glenn, of Chicago; Mr..
and Mrs. Mort Humphrey, of West
View, were guests of DR.. J. E. Mat
thews and Mrs. Matthews last Satur-
day.
Mrs. G. p. Macy was the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Sallie Norton, at West
View, Friday.
Oscar Snyder and sister, Miss Ruth,
were guests of their sister, Mrs. Will
Payne and Mr.. Payne Sunday.
Miss Maggie Drane is on the sick list.
Raymond Scott spent last week with
ris sisters, Mrs. Joe Smith and Mrs.
Tom Shrewsbury.
Malion Robinson made his usual Sum
day trip to Robt. Weatherford's.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Don't be u Stacker
But be a hacker
To whip the Germans
Is what we are after.

Trying business advertising pays like
trying convince boy he ought schoonher
realize that things will their capacity for doing
huSipa
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

Beard Bros. have 900 ewes out on the
shares.
Jesse NJ. Howard, Jr., sowed ten
acres Of Alfalfa on the fifth of August
1t is all up and an inch high. Jesse is
well pleased with his stand. He has
bought the Payne farm of 80 acres near
McQuady. He is going to try his hand
on bringing it up to high state of pro-
duction.
William Mattingly has four acres of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
FARM AND STOCK.

g@a-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

T. L. Robertson, of Glen Dean, cut
one acre of tobacco last week. 1t is a
very fine type of one sucker. He is ex-
pecting 1000 pounds from this acre
Fisher Norman has ten acres of as
fine tobacco as there are in the county
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
LABOR D.dY-SEPT. g, 1917.
If you want knocLedee you must toll for it; Tfood,
toll for it.; if pleasure toll for it, Toll is the lauc
-RUSKIN.
AN UNUSUAL FATHER.

The Editor Unionown Telegram has the sixth
Der added his family and happens that she sweet little baby
the fathers editorial of her arrival,
Judge he real proud remarkable coincidence for
and seldom do hear of
being genuinely eated little girl that think Editor Spad
ING deserves to be congratulated twice.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
SAFETY FIRST.

We to have the Block System ensad at the railroad
crossings and of the dangerous that in town.
driving and vehicles should positively be
hibited going have terrible acct
dent of these days
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

gratifying to those of who left behind to know that
religious spiritual welfare the who in the trenches
being cared for The Y NJ g. A. tent France just
fun for the American soldiers for they have
services Sunday the tent for four different congregations
namely the Presbyterian Episcopal Roman Catholic and Reformed
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

The German prisoners who brought from Flanders to
London soey disappointed find that Paris not held by
the Yes and they all die of broken hearts
when they their right and find they can't the
whole world
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
SENDING LETTERS
TO men At FRONT
Government Issues Instructions
For Relations and Friends.
CENSORSHIP WILL Be LAX

Put Down the Soldiers Name and Rank
on the First Line, His Company and
Regiment on the Next and "Ameriean
Expeditionary Force" on Next and
Uncle Sam Will Do the Rest.
Close cooperation between the war
and postofiice departments In bringing
rapidly into operation a system where
by the parents and other relatives of
soldiers are going to be able to keep
In close touch by mail with those in the
trenches in France.
Already there has been establish
ed ut General Pershing's headquarters
somewhere along the western 'front.'
a complete American postofiice station,
differed and manned by trained postal
officials and employees taken from New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and 9th
err large cities in the United States.
These postal experts were quietly ship
ped to Europe ON one of the transports,
and they are rapidly getting their Of
fees there organized.
AT an Atlantic port of the United
States that happens to serve as the
port Of CmbariatiUn for troops going
to France there is another special
branch postoilice being organized and
developed To handle the mail at this
end of the line.
Mailing Made Easy.
So complete is the organization be-
ing carried out that even now if any
body wishes to send letter to a SOL
der i'm the American expeditionary
forces all he has to do is to sit down
and address the envelope in plain Eng
lish and according to the following d.
rections:
Put down the soldiers name and
rank on the first line, his company and
regiment on the next and the words
american Expeditionary Force" on
the next. 1t is not even necessary or
advisable to put the designation
France"
This done, attach the same amount
Of postage that you would use on do
nestle mail. Wherever the American
army may be it gets its mail at do
nestle rates. The government sees to
that. The government will also see to
it that the letter or the newspaper or
magazine so addressed and dropped In
the nearest mail box gets to its destina-
ton in the shortest possible time. If
shipping space can be found in sufii-
cient quantity the postoffiflice depart
ment hopes soon to include special ar
rangements for the handling of parcel
post mail to be sent TO the soldiers at
the front
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

Now that boys going the 'front.' should be
active than in the Red Cross work.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Censorship to Be Lax.

Unlike the stricter policy attempted
at the outset Of the war by the armies
of Europe, it is not the present inten-
ton of the war department to restrict
the communications sent home by SOL
diers to printed cards containing ste
reotyped phrases which the soldiers
can strike out or leave in as they suit
being. 1t is felt that this would in
volve too harsh regulation for the
parents and wives of men at the front.
Consequently the only regulation that
will be attempted over the correspond
ence will be the regular censorship at
each regimental headquarters, through
which all mail sent out by the soldiers
must pass.
At this point the war department in
tends shortly to issue a warning and
print, without careful regard to posi-
bic harm that might be done, letters
from soldiers bearing the phrase pass
ed by the censor" Such censoring.
which will be administered with the
utmost liberal regard for the private
character of the correspondence. win
not be as strict as the censorship over
press matter Therefore the papers of
the country will be asked to exercise
the greatest possible care about letters
publication by proud parents or friends.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-22
HEAVY SNOW BLOCKS
TRAFFIC FROM EAST
Slides in Bear River Canyon Stops the
Through Trains-HeaVy Shows Fall
on Twin Falls Tract.

The west bound mail from all points
east of Bear River canyon arrived in
this city on time today after delay
of forty-eight hours caused by snow
slide in the canyon, which is situated
this side of Ogden.
Heavy SHOWS prevailed throughout
all the intermoUntain region and Twin
Falls has had its share. Tuesday
evening and night there was a heavy
snow, aggregating seven inches which
was followed yesterday by warm
"Chinook wind" which melted it all
and some of the surplus snow left over
from previous storms. Last night an
other snow started which continued
up to the present, although the deptf
is not over a couple of inches.
The temporary stopping of traffic
has not caused any trouble in regard
to coal as there is a good supply il
the city.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-22
INCENDIARY FIRES
NEW HAVEN BUILDINGS
Flames Break Out in Nine Places at
Once City Under Martial Law with
PatrOlled Streets.
CUnited Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb 22-AIar-
tial law prevails here, with two COM
panies OF militia patrolling the streets
following nine simultaneous fires last
night Two have been arrested, sus-
pected to incendiarism. Local fire
fighters are still working, quenching
the smOldering embers Volunteer
engine companies from four surround
ing cities which helped in controlling
the flames have been sent home. There
are many munitions factories in this
city and it is believed that some fam
attic started the fires by means OF
time bombs, though no evidence has
been found A tenement house, three
residences, a garage. a Jewish syna-
gogue and business block were burn
ed to the ground