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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Get Back Of The Committee

The first of the series of COM
munity meetings planned by the
new community committee should
attract a crowd beyond the capa-
city of the hall next Friday even
ing with representatives on the
committee from organizations
which include in their membership
practically every family, the meet
ing promises to interest every one.
The plan is worthy of a splendid
success, and every loyal resident
should help make it so.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Those Blue Hens Chicks

There has been rejoicing in
many Delaware homes since the
publication on Monday Of the
list of troops to be returned from
the Mexican border by the War
Dcpartment-among the number,
the battalions from Delaware. Of
fetal reports convince us that
Delawareans, in this, their latest
service, have measured up to the
high standard set by former gen.
erations of valiant, fighting men.
The same indomitable spirit
which carried their forefathers in
to the thickest of the fray, has en-
abled these men to heap up a re-
cord for physical fitness, endur-
ance on the march, and attendance
to duty in the face of a deadly
monotony and in many cases, a
wearisome feeling of uselessness.
The returning battalions have
earned the gratitude of every
Delawarean who rejoices in his
States achievement; they have
added another chapter to her
fair history.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
NOTICE

The Assessment Books of White Clay
Hundred will be hung up for inspection
by the public at the following places:
Washington House, Newark, Del, Jan.
Goth.
Dear Park Hotel Newark, Del, Jan.
Goth.
Christiana Hotel, Newark, Del. Jan.
Goth.
The board of revision for the same will
sit at the following places to hear and
determine appeals review and in it's dis.
erection revise, alter or change the assessed
for the year 1916:
Deer Park Hotel, Jan. 3Oth, between
10 a. m. and 5 p. m.
Washington House, Jan. 31st, between
10 a. m. and p. m.
Christiana Hotel, Feb. LIST, between 10
M and p. m.
GEO. F. FERGUSON,
Assessor.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Thursday, Feb. |, 1917
10 HEAD HORSES

No. l. BUSTER, bay horse, years
old, 16 hands high, good worker and
driver.
No. .. DEXTER, bay colt, yrs. old,
tough as pine knot, work in all harness,
sound.
No. 3. FLORENCE FOX, bay mare,
man owns.
No. 4. RED WING, sorrel horse, 161a
hands high, 6 yrs. old, good worker and
driver, sound.
No. ). ALFREDA, bay mare, 9 years
old by Prince March, sound
No. 6. MISS URN, brown, mare,
years old, good worker and driver, safe
for a lady to drive, sound.
No. I. ROSE, black mare s years old,
by Alrantara, dam by Overstreet Wilkes,
standard bred good worker and driver,
can trot or pace mile in 3 minutes.
No. s. MAY, brown mare, years old,
16 hands, by Pazote, this mare is a hand
some and an excellent driver, no road too
long, safe for lady to drive, fearless of
all objects, works kind in all harness.
No. 9. KITTY, bay mare, years old,
l5a hands, sired by Waldemer, thor
oughbred German cooch horse, an ex-
cellent driver fearless of all objects, safe
for a lady to drive, this is an exceptional
ly fine mare, works fine in all harness.
Nos. 10 and II. BILLY and POLLY
pair gray chunks, years old, weighs
$500 lbs. This is an exceptionally fine
team of horses, work and drive, kind in
all harness.
Nos. IL and 49, SAM and DAN, pair
bay horses, weighs 2400 lbs. This is the
best team of horses in the state, work
like one, work and drive kind in all har-
ness, s years old.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
WANTED

WANTED-A competent, hard
working, young married man to
work as head hand under the direc-
ton of the owner on a 3OO-acre
river front farm in Cecil County,
Maryland, where field crops and
pure bred livestock are raised.
Good wages and generous allow
ance. Must be able to take hold at
once. None need apply who is not
thoroughly familiar with grain
farming and vegetable gardening.
References will be required. APP
ply at once. The Owner, Beaufort
Farm, Earlville, Cecil County,
Maryland.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
HOUSEHOLD AND DAIRY
FIXTURES

Five 80 Id. Milk Cans, good as new ::
! Milk Strainer, 3 Buckets and Milk Cart.
l Home Comfort Range, good as new; l
set of Agate Ware, 10 pieces; set Of
Dishes, Can Tomatoes and Can Fruit of
all kinds, ! Kitchen Table, l Extension
Table, Dinning-room Chairs, good as
new; Sofa, l Folding Cot, Blankets,
! Mattress, new; Clothes Basket, Ironing
Board, and lot of other articles too
numerous to mention
HARNESS-Two sets Of Wagon Har-
ness, in good order; set of Dearborn
Harness, 6 Brides, sets of Plow Har-
ness, Irish Collars, all new; 2 sets Car
riage Harness, in good order.
POULTRY Chickens, Ducks and
Guineas.
Potatoes by the Bushel, Corn by the
Bushel, Hay by the Ton. One-half in
terest of 80 acres Wheat in the ground.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
An Appreciation

To the Editor of the Post,
Sir:-Harlow Curtis will live in
the memory of those whom he
honored with his friendship as a
man of rarest refinement and gen.
tleness joined to absolute loyalty,
steadfastness, st r d s and
courage. His friends failed to
discover in him any grave fault,
and they found his foibles merely
lovable, as attesting his humanity.
Beyond the circle of his init
mates, many men and women of
all sorts and in every place where
he was known saw and felt his I'M
failing courtesy, his solicitous
thoughtfulness for others, his
tireless kindness. He exemplifed,
indeed, in his habitual attitude to-
ward all, General Robert E. Lees
definition Of gentleman, as one
who never willingly reminds an
other Of inferiority, and as well
that earlier definition by Chau-
Ger, who tells us that a gentleman
is merely and above all a gentle
man. 1t is hard to believe that our
friend ever had an enemy for he
conciliated those whom he con-
scientiously opposed by his gen.
ial and genuine good will.
No one that really knew Harlow
Curtis could forget that a relig-
ious conviction, profound and
steadfast, was the foundation of
his character. He was without
bigotry, without spiritual AFRO
gance, and incapable of cant, yet
he was above all else a religious
man, mystical in faith, human and
helpful in practice, and always
charitable to those of us who
could not accept what seemed to
him irresistible.
The lesson of his modest and
almost self-effacive life should not
be lost upon those of us who sur
vive. No seeing eye could have
been fixed upon that pearly sweet
ness and refining countenance
without realizing that the soul
shone through it's "clay carcass"
and we might have guessed that
it could not have been content
there "cabined to abide" His was
truly serene and beautiful spirit
unalloyed by earthly dross, yet
sweetly sympathetic with his
kind.
E. N. V.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTATE OF JOSEPH DEAN,
DECEASED.

ESTATE OF JOSEPH DEAN,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that Let
ters of Administration upon the
Eestate of Joseph Dean, late of
White Clay Creek Hundred, dec
eased, were duly granted unto
Newark Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, on the Eleventh day of
January A. D. 1917, and all per-
sons indebted to the said deceased
are requested to make payment to
the Administrator without delay.
and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required
to exhibit and present the same
duly probated to the said Admin
istrator on or before the Eleventh
day of January A. D. 1918, or abide
by the law in this behalf.
CHARLES B. EVANS, ESQ,
Attorney-at-law,
Wilmington, Del.
NEWARK TRUST AND SAFE
DEPOSIT COMPANY,
Administrator.
FOR SALE-Fresh Cows, nearby spring
ers. Apply to
JAS. SMITH,
Phone lS5-J-2 The Booker Farm,
LIFT
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
FARMING IMPLEMENTS. ETC,

Three Farm Wagons, in good order; .
WhiteOak Hay Riggings, new; l Kemp
Goth Century Manure Spreader, in good
order; l KANT Sowed, | Corn Marker.
l6O-tooth Drag Harrow, l Osborne Cut
away Harrow, l Moving Machine, !
Buckeye Sulky Cultivator, new; Hand
Cultivators, . No. 40 Oliver Flows, new
last spring, l one-horse Oliver Pillow, l
Spring-tooth Harrow, l, 2, 3, 4, and 6
Horse Trees, new last spring; Milk
Dearborn, good as new; / Market Wagon,
good as new; l Corn Shelter, new; |
Surrey, l Rubber Tire York Carriage, |
Steel Tire York Carriage, Horse Cart.
good as new; Shovels, Spades, Hoes, and
Forks, l new Barn Shovel, Maui and
3 Wedges, l Farm Bell, Grind Stone.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
OBITUARY
Continued from Page y
Harriet L. Curtis

Closely following upon the
death of her son, Mrs. Harriet l..
Curtis, widow of Frederick A..
Curtis, died at her home in New
ark on Sunday, January 21st,
from the effects of a severe cold.
Mrs. Curtis was in her 95th year.
The death of her son had not
been made known to her.
Mrs. Curtis, nee Hurd, was
born in Newton Lower Falls,
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
WANTED AT ONCE

Young white woman, Is to 80 years,
for cooking and general work in refined
home at Bellemoor, Del, one of the h, st
suburbs of Wilmington, must have ex-
perience in cooking. Good wages for
satisfactory work. Address
MRS. p. f. STRICKLAND,
l.24-? Box Is Wilmington
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Harry Il. Miller

Harry T. Miller, aged 60 years,
was found asphyxiated by gas, in
his room in a dwelling on East
Third street, Wilmington, early
Monday morning. All indications
are that the death was accidental.
An open book was found on the
floor, with Mr.. Miller's spectacles
nearby. 1t is supposed feeling
drowsy from the effects of the
gas he threw himself upon the
lounge, never to waken. The de-
ceased was an employee at Car
ney's Point. His family lives on
a farm near Lewisville. A daugh-
ter, Miss Anna Miller, Of the Con-
tinental Fibre Office force is we'll
known in Newark.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
81 HEAD CATTLE

Consisting of 10 head of Mich Cows,
Heifers and l bull. This is as nice a
bunch graded cattle as any man owns,
one would have to see them to appreciate
them, we paid over 800 for some of these
COWS. Some Holstein and some graded
Guernsevs.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Anna Margie SWergart

Anna Margie Sweigart, the four
month old daughter of Amos C. and
Assenia Sweigart, died at the home
of her parents, on Chestnut Hill on
Saturday of pneumonia. Funeral
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Hannah Thomas

Hannah Thomas, aged SO years,
died at the Wentworth Home, West
Chester, on Wednesday, January
oath, from general debility. Fun
'eral services will be held from her
home at Kemblesville on Satur-
Gay, January 27. Interment, Red
Clay Creek Cemetery. One son,
Evan Thomas, and a brother
Thomas Bunting, survive.
Mrs. X. A. Sheldrake
Friends in Newark have receiv-
ed the sad news of the death on
Tuesday of Mrs. Kate A. Sheldrake
of Harrington, who spent Christ
mas and the several weeks follow
ing with her granddaughter, Mrs
H. L. Bonham. Mrs. Sheldrake's
death was due to grippe and bron,
chitis.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Want Advertisements
For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Found

FOR SALE-2 lots on Prospect Avenue
$3.50 per foot. Apply
S.9-i FARMERS TRUST Co
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24

WANTED-A young man to take and
deliver orders and help around store.
An experienced person preferred.
1912 VIM. p .WOLJASTON
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
SHOATS

Some nice Shoats, weigh about 50 or
60 pounds.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24

and there she met her husband,
Frederick Curtis, papermaker, Of
the original firm, Curtis & Bro
Their. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis came
to Newark in 1850, where the
family has since resided. Mrs.
Curtis has been an invalid for
several years due to her advanced
age. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday at st. Thomas P. E.
Church, the Rev. Mr.. Haupt be-
ing assisted in the services by
Rev. Mr.. Phelps, former rector.
and Bishop Kinsman.
Five children, Chance o r
Charles M. Curtis, Alfred A. Cur
tbs, Mrs. Annie M. Cooch, Louis
l.. Curtis, and Mrs. Delaware
Clark, and one sister, Mrs. Minot
Curtis, survive.
Henry Thompson
Henry Thompson died on Sun
day, January 21st, at the home of
his son-in-law, Homer w. Booker
of Hillcrest, after weeks i'll
ness, of pneumonia. The deceas-
ed was 50 years of age. Mr..
Thompson was the son of the late
Lewis Thompson, who was at one
time collector of the port of Will
mington and brother of George R.
Thompson, Of Phillips-Thompson
Company and DR.. Hannah M.
Thompson. He was a native Della
awarean having been born in Mill
Creek Hundred in 1847, living
there until 1856 when he moved
to Wilmington.
Mr.. Thompson was prominent
Granger, having been a Master of
the Delaware State Grange and a
member of the Friends Meeting at
Mill Creek. He is survived by a
wife and four children.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24

LOST-On Saturday, between postof-
flee and DR.. Youngs farm, cardcase
containing sum of money. Finder will
receive reward by leaving same at
Box 1s5, postoffice.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
TERMS OF SALE

All sums of 500 or under, cash. all over
that amount credit of 9 months will be
given by purchaser giving bankable
note with approved endorser, interest
added from day of sale, no goods to be
removed until these terms are complied
with.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24

services were held today. Inter
ment at Peach Bottom, Pa.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
II. WILSON PRICE,
SAMUEL s. SLACK.

EUGENE RACINE, Auctioneer.
r. l.. PRICE, Inside Clerk.
j. LEE CANNON, Outside Clerk.
The Ladies of Glasgow M. r. Church
will serve dinner. No other stands al.
lowed
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-24
Public Sale

The undersigned intending to
discontinue farming will positively
sell to the highest bidder their en-
tire stock and farming implements
on farm where we now reside on
stone road leading from Summit
Bridge to Glasgow, l mile west OF
KirkWOOd,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
DIAPEPSIN
FOR INDIGESTION
OR BAD STOMACH
RELIEVES RNgss S, GAS,
HEARTBURN, DYSPEPSIA
IN FIVE MINUTES.

Sour, gassy, upset stomach, indiges.
tton, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the
food you eat ferments into gases and
upsets you; your head aches and you
feel sick and miserable, that's when
you realize the wonderful acid neutral.
izing power in Pape's Diapepsin. 1t
makes all such stomach misery, due to
acidity, vanish in five minutes.
If your stomach is in continuous
revolt-if you can't get it regulated,
please, for your sake, try Papes Dia.
pepsin. It's so needless to have an
acid stomach-make your next meal a
favorite food metal, then take little
Diapepsin. There will not be any dis
tress-eat without fear. It's because
Pape's Diapepsin "really does" sweet
en- out-of-order stomachs that gives
1t its millions of sales annually.
Get large fifty-cent case of Pape's
Diapepsin from any drug store. 1t is
the quickest, surest antacid and stom-
ach relief known. 1t acts almost like
magic-it is a scientific, harmless and
pleasant stomach preparation which
truly belongs in every home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
This Simple La1atiDe
n Household Necessity
Or. cALowELL's SYRUP PEpsIN
SHOULD HAVE A PLACE IN
EVERY HOME.

Constipation, or inaction Of the bow.
IS. condition that nearly every one
experiences with more or less freuuen.
cy, is the direct cause OF much dis.
ease. When the bowels become clog.
ged with refuse from the stomach,
foul gases and poisons are generated,
and unless the congestion is quickly
relieved the system becomes weaken.
ed and most susceptible to attack,
Various remedies to relieve consti.
patton are prescribed, but many OF
these contain cathartic or purgative
agents that are harsh and violent in
thei raction and shock to the system.
The most effective remedy is the com.
bination of simple laxative herbs with
pepsin that is sold in drug stores un.
der the name Of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin.
The Hon. John D. Kelster of Brandy.
wine, W. Va, who has represented his
district in the State Legislature for
six years writes that he uses DR.. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepsin and finds II a
splendid laxative, easy to take and
mild, yet positive in its action, and
that 1t should be in every household
for use when needed.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists in all parts OF the United
States and costs only fifty cents bot.
tie. 1t, contains no opiate or narcotic
drug, does not grippe and is recon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27

There is a nomination blank on the
other page, which counts for 5000
votes when properly filled out and
sent or brought to the Golden Festival
Manager, Room 200 Jacobs Building.
Fill this blank out and send II in, and
the Campaign Manager will be glad
to explain all the little details of this
golden gift of fortune. AS soon as
you have nominated yourself, or been
nominated by friend, you will need
to start saving the vote coupons which
will appear in The West Virginian
your friends and acquaintances to save
these coupons for you. In addition
to these coupons, all paid subscrip-
tions to The West Virginian will count
for votes for you, according to the
schedule printed below.
Ask all the people you know to SUBJ
scribe for The West Virginian with
you, then collect their money right
on the spot, and bring 1t to the Cam
paign Manager and he will give you
votes for It. which will be good any
time during the campaign. The Cam
paign Manager also has at his office
some special receipt books and vote
blanks for your convenience. These
are all free. Call or write and he will
see that you are supplied with all
that you can use to advantage. In
fact, there is not single cent of ex-
pense to you. You can enter and win
the $1,000 in gold without the outlay
of a single penny If you so will 1t.
The rules of the Golden Festival
follow. These rules Will be strictly
enforced:
Rules and Conditions
ANY white man, woman, boy or girl
of good reputation residing in the city
of Fairuont or any outside territory
in which The West Virginian clrcu.
lates or may circulate, may become a
candidate.
No employe of The West virginian
or member of his immediate family
is eligible.
Candidates may nominate them
selves or be nominated. by friends
without any cost.
The name Of a person who places a
candidate in nomination will not be
divulged under any circumstances.
The Campaign Manager reserves the
right to reject any nomination with
out giving any reason for doing so.
Votes are obtained either by being
clipped from The West Virginian or
by procuring paid subscriptions.
Votes cannot be transferred or pur-
chased. They must either be clipped
from The West Virginian or secured
by special ballots issued on paid sub
scriptions.
In the event of typographical er-
ror it is understood that neither The
West Virginian or the Campaign Man.
ager shall be held responsible except
to make the necessary correction on
discovery Of the same.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
A GREAT MEDICINE

That most successful Of all remedies
for womans ailments, Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, owes its
origin to botanic recipe which came
into. the possession of Lydia E. Pink.
ham about fifty years ago.
This recipe had proved so effective
in the practice of skilled physician
that Mrs. Pinkham procured the herbs
and stepped and prepared them in true
old-time fashion on her kitchen stove
for her friends and neighbors who suf-
fered from woman's ailments. The
fame Of the virtues of this wonderful
medicine spread, until it is today rec
ognized as the standard remedy for
woman's ills.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27

subscriptions may be procured any
where. ALI subscriptions must be
paid in order to vote.
Every candidate in the Campaign
has an equal chance of winning either
the $1,000 in gold or the $500 in gold
or any other award on the list. Can.
didates compete only against the can.
dldates in their own district for the
district awards.
In the event Of tie, awards tied
for VIII be divided equally.
The Campaign Manager reserves the
right to make any ruling which may
be, in his opinion, necessary, with
out giving any reason for doing so.
The Campaign Manager reserves the
right to eject any candidate from the
campaign at any time If after be-
ing given due warning such candidates
continues to violate any rules of the
campaign, or to circulate any unbound.
ed rumors which may tend to mislead
the public or the other contestants.
In such case votes will be cancelled.
The Campaign Manager will decide
all questions which may arise during
the course of the campaign and his de.
cision must be final. Candidates in
entering this contest thereby agree
to abide by the rules of the campaign
and all rulings which the Manager
may make.
Any candidate once nominated, and
not wishing to continue In the Golden
Festival must notify the Campaign
Manager in writing within five days
after the first appearance of such
name on the vote list.
No money will be accepted for votes
under any circumstances unless ac.
companied by a bona fide subscrip.
ton to The West Virginian.
The Campaign is now open. 1t will
close Saturday, April 14th, at 6 o'clock
in the evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
Druggists Know a
Good Medicine

Ten years ago we commenced sell.
ing DR.. Kilmer's SwampRoot and dur.
ing our entire experience we cannot re-
call single instance where a customer
was dissatisfied with the results OBJ.
tanned from its use; all Of them speak
in the highest terms. We know Swamp
Root is a splendid preparation else
It would not enjoy such steady, relia-
BILE sale.
Very truly yours,
HENLEY & HENLEY, Druggists.
Henley's Drug Store.
July IS, 1916. Lakeland, Florida.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
HERE'S THE SOLUTION!

Catcher tips Cobb's bat as he hits foul fly which is
caught by first baseman creating an interference
which entities Cobb to first
Cobb is caught mapping off first and thrown out at
second by the pitcher, but the umpire calls bak on
the pitcher, emitting Cobb to second
Cobb attempts to steal third but the shortstop trips
him as he passes causing him to be thrown out by
the catcter, but he is allowed the base on account Of
interference by the shortstop.
The catcher while standing outside lines of his posi-
and touches out Cobb who is attempting to steal home
But by standing outside of his lines the catcher
caused the pitcher to make balk in delivering the
ball and Cobb is permitted to score.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
NO NEED TO
FEAR Badness
Here's a Good Way to Stop Loss OF
Hair and Start New Hair
Growth.

If your hair is falling or thinning
out, don't wait another day, but go to
the Mountain City Drug company and
get bottle of Partisan Sage, the tru.
ly efficient hair grower.
Don't say: TITS the same old story;
I've heard it before" but try bottle
at their risk. They guarantee Pari.
sian Sage to grow hair, to stop falling
hair, to cure dandruff and stop scalp
itch, or money back.
Partisan Sage contains Just the ele.
ments needed to properly invigorate
and nourish the hair roots. It's O
prime fayorite with discriminating Ia.
dies because 1t makes the hair soft,
bright, and appear twice as abundant.
Partisan Sage Is inexpensive and
easily ohtainable at all drug stores.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27

mended as a family laxative, mild
enough for the tiniest baby. yet sui.
ficiently powerful to act easily on the
strongest constitution.
To avoid limitations and ineffective
substitutes be sure to get Or. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepsin. See that fac.
smile of DR.. Caldwell's signature and
his portrait appear on the yellow car.
ton in which the bottle is packed. A
trial bottle free of charge can be oh.
tanned by writing to DR.. W. B. Caldwell
ass Washington St, Monticello, I'LL.
nois.