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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
TOO GREAT A RISK.
Washington's Pensioner Dreaded the
Matrimonial Yoke.

One of the recipients OF Washington's
bounty was his old neighbor Captain
John Posey. PoSey sold Washington
not only his Ferry farm. but also his
claim to western lands. He became
financially embarrasselS-in fact, ruin
ed; his family were scattered, and he
made frequent applications to Wash
ington for advice and assistance.
Washington helped to educate a son,
st. Lawrence, who had been reduced
10 the hard eSpedient of tending bar in
u tavern. and Ia also kept daughter,
Milly. at Mount Vernon as a sort of
companion TO Mrs. Washington. The
captain once wrote the following de-
lightful letter. which is quoted by Paul
Leland Haworth In George Washing
ton, Farmer"
IL could (havel been able TO (havel
Satisfied all my old Arrears. some
months AGoe. by marrying (anl old
widow woman in this County. She
has large SONS ,ofi cash 10y her and
Prittey good LIST. Sue Is as thick as
she is Highland sits drunk at Least
three or tuure ttimesi a weak which l.
DiSagrcable t. me has Niiiant Sper-
rit when Drunk its been tai great Dis
pute I'm my mind what to Doe.-l be-
leave | shu'd Run all Resks-if my
Last wife had been tam Even TEN
perd woman. but her Sperrit. h1s
Given me such ,ai shock that am
AFRAID 10 Run the ReSk again"
Evidently the captain did not hnd a
way out OF his troubles 10y the matri
monial route. for somewhat later he
was In jail at Queenstown. presumably
for debt. and we find in one Of Wash
ingtons cash memorandum books un-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09

Gas is to be used in St. Adams Church
for heating.
The Centredale Worsted Mills are very
busy with orders. I.
"The Two Orphans" will hold a dance
in Broey's Hall this evening.
Philip Sweet has taken the position OF
janitor at the Fruit Hill School.
Miss Violet Sloane has been assistant
teacher at the Fruit Hill School.
A bazaar for the benefit of st. Lawrence
Church will be held Oh February 10th,
18TH and 10Th.
Martin Parichan of Manchester, N. ii ,
an expert shoe repairer, has taken posi-
tion with James Fogarty.
w. G. Vinal OF the Rhode Island State
Normal School, gave an address at the
North Providence School Teachers Meet
ing last Friday evening. After the meet
ing lunch was served.
Among the speakers, who will give ad.
dresses at the North Providence Schools on
Lincoln Day are: Judge Frank Hammill,
Hon. David J. White, James F. McCarty,
Esq, and Hon. William G Troy.
A regular meeting of the North Provi-
dence Town Council was held Monday
afternoon. Petit jurors were drawn and
considerable routine bushes was transact
ed. The consideration claim of Mrs.
Gallagher against the town was continued
until the next meeting, The r. |. Com
pany were given permission to construct a
"loop" on Charles Street
The Hot Water Bottle Club, the new
social club the original name Of which
has occasioned more or less comment, held
a meeting and supper on Tuesday evening
in Boy Scouts Hall. At the business
meeting, the following officers were elected:
President, IL. A. Fenner; Vice President,
Daniel McIver; Secretary, Louis Sweet;
Treasurer, J. J. Lister. After the meet
ing, the sixteen "choice spirits" present,
sat down to a turkey supper that would
make Roman epicure turn green with
envy. This club starts out with fair skies
and fat treasury. 1t will hold a meeting
with gastronomic accompaniment every
month.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
HIS CONSIDERATE WIFE.
II Is Too Bad That We Can't Hear Her
Side Of the Story.

she never abuses us to outsiders.
When she is talking to other women
she pretends that she doesn't care for
the things she actually needs.
Il am ashamed" she says to us-"1
am ashamed for them To know how you
treat me. No other man would allow
his wife to wear the clothes that l
have to wear. Other men tell their
wives to buy things, but if i waited for
you to tell me to buy something for
myself wouldn't have a new dress be
tween now and doomsday.
"And yet l tell people that you urge
me to buy things. l know l will have
TO answer for ii, but do it on 9ccoUnt
Of the children. l don't want them to
be humiliated by growing up m com
nuuity where people know how their
mother Is treated. Yes, that Is all l
have heard since l married-debts,
debts. debts. don't know what in the
world you would find TO talk about If
you were out OF debt.
II could write To my people to get
money to buy the things l need, but
am ashamed To let them know what
you are. No, you can't see it-you
can't see anything.
Il just wish you would point TO one
thing ! have bought this season-just
point to one thing have bought. oh,
yes. that suit-that suit is all YOU can
think about. I guess you wish hadn't
bought Ii. guess you wish I didn't
have anything at all to wear.
"Yes, bought pair Of eight dollar
shoes, but did you want me To 20 bare
footed? You wouldn't care II did. IL
there were any shame I'm you. you
wouldn't treat me the way you do.
"What about that hat? Yes, that's
what say-what about Il? Ought 1
to have gone without hat? That
is Just the way YOU always are-when
try to say word about anything you
call attention to everything l ever have
bought. ir hurts you so much for me
to buy anything that you never quit
thinking about it-never quit wishing 1
had done without. There isn't another
woman
Claude Collan In Fort Worth Star
DolAUa&
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
THORNTON.

William Aitchison has a new touring car.
James II. Hogan is expected home this
week from a stay in Florida.
1t is understood that Postmaster Charles
Holroyd has new touring car.
Lincoln Day exercises will be held on
Monday at the Thornton School.
George Price, IS4s Westminster Street,
has good assortment of radiator covers.
Town Clerk S. K. Luther is able to at
tend to his duties again, after his recent
illness.
Pasco Taylor has taken position with
the J. Fred Gibson Company of Provi-
dence.
A regular eetng of the Johnston Town
Council will b. held this afternoon at the
Town Clerks office.
The Thornton Branch of the British
Relief Association held meeting Mon
day evening. Collections for the previous
week amounted to S3o.so, total collections
$463r.75.
The Thornton Volunteer Fire Company's
new board of management consists Of
Presdent-William Smith; Treasurer
James A. Wilson; Secretary-William S.
Wood; James Maxwell, Percy tiarwood
and A. Sheldrick. The auditors are Will
liam G. Gill and James Maxwell.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Power of the President.

In time OF war the president OF the
United States IL actually dictator
There IL nothing theoretical about his
place or his powers He is commander
in chief Of the army and navy. The
members OF his cabinet are responsible
to him personally. not to congress.
None o. them may be removed without
his consent except by Impeachment.
Moreover. he can suspend the writ Of
habeas corpus and perform all the 9th
er functions Of dictator except order
grants OF money. That is the only real
cheek upon his powers. and 1t Is a
heck that can he exercised only at the
peril of the nation. New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
SOUTHERN DIALECT.
And the vanishing Y" Sound Dear to
the Old Time Virainian.


Southerners have told me that they
can tell from what part Of the south
D person comes by his speech, just as
noi therner can distinguish by the same
signs New EDglander. New Yorker,
n middle westerner and a Brooklynite.
cannot pretent to have become an au-
thority upon southern dialect, but it Is
obvious to me that the speech of New
Orleans Is unlike that of Charleston
and that of Charleston unlike that of
Virginia. The English of Charleston
seems to me to be about the purest
English spoken in this country. 1t has
few traces Of what we call the south
ern accent, resembling, rather. the pro-
nunciation Of an Irishman educated
from boyhood in England, yet retain
ing the faint trace Of brogue.
The chief characteristic OF the Vir-
ginian dialect Is the famous and fas-
cinating localism which Professor G.
Alphonso Smith has called the vanish
ing "a sound which causes words
like "car" and garden" to be pro-
1ounced "cyar" and "gyarden." l am
told that In years gone by the vanish
Ing Y" was common to all Virginians.
but though II Is still common enough
among members of the old generation
and is used also by some young people
particularly, fancy. young ladies.
who realize its fetching quality-there
can be no doubt that it Is, in both
senses, vanishing and that not half
the Virginians of the present day pro-
nounce Cigar" as "segyar," carpet" as
"cya'pet' and Garter" as "Cyahtah."
In Virginia and many other parts of
the south one hears such words as
aunt correctly pronounced with the
broad a. and such words as tube" and
new" properly given the full u sound
Qnstead of "toobe" and moo" as In
some parts of the north; but, on the
other hand, while the south gives the
short sound IN such words as "log"
and fog 1t invariably calls a dog a
''dawg." "Your" Is commonly pro-
nounced "yore," "sure" as "shore" and
"to' as toe
Inc soutn also uses the word carry
In way that strikes northerners as
strange. II a southerner offers to "car
ry you to the station or over his plan
tation, he does not mean that he in.
tends to transport you on his back, but
that he will take you. If he carries
you to the run" you will find that the
"run" is what northerners call a creek,
If to the branch" that is what we call
a brOok.-Iulian Street in Golfers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
NOTE THE BREEDING PENS.
Select Only Thrifty Hens and the
Sturdiest Males In the Flock.

The farm flock either improves or de-
teriorates from year to year accord
ing to the attention given to the mat
ing which precedes the laying OF the
eggs used for Matching, says Bet
ter Farming. Now Is the time to note
the breeding pens for Matching eggs In
February. Make the final selections
and keep only the strongest, thriftiest
hens. To these mate the sturdiest.
most lusty, best bodied ROSTERS.
All improved stock returns to the
normal or mediocre unless one con-
stantly breeds up and up. There IL
no standstill The flock either goes
forward or backward I'm strength. 1t
might as wen get better. To insure
that requires only little attention to
he mating. Do 1t now. Pick out
your breeding stock and watch the re
suits I'm the next crop Of chicks. No
work on the farm will pay better than
the few hours spent In mating up the
breeding pens.
See that the layers are receiving a
good laying ration, supplying plenty OF
protein, green feed and oyster shell.
This is the time to feed the surplus
vegetables that are stored away In the
cellar. A cabbage head suspended by
strings "a couple of feet from the floor
will be relished by the hens. BE sure
you are giving them plenty Of exercise.
Clean up the incubator and get 1t In
running order. 1t might be advisable
to run trial hatch before the season
opens.
There Is always some new equip
ment, such as bIOoders and feed hop
pers, and this is the time to order all
such supplies.
Have you considered any addition
to your poultry yard? A small trial
with ducks, geese, turkeys, capOns or
pigeons may prove profitable.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
GIANT WOLVES OF THE SEA.
Savage Killer Whales Swim In Ranks,
Like Trained Soldiers.

The killer whale usually travels and
hunts in schools or packs of from
three TO a dozen or more individuals.
Unlike most whales. the members OF
these schools do not travel in q strag-
Cling Sparty. but swim side by side.
their movements as regularly timed as
those Of soldiers. \ regularly spaced
row of advancing long black fins swift
ly cutting the unlulating surface Of
the sea produces a singularly sinister
effect. The evil impression is well JUS
tilted. since killers are the most savage
and remorSeess of whales. The jaws
are armed with rows OF effective teeth.
with which the animals attack and de-
YOUR seals and porpoises and even de-
stroy some Of the larger whales.
Killers are like giant wolves of the
sea, and their feroCity strikes terror to
other warm r!Ooded inha bitants Of the
deep. The Eskimos of the Alaskan
coast of Bering sea consider killers as
actual wolves in sea form. They be-
lieve that in the early days, when the
world was young and men and animals
COulu CuuHSt lnClI lOl III at vii.
wolves often went to the edge Of the
shore ice and changed to killer whales.
and the killers returned to the edge OF
the ice and came out as wolves. to 60
ravening over the land. Some Of the
natives assure one that even today ceR.
tain wolves and killers and still en-
dowed with this power and on account
of their malignant character are much !
feared by hunters.
Killers are known to swallow small
seals and porpoises entire and attack
large whales by tearing away their
heshy lips and tongues. When attack
ing large prey they work in packs,
with all the unity and fierceness of so
many wolves. - National Geographic |
Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
BRIT0N AND TURK.
A Surprise, Fair Fight and the Way
the Battle Ended.

There Is story Of Gallipoli that
deals with fight In the open and ex-
hibits the "unspeakable" Turk as fair
and worthy enemy. This Is the story:
A young English officer, doing OBJ
servatlon work alone. was suddenly
confronted by Turkish officer, SINH
larly engaged. The Turk was as sur
prised as the Briton, but came for
ward. revolver in hand. The English.
man had no revolver. He stood his
ground. his hands In the large pockets
of his tunic
Seeing that his adversary was un-
armed, the Turk, much to the surprise
of the Briton, threw down his gun and
put up his fists in approved prize ring
style. The Englishman put himself
on guard, and the next moment the
Turk flung himself upon him, and the
pair began TO fight desperately.
The men were about the same age,
the same weight and had equal knowl-
edge Of the art Of boxing. They
fought without stopping for about ten
minutes. BY that time each was fair
ly exhausted. and they paused for u
brief rest, only to continue their little
private accounting when they had
found their breath Round after round
the fight went on. while out In the
gulf OF Saros the ships fired auto
matically. and back of each Of them
the field artillery Numbered. Neither
seemed to be able to get any decisive
advantage over the other, and at last
Turk and Englishman rolled over on
the ground and laughed and laughed.
Just then the Englishman's hand
touched something. 1t was the Turks
pistol. lie picked 1t up and handed II
to his enemy. The two young men
shook hands. and each returned to his
OWL, ,lipes.-New York Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
GEORGIA OWNED A SLAVE.
The State Acquired a Negro Hero and
Treated Him Generously.

Treated Him Generously.
The state Of Georgia was at one time
the owner of slave. Whether or not
any other state ever owned a slave or
slaves is not known, but certainly It Is
highly probable that no other state
ever owned q slave and a railroad ut
the same time and worked them to-
owned by Georgia.
The negro's name was Ransom, later
called Ransom Montgomery by reason
of the fact that before he was acquired
by the state he was owned by man
named III. B. Y. Montgomery. He was
purchased outright by the state through
an act Of the legislature of 1S49 for
having saved the Western and Allan
tic railroad bridge over the Chatta-
hoochee river from destruction by fire
and later was placed upon salary
under the supervision Of the principal
engineer" of the Western and Atlantic
railroad.
Subsequently. when the war was
over, Ransom. now free man, was
again remembered by the state. AL
though the state was practically bank
rupt, an act Of the general assembly.
approved Aug 3, 1868, authorized the
superintendent of the state road to pay
to Ransom from the treasury Of the
road the sum OF $5G2.50 and also to
provide him with home during the
rest OF his life.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
FRUIT HILL

Alfred J. Rose has new Chalmers tour.
ing car.
MIR. and Mrs. Stewart have new Frank
lin touring car.
Mrs Charles T. Dawley, who has been
quite i'll, is considerably improved
Mrs. William +. Allison is confined to
her home by illness. She is attended by
DIR. Rose.
The Harriet Newell Guild met with
Mrs. Charles Titus on Wednesday. Plans
are being perfected FOR an Easter Sale for
the benefit Of the church fund.
Mr.and Mrs William X. Angel left
this week for Washington, ID. C, after
spending few days. They will go to
Palm Beach for several weeks stay.
The All Right Whist Club met on Tues
day evening at the residence of Mrs.
Frank Levers. A very pleasant time was
enjoyed. The following were the prize
winners: Mrs. IIasset, Miss Gladys Lew
ers, Mr.. Il. Hansen, Mr.. Senior and Mr..
Frank Pearce. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. Senior on Tuesday evening.
The Fruit Hill Women's Club held a
very successful whist on Tuesday afternoon
at the home Of Mrs. 6. w. Parrott. Eight
tables were in the play. Prizes we're won
whist by Mrs. Charles Atteridge, MISS.
III. Greene and Mrs. Ashworth. In bridge
by Mrs. William Denby, Mrs. Arthur
Magee and Mrs. +. T.. Wattles. Mrs.
Parrott was assisted by her daughter, Miss
Lillian Parrott and Mrs. Roy Willis. The
club will hold it's next mtsiipg with Mrs
William Dumican.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
GRANITEVILLE.

A new house for the occupancy of thu
crossing tender has been placed at the
Centerdale Railroad Crossing.
A minstrel show will be given at Fire
mems Hall on Friday evening, February
10th by the Alpha Theta Fraternity of ST.
Peters Church, Manton.
Miss Sarah Dyer Barnes gave talk on
"The Public School" before the Granite
Vile improvement Association last Thurs
day evening. The meeting was held in
Firemen's Hall,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
The Inconsiderata Mice.

A more kind hearted and ingenious
soul never lived than Aunt Betsey. but
she was a poor housekeeper On one
occasion a neighbor who had run In for
"back door" call was Mortified to see
mouse run across Aunt Betsey's s
kitchen floor why on earth don't
YOU set trap. Betsy" she asked.
We'll" replied Aunt Betsey. II did
have trap set. But land, 1t was such
fuss! Those mice kept getting into
it.-Youth's Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
The Sailors Psalm.

How many people-landsmen, ut all
events-are aware that one of the
Psalms Is often called the sailors
psalm?
1t is, of course, Psalm evil, wherein
occur the beautiful and familiar words,
"They that go down to the sea In ships,
that do business In great waters
these see the works OF the Lord and
his wonders I'm the deep"
The psalm is usually read as part of
the simple services which take place on
Sundays on ships at sea. For that rea-
Loudon Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Monster Anchors.

The old style anchor-eXcept as the
pictured symbol of hope-is fast pass
Ing away The modern anchor Is made
has no stock" has ball and socket
joints and fits closely against the side
IF the ship when slowed. Those for
our largest warships weigh 10000
pounds apiece
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Bell Tones.

The peculiar magic In the tones Of
bell is due to its striking not a sin
gle note, but a chord, and to obtain
the perfect octave entails an immense
amount Of calculation as well as skill.
The bell caster, therefore. has to be
not a mere mechanic. but u highly
trained specialist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Butternut Dye.

Butternut Guglans cinerea was for.
merly valuable dye material. Ii
usually is colored brown. but the
shades coull be varied. The "Confed-
crate jeans" the cloth much used for
uniforms H. tennessee and Kentucky
during the war between the states.
was dyed with the bark Of this tree.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
The Receptive Mood.

Yeast How does your wife like her
new uri-hbori
CriiG.uubCak oh. she likes her
O. why that woman repeats every
thing sic hears"
Yes. that's why my wife likes her"
-YOnkers Statesman
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Literary Punishment.

MA. when I came In last night I
'ound Emily devouring'a novel"
"And this morning she was eating a
,ereaL "-Ba Baltimore American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
Natural Command.

what did the surgeop do when he
started to vaccinate the regiment?"
III suppose he ordered them to pre-
sent arms. "-Baltimore American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
His Little Joke.

"How'd you like pair OF police
mans shoes?"
I'm afraid they'd pinch me-" an.
swered the wayfarer. with a grim
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09

der date OF oct. 10, 1913, by Charity
given Captn Posey. four pounds" One
of the sons later settled in Indiana.
and Posey county is named after him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09
The Plnw.

Emperor Shun Nung Of China In.
vented the plow and introduced agri-
culture and medical science In 100
&c.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-09

II Is easier TO find a thousand ~.
csuib than Que general.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-05
MRS. SMITH ACQUITTED
FREED ON FIRST BALLOT OF
NUMBERING HUSBAND
Airs. Smith Thanks Jurors Who Send
Her to Home and Little Girl as
Sobs Almost Choke Voice.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Dcnver.-Freedom on the first ba.
lot. That was the verdict OF the
twelve men who decided that Stella
Newton Smith did the right thns
when she shot John Lawrence Smith
to death in her home, 1910 Montvicw
boulevard. on the morning of Jan. l3.
Nor did 1t take the jury long to
come to its decision. Within few
minutes Of the time that it went to
the jury-room there came n knock on
the door, which led to its opening,
and the subsequent reading Of the YER
dict which gave to smiling, yet
sobbing woman. the happiness of free.
dom. outside the court room, where
men and women had gathered to re.
cciVe the news OF the verdict. there
were cheers and hand-clapping rs the
news passed to them. Within. there
were tears Of JOY and the sobs of hys.
terical women as they crowded about
the almost hystcrical Mrs. smith to
congratulate her upon her acQuittal.
Mrs. Smith sat as one craven for n
second, the features OF her face dead
and still. Then the muscles worked
Historically. A laugh and sob joined
themselves in her throat. And then,
her attorneys follow .ng her, she
rushed forward to clasp the hands OF
the jurymen and thank them for their
verdict.
Il can't tell you how grateful am"
she sobbed. Il just cant tell YOU
you've made me happy again. can
60 home now, home to my little girl"
Then the whole forward part OF tho
jury room filled with surging mass
of people. all Of them anxious to touch
the hand OF the woman who had been
freed. all Of them struggling to tell
her that they were glad and that the
Jury had given a just verdict.