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Putnam patriot., 1919-05-30
A SOCIAL EVENING

Geosvenor-D -Dale-A Victory May basket was hung last Friday evening
Putnam patriot., 1919-05-30

Others will need something you have and don't need Advertise it in the Want ad column
Putnam patriot., 1919-05-30

to Miss Della Hebert by her friends of Grosvenor- Dale, The guests were; Misses Clara and Eva Hebert. Aurea and Belle Picard. Catherine and An nette LaPosta. Rose and Emma Bourque, Ella Premond, Nina Leo of Grosvenor- Dale, Eva and Rosa Ghoin- iere of Webster, Henry Hebert, Leo and John Gibson, AXel and David Swanson, Leone1 Porrier, Adrien Du- quette of Grosvenor- Dale, and Ro- saire Rivard of Putnam.
 During the evening games were played and refreshments served
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Indians Were First pentIstsa

Why do Americans have the best
teeth in the world7 Why did the dam
dified kaiser insist on an American
dentist? The Indians taught us.
DR.. Marshall H. Saville of Colum-
bus university digs into ruins, discov-
ers: Long before Columbus was born.
even fifteen hundred years ago, the
Aztecs had perfected dentistry to an
art. They filed cavities, made crowns
and bridge work. Aztec dudes had
conspicuous holes in their teeth filled
with gold or turquoises-as perfect fit
ting a job as you could get today.
They left records showing that they
even used coca, from which cocaine
is extracted. as local anesthetic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
TYPlFIES TRIALS OF ISRAEL
"The Only Kid" Song Story In Pass.
over Services, Believed to Have
That Significance.

Some, commentators say that THE
House That Jack Built" Is only a
Jingle taken from Chad Gadyoh," or
"The Only Kid" a nursery doggerel,
which later became Jewish legend,
observes the Detroit News. 1t has
found Its way into the "Hagodah," the
Jewish. book used the first two nights
of the passover service Of the Jewish
people. After the service is over and
the dinner eaten, the father sings
aloud, 'sThe Only Kid" with his chill
dren following him. Then he trans
lates it into English or Yiddish for
those Of the family who do not under
stand Hebrew.
'"The Only Kid" tells Of a kid eat
en- by cat; Of a dog which bit the
cat; Of stick that smote the dog
Of fire that burnedl the stick Then
it tells of water that extinguished the
fire J; Of an OK that drank the water;
of a butcher who killed the OK of the
angel of death who killed the butcher,
and finally of God who killed the
angel. The legend is,supposed to rep
resent Israers trials, with Israel cast
as 'The Only Kid" and the butcher,
the cat. dog, fire and the stick as his
tormentors. who are in turn killed by
God.
'The Only Kid" has swing and lit
to 1t resembling 1.-THE House That Jack
Built" which gives rise to the belief
that the latter is copied from it. Some
say the Jewish legend is an old Ger
man ballad sprung from a French
song.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

At last Is found a scientific weather
forecaster who candidly confesses
that he knows no more about any
weather that is to come, or indeed that
has passed, than the man in the moon.
This unprecedented winter, with
almost no snow in the city, and hard
ly any cold. is In sharp contrast with
last winter when the mercury regis
tered, in December, Is below. This
only shows, he says, that extremes
follow each other sometimes" AS
for figuring future weather, he says
there are two ways to calculate; one is
that the average will be kept good;
the other is that 1t will not be. IF
the first half has been above the av-
.erage. 1t is likely those same condi-
lions will continue for an indefinite
period hence, II is probable that the
second half will also, be above the
average; one conclusion is exactly OPP
posite to. the other and one Is just
as reliable as the other" There you
have the confession and repentance
full and complete.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

The woman driver brought her car
into the service station. my brakes
don't seem to stop the car at ALL" she
said. ST wish you would see If you
can tell me what is the matter.
can't push the pedal down very far,
but the brakes don't work"
The service manager called a man
and had him look at the brakes and
he discovered very common trouble
the owner had been neglectIng to
Oil two small rods that act as pivot
for the brake mechanism. AS a result
they were rusted or frozen" together
solid "Your brakes are frozen, Mrs.
JONES'" said tie service manager eff
you will leave the car In the shop we
can fix 1t up for you in an hour or so"
my brakes are frozen upw ex-
claimed the owner. II can understand
how the radiator can freeze in Decem-
Der. but am utterly at loss to I'M
derstand how brakes can freeze In
Junei"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Wouldn't Do at All.

Gerry had an unreasonable fear OF
dogs. Thinking to cure him of this his
father decided to get one for him. Ger.
ry didn't much like the idea, but new.
ertheless he was greatly excited when
his father telephoned the new pei
would arrive at noon. Visions of the
butchers collie that had tried to scrape
acquaintance with him, and Of the
Newfoundland puppy belonging to 9
cousin filled his mind, so that when
his father arrived Gerry nearly fell
headlong down the stairs In his eager.
ness to see his new playmate. When
his father produced from a small bas-
ket stubby-tailed Boston bull, Gerry
eyed 1t fearfully. then said with a
pout, THAT amt no kind of a dawg
TO have, how'm gonna tell when he
amt gonna bite7 want dawg with q
long wagP
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Early Indian Agriculture.

When the white men frst arrived In
this country they found an aboriginal
population mainly sedentary and agri-
cultural The Indians were mostly
farmers, peacefully disposed and dwell
ing In villages. Predatory and unscrupu-
lous. after the manner of his kind, the
intruding Caucasian drove them to war
and forced them to adopt rowing and
unsettled mode of existence.
Corn was their principal crop-a ce-
real unknown to Europe How ex-
tensively they grew it may be judged
from the fact that In 1885 the British
destroyed 1900 acres Of maize plant
ed by the Senecas.
The Indians Of pre-Columbian days
pursued agriculture on cooperative
plan. Large fields Of corn were made
up of hundreds of individual fields.
The squaws stirred the fruitful earth
and planted the Grain. At harvest
time the men and boys helped to gath
er the ripe ears.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
And MilrOy sat down to enjoy the
spectacle.
Wouldn't Stand for 1t.

By way of providing q little exer-
else for It's hundreds of girl employees,
officers of the ordnance corps in
Washington arranged last summer a
series of daily military drills for the
fair young war workers. 1t was a
great success until girl, who hadn't
left her dignity behind when she went
to the capital from Peoria, protested
to a group Of her mates that she
hadn't given all to the government
when 1t needed her, just to be in-
suited.
''Pm lady," she said, land don't
propose to stand In line out there and
have anybody-even if he is an officer
and has a gold bar on his shoulder
call me fresh names. Pm surprised
that you girls stand it,
why, what's the matter, EthelY'
one of her surprised friends demand
ed. Il was with you all afternoon,
and I didn't see a thing out of the
way. Everything was perfectly love
ly."
"Lovelyl" Ethel cried. Lovely
Didn't you hear that lieutenant stand
there and yell Squads rightr and
Squads leftr every few minutes2 No
body can call me a squad and gel
away with itl"-San Francisco Chron
tcle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

A Massachusetts paper has this
"reminiscences of the poet Longfellow,
story which he related himself:
"One of the many visitors who came
to his house rushed up to him with
the exclamation, Mr.. Longfellow, ]
have long desired the honor of know.
ing you, sir. / am one of the few
men who have read your "Evange-
hne."' And another minor bard who
was visiting him, noticing the hand
some trees on his place, said, Z see,
Mr.. Longfellow, that you have many
handsome trees. love trees! conde-
scendingly. In telling of this incident
Mr.. Longfellow remarked, 1t was as
If the man gave a certificate TO all the
neighboring vegetation An English
visitor, without letters of introduc.
ton, gave the following embarrassed
excuse for his visit: is this Mr.. Long
fellow? Well, sir, as you have no
ruins in your country / thought
thought would call to see YOU"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
GIpsY Vocabulary.

Some curious and interesting infor-
nation regarding gipsies is to be
found in an old book dated 1916. 1t
mentions a report freely circulated
at that time, that member of the
English parliament had stated to the
house of commons that there were no
less than $4,000 gipsies in Great Brit
ain. 1t gives a vocabulary of many
of their words. They call the sun
"chum," the moon "chun." bread and
butter "kalmaro," drink levin dag
jukou," beer "limbar," old day "shll
dewes," silver "dupe," hot day "tal
dewes," and night "raut." At that
time, it is stated. not one gypsy In a
thousand could read.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Mystery Of Rain UNEXPLAINED.

The mysteries of rain are not vet
cleared away. The forces of electric
ity, of magnetism, of radio activity, of
ultra violet light and all the other
agencies which may cOllaborate In the
production of a downpour of rain are
very obscure.
We know from Holy Writ that the
wind bloweth where 1t listeth. Moth
ing whatever can be more expressive
Of the capricious and lawless char
acter of the wind And wind and rain
come together: and the changes of
temperature make what we call
weather. In the South Sea Islands the
natives have no word which means
weather as the atmospheric cOndi-
lions never change. The vast ma
jority Of human beings are In contrast
and amending conflict with the wealth
err. Hence the universal interest In
its causes, whether the noise and the
smoke of battle fields or the ashes
from volcanoes or from the changes
Of temperature produced by vast con-
fiagrations, such as are witnesses.
when a city Is consumed In flames.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Euture Of arlredu Nations.

The recuperative powers of nations
is great'beyond belief, and hope is ever
present as long as the spark of vitality
is left. The same superhuman effort
that was put forward~to repel the in
vader Will again be, exerted to remedy
the damage that has been done; only
there must be a breathing space be-
tween effort, and in that space lies the
greatest danger. This danger, how
ever, is more imaginary than real, and
whatever means are resorted to by the
population to deaden the effect Of this
reactive period, it soon pals and the
sober minds of the populace again at.
tain the Observation-Disclosures Maga
zine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

II one visits the rose fields Of Bull
garia In the early hours of a June
morning he will find the peasant folk
busy gathering roses. Everyone who
can goes to the fields to pick roses.
The picturesque costumes amid the
blooms Of roses look very beautiful to
one standing on hilltop overlooking
the sea Of flowers.
The roses are gathered while the
dew is still fresh upon them. because
the roses yield more altar If gathered
before the heat Of the sun dries out
the leaves. AS the baskets are filled
with open and half-open buds and
blossoms they are taken to the dlstil-
lery nearby, where the altar Is dis
tiled.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

Brown rats are increasing so rapid
ly In rural England that they have
become plague and the board Of ag-
riculture is preparing for a campaign
against the rapacious rodent I'M
mense loss Of wheat has been caused
by the rats. In some districts un-
threshed stacks have been riddled
with rat runs and are almost fallen
in. 1t Is estimated that a grown rat
can eat two ounces of wheat a day
and spoil much more.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

"Randy!" She held her hands
against her breast, the tears binding
her, as she, stumbled out of the pines
to face him, and Randy covered the
last lap on the homestretch in quicker
time than he ever had any march
abroad.
Thought I'd get here in time" he
said finally, releasing her and holding
her away so he could see her face
. dad wrote me you were going to
marry Tuck, and the blame letter fol.
lowed me around till it hit me finally
just as we were leaving the last hos.
pital."
"Why did he tell me you were
deadp
Maybe he thought so," Randy
grinned happily. 81 found out how to
play 'possum good many years ago
tell him."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
EXPLAINING COLOR OF SNOW
Red and Green Shades Are Produced
by the Presence Of Organisms
OF SeaWeed Family.

Snow has beth a fora and a fauna.
The fora includes the tiny organisms
Of the seaweed family, which com
monty produce the phenomenon Of
red snow" Each Of these plants"
is spherical cell. about a thousanth
Of an inch In diameter. These cells
multiply rapidly by the simple proc
ess Of splitting up to form new cells,
and the latter are at first equipped
with whiplike appendages which en-
able them to swim in water. Red
snow Is not uncommon in the polar
regions and on high mountains. Large
tracts Of SCREEN snow" produced by
another minute plant were found by
the Charcot antarctic expedition.
But there are also humble forms of
animal life that give snow red color.
Patches OF snow Redeemed with n
microscopic rotifer. OF wheel-animal-
Guile. have been found in the Alps and
the Andes. NJ. Gain of the Charcot
expedition found snow redeemed with
mites or tiny spiders.
In Germany the term "snow worm"
is applied to the larva Of beetle
often found in the snow, says a writer
in the Scientific American. Many
species Of insect are commonly found
on glaciers. The most abundant Of
these are the springtails, which hop
like miniature fleas or wriggle deity.
Mr. f. f. Matthes of the United
States geological survey has recently
described some curious worms that
abound on the lower parts of the
Mount Rainier glacier. They aresdark
brown, slender and about an inch In
length On favorable days In July and
August millions and millions of them
may be found writhing on the surface
of the ice, evidently breeding there
and feeding on organic matter blown
upon the glacier In the form of dust
$50 essential to their existence says
Mr.. Matthes, rs the chill of the Ice
that they enter several inches, and
sometimes many feet, below the sur
face on days when the sun is particu-
larry hot, reappearing late In the aft
ernoon."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Practice ., Laying cornerstones.


At the northeast corner of the Great
Pyramid of Cheops is stone bigger
and more symmetrically cut than any
other in that gigantic structure. 1t is
supposed to have been meant as a
cornerstone"
The practice OF laying cornerstones
for important buildings is certainly
very ancient, and many very old ones
have yielded most interesting relics
coins, documents, etc.-placed within
them evidently as memorials likely
to be instructive to subsequent gen.
erations.
The Great Pyramid which was de-
signed as tomb for a monarch, was
expected to endure forever, and so its
cornerstone could not have been ex-
pected to contain any such memora.
bilia
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
His Future Brother.

A widower, who was minister and
father of small son Of nine, married
a widow with boy about the same
age as his own son. The two boys
acted as pages at the wedding. AS the
boys were going down the church aisle
the guests were convulsed on hearing
the minister's son say to his future
brother: "You wait till we get outside
and I'll lick you'll"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Tricks Of Watches.

Watches are tricky things in peace
time, writes a correspondent. and war
time seems to have made them trickier
than ever.
The universally of the wrist watch
has led to some queer discoveries. l
know an officer, for instance, on whose
wrist no watch will WORK properly; the
same watches, transferred to another
soldiers wrist, regain their composure
and keep time.
In another instance the same watch
will persistently gain on one mans
wrast and as persistently lose on an
othor's.-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
NOTICE or srr,LEM rNr
By Aa Carter

ESTATE o. JOHN GLADING
Notice is hereby given that the account
q tne subscriber administrators of Jultn
Sladlng deceased, late of the .wssunty uf
burlington, will be audited and stated Nv
the Surrogate and reported for settlement
an9 allowance to the Orphans Com 1,f
SAID county at a session to be held an ~.
fourth day OF September, 1919.
RENA CLIFF
rosovh r.. AdministraIssx
July % 1919
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
NorloE or sErrLeMENr

ESTATE OF GRACE WATKINS Lock wo, -
Notice is hereby given that the fiaal uc.
count OF the subscriber, administrator az
Grace watkins Lockwood, deceased IaI. ~
Inc county OF Burlington, Will be audited
and stated by the Surrogate and repolltd
Ior settlement and allowance TO the or
phans Court of said county at session Ia
De ned on the eighteenth day OF SEM, m.
Der, 1919. ~ ="
FRANCIS w. LOCK WOOD
Dean s. Renwfck, Proctor. Adnainistra.ar
August II 1918
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Not Guilty.

G. o. Ito prisoner)--You are charged
with doing bodily harm to Corporal
Muggins by throwing bayonet at him.
What have you to say?
Prisoner-Pm not guilty, sir. FL
missed him.-London Opinion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Its Fate.

Sometimes / am tempted to believe
that as far as dignity is concerned,
legislative bodies have not a rag left"
"Oh, yes, they have; they're chewing
It."
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24

of Agriculture authority over stock
running on the open range with power
to enforce regulations requiring the
feeding and proper care of such ami
mails.
The Colorado State Dairymen's As
sociation is asked to instruct its board
of directors to formulate a petition to
the Colorado State Legislature for the
enactment of legislation providing for
the inspection of herds and for in
IDENTITIES for animals condemned on
account of tuberculosis.
After rcciting the fact that the
economic, industrial and social condi-
tions of the country are unsettled, and
that there ere elements of society
which are anarchistic and destructive,
the congress passed the following re-
solution:
eve stand for the enforcement of
the law. We desire conservative, con-
structive, and impartial legislation.
We stand for an honest days labor
and for a honest days pay for an
honest days labor. We endorse the
watchword of General Wood, Steady"
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24
The Blue and Khaki Unite

Veterans of the U. S. Grant Post
No. 327, G. A. r., Brooklyn, N. Y,
have passed resolutions favoring af-
filiation with Calvary Post of the
American Legion. This is a splendid
spirit, which should be emulated thru
out the country. Let youth and age
clasp hands. The veterans OF the Civil
war saved the Union from disruption;
the veterans of the World war saved
the Nation and the world from sub
lection to the Hun. Both Of them will
prove formidable in opposing the sub
lection of this great Republic to a
super government functioning in
Europe. Both of them can do much
to help this country get rid, and stay
rid, of hermaphroditic administration.
1t is that which the nation most de-
sires.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24
No pietation for Linroot

After Senator Irvine L. Lenroot had
answered charges made by Senator o.
w. Underwood against the Republi-
can Congress, in a recent tilt upon the
floor of the Senate, Mr.. Underwood
said: 81 wish to assure the Senator
from Wisconsin with whom l have
been associated for many years, that
my intelligence runs along different
line from his on that subject"
Mr.. Lenroot answered: "Well, mine
does not run in a groove made for me
by the President of the United States"
Wherein Senator Lenroot told the
whole story Of the majority of the
Democratic Senators who have been
and still ere, nothing but puppets for
the Administration head now sitting in
the White House.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24
FARMERS CONGRESS PASSES
H. C. l.. RESOLUTIONS-COAL
BEETS AND MEAT MENTIONED
X endick- X enyon Bill is Endorsed
Mine Operators Charged With Over
Charging Farmers-Better Open
Range Stock Conditions Requested
State Board of Agriculture and Ag-
ricultural College Thanked.

The Colorado Farmers Congress,
at the Colorado Agricultural College
at Fort Collins, Friday, December 18.
passed resolutions protesting the price
of coal charged the farmer at the
mines, endorsing the Kendrick-Kenyon
bill providing for federal regulation of
the meat packing industry, adopting
the scale for the payment of sugar
beets passed by the Mountain States
Beet Growers Association, condemn
ing the Booth Fincher bill now before
the state Legislature.
The resolution referring to the rIice
of coal declares that farmers are be
ing charged in many districts of Cello
RADIO, S. per ton for coal at the mine
while the minimum charge set by The
fuel administrators is S4.62 per ton.
The resolutions urged Colorado SEN
ators and congressman to support the
Kendrick-Kenyon bill.
The proposed scale for the payment
of sugar beets provides a price of $40
per ton for beets when sugar sells at
81 wholesale at the seaboard, ana for
an additional S1.50 per ton for each
s1.00 per hundred increase on sugar
above 81.
According to one of the resolutions,
2,246,000 head of cattle and 1,695, 900
sheep and other food animals were lost
last year on the open rang" from lack
of shelter and from starvation. This
amounts to over IL pounds for every
man, woman, and child, in the United
States. A resolution was passed en-
dorsing a bill now before congress,
giving the United States Department
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24
Good-by, DobbIn,

Figures compiled by the New York
sanitary bureau OF the department Of
health and reported by Harry T. Gard
ner. secretary of the Automobile Deal
ers' association, show a great decrease
In the number OF stables, and. natural
ly. In the numbers OF horses occupying
them. In 1917 there were 108, 8,036
horses. The most recent figures show
q shrinkage Of 80 1856 horses. Chicago,
too. shows a falling of In the reg
istration of horse-drawn vehicles un-
der the wheel tax law. In the four
years ended MAY l, this year. the num-
ber of such vehicles decreased from
1852 to 32,4s9. This diminution of
about "a per cent compared with New
FORKS failing on OF about so per cent.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-24
WASHINGTON NOTES
Society Note

Aleck Berkman and Emmy Goldman
have had arrangements made for them
to spend the winter season in Russia
where they will take an active part
in the social whirl of the basbleu of
bolshevism. At the hour of embark
ing they had not set date for their
return to America. Emmy is said to
have expressed sorrow that she could
not be accompanied ON her trip by her
dear friend, Fred Howe" and large
number of Federal officials who es-
corted Emmy and AFeck to the deck
of their steamship expressed similar
regret. Fred, being something of a
favorite of President Wilson, has de-
cided to stay at home and watch the
red revel" of 1920. He may secure
rest and retirement a little later.