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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26
First pub Mch. 3l-last May Sew
Summons
state Of Wisconsin. in Circuit Court for Villas

State Of Wisconsin. In Circuit Court for Villas
County.
Walter w. Caskey. Plaintiff
Ruby Roxey Caslzey. Defendant.
state OF Wisconsin Ia the said defendants:
You are hereby Summoned to appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons.
exclusive ~ the day Of service. a..d defend
the above entitled action In the court afore.
said. aud In case OF your failure so To do.
Judgment VIII be rendered against YOU ac-
cOrdng 10 the demand OF the complaint.
Gro. +. OCONNoK. PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
Post once address. Eagle kver. Villas county.
Wisconsin
n. B-Summone md complaint m the
above entitled action are now Gu hle la the
once Of the clerk Of the circuit court tor Villas
county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26
State Line News.

willard Curtis was taken 10 Pelican
Monday night in = hurried trip TO the
doctor. willard had Just returned
from . business trip 10 Ashland and
other points when be felt sickly and
after futile efforts % obtain relief he
decided to auto 70 Rhinelander and
then 10 Pelican. Il was found he
was suffering from ptOmaine poison
ing. tie Is reported doing very nicely
now but il will be . week yet ere be
can take up duties again.
Blanch Erwin. the depot ticket clerk
left for Eagle River for q weeks yaea-
ton.
Chas. Gudegast. engineer for the
Curtis company. who has been resid-
ing Il Phleps. moved his household
goods and family mere last Thursday
and j. now occupying house At Don
aldson until such time one car be
built for him At the camp. His arriv-
81 10 this town was = very suspicious
one and came near being q sad one.
After having loaded the first load
from the car the team became fright
ened and ran away. Chas. attempted
% hold the horses aud at the same
time keep the articles from tipping
OF. but the team got beyond control
and ere short distance had been COW
cred had attained great speed. The
swaying Of the wagon soon threw the
contents out and with them went
Charles. lie was picked up in dag
ed condition aud suffered slight in
juries TO his wrist aud hack. The
team was caught near Donaldson by
John Knobla snd brought back.
l.. W. Barber left Wednesday for
Chicago on = weeks business trip.
The summer home 81 x. n. Slaugh-
ter has now been equipped with the
new electric light system. Peter La
Chance has had his plant installed
aud is all ready 10 light up as soon as
the engine arrives. G. A. Bent has
started installation Of his plant and
IL will be but a short time before his
resort will be among the leaders in
the lighting respect IS well as IN all
other respects.
Mrs X. r. Lamont arrived Friday
for q weekend visit at her Westby
farm home. IL will be several weeks
yet ere she arrives for her customary
summer stay.
Id LaChance left for Milwaukee
Thursday to Join his wife who pre-
ceded him = few days. Mrs. Ed. La
Chance Is in search cf medical treat
ment for an illness Of long standing
ID. NJ. Carroll came up from Chica-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26
To R.novate Old OIL PAINTINGS.

When old oil paintings have be
come dark and cracked they may be
made TO look like new by the follow
ing process, says the Illustrated
World: Pour alcohol In a dish and
put the picture over II. face down
ward. The fumes of the alcohol dis
solve the paint OF the picture, the
cracks close up and the color becomes
more fresh. Caution is absolutely
necessary. as the paint may become
so soft as to run together. thus spoil
Ing the whole picture.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26

An investigation of the South AZ
rlcan disease known as lamziekte. or
lame sickness. suggests that II IS due
TO a special plant poison that Is gen
Grated under abnormal conditions In
grasses or other plants that are nor
mally harmless. It's development seems
TO be associated with unusual weather
and soil experiences of which sum
mer drought Is important. Through
such conditions. whiting would favor
the formation OF the poison. and this
explains the common belief that the
disease results from eating wilted
plants.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Deardorf
finished their overland trip from
Kansas City to Eagle River
Monday evening. making the
journey in four DAYS. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dearborn are here for the
summer at their home on Cat
FISH lake near The Everett.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-05-26
Plum Lake
Pavilion
Dance
June 9th
Caring for Food Chopper.

NY food chopper always left two
dark. ugly marks ON the drainboard
when used Il. Finally / reSorted TO
adhesive plaster. covered the
CLAIMS with small strips OF the adj
hesive plaster. and | find that II not
only prevents the marks. but stands
any amount OF washing. - Good
Housekeeping.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

ly written sheets Of paper. one OF
which started out with Dear JEAN"
"That's enough" he said, as he blew
out the light and left the shed. "I'm
not reading my pals love letters. It's
bad blunder, but my forgetfulness
has saved the situation. 1t would have
been a scream if the editor of Forest
Trail had received this manuscript
And wonder how Jean liked the poem"
He walked back toward the shack.
"I'll give it to Hub in the morning."
he thought, but after he had gone to
bed he got to turning it over in his
mind, with the result that early the
next day he hiked to Sheffield. Enter
ing the railroad station, which also
served as a telegraph office, he busted
himself with a yellow blank. After
spelling two blanks, he handed one to
the operator.
The message he had written was ad-
dressed to Jean Pembroke, at certain
address in st. Paul, and it said:
"Will you marry me in May2 Must
know before the new year starts. Don't
answer if you refuse. Hubert"
"pm a meddler as well as a forger,"
thought AL as he retraced his steps
toward camp after loading up with to-
bacco.
Shortly after the engineers had fin
ished supper a knock sounded on the
door and when Hubert opened 1t man
fiourished a telegram In his face. HUI
bert signed for 1t, opened it and read
while AL got very busy with the T.
squares and the compass and the TRAN
giles.
Not word was said about the tele-
gram during the entire evening. Both
men busted themselves with their
drafting for an hour or two, then got
out books and read, waiting for the
new year to dawn.
The only timepiece in the shack was
an alarm clock, and this had been set
to ring out the old year.
Shortly before the hour approached,
Hubert seated himself at his desk and
became active with writing materials
AL kept one Of his eyes on his book
and chuckled softly, while the other
surreptitiously watched Hubert.
Presently the clock tangled the mid
night hour.
Happy New Year, Hub" called AL.
"How are you starting it?'
Hubert continued scratching with the
pen.
"None of your copfounded business I"
he growled, without looking up.
Al laughed aloud.
"I'll hand you that five tomorrow"
announced Hubert, as he started on
the eleventh page.
"Never again." mimicked AL.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
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the new year? And what did you
swear off, if l may ask AGAIN."
Hubert borrowed another match and
relighted his pipe, on which he had
neglected to draw.
81 swore off on ever associating with
or writing to any girl any more in my
whole life-and I'm going to stick to
it." he said firmly.
AL burst out laughing.
at can't be DONE" he asserted. 81
have five dollars in my pocket that
says you'll break that resolution with
in week."
"Tll take you. I'm against gambling,
but this is a sure thing. 1 tell you
never again."
Hubert retired early and was tossing
and tumbling among the blankets,
when Al stole softly from the shack
and made his way to shed where the
engineers supplies and surveying i'm
plements were stored.
Lighting a lantern he seated him
self on box Of groceries, and then
grinning somewhat ruefully, produced
letter from a pocket of his coat.
"Can you beat it?" he unused. IT
clean forgot to mail that poem, and 1
never would have thought of it again
if he hadn't mentioned it. Wonder If
the Forest Trail Magazine suffered for
want Of it? / guess not, though, for
Hub is always sending out such stuff
and getting it back. But I wonder-I
wonder"
He looked curiously at the address
on the envelope.
Editorial Department, Forest Trail
Magazine, New York." he read. "That's
the address all right, but this is rather
bulky for poem"
He brought a claspknife from his
trousers and opened it.
maybe this. isn't just right" he
said, "but something tells me all is not
as it should be-"
He hesitated only moment, then slit
the envelope, disclosing several close
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
is old FESTIVAL
New Year Celebrations and oh.
servances Are of Most
Obscure Origin.

va YER since some forgotten
~ savage astrologer came to a
rough conclusion regarding the
length and nature of the di-
vision of time we call "a year." the
passing of one twelve-month period
and the coming of another has been
the occasion for celebrations, prayers
and the observance of countless
strange customs. Every race, no mat
ter how crude and inaccurate it's meth
cd of calculation, has had a year of
sorts and has made it's passing an
event in the life Of the people.
The big dinners held in every hotel
and many homes on New Years eve
are symbolic, though the diners hardly
pause to wonder what is the reality
behind the symbolism, recently OBJ
served a writer in the Boston Globe.
The ringing of the bells, the watch
services in churches and houses, the
gifts-are all relics of customs so old
that there is, perhaps, no man who can
say with certainty just how or why
they came into existence.
Probably Oldest Festival.
For the New Years festival is as
much older than the Christian holiday
which precedes it as the Unborn human
instinct to worship something is older
than the religion of the Carpenter of
Nazareth. Christianity has merely
adopted the New Years festival.
The ancient Romans made Of it a
general holiday, with sacrifices to
Janus Of the Two-Faces, and gifts and
visits. The gift custom seems to be
universal and is observed to some ex-
tent today.
The old Persians had a custom
which would have been much appreci-
ated just now They gave their friends
eggs. Presumably, for the custom was
widespread among all classes, tire
price of those was much lower in an
cient Iran than in modern America.
In France the custom of New Years
gifts has survived longer than in any
other European nation. The druids of
Britain presented their friends with
branches of sacred mistletoe.
Frowned On at First.
The early Christian church rather
frowned on New Years observances,
probably because of the ancient Rom
an rites connected with 1t and with
the saturnalia which preceded it. It's
first mention as a feast in Christian
literature is in Canon II Of council
which met In Tours in SGT. Later IT
became a recognized festival in the
Catholic and Episcopal churches.
In England and Scotland the festival
has been observed to an extent equaled
in few other countries. II was called
"Hogmanay" in Scotland and was the
great national holiday. 1t was for
merly attended by celebration which
an old writer says "bears In the IL
cense and boisterous merriment q
most unmistakable resemblance to its
ancient pagan namesake. The epithet
of the Daft (mad) days applied to
the season of the New Year indicates
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

very expressively the uproarious jovi-
atty which characterized the period
in question"
What Does Hogmanay Mean7
Just what the term ''Hogmanay''
means is uncertain. 1t is said to be a
corruption of "Homme est me- Ga man
is born)' referring to the birth of
Christ. More plausible theories are
first: that is Is derived from the old
Scandinavian word "Hoggu-nott" ap-
piled to the night before the Feast of
Yule, and second, that it is from EAU
gui menez" Ito the mistletoe go), re-
ferring to the druidical ceremony of
gathering the plant.
One of the Oldest most picturesque
and certainly the best known custom
was the "Wassail. This phrase, which
Is supposed to come from the Saxon
expression ito your health" is famil-
lar to modern carol singers.
spiced Ale a Feature.
The head of the household, just be-
fore midnight, assembled his family
around a bowl Of spiced ale from
which, as the clock struck IL, he
drank the health Of each. He then
passed it to the rest, who drank in
turn-not a custom which would rec
ommend itself to the board of health
during the influenza troubles.
A general handshaking followed the
drinking of the toasts, after which
all sang gravely:
Weel may we a. be.
Ill may we never see.
Here's to the king
And the guide companie.
The whole family then started out
we'll provided with ale, buns, bread
and cheese to visit their neighbors.
If they met another party on similar
errand they exchanged drinks from
their ale kettles. Reaching the house
of a neighbor, they entered with
shouted good wishes. If they were the
first to enter since midnight they had
the first footing" and as such mus
give cakes or cheese and ale to every
person in the visited house.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

w VERY first of January that we
arrive at is an imaginary mile
~ stone on the turnpike track of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
kkTNHAT settles it. Never
SV again."
d Hubert Blackjack jerk

s. Hubert Blackjack jerk
ed open a drawer of
the decrepit, wabbly, wooden struc-
ture that served as his desk and
took from 1t packet of letters bound
with a piece of string. He ran them
over casually, somewhat despondently,
with thumb, and gazed abstractedly
through small space in the window
pane that had, through some neglect,
escaped the coat Of grease with which
the remainder of the glass was bur-
dened.
A forest of white met his eyes-a
pretty picture from a purely scenic
standpoint, but not inspiring to one
who had been living in the midst of
1t for two months and faced three more
before seeing civilization again.
Happy New Year." said AL Stuart,
looking up from his drawing-board, T.
square and compass, and scratching
his ear with right-triangle.
Hubert favored him with a glare
rose to his feet and administered two
kicks, one of which closed the desk
/ drawer, while the other sent the chair
beneath the desk.
A few steps took him to a box stove
/ that was glowing and cracking. He
changed open the door, balanced the
letters in his hand, as though weigh
ing the justice of his deed, and hurled
the packet into the blaze that reached
for it.
"Never again." he reiterated, as he
directed one more kick and closed the
stove.
Lovely evening" observed Al, as he
laid aside the tools and lighted pipe.
whats all this 'never-againing' I
hear? Are you making a New Years
resolutionY
you've hit it," was Hubert's re-
Spouse, as he borrowed some tobacco
and a match from his friend and pro-
ceeded to cooperate in the process of
smudging the room.
Pipes make men closer friends and
tend to pry open the covers that hide
the secrets of their hearts, especially
when there is sorrow connected with
the need of consolation. Moreover, the
two months spent in each others So
ciety had welded a chain of friendship
between these two men that was firm,
and already they had exchanged some
condolences.
"It's an alluring future" said HUI
bert. believe me, when we get this
old railroad mapped out-which prob
ably will take about three months more
you can see me shaking the Dust
mean the snow-of the Washington
woods from my feet and beating it
for-well, I dunno, but I guess I'll
make it Hongkong."
$50 she turned you down." was AIS
comment as he watched a ring of
smoke soar ceilingward. "After all
these months she has gone back on
you. And how loyal you have been to
her! Never once have you looked at
another woman. OF course, there
haven't been any around to look at,
but just the same you haven't. Well,
unbosom yourself"
"There isn't much to It," Hubert told
him. II wrote her, asking if she'd
marry me when I got out of here. I
told her if she couldn't accept me she
! needn't answer at all. Well, it's been
a month, and haven't heard, so that's
my answer. And she's had my letter
three weeks. 1t only takes few days
to get mail to st. Paul."
"Sure you mailed it7" inquired AL.
"No question about it. I remember
distinctly reading her address on the
letter when dropped it in the box
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

at the Sheffield post office after walk
ing the necessary two miles for the ex-
press purpose of satisfying myself
there was no hitch in the proceeding
of proposing by mail. had two let
tiers to mail, the other one being that
poem wrote for the Forest Trail Mag
azine. I forgot the letter containing
the poem and gave it to you to mail
the next day. Remember"
AL gave a slight start at this, opened
his mouth to speak, bit his lip and re-
NAMED silent for moment.
Sand so you swore OFF," he finally
said. "Why can't you wait until mid
night tomorrow, when we can usher IN
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

upon the coming HalloWeen's eve"
There were also curious dramas
which groups of masquers performed.
They were generally given in the
kitchens of the great house." but
often the family as we'll as the serv-
ants were present. Sir Walter Scott
insisted on having New Years play
in his home every year.
Seeing the Old Year Out.
In some cities of this country it
used to be the custom to fire off can.
non and muskets. The ringing of bells
Is result of the religious side of New
Years. After the midnight services
were started the ringing of the church
bells followed as natural sequence
and was intended to remind absent
members of the congregation that the
year was passing.
Many superstitions are connected
with New Years day in all lands. In
Hartfordshire, England, the peasants
believed that if woman was the first
person to enter the house on the first
day of the year the whole twelve
months would be unlucky. 1t was sup
posed to be unlucky to meet lame or
blind man, monkey, a weasel or a
cat.
Odd Christening Custom.
In the north of England, if a child
was chriStened on New Years day a
little boy was engaged to meet the
baby as it was taken from it's home, so
as to avoid the possibility of meeting
woman first. The boy received a
cake and cheese wrapped in paper, for
his services.
And so when you hear the bells ring
out this year. whether you hear them
from your bed, "a pew in some church,
an easy chair by smoldering fire or
a chair at a restaurant table, don't
think that what you are doing is any
thing new. You are watching a year
die and hoping or praying for the year
which is just born.
And back through the ages, through
a thousand generations men and wom-
en- have done the same and left some
trace Of themselves in some half-for-
gotten custom as you may do, quite
unconsciously, when 1920 makes its
bow to the world
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08

W. YER since some forgotten
H. savage astrologer came to a
" rough conclusion regarding the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
UPON THE THRESHOLD

~ NOE more we stand with
M N half-reluctant feet
q Upon the threshold OF
W another year;
That line where Past and Present
seem to meet
In stronger contrast than they do
elsewhere.
Look back moment. Does the pros
pect please,
Or does the weary heart but sigh
regret7
Can Recollection smile, or, i'll at ease
With what is past, wish only to for
get?
Say, canst thou smile when Memory's
lingering gaze
Once more recalls the dying year to
sight?
Wouldst thou live DER again those
changing days,
Or bid them fade forever into
night?
A solemn question, and the faltering
heart
Scarce dare say eyes," yet will not
quite say NO;
For Joy and sadness both have played
their part
In making up the tale of 'long ago"
Here Memory sees the golden SUM-
light CLEAN
Across the path of life and shine
awhile;
And now the picture changes like a
dream,
And sorrow dims the eyes and kills
the smile.
So-it has gone-where all has gone
before;
The moaning wind has sung the
dead years dirge, .-.
Times waves roll on against the
crunbling shore, .,
And sinks the WORKOUT bark be-
meath the surge.
Here ends the checkered page OF
prose and verse,
Of shapely words and lines writ all
awry,
There they must stand for better or
for worse;
So shut the book and bid the year
good-by!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
New Years Eve Mosques.

Mosques in which the youngsters
took part were often given on New
Years eve. An old writer says of the
performance: For this purpose they
don old shirts belonging to their ia
theirs and mount mitre-shaped casques
of brown paper. Attached to this is
sheet of the same paper which, falling
down in front, covers the whole face
except where holes are made to let
through the point of the nose and af-
ford sight to the eyes and breath to
the mouth. Each Is, like knight of
old, attended by a sort of humble
squire, who assumes the habiliments Of
a girl with an old woman's cap and a
broom stick and is styled Bessie
Bessie goes before her principal
opens all the doors at which he
pleases to exert singing powers and
busies herself during the time of the
song with sweeping the floor with her
broomstick or in playing any other
antic that she thinks may amuse the
indwellers. The common reward for
this entertainment is halfpenny, but
many churlish persons fall upon the
unfortunate guisers (masqueraders)
and beat them out Of the house. Let
such persons, however, keep a good
watch upon their cabbage gardens
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
And Keep Ii Up.
New Year

Start the cheering up process icy
the new year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-08
NEW. YEARS. Gifts
English Monarchs Practically Ex-
torted "Offerings" From
Their Subjects.
~ ~ ENRY, vi is probably the first
- English-speaking ruler to
n make capital out Of New


- English-speaking ruler to
make capital out Of New
Years gifts. During the
reign of Elizabeth the custom rose to
its greatest extravaganza. The Virgin
Queen, who apparently never lost an
opportunity for extracting money from
her subjects, practically ordered an
astonishing collection of gorgeous
presents of all kinds. The donors
ranged from the highest officers of
state down to the very street cleaners
Sums of money, costly ornaments,
caskets studded with jewels, neck
laces, bracelets, gowns, looklng-glass-
es, fans and curiosities from the new
ly discovered continents Of North and
South America were among the pres
ents.
TESTERS Greed Costly.
Another story of New Years gifts
concerns Archy Armstrong, a court
jester of Charles /, which appears in
"The Banquet Of Jests," printed in
1884. Archy was given a few gold
pieces by a certain nobleman from
whom he expected larger gift. He
turned them over discontentedIy in his
hand, muttering that they were too
light.
The nobleman, who would undoubt-
eddy have made a success in modern
business, remarked: "Prithee, then,
Archy, let me see them again; and, by
the way, there is one of them which I
would be loath to part with" Archy,
expecting a larger gift, returned them
to the nobleman, who pocketed them,
saying calmly: 81 once gave money
into the hands of fool who had not
the wit to keep it,"