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REDTOP

The Misses Inga Rec and Josie
Nicholson autoed to Isle on Friday
evening.
c. G. Haggberg was an Isle visitor
on Friday evening
The Briggs family are enjoying a
visit from relatives.
Andrew Hanson left on Tuesday
for the Dakota harvest fields.
Melvin Nicholson of Wahkon spent
Sunday with his parents here.
The young people of town spent
Sunday at the lake at Isle.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Haggberg and
son visited relatives at Opstead on
Sunday
Hans Bredeson of South Dakota is
visiting friends here this week.
Emmett Anderson, who has been
visiting at the Kalberg home the past
few weeks, returning to Minneapolis
this week.
Mrs. Ole Danielson and Mrs. Matt
Mathinson returned from Moose Lake
on Tuesday.
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good things to eat. After the ball
game, in which Baldwin beat Brick
ton-14 to Z, everyone was served
with generous dish of ice cream.
The next meeting will be held at Grin
Hetrick's on Thursday night, August
&c. The men are to serve the re-
freshments. Let's go and see what
kind of cooks they are.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Terry Nichols on Tuesday morn
ing, August II.
Miss Moore, the nurse at Foster
Lowell's, was called away on Monday
in Montana
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BLUE HILL

Mrs. Matt johnson has spent the
past two weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Bake, at Lisbon, N. D. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bake are the proud parents OF
a daughter, born August l. Mrs.
johnson is expected home the first OF
this week.
Sunday school next Sunday at 2 p.
m. and church services at by Rev.
Clark.
Mrs. A. Lagerberg will entertain
the Ladies' Aid society on Thursday
afternoon, August 26. Please remem-
Der the date-August 26. 1t was
postponed one day on account OF the
Mile Laos county 1air closing on
Wednesday.
Row Schurrer has returned home
from South Dakota, where he went
early in the spring to work. lie
worked all through harvest before re-
turning home.
Bernard Jones, wife and family OF
Greenbush visited Sunday at the
Charles Croft home.
Frances Willard Of Minneapolis is
visiting at the home of her uncle, G..
A. Ross, this week.
G. A. Ross, wife, Donald, Eloise and
niece. Francis Willard, visited on Sun
day at the Otto Borneke home.
John Lind's father, mother and sis
ter of Minneapolis came for visit at
the home of their son before moving
back to their old home at Rolfe, Iowa.
Mr.. Lind and daughter have left
for their home in Iowa, but Mrs. Lind
will remain for a longer visit at the
home of her son.
Arthur Borneke, wife and children,
visited with Mrs. Bornekc's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington, Of Prince
ton township, and Mrs. Fred Borneke
accompanied them to Princeton and
spent the day with her daughter, Mrs.
Odin Odegard.
John Olson and wife gave a sur
prise party for Mrs. Van Kleek and
daughter on Friday evening before
leaving for their home in Duluth All
enjoyed the evening together.
Miss Clara Anderson and. brother,
Isaac, returned to Duluth last week.
Clara teaches in one of the schools of
Duluth and it is her brothers last
wear in hiph school
Otto Borneke, wife and daughter,
Ethel, and Fred Borneke, autoed to
Mankato last Tuesday. They reached
their mothers bedside before she
passed away on Thursday She
had been in poor health for a number
Of years. She was very pleasant
lady to meet. Fred Borneke and fam
lily and Otto Borneke and family have
the sympathy Of their many friends
and neighbors.
Mrs. Odin Odegard stayed with her
mother, Mrs. Borneke, last week.
Fred Borneke, Otto Borneke and
wife and daughter, returned home on
Saturday afternoon, after attending
the funeral of their mother.
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visit at the homes of his father and

visit at the homes of his father and
brother.
Rudolph Haggberg has completed
the job of saving lumber on the An
drew Gould place at Opstead.
The young ladies of town have been
camping at the lake at Isle the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Haggberg and
son autoed to Malmo on Tuesday even
ing.
The Misses Arlene Walberg, Josie
Nicholson and Rudolph Haggberg at
tended the dance at Isle on Saturday
evening.
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BALDWIN

Mrs. Charles Whitney is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Townsend.
Mrs. Thos. Hanney was at home over
Sunday.
The Farmers club picnic at Henry
Young's on Sunday was very well at
tended. The tables were laden with
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(Too late for last week.

(lOO late Tor last week.
Mrs. c. G. Haggberg attended the
Ladies Aid meeting at the Omberg
home in Isle on Thursday.
A special school meeting was held at
the school house on Wednesday even
ing for, the purpose of voting on the
length of the school term. It was
voted to have eight months of school.
John Haggberg and L. A. Matter Of
Isle transacted business in town on
Friday. '"'~'
O. P. Oquist and son, Sam, visited
in Isle on Sunday.
Sam Oquist arrived on Friday for a
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were undergoing so this made his
words even moro Of a compliment:
The immediate causes of the
American Revolution were altoget her
unforeseen and improbable. II came
- a surprise upon the world and men
were obliged tD conclude either that
The force Of Great Britain was i'll d.
rcct"d or that no invading army in
he present enlightened period can be
successful where the people are tolcr-
ably united"
The Trumbull picture Of Washing
ton was painted from sketches made
while Trumbull was with Washing on
at Valley Forge as "A lieutenant in his
army and is REGARDED as the best
painting showing The great Washing
ton IS an Army officer
Made \ Park
For many years Valley Forge was n
doSolatc looking place, as some of the
wood of the barracks was used for
fireWood by tho people who resided in
tho village, The other huts Crumoled
away and it was not until 1898 that
the State of Pennsylvania appointed a
sct of commissioners ITO acquire.
maintain and preserve forever the
Revolutionary Camp Ground at Valley
Forge for the free enjoyment of the
people Of the state" This commits
sion purchased AS acres of the orig
nal camping ground and converted it
into Valley Forge Park containing
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Born In Farmhouse

He vas born in d modest Virginia
farmhouse, which was burned three
years later HIS parents then moved
10 plantation on the Rappahannock,
across he river from Frederlcksbulg,
where he spent his early boyhood and
went 10 little school kept ny the
sexton OF he parish. an old fellow
named Hobby who was addicted 10
getting drunk occasionally.
When he WIS len years o.d his
father died OF gout of the stomach ;
but, luckily for him, he Was thereupon
taken in charge by nalf-brother,
Lawrence, his fathers son by an earli-
er marriage, Lawrence sent him 10 a
better school, where he made a fair
Acquaintance with the three RS.
Little known OF Boyish History
Very little Is known about Washing
ton as a boy, beyond the fact that he
was tall for his age, athletic, and could
run faster and jump further than any
of his schoolmates. AS man, he was
the best jumper in all Virginia.
1t may he presumed that he was
much like other boys, and in no way
resembling the picture OF him drawn
by the Rev. n. l.. Wcems, VINO pub
lished in 1903 "A book (now extremely
rare), descriptive of Washington in
his early youth This book contains
the original Of the cherry tree story,
which almost undoubtedly was zig
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ment of Weems' fertile imagination,
Weems describes himself on the title
pase as En- Rector of Mount Vernon
Parish. But There never was such a
parish, and Weems was naught but an
Iunerant parsou, who seems to have
picked up all the facts he could find
about Washington after The latters
deInlse, and, where there we're blanks,
10 nave hlIcd them in with fiction. lie
CITES no other authority for the
'cherr% tree Yam than an unnamed
lady well acquainted with he family
al Mount Vernon"
In earlier days it wa. deemed req
uiSlte that the hero of any book for
boys should be miracle of all the
virtues ANA an eNcruciaung prlg. Rollo
IS good example; so likewise are
Santord and Merton. But. when it
came 10 pious prisgishness the i'm
mortal George, as pictured by Weems.
was in class by himself.
Not only would he not fight" says
Weems, but he would not allow his
schoolfellows 30 engage in isticuffs.
III he could not soothe their savage
passions by argument, he would in
Stantly so 10 the master and inform
MN or their barbarous intentions. The
boys were often angry with George for
this"
Angry one might rather think so.
But what would have been the feel
lnSs Of Washington himself II nc had
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husband three years earlier, and. after
brief courtship, he married her. She
brought hun q fortune OF 100000 and
more than 100 slaves.
Mount Vernon
Tho Mount Vernon mansion. when
he inherited il, was what was known
in those days as a "four-room house"
which meant that it had that many
rooms on the ground floor. Not until
after the Revolution did Washington
add two winGs--a banquet hall" at
one end, and a library at the other.
The kitchen Gas may be seen today)
was detached, but connected with the
main structure.
Thus improved, it was a very fine
house; but we of today would regard
1t as most uncomfortable place to
live in. To begin with there was no
plumbing. All tho water. for drinking
and washing, had TO be drawn from a
well and brought into the house in
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lived 10 read this account. by which
he was made ont to have been tell.
tale and a sneak?
Washington, in later life, had a
temper that was on occasions fairly
ungoVernable, Presumably as a hoy
ne had The same weakness: and +,
seems altogether likely that. like other
boys, he fought now and then.
'Such trif1ing play as marbles and
tops he never could abide" writes
Parson Weems. OF course. not. He
lacked the time for those idle pursuits.
being engaged in cultivating the VIZ
tues so dear TO the normal youth. Not
only did he not tell lies, but, according
10 the Parson. he could not.
Inhcrits Fortune
His half-brolhcr Lawrencr. was
overtaken by n.unIption. ana the
doctors. in the hope of saving his life
by change of climate. sent him to
Rarbadoes There George (who ac-
COM panied him) WAS taken sick with
which according 10 Weems)
rather improved ms looks than 9th
erwise." i, is certain that he shaved /
the marks Of the disease 10 the end /
Of his life.
Lawrence died. leaving to George |
Mount vernon and a good deal of .
other property. Thus the young man. |
then twenty years OF age. found him ,
self suddenly elevated into a position
of affluence.
The Mount Vernon estate. as we
know it today, is of no great size. As
inherited by Washington from his
brother. it comprised number OF
farms and. with lands that he bought
and added to It, the property covered
an area OF moro than twelve square
miles. II was. in fact, OF baronial
size: and, worked by over 600 slaves.
IL WAS eclf-suppori produc,nc
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tho farmers 81 designated places and
buy such mcagcr supplies A. they were
able 10 bring.
During the winter "a large number
OF priaonerS were gathered into camp
and frequent naes of truce parties
went 20 Philadelphia 10 obtain surh
supplies for them as the British might
choose TO send
Washington seems TO have had d
marked preference icr foreign officers
curing This campaign and this caused
many heart burnnes among the
American officer. ItoWcyer. Wash
lncton's attitude Of diplomatic good
viii toward the Frerchm1a turned
out justification of his GOOD sense
Washiuston'S kndncs.
throughout the entire Valley Force
Campaign Washington was always
KIND to his mon ana never allowed thl
second lioutenants" too much liberty.
ON ono occasion ono Of these was d.
rcctine IN awkward squad in erecting
hut. 1t was very cold and snowlrr
hard and washington cnvclopcd in a.
great coat. cap and muller WAS stand
ing no. far away watching. one OF
the men Let a log drop and Instantly
the young officer let forth = vollcy of
oaths. GO slow, young man, il IL
very cold" he said. This seemed to
rufi1e the officer. And who are you.
pray, that you should NEEDLE in my
AFFAIRS he replied insolently. Then
came the answer: II am George Wash
ington. Commandor-in- Chief of the
United States Army, and | order your
arrest"
It is safe 10 say that Noung officers
were much moro lcnient in their treat 20
ment Of the men later. All through
the Revolutionary War there were in
stances Of this kind for while Wash
lncton was a strict disCiplInarlan he
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9oluler VIII ieIl YOU mat ms more
'H'n scllun, Is The nncnoiony OF war
en- "heh comforts abound, hu' WIN
",lIenlai Army fhere was u .''e
, ,',o "nu 'oe men we're generally ocS-
'"'o "i proper c'othlhe tof every
.".nS "aa worn out with use.
'e'ourCc" NJ INC country were
l"''e 70 the prob'en ana as win
~ "''d"ced INC Holulers ny nnnurc'9
"''p'ieo 70 stay n 'nc'r NUS
''~ ~ 'hc'' Se'ni-ndNenneS5' M''F
WIZ WITHOUT &hoeF.
Heroic Men
Washington tried in every cav 70
obtain supplies and creorcd Tho ,,or
1S hcsi he Cou,1 b,,4 c-.r r.,
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! pals There was. of course, no CEN
| trail heating plant. Stoves were un-
| known; and no means existed for
heating the room except open fires. in
which logs were burned.
There was not even a range or other
stove in the kitchen. where all the
cooking was done in a huge open fire.
place, which may be viewed by any
casual visitor TO this day, with its
crane" hooks for the suspension Of
pots etc. The house was lighted by
whale-oil lamps and candles of tallow
nodded on the place.
Washington was the most hospitabie
OF men. People who were almost
strangers would come and STAY at
Mount Vernon for months at a time,
AS he himself once wrote, the place
was like tavern" and this was one
reason he gave his mother for not
inviting her to reside there.
Lacked Sense or Humor
He seems to have been almost to-
! tally lacking in sense OF humor In
all OF his voluminous writings there
Is no suggestion OF it. \ Senator,
Maclay, who was in Congress when
he seat Of government was New York
| and Qater) Philadelphia, described
his dinners as deadly dull
He was very fond OF dancing, and
enjoyed that form of entertainment
up to three years before his death.
The ladies fairly worshipped him
looking upon him as a dcmlgod. But
no man ever had more bitter enemies,
and no President was ever more out
| rageously blackguarded and sland-
cred
His chief afliCtion seems TO have
been a chronic melancholy. When
fifty-two years OF age, he wrote to
Lafayette. saying. 81 have had my
day" and adding that he might soon
expect to be cntombed in the mansion
of his fathers" 1t was strange
point of view for man in the prime
of life.
Washington, at the time of his
death, was worth nearly million dol
lars-an enormous fortune in those
days. An iron chest, always kept in
his bedroom was found TO contain
s29466 in coin.
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Chronicle of the Icrosu OF the Great Commander and
His Men During the Severe Winter At Valley Forge.

Valley Forge.
Thc fines; homr o. She tolee was
tia, owned by isaac Potts. tne grand
IN Of Williams Potts. VINO operated
'"' s1W and er!st mile and mi, be,
came ;nc headquarters Of General
Washing on. The height, we're GOV
erod with pfimeVal forest but on the
arabic land there was thrifty Quaker
rI'meri which had long ago settled
there To the neishborhood of this
retired spot came The con 'iHentai
Army. Dcoemncr l9th. va. about two
months after tne disastrous battle Of
German own. Hero General Washing
ton sought refuge in quarters on nose
bleak hin, for six months and during
thai 'ni2 suffered hardships which
have made tho name OF valley Forge
e SYNONYMS OF 1ll that - heroic and
fnn'Tu in . soldier.
Wien WASHINGTON utn moved
away from Valley Forge upon the
era,IlNon nf Philadelphia ny me
Rr IN Hey loft either in unmarked
graves or in the hospitals scattered
through The eastern part Of the state
p'tN''' 'NIES "hb lpNC thousands o.
thor comrades who were IN o. had
persisted through the great hard. hips
they We're called upon to endure,
Waiting In The Cold
Nothing could perhaps more sjgnlfi-
cantlN emphasize tho misery Of the
time than tho FACT that no accurate
or even approximate record of deaths
AZ Valley Forge has been found. nor
IS It known with certainty even today
Where the common burial place is To-
Gated. The camp must have been "A
picture of misery for tho shackS built
by he men did not keep out he cold
and thcir clothes and blankets were
iorn 10 threads. There was no hghi
Ing to keep tho blood warm t was
Just tho tireless waiting. Evcn To-Day
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Washington's headquarters and othe
historic landmarks which have beer
restored.
Headquarters
The headquarters are IN q psrticu.
larry GOOD condition and one may walk
through these almost sacred rooms
whore Washington used TO walk as be
pondcrcd over the plight of the pa
triotic men under his command The
/ house is filed with relics Of Washing
ION. The office contains much of the
original furniture, including the old
clock There is a secret panel IN the
/ window scat where Washington kept
hts private papers. one of his swords
/ hangs near the side Of the window and
ono Of the guns used by the army tz
over tho door. In the parlor is the
old spinning wheel, cupboard filled
with old dishes and some comfortable
seats. Mrs. Washington spent some
! time here with the General and it was
her pleasure TO gather in the women OF
/ the neighborhood and have them knit
stockings for the soldiers. Other wom-
en- came TO headquarters and made ur
a sewing party for the purpose Of
making shirts for the rassod soldiers
| Mrs. washington taking part.
Roads have been built on the res
ervation and the natural beauty OF the
| place enhanced by grass and flowers
An arch TO Washington's memory wa~
erected and several states have set ,Iu
memorials TO their dead. Decoration
| Day services are usually held at this
Park and there is always d ceremony
at Washingtons headquarters on his
| birthday. The village is dotted with
| homes. the sites, at least OF nearly
every one having played a part in thai
Ozark hour of the revolution. The whols
! park is full OF interest for it seems to
, be happy blending OF The old houses
once used as headquarters and tire
, modern monuments from a grateful
! people.
Epoch or Hcroisp1
In all Washnston's career there H.
nothing that will stand out in history
as a more heroic episode than those
six months at Valley Forge when the
young colonies were struggling to be-
come a nation.
Countless pens have written OF
Valley Forge but when one reads tbs
| testimony of some OF The men who
took part it seems like an epoch OF
suffering for love oT country and one
of which every American should for
ever be proud.
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.,,sn VI '.'
M, ~ go, o'iu' S''i' o.
'iH7 ~ '"'' our ii'o"s "''
-. p'i''o '" "uV "iN'o'N W"'"
W."
roverrn,.r
Il Wa "a, N,llc,. I,oroc d,tr,n.
winter OF ,,r,sual .e,or.tv md dnrir..
he dsrkes. hour or ,bo .rca. ,a,.c
that Wa+hincinr sopob h, divine ccunsnI
in his effort no, onIl, II br.n,, ,,,,ccss
but TO bolster IN thc u,rirn MN of
ihe army o. ,.,ici, he y,,. hood pcr-
hans there b,c h,o, 70 r,,iod "a
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HEN George Washington was
IL sixteen years OF age, he was
seized with a severe spasm Of
W the acute nervous disorder
tailtu Ealing in love"
IL was an affair that might almost
he described rs premature. inasmuch
as the young lady in he case was two
years his junior. But girl, seem 10
have grown up much quicker in those
days. Anyhow, her father, wealthy
planter, named Fauntleroy, residing
at Fredericksburg, treated Washing
tons suit with contempt, and ordered
h:m out OF the house.
The social organization in Virginia
in those times was typically aristo.
cratic, and it is an old story that al!
aristocracies are fundamentally based
upon wealth. Young Washington
came of an excellent family, and was
received everywhere. but he had no
money, and on that account was re-
garded as hopeless detrimental"
from A matrimonial standpoint.
1t just shows that one never can
tell. Here was a youth destined 10 be
his country's foremost citizen, to hold
supreme command OF its armies. TO be-
the richest man in the United states.
But he was poor and so could not
have Betsy Famtleroy.
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about everything needed by those who
lived on IT.
HIS Love Affairs
George had always pronounced
weakness for me ladies, and was a
confessed udmirer OF the fair sex
NeVcrl heless, his carly love affairs
were surprisingly unsuccessful. He
cast a sheep's eye upon Mary Cary,
daughter OF a rich citizen OF Hampton
Va, but she preferred another man,
Later. when he was twenty-four years
old, he became enamorcd by Mary
Phillipse who lived near West Point.
y. ". But. after a violent Irritation
she refused him. and married Captain
Roger Morris, who during he Rcvolu-
ton fought on the British side. II
was in the Phillipse mansion that
Benedict Arnold resided when he be-
trayed his country.
Two years after this failure. Wash
inrton met the widow Gusts. slightly
oldor than himself who had lost her
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HIS Love Affairs

about everything needed by those who
lived on H.
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A Very Human Youngster,
andNOt the Prig That Ira,
ditiOn Makes Him Out.

right, 1870, The International Syndicate.
n HEN George Washington was
sixteen years OF age he was
seized with a severe spasm Of
. iho acute nerNoAs disorder
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Washington's headquarters and othe
historic landmarks which have beer
restored.
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HEN the sreatoc par OF the
world is confronted with evils
that threaten the existence ana
nel,manenCe Of froe SoNern