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The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
IN THE NAME OF RELIGION!
Weird and Savage Rites AnduIged In
by the khIysts, Sect of
Russian Fanatics.

One Of the queer religious sects Of
the world Is the Christs or Khlysts Of
Russia. They hold their meetings in
their churches with hundreds of men,
women and children attending. After
prayers and hymns that last until
midnight they begin a wild dance amid
sObs and grOans. After this con-
tinues for while they abandon their
garments and put on white robes and
white stockings. Candles are lighted,
and new dance begins that consists
Of rapidly revolving. the men to the
right, the women to the left.
In short time a sort Of madness
falls upon them. They leap, scream,
beat themselves and each other, in
dulge in wild laughter and cries, and
then begin to tear of the garments
with shouts Of 1T Is coming, the Holy
Spirit is comingw They begin to 60
about on all fours, riding on one an
others backs, rolling about on the
floor, biting and scratching one an
other, and at last 60 entirely insane
and dash about until they fall ex-
hausted. BY dawn the church floor
is covered with naked men, women
and children. unconscious and blood
stained.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
BURIED WITH THEIR HUSBAND
ef the Congo Are Inferred With
the Corpse.

The Barua tribe In the Congo dis
trict Of Africa have a number Of
strange and horrible customs, but Of
them all their burial customs are the
most terrible. When a man dies a
large grave is dug. The corpse and
his wives-these may be anywhere
from two to twenty-are escorted to
the hole with wild music and the in
terested attendance Of the entire tribe.
The chief wife is thrust into the hole,
and the corpse Is then lowered. The
second wife follows. The dead mans
relatives then proceed to break the
arms and legs Of the two wives so
they cannot get out Of the hole. The
head Of the corpse is placed In the lap
Of the head wife, and the feet In the
lap Of the second wife.
The rest of the wives are then thrust
into the hole. their limbs broken, and
they are forced to sit in a circle about
the corpse and its human supporters.
The priest chants a few words, and
everyone falls to with rude shOvels,
dishing earth into the hole. They nev-
er stop until the grave is full and the
corpse and the living wives buried far
under the earth. The howls Of the
wives with their broken limbs and fear
OF the terrible death are drowned by
the banging Of drums and the yells Of
the delighted tribe.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Microbes In SUGAR Bowl.

About one per cent of the Cuban
sugar crop, valued at $1,500,OO0, is
each year destroyed by greedy micro
organisms too small to be seen except
when congregated In crowds Of mil
lions. Molds and bacteria are the
culprits. It is estimated that each
person in the United States consumes
81.S4 pounds Of sugar each year. At
this rate, $4,000 persons could be sup
piled with the sugar destroyed by
germs. The sugar loses it's sweetness
when the molds consume the sucrose,
its "sweetening" principle.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Weather,s Effect on Birds.

Cold and hunger in England has
driven armies Of birds, even the Wild
est, into streets and gardens and un-
wonted places. Great fiocks of green
plover, which are singularly shy as a
rule. appeared In the stackyards and
paddocks Of Hertfordshire villages. In
Buck.lghamshire several thousand
rocks in a flock was no rarity; and
old scouts came right up to the back
doors and competed for their food
with the poultry and the pigs. In Lon
don 1t was curious to see the pigeons
feeding busily on the ice. to the obvi-
Gus irritation Of the gulls, whose bills
are useless for securing fragments
from a hard surface. 1t was hard to
be defeated by land bird In their
own element. Starlings showed even
greater ability in picking up morsels
from the foes and even the water Of
the river, a feat very foreign to their
nature.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
COVERED BY TREES GROWTH
Telegraph Bracket, Long Entombed In
California Tree, Unhurt BY Its
Strange imprisonment.

Thirty-six years ago q telegraph
bracket and insulator was nailed to a
Douglas fir tree near Arcata. CAL,
writes Donald Bruce in the American
Forestry Magazine. A few years later
a falling branch badly damaged It, and
the wire which 1t had been supporting
was removed. The tree was growing
thriftily, adding every summer to It's
diameter new lawyer Of woody ma
terial, and this growth gradually push
ed out around the bracket on all sides,
leaving It buried In the tree trunk.
At the end of twenty-six years the
tip of the glass insulator finally disap-
peared from sight, and the only trace
of it that could still be seen was a
scarcely noticeable lump which looked
like nothing more than q healed-over
branch stub. A few weeks ago the
tree was felled and the wood manu-
factured into barrel slaves. The
screech of the saw, which happened
to Craze the edge Of the glass, called
attention to this unusual fossil"
On splitting open the stave bolt the
whole story became clear In all its de-
tails. The clearly defined annual rings
of the rapidly growing tree form an
unimpeachable historical record.
The wood of the insulator bracket
is still in good condition, and the oak
of which it was made has received an
unlntentional preservative treatment,
being thoroughly impregnated with the
resin of the surrounding fir. The In
teresting specimen can now be seen In
the wood collection of the forestry d.
vision at the University of California
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
How Ages May Be Compared.

Study of the relation between the to.
tai length of life and the time re-
quired to reach maturity has brought
out an interesting comparison between
man and horses. A horse at five
years old Is said to be, comparatively,
as old as man at twenty, and doubt
less may be expected to behave, ac-
cording to equine standards, after the
manner Of the average college student
following human standards. A ten
year-old horse resembles, so far as
age and experience go, man of forty,
while horse that has attained the
ripe age Of thirty-five is comparable
with a man Of ninety.-New York
Evening Post.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Tho Boy of II.

The three children were on the
street car on their way to school-a
boy and two younger sisters. The sis
ters disputed who was to push the
button to notify the street car con-
ductor to stop the car. The older sis
ter won and held her finger on the
button for more than a block. Then
her brother rose, pulled her hand
away arbitrarily and pushed the but
ton. The older sister stepped into
the vestibule, followed by her sister,
to be the first to step off the car. AS
II stopped, the brother brushed them
aside and led the way. The sisters
having alighted, waited for the car to
go on, but the boy rushed across the
tracks, ignoring the warning changing
Of the bell by the motorman.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Notice Of Election.

To the Electors of the City of o Owosso:
Take notice that the annual city cleo.
tion Of the City of Owosso, Michigan,
will be held in said city on Monday, the
4th day of April, 1921, for the purpose
of electing q Cammissi oner of Public
improvements for q term of three years,
and Municipal Justice for q term Of
four years, and Supervisor in each
warp of said city.
The following proposition will also be
submitted to the voters of the CITY:
Shall the proposed revised Charter of
the City of Owosso providing a Com
mission-Manager form Of government
be adopted"
The following named places are here.
by designated according to resolution
of the Commission of said city, as the
polling places in said city for said
primary election:
First Ward-116 West Exchange st.
Second Ward-209 East Main St.
Third Ward-City Hall, East Main st.
Fourth Ward-Carnegie Library, cor
ner Main and Shiawassee SITS.
Fifth Ward-1005 West Main st.
The polls of said election will be open
from seven o'clock in the forenoon until
eight o'clock in the afternoon.
Dated March 1, 1921.
B. X. LUCAS,
City Clerk
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Two Wills and
One Way
By A. w. PEACH

sSS. 1870. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Frances Barron looked with annoy
ance at her lawyer. $50 you could not
induce him to sell the cottage? Well,
I'll tryl"
She turned the big roadster down to-
ward the lake shore where the brown
cottage nestled. She was not used to
having her will opposed. The only
and beloved daughter of the rich min
Ing magnate. she had found Wills Of
men easily bent to her wishes. Now
she had bought the fine estate high on
the slope to the lake, only to find con-
stantly In her view the squat cottage.
Stopping her car at the gate, she
went lightly up the walk to the porch.
Stretched comfortably out in bat
tered steamer chair was a tall figure I;
1t rose slowly, with evident surprise,
as she stepped on the porch. and de-
veloped into a young man Of about her
own age, light-haired, lean and strong
Of face and blue-eyed.
She read in his eyes the admiration
that the eyes of men usually awarded
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Why Chinese Cut Their ousus..

With the fall of the Manchu dynasty
came the wholesale barbering OF
queues. The BARRIERS of China were
very busy people, and their art is now
developing to that Of the normal ton.
serial stage.
In the early part Of the Seventeenth
century, when the Manchu Tartars In.
vaded the country, they found the men
wearing long hair tied In knot upon
their heads. But on the conquest OF
the country the Inhabitants were com
PEELED to adopt the queue, or long pig.
tail, often greatly heightened arti-
ficially by employing long strands OF
black silk thread.
To celebrate the fall Of this dynastic
rule the Chinese were eager to have
their queues removed, after the lapse
Of three centuries.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Order OF Publication.

State of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County Of Shiawassee.
At a session Of the Probate Court for said coun
ty. held at the Probate Office in the City of Cor
unna. on the 23rd day of February in the
year one thousand nine hundred and twenty -one.
Present-Matthew Bush. Judge Of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of James A. Hop
son, deceased.
Mary Hopson. the Administrative of said estate
having rendered a final account to this Court.
1t is Ordered. That the 2sth day of March
bate Office. be appointed for examining and allow
ing said account.
And il is Further Ordered. that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing in The Owosso Times
newspaper printed and circulating in saic
County of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate
BY CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Marble Cheaper Than Wood.

A report to Washington from the
American commercial attache In Rome
Is to the effect that American lumber
has gone to such price heights in the
Italian market that builders find 1t
cheaper to put In marble staircases
than to build them of wood. Such Ia
the combined effect of mill cost, plus
freight rates, multiplied by the ex-
change premium Of four to one that
Italian buyers have to pay to trans
late our money into theirs.--New Or
leans Times-Picayune.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Whore He Could See the Sunset.

Whore He Could See the Sunset.
her. but there was grave intentness
In the look, a searching that seemed to
penetrate her and that irritated her.
Briefly she explained what she want
ed. "And the price-simply name what
you want. I must have you out of the
wayi" she added.
He smiled gravely. "I like to be
obliging; but, you see, I cannot help
liking this view myself; and, besides,
this cottage is family heirloom. Yes,
/ know 1t spolls the landscape, but
have the mountains across the lake
old friends of mine; and, really,
think shall stay"
There was a calm certainty In Lis
manner that annoyed her still more
than the amused glance he turned up
on her. She looked at him In mute
anger. Here was breed new to her.
Neither the money she had offered nor
her own sheer loveliness seemed to
make any appeal to him.
81 wish I knew some way Of getting
rid Of your. she advised him.
A shadow came into his face. leav-
ing it bit haggard. His voice
changed to sudden stern note that
she had never heard before in her
life.
'You should have been princess Of
old-then you could order my thick
head cut off |" A slow glowing anger
crept into his voice. "This Is Ameri-
ca Your father forgot it. That great
mine of his has ground out the lives
of men and children and mothers; he
belonged to the dark ages as business
man. He refused to see what his asso-
ciates saw-that employer and laborer
must work together. The wealth that
is yours is not yours. The mine that
you own now is a hell In its condi-
tions!" He stopped suddenly. The
stern light faded, and the amused
glance came.
She stamped her small foot In
wrath. "What are you-a Socialist?
No one ever talked to me this way"
'T am glad did then," he answered.
"No, I am not Socialist, as you mink
of the term. I was an industrial
engineer until your father hired me !;
and then-why, little girl. you know
nothing of the terrible conditions
therel"
"Don't little girl mel" she cried
almost I'm tears. "You aren't a day
older than am-and you know IT"
He looked at her With frank, boyish
ewes. 81 guess you're right. I've got
lots to Iearn-and so have youI
LETS not quarrel" she said. If
you won't sell this cottage, why-I
suppose you wontr
He nodded. and she leftihim-only
to think of him more than she nad
ever thought Of any other man. what
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Why Dionitaries Are saIuted.

Because in days gone by port or
warships fired their guns on the ap-
prOach of important and friendly
strangers to show that they had such
faith in the visitors peaceful inten-
tions that they didn't think 1t neces.
sary to keep their pieces of ordnance
loaded
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
Notice for Appearance.

In the Circuit Court for the County of Shiawas-
see. in Chancery
Sylvia Watson. Plaintiff. VS.. Raymond Watson.
Defendant.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the County
OF Shiawassee. In Cbancery. at the city of Corunna
on the Ia day of January A. ID. 1921;
Present. Fon. Joseph H. Collins. Ciruit Judge
In this cause it appearing from the affidavit on
file that the defendant, Raymond Watson. is not q
resident Of this State. but is a resident of the
State of Indiana;
On motion of Matthews & Hicks. Attorneys for
plaintiff. it is ORDER ID that the appearance of
the said Raymond Watson defendant be entered
herein within three (3) months from the date of
this order and in default that said bill be taken
confessed by said defendant:
It is further ORDERED that within forty (40)
days from the date of this order the plaintiff shall
cause notice of this order to be published in the
Owosso Times. a newspaper printed. published
and circulating in said County and that said pub
lication be continued therein, once in each week
for six weeks in succession. unless copy OF this
order shall have been served upon said defendant
at least twenty days before the time herein pre-
scribed for his appearance, either personally or by
registered mail as provided by statute.
JOSEPH III. COLLINS.
Circuit Judge.
MATTHEW'S & HICKS
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Business Address-Owosso. Michigan. 49,
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18
SICK STOCK

BOOK on treatment of Horses, Cows.
Sheep, Dogs and other animals, sent
free Humphrey Homeopathic Vet
erinary Medicines, 156 William ST., N. Y.
The Owosso times., 1921-03-18

Humphreys' Homso. Medicine Company
l5S William Street. New York.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
PRESS CLIPPINGS
LyndOnville May Boom.
Barre Times)

If the general Offices of the Boston
& Maine division, heretofore center
ing at Woodsville, are to be moved
following the destructive fire, which
wiped out the station at Woodsville
Wednesday, it is hoped that they will
be located at Lyndonville, which Of
fers an advantageous center. Rec
emit action Of the Boston & Maine in
removing some of it's departments
from ST. Johnsbury to Lyndonville
may have been the forerunner
of the transfer of the gen.
eral Offices from Woodsville which
will now be fastened by the destruc-
ton of the company's property at the
latter point. If this transfer of the
general offices is to be made the move
will be blow alike to Wells River,
on the Vermont side of the Connec-
ticut river, and to Woodsville, as the
general offices brought considerable
degree of business to both those
communities, besides making Wells
River more or less of center of
traffic or a convenient stopping-off
place Off passengers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
Building Up Country Store
Mortified NeWs).

Merchants doing business in coun
try villages used to think their
chances were bounded By their
own town and it's immediate sur
roundings. But when automobiles
began to roam all over the country
many of these rural dealers suddenly
cound that big new opportunity was
them that they had not real
ICED before.
They learned that by advertising,
they could draw trade long distance
They would cooperate with the news
papers to boom the growth of their
home town. By advertising more freely
hey put the local newspaper in a po-
srtion where it could develop a cam
paign to increase it's circulation over
a much wider radius. AS the local
newspaper spread over into new
ields, it carried the advertising OF
enterprising business men, and the
towns, the merchants, and the news
paper grew in parallel lines.
The Grand Rapids Furniture Rec
ord gives an interesting account of
such store at Stratsburg, Ohio. 1t
is situated in a town of 1900 people,
but did a business in 1919 of $3.50, 4O7,
and it was hoping to reach $1,000
900 in 1920.
It accomplished this wonderful re-
suit principally through liberal adver
Using. In 1919 it spent 8 per cent of
It's gross income on publicity. When
4 store put $4,000 into advertising in
4 single year you can see why it is
doing close to $1,O00,OO0 worth Of
business. It draws business 80 miles
cr more.
When the stores of Mortified get
into the habit of setting apart a sim
lar proportion Of their sales for
telling the people what they have
and broadening out their field, then
they will get results that will sur
prise themselves The limits to a
business IN these times are created
~ a mans own reluctance to spread
out, rather than by the narrowness
Of his possible field
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
Changing Conditions.
(St. Johnsbury Republican,


In the changing conditions, Incl
dent to the times, it may transpire
that the South may become more
typical Of the old-time Puritan ideas
than New England herself.
The modern tendency to liberate
and the task about the benefits or
objections to the so-called European
Sunday, naturally makes more i'm
preston here than there because the
proposed changes are greater.
The South still shows the impress
of the quick blooded Cavalier and
naturally reflects the religious fervor
of the colored race.
Editor Belknap of the Bellows Falls
Times, just home from trip through
the South, in writing his impressions,
says:
''The South is religious. The pro-
testant people of the South are much
more religious than they are in the
north. Churches are filled Sundays
and good old-fashioned prayer meet
ings are still in vogue. One of the
speakers at Palmetto emphasized this
point when he said, we people down
here still believe in the religion of
Jesus Christ and try to live accord
ing to it's teaching With the peo-
pie of Florida, Sunday is more than a
mere holiday. 1t is day for wor-
ship as well as recreation"
Editor Parker of THE Bradford
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of Helen M. Mathie.

THE UNDERSIGNED. having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Orleans, 90 NJ MISSION RS.
to receive. examine and adjust the claims
anddemandS of all persons against the estate
OF Helen NJ. Mathie late of Glover in
said district deceased. and all claims ex-
hibited in offset thereto. hereby give no.
tiee that we will meet for the purpose afore-
village of Glover. in said district, on the
23rd day of April md Bird day of September
next frorr 2 O'Clock D. III until O'Clock
p. m, each of said days ana that
six months from the stft day of March
A. II. 1921 is the time limited by said court
;Or said creditors to present their claims to
US for examination and allowance.
Dated at Glover this ttbday of April
A. ID. 1921 M.W.JOHNSON,
e. l.. ALEXAN DER,
14-l6 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13

Let every person who uses the
highways this summer, whether by
car, team or on foot, determine to
use much common sense in the use
of such public road. If automobiles
will cut out the speed craze, if teams
will carry lights at night, and if
pedestrians will proceed with preci-
sion in something like definite
course, there will be fewer accidents.
Safety first, is still good motto for
al who traverse our highways.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
A Community Problem.
(Stanstead, P. O.. JournaD


There is a great deal of explaining
how and why the mail order houses of
the country are supplanting the gen
eral stores of the villages and farm
hamlets. This is more than a busf
ness proposition; it is community
problem. The country store has the
same correlation with the other &C
tivites of the village as the school,
church, blacksmith shop, harness and
shoe shop; it is an important unit of
the village, just as the village is a
link or unit of the chain extending
Schools cost money, because they
have value, but this value cannot be
determined by scale or yard stick
The cost of store to a community
Of farmers is not determined by the
difference between the cost of barb
ed fence wire at the mail order store
and the home store. There is differ
ence between f. o. b. Chicago and
{. O. b. Vermont. Lincoln's famous
estimate TO the principle of protection
will apply, in sense, to the home
and mail order store problem. If we
buy fence wire in Chicago we have
he wire and Chicago has the money,
but if we buy the fence at home we
nave both the fence and the money. We
all know that a town of successful
farmers make successful center for
the store and shop, and all things
being normal the farm, store and
shop complement each other in
.very sense, success and value. Gain
is not all of life. Conserve neighbor-
Illness, fellowship, even friendship and
love if you please. Your village
merchant joins with you in paying fo1
| the poor and all the expences of the
town and village. How much does the
mail order house pay into the up
keep of your town?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13
Estate of Abbie E. Nye
STATE OF VERMONT

District of Orleans,
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Orleans:
ITO all persons interested in the estate OF
,Abbie e. Nye late of Barton in
said District, deceased,
GREETING:
At q Probate Court, holden at Barton
within and for said District on the 18th day
of Mar 1921 an instrument purpOrting
to be the last Wlll and Testament of Abbie
II. Nye late of Barton in said Dis
trict. deceased was presented to the Court
aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the
22nd day of April, 1921. at F. w. Baldwin s
Office in RartOn at D. M. be assigned
to. provI:lG said instrument; and that no.
tice thereof be given to all persons concerned
by publishing this order three weeks sue
cessively in the Orleans County Monitor a
newspaper circulating in that vicinity, in
said District previous to the time appointed
THEREFORE, you are hereby oti1ed to
appear before said Court, at the time and
Mace aforesaid. and contest the probate of
said will, II you have cause.
. Given unoer my hand at Newport, in said
District, this Ilth day of March 1921.
1915 e. ISMlTH, Judge.