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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
DOING CHORES IN VERMONT

Daniel l.. Cady, in Burlington Daily News
When we was big enough to do
The morning chores and evening too,
We felt that we was right in line
For hired men, or something fine;
Some kinds Of work take jest your hands,
Like moving picnic seats and stands;
Some other kinds take jest your feet
Like dragging pea-brush up the street;
Whilst other sorts have more expense
And let you give your head chance.
But chores is brain-work, pretty near
You deal with things that see AMI hrar
The old Red Cow was jest bright
As us that tied her up at night;
She took her stanchion place with pride,
And never wnked till she was tied
The young stock used to gouge and brace
And fight for stable space and place;
We found twas to let EN- build
Their "battinb order" as they willed.
And when you led the colt to drink
Ii you was wise to coltish kink,
You didn't leave the halter slack
And get his feet between your back
You took right hold up next his jaw
And when he wouldn't drink, but blew
And let HIM know your grip was law,
The watering trough all over you,
Instead of being riled speck
You said "Whoa, Boy" and slapped his
neck.
The 'methode intelectuele'
With poultry worked about well;
In papers, as to check feed;
You needn't go by what you read
Observe your flock an hour or more,
Each week around the henhouse door,
Then light the fame inside your poll,
And think it over with your soul;
1t didn't take us long to choose
What kind OF eggplant food to use.
And sheep, although they're simple things,
Thep know it when the shepherd sings;
They'll leave the shed in which they stay
And let you bed their thisty hay;
They'll stand right there in thought pro-
found
Unless you snarl and smash the around
But il eve or two gets stuck
You best watch out for Old Man Buck;
He jest sheep, but he can lift
"A sour-one toward ten-foot drift.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
l WANT TO FORGET

| want to forget that | e'er was weak,
A word in unkindness or anger to speak,
For though at the time one may not greatly
mind,
There is sure to follow sharp sting behind.
Because twas too cold, or it showed or it
rained,
Or suffered my temper to be disarranged,
Over matters that worry never yet changed.
| want to forget that eer was so vain,
As TO look on the humble or poor with disdain
For, though to the past | am partly resigned
Some errors are leaving their sharp stings
behind
| want to forget that | e'er was so irail,
An unequal rival to madly assail
For when a poor fellow is both down and out
Why jump on him longer and kick him about ?
/ want to forget that | e'er was SO mean,
As to gather a harvest another should CLEAN
In world large as this, there surely should be
Enough friends, for you and a plenty for me,
want to forget everything meath the sun
The gods and the angels prefer were undone
And to deeds heroic and noble and kind.
Because they neer leave any sharp stngs be.
hind. Thomas +. Porter,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
INSURANCE SHARKS"
LOOK OUT FOR THEM

Editor, The Breckenridge News,
ky. Dear Sir: From complaints COM
ing to this Department there are sew
eral Insurance Companies soliciting
and securing insurance in this State.
which are not authorized by this De-
partment to do business in Kentucky.
Before taking insurance of any kind.
every person owes it to himself Tor
herself), to find out if the agent is
licensed to solocit insurance and if the
company is authorized to do business
in this State. i.
we know that you are interested in
protecting the public against "Insur-
ance Sharks" and therefore, we are
sending you list, by classes. of all
Insurance Companies authorized to
do business in Kentucky, as of Julv
1st, 1920 and a supplemental list of
those admitted since that date, so that
you may keep same on file and be
able to advise your readers as to the
companies so authorized Revised lists
VIII be, sent you from time to time as
new companies are admitted. or lie
enses revoked
Every agent must procure license
from this Department and will be able
to produce same if he has been legal
iy appointed and proof of his authority
is demanded by the public.
~- Very truly your,
Manon Cornett, Deputy Insurance
Commissioner.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
WANTED ONE OF SAME KIND.

On a certain Sunday a clergyman,
IN the course of opening remarks of
his sermon, explained how his preach
ing that morning would be on the
brief side, as his manuscript had been
torn by lively dog that he happened
to possess.
so" he said 81 will continue to
read my sermon from where it has
been torn"
As he concluded his sermon he apol-
ogized for the brief period he had
most of the people had left the church,
been in the pulpit.
When the service was over. and
an old woman came 10 the clergyman.
Your Reverence" she asked,
could you give my rector a pup of
that dog you spoke about this morn
ingl His sermons are too long
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
FARM And STOCK

Monday was a beautiful spring day.
the farmers all along the road were
busy blowing and a few burning plant
beds.
Wheat and grass is coming out fine,
alfalfa is doing good too. Plum trees
are all in bloom and il looks as il
spring was here in all its beauty Why
shouldn't we all be happy and forget
about our troubles.
xxxx
At preent the stock of frozen beef
in the United States is but i2O.252 900
pounds. against POI ,si2,00O pounds, a
year ago and 225,OOOO0O pounds two
years ago.
The Missouri College of Agricul-
ture advises feeding all the roughage
a COW will eat. She will eat more If
fed three times day instead of twice.
Feed grain in proportion to the pounds
of milk produced. one pound to each
four and four and one-half pounds of
milk produced daily.
MINK
Asa Mockenberry and ]. r. Spencer
delivered over 200 dozen eggs to Will
son and Robertson one day this week.
so dozen of these came to store in
one day which is good for a little
country store. They received prem
ium over the days market owing to
the quantity. X. 5. o '..
The plight of southwestern Wis
consin graziers is in point. The rich
bluegrass area, of which Mineral
Point is the logical center. is already
in the market for such cattle as are
essential to maximum results, which
moons putting on 800 pounds or more
during the grazing season. To meet
the emergency graizers have been
paving So 90 to $3.50 per cwt for
freshly qualified cattle at Chicago, not
for 6O-day feed on corn, but to run
on grass all summer.
xXXX
The president of the Southern
Railway Company. says that business
conditions now will continue to i'm
prove until they reach normally next
fall. and the New York manager of the
Westinghouse Company says thatfhe
worst is over. Looking on the bright
side always helps.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
SMASHING ENGLISH

Under a ruling recently made by
Edward J. Tobin, the Superintendent
OF Schools in Cook county, Illinois.
the expressions it is me- and he
don't are permissible for both school
teachers and pupils" In Mr.. Tobin's
opinion, 1T is l" sounds "stilted and
even egotistical" and although cor
rect is "outlawed by common usage
and sense of good form"
What offends Mr.. Tobin in the use
singular pronoun she" is not made
clear; nor are we enlightened as to
the superior virtue of "he don't"
which being expanded to its original
elements, becomes "he do not" locu-
ton neither the common usage nor
the sense of good form to which Mr..
Iobin appeals can possibly protect.
1t would be as sensible to give in
dorsement to the use Of an other
verb in the plural with a noun in the
singular as IT is to open the door to
he don't because ignorant or slov-
emily speakers and writers use it.
IL is a fact that the phrase 1T is
me" is sometimes employed by law
persons who know better, but the rule
which DEGREES the nominative | i'm
agreement with the nominative il is
sensible and understandable regula-
ton, based on history, reason and
logic. Why any person occupying a
place in the educational system should
give his Endorsement to violations of
this rule passes comprehension.
What Mr., Tobin does when he
throws the mantle OF his federation
over the use of plural verb with
singular subject and the mutilation Of
the language involved in the barbar-
ism 1T is me" it to take his standard
OF speech from the illiterate and to
weaken all standards of clear and
careful speech. He goes to the gutter
for the purposes of the study.-N. y
Herald. .sasae.ssa..s...'. ~
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
March 10, 1897
In Cloverport

Justice Sippcl, of Rome, Ind +, came
down yesterday to visit his uncle,
Mr.. Conrad Sippel Mr.. Sippel will be
married next thursday to Miss Minnie
Shwartz, of that place.
= (o) =
Mrs. r. N. Hudson and daughter,
Virginia, with her sister, Miss Nellie
Gregory, left Thursday for Mobile,
Ala, to visit Mr.. Hudson's relatives.
James A. King and John Carter left
Monday for Louisville, to enlist in
the regular army. They were sent to
TT. Sheridan, Ill
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mattingly and
little daughter, Agneta, Miss Clare
Lewis. of Hardinsburg, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs Thos. Lewis.
(o) -
Next Saturday morning at o'clock
the children of St. Rose will meet at
the church to make preparations for
Easter confession and communion.
-(o)-
Holt-A child of Green Jolly's, col
ored, of Addison. died last Thursday
(o)
Gordon McGavock, of Cloverport,
was the guest of Mrs. Emma White,
Sunday.
y (o)-
Hardinsburg-Supt Driskel has fix
ed the joint Teachers Association for
Breckenridge. Meade and Hardin
counties at Big Spring, April II.
-(o)-
Fred Daniel, of Arkansas, was here
Saturday to visit his mother, Mrs. V.
Daniel
- (o) -
Canny DeHaven purchased vacant
town lot from ] r. Johnson, last week
at $500.
- (o) -
Mr.. Barnes has the material on
hand to give the brick hotel fresh
coat of paint
-(o)
County Court next Monday
Glendeane-The newest inhabitant
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
THE INVISIBLE GUEST.
By Eliza Orne White

We'll all have to give up something
this winter" said Mrs. Marsh, "and
send the money to the hungry little
children abroad | am going without a
new suit" and she looked down at her
shabby black dress. Tony, what are
you going wthout"
Tony looked thoughtful. He was a
small boy, even smaller than his twin
sister, Laura, but he seemed older,
for ever since his father was killed
overseas, he had been the man of the
family
III give up my Christmas money"
Tony said.
You are not going to give all of
your Christmas money, are your" ask
ed Laura.
Yes, all of it," he replied, with a
little sigh. 1T won't go very for"
well, I'm not going to give all OF
mine. I'm going to save enough to buy
sweater for my precious Geraldine,
for Laura adored her newest doll
Just then their pretty Aunt Laura
came downstairs in an evening gown.
She was gong 10 a great dinner in
Boston for the benefit of the starving
children abroad and there was to be
a vacant high chair on the platform to
represent hungry little child.
Il am so sorry you are not going,
too" she said to her sister-inlaw, who
was helping her into her wraps.
But Mrs Marsh was not sorry. she
was going to have her own good time
at home; for the invisible guest could
be at every table in the land
When the dining-room door was
opened, the children saw the high
chair that Tony had sat in when he
was a tiny child at the head of the
table for the invisible guest. and the
high chair that Laura had sat in next
to her own place, and in it sat her
newest doll!
+ ooh, you set a place for Geraldine,
haw nice" exclaimed Laura.
They ate their supper without say
ing very much while the candle burn
ed lower and lower at the place OF
the invisible guest Tony was think
ing of the great and good man who
planned the dinner in Boston, and
longed with all his ardent young soul
to grow up brave and true, so he
could do some big work that would
count Laura thought how glad she
was that she lived where food and
coal were plentiful. She had never
felt so thankful for her blessings be-
fore; and Mrs Marsh was thinking OF
her husband, who had gone across the
sea to lay down his life that other ma
! tons might be free. and there might
be peace in the world Freedom had
not come as yet, nor peace to all, but
perhaps when her children grew up,
something of this dream might come
true.
! Then she told them over again OF
I the work for the starving children and
added. We'll send our contributions
tomorrow.
! The last spoonful of stew was eaten
and the last drop of cocoa drunk
even Geraldine's portion was gone, for
( Laura drank Geraldine's cocoa, and
gave Tony the dolls share of stew
Because | am not so awfully fond OF
stew as you are" she said; then glanc-
! ing at her mother, she added, IL am
/ so gald you let Geraldine come to the
/ table"
/ | thought il might be a good less
DON for her too" said Mrs. Marsh,
1T is" said Laura with sigh. "She
has decided to give up having a
sweater"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
WHEN IGO TO CHURCH.

When go to church l search my soul
to see
What it is we need the most Christ
like TO be;
When go TO church | search my
soul and find
That what we need the most is-just
to be kindl-In New York Sun.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
ADVICE TO GIRLS.

To The Editor of The Breckenridge
News: Girls you want to get married
don't you All! what natural thing
it is for the young ladies to have a
hankering for the sterner sex 1t is a
weakness a woman has and it is for
this reason she is called the weaker
sex.
Well if you want to get married
don't for conscience sake act like fools
about it, Don't get the idea into your
head that you must put yourself into
the way of every young man in the
neighborhood in order to attract at
tention for if you don't run after the
young men they will admire you much
more. Mark that
A husband hunter is the most de-
testable of all young ladies' She puts
on so many airs and is so nice that
she appears ridiculous in the eyes of
every decent person She may general
ly be found at church, coming in, of
course, about the last one and she
generally takes the front seat. She
tries to be the Deiie of the place and
thinks she is. Poor girl! You are fit
ting yourself for an old maid, as sure
as the Sabbath comes on Sunday Men
will hirt with you simply because they
love to, but they have no more idea of
making wife of you than they have
of committing suicide.
Now girls, let Aunt Peggie give you
piece of advice and she knows from
experience that if you will practice it
you will gain the reputation of being
worthy girls and stand fair chance
of getting sensible respectable hus-
bands.
1t is we'll enough to know how to
play the piano we'll, but don't neglect
to let your mother teach you how to
make pies and buildings and cook a
meal good enough for king No part
of housekeeping duties should be
neglected. If you do not marry a
wealthy man you will need to know
how to do such things and il you do.
it will be no disadvantage to know
how to instruct your servants to do
such things as you would have them
done
~ tiN iNNt Pi'NN boh PiStSiu w
be what you are not. it will cause
sensible people to laugh at you. No
one but a fool will be caught by a
make-believe. 1t has a transparent
skin easily seen through. Dress plainly
but neatly Remember that nothing
gives a girl so modest, so becoming
and lovely an appearance as a neat
and plain dress. For Gods sake and
for your own sakes, dress modest
Modesty is the prime ornament of
a lady. Be above following so many
of the fashions of today. Use good
judgement and act sensible If you
are really handsome fashion does not
add to your beauty one particle; if you
are homely, they only make you look
worse. Men do not court your face
and jewelry, but your own dear pure
self.
If you know how to talk do it
naturally and don't be so distressingly
polite as to spoil all you say.
Finally girls, listen TO your mothers
and ask their advice in everything.
Think less of fashion than you do of
home duties, less of romance than you
do of the realities of life, less of the
immodest dance and more of serving
God. and instead of trying to catch
beaux( try to be worthy to be caught
by them, Aunt Peggie.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09

y. I,
Jr. This little fellow arrived at at the
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. c. Norman, on the 5th
-to) -
Two hearts that did beat as one
were made one on Saturday night
when Mr.. Phonso Willoughby and
Miss Joanna Lace6eld were pronounc-
ed man and wife. The happy couple
live near Mr.. Chas. Robertson.
-(o) =
Mattingly-A beautiful wedding oc-
CURED here last Thursday, March 4.
at the home OF the bride. The contrac-
ting parties were Mr.. Mason Hawkins
and Miss Lulu Pate. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. Louis Pate residing
near Tar Springs, while the groom is
the son of Mr. Riley Hawkins, living
near this place.
Mr. and Mrs. B. j. Mattingly better
known here as uncle Benedict" and
"aunt Eliza" are the parents of eight
children, living, eighty-two grand
children and, eighteen great grand
children. Mr.. Mattingly is 81 years old
while his wife is 81.
W.
Webster Born to the wife Of N. b
Robertson, March 3, a girl
(o)-
Born to the wife of Henry Dugan,
March q, girl
-(o)-
Fred Triplett is smiling over the
advent of little girl baby at his home
March Z.
(o)--
-Garfield-Born to the wife of Haw-
kins Smith, ten pound boy, March
4.
-(o)
Born to the wife of James Nicholas,
Feb. 25, twelve and one half pound
boy.
--(o)-
Dukes-Born Saturday March z, to
the wife of Wave Rice girl
-(o)-
Mr.. John Kahal and Miss frankie
Newbery were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony, Wednesday
evening at the home of the bride.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
JACK JOHNSON PLANS
TO RETURN TO RING.

New York, March From his cell
in Leavenworth prison Jack Johnson
is planning a return to the ring.
1t was for this renewal of his old
means of livelihood that Johnson gave
up his liberty in foreign countries and
returned to serve the prison sentence
that caused him to become an exile.
Tom O'Rourke says that his big boy
Fred Fulton has been matched TO
fight Johnson in Havana this summer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
YOUNG MOTHER HUBBARD.

Young Mother Hubbard she went to
the cupboard.
To get her bathing suit there.
Though she looked like a peach she
was pinched at the beach
Because her cupboard was bare.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
A MISSOURI COMFORTER.

When you get to feeling forsaken,
always remember that your sins will
find you out.-Linn County Budget
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
HORACE FOR DISARMAMENT.

Horace-Please do not phone me
again. Father is cleaning his gun
Augusta Chronicle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
JUDGE DowELL MAY BE A CANDIDATE.

to
candidate the County Judge He
Of
hard working and took pride
he
in counties of the State We have nma
his friends will him make the the Repub
ican primary
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09

inaugural address is printed in full on another
while read it. whether with him
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
7aOenty-F0nr Tears Ag0

in Glendeane is David c. Moorman,
Jr. This little fellow arrived at at the
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. c. Norman, on the 5th
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-21
LOCAL BAND TO ... ...
BE REORGANIZED
Committee Named to Nominate Officers
Will Report Saturday Night in
Chamber of Commerce.

Twenty-two persons Interested in re-
organizing the band for Brattleboro at
tended the meeting in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms Saturday evening and
nearly everyone took part in the discus
son of plans Inasmueh as several lead
ing players were unable TO be present
il was Thought best not to organize by
electing officers until more could attend
and another meeting was called for Sat
urday evening, Feb. 26, at O'Clock IN
the Chamber of Commerce rooms. A
nominating committee was elected sat
urdav evening, which consists OF pr.
George r. Anderson. Spencer W. Knight.
Ernest q Gustafson. Joseph Z. Brock
ington and Carl 5. Hopkins. They win
report Saturday night. \ splendid
sI;irit of interest and cooperation was
shown and everyone expressed hmsself
As being ready to do all possible to 1ur-
ther the project.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-21
FOUND DEAD IN ...
BED BY FAMILY
Michael MOylan Thought to Have Had
Cerebral Hemorrhage-Resident of
Brattleb0r0 Nearly 40 Years.

Michael Moylan, 20, was found dead
IN bed this morning in his home at 50
Oak Grove avenue, death probably hav-
ing resulted from cerebral hemOrrhage
Mr.. Moylan had been in his usual health
and retired as usual last evening after
working around his home during the
day and evening shoyeling snow. Mrs.
AIoylan called him shortly after ) o'clock
was her custom. and after getting no
response she called her daughter, Miss
May Moylan, and they found that death
had taken place DR. w. H. Lane was
summoned and he expressed the opinion
that Mr.. Noylan had been dead about
two hours.
He was born in County Clare, Ire
land, in the town of Ennis, Feb 10, 1851.
He came to this country when a small
boy and had lived in Brattleboro nearly
Kennedy of Brattleboro, and three chill
dren were born to them The oldest,
James died about 10 years ago. Besides
his wife he leaves two daughters, Miss
Nav Moylan, who made her home with
her parents, and Margaret, wife of O..
f. Bridges of Boston. He also leaves
two grandchildren, Lillian and Howard,
children of Mr.. and Mrs Bridges. He
leaves other relatives in the old country.
Mr.. Moylan worked at the time of his
death for the White River Chair com
pany. where he had been employed the
rast is years. Previously to that time
he worked several years on the railroad,
and was employed by the Estey Organ
company Is years.
1t is expected that the funeral will be
held Wednesday morning in st. Mich
aers Roman Catholic church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-21
SCHOONER is IN
DANGEROUS SPOT
Anchored just Inside MinOt's Ledge but
COstguards Fear Trouble from
High Seas.

NORTH SCITUATE, Mass. Feb. 2l.-
The schooner William Bisbee of Rock
land, Me, was driven in shore by tn
gale last night and today was in dan
gerous position near the beach abou
two miles south of AIinots ledge She
was riding at anchor inside the sunken
ledge, but the wind continued heavy
and the sea was running high and it
was feared She would drift onto the
beach The keeper of the North Scit
uate station had his crew on the beach
ready to attempt d rescue with the
breechers buoy in case schooner anchor
failed to hold. The William Bisbee Is
bound from New York to Boothbay
Harbor. She IS Il three-master Of 30
tons.