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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22

or -FOUR days would take the steam
boat at Pittsburg, the roads In Ohio
ana indiana are 30 bad. You can get
steamer up the Illinois river at AL
Ton and get off at Beardstown and
drive across country. If we knew
"hen you were coming Samson or Abe
would meet you. Give our love to all
the folks and friends
Yours affectionately,
Sarah and Samson"
IL mad been a cold winter and not
easy TO keep comfortable in the little
mouse. In the worst weather Sam
son had used to get up at night to
keep the fire going. Late in January
WIND from the southeast melted the
snow and warmed the air of the mid
lands so that, for a week or so, it
seemed as If spring were come. One
night OF this week Sambo awoke the
family with his barking. A strong
wind was rushing across the plains
ana roaring over the cabin and wall
ing in its chimney. Suddenly there
was a rap on its door. When Samson
opened it he saw in the moonlight
young colored man and woman stand
ing near the doorstep.
rs dis NIistah Traylor?" the young
man asked.
1T is" said Samson. what can
do for youT'
"MaSr, de good Lord done fetched
US here to ask you 70 help" said the
negro. I'VE be nigh wone out with cold
an hungah, sub, deed we be-
Samson asked them in and put wood
on the fire. and Sarah got up and made
some hot tea and brought food from
the cupboard and. gave it to the stran-
gers. who sat shivering- in the freight.
They were a good-looking pair, the
young woman being almost white
They were man and wife. The latter
stopped eating and mOaned and shook
with emotion as her husband told
their story. Their master had died
the year before and they had been
brought to st. Louis to be sold in the
slave market There they had es-
capped by night and gone to the house
Of an old friend Of their former owner
who lived north Of the city on the
river shore. He had taken pity on
them and brought them across the
Mississippi and started them on the
north road with a letter to Elijah
LOveiOV of Alton and a suDnlV Of food
Since then they had been hiding days
in the swamps and thickets and had
travelled by night. Mr. LOvejOy had
sent them to Erastus Wright Of
Springfield, and Mr.. Wright had given
them the name of Samson Traylor and
the location of his cabin From there
they were bound for the house of John
Peasley, in Hopedale, TazeweH county.
Lovejoy had asked them to keep the
letter With which they had begun
their travels. The letter stated that
their late master had often expressed
his purpose of leaving them their free
dom when he should pass away. He
had left no will and since his death the
two had fallen into the hands Of his
nephew, a despotic, violent young
drunkard Of the name of Biggs.
Samson was 50 moved by their story
that he hitched up his horses and put
some hay in the wagon box and made
off with the fugitives up the road to
the north in the night. When daylight
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22
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Fairy Tale
6yEIARY GRAHAM BONNER
- ccstacnr A. .tsrssa sesssArsg uecH---~
sLuMDER HEADS JOKE.

q am very fond Of joking" said
the BIunder Head to the small fly.
Nothing amuses me more than play
ing my little jokes on people.
Sometimes / get a little joke played
on myself but still have played my
Joke on the people or on some person
first That Is enough for US
Tell me what kind Of jokes you
play on people," said the small fly.
We'll" said the Blunder Head, lin
the first place you can see l am moth
ing more than a small insect or very
small fly. I'm much smaller than you
are, and goodness only knows but you
are a small fly all right.
Il am just a little Insect, but little
insect with the power TO play jokes"
"Ten me about Them" said the small
dy.
WELL" said the Blunder Head, 'peo-
pie think I'm q spiders web most Of
the time
4 bother them, especially in the
early summer season of the year, and
I'm rather far north now when they
are having a late season, so can
bother them.
Sometimes they think I'm a little
spider too And when they go walk
ing through the woods 1 go, too,
and get in their way and run races
IN front Of their faces.
There is a rhyme I make up, and
40 one helped me, either
Il think l will make another, and
IL will be something like this:
THE Blunder Head, the Blunder Head,
Is something to dread. is something to
dread"
well" said the small fly, you don't
latter yourself very much when you
say that you are something to dread"
ooh, I'm proud of that fact" said
the Blunder Head. And now I'll;
make up another rhyme:
The people say
I get in their way,
And that is so,
l always go
Where there are pranks to be played I.
do"
"Well." said the fly, ARE you going
to tell me what jokes yon play Oh peo--
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22

nish any green feed as the milk will
take the place of the green feed to
good advantage.
In the commercial fattening OF
poultry where the chickens or hens
are very closely confined and fed, a
forced ration for a limited period,
usually from to II days, Is consid-
cred essential. Practically no COM
nierelal rattening of poultry is con-
Quoted on a large scale in this country
except where milk Il used for f1e,-,,,nv
A ration W.. consistency Of Dor.
ridge which contains about 65 per cent
milk is commonly fed in this work.
The milk serves not only as a source
of feed, but keeps the digestive organs
of these fattening chickens in good
condition and also gives the chickens
a bleach characteristic of weIl-fat-
tened poultry. From this method of
feeding the name of "milk-fed" chick
ems is taken and it is applied to near
ly all Of the commercial fattened
chickens.
Many OF these fattening stations are
located in small country towns and
cities where buttermilk is available
from creameries at very low price,
but as the supply of this buttermiIk is /
becoming more limited, especially in
the larger towns and cities, the vari- /
ous concentrated forms of buttermilk
are being used very extensively in fat.
.ening poultry. Semisolid and con-
iensed buttermilk are the two other
'orms most commonly used. In feed
ng both of these products to chickens
or fattening. milk is usually supplied
n a more highly concentrated form
han ordinary buttermilk.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22

Mr.. KelsOs remarks, especially the
part which applied to me, remind me
of-the story of the prosperous grocer
OF Joliet. One Saturday night he and
his boys were busy selling sausage.
Suddenly in came a man with whom
he had quarreled and laid two dead
cats on the counter.
There, said he, this makes seven
today. I'll call Monday and get my
money
I'VE were doing a good business here
making fun. 1t seems a pity to ruin
it and throw suspicion on the quality
Of the goods by throwing a cat on
the counter"
This raised a storm of merriment,
after which he recited the poem Of
Burns, with keen appreciation of its
quality. Samson repeatedly writes of
his gift for Interpretation, especially
of the comic. and now and then lays
particular stress on his power of MIN
icry.
John Cameron sang ''The Sword Of
Bunker HIP and Forty Years Ago,
Tom" Samson played while the older
people danced until midnight Then,
after noisy farewells, men, women and
children started in the mOonlit road
toward the village. Ann Rutledge had
Abe on one arm and John Mcneil Oh
the other.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22
THE SLAVES.

cvnopsis. - Samson and Sarah
rrsvlor. with their two children,
Iib and Betsey, travel by wagon
srorn their home in Vergennes, Vt,
- the West, the land OF plenty.
Tbeir destination Is the Country of
he sangamon, in Illinois. At Mag
era Falls they meet John Mcneil,
a-bo also decides to. go to the, San
nanon country. Sarah's ministra-
tons saves the life of Harry Nee
JIes In the last stages of fever.
and he accompanies the Trayiors.
They reach New Salem, Illinois,
and are welcomed by young Abe
fSncoln Jack Keiso and his pretty
dairghter BIN, sixteen years of age,
md othersf Samson decides TO stay
and raises his cabin. Led by Jack
Arr ARMSTRONG, rowdies make trouble.
lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Harry
Needles strikes Bap McNoll. Harry
Il attacked by McNoll and his
gang and BIN drives them off with
a shotgun. Mcneil is markedly at
fsntlye to Ann Rutledge. Lincoln
is in love with Ann, but has never
had enough courage to tell her so.
Harry loves BIN.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22
Eliphalet Biggs meets BIN
Kelso.

ITO BE CONTINUED
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22
POINTERS ON GEESE

The laying season generally begins
in February.
Geese enjoy remarkable freedom
from disease.
Old geese are the best layers and
are the most reliable.
Goose feathers are valuable and can
be plucked twice year.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22

came he covered them with hay. About
eight o'clock he came to a frame house
and barn, the latter being Of unusual
size for that time and country. Above
the door of the barn was a board
which bore the stenciled legend
John PeasIey. Orwell Farm"
As Samson drew near the house he
observed man working on the roof
of a woodshed. Something familiar in
his look held the eye Of the New Salem
man. In half q moment he recognized
the face of Henry Brimstead. 1t was
now a cheerful face. Brimstead came
down from the ladder and they shook
hands,
Good land O. Goshenl How did you
get here?" Samson asked. Brimstead
answered:
Through the help Of Teller that
looks like you an the grit of a pair o
horses Come down this road early in
September on my way to the land o
nlentv. Found Peasley here. Couldn't
helm If. Saw his name on the barn.
Used to go to school with him in Or
we'll He offered to sell me some land
with house on it an trust me for his
nav. | liked the looks o. the country
md 50 didn't go no further. l was
,oin' to write you letter, but | haint
,ot around to 1t yet. Amt forgot what
-, done for us. can tell We that"
awell, this looks better than the !
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-22
RIDDLES.

What flowers have we on our faces?
tulips 1.-TWO lipS).
Why is a naughty baby like an I'M
afe bridge? Because both are I'M
learable.
What is it that flies high and wears
'hoelace, yet has no feet7 A football.
Mention so:Yething which lives in
inter- dies in Summer, and grows with
s root upwards? An icicle
The mirror., 1921-03-03
PARROTS THAT KILL SHEEP

Sheep raising in New Zealand is
threatened with calamity from an unex-
pected source-a parrot that attacks full
grown sheep and with claws and beak
literally tears its unfortunate victims in
pieces. This bird of destruction is called
the kea. 1t is smaller than an English
rook, says New Zealand correspondent
of the London Times, and has brilliant,
semimetallic sheen of many other colonial
birds. Beneath the wings are flame
colored patches. The body is compact
and very muscular, but most of the power
seems to be centered in the neck, the
curved, cutting beak and the strong, tear
ing talons. The claws will dig into flesh
as if it were butter, and one sweep of the
beak of a bird that I thought was dead
has cut clean across a pair of heavy cord
breeches The kea's flight is as swift as
that of wind-driven pheasant, and it can
jump into the air and be off before its
screech is ended. But let no mistake be
made: the kea is not sporting bird in
any sense-it is treated as vermin and shot
on sight
Strangely enough, the kea is not wary
bird; it sometimes lets human beings ap-
proach it closely and has even been known
to enter dwelling houses and tents. FIRE.
quently keas will stand by in apparent
stupidity when their mates are being
killed.
Thirty-fve years ago this parrot was
seen only in the high country of Otago,
and the mountain shepherds of the Hawk
dun had legend then of one that killed
a sheep. 1t came north with the herds,
and at the time the Mackenzie country
was opened it was charged with myster-
ious killings of sheep that took place more
and more frequently. Twenty-Five years
ago it was seen on St. James and St.
Helens, but was unknown on the plain or
on the hill station forty miles away. To-
The mirror., 1921-03-03

day it has been seen in Blenheim; it ven
lures to the plains and flies shrieking over
Hammer Springs. AT one point by the
public road, between Culverden and Han
mer, it slew seventy sheep in night.
Where l was working at Christmas, 1920,
it killed seven big Corriedale rams-the
strongest sheep in the world-between
dusk and dawn, within one hundred yards
of the homestead windows.
In some parts of the country small
bounties were paid for the keas, but the
birds did their work so secretly that the
sheep raisers were slow to suspect them.
Meanwhile the keas increased in num-
bers and laid heavier toll, and finally the
evidence against the winged terror became
overwhelming. The farmers and settlers
began to destroy the pest, but more and
more keas came and now there is urgent
need that the government of New Zealand
take drastic measures if the sheep of the
country are to be saved.
1t is a curious fact that very little is
known about the habits of the kea. When
and where it nests is mystery. There
is no record of young birds being seen
with the ones that attack the sheep.-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-03-03
HOW LEAD PENCILS ARE MADE

Metallic lead was first used in pencils
for making black marks on paper. For
that reason they were called "lead" pen
ellis and the name is retained to this day,
although all ''lead" pencils now are made
from graphite or plumbago, a form of
carbon found in the earth and having
nothing to do with lead.
Graphite was first used for this pur-
pose about three and half centuries ago.
The graphite obtained from British mines
was so pure that it gave fairly satisfac-
tory results in writing without any special
preparation; all that was necessary was
to cut it out into sticks of the proper size
and incase the sticks in wood to protect
them. For long time therefore the Bri-
tish nearly monopolized the pencil busi-
ness of the world.
In 1861 the manufacture of pencils was
started in Germany. The industry grew
rapidly until within short time the
Nuremburg district became the worlds
greatest penci-producing center. Gener-
alton after generation, the descendants of
Casper Faber, the pioneer in the German
pencil industry, have continued in the pen
Gil business.
Shortly before the American Civil war
great grandson, Eberhard Faber, emf
grated to this country where he soon set
up in the pencilmanufacturing business.
Since that time number of other pencil
factories have been established and Amer
ican-made pencils supply large part of
the worlds demand
Graphite as it comes from the mines
usually contains imprities such as iron
oxides, silicates, etc. These have to be
removed before it can be worked up into
pencils as they would make the finished
product gritty and "scratchy." Graphite
occurs rather abundanty in the earth's
crust but much of it contains too many
impurities for use in pencils; that from
mines in Mexico, Bohemia, Ceylon and
Siberia is considered the best.
The mineral as it comes from the mines
is sorted over and the coarser impurities
are taken out by hand. 1t is then re-
duced to a powder by machines specially
designed for that work and then poured
into tubs containing water. The heavy
impurities sink to the bottom while the
lighter graphite remains at the top where
it can be easily taken off. Centrifugal
machines are sometimes used for separat-
ing the graphite from other substances in
the ore but the results are not as good as
those obtained with water. The final step
in preparing the material is to pass it
through filter presses.
1t is then mixed by machinery with clay
that has been refined by similar treatment.
The mirror., 1921-03-03

The word "encore" is really not French
in our theatrical use of it, for when the
French want performer to repeat per-
formance they use the Italian "bravo,"
which word, by the way, can be applied
only to one performer and that a male.
We say "bravo" to woman on the stage
we really should say "brava," and when
we acclaim whole band or orchestra it
should be "bravi."
The mirror., 1921-03-03
RELATA REFERO

By Scissors
1t costs fifty cents to collect $1OO taxes.
In silk production Japan leads all other
nations.
Polar bears nave been known to weigh
more than 1000 pounds.
From September Is until June /, Daw-
son, Alaska is isolated from the outside
world.
In China an average of only one child
out of ten has an opportunity to attend
school.
Mexico is preparing to formulate bank
ing laws based on the United States
Federal Reserve system.
Work has begun on the New York-New
Jersey vehicular tunnel connecting New
York City with the Jersey commuter. 1t
will cost about $29,OOO,OOO.
The United States estimates that enough
gasoline to operate 100000 automobiles
for year is wasted annually by evapor-
alton due to inefficient storage methods.
A Scotch banker left his two daughters
legacies of their weight in ive-pound
bank notes." The elder daughter received
about $256,000 while the younger and
plumper one inherited $2S6,7OO.
Telephone companies in large cities are
abandoning the familiar "I'm ringing
them" song of the operator. An "audible
ringer" that causes purr in the ear of
the caller is being installed.
The largest diamond in the world
weighing 1873 15-100 carats, has arrived
in New York from Europe. 1t is the
property of Abou-El-H -Hamid, former sui
tan of Morocco, who abdicated in favor
of his brother.
For the first time in history -four milled
in China is being sold in the European
market. A shipment has reached Holland
and sales are being sought in other coun-
tries. China formerly was a large i'm
porter of American -four.
The island of Majorca, one of the Bal
aeric Isles off the coast of Spain in the
Mediterranean Sea, is believed to have
the finest climate in the world. The tenn
perature remains practically stationary at
Is degrees and breezes blow constantly.
A learned society is puzzling itself over
the question of whether a fat man or a
lean man is more likely to be genius
They are stumped by the historical fact
that when fat geniuses became lean they
lost their greatness, and when lean ones
began to take on fat they too suffered.
Those who love to use big words should
remember that what is generally accepted
as the greatest single piece of American
literature ever produced contains, in its
26S words, only 26 words of three or four
syllables. The other 242 words are all
of one and two syllables, and of this num-
Der 1876 words are of one syllable
There is a Needle-and- tree in
Mexico. 1t is the maguey tree, which
furnishes a needle and thread all ready
for use. At the tip of each dark green
leaf is slender thorn needle that is care
fully drawn from its sheath At the
same time is slowly unwinds the thread,
The mirror., 1921-03-03

strong, smooth fiber attached to the needle
and capable of being drawn out to great
length.
The mirror., 1921-03-03

Once we were without flies and mos
quitoes. That was away back in the
early coal-forming period when the world
was gradually taking shape. The only
existing insects were those provided with
heavy jaws adapted for biting, such as
the grass hoppers, the locusts, the praying
mantis and others belonging to the order
Orthoptera. Uncoth, incomplete in their
transformation, they wandered amid the
treelike foliage, already Aourishing when
none of the insects sprung of more COM
plex forms of metamorphosis were as yet
in existence-neither butterflies beetles,
flies, mosquitoes nor bees.
The mirror., 1921-03-03

A massive iron chain once stretched
across the Hudson river as part of our
national defense in the Revolutionary war,
the chain being placed there at the COM
mand of General Washington in order to
prevent the British war vessels from eff
fecting landing in the upper valley of
the Hudson. 1t was set in place April
80, 1878, and remained unbroken till the
close of the war. The chain was 1900
feet long, and each link was two feet in
length. The total weight was 1856 tons.
The sections were linked together. Logs
were used to float the chain, which was
surface. Heavy anchors were required to
keep it in position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-20

consistent not in the abundance of the
things which he possesseth.'
| One of the first steps we need to take
! in the building of character is to teach
children to de things for love and not for
reward. God made man out of the dust OF
the earth and loved him so that he gave
! his only son. 1t was mans rebellion that
4 brought sin and misery into the world.
( 1t is for us to choose whether we will be
/ Sharers in the great redemption. Mans
/ life does not consist of the wealth of the
world. There IS something higher than
| that. There are two great divisions in the
world, those who are ruled by self and
| those who are ruled by a desire for SER
! vice. We must learn the lesson of service
| for the sake of love TO make our national
{ life what it should be- to make the world
| better because we have lived in it.
Addressing the class, Rev. Mr.. Ber-
nard said:
And now word to you especially, the
| graduating class of Brattleb0ro high
school of 1921. Perhaps as you look back
you are thinking of the days when you
started as little tots in the kindergarten.
| You passed through the various grades
| until now you are graduating from the
| high school, thinking perhaps that your
school work is done, that whether you go
on to the university, or into business. or
| any other occupation. you are through
| with school. / would suggest to- you a
| different view. You have just finished
the kindergarten, YOU are entering the
grade school now. There are many grades
| in it. the bounds of your campus are
the limits of the globe but remember
wherever you may be your country wants,
/ YES needs, good citizens, men that are
manly men, and women that are w0manly
women, men and women of sound judg-
ment. not easily swayed by the clamOr of
the crowd but who will be a strength and
honor TO the state and nation. You are
| building character day by day, and honor
able character is not built on legislation,
| Character is built on high ideals of right
eousness. wrought out by your wills work
| ing with God in harmony with His Will.
| Even when the grade school of the earthly
| life is ended. God grant that You, each
one. may graduate with honor. through
Christ, into the real high school of the life
| beyond"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-20
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Miss Robena Hoare, Mrs. Clarence
Adams. Miss Fay Morrison and Miss
Marion Royce. employees in the Holstein-
Friesian association Offices in the owner
ship department in the American build
ing. have been given a two-months' leave
of absence.
Among those from Brattleboro, who
will attend the preliminary school of in
Struction for officers and non-commis-
stoned officers of the Vermont National i
Guard at Camp Devens, Ayre. Mass,
this week are Maj. L. d. Taylor, Capt.
f. ". Gibson. LIST Lieut.. Charles y. r,
Goodwin ID Lieut.. Alexander Exner, LIST
Sergt. Harold Bastian, Supply Sergt
George H. Lane, -Sergt. Clyde w. Falby
Sergt. John J. Kilderry. Corp. William
f. Dolan. Corp. Robert \. Manley, Corp
Joseph Martel. Corp. Frederick Johnson
Corp. Thomas F. Tier. Corp. Charles G.
Wells. Corp. Joseph H Brouillette. Cool
James f. Long, Acting Cook John b
Manley. jr. Nee. William Holt. Buglel
John p Harry. First Class Privs. Ed
ward NJ. Beaudry. Francis NJ. Harwood
John J. Manning, Amos ID. MCGEE ant
Ralph S. Shaw and Private Paul II
Plant.