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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28
A NOVEL PARTY

ED OBBY wanted TO give party
E&a that was different from any other
"a party that he had ever attended.
EA% Mother always mad the best Ideas
50 ne soush; her aid. she put on her
thinking cap ana this is the party that
Bobby gave. The Invitations we're cut
from brown paper In the shape OF "A
Noah's Ark-the windows colored rcd
and the roof crayoned in green. On
the reverse side in white ink was writ
ten the message: Beware OF the
Food! II you want to escape climb
aboard the Ark next Saturday after
noon. Everybody must be aboard at
my house by three o'clock"
BOBBY BURNS.
1913 Green Road.
When the curious and excited little
guests arrived they were shown into
as many different rooms as possible
and after their hats and coats had
been removed each child was given
mask representing some animal Thus
disguised they trooped down stairs
where Bobby dressed liked Mr.. Noah
was waiting to greet them. Then each
guest was given a pencil and a piece
Of paper and the fun began. The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28
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make. To make a nag. each child
had to have thirteen cards with stars
on them, seven red stripes and SIX
white stripes. After the flag was
formed the children spread them on
the grass before them and when all
the flags possible had been formed
they borrowed in turn from their left
hand neighhor's hand trying to form
flags with the cards thus drawn. Al
the end of the game the lawn was
dotted with pictures OF flags and the
child who had succeeded in making
the most received a pretty silk flag for
prize.
The next game they played was
"Battleship Race" In large tubs OF
water were tiny little battleships. Each
ship was numbered and each child was
given a small stick OF wood with the
corresponding number. With the
sticks the children were to- push the
tiny crafts around the tub three times
and tho one who reached the finishing
flag first was the winner. H4
And then 1t was time for "eats'--
and such eatsl Ice cream in cannon
moulds, bon bons like fire-crackers and
cakes decorated In red white and blue.
When refreshments had been eaten
they all stood up and sang THE STAR
Spangled Banner" waving aloft the
flag favors that had been sticking in
the Ice cream. III. 'I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28
Tde RUNAWAY RABBITS

grass from the middle pile-and what
80 you suppose she saw?
Snugged down on the ground. half
covered still Dy the grass Esther nad
not disturbed. were four Tiny tny
white rabbits! II those little creatures
had jumped up and danced rIns
around a rosy about her. Esther could
not have been more amazed! kaoD!ts,
four of them. lying IN her pile u
grass!
For second the little creatures
blinked at the bright hot sunshine.
hen they burrowed lheir tiny PINK
noses n the grass. Bright sunshine.
little girls and the big world around
were too much for them
Esther stood for moment lookins
dazedy at them. and then she did the
very best thing She could do--she
dropped the pile Of grass She had
picked up and GOV red them tght.
81 wouldn't think they would want
TO stay under all that stuff" she said
% herself but II they do RI let
them. Now ! wonder whore Their
rno.her is. and how they eot therro -"
Dolls and queens and thrones were
forgotten. Esther knew The rabbits
couldn'; have been tbero ra~e. for the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28

~HE first d9y o; - cation was
warm and sunny and Esther took
her two favorite dolls and went
~out into the far garden. This
Wa the place she ls;ed best to play
because it was so far away from the
ilbuse that one almost seemed 10 be
away on a visit. Also because Esther
liked the smell Of the fresh earth and
the feeling Of a garden near her.
Something always seems to be hap
penlng in a ga-den-sometbing blooms
or is ripe ready to pick or is interest
ing 10 i--bS ~ because il has grown 50
rapdly-there 10 always soniy-nlng 10
zee.
This particular morning Esther no
iced that the gardener had been cut
ing the grass on the lawn around me
house.
Wonder where he put it ALL" she
bought. as she stepped over the fresh
cut grass Il 'spact he got a lot. be-
cause IL was so .ong yesterday"
She had not long TO wonder, for
when she reached the far or end Of
ine yard. there. at the edge Of the
garden. were three great piles OF
ereenness-fS, smelling and pretty.
They seeraed just made fer little giri
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28

3 IKE the swallows when they fly
/ Tho the mists thai dull the sky
~ In and o1t the cloudy veil
Long the sun. al hide and seek.
| have seen thro all the week
Playing In the Southern gale.
Summer winds. my kite | fling
Where your voices shrilly sing;
Up above the talIest tree!
I axe j, make ii mount on high
Farther than the sharpest eye
We'll its swaying form can see
Pail the string with all your might,
| have got il good and tight.
hn1 my arm IS very strong.
Tug awayl Ny KITE shall sail
Hiyher as it faunis its tail
Like a serpent, 1.-THE and longl
Summer winds, the tamohng clouds
Fly before your breath IN crowds.
And my kite shall follow them
Dipping, dzrling. onward famed,
Til they reach that woDdTous land
Land Of gold and fairy gem.
3ul yoar tampest-laden blast
In hat land could never Iaa.
Where the rainbow-fairies reign.
Scs, my Kite hes caug'I The glowl
What It sees I'd Ike 10 know
tiotering er thlt blight domain.
As my c1rd 50 tightly wound
Spins and y.,Hces on the ground,
Farther Of. my kite. you speed.
Floa'inz lhro that arch Of cloud
8v;h above bv winds 50 loud, -
~ ''ri Gill;. ,..lo-e v,u l49dt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28

who first detected a cautious splash
and ,whispered Hold dere, Marse
Geo'se, dey's landnw
Down crouched the boys in the boat
with hearts afutter. They soon caugst
ne murmur of voices and the sound
OF oars. soon small canVass-covereG
cOracle came INTO view ana IL Ii thre.
men. They were all officers, the boys
noted from their uniforms.
Gould We but land on the other
side" said one in a distinct voice. II
might not be so miry."
But thar would fetch us long
course around. said a second voice
According 10 our young fuend. the
village Les yonder in that direction
on an inlet"
Near enough for our eighteen
Founders to reach?' inquired third
voice.
Easily. | should say" was the an
swer Il was told that it was just
beyond the bend here"
Then Wen keep our man-o' war
men for nobler prey" said the one
VINO had spoken last. our jolly
eighteen FOUNDERS shall carry our
warning 10 the rebels. .-. only wait
until night fall and Wen easily lind
the target when the lights are lii IN
The village"
"A bit of target practice. eh?" and
they all laughed.
There was some further talk, from
which the eaves-droppeTs learned tina,
these men belonged to the transport
fleet OF General Howe bound for
Philadelphia, and that their present
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28

gardener had put the piles of grass
there only that early morning
Where did the RABBITS belong and how
did they g,t there?
she wasn't IN doubt very long.
From across the garden came
voice saying. Esther! Esther! Bob
by's coming over to see if you can
help him lind his rabbits. They've
RUN away"
Ectby was the little boy who lived
next door.
They're here" shouted Esther in
reply. they're all here! In keeping
m fbr him. | am"
Eo6by and his big sister who had
ral carve running in a iify and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28
>ASS5luIibabIkee33 33rget

RWOOKS" exclaimed young George
~ Tilghman. Il wish 1 had gun
KA 1r rather cannon!"
HI His friend and companion was
4. .oiored lad OF about his own age,
answering TO the name OF Honest. and
he with a grin remarked: "One can
non aln't do you no good"
George clenched his FISTS and would
nave stood up In his small boat II
Honest had not restrained him by a
touch on his arm. "ney'l see yon-all,
Narse Geoge," he whispered.
AS Il was, the boys were barely hid
ten by the rather scant foliage OF the
rec along the waters edge and were
: not for the tall water-grass snd
pushes they would have been spotted
from the decks OF the warships sailing
% grandly up the Bay. suddenly
George cried in a voice excited but
hushed: Look. Honest, lookr
One OF the ships with glistening
ma!nsail and two jIbs spread had be-
gun to fetch around as II she meant
10 change her course.
"Dey's seed usw gasped Honest
SO 1t appeared, for the vessel came
dAlnR slowly towards them.
George grssped an oar and padded
nurricdly into the water weeds until
he could feel the bottom. They knew
that coast well. Then both of them
Noled their way along a channel hid
den by the grasses, where there was
Just enough water to float their boat.
After they had poled little way they
nust needs stop and peer into the Bay
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28

the gardener who heard what Esther
had said came too. When they were
all in front of the pile. Esther bent
over and picked up the grass she had
lifted before for the throne.
There they are" she said proudly
But nothing was there! The grass
was warm and rounded over where
the soft little bodies had N'l--but not
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-28
WoHD SQUARES

Ny first IS v he: yo1 are doing nJw.
My second IS a lake IN North America.
Ay .hrd aiean- troubles
Ny fourth IS used 70 york upon.
My first sings sweet songs.
My second b d thought
Ny lh.rd is 4 tear.
Ny fouri IS It frut.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20
DIES TO SAVE HER HUSBAND,
San Francisco Woman Couldn't Bear
to See Him Go to the
Penitentiary.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Ethel Younger
ended her life so that her husband,
William F. Younger, could escape the
penitentiary and marry a girl who
had preferred charge against him,
according to letter Mrs. Younger
wrote In her last conscious hour.
The letter, addressed to q friend,
says:
with me gone, my Bill can marry
the girl and they can have their little
baby and he won't have to 60 to the
penitentiary.
81 simply cannot stand that. I could
not have Billy locked up for five or
ten years. He was good to me. He
was just as nice as could be. loved
him so much and he acted the same
to me. l have no complaint.
HE gave me all his money and
was awful good, so ! still love him
and this is the only way can help
him. He must marry her, and 1t will
save him from jail. Why, I could not
sleep nights If thought he was in
jail"
Younger, who was arrested, denied
the girls charges.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

A wee lassie came running up
to her mother saying, 20, mamma
my dolIy's very sick and we don't
know what to do for her, and we
re afraid she's going to die -
''Send for DOCTOR" said the
practical mamma.
I'VE did mamma, and he left a
)pill, but she couldn't swallow it.
Then we mixed up a powder in
water for her, but she couldn't
swallow that"
swell, you'd better try Chris.
tian Science on her, them"
"We did, mamma, but she
couldn't swallow that either"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20
S1.OO "a Year; zoe tor q mC
What The Country Needs

The American people have not
lost their heads quite as com
pletely as enc might be led to
believe if left to judge from much
of the idle talk TO be heard on
every hand,
1t is, of course. true that, most
everything is in an abnormal
state--a quite natural condition
considering that We ave jus gone
through more than four years OF
destruction. But everything will
come out ali ri hit. 1t was many
years after the Civil War before
return of anything like pre- war
times.
Our situation is pretty well
summed up in the following state
ment credited to an Iowa Farmer.
What we need is a great
humorist to make the American
people see how silly they are act
ing, not because the situation is
comical and not because it is seri
GUS. 1t is just new-just differ
ent-that's all. Someone with a
sense of humor ought to give the
American people good laugh at
Themselves friendly kick-tell
them to shut up go to work, trust
in God,-and see what happens. =
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20
JOHN GETS SEMIANNUAL BATH
Six Months and Apply Scrub
bling Brush.

Dallas, Tex.-John Mays has just
been given his semiannual bath by
members of the police force. John is
seventy years old and has tried to
avoid baths. haircuts and shaves for
the last 20 years.
Once every six months the police
round John up on a vagrancy charge,
and when he is in the cell soap, wa
ter and scrubbing brush are applied.
After that they hack off his long hair,
clip his beard and release him.
John lives in hut in the river bot
toms. He never wears shoes and sell
dom uses hat. His next bath will
be in August.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

A report from Washington
City says:
The total gross debt of the
government was reduced ST..
$50, $3.50, As during month Of March.
The gross debt March 81, was
$23, $3.50, 104, 1897 SO The floating
q debt consisting of treasury loan
and tax certificates amounts to
81, 474,612,000
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

Merchandising is like operat-
ing a wheelbarrow. A man must
get behind and push. Advertis.
ing is the lubricant that will
make the pushing easier regard
less of the weight of the load
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

The twenty.third annual meet
ing of the Southern Railway
Agents Association will be held
at the Signal Mountain Hotel,
Signal Mountain, Tenn, on May
10th, Goth and 21st
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20
IMPROVED UNEORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSOIOOL
LESSON
(By REV. p. -. FITzwATER. d. D..
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Insti ute OF Chicagol
&C. 1921 Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR APRIL "a
POVERTY AND WEALTH.

LESSON TEXT-1sa $50; Amos SAT;
Luke l6l9-25.
GOLDEN TEXT-For where your treas
ure is there will your heart be also
Luke l2:34
REFERENCE MATERIAL - Prov. 80.
s. 8; Matt 6:l9-34; 1922, Luke 6:24. l2:lS-S4;
| Tim. 6:6-l0, 1913
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Kind Woman
ii Kings 1911.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Two Men Did
With Their Money.-Luke i2:l5-21. Acts
i:36. 81.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Earning and Using Money.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Problems OF Poverty and Wealth
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

FOR SALE Good j horse
power Kerosene engine on skids
$40 cash. Address or call on The
Sun, Morristown, Tenn.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

Success is not so much in rising
early but keeping awake after
once getting up
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20
Thought for Today

WHERE are you going? Never
mind:
Just follow the signboard that
says, BE kind"
Do the duty that nearest lies
That is the road to paradise. y
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

In the fifteenth century vaudeville
was applied to a certain old Norman
folk son.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

Since the ruling that beer can
t be used incidentally, a lot of
, thirsty invalids % will put their
hopes in hops
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-04-20

Experience is a dead loss if it
can't be sold for less than it cost
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
WHY DRUGGISTS ARE BALD
Seemingly Their Duties Are Manifold,
If They Would Satisfy Their
Various "Customers."

"Now, what do you think of thatT
said the druggists clerk. "She wanted
to know what Thanksgiving is for.
Some people think a drug store is an
information bureau.
"The other day woman came in
and wanted to know who discovered
America. She said she had an argu-
ment with a friend about it, and they
decided I must be the referee"
He had perched himself on top of a
ladder and was trying to juggle three
or four boxes at time when a woman
came In and after waiting a minute
to be waited on knocked on the coun-
ter.
u want a two-cent stamp in a hur-
~" she said. He gave her the stamp
tand made change from a SIS bill.
"Would you please give me the same
kind Of medicine that you gave tony
mother the last time she came inr'
she. said.
"Who Is your motherT' he asked.
"You know my mother--the fat lady
that always buys bottle of soda ev-
cry night"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of HIRAM B FARMER

The Undersigned, having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Essex, COM
M1SS1ONERS, to receive, examine,
and adjust the claims and demands
Of all persons against the estate Of
Hiram B Farmer, late of Brighton,
in said district, deceased, land all claims
exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby
give notice that We will meet for the
purpose aforesaid, at the Office of
John W. Thurston, in the town IT
Brighton, in said District, on the 25th
day of March, and 18th day of Au-
gust next, from 1 80 o'clock P NJ, un-
til 4 o'clock P M, on each Of said
days and that six months. from tn
days and that six months from the
18th day Of February, A D, 1921, is
the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Brighton, vt, this 18th
day Of February, A D, 1921,
d JOHN w THURSTON,
C. z. JOHNSON,
Commissioner
inch "a. :.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
CALLED DIRECT GIFT OF GOD
Arabs Have Pretty Legend Concerning
the Origin Of Thor Famous Breed
Of Horses

AbdEl-Kader, a man n rare intel
ligence. descendant, Of Mahomet and
valiant lende<' Of the Algeri tribes
against the French for IS years, wrote
book on the Arab horse. A French
general once questioned him regard
ing the origin Of that splendid breed
and received the feilswins reply, SAYS
Our Dumb Animals:
Know. thsn. mat among m II h
sdritt-d ma, God created ne horse
~ts 81 me Winds ana ne created AdsM
oot 81 ne auN. fhis cAaHSt b DIS.
ruted. Many pr~rhets kavs proclaimed
that VIXEN God wonld create the horse
He said to the sonth wind: Z WIN
hrtns forth out Of thee creature /; be
thou, rherefore condensed
"fhes eems ths sNsef Gabriel, sad,
eakihs 4 handful ~ eae matter. pre-
scented II to COD, wte formed tAers-
With 4 brown bay hrse ard said; 7
name. f,ee H9rst and create fN~s
Arab and give ,fhee A buy c~h~r,
sttsch blessing to the tArs',ex whfch
falls Aetwren t1-'.! eyes; thou sftaft
he lord ~ an me animals. Thew matt
ny without wings, snd from tAy bAef
steT Proesed Hetea.' Then nsfksa
He him watk 4 star 81 the fsreAesS.
the >sies Il sisry and blesstnr"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16

"chu,.a mie>," ,sts1ssssy ps+srr-
stricken, sssahsnafty m able 10
threw flekes N tie wxy u sfAeys. 4
thlef entered ~ tenstrxs eAare1, Bal
timste, Ma. The sthet xitkt snd stole
valuable Jewels frsn 4 sxfe II the
rear II the altar Inquiry At the rec
tory developed that to q little band
81 playful Church mice" now dead
and forgotten By their brethren. may
he traced the existence Of cireunn-
stances which made II possible for the
thlef te strip the saered vessels with
ont detection. Many years ago a
burglar alarm system was Installed
In st. rgphtius IN anticipation Of just
such visitation as the recent enc.
One night some mice established
contact with q concealed element of
the alarm System and brought the
priests and the police TO the scene
The burglar alarm vas disconnected
to proyeHt 2 ro~ctttion Of the false
alarm. The view vas taken by the
priests that there Gas in existence
scarcely z thief degraded enough to
tamper with the consecrated vessels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
Wars Ertsee on Domestic Ari~afa

Wars Ertsee on Domestic Ari~aFa
Even the cats and dogs Of Central
Europe have degenerated as result
Of fine war, says Prof. Balkanyf, diree-
torF 81 the veterinary school st Buda'
pest, wins Is investigating How the
habits sf domestic animals have bern
Influenced by that cause. Most Of the
tewn-bred cats In this part At the
verdi refSss to drink milk because
1t is unkNswn to tfiem, due TO lack #
milk during the war the professor
asserts.
Beth dogs and cats are relapsinS to
the savage ways of their untamed an
cestors,' he says. "The vagr2ncy Of
FGGs IS startling. Fet dogs oiope from
hcart-broken mistrcsses, joining packs
of many village dn%H. whore they live
in communist equality"
The same authority says that. he
sides hydroNhoh'a, nervous diseases
are very Frequent among animals.
am afraid domestic animals in eastern
Europe are deGCn ting and that tine
stock must No rcp'enisreA from over
seas-ilxcliarge
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
BUFFALO ON THE INCREASE
6atsse Rspsrts shsw That the ARtssst
10 Not Likely to Beesnss extinct
at Any Rate.

Tie fear that existed not long ago
lest the native buffalo would soon BE-
come extinct 10 dlspelied by q report Of
$hs American Bison society. which
states that there were 1893 Wild and
tame buffalo In the URited States In
January, 1920. This 10 an increase Of
about 300 per cent since 1908, In which
year there were i.lls wild and tame
buffalo In this country. y
OF THE nine sovernmeht-owned herds,
two Of the largest under the care Of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
tyre are located In the Wichita nation
al game preserve. Oklahoma, and on
the national bison range at Dixon,
Mont. The herd on the Wichita pre-
serve now numbers 154. including IS
calves Of this year. In this herd four
bulls and II cows are ten years Of aye
or over, and one cow Is twenty
years old. The Is animals that con
stituted the original Wichita herd came
from the New York Geological park.
1t Is planned, this year to dispose of
some of the surplus buffalo in the gov
eminent herds in accordance with the
provisions made by the 1919 appropria-
tional bill for their care. Public parks
and municipalities are the largest pa
irons. BY distributing the animals
over the country, if disease or mis-
fortune overtakes the main herds, there
still will be stock left with which
groups could be built up again.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-16
BANNER BLUE LAW" CENTURY.
Seventeenth Saw Drastic Rules Made
FOR the Government of Manners
and Morals

The Seventeenth century, according
to historfans, was tbe,banner for blue
laws. Legislators We'd with one an
other to win either the paudlts Of the
people or to provoke the wrath Of
the mobs by thinking up new measures
for the statute books One blue law
IN particular which comedies somewhat
with some of the legislation runoAsl
to be contemplated In this country
is interesting. THIS was In the form
of an ordinance IN a Swiss city. and
it virtually put such stage folk as
juggfcrs, maskers, Jumpers and "such
like out Of business. Thc% vero pro
hibited from plying their profession
for the reason that they do things
which God did not intend the human
race to perform"
Gambling was frownad upon
throughout Europe during this pc
rio0, hut the blue laws cid not seem
to make much of an impression. It
is TO be also noted that a prohibition
movement was alive in that period.
Refor1ners we're engaged at various
times in efforts to stop drinking at
taverns. In little city in France
the dry wave did not gain much head
way, as the leaders turned to the al
tentative of reducing, or trying to re-
duce, drinking to minimum on Sat
urday afternoons so that worshipers
might attend evening services with
full possession of their faculties.