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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30
LINCOLN AS GENTLEMAN

A rather startling contribution to
American history that, the statement
made from the pulpit by DIR. Guthrie
that Abraham Lincoln was not
gentleman.
The word gentleman" is frequent
ly given odd interpretations, of
course, and perhaps it is true that
Abraham Lincoln would not qualify
within the meaning of the term as
interpreted in the minds of some
people. He was not a master in the
fine art of sorting out mysterious
spoons and forks, nor in small talk,
nor would he have compared favor
ably with the ease and grace Of the
modern lounge lizard. Let us con-
cede that his parlor manners were
awkward. What of it?
If being gentleman means, as
DR.. Guthrie says, to respect the
self-respect of Others" by this mea-
sure Abraham Lincoln was the out
standing gentleman of all America
In courtesy to his opponents, in def
erential respect for his adversaries,
in restraint from harsh speech, in
kindness to women and children, in
reverence for motherhood and in
tenderness for all humanity no name
in history ranks higher than that of
Abraham Lincoln. He stands almost
a paragon in all these attributes. He
was gentle to fault, supremely a
mantle gentleman paramount.
His most memorable speeches, as
well as his private utterances, were
notably devoid of bitter denouncia-
ton, of the fire and birthstone of
popular oratory, of plays for the
cheers of the mob. On the contrary,
it was the very tenderness of his log
ic that carried his issues through.
At Gettysburg, when even his
friends were disappointed because he
did not gloat in victory or tear into
his enemies with bitterness, he spoke
but a few words, the words of a
gentleman, above the petty elements
of the strife, and those words were
everlasting in their significance and
worldwide in their wholesome influ-
ence upon civilization.-Letter to the
New York Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30
Minnesota leads all the states

Minnesota leads all the states in
the number of active cooperative
marketing associations and in the
number of members of such associa-
tions. Is is second only to California
in the matter of volume of business
in dollars and cents. The foregoing
information is summarized from an
article appearing in Agricultural Co
operation, publication of the divis-
ion of marketing in Washington.
Sixty per cent of cooperative agri-
cultural marketing since 1915 has
conferred in ten states, says the same
authority. These states in the order
of their relative Importance are Min
nesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Cal
ifornia, Kansas, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Michigan and New York. Al
most one-half of the total member
ship of co-operatiyes is to be found
in these states. In a 10-year period
ending with 1925 the co-operatives
of California are estimated to have
handled a total business Of one bill
lion and 700 million dollars. The Min
nesota total for the same time was
slightly more than one billion and 400
million dollars. The grand aggre-
gate for the 10 states for that decade
was nine billion dollars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30

County Agent Sheldon addressed
the March meeting of the P. 7. A.
at the school last Monday evening.
He spoke at some length on Club work
and continued with an interesting dis
cussion Of the st. Lawrence Water
way. He showed how completion of
this project would benefit farmers
of the Northwest. The remainder Of
the program consisted of physical
training demonstration by Miss Lees
pupils and several musical selections.
--Belview Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30

A freak Of nature, two fully devel-
oped pigs with only one head. was
just recently born at the John Hines
farm. The bodies Joined about the
middle to connect with one neck, lead
ing to perfectly developed head, ON
which are four ears, two on either
side. The good condition of the bod
les is proof that they were alive at
birth. The bodies have been preserv-
ed in formaldehyde. -Belview Inde-
pendent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30
WHY THE ORGANISE PAINTED.

The church janitor also pumped
for the pipe organ and sometimes
slowed up before the hymn was fin
ished, exasperating the organist- On
the first Sunday the new minister was
in the pulpit the ofganist, wishing to
appear to advantage, handed the jan
-itor q note soon after the service
started. To her horror he handed it
to the minister, who opened it and
read:
Keep blowing steadily until /
tell You to stop. Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegram-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30
NOONANIsMs

tBy Billy Noonan in Baudette Region)
One of the big troubles with Mexico is that
there too many Mexicans there.
doctor says that jazz music is beneficial in
certain cases of deafness What he probably means
is that deafness is beneficial in certain cases of
jazz music.
With farm relief legislation turned down, the
farmers win have to be patient, and the trouble
with being patient is that it takes lot of patience
The fact man has car doesn't mean that he
has money. 1t means that he had money.
Another load of three tons of catalogues ar
rived in Baudette last week. The mail order houses
win fight to get your last dollar without contribut
ing cent to the upkeep of the community.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-03-30
OUR ILLUSIONS DESTROYED

SEEMS to be the fashion to destroy all
boyhood heroes
Stevenson, we learn, not an unfor-
tunate invalid whose ill-health forced him to his
bed. Rather he dissolute who was
morally good except when he was too weak to be
wicked.
Washington we are learning was not an in
spred hero but rather military coward, selfish
business and good deal of sport socially.
Franklin, who gave such good advice to young
men, had the fun of experimenting with the oppo-
site kind of experience before he settled down to
moralizing.
Wordsworth who wrote such simple and pure
poetry, had an illegtimate son>in France during
wild and jolly youth.
So it goes No one seems to have been per-
feet. Very few seem to have deserved a small per
cent of the admiration that has been bestowed on
them.
The net result of course, is that certain authors
making good living soaring up the filth and
scandal of past The sins of Washington
even yet bring more relish than the msdoing of
unknown on the next street. We are always inter-
ested in the lurd doings of the great.
Of course a few childhood illusions have been
badly shattered. And yet the outcome may not be
wholly bad. For long we picture Washington
as a superman who could do no wrong, we are not
likely to try to initiate him. But if we know that
Washington was great in spite of definite weak
and flaws, there is chance that the rest
of may equal even his record We try hard
enough.
of mankind may be kindness, even if the writer's
emphasize the clay feet of of gods in CIV
ing us a closeup picture of these heroes. But in
the end these heroes will be more human, and pos
sibly even more ikeable. 1t is to be hoped so.-
Levang's Weekly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
Mays Landing News Items
TO NUMBER HOUSES
AND MARK STREETS
Official Signboards Will
Be Provided

The question of street names and
the numbering of houses in Mays
Landing will be settled by the
Township Committee under action
taken at the semi-monthly meeting
on Monday night when Committee
man Thomas J. Barrett was chosen
to act as a committee OF one to
draft plans for this work.
Mr.. Barrett made the suggestion
to his fellow committeeman that
there should be street signs and
house numbers here, and they
agreed that it was high time for
such a move.
Several Mays Landing streets
have been enjoying two or three
names, and the official designation
will wipe out further confusion
along this line. When the plans
are finished and approved, sign
boards will be secured and placed
at each street intersection showing
the street name as officially a.
dopted
The numbering of houses cannot,
of course, be done by the officials,
as it is up to each property owner
to furnish his own number plate
or figures and place them on his
house, but the Township Commit
tee can give a definite number to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
Black s Blue Jay,

An old lady from the country
came into big New York hotel
late at night. She was given a
room with bath adjoining. The
next morning the polite desk clerk
inquired how she slept through the
night.
"Not very WE'LL" replied the old
lady. "T'he room was very nice
and the bed was pretty COM
Portable, but I couldn't get much
sleep because / was afraid some
one might want to take bath, and
the only way to it was through
my room"
Princeton Tiger. !,
Optimist: It's great just to be-
alive!
Pessimist: Just back from Chi
cago, Ell? :.
-Colambia lester.
event over to see my girl last
night and found about half a dozen
rivals gathered around"
How did she look?"
Like a million dollars, one fol-
lowed by six nothings." i
M. 1. T. Voc Doc.
90
He: III l-l-love y-y-you!
She: Say it again!
He: M-my gosh! IL said it
t-t-three times t-t-the first t-t-time!
Wisconsin Octopus.
She: Don't you just adorc
those Maxfeld Parrish blues?
It: Gee, honey, | amt had time
for jazz nor nothin' since l got
that new job at the foundry =
: - ~'~s ron, LadJa /
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
Will OF John
Underhill Is
ToBe Fought
Relatives Want To Take Be-
quest Made For Local
Park

Hamilton Township is to have
its already long wait for the money
left by the late John W. Underhill
stretched out to an indefinite
period by a contest of the will in
stituted by half-sister and half
brother of Mr.. Underhill Although
he died in October 1925, almost two
years ago. the Marine Trust Co,
of Atlantic City. executors of his
estate, gives inquirers no satisfac-
ton as to when the estate will be
settled up, and the contest will
promote further delay.
Harcourt and Steelman, Atlantic
City attorneys, have served notice
on Township Solicitor John E.
Iszard that they represent relatives
of the deceased who will make an
effort to have the bequest to
Hamilton Township for park i'm
provement set aside in their favor
Although no details are yet avail
able, it is believed that the con-
testants are Edward Washington,
half-brother, of Aurora, H., and
Ella jenkins, half-sister, of
Omaha, Neb., each of whom were
given $500 under the will
A brother. R. Allen Underhill.
was given $4,000 and a half-sister,
Mrs, Winifred Rivers, of White
Cloud. Mich, was bequeathed $500
by the terms of the will, but both
of these had died prior to the death
of Mr.. Underhill
1t is understood that the relatives
do not contest the clause of the will
which gives the Hamilton Township
Board of Education one-third of his
estate for gymnasium purposes, but
attack the gift for the park. which
was to have the other tWo-thirdS
The estate was valued in the petit
ton for probate at $94,44824, of
which $4,000 was real estate and
$69,448.24 personal property.
At the meeting of the Township
Committee on Monday evening,
Solicitor Iszard was instructed to
defend the Township in the action
no the limit. 1t is not believed that
the will can be broken as certainly
there was no undue influence in the
matter as no one had any idea that
Mr.. Underhill would leave his
money to the public; and, besides
this, he was certainly of sound
and disposing mind and memory
when he made the will, as every
one who knew him will testify.
The contestants have no grounds
for their suit as far as the bene-
ficiaries can see.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Every county in the State was
represented, with especially large
crowds from Burlington, Cumber-
land and Salem counties.
The horseshoe pitching contest
to decide the New Jersey cham
pionship was a feature of the day
and was won by G. w. French, of
Bloomfield, Clended Dausen, of
Cranbury, was second and Samuel
Snedeker, of Hightstown third
Congressman Charles Eaton, of
Somerville, principal speaker, adj
dressed the gathering in the after
noon and declared tina unfavor-
able conditions of the farmer at
present were due to a lack of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
WILL BE RELEASED

1t is understood that Fred Whit
ing, of Weymouth, who was com
mitted to Jail in default of a fine
for causing a forest fire will be
discharged from custody. Whiting
was arrested on June % and
Magistrate Gillespie had no alter
native under the law but to commit
him for 80 days in default of 5000
fine, He has already served 81
days and would ordinarily have
but 40 days more, allowing tho
usual five days off per month fo9
good behavior
Writings permit for a brush fra
called for II p. m, whereas he
burned the waste at II a. m. and
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Seeing the disturbance of water
above him, Harry was afraid to
rise to the surface for fear of
contact with the churning propeller,
but managed to clear it and come
up nearly exhausted.
Spectators standing along the
bank of the lake at Beach's corner
get many thrill from the practice
work of the speed fiends who try
TO Guido each other in stunts.
This is the SECOND accident on the
lake within fortnight.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
THROWN FROM BOAT

Harry Denmead, former World
War aviator, has had many ex-
periences in looking down from
great heights to danger below, but
last Thursday he got a new thrill
when he lay on the bottom of
Lake Lenape and looked up to
danger above after being thrown
out of a wild" motorboat.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

every lot and so make it possible
for the householder to have his
correct street number.
1t is probable that the numbers
will be arranged on the Atlantic
City plan, with each block to start
at new hundred, no matter how
few numbers may be on any one
block. In this way numbers are
easiest to find and the numbering
is more uniform.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

the fire got away from him, spread
ing to the woods and burning over
several acres.
The fine of 5000 still stands
and a judgement has been obtained
against him by the state which he
will have to pay if he gets it re-
CARELESS of the serving of the
sentence.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

"What has four legs, no wings,
but can jump higher than the
Woolworth Building?"
Il. give up"
"a dead horse"
"But a dead horse can't jump"
Neither can the Woolworth
Building" =
Rutgers Chanticlccr.
II will not keep that parrot you
sold me; he swears all the time"
''But, madam, he neither drinks
nor smokes"
-Io7VG FriUol.
He: What sort of girl is Gwen9
He: Well she's small but
He: | see. Warmth without
weight. 4
Williams Purple Coz.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
NEW FIRE SIREN

The Belcoville Fire Department
has installed a new electric siren
on top of the fire house. Trials
have shown it to be very efficient
and its piercing note can be heard
beyond the confines of the town
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
FARMERS AT HIGH POINT

Three thousand Jersey farmers
attended the annual picnic of the
New Jersey oranges and farm bu-
reaus at Tigh Point Park, Mid
dleton, New York, just over the
New Jersey border.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

A hotel manager going along a
corridor saw a kneeling bootblack
cleaning pair of shoes outside
a bedroom door.
Haven't l told you never to
clean shoes in the corridor, but to
take them downstairs?"
"Yes, sir; but the man in this
room is a Scotchman and he is
hanging onto the shoe laces."
-Bowdom Bear Skin.
Roman City Slicker: All, my
lad, let's step to yon vendors
wagon and have a banana.
Lad from the Alps: Nav, you
can't fool me on any of them there
skin games.
-Wisconan Octopus.
Professor. WISH SVHlcoie
would give me a ticket to the zoo
Sunday.
Freshman: 1t wouldn't be
ticket-it'd be cage.
oh, Lady!
s ~: How many kisses did he
give you3
rs: We started with peck.
Amherst Lord Jeff.
Capt: Smith, what's that mud
doing on your collar?
Private latter carefully examin-
ing his collar): It's not doing
anything right now, sir.
Carolina BHccdreer.
Students who wear balloon trous-
ers should not frequent night clubs
with mirrored floors. -
Penn. State Frot5.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
~ Through Bell Syndicate.

The narrow. gauge railway train
had been humping along at a great
rate. In the passenger carriage
everything was in confusion. The
passengers we're being jostled from
one end of the coach to the other,
and occasionally, as though for
variety, from side to side. Finally,
however, the train at last settled
down to a much smoother pace.
One of the passengers turned to
another:
"Ah, the train is running much
smoother now"
"Yeh, we're off the rails and
runnin' on the ties"
Stamford Chaparal
"Have you seen Lohengrin?"
mo, but I've heard Minnehaha. "
Wisconsin Octopus.
Gimme a chocolate bar"
Give or temp"
II said gimme one chocolate
bar"
-Io'oa FniOol. /.
A mail clerk down in Texas has
been held up so much that he be-
came cross-eyed from looking
down the muzzle of bandits six
shooters.
TEXAS Ranger.
Mother: And does little Willie
like to study2
Teacher: He likes to do moth
ing better.
Carnegie Pappet.
As someone said after the mill
tary review, "You can lead band
to music, but you can't make them
play"
Penn. St0te Fyoth.
90
Grover: How would you like
to go big game hunting?
Rover I'd take a shot at any
hing hing once --..-~.------.----.r-s-,--.-,
--MissoHri OUTLAW.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Philip: l hate those revolving
doors.
Morris: So do l. You can't
slam them when you're mad.
Princeton Tiger.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
THE WIFE-MURDERER WAS
ON TRIAL

He was on the stand and telling
to a stony-faced business mems
jury the story of his married life.
How he married the girl he
thought was the perfection of his
dreams. How he endured thou
sands of sloppy breakfasts and
canned dinners. How his savings
quickly dwindled and his back
grew wearied in toll for her, his
wife. How he found her in his
house with another man, and how
she beat him up for finding them
(Not change in the jury How
through years of this he had re-
manned faithful and loving.
"But what, then, made you
finally STAY herr" Numbered the
prosecuting attorney.
"She squeezed the tooth paste
tube in the middle!!" shrieked the
wretch, and with one accord the
jury rose and declared him inno-
cent.
Columbia Jester.
They had to carry Carrie to the
ferry.
The ferry carried Carrie to the
shore.
They had to carry Carrie to the
ferry.
Cause Carrie couldn't carry any
more.
Green Goat.
what was that bright remark
you made about me just now?"
"You wouldn't understand it.
I'll explain it to you when you get
old and feeble"
-BuekneH Belle Hop.
Phi: Why are you crying, little
boy2
Jake: I drank some cider-now
l can't find my way home.
Phi: Well, you mustn't take it
so hard.
Rutgers Chdnticleer. Z
Milly: When is an innocent
girl not an innocent girl?
--~MiIlliy -1hEee Zines times ait Of -fol IL.
Carolina BaccdneCr.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THIS PICTURE?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THIS PICTURE?
"Say, roommate, do you want
to use my tie and topcoat this
EVENING""
"On one condition, old boy,
that you use my car tomorrow
night to make up for it,
Wisconsin Octopus.
Oscar: I didn't get to bed till
four O'Clock.
Oswald: What for2
Oscar: -Four A. NJ. you darned
fool.
Princeton Tiger.
Abe: Dot hat iss nize fit,
aindt it?
Customer: Yes. But suppose
NY ea AIS &C. tiEed9
-Bzils 1 Saass,. =
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

sound economic marketing condi-
lions.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09


1st Drunk: Who's that lady
standing over there?
and Drunk: That's isn't lady,
that's a drinking fountain.
1st Drunk: Well, I don't like
her anyway.
Dartmouth Jack o'Lantern.
90
''I want to talk to you about the
time when I was young and inno-
cent"
ooh, need we go so far back?"
annapolis Log.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

After being vaccinated for
flu, smallpox, scarlet fever and
dip h h eria, Awful Oscar
opines: Zone thing a fellow
gets out of college besides an
education is a bunch of vacci-
nation scars"
-Wosh. Cougars PaO
She may not be your maple
sugar, but you will always be her
sap.
arizona Kittykdt.
Under new management-the
bridegroom.
-Denis9n F'amingo.
Where are the shower baths?"
Il don't know I've only been
here here thee weeks" -/(-
Columbia yr..etsy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Thrills. merely for the sake of
thrills, finally become silly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Some men are so dumb that they
think if they accept a penny for
their thoughts they are turning
pro.
Oregon Orange Ozol.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Mighty soaks from a little corn
grow.
: Ga. Tech. YeNotv Jacket.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-09

Students who wear balloon trous-
ers should not frequent night clubs
With rirrored- floors.
Penn. State Frot6.
, 1927-01-19

proved. the country has been over
run with manufacturers of Illicit
liquor, who, through the distribu-
ton of their poisonous product,
have caused hundreds of deaths
throughout the country and have
been responsible for Micro
people losing their sight and suf-
fering yer and varied forms of
physical infirmities.
There has appeared in the wake
of the conditions herein enumerated
a train of corruption. bribery and
lawlessness, the continuance of
which will constitute a serious
menace to the welfare. happiness
and well-being of the whole ma
ton"
Yates. who represents Sweet
water county, asks that a certified
copy of the memorial be sen to
each of the Wyoming members of
the national congress.
, 1927-01-19

A FARMER living near Columbus,
"A Ga, didn't believe In milk inspec
ton
He thought II was all - graft to
give some man an q job He
didn't believe that there was ~ sach
thing - tuberculosis In cows"
wAsn the herd Of . daily farm near
hin wa tested fer tubsreulosis b. b
nnik inspecter and two cows vsFe put
out Of the herd n being In a'dafssrdus
condition. he took one Of the cows and
fed the milk TO his family.
Thar was ten ysars ago.
To-day. his wife L. dead OF tuber-
culosls: his only son, after four years
In the hospital and three operations
for bone tubsrculosis. Is permanently
disabled, and his two daughters are In
a tuberculosis hospital.
Here In the farmers own statement:
-In the fall OF 1912 a dairy herd
near me was tested for tuberculosis
and two cows were put out OF the
| dairy. One was killed as a renctor
tand one wal called suspicious. and the
suspicious COW was taken to my prem
ises and MIXED. l felt that the ofice
Of milk inspector was O graft. to give
some man an easy job, and did not be-
lieve that there was IN such thing as
tuberculosis in cows, This COW was
fed Just as those In the dairy were fed.
and In u month she looked so M
that I was afraid to milk her. She
was given back to the man who for
mefiy owped her. Ny son Developed
tuberculosis the next year and has had
It until the present time. and my wife.
1 believe. contracted II from the boy.
The boy was kept in the hospital At
Decatur, Ca. for Jour years. and on
his back for nine months. where part
Of tho bone Of the neck was removed
and a part OF the leg one ussd tore
. place II. and the bone OF sheep used
TO replace the leg bone. My two daugh'
tiers ara now in the Tuberculosis hos
pltsi at Alto. Ga. and I believe that
they contracted the disease from their
mother, who was buried hare today
And all this might havs been avoided
II the farmer had believed what the In
spector Of the state department. d
health told him about the danger 81
t~uberculosis In cattle.
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