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FAREWELJ^SERMOi
Baccalaureate Preached by Rev. W.
E. J. Oratz, Former Pastor
of Methodist Church.
Let no nan Despise thy Youth,
for in it Much Good may
be Accomplished.
The Methodist church was filled last
Sunday by those who went to hear the
words of advice given to the 1905
class of the Princeton high school in
the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W.
E. J. Gratz, and they heard a sermon
full of good thoughts and encourag
ing words. The high school choir was
present and the singing was excellent.
The sermon was lengthy and the
Union does not print it in full, but
makes many extracts which are given
in the speaker's own words. The sub
ject was, "Paul's Advice to a Young
Man." The text was First Timothy,
fourth chapter, twelfth to sixteenth
verses, "Let no man despise thy
youth but be thou an example of the
believer, in word, in conversatiop, in
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Till I come, give attendance to read
ing, to exhortation, to doctrine."
The speaker said:
"If what a self made merchant has
to say to his son, or the old soldier
has to say to the young recruit, or the
teacher has to say to his scholar is of
value then the words of this letter
from the wise old soldier of the cross
to the young beginner are of great
value and deserve our earnest consid
eration. They have been of value in
the past and will serve us well on this
occasion. Herein we have personal
advice to Timothy, in spite of his
youth, to be a model of Christian
-character and to throw his whole
heart into his work. From which I
take occasion to say.
I. "See to it that you estimate truly
the dignity and meaning of your early
life. 'Let no man despise thy youth,'
for it is life's most strategic period.
The poet says, 'In youth we carry the
world like Atlas in maturity we
stoop and bend beneath it in age it
crushes us to the ground.' Into the
Mississippi- there flow four great
streams, the Minnesota, the Ohio, the
Kansas and the Missouri, making it
the grandest and greatest of rivers so
that it well deserves the name, the
'Father of Waters.' So the four
great gifts, health, hope, ambition
and enthusiasm unite in one majestic
current to sweep the enterprises of
the young on to fame and fortune.
This has been called the young man's
age, but every age has been the young
man's age. At seventeen Hamilton
electrified a Boston throng by his
maiden speech on the 'Poi't Bill,' and
was one of the strongest statesmen in
America when he was twenty-six.
William Pitt was prime minister of
England, and one of the foremost men
of the realm when he was twent}-five.
'Let no man despise thy youth' is
written on every page of history.
This is the time when you are laying
the foundations of your character
that shall determine whether your life
shall be erect and splendid or like the
leaning Tower of Pisa, warped and
one-sided. But more than this I
would impress upon you the fact that
ou are li\ ing now. There is no
magic mantle that will fall upon ou
some daj to indicate that now you be
gin to live. 'Let no man despise thy
youth.'
II. "This brings me to the apostle's
second exhortation. Be a model of
Christian character. 'Be thou an
example to them that believe, in word,
in manner of life, in love, in faith, in
purity.' The \oung man is told to be
an example in all things that are
good and true. Wordsworth in his
Iintimations of Immortality says:
Hea\ en lies about us our infancy
bhades of the prison house begins to close,
Upon the growing boy,
But he holds the light and whence it flows.
He sees it in his joy
The youth who daily artner from the East
Must tra\ el still is Nature priest,
And by the ision splendid
Is on his way attended
At length the man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day
"So while by the vision splendid,
you are still on your way attended, be
nature's, nay, be God's priests of pur
ity and honesty. You can be an ex
ample in word for the poison of pro
fanity has not yet corrupted or weak
ened your speech. You may be an
example in charity, for the commer
cial spirit has not yet gotten such a
grip on you that you can see nothing
beyond it. Place a dollar before each
eye and it obscures every other inter
est, but the getting of gold. God pity
the man for whom the dollar has
grown so large that he cannot get
around it, or over it, or under it, into
the Kingdom of God.
"You may be an example in purity,
and I say this with a full conscious
ness of the fact that in your youth
the temptations to impurity from with
out and from within are many. God
has made you a discerner of spirits
so that we have a 'sensibility of sin,
a pain to feel it near.' And especially
in your youth is this faculty alert and
if we take heed thereunto we shall be
kept pure and spotless, even as the
lily is kept pure and white on the
bosom of the muddy, slimy pool. Mr.
Kipling is not putting it too strongly
in 'Gentlemen of Ranks' when he puts
these words on the lips of a man who
learned too soon of the things that to
know is weakness and evil and defile
ment:
'To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort
of the damned
To my brethren in their sorrows over seas,
Sings a gentleman of England, cleanly bred,
machmely crammed,
A trooper of the empress if you please
"We are done with Hope and Honor,
"We are lost to love and truth
We are slipping down the ladder rung by rung,
And the measure of our torment is the meas
ure of our youth
III. "Give heed to reading. If
this advice was necessary in Paul's
day it certainly is in our day.
Never were the presses as busy as
they are today. There is much good
fiction, but fiction is but the desert of
literature. Read for brain-making,
character-building, soul-enlarging
not for killing time.
IV. "Paul further admonishes his
young friend to remember the gift
given him for his task. 'Neglect not
the gift that is in thee, which is given
thee by prophecy, with the laying on
of the hands of the presbytery.' You
are chosen young people, specially
prepared for life. Only five out of
every hundred scholars get into the
high school. This means that out of
the whole population 105 boys and
girls of your age are standing by
and denying themselves so that you
might graduate. Recently the son of
one of our wealthy men addressed the
faculty and students of Brown Uni
versity. He showed his audience that
the America Beauty rose has ten
thousand buds, but the gardener
pinches back the 9,999 buds, and
forces all the rich growth into one
rose at the end of the bush. I say
this that you,, may realize your re
sponsibility.
V. "Be diligent in these things,
give thyself wholly to them that thy
progress may be manifest to all. My
final argument is for the necessity of
concentration, of oneness of purpose,
of choosing some noble, worthy aim
in life. Then put all your powers into
the reaching of that goal. Have you
ever heard of the poor cobbler in
London who afterwards became the
great missionary and scholar? Some
one asked him 'what is your business?'
He said, 'My business is to serve God,
I mend shoes to pay expenses.' Paul
had but one business to 'Preach Christ
and Him Crucified.' My business is
to serve God. I preach, and look af
ter the interests of the church to pay
expenses.
"Youns: men and young women,
never make the mistake of losing
sight of the main issue. There is no
failure but moral failure. Therefore
"Seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto vou.'
Farmers to Organise.
A meeting of the farmers of central
Mille Lacs and adjoining counties has
been called for Saturday afternoon,
June 10, at Preslev 's hall in Milaca,
for the purpose of organizing a farm
ers' exchange.
Such a movement has been contem
plated for some time by many of the
farmers of this section, and now an
effort will be made to form the organ
ization. The object of organizing is
to plan for the best interests of all the
farmers, especially in methods of sell
ing produce, and to co-operate for
their mutual benefit.
The meeting Saturday will open at
2 o'clock p. m. and all farmers are
urgently requested to be present.
Mille Lacs County Times.
Licensed to Wed.
Clerk of Court King has issued mar
riage licenses during the past week as
follows: On June 3, Jacob L. Ereds
vard, licensed to marry Anna Serina
Henrickson, residence of both near
Foreston.
On June 3, L. Andrew Anderson,
licensed to marry Ida May McCuaig,
both of Milaca.
Did Yon Ever?
"You say you got rid of that coun
terfeit quarter I gave you, Sam?"
I certainly did, boss."
"But don't you know it was wrong
to pass it?"
I didn't 'zactly pass it, boss you
see, I was passin' 'round de plate in
church las' Sunday, an' I jist ex
changed it!"
R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.00 Per Tear. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MHJ tESOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905.
DIPLOMASARE GIVEN
Nine High School Graduates bid Fare-
well to Teachers, Classmates
and School Board.
The Busy World is Open to Them
and They go Forth to Fill
Their Places.
The opera house was filled to over
flowing last Monday evening by men,
women and children, proud of our
schools, proud of the graduates from
the high school and proud that edu
cational interests have secured such
a firm foothold in this community.
Many were present who remember the
time when all the scholars of the vil
lage found ample space in the two
rooms in what is now known as the
Whittier school building, and they
were gathered from far and near.
Now the pupils of our schools num
ber more than five hundred, we have
a corps of instructors second to none
in the State and our high school grad
uates have reached a proficiency in
learning surpassed by no others from
State high schools. In all this it is
fitting and proper that all should feel
a Just pride, and that they do so was
shown by the large attendance at the
graduating exercises last Monday
evening.
The arrangements for the exercises
were elaborate. Nearly one entire
section of seats were reserved for rel
atives of the members of the graduat
ing class, which proved to be a
thoughtful plan, as otherwise it might
not have been possible for them to
hear the farewell words of those who
go out of the school to enter higher
institutions of learning or to at once
take up the active duties of life. The
stage was decorated with the class
colors, crimson and cream, and its
motto "Rowing, not Drifting," was
suspended over head. A profusion of
flowers made a beautiful foreground
along the front of the stage, and the
beautiful costumes of the young la
dles, in the chorus, and those in the
graduating class with their many bo
quets of flowers, combined to make
the effect a pleasing one.
Mrs. Ben Soule, Herbert Anderson'
and Sereri^s*^!^h'en"*'^Dniploseaw:
fne
orchestra for the first selection, which
was well received and after the invo
cation from Rev. Rupert Swinnerton
the song "Bridal Chorus" by the high
school chorus of more than fifty
voices, under the leadership of Mrs.
C. A. Caley, rose, swelled and fell to
sweet cadence in perfect time and har
mony. The several selections by the
chorus were grand and the audience
was held in admiration of them.
The Union has not space to give
the orations of the graduates in full
and anything less would be unsatis
factory. Time permitted the delivery
of only three of the nine and undoubt
edly all possessed high degrees of
merit. The three which had been se
lected for delivery were the salutatory,
by Ada King, the valedictory, by
Grace G. Morehouse and the third by
Earl Hatch, but as the latter was un
able to deliver his, Lulu Neumann was
selected at almost the last moment to
delner the third oration. No lack of
preparation was shown in its delivery.
The three orations were excellent,
showing thorough research on the
subjects treated and a mastery of
language complimentary to the young
graduates.
The speaker of the evening, Robert
P. Herrick of Minneapolis, announced
that he had intended to speak on "The
Old and the New," but had concluded
to change his subject to "The Beauti-
ful." His discourse abounded in
beautiful thoughts and he said the
most beautiful thing in life was a
beautiful character. At times the
discourse rose to the sublime and the
audience was held in wrapt attention
throughout. The school board was
fortunate in securing for the occasion
a gentleman of such high attainments.
After the commencement exercises
were finished the new senior class ten
dered a reception to the graduating
class and teachers, which was a very
pleasant feature of the evening.
May the Princeton schools continue
to prosper under wise management
and graduate each year a class which
will do honor to its alma mater.
Eighth Grade Graduation.
Last Saturday evening, June 3. very
appropriate exercises took place at
the high school building in the assem
bly room, when the new custom of
granting certificates of attainment to
those who had finished the Eighth
grade studies was inaugurated. This
grade has been under the instruction
of Miss King and twenty-eight mem
bers of the class passed the ordeal of
examination and were presented with
certificates which entitle them to enter
the gh school. It is a very useful
cust a and one followed by many
scho Is in the State, but is entirely
new Princeton. It will give the
pupil i an incentive to continue their
studi s, and to those who are so sit
uated that their school life ends in
this fade the certificate will be a sort
of diploma that may be shown as evi
dence of having completed the com
mon branches and of having a good
foundation for a buisness life. But
it is to be hoped that none of these
twentj-eight will stop here, but will
continue to work their way "onward
and upward, and true to the line."
The Weather by Hicks.
The second storm period for June
covers the eighth to the twelfth, being
central on the ninth. Many electrical
storms and heavy rainfalls will ap
pear at this time, but they will cover
comparatively narrow localities, leav
ing wide areas of the country with
only modern results. Tornadoes are
highly probable at this and other
June periods.
The third storm period is central on
the 1 th to 17th. The electrical strains
of ea th's summer solstice will be felt
in fi squent and general displays of
light ing all through this part of
June A crisis of such phenomena
will ill about the 15th to 15th.
Th fourth storm perfod which is
centi 1 on June 21st is put down as a
crisi of summer electrical storms. If
the rometer falls to very low read
ings: ornadic storms are quite proba
ble iff central and western states. It
be known to all that the great
1 of the vivid and general light
such times in June is abso
harmless and indicates no ap
ing danger except in cases
the barometer is very low, and
ipact, well-defined storm cloud
ing up from western and south
directions. The lightning and
thun jbr from a big, dense, rushing
June [cloud means a very different
thing from the constant flashes that
illuminate every point on the horizon
fromjbanks of floating passive clouds
in th June evenings and nights. On
and i bout June 24th will culminate a
serie| of characteristic June thunder
storms Cooler weather will follow.
The last storm period of June is on
the 26th, 27th and 28th. There will
belbSvy rain and thunder storms in
Tae Last Civil War Veteran.
A computation based on the length
of time which elapsed between the
close of the revolutionary and 1812
wars and the deaths of the last sur
vivors of each indicates that the last
civil war veteran will not pass away
before fifty jears have elapsed, or
until 1945, at the age of about 105
years. The last survivor of the revo
lutionary war died 1869, eighty-eight
years after the surrender of Corn
wall^. Hiram Cronk, the last sur
vivor of the war of 1812 died ninety
years after the close of the war. To
the person attending a G. A. R. en
campment of today it hardly seems
possible that even a single one of the
grizzled old veterans in attendance
will be alive fifty years, or even twen
tj-five ears, hence, and yet precedent
seem to indicate that some drummer
bo\ who went out in 1861 at the age
of twelve or fourteen jears, will be
patiently waiting in 1945 for the last
muster.
HOTiX WALL CKUMBLES.
A Good Plan to Build Your House Upon
the Solid Rock.
Yesterday, while workmen were put
ting a water pipe through the base
ment of the Riverside hotel a section
of tne wall gave way and fell inside,
being followed by the dirt on the out
side The cave in started at the bot
tom of the basement wall, which was
left from the building burned early
in the spring. As events proved the
foundation was not strong enough to
support the heavy brick structure.
The opening made was about twelve
feet long at the bottom and extended
upward on the side of the building
about four feet, although only the
outside courses of brick above the
lower floor fell. No opening into the
building above the basement was
made.
Forgets Honors Easily.
Adieu, governor! Capt. Van Sant
has washed the dust of Winona from
his shoes and will no longer be a res
ident of his old home city on the Mis
sissippi. Just why the governor
should cut Winona out of his memory
is not explained. Every honor he
ever had politically or otherwise, he
received as a Winonan. Perhaps he
has discovered that he has lost his
pull" here and: hopes in new pas
tures to save himself from political
oblivion. Winona will wish him no
more harm in the future than in the
past, and what more can we say.
Vale governor! Some day you will
wish you were back in old Winona.
Winona Republican Herald. rf,v
THE RURAL ROUTES,
They are Five in Number and Lead
From Princeton in Almost
Every Direction.
Mail Addressed Correctly Will Reach
its Destination Safely on
any of Them.
When Princeton had only one rural
mail route nearly everyone knew that
it ran west and had no trouble in
mailing letters properly, but now there
are five of these routes and directions
on the letters mailed show that the ter
ritory covered by each is not very
well known. John Erickson or Erick
Johnson on route two is apt to get
mail intended for his namesake on
some other route, and vice versa. The
Union gives a short description of
the territory covered by each carrier,
which will be found a sufficient guide
in mailing letters. No attempt is made
to follow the intricacies of the routes.
Route number one runs west on the
Greenbush road through Glendorado,
then south into Santiago and back
to Princeton on the old Santiago
road, past the Ezra Wheeler place.
Route number two runs northeast,
through "Germany," past the Gates
farm and as far as the Karmel store,
then south two miles and back past
the Wyanett store, the Ed. Saxon farm
and Anton Falk's.
Route three runs south on the Elk
River road to the Wm. Brown place,
then southwest and crosses the St.
Francis river, runs around Elk lake
and east through Baldwin past the
Neely place and to Princeton on the
Spencer Brook road. u\
Route four runs straight east,
around Green and Spectacle lakes,
making about two miles south, back
past the Berry farm and up on the
Spencer Brook road east of Rum
river.
Route five runs straight north seven
miles, then west five miles past Pease
and strikes the Milaca and Princeton
road near the school house in district
number nine, crosses the West Branch
there and to Princeton on the Milaca
road.
The territory surrounding Princeton
SfiflrHty-weil -covered and %y~bunen*"
ing a number of mail boxes on some
corners the farmers are nearly all
accommodated.
Cheap Lands, Low Interest.
The last legislature provided for a
State board of immigration and C. H.
Warner is supervisor of the work of
the board. He has assumed the du
ties of his new position and though
the details of the work have not been
fully determined on, some of the most
important rules have been made. The
Brainerd Tribune, gives a lengthy
outline of the work proposed, from
which the following excerpts are taken:
"Although no policy has been defi
nitely outlined, it is understood that
the primary object of the bureau is to
advertise lands which the State itself
has for sale as against land in Min
nesota in general. Messrs. Iverson
and Warner will adopt what they con
sider the best methods of informing
the people of Minnesota as well as
other states and other counties as to
the desirability of Minnesota as a
home State, the quality of land the
State government has for sale, the
easy terms which the State gives to
purchasers, and the commercial, in
dustrial and educational advantages
of Minnesota in general.
I believe that the appropriation
made by the recent legislature will
prove a good investment for the
State,' said Mr. Warner to a Tribune
reporter. State land is better than a
homestead. The terms are almost as
easy, and there is no trouble and ex
pense of proving up. By buying
State lands, moreover, the settler is
able to locate in settled portions of
the country, close to railroads and
churches. When a settler takes a
homestead he has to pay a filing fee
of $14 or $15, besdies many other in
cidental expenses. It costs him about
$50 to prove up.
'Few states in the Union offer
such opportunities in this regard as
Minnesota. In few states are terms
granted purchasers so easy as in Min
nesota. One can buy excellent land
from the State by paying only fifteen
per cent down, and he may have forty
years to pay the balance at four per
cent interest.
'Minnesota owns 3,000,000 acres
of land, which are sold at public
auction to the highest bidder. Not
more thn 320 acres can be bought by
a single purchaser. Fifteen per cent
of the purchase price must be paid at
the time of sale the balance may be
paid at any time within forty years,
interest at four per cent per annum*
'Several State land sales will be
YOLTJME XXIX. NO. 26
held during the autumn of 1905, and^ r,
an unequaled opportunity is offered
the man of small means to secure a
home. Full information will be fur
nished upon application of the State
land commissioner at St. Paul,
Minn.'
'It is understood that a large quan
tity of the land that will be offered for
sale is located in settled districts with
in a few miles of railroads and near
schools and churches. For this rea
son a good price is expected. The
average price which the State school
lands have brought has been $6.26, but
it is thought that the lands offered
for sale by the State auditor next fall
will bring an average of at least $10
an acre."
To Preyent Potato Rot.
The evidence as to whether or not
potato rot can be prevented by the use
of the Bordeaux mixture is conflicting
but as it costs little to try it some
farmers may want to experiment. The
formula for this mixture has been
published frequently, but may not be
at hand when wanted and it is given
here once more, as John B. Avery
furnishes it to the Republican-Voice,
saying it is a sure shot preventative
of potato rot:
"Copper sulphate 6 lbs., unslacked
lime, 4 lbs., water 50 gallons. Place
25 gallons of water in a barrel, weigh
out the copper sulphate, tie in a coarse
bag and hang it in the water, being
careful that the bag is covered with
water. In another vessel slake 4 lbs.
of lime, using care to obtain a smooth
paste, free from grit and small lumps.
When the lime is slaked add enough
water to bring the whole up to 25 gal
lons. As soon as the copper sulphate
is completely dissolved and the lime
is cool pour the mixtures slowly to
gether in a barrel holding at least 50
gallons. Stir milk of lime throughly
before mixing with the the solution
and when mixed stir well for at least
three minutes with a broad wooden
paddle. To determine whether the
mixture is fit for use insert the blade
of a pen knife in the mixture allowing
it to remain for one minute if metal
lic copper forms on the blade the mix
ture is unsafe and, more lime must be
added when the blade of the knife re
mains unchanged the mixture is safe.
"The use of this should be started
when the potato plants are from four
~te five inches high) and wipeatedoyogy'..
week or ten days. Paris green can
be stirred in with the mixture and
both applied at the same time.'"
No Settlement of Chicago Strike.
A press dispatch of June 6, says:
"With the union leaders preparing
to settle the teamsters' strike on the
installment plan and the employers'
association resolved that no plans
for a settlement except such as com
prise every strike-bound interest will
be entertained, the prospects for a
cessation of hostilities were not bright
today.
"The teamsters' joint council hoped
to end the strike "sectionally."' tak
ing the department stores first, and
appointed a committee of three mem
bers of the Department Store Driv
ers' union to meet the State street
merchants. Efforts were made to ar
range a conference today.
"The employers announced that
they would not make a settlement that
did not include every firm involved.
However, the teamsters hoped their
move would prove an entering wedge
leading to larger negotiations."
Up ermont Way.
The play given at Jesmer's opera
house last Friday evening, known as
"Up Vermont Way," under the aus
pices of the Rebekah lodge, was well
patronized, paying about sixty dol
lars above expenses. It was a comedy
in four acts which took three and one
half hours to play. It was comedy all
the way through and the actors have
hardly had time yet to settle down to
the sober duties of everyday life. The
principal feature of the plot was a
hunt for a missing heiress, a young
girl, which accounts for the enthusi
asm with which the young men played
their parts. It was fun all around.
Insane, Sent to the Asylum.
Last Monday, before Judge Van
Alstein, Dr. H. C. Cooney and Dr.
G. R. Caley as an examining board,
Christine, wife of Fred Bornstadt of
Milo, was adjudged insane and sent
to the asylum at Fergus Falls. She
was there for the period of three
months about four years ago and was
discharged as cured. Sheriff Shock
ley accompanied by [thepatierit's hus
band, took the unfortunate woman to
the asylum yesterday.
No Fourth of July Celebration.
At present it looks as though
Princetonites will be compelled to find
vent for their partiotism on the Fourth
of July at places outside the village,
as the Union has not been able to
learn of any preparation for, a cele
bration here.
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