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THE
F T3HIE A
The fceople's Rights A Representntive Deirocracy The Union and the Constitutlon Without Any Infractions.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1912.
VOL, t: NO. 18 , WHQLE NO. 4469.
V Xf W rfB Vmr aMA Q fT
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS,
BARNARD'S OLD FORT
i
1 lio uutuor ot " uiu iimcs m
Barnard", in llio Randolph llornld
writes nn intoreHtinc nccount of
I'ort Defianco, tlio stockndo orccted
in tho nutiimn of 1780 for tho pro-
tcotion of thd pooplo of Barnard nnd
tho BOttlenientB down tlio White
rivor. Lie alno adds a patriotic pleu
tliat tho sito of tho old stockado be
duflignated by a monunient, or bot-
ter Btill, a bouldor, with! n miitnble
iiiscription.
Tlio Indinns of Cntiadn, iiiBpired
if not led by Biitish offieers, tried to
Buiroptitiously- onpturo tho mau who
lmd Bhi'ui, hh n Bharpshooter, a Biit
ish offieer eurlier in tho canlpaign
It waa jutnored thnt the mnn wns in
Stockbridge, but not linding him,
thojmliana came ovor tho mountain,
hoadod for tho Winooski trnila, upon
tho Barnard Bottloinent, whoro they
thought they might find or oompel
the roaidents to, tell whero, lie wns,
Tho first hoiiso iu Locust Oreok ve-
gion they Btrnck was tliat of Priw.e
Haskoll, whero Barimrdls aged and
lionored oitizen, Ilenry Putnnni, now
rcsidfiB. The'Tiidiaiis inarched down
tho Urcek. ioitiul no ono nour uo
Anioa IJiuknell Jjoubo, but founjd
Thomna M. Wright, iit tho prosent
Shippeo place, nn'dJohu Nowton in
tlio lielil lurtlior bolow. faolon JNew-
ton haa t,hOughtfully phicod an up
riglit stoiio 011 tho sito whoro tradi
tion enya Nowton wan, when the
1 T. .i: l i i.'i..." V...i:
liaatily niado for Bethel, and thus
northward.
Tho biirning of Royalton, Oot. 1G,
1780, waa u eimilnr jiioco of von
geance. It mny be said fljnt iieither
the Indiana nor Britiah ovor caught
the nian, Mujor Ben. Wliitcouib.
though ho was long' undoi' surveil
lanee. 1
Fort Defianco waa a'-log Bt'oekade
ercctod around thesemi-log Iioubo of
Anios liicknell. 'JJid Iioubo Btood in
tho Houthwentcoruor'bf th'e Btockade.
nnd tho sito is now weU covored by
tlio wnodflhed of tho houBOkiccently
puruhnsod by Duvid Rhodea of Mor
liavillo The presont hnUso waa
erected by Honry Pulnum nbout 1860,
whon lie bought tho place, at which
tlmo thero wore ruina of tho old
liicknell houae, and when ho buili
the wnll by the sido of tho Braall
creek, which' servea na.a wall of the
barn, lio found sovoial of the original
Btockado Joga at tho northwest cor
ner of tlfo 8t6cknde.' Tho log stock
arle camo surely na far east as in the
presont highwny, Tlio highway,
prior to tho big flood M 1869, ran to
tho east- four or fivo, roda farther.
The bluff tiii theaiorth waa thea ex
cavated and' mnde.ntb a road, aa. ia
easily noted today.
NORTH POMFRET
Alec Mclnnes and wife of Qjte
chec and tvvo cousinslrom Andover,
Mass., visited Mrs. Colbnrp one
day last week. .
Emory Lticiu and wife liay.e rp
tuined fio.n their. trip". , John
Wheeler and' ditughter- were' ciires
takers In their nbseticc'. ., . '
Miss Clarn Iloyt hns been visltrrtg
her cousin, Mrs. Qiiimb'y,'in Gl'ate
mont. ' . '. '
C. P. Thacher delivercd tho six
cows he sold to Mr. Jtidd of Straf
ford Saturday u s
Mr. Hoiton wns in this section
htiying carly lall npfjles last week,
paj ing Si,75' per bhrrel.
Tlie mUslcale nt the church last
week was mtich enjoyed, nnd nt its
close the company wns' invited by
Mr. John Wheeler to his home to
assist in cclebrnting his and hlrs.
Whecler's tiftecnth wedding n,
vcrsar)'. lce creani,'cake and.coffee
wcrc served nnd it,vYas a very' plens
ant occasion or nll, ,
HARTLAND.
KNGUSII-TAKHLE.
mt t r .
j.ne universnust , cliurcli wns
tastefnlly nnd beautifully dccoiatcd
with flowcra nt high noon, August
28, for thc wedding of Mins Jennie
E. Tnrblc, elderdHUgbter of the Inte
Mr. nnd Mrs. G. E. Tnrble, nnd
ErneSt A. English, the youngest
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. N.
Fred English.
The bride entered. the church
leaning on'the nrm of lier relntlve,
Mr. E. O. A'Jnms, of West VN indsor
Her sister, Mrs. Lovell Crandnll
wns mntron ot honor, nnd Miss
Renn Jenno wns bridesmaid. The
groom wns attended by Rev. Stnn-
lev Gntes of Dexter, Me , ns best
man, nnd Mr. Lee H. Grahnm,
groomsman, nnil the ushers were
Messrs.-T. G. Spear, Old C. Wnt-
son, Lovell Urcindall and Herbdrt
Grout. Misses Myrtle nnd Bnrbara
Watson, gowned in dainty white,
strewed flowers in the brjdnl patl).
The conple stood benenth nn arch
of overgreen duiing the ceiemony,
which wns performed by Rev
Verdie Mnck Martih of Gaysville
and Rev. H. L. Canfield of Wood
stock, the single ritig service being
used.
The bride wns most. bccomingly
gowned m soit gray niessnline nnd
carried n shovver bouquet of white
sweet pens.
Mrs. Chnrlcs' W. Backus plnyed
dunng the ceiemony. The church
wns lilled with relatives nnd friends
Among them were noticed Mr. nnd
Mrs. Annldo English of Boston,
Mass., nnd Mrs. Theodoi'e Klngsley
of Feeding Hills, Mnss., brother
and sister of the gi'oorn.
Al'ter a wedding breakfast at the
English liome the' bnppy couple
left ior n sliort mtto trip through
centrtd Vermont.
Rev. Hcrmnnn Loliinann hns
tendercd liis resignntion ns'pHKtor of
the Congregational church, to take
effect Oct. i.
, VVnde nnd Elizabeth VVebster'en-
teretl Woodstock High School
Scpt. 3.
Mnrion Recd weitt to St. Tohns-
bury Sept. 3 to enter the ncademy.
Mrs. Minnie Rowell and daueh-
ter Hazel retnrned to their home in
New ork Sept. 3, hnving Hpent
tlie stimmerwith tlieir uncle, J. Jt.
liniTeu.
BRIDGEWATER CORNERS
Mr. nnd Mi's. Alfrecl , Viuighnn
Were in Randolph n dny or two Inst.
week. .' , 1
Warren Lewis has moved into
thc blacksmitli sliop tenement.'
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. A. Perkins
were recent guests of Mrs. Louise
levelnnu.
EdWard Shnttuck'is n studeiit
a
the Woodstock High School.
, BRIDGEWATER.
Missee Mildred Curtie, Kntliryn
Davis, GladyB Cartei-, Arthur Uam-
1011, ltogor josseiyn anu uoraia
Weedon' return to Woodstock High
school for tho coming year. Now
tudonts there aro Verona Potwin,
Florence nnd Arthur Yetman und
llugh ilnniilton.
3J r. and M'rsy I. R. Olark of JBoS'
ton vero receiit guests of W. C.
Rnymond. '
- H. 8; King, and nmily have re--tunied
to Eastlininpton, Mnss.
Tho spoakers ut tho Republicnn
rally Saturday nftornoon wer'o Con
groBBinan Plumley, Judge Thonip
aon nnd Hon. F. A Howland 4
Mr. and Mra 0. M.'Southgato vis-
Ited C. 0, Coxo and family in Wood
stock last' Sundny.
" THE COUNTY FaIr.
Sept. 10, 11, Vit
NOTES.
Ono of Woodstock'B well-known
and regular Biunmbr visitorB offers u
purso of 1000 to be. competej for
at tho Windsor County fair, for the
best gentlomen'a driving borse, mare
or golding, bied and ownod in
.Windsor county, four years old or
niore, Btaiiding 15.1 or oyer, to be
ahown , in the h'ariioss Must bo
Bound; with good all-around uction.
Speqd not to count. Entrios to be
pogted. To bo 'shown jnst bofore
the rncea, when thero ia a good
crowjdl
Albert L. Benedict of South Royv
tilton Wns severcly lnjtired about tle
tnce the other dny hy the btirsting of
an emery wlteel Hjs glnsses were
itmnshed in fine pieces nnd a large
l gnsh cut in his forcliead.
, Vote of Windsor County. "'
., ; . -.. a E 1 1
' i -... ' . " 8 " n b I
,. . ,. ' l ' I
Andover. '..'.. 26
Baltimore, Charles Bcnn, R . . , . . i . : . . 5
Barnard, A. Palgo, R 41
Bethel, J. W. Millor, D 92
Bridgewater. L. Spnuldingr, D.., . ,...';.,. 57
Cavendish, D. J. Stimlta, II 191
Chester, L. A. Carpenter, R '. . . . '183
Hartford, G. Stephens, Prog: 201
Hartland, J. D. Rogers, Prog 89
Ludlow. E. M. Plumley, Prog 177
Norwich, J. S. Cnmpboll, D . . . . '. . 73
Plymouth -. 43
Pomfret, P. W. Doton, R 67
Headinir. N. H. W. Jcnnev. R. s. . 72
Rochester, F. A. GuernBoy.'. . .
icoyaiton. ,
Sharon, D. A. Mooro, Prog
HprinKfloId.
Stockbridge. H. L. Mills, D
Wcnthersfloid, S. L. Gngo, R
Weston. F. Peeno, R. . . 1
West Windsor, W. P. Blanchnrd, R
Windsor, G. R. Guernsoy, D..
Woodstock, F. S. Billlngs, R
Totals
The Vote for Governor Since
1902.
. Tho voto for govnrnor iii Vermont
during tho pnat 10 yt'ars haa been
"tia follows :
IN 1902.
McCullough, Rep 31,864
Clement, Ind 28,201
McGettrick,Dom 7;364
Scatterin'g 2,506
Total 69,935
There was no choice and McCullough
was clected by tho leglslature.
IN 1904,
Bell, R 48,026
Porter, D 16,534
Scattering. . . . : . ,1,949
Total ....:,.. 66,609
Republican majority, 29,548.
IN 1906.
Proctor, R , ' 42,332
Clement, D .......... . . 26,912
Hansom. Pro 733
Sulllvan, Soc. . ........ . r 612
Total 4. ... . 70,489
Jtepublican mnjority, 14,164.
IN 1908. . '
Prouty, R... . . . . . ; .... ; .46,598
uurKc, u . io,y&d
Backus. Pro '. . . 1.351
Dunbar. Soc. . . . ". . ., . . , 547
Scatterlng . . , 918
Total i .... 64,867
Republican majority, 26,817.
' ' ' IN 1910. " -
Mead, R V.v' .35,263
Watson. D. . . .' .' . 17.425
Toole, Pro. . . . . .1,044
urawny, aoc . 1 . i,vtu
Total . . ' i . .
Republican majority,, 15,735.
, 65,787
Plenty of 'Fun.
Visitors, to the Vermont State
Fair, to be beld at White River
Junction, Scptember 17, i8j 19 and
. 1 1 rr 1 r' . . . ( I '.'
zu wiii uiiu 11111 uui ui 111c uruiitiiiy
in the antics of the corpuJant gentle
mep who compose the Fat Men
Club of New -England. The Club
mccts nt the groun ds the first dny oi
the fair and in the eventng nre.
treated to a big firevvorks exhibition.
Qut,ou Wediiesday mjniing comes
'1 t .1 11. l ... ...;n
inu reni iun, lur ine tai nitn wiii
"nct up" for the nmusenient of the
crowds. There will be nll sortn of
fat mcn's sports,..such as foot races,
Wheeluarrow rjices, tug-of-war, etc,
nnd'on Wednesday nftcrnoon the
fat men will hend the prrcession of
pnze siock uiounu tne tiacu.
Dr. Benton Chosen.
I)r. Guy Potter Benton, preBitloiit
of the University of Vermont, has
been elcctcd chairmon of tho alntel
ibrary, commiBBion to.BUcceed M.VTU.
Wilson ,of Rnndolpli, reaigned.
Dr. Benton 18 a graduate of Baker
UniyerBity, a Methbdist elergyman,
lecturer; nulhor and .pdncator witfc
wide oxperidnce in cducntionaL and
eocial work.
ADVICETO BOYS AND GIRLS
Snve Vour peoniesn'nd'serid, them
to the'-Hyde Pnrk Snvings Bank.
That Bnnk rcceives citlier pennies,
dimes or dollurs.
V Why)
BecqUse it vvislies to cn'cournge
the childrcn to be frugal'nnd to hnve
a little bnnk nccti'iint ot their own.
even ihollgh thc initial deposit is tlio'
smaliest possible snm.
Children who coiriineuce nn
accourit on a penny, a nickcl, 6r d,
dimc, "often grbw into capitnlists
ldter on. , '.'"'
The way to become a cnpitalist is
to commcnce now tb save the"
pennies. , , "s ;'
Mrs. Elizabeth Faunthbtpe, wi
dow of n Titnnic victim ntul herselt
a sury'ivor, has s,ued the White. Star
companv in thc fcucrnl coilrt at
Plulndelphia for $10,000 for the loss.i
of herhusbnnd. 1
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CORK TREE.
Tho cork tree ls a opocica'of onk.
In Spaln tho outer bark Is harvcsted
from the samo tree onoo ovory nln
or tcn years. The best corlt comoa
from trees that nro 60 to 100 ycars old.
Instcad of lnjuring tho tree, stilp'ptng
tho bark seemo to add lmpetus to th
growth of a new coat. Tho ylold of a
troe varloa from 50 pounds to 500
What Ib known as tho "cork bark $lm"
ln your section 1b also callod tha
"wltch clm" ln Bome parts of Canada,
from tho wetrd ghaatlr appearanco ol,
Its boughs and trunk. Althotigh somo
what slmllar ln appoarance to tho cork
oak, lt haa not the ollghtoat vnlue for
its bark. The .Spantsh tree would al
most certainly not thrlvo ln thoso latl
tudes. THE BARK OF THE 'DOQ.
It Ia a fact that wlld dogs do not
bark. They whlno, growl, howl, bul
the truo bark Is nevor hcard among
them. ' Tho cxploalve nolao famlllar to
ua all In tho bark of tho domestlc dog
Is undoubtedly an acqulred faculty. In
'a word; the barklns ot the domestl
cated dog ja an oftort on the anlmal's
part to spoak, which ho derlvea from
his assoclatlon with man. Tho dog'o
bark la, of oourso, varled ln lta exprea
aton. Anybody can toll the dltforonco
betvfeen thoi bark of wolcomo that
tho dog glvea hla master and tho bark
of doflaneo that bp oftr- to tho
trangorh'o falla under his susplclon;
CAT'8 DEVOTION.
Elght poreona owe their Ilvea to
a cat which gavo an alarm of flre
ln a house ln the Welah. vlllago ot
Cllfyndd, Pontyprldd, Qlamorganshlro,
early tho othor day. The occupant of
tho honso was aroused by tho perala-
)tent crles ot tho anlmal, which had
oniorou uib uimruuuj, ituu iouna iuai
a flre hadbrolton out ln the kltchen.
Th(. houseliecper and eix chlldren
wore Tvarned of the dangor and were
ablo W lcavo the premlses In Bafety.
Sclence In tho'Kltchon..
Sho Hero Is a woman who Baya th
only glrl to morry ls one who has
been taugbt domestlc scionco.
Ho What sort of educatlon ls thatT
' She K'a.tho aorf that turns a'kltch.
en into anexperlmental laboratory and
makes the garbage can a retort of
wasto tlssues and dlscardod caJorlc.
.And Then Ho' Darod.
Sho U you bbuld only hayex ono
wlswhat would lt bet
Ho It would. bo that-Hhat dh', ir
I only dared to tell you, what lt would
bet
She-7-WeII, go on.' , Why do you, sup
poso I brougbt up tho wlahing aub
ject? Llterary Proarea.
"Do you thlnk, that friond ot oura
adds to, hla. prcattgo by quoting tho
namooi of great mon of tho paatT"
''Undoubtedly. Ho raioes hla cam
palgn llteraturo from the rank of
currout flctlon to that bf tho hiatoric
noveL"
Denefaetor.
"The food barons aro clnlming crctl
li for puttlbg up tho prlce of food
stuffa aa- bonef actora of. their kind."
"How do 'they do
."They aay all oxperta are adylalng
the publle ln thotHumiuer to'oatjapar
Ingly." '
, Hampored.
VNpw, my dear young, lady," oald
tho profeasor. "Tou are going out
Into tho' world.S. My advlco to you 1b,
thtaf Do yourself."
"I'd llko to, profeasor," was tho, un
exp'ected rcsponao, "but my dresa
maker wonC let moi" 1
Confldentlal.
"Say, what' was that story about.
Elvirar i
, WA11 canjou keep a aocrotr
"Bte." ' f
"Bo can.L'-
- Hla Chlef One.
"Aro you foollah enough to thlnk
you can drown your trottbloai ln
drjnkt" , s'
"Of courso not. My wife eah awlm."
A Belginh enuieer is leported by
a Brusscls paper to hnVe constructed
an nircrnft with revolvinE; wines
whtch provi,ies h t,e ndvantages of
naturnf flight.
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IMPRESSION 0F NOTED ABBEY
Irv'lno Cata Sepulchers In, Westmin
ster Nothlno but a Troasury of
' ' Humlllatlon.
Uondon. Tho last beama of tho day
wero now falntly stroamlng through
tho palnted wlndows in tho high vaulta
abovo me; tho lowor parts of tho ab.
bey wore already wrappod ln tho ob
scurlty of twillght. Tho ohapel and
aialea grew darkor and darker. Tho
efflgios ot the iclnga faded into sbad
ows; the marble flgures of tho monu
ments assumod atrango ehapes ln the
uncertaln Hght; the ovoning breeze
cropt through tho aisles llko tho cold
breath of tho grave; and oven tho
dtstant' footfall of a. verger, traverslng
tho poots' cornor, had somethlng
stvango and droary ln lts sound.
I endeavored to form somo nrrango
ment ln my.mlnd of tho objects I had
been contemplating, but found they
wero already fallen into lndistinct
ncsa and confusion. Names, lnscrlp-
Westmlnater Abbey.
tions, trophies, had all become con
foundod in my rocolloctlon, though I
had scarcely taken my foot otf tho
threshold. What, thought I, is thla
vast osBongblage of sepulchera but a
trooaury of humlllatlon, a hugo pile of
relterated homllics on tho emptlnesa
of renown and tho certainty of obllv.
loni lt la Indeed tho empiro of Death
hla great shadowy palace, whero ho
slts ln state, mockin at the rellca of
uuman giory nna spreaaing dust and
lorgeuuiness on tho monumonta of
prlncos. How idle a boaat, after all,
is tho immortality of a namel Timo
IB ever sllently turnlng over his pnges;
wo aro too much engrosaed by tho
story of the preaent to thlnk of tho
characters and anecdotes ,that gavo
lntbrest ta'tho'past;' ondcach ago ls a
volume thrownaBidotoDesneedllyfor.
gotten. The Idol of today puaheathohero
of yoaterday out of our recolloction:
and will, ln turn, bo Bupplanted by hla
Buccesaor of tomorrow. "Our fathera,'
says Sir Thomas Browne, "flnd their
gravea In our ahort memoriea and ead
ly tell ua how wo may bo burled in our
Burvlvors." "Weatminater Abbey."
sTeers captives for years
Largo .Herd Qrowa From a Few AnK
malo. Which Fell Into a Deep
Ravlno Long At,J.
Meeker, Colo. By risking their
llvea ascompany'of TJncle Sam's roni-
lara liaa rericued a largo herd of Texaa-
long horn mavoricks from tho bofc
tom pf a doep ravlno.
A number of ycara ago a larga
bunch of cattle waa turned on, tho
rango. A Btnmpede occurred," and
hundreds of tho anlmals fell ovor
from a preclploe. The. flrat onea
wero kllled, but tho romain'der, alight
lng"7n tho carcasses of their com-prfnlonB,-.sirvlved.
And thero they
atayed, "tlieir exiatenco unknown to
the cowmen, whoauppoacd, that they
had all been kllled. , jY
Tho aurvlvors lncrcaBba, growlna
largo and becoming wlld. Tho war d
partmont flnally dotalled tho soldlora
to get them' out
Tho rescuo was thrllllnc. Tho huga
beaats, proved moro thnn a mu'tch for
tho soldiers' horaea ln, apccd and
charged tlieir rcscucra. They o'ver
turncd many horses and attacked th
rldora.
snake kills her two sons
Whlle Mother Goes to .fleccua of Chll
dren Baby Falls In Tub and
. Prowna.
Ralelg'h, N. C Tho attention of
Mra. Oeorgo Adamsf Uving ln Pltt
county, "wos attractod by tho cackling
of a hen, and el& eent her 8-yoar-old
aon to tho barn to drlvo the hon from
tho nost. A acream from tho lad that
the ben had pccked hlm causod tha
mother to aend her younger son to aa
ccrtaln tho cause, and a aimllar out
burst from, hlm led tho inother to ln
veatlgate. She found that bbth boya had been
bltten by a rattleanako that was callod
In tho nest. Hurrylng with her little
onea to ,the bouao, sho found that her
bdbo had fallen Into a tub and drown-
ed. ' t,
Tpo boys, lacklng medical atten
tion,. Boon dled in dgony. Tho thrco
t phlldren will bo burled ln the Bome.
"ffravo.
Chlcaao Women'o Foet Beautlful.
Chlcagpv Tho womcn of Ohicago
havo boen exoneratod and vindlcated.
Cblropodlsta from all over th'e . coun
try in sesslon thero nnd a noted ex
port statod that Chlcago wbmen' have
thd moat beautlful fect and anklea. Ho
tald lt was an outrage the way New
York and tho -world llbels the fect of
tho Wlndy .Clty's fair resldonta.
dS DGGIY
T
HE road dlps down a Btoep hill,
juat oororo you reacn lnaian
Creek and ahuts from alght tho
blg stono house that coat $4,-
000, the last southern outpoat
of Kansas Clty that Jo Bprawllng out
and engulflng all thla rolllng pralrie.
You look for tho old beo tree and
( thero 18 a catch ln ypur throat whon
juu iniBB it dui no mai ciump 01
walnut troea hlt lt for a moment. Tho
ax of tho real eatate spoculator haa
not come qulte that far yeti
Tboso beos flltttn'g far up among tho
dead brances agalnst a background "of
gray sky aro the oldest Bettlers ot thla
county. Tho colony .was thero in that
oamo treo long yenre bofore a white
man set faot ln Mlsaourl. Thore aro
men llvlng "who knew that troe and
lta wlld beca alxty years ago.
Turn to tho rlght after you crosa In-
dlan Creek and go about two hundred
yards to whero the etream pours ln a
broad white waterfall over a low ledgo
of rock and drlfta lazlly ln a wlde pool
with a atreak of sllver bubblcs down lta
I ,cnier. ino Donus nere.aro rocK, wiia
noiiowa Eouced in them and overhuns
ing ahclYes that east black' shadowa
upon tho stream. '
Watts's mlll squats low upon the op
poslto bank. The weathered gray of lts
sides and roof is tho oxact ahade of
the limeatone beneath and all around
lt and tho old mlll soema to merge
with it and ia a part of it. You look
ln valn for any line of cleavage bo
tween mlll and rock. The years have
blended them into ono sombor gray,
An Atmosphere of Gray.
Tho naturaliats tell of blrds and
leseer creaturcs of the wood Who take
on tho color of tho bark or tho graases
upon which they llvo. You thlnk of
, thla aa you &eo the mlller ln tho door-
way. His clothlng, oven to his cloth
Bllppers, hla long beard, his aoft folt
hat, aprlnkled with flour, are a unl
form gray, the gray of rocks and mlll.
Stubblns Watts, great-great-grand
son of Daniel Boone, ls 75 years old.
But the old water' mlll la Older than
he. It was bullt ln 1830 and forcighty
two ye'ars; haa been grlndlng corn and
wheat withln ten milea of Kansas Clty,
The hands that hewed lts 'walnut
beama and faahioned tho hfckory plns
tha"t keep lts weathered boardlng ln
place moldered. into dust a halt cen
tury ago, but the old mlll grlndB on
Just as patlently, ns fatlhfully, as un
mindful of passlng tlme and ccnera
tions as it dld long years betoro this
clty waa drcamed of.
You pass your hand over the su.r
faco of a walnut bcam, hewed out by
tho ax of John Pltzhugh, elghty-two
yoara ago, and lay your flngera ln a
gaplng notch Just' aa'hia ax blnde left
lt, and thfnk o the changea (hat have
come to Wcstern Mlasouri slnce ' then.,
Westport Landlng grew out nlong' the
old wood road until It brldged with
paved Btroota the mlles betwcen lt
and Westport and overflowcd south-
ward and yeti tho old mlll wheel tnrn
ed and the corn was ground' to moal
betwean tho homemade stones of rock
ouarrled on tho bank of Indlan Creek.
Slnce thla mlll -was bullt the com-
merc.o of tho Santa Fo Trall came,,
flourlshed for a time and dled; and
then tho rush of forty-nlnera to' Call
fornla flowed past it, and after them
the rallroada camo and pasaed on to,
tho Paclflo, and with them, the legions
of ploneers llko tho clouda of locusts
overapreadlng all the land boyond to
the wcstward. The Mormono of Inde
pendenco, who brough't their grlst to
thla mlll, deiMirtod to found a new em
piro besldo tho dead aca in tho an-
Known aceert. Jfaat tnis 01a mlll, Just
two' hundred yarda to tho east, whero
tho blg elm leana out over the creek,
armlea of the CIvll War hurred,
aplashlng wlldly through tho ford, the
Southern amy ln fllght from the def eat
iit Weatport, the Nortbern toroca hot
ln pursuit.
Indlan Creek Has Never Hurrled.
A great clty' of tall buildinga and1
all thlnga. modern, has made tho coun
try to tho north like a teemlng oat
hlll, whero all is hurry, hurry, hurry,
but Indlan Creek haa never hurrled;.
lts atream has flowed placldly, baBklng
Ingthe sun'pauslng ln the shadowa of
lta treea; nnd Juat aa placldly the old
mlll.jWheels havo-. turned, their "bIow
creaklnga attuned to the llquld mur
murlngs of the waterfall.
Placldly haa Stubblna Wdtta gono ln
and out among tho turnlng ahafta for
alxtytwo years, barrlng thoso four
years ,of sirlfe when ho fonght in the
Southern army. In thoae yoara he waa
aroused and fllled with. a fcrvor that
got hlm honorablo mentlon more than
ohco for deeds on ,tho battle front' But
when it. was over ho returned to In
dlan Creek and tho old mlll and tbe
gurgling of tho water as it ran under
the floor soothcd hlm- Into a, cnlu:
phllosophy and he talka but little.'
"Yes," ho Bays, "lta protty herc!
GrindiM
y j
they aay thare'a
no prettler blt of
acenory in Mlsaourl. I llko to hang
out tho window horo nnd wntch the
bubblos and the BhadowB, and llston
to tho water and tho wheela, well
X Just couldn't llvo without them."
Tho old man with tho flour dusted
clothlng nnd beard haB a dlatlngulahod
anceatry, nnd ln tbrf fnmily Biblo aro
tho documenta to provo lt.
Hla grandfather, Samuel Watts, waa
a vounteer soldlor ln tho" army ot Con
oral Lafayette which came from
Franco and fought with. Washington
ln tho Revolutlonary Wnr. The rec
orda ahow that ho waa wounded eeven
tlmea, that ho -waa captured by the
Britiah in Charlcaton and that aftor
tho war he Bettlod ln Shelby County,
Kentucky, and that ho. wob a member
of tho Lewis and Crark expedltion that
went up the MlaBOuri Itiver id tho
mouth of, the Yellowaton. Ho marrled
Sallle Dodaon, a great-granddaughtor
of Ddnlol Boone, and aottled In Sti
Charlea County, Mlasouri.
In 1850 Anthony B. Watts, 1 'i bou,
camo .to Indlan Creek and bought the
water mlll. 1H0 brought his fomlly
with hlm. Stubbins was one of tho
chlldren.
fo look at tho old man, stooplng at
his blns and gatherlng a dopoBlt o
white flour as a beo gathera pollon
from tho flowors Into which It dlpa,
ono would not lraagtno he' had boon a
flghyng man, but, as he aaya-:
"The gurglo of the water through ao
njany ycarB sort of lulls you to Bloep.'
"Ttrere ia no modern- machinery in
thU mlll except the turblne whool.
Years ago tho old wooden wheol waa
taken. out and tho turblno put ln... All
elso ls aa it was elghty-two years ago.
even to tho wooden pegs in tho floor
ing, tho wooden hlnges on tho doora
and the wooden coga ln tho wheela.-
drug habit gains in paris
Wholesate Degeneracy Threatena Clty,
,a Promlnent, Physlclan
Asaerta.
InvcatlgatlonB follo-nJng a recent
auccesalon of fatalltles ln tho Quartler
Latln have, revealed that tho drug
hablt haa galned on 'Parlsianst In
ono store ' alono dopo flends buy no
less than one hundred plnta of coealno
and morphlno 6yery week, ' t
80 provalent is tho dope hablt, that
a promlnent physlclan declares he do
tecte lts vlctims by iho s'core oVery
tlmo' ho takea a round of the cafes.
Ether la no longer fashlonable. but
espocially In the artlst. quarters mor
phlno la uaed recklosslyi Even tho
iintnitiated can "detcct thoso. addlcted
to lt ln an evonlng'8 stroll.
Parls, ln the oplulon of thia phyal
ctan, la tho moat drug-cured clty ln
tho world,for whlle rich vomen ot
other capltala secretly Indulgo. inVa
rlous dungerousN waya of stimulntlng
their jaded forceb, tho dopo hablt- in
Paria has spread through eyory claso
untll wholesalo degoneracy la threat-
ened. Brooklyn Eagld.
Mlsslon Weddlngs. .
Wlthin two mlnntes after. tho, cab
stQpped at tho mlsslon,. door the report
spread up nnd down the Btreet that a
wedding waa taklng. place inslde.
Withln another two minutes th'e room
waa packed to thoN very doors. That
audden rush of the crp'wd to the sanc
tuary pleased tho mlsslon superln
tondent "If I had monoy to apare,"' ho sald.
T would .pay a bonus to young.couplea
for gettlng marrled in a. mlsalon. Tho
moral effect of one woddlng la worth
a do.zen sermons. To get the beat ef
fect tho ceremony ought' 'to.'"be . per
formed ln tho' mlddlo " Of th'e sorvlce,
No lnnovat'lon thdt 1 havo over intro-
duced haa had auch a eoberlng effect
on the congregatlon; The example of
a man onco aa fat down, maybe in tho
BoclalrBcale as thomEcJ.vfla' having be
come sufllcfently'.Tignerad ,tb aa
Bume tho' recppnslblllties of 'llfo atlra
every blt of mdnhoodi thet'o' )p in them.
'"The troublo is, I' cah-prstiade vory
few couplea to be marrled'ln a mia
slon. Tho brldegro6mar,d0not mlnd,
but the brldes, want somctlllng moro
excluslve."
Gettlng Thoro First.
Ladd There'a your old- frlond' 'Do
Broke coralng acrosa the streot.
Dadd Ehl That'a rlght. ,Oh, yes.
ho secs mo. 111 run ahead and ineet
hlm. 'I -want to borrow a ddllar. Back
In a moment.
IIo hurrlea forward and grcbta tho'
comlng man. Presently ho roturris.
Lndd Why should you' ask1 Do
Brolto for a dollar?
Dadd Beoauae I know he waa ao-
I'ng to aak me for ten.

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