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S.B1A. FINANCES
mual Report of Secretary
Launer.
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JUSON PROSPEROUS.
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Entire Figures of Receipts and
Expenditures During the Year:
Are Submitted.
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(Frdid the Commoner and Glass
worker.)
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Secretary Wm, Launer, of the Glas^
Bottle Blowers’ Association, submitjpd
his ; efb'ft to the delegates at Atlantic
City last Tuesday. The financial af
fair- of the association are covered in
a thorough manner, bia tinfahal state
ment being as follows: •
Fellow Workmen—Another year has
idly passed since we held ohr last'
:ual convention in Miltva'tiked, Wis.,
1 I h’m* pleased1 to"report * io; you
t the- season just clerSed 'lhks been
e prosperous than the preceding
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According to the actfJm' taken by the
last contention out fiscal yeaf closed
on May 31, 1910, so that in submitting
this report to you Fdesire to cal) your
attention to the fact that the tncome
and expenditures are for 11 months
only, in the future our ydar will be
gin June 1 and end May 31, which Will
bring the end Of the quarters August
31, November 3d, February 28 and
Hay 3i*<
You ♦Ml remember that l'ast year
we Called your attention to the fact
•hat, owing to the large amount of
on-y that we had pttid to our Idle
-mbers during the blast of 1908-09,'
- had' borrowed $50,000, giving as
curity that amount of government
ads.*'" 11 1 ■ • 1
M. session Pf the executive board
-Id In Pittsburg, Pa., February 9,
1910, TP was 'denied advisable to dis
pose of the $50,000 worth of govern-'1
ment bonds then held by the Central
Na'ional Bank of Philadelphia as col
lateral for a similar am Print. In ac
cordance with that aetioh thPSe bonds
were sold and after the liremfum and
commission were pairT they nettled
the association $7,633.69.
The following js a sujmruuy of the
amount of money teceivei from July
1.1909, to .May 31, 1910:.
Summary.
By 5 rati ^assessment, .$ 91,926 41,
By deam assessment,.. 39,781 62i
By natmnai loans. 10,024 38
By no t jpnal fines ., ,f. T|,f., 614 51
supplies._ 65 82
interest, United States
jvernment bonds. 9,500 00
i interest from national
. 1,244 25
Ijaiy of government bonds 7,633 69
Total, '.$160,790 68
Ded«c£ for death beneficiary
department . 39,781 62
Net amount received for
general funds, July 1,
1909,' ‘to May 31, 1910.£121,009 06
Balance in treasury Jul£ T, ‘
1909 .li.:..:$ 58,788 76
Received from Wm, Launer,
Julyf,i 1909, to May 31, "
19lu’ .121,009 06
t. _ Ml
Total f .lounr on hand and
received .$179,797'82
Paid out during year.$143,015 91
ane<£ treasury June 10,
M0*..*. ... — .$ 36,28191
Beneficiary Repprtincut,
mce in treasury July 1,
>09 .$40.631 37"
I eived' riom Wm. Launer,
from July 1, 1909, to May
31, 1910,*-I ivff .•
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Total amount on hand *and
rooeivtid - J.,.j..$ 80,4T2‘99
Paid out in death claims . on5 r
during tire year... J-... ..52,571 85
Balance treasury June 1, ' ‘
1910-...$ 27,S41'14
Nnmlrer of deaths , tyjy, 0, „
1, 19Q9, to May : : i t.104
i’l „
.. . Itccnpi: Mtion ,
June l.jlj^lO, by g . ament
bonds *..$200,000 do '
June ) jESjlO; by p; Mium on
gov- r^ent boms. 29,000 00
Jnne 1 ^WO, by cash in gen- ~
era I funds.. ... 36,281 Si
Jut 1 19M, by cash in
death funds... 27,84114
tal assets of the associa
1 n, June 1, 1910.$293,123 05
Supplementary Report,
recording to the action of the last
tvention, President Hayes was re
sted to Issue a circular letter to
the trade, after our members went t
work, asking for contributions for the
family of our late brother, James J.
Dunn. The Instructions of the con
vention were carried out and an ap
peal wag made to the trade by Presi
dent Hayes with the result that re
sponses Were Vel-V general frmn
branches throughout the country. Ow
ing to this highly laudible action on
the part of our members the sum of
$2,237.34 was realized for the benefit
of, this most worthy cause.
The latter part of last March an
appeal was made to the trade in be
half of our idle men at Belleville, 111.,
and branches were requested to take
up a collection and send same to this
office. This was done atfd the sum of
$705.82 was forwarded by your secre
tary td the branch at Belleville.
Conclusion.
In closing this report, I desire to
express my appreciation of the sup
port and good will shown me by the
president and other national officers,
aftd also to return my sincere thanks,
through the delegates present, for the
assistance which I have received from
the1 members of the britches.
DEATH OF
S. HI. OGDEN
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Well Known Bridgetonian
Dies To-day..
1—n-■ ' ) ->i
Hasi Been 111 But a Week and Was
Found Dead in Bed This
1 Morning. *'
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From Tuesday 's Daily Pioneer, July 19
S. Monroe Ogden, the well known
caterer and restaurant keeper, was
found .dead in bed this morning at five
o’clopk. Death having bean caused
by apoplexy.
Onp week ago today, in the after
noon, Mr. Ogden laid off from work
comi^aJning of not feeling well, and
of exhaustion.
Since then he has not been about
although not feeding seriously ill.
He had been working pretty hard,
and the excessive heat seemed to have
prostrated him. His physician. Dr. T.
J. Smith did not think he was seri
ously .ill, although needing medical
attention; in fact, Mr. Ogden him
self thought he was simply exhausted,
and ijepded a few days rest and quiet
to recuperate.
Last night he seemed more. than
usually restless and Mrs. Ogden feed
ing that she needed somebody to stay
with i^er during the night, .telephoned
for Mr. Ogden’s sister, Mrs. Williams,,
who came and spent the night with
hpr.
Mr, Ogden did not sleep and was
up and down, very restless. Dr.
Smitlj wqis called and gave him a sed
ative, during the night, and a little
before^three o’clock this, morning, he
fell into a peaceful sl,eep.
Mrs. Ogden and Mrs. Williams, see
ing that. he was .peeping so peace
fully, both fell asleep and slept until
about five o’clock, When they awoke
Mr.,Ojgdgp was dead. h
Calvin Pierce, who has been in Mr.
Ogden’s employ for many years, ar
rived very soon after and was called
upstairs; in the mean time Dr. Smith
wag telephoned for and arrived soon
after Pierqe did,
Mr. Pierce felt for Mr. Ogden’s
pulse, felt gf his body^ still warm, put
his ear to "his heart, but could find no
sign of life. When Dr. Smith came,
he was shockp^ to find his patient |
dead’1;' ;' J ' :
lie said the man had’teen dead foy
an hour or more_, and that death \va^
caused by apoplexy.
■ T _ • - hir mie ani s>. to: >
Mr. Ogden was born, Eairhill
township, just below ^air'ton, on the
beautiful farm,* near the Old Stone
t ' 1 £ V ]i j * i (’ i.
Church, fifty two years ago. grew
up hh the farm, but while still young
and unmarried, he purchased a res
taurant which he conducted until his
death.1 j}9
Alter setting up in the restaurant
business he married Miss EJjzab^th
Bfowd, who, ‘with their only child,
lull's. Elsie Hancock, survives him,
Ao name in the city perhaps, was
better khdwfa than that of S. Monroe
Ogden1; for almost a third of a cen
tury he has been in the catering and
restaurant business and in this ca
pacity 1 met thousands of people.
Mr. pkdehWas an earnest and lead
ing nicmber of the Fourth M. E.
Church with which he has. been ac
tively connected since its organiza
tion.
Recently he buried his m'otheT ahd
-ali the latter part?'of winter‘hnd fearly
•spring the daughter, Mrs. fiancocfe,
has' been home serioiisly ill, so much
6o that for Weeks her life' Was disr
paired of. She but recently recovered
sufficiently to return to her home in
Wilmington, Del.
The news of hey father’s death will
be a sad shock to her.
Arrangements for the funeral were
made later in the day.
Crr;aln Cure ior Aching Feel.
Shake Into your shoes Allen’s Foot
Ease, a power. It cures Tired, Aching
Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet. At
Druggist, 25c. Try It to day. Sample
I FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
[LeRoy, N.Y. _ .
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HILDA THE
, HELPER
cs»:;:am«m»«mwnwn»^|nnn»a
I i;.;»!• Mli KJi -'<:•» 'ill
III.—She Booms the Town
Hilda the Helper settled down ex
actly as she useter, except that
fbr her native town henceforth
she was a booster.
SHE BOOMED THE BUTtG IN tV
,4 . , ill j: •, !;(1; I -K ; J-.
ERY WAY; she praised it, tongue
and letter ; she strove with each
succeeding day to'make the vil*
lage better.
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She lent her aid to every c^use t^at
was in nea,d of aiding.. SEE
WENT AHEAD WITHOUT.-: A
PAUSE, and work was net er jad
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COMING SPORT PLANS.
4-,-:-;-T--i
Wisconsin will not send a crew to
the I?aqlli<} coast regatta in J,£»09. ,
Jerome D. Tjavers bas , decided, tc
take part in the.British,amateuy golf
championship at Mufrneld next May.
Fortfliam university, New’ York, is
negotiating for games with several of
tiie big1 east^rh football elevens fbr
next (fail. )i « i i ■■■ ; - ■
Chicago Is to-have an artificial ice
rink [having a,-skating surface of 250
by 115 feet and able to a/icouaiavdete
h.OOO.spjc tutors. (.
Billy Turley, the British boxer, who
has twice won the Canadian cham
pionship in tiie bantam class and the
Ontario title in the 115 pound! class,
vyill box in the English championships:
Miss Lillian Maud Smith, captain of
(he, Tottenham and Ladies’ Persever
ance .Swimming clubs, England, will
come to this country in a few weeks
'o swim against Annette Kellerman.
JOckey Eddie Pagan Is planning to
desert the'American turf March 1 for
the English game. He is under con
tract to ride Priscillian, the great un
beaten racer, in the Lincolnshire band*
leap early in tb* spring. , ,;
Drawing Inference*.
President Lincoln once told the fol
io wing story to Dl H Bates, manager
of the war depart ment tetegraph office:
"I’m like an old colored man I knew.
Fie spent sq much of his, time preach
‘ing tq t.hp.Qtper. slaves it kept him and
them froth tlieir labors. His master.,
•told him he would punish him the
next time, rile Was caught preaching.
■’. ‘Buu marsa,'. said Che Old man, with1
tears in .tus-^yes.-i ‘I .-always has ‘.to
draw, infrue^ces, ..fropi Bible texts
when.dev comes |p ma.haid,, J j$s
caiiV’t1 help it. Can'you, marsa?
•"**\Veft’,’’ said Ms 'master, ’I suspect
1 do Sonfcdftihs draw inteteh^s. ‘‘'But
'here .is one t«Kt I dbver -ebuld:'urtder-•
yVauda aud ■dhyomeau. Urdw the right'
inference from it i'll let you preach
to your heai^’.s eqQteqf,’ r< n
s •* ‘What is ue text, njarsa?’ asked.,the.
colored man.
>'• • “TW - ass ‘snuffeth up the e&st ’
wirfd.’i Nto-w j'-h’htff inference do you
,uiaw from that?’
"•Well, marsa, f s trebef heard dat
text befo’ uohoW..itftitUf ’splects* dfe in
fruence am she got to snuff a long
time befo’-.she get fat’ ’’-^-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph. ->; j a
t aoit —r——. :•..
The Awakening.
Two weeks after he had faced the
rparson with'thd only'girl in' the wotld
ne chanced upon Jones, one of his old
bachelor friends. n et >:i neej
"Well,;old man,’’, remarked the latl
ter, grinning. “I can’t say you look the
part of a,happy benedict- What’s the
trouble? Have you suffered a tiisap
.pointroenP”
“I hive?* answered the othCr grimly.
“My wife can’t sing!”
“Can’t sing?" echoed Jones cheerily.
“But in that case i should; have said
-you wpre to be congratulated.” ,
j “That’s not' the trouble,” responded
the yoUng husband. “The trouble is
(ahe thinks she can!” i!l1 '
r! m His Authority.
Browning—I hear you are engaged
to that young widow who is, .visiting
relatives here. Is it true? Greening-,
Yes. Browning—How did you discov
er that she was the one woman in the
! world for an old bachelor like you?
Greening—Why, she—er—told mo so.—
Chicago News.
A Foolish Notion.
Most of the men who think the
world is against them are so insignifl
cant that the world has never noticed
them.—Chicago Record-Herald.
j Happiness is not perfected until it is
I ^hared.—Jane Porter.
THE J0LL1EST SHW
IN ALL AMERICA.
By RQBERTUS LOVE.
ICopyright. 1909. by American Press Asso
ciation.]
<.
IIE most remarka
ble circus Id the
world Is the one
that Is given ev
ery New Year’s
eve In the Ne'W
Y o r k produce
Exchange. The,
rich members of
the exchange,
who during the
1 rest of the year
are busy trading
on the floor of
the big building,
knock off busi
ness for the aft
ernoon and give
up the floor to a
circus perform
ance .for the de>
ugnt or me poor cnnuren wdo live m
the lower section, of ttye great city.
The Prepuce Exchange stands clo^e
to the lower end of the Island, on
which the older part of 'New York City
Is bailE ■> This is not a residential sec
tion, being the area in which the won
derful skyscraper, sky line of the .-city
appews to thg vjew of people a-sail on
the bdy or (the fivers. Yet many fam
ilies i inhabit the older and shabbier
buildihgs iri the vidihity. Most 'Of
these families are quite poor and the
children numerous.. Santa Claus fre
quently forgets to visit them, but the
children have their Christmas treepro
■ video by ' tiie Produce Exchange then.
A -bilge -free trimmed with 'dandles,
lanterns and- alt the‘ finery of Santa
Ciaus Land is lighted up for- the chil
dren wjiile hundreds of baskets of
luxuries and necessities are d^trib
uted.
Rows of' seats arranged in a circle,
tier upon tier, adeomfnodat’e tV) de
lighted little ones. In the center is a
real circus, with .tanbark on the floor
—same as Barnum’*. Last New Year’s
EDUCATED DOGS. g-,7 ,
eve a uniformed band of eighty-five
pieces from Roman Catholic institu
..tions in the neighborhood furnished
ail, the ptusie tije children wanted and
more thau some of them cared for,
inasmuch as the tots were there to
yell with'delight when the ringmaster,
a member-?of -the exchange, stepped
./into the ryn^ cracked his l^ng .whip,
and ihfroducea the performers.
There1 Verd ^biireb'acif” riders'! "pofij
races, trained bo^seA? trapeze f)£?f<5rrn ’
' ers. tAagftiiafts. eftheAtedf dogs'- ftigglJrs
and—blewne: :«C>i«:«rset thetw ■wfcrfi
ciowns. What wunkl n» circus .-be wttM
out..t>ci»?)jg-. mis six s’t ’•atnrc
•-< • * I "fiats (•■-? • wv, -i :j g t
! '«»'-• on.b.-t.:v tii ~
FtITfJRE SPORT EVENTS
ii r n
T-|l >>»' id . II ■* !« Ji < I
a California horse racing-ends Apffl 20!
,A San Francisco socker football team
.will visit British Columbia in -ArShl. t
,7 The Syracuse-Carlisle Indian football
game,wJR lift played to Now York.Octi
16. | HI ■
Several acpllprs of, this country piaj
compete Jn^tp; English handicap Ron
test in >. ■ a , a ' ml m
l0 Denver will send two bailing teajns
to the western congress, which occurs
kt SeaMle ^lay 29 to June 6.
Syrtfcdse varsity efght’hkrtr row
against the Argonauts of Toronto on
Lake JOnondaga" Slay 29;! The Cana
dians will try to regain the American
championship now bifid by the Jjiew
York Athletic club.
If She Only Had Time.
“Flow nicely you have in >itM tfiesV
things! .Tor fie?"' said themfhdrefe adiiiir
Ingly to her maid. Then, glan-diig at
the- -gfosny linen,- she continued Un a
tone tgf surprise,- -‘Oil., but. I see they
are all your own!”
„ “Y^Vi ,!‘eP1Wajn,aW> ““ud I’d do,ail
yours just like that if I had time."—
Central Christian Advocate.
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A Recommendation.
Landlady—You find her honest, don’t
you?
Fortper Mistress—Honest 1 Why, she
never takes even an order from me!—
Judge.
The Joker.
So you're 'way down in the dumps—
Blue, you say?
Think you've played out all your trumps 1
Oh, go 'way!
Liters not like a game of poker.
In this game you use the joker.
It's the card! you hold the longest;
It’s the one you find the strongest.
Laugh, and drive the blues away!
Laugh, I say!
—Jean Dwight Franklin In Century,
ARAB MANNERS- L.
Lff. In «. T.* ay**?*."*.
A-53SM&
tbelr '■»»»».- I
Carrtthefs m'the TGeo^ruphlcal Jour
nat. “fXaWM a| Insight lhelr ,
mod^W (life.and! custom^ Things
move slowly lp_the. iMal^-lin ...
fourteen days. In •#*§*&2gg&
am -•fee'**■ rftZ
studied Arab maps^^rned more
or less how to eat with my hands^
how to wear the Arab costume vvuh
ujssma
nothing I found ttmrtnnt most try
ing. «on». eKpedailyt. because K » «
cold. A BedptiiuteuljiSj^drafty.l’la.i
at the best, bit' in midwinter it ■'
almost unbearable *>n*fwV occasions
there was snow on the-desert.
•\Ve used to teed, put ,;pt a huge
round dish. ten. ot. us at ,a time. The,
fare was cainels' milk and bread in
the morning, and in the evening we
generally Had' ideal and flee 'Hooted
with ab erlormous Amount of ftH. Dur
ing the day we appealed turner
by sipping strong* blacfe coffee. A!
night there was alysays a.large grow i
ot men,,in tjhp tent .of tjie ,pheik,;iatidt
the talk was cayr^d jtp fpr ,io;tol,t|^).
night. . * ..in, tax
“Eloquence is a highly prized talent
atEfoug ttie Bedoiiitts, ^bd obt oh.y
would they Wcdttbt • fbeii’ ‘StoVies In'
the ! most beautiful •roadnetv vtbiw 'dn •
occasion,, to the tune, of.* a.r,single
stringed violin...they, yrould.,, -sing ex
tempore songs for hours od end.”*jc ■
KEEPING. HIS RECORDS.
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Unusual Business Methods of a, Mer;
chant In Western Canada.
Bookkeeper is recorded a case
which clearly conies undef the head of
"un Usual business metbodk* •' In a
thickly settled prairie district in west
ern Canada, not far from' Moose Jaw.
a few Canadians,hadL opened; up a coal
mine, the product of which they sold
to "the surrounding farmers. Settles
wou^d cdme in wagons and sieigbs and
load5 their oWn winter's ‘fdel. which
cost them from $1 to $2 a ton. accord
ing to the run. It was early udnter
wheD 1 first made the acquaintance
of this mine and its remarkable “su
perintendent,” and my first reception
i from' this individual was a fierce yell
on his part, with the frantic brandish
ing of a long stick and the words;
"What the devil are you doing? "Cah't
you see? Are you stone blind?” 1 5
I was literally walking through his
1 books! Since morning—and tjiis vus
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon—he had
been keeping a record of outgoing
sleighs and wagons of coal in the snow
About twenty farmers were drawing
that day. With his stick he had writ
ten tbednitiais of each In a clean spot
in tbessnow and with that same stick
had registered the number of tons they
had taken away. I had spoiled one
half of his “books." and it was ,}n
hour before he became at all affable
I was still more astonished when 1 en
tered the "superintendent’s” little
board office. The walls were black
with pencil marks, figures and names
A fire would have burned down his
“booty” of two years past.
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Where Microbes Thrive.
The alimentary canal is the most
perfect culture rube known to bac
teriological science., No part of the
body . is-so .-tUnsely populated with
micro-organisms. It is estimated that
ain tthe alinjeppar.y canal of the averpgp.
"’adult about 12^.000,PQO.OOQ microbes”
co the, into existence every' day. ' They"
crowd this region 'sd denSbly th’at sdi-L
' entlits origiiiallv believed that' they
pwerfe indispensAHle to hunan-illfe. Ac
cording-to a writer i»:lIc(Siure'g. Psts
ijteur, who first discovered them, maipr.
gained .thiS-Xle-w. but recent investiga
tions have rather disproved
, are many animals thatlexigi
"health without any in®-:
at all. Polar bears. leal
eider dincte:. arctic.ceindeeri
othar ct^a|tlifel 11 the f#rcti<#
few trace^^ jlje^^ org|nis|ij
Not to Be Footed.
A, certain /nagaz Joe, .puce took to ad
vertising by megns of personal letters.
A critic got this letter:
De'ar Bfown—Have you seen article In ’
this month's Trash Magazine? Heavenfc
can.tt.bejjme?^ .,. .. .. , , ., t
But the critic, not tp be fooled,, pent
to the editor oi, the Trasp-in an un
stampled envelope, so that double
postage wotfld be’ charged-this
Answers- ' •
Dear X.-I have seen one previous num
a*® Atagazine, and with
sou 1 hope never t0 see an
other. This is quite true. BROWN.
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• ““ I . ; o Prpgpeps.
■‘Ho>, * ^9fF boy ;getting on at
school ?
“First rate,” answered Farmer Cora-'
tosseh “He's gcdn' to be a great help
on -the fernb Hefcnows the botanieAl
names for cabbage an' beans already,
an’ all he has to do Dow is. to learn to
raise ’em.”—Wflphington Star.
Too Much of a Target.
Brown- How did you feel. Jones,
when the burglar had you covered with
Ais revolver-pretty suiaii, eh? Jones
Small. Great Scott, no: I felt as bic
script Slde °f a bouse.—Boston Tran
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, A Necessity.
« u ^ *you burn your bam
Ufte‘ geUi“8 it insured?
me can; r?°DOr" a ')00r man like
_ 1 Jffuld «u have a barn and in
ance too.-Meggendorfer Blatter.
18 Decessary t0 Uve
FrHL HOUSL ~f
ON THjL $Ui
By M. QUAD
1
The house and thV bill YtSf.fi situated
in a town in the state of Ohio. The
hill is there jtet. Buii the rills io tthasd,
on it. Twenty yfar? agp a stranger
went to the town anil bdi£ht the hill
and built a frame house there. When
the house was about completed he
died, "ft Wtfs" it”'decaying'
along came a Mr. Bushwick from no
one knew where and bought the prop
erty for $100- ’ as he had the
deed he offers y villager for
$300 and was t as weak in
the top story.
Failing to effect a £ r. Bushwick
had the house put r ir and an
nounced that he int tk live there,
lie also announce' ishould use
it as an observa f|po«e the
villagers knew ' at an dbsjK-atory
was. When Mr- _ushwick’s Beseope
ami tripod a and were up on
the verauda lid _ rillagers
to* have a look—not at the ens, but
at, the earth. They could almost see
the , i >ii**t yotrn-t
their feet.
“Gentlemen,” said Mr. " Bushwick
,pSsf
property is $400. I! wifi increase $100
per tveekruatimsblddsnsiMi » t03
Of course Be was Joony.^but soTong
as he appeared fmfnffes3“thfe Triple
would only laugh aftdjia. The first
one to make a discovery was a Mr.
Graham. He was an old man. and he
had an old wif^TJjflyjjkflrp always
wrangling, more or less. When they
had wrangled alibut so long each time
he would box her ears. Two-days aft- 4
er the “observatory” • had? ■been esfh’b
lished and as the old couple sat onstlie 3
piazza of their house a wrangle took;
place. After a bit the husband, looked -
around, and. seeing no one passing
tie administered a cun, a moment
later he happened to lpok.(up on the
hill and saw that the' tele'sco^e WAs
trained upon him/- Iftherb11 was any
doubt that Mr. Bushwick had seen that
cuff inflicted It was dispelled by then
waving of a small white flag.
Elder Thompsop, wa§,a gp(jd. man. a
very good man. as all elders should tie
and are. Fte was sitting in' his back
.yard under 'tin apple' tree; thinking
how'good and peaceful Ahd nice'it
was to be real good, when a bumble
bee came along and:-lifted), him once
for bisumotheri’s sake. After coming
1 down from his . high jump the. elder
broke down a young cherry tree,'tore
down a panel of the fence and ran his
dog into the house. It was no more
than a good man -should do; hut when
he looked-up and- saw that aceusing
telescope -and white flag he felt hurt
and conscience stricken. ,, )- - -
A dozen othpr things of the kind
happened during tke first week, and
then the citizens decided that an ob
servatory was unlawful. :TBey con
sulted a lawyer; and' he smiled at them.
He told them the town could be sur
rounded by observatories and not con
flict , with , any law. Then it .was.
thought be?t to make up a shake purse
and buy Mr. Bushwick out.
“Gentlemen,” said the telescope man
when1 they approached hhii dn ttre snip 3
ject, “the price'OP this property* is
$500., Take it-ot leave tt.’f -jii. *■) it *
“But, you- have,no .right- to be spying ?h
on our homes,” was retorted. ,r_3
“There is r no spying... J am simply
surveying the earth befor6‘'tneV If any
of ydu- happen' to^coroe wfthin iny A
range* of YlSKm^I* canhbt Help1 it.I do'
npt-think luhaltwrite.a book bn wlrnC *:
I see-1 i.mny. Uut d^fe.npt thdnkjso}” i ;
‘ The citizens $Qfg§edoj0 pay the sups oc
bamed tyid wpnt i|o wp. tlje hill to,thpir
homes, whilje Mr. . Bushwick"* retunjedjT
tO Ifis pcist And h\s tSlescppe.J bne of^
the residents t#‘the village w*as ten bid
tnaill1 named * Miss Saundersdn. L She
had a home of her own. - She Was fond *
of strolling injher garden., A Mr. Bios- :
som, yvho lived next-door,-was fond of
leaning oyer (thg firm fences and ,quot
ing poetry to her. JEtis wife had ^ara-.
ed him to stop it or she would quote
something to bini; but1 certain aft
ernoon he forgot tWwjKmg and was 1
repeating- 'f'Skerldan’s Ride’? to1 Miss
i Saunders©p when there came a wife,
a club aail_a cataclysm. The telescope
took it all in. The white llag waved
Joyously. Dozens of,.pepple saw It
wave and wen| hunting for the. cause,
and there was some more to talk
about.1 Two or three days'\hter a com
mitted climbed‘the hill with $500 in its
hind pocket and told Mr. Bushwick to 3
take It and get out;
■; “Gen(fen*ea,I|i4»ib *0*ty IT lyon liave
been put to any trouble,”,,he kindly re
plied, “bvtitliu; figure on the 'Property
is $000. \"oq qee, a sorgLof real estate
boom has set in,” , .
The copamlttee. he mint'd tujd hawed
and refused tq pay. Jl^vo day^. .after
that tbe report spread that the observ
atory man was going to havi a Sight* -
as well as a day -glads—a glass ’ that - -
would alwipi.it see thruuf.lt-a-pine door;
Tbeu these was a hustle. Threevmen '
took up tae task^of collecting. Oh, no;'
they were not afraid" of the day glass
or tho night glass 'or ^iny other kind
of glass, but it would be a great im
provement to the landscape to remove
,the house on the hill and set out some
pine trees there. When they went up
to see Mr. Bushwick again he wanted
$700, but, seeing It was they and see
ing they wanted to better the land
scape, he would throw off $30 and get
out. In three days he was gone, and
the sigh of relief that went up was
heard all over Loraiue county. Tilings
do happen yet in that town, but the
.world never hears of them
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