“The Paper From Home”,
I'o tile man who has wandered
*ar from the home of his child
(mod and younger manhood, ami
has become a factor in the up
building of some community in
Tile bustling west, tile paper
from home brings a charm ami
stirs tlie memory as no classic
by author dead or 11\ ing can do.
The weekly paper from flu*
old home may not be a model of
typographical n e a t n e s s; t li e
“policy” may be indefinite at
times and its editorials as light
and as perishable as snowflakes
but the home news is there.
The births. Hie marriages. the
deaths, are all recorded faith
fully, and to one far from bis
native town, the perusal of Hie
ottle old country weekly from
“back home" is like unto sitting
quietly and watching a pauora
ma unfold and depict the joys
and sorrows of those you’ve
known best since the days of
bare feet and one gallus.
The last issue of “the paper
from home” told of “Treasurer”
Sims having returned from the
state capital. “Treasurer”
Sims! We knew him as “Skin
ney” Sims, and as a boy w e mini
iced his nasal twang-, caused by
a hair-lip. Hut a hair-lip was
no handicap to “Kkinney”: lie
left many a playmate,more high
ly favored as to opportunities
and comlinesM, lar in the rear in
the battle of life, and now be
sides being “Treasurer”Sims, lie
lias a wife and family of sturdy
sons and daughters, who see no
defect in his face. His charac
ter completely blots out all that
is not lovable.
•Gone to her rest". Thus is
recorded the death of Aunt Ann
('raig in “the paper from home.''
Aunt Ann was famous long
years ago for the strenuous man
tier in which she sang hymns.
Hut inaiisniuch as it was goner
ally conceded that Aunt Ann
felt what she was singing she
was given a wide scope, and
when her voice rose to a screech
in
"How tl'llicil: .Uld ttt!‘,.ele!" Ihi* Imiipa,
W in ti .li?»u« mi lin ger I know".
•t was said of her that she felt
very near to the throne, t'ouhl
\ 11 nt Ann have known how “the
paper from home" painted her
virtues told of her kindness to
thi sick and suffering, the weary
and oppressed, it might have
smoothed tne way just a little
The “paper Irom home" tells
i t a “l nion Meeting" being held
a un ion of a 11 t lie churches
and of main souls being saved.
Time was win n thi'. was almost
imp ssible: when creed was par
mount to so I saving, a n d
i !i > b f">ks were divided into
- iib r.uto pnlilical par
i i i n! e,t \ \ml it is
n i ■ i.• 1 la.:' \ nv H,\>willow
still I.'lids In ■ "oi d liki-" voice
to tf.e cause ill religion. Sing
el's 1,111111 ami sill;., i’, gn, but
Amy sings on, and proba Id v wi 11
until she joins that choir where
all is harmony and discord is
unknown. Hut there are those,
a few. who never will forgive
Amy s attempts to "gargle 'j
“The Holy City". Ann was aj
a illing singer, but there were
■ ■' ' ■> Is h '• voiv. ins• iiai\ibe
lle fee t>.
In the county correspondence I
of “the paper from home" it is
stated “.lob" Webster was seen
Iriving into Byersville, and the
correspondent wonders thereat.
Long' years ago that same notice
appeared in the home paper.
The explaiwition to this strange
statement is that there is a
Job" No. 1 and a “Job" No. 2.
Job No. 2 is seeking' at Byers
ille that which Job No. I sought
a wife, (food luck to you, Job.
Saddest of all that is recorded
mi “the paper from home" is this
notice, copied from a Brooklyn,
N. Y., paper:
“Died In Brooklyn. N. Y.,
Dec. 23, Pearl De Farge, aged
26 years. Funeral from Lips
comb's undertaking establish
ment. Deceased had been an
I
I actress, but for several months
had been unemployed."
In years gone by “the paper
from home" recorded happier
■ tilings of A lice I ,ynch I )e Large
was but a stage name. There
was a time when Alice was the
pride oi the town, and when
tirst she recited •■Curfew Shall
Not King Tonight", all agretd
th.it she “had talent," and when
she progressed and reached the
heights ot the sleeping scene
from Macbeth, and uttered her
first Out, Damned Spot, Out!"
she was doomed. The town was
about evenly divided upon the
subject. One faction said her
great talent should be allowed
to bud and blossom; the other
faction said vile things of the
stage. I hit she left tls left
home and friends to join an
“Fast Lynn" company. She
did not rise in her chosen pro
fession she was lost in it. She
never came hack. Some lay her
downfall to over imlu gent par
ents, but it is recorded else
where that many a false start
can be attributed to “Curfew"
along with a little senseless and
fulsome Mattery.
Among the* advertisements m
“Hie paper from home” is one
for Haddock's i)rv(foods Empo
rium. ••Kill Haddock,'’ it used to
lie sou of a man who loafed,
lied and neglected his family all
his life. Strange reversal of
form, but easily explained a
good mother.
Then there is a sensational
article in the home paper, too
Inge h’orcade arrested for run
ning a poker game and indicted
by grand jury. Lige’s father
was “the grand old man" of the
community, and gave his son
every advantage possible for
his betterment. Kige's mother
was a I’owell, a daughter of the
Maryland branch of Howells
everybody in town knew this
it was harped upon so continu
ously. Kut Kige has been in
dicted many tunes before, and
possibly the sting of shame and
mortification is not now so great
as it once was.
nil, there is much in the pa
per from home to set one to
thinking. A name here, a name
there, recalls faces and inci
dents that had long ago faded
from memory. It is no sacrilege
to lay aside the magazine, the
popular book of the day or the
songs of the poet and turn to
the columns of the paper from
home. The story may be fas
cinating. the song beautiful, but
realities concerning people you
know, people you have seen,
people whose joys and sorrows
you know of, have a power to
stir the memoi y and lead one to
ponder the great problem of
life as no great writer of ancient
or modern times can do.
A. H. (’.
Are You
,\i 11«• 11 sickness is due to
a weak nervous system.
Yours may lie. If ii is,
you cannot get well until
you rest on* nerve si rengtli
Your nervous system is
nature's power house; the
organs of your hotly get
their power from it. If
the power is not 1 here, the
action of the organs is
weak, and disease (sick
ness) follows. l)r. Miles'
Nervine cures the sick
because it soothes the
irritated and tired nerves
and gives the system a
chance to recuperate.
Try it, and see if you do
not. quickly feel its bene
ficial effect.
"I was given up to die by a lend
ing doctor. Got one of Dr. Miles
books and found that Dr. Miles' Ner
vine fit my onse. From the very first
dose X took I got I'otter. I am better
now than I have born for years, and
do all my own work on the farm
That's what Dr. Miles' Nervine has
done for me, and I am glad to recom
mend it to others.”
JOHN JAMES. Riverton, Nebr.
Your druggist sells Dr. Miles' Nerv
ine, and we authorize him to return
frlce of first bottle (only) If It fails
o benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind
FARM WEALTH MAKES RECORD
Astounding Values of Farm Pro
ducts For 1908
While the year l'.H'H brought to
the railroads, manufactories, and
general trade such depression as
was inevitable after the financial
crisis of the preceding autumn,the
twelve month* fallowing the panic
Wt re for tie- farmers of the l uiled
States the most prosperous in the
history of the country. Secretary
Wilson’s report of I he Department
of Agriculture gives the final fig.
ures of the size and value of the
year's crop—and amazing figures
they are. The total value of farm
products reaches $7,778,01)0,000, a
gain of 1 per cent over the value
of these products for the year 1007,
and a gain of fi.'i per cetd over the
year I Hi Id, In this decade the
farms have produced new wealth
amounting to the staggering fig
ure of $<>0,000,000. Corn is still
king in its contribution to the
farmer’s pocket; tin* value of the
2,013,000,000 bushels raised in
l‘,H)S was s 1,1 fi.'i,000.000, or more
than one-fifth of the value of the
total products of agriculture. This
year cotton Iuih wrested second
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place, in rank of value, from the
hav crop, which Iish always, until
1!H)8, been next to corn. And \et
tlie hay crop is the greatest ever
produced 0n.0o0,0(JQ tons, worth
to tlie farmers $1521.1)00,000. Close
after hay comes wheat, the 1)00,
(jlHI,000 liusheds raised in 1008
having a value of 81520,000,000,
which is mope than 10 per cent in
excess of any previous wheat crop's
value. Minor crops, barley, rye,
beet-sugar, and potatoes, were, ex
cept the last, which suffered from
unfavorable weather, well up to
the records in value. Dairy pro
duets brought the farmer nearly
88(mi(000,000, poultry and eggs
even more than the cotton, and
animal products, as a whole,nearly
8:1,000,000,000. The farmer in
15)08 produced new wealth four
times as great as all the minerals
taken from the ground, including1
oil and the precious metals.
Xoticiv All persons are:
hereby notified not to skate on I
Pony Creek. I have it dammed
up for the purpose of putting up
ice off of it and do not want it
cut up or dirty.
50-81 Martin Gkiii.ing.
FARMERS INSTITUTE
One of The Most Successful Ses
sions Ever Held in The County
The two days session of the
Humboldt farmer's institute just
closed is pronounced the best ever
held in this part of the state
Congressman Pollard was among
the speakers, a.*, were also Prof.
(I 1C Condra, l>r. A. T. Peters,
Miss Gertrude Rowan, all of the
state university, and Mr. 1!. F.
Kingsley of IIastings, whose topic
was the different types of horse, j
Local speakers were M. Sterns, j
on the good roads movement, I
Win. ICrnst, Tecuinseh. and J. S.
Snethen, on the tame grasses; j
Don Gridley on some of the prob-j
letns of country life; while a great
many others took part in the dis
cussion of the various questions.
Revs. Aydelott and Cantrall at
tended to the devotional portion
of the program* while music was
furnished by the ladies of Hum
boldt.
In the center of the opera house,
where the sessions were held, was
erected a long table on which
were displayed various farm pro*
ducts, edibles and needle work,
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upon which premiums had been
offered by the society. Some
poultry was also on display, al
though no prizes were offered.
The ladies of the auxiliary pro
vided a bountiful spread for the
members of the institute and visi
tors on Thursday at noon, and
this was by no means the least
interesting of the features. The
auxiliary had a business session
at the city hall on Thursday af*
ternoon, at which were selected
officers for the ensuing year as
follows: Mrs. A, L. Drake, presi
dent; Miss (Irace Jones, secretary
treasurer.
Big Dance at Dawson
On New Years night the
Knights ot Columbus and the
Daughters of Isabella of Dawson
gave a ball, which was a grand
success. Among those from here
in attendance were Torn Murphy,
Herald Gagnon, Louie Wirth and
wife, Carl Boutman and wife,
Win. Kumsey and wife, Paul
Murphy, Tom and Helen Kanaly,
Nob Kanaly and wile, Kdna Mur
phy, Bird Mowery, Kate and
Mary McMahon, Mary Sullivan,
Hannah Voegle, Clara and May
Gagnon, and James, Nellie and
Kichard Coupe.
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On account of bad weather, I was forced to postpone my sale adver
tised for the 5th ilist., and will now offer at public sale on my farm, 3
1=2 miles northwest of Falls Citv, on
Thursday, Jan. 14
the following described property to=wit:
5-Head of Horses-5
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One bay mare, in foal by Jack, coming 7 years old.
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One sorrel mare, in foal by Jack, coming 10 years old.
One sorrel mare, in foal by Jack, coming 13 years old.
One bay mare colt, coming 2 years old.
One suckling colt.
4 Head Mules
One mule, extra large, coming 4 years old.
One mule coming 3 years old.
One mule, coming 2 years old.
One suckling mule.
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One cow; 1 heifer, 3 years old; 5 steer calves.
Miscellaneous:
25 tons timothy hay, baled; 10 tons loose timothy hay in barn; 1 stack
of alfalfa hay; 50 bales straw; implements and machinery of all kinds. ^
Terms will be made known on day of sale. Sale will commence at 10:00
Col. C. H. Marion, Auct. BET JK 1^ LJ '\A
George Holt, Clerk. Ol lYI V^lT DLMvil I