Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1909 — Page 4

ivtorwrawiT mosktw® far"LBW JL ELL»NSHAM, B®w '■■ ul 1 *" '" * ' '' ~~ Entered at the poatoffice at Decatur, tad., aa second class mall matter. ?•' sMMMMtaasnnMMMiMMta DFFICIAL RAPER OF ADAMS CM . ii "lyrj Now [comes a man in Marton who turned up his tdes arid left one hundred thousand dollars to charity, and the good part of it is that Indiana charity gets the bulk or all ol[ this spm.. Some df his fool relatives are going to kick up a fuss and will doubtless con test the validity of the will oh the ground that a man that would.be so reckless-is daffy, and they We much the best of the argument, if the precedent of 1 other wealthy'gentlemen who have made wills and then died, are to be consWered. 1 I'L . HU. . HI i Whenever Governor Marshall opens his mouth he always says something good, and he said it again the other day when he made it plain that the pay of the township, trustee did not begin to measure up to the responsibility and the actual work performed by that official. This is true. We talk much about the poor business management of our township trustees and we ought to always have such poor business management until the salary is made to conform with the duties of this official place. We dare say that Adams county has had above the average men, in character, and intelligence, filling these places-of trustsasMHmsHmssHa|M"swHß r| g In wishing our readers a Merry Christmas, we do it with joy in our heart, and with the hope that this happy celestial day will be chuck full of the true spirit of Christmas Day. We hope that your Christmas stocking will be filled to the brim With that good cheer that only comes on this the greatest day of all the you perchance know of some poor soul whose stocking lacks some in length and style and who perhaps has not the means of filling it to the top, it will bfit add to your enjoyment if you would but help in the filling. It is more glossed-fa, give than to receive, so at this glad yuletide it will make

us all better and all to cast a few glances In the direction of our neighborts, and to see to it that they have those comforts that make Christmas real. . u> j r f’;. The numerous divorces in this cOun-ii.--i' - ‘ i try, almost amounting to a ;j scanda|, are accounted for in-various way* fl and> sundry remedies are prosoped for the evil. Rarely does a sober, industripus, frugal and thirsty coupler get into a divorce soiirt. If there be one underlying causa, it is not to be found to the laws, but in the Hyes. Passion, extravagance, idleness, seifishnessand lack of self-control are at the, bottom of all family troubles.— South? Bend Time*. ... Senator Beveridges (haying returned, to Indtorffibb&s for the holidays, mad* the following statement about toeab pointmei.nts jo federal jbbs thatbefa expected to recommend to 4Jto near future; •..<* - "These matters are being taken up and thrashed out very carefußy-The entire "office force and myself are at : ■ - f ' /fill . > Yw ”* work and we are gaing slowly and are making an independent investigation in each instance. As soon as wehave satisfied ourselves in any investigation ’ and it has been tested out, action will ,• . - ir-.'.sn be taken, but we are doing it all very | carefully.’* So, therefore, after the senator and his “entire office force” have raked up all they can find out about the several hundred applicants and settled on the appointments those who are left out in the cold will know very clearly that they did not measure up to the senator’s standard. In other words, having been "tested out,” to use the senator’s phrase, they are not found to be fit according to the idea of fitness entertained by him and his “entire office rorce. . B?' jfe “ >.■ ■’ ■’ ’ - J g- 3B ' The first love feast of MU occur on next Friday eyentop h OAST OR! A ‘

, faflclty of Muncie, and it will 'lie clearly a democratic affair. They ' will then and there show their unruly republican brothers how to hold a love lipast that tea lolte. feast « the Balllngen-Pinthot oonWverty is to be-aired byid congressional Investigation, and, it is fair to pret toft that after fata investigation . nothing much will be known about it. ’ President Taft, out of his voluminous heart, has given them both a teltoMll of official character, >'* ’ ‘fa 'he opinion of Richard B. Bennett Os Calgary, the problem which confronts Canada is how to keep eastern and western Canada together. The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are becoming so Americnnfted it is feared they will want to he taken over by the United States. Their acquisition by the United States te desirable from every standpoint. Their resources are vast A and their possibilities great Eastern Canada has no desire to join fortunes with, he United States and will do all ta ftp. power to prevent the two western provinces from doing so.—-Columbia City Post toafaSifatertstaß’ ' 1 ORIGIN OF THE ROD. s f Used in Driving Oxen, It Cams Handy In Measuring Land. The origin of the rod, pole or perch as a lineal and superficial measure has been traced to the rod. pole or goad used to urge and direct a team of oxen pulling a plow. So it came about ft was used as a convenient and handy land measure in feudal times by the lords in allotting plots of land for agricultural purposes to the villeins and others. , " ■ One rod wide and forty long built up a quarter of an acre. The furlong, or four poles wide and same depth—t e„ forty poles, one acre—was a convenient length for a furrow before turning the plow. Os course these lengths some-, what varied in different parte of the country where soils and agriculture varied, but gradually the slight variations grew less, and finally the present accepted statutory acre was evolved. I Gunter’s chain of sixty-six feet (ten Square chains to the acre) was invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (15811626). He was a professor of astronomy at Gresham college, London, and ingeniously adapted it to facilitate decimal calculations in land measurements. The use of the rod in superficial measurements of brick work and lineally in hedges, ditches and fences followed as ’aeon violent existing measure.—Builders’ JontoaL

A cautious scoT - The Elder's Search For ■ Strictly ©i* thodox Minister. 4 Scotch elder who did. not believe fast his own minister held strictly tethodox views wished to have . hjs babe baptized, but would not risk its spiritual welfare by paving him per--1 farm the rite in any heterodox manner. So he walked to another town only to find the minister be sought, was away fishing. The next ooe b® <was directed to had gone hunting. Flllad with indignation, he said to hto .mm -gahton: ' -We’ll gang to ..That, godly man Wtt w tta'fiifang or hrthnng ” ' --h-j *; he found the house, but as he wpprogehed ft he heaid ttmsMndM amgfa When the servant hWfailfato. tltojfaor he.rempriMrt.fa na.” WWttiNK 'Stobte eorid m ptaf’BhMiWMMfae minister aye flddtroaWMßtatogoM •’ to- 'dnarj?*** The good mqA amtehig tea enaadrkaawn. Jta mtata- - who neither Ufa£ htfaied bb ptayed fertridden unMie; add let Mta nanto the ahfaL—Londes Bpeetator._ jj • ■>' •.; ■ ■•.-''l ':i ■' - '■ < -y.-, . ■- |.,, T ... Q-— ~ BQKNECHT INJURE® ARM, Boknecht, who lately moved with h iß parents to their farm near Monroeville, was in the city today' and called on the doctor for further examination ot his right arm, the bone of which was cracked, about a week ago when he fell while running tn the yard. Ed tripped over his dog, with which he was running and fell with full force on his arm, the bone being cracked near the elbow. It is ; petting along very well, though he : cannot use the arm with freedom. ' CARD OF THANKS. Michael Bogner and family wish in ! this way to thank the many who as- ■ slated them in so many kind ways ( during the illness and at the time of the death of their wife add mother. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Worthman and ?■ babe went to Fort Wayne this afternoori to call on her sister. Mrs. FredKoltpr, Ot Tocsin, who has been te the Imtijeran hospital, where she WM e> ' jHted upon some time ago, 81m to ’ recovering nicely.

A Norwegian Choose That la Made of Qoats'MHk. There is a terrible kind of Norwegian cheese called •‘mysoat,” which la made of goats' mUp. it ta brown in color and served in the shape of bricks done up in silver paper. -Tbe fajtofa shave this into thin films and make it into a sandwich with biaek bread and butter. This cheese fa really made from the wiiey after proper cheese has' been manufactured. Ail the water te then boiled out, and the remainder is compressed into these brown bricks, which taste sweet and gritty. * Love of this cheese would take some time to acquire. The opportunity is not tacking, tor it appears'at every meal, from breakfast onward. There are several native cheeses. Another terrible one, "pultost,’’ is made with caraway seeds and always smells as ifMt bad gone bad. Mysoat has ho steeH, fortunately, only a terrible aspect and taste. Dr. Julius Ntcholyson sent a few Norwegian delicacies to a friend In Germany, and. among others, he put in a piece of the native mysoet. His ftfend wrote and thanked him for the salmon, etc., and then continued. "The soap to very nice, but we find great difficulty In making the lather." This wm the cheese!—London Saturday ReAMERICAN CRACKERS.' ., — Pilot Broad ths First Variety Made In the United States. The first cracker produced in the United Stales. so tar as Known, was pilot or ship bread, a targe, round, clumsy, crisp affair, which supplied the demand of the merchant marine for an article of food that would, unlike ordinary bread, keep for a prolonged period. Later another variety was Originated. the cold water cracker, Which differed from the first chiefly in its smaller Rise. • more compact texture and greater hardness. For a long time these two’ were the only goods known to the trade. They were both made of unleavened dough mixed and kneaded by hand, and the crackers were rolled out and shaped separately before being placed, ode at a time, on a iong handled sheet iron shovel or peel and transferred in order to the floor of the oval shaped tile oven then in use. It was net until some time later that raised or fermented dough was used in the manufacture of crackers, and It is only within the past three-quarters of a century that any great variety has been produced.—Bakers’ Weekly. Dogs and Somersaults. As there is more than one way of cooking a goose, so there is more titan -onemethod of teaching a dog tottapgw somersaults. But. the most practical and thorough manner to to fasten a cord around the body of the animal close to the fore legs, and twb pedplh should bold the ends off the cord on either side ot the unfortunate dog. A third party, armed with a stout rope, takes a position immediately In front of the canine acrobat and with a measured and masterly stroke flogs the floor at closequarters to the dog’s nose. At each' stroke of the rope the dog springs backward, and that movement te the trainer’s golden opportunity. As the dog springs backward the rope passing under its body to jerkedupward. and. although the first few attempts may prove futile, the somer-. sauit te acquired ta coiftse of time.' An Intelligent dog toon ifckehs of thl/toder of things and throws somersaults without the aastttanedof ropes. • And ■ Yetfae Atog Wed. * v.Jtafag the ef sting dotet'tdm to the tattro of ffireaod. and powders: Orange.tafrutfon. of.Che tetter. sfrtpcf buektborit faddifafaj Jtowrtta# tbrteyitefn. wtWimAW pounAltowder dtilshlte tjdlsborn iiMtaJ nt cream of dories, sweet almond keroeta, sal a*>l monito. antiddtet milk Watte, malto* root.' melon seotto rhtekin broth, ttaritd of rim. a julep of black cherry towers of »me. mies of the spirit ot prepared pearls and white sugar candy, senna Jeaves."ato,'l sirup of cloves. Goa stone. Rhine oriental bekoer stone and a number W 'other medicines.’ ■ 4, > .■ aM| Albert R. Parker of thls clty and Miss Iva Steele of JPecatur were married in Indianapolis on Monday, December 27th. The bridti ls/O| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. BUw|| ot Decatur. Mr. Parker has been well known teacher of Allen county for a number of years and has served as state representative for the county for the past two years. Mr. Park? er is a graduate of Indiana university and this tall was appointed snp<n> intendent of schools at Cayuga. At present the bride and groom are fa Indianapolis, where Mr. Parker tending the state teachers' assoeftk tion. j'or the present Mr. and fare. ( Parker will make their home in Cayuga—Fort Wayne Sentinel. < - IMOTICB J Jj| I 'Rapid Cholera Remedy and fant Producer Rapid Roup Remedy > Rapid Louse Kller Rapid Gall Remedy ' strieUy guaranteed. ’SA' tofatt A Yager drag store. '-Qi

f| The T. P. A. Post will give a banquet for its members at the; Murray I hotel Thursday evening, December 30, » l»09, I p. m. Those who. have not »' NOTICR. \ 1 On next Friday evening the W. R. 1 C. ladies will hold an initiation at V their hall and all members are urged t to be present. A good time is in I: store for those who attend, and a good attendance is desired. I —' -—O ■ THE BELL RINGERS n’- . » X Second One of Series of Lecture Course of High J- School Seniors. v GIVEN JANUARY BTH Wili’be Musical—Comprises Bell Ringers, Quartet and Orchestra. The second of a series of four lectures and entertainments to be given under the auspices of the senior class of the Decatur high school, wll he that given i at the opera house January Bth, by the, Parr Newhall Concert company. The members of the company number six, and comprise the famous bell ringers, a quartet and an orchestra, in all phases of which they are artists. The bell ringers will particularly delight the public, as these skilled players bring from a string of one hundred twenty bells, peals and chimes of the most sublime music. Th.e members of the class are selling tickets for the concert, the prices to be thirty-five and fifty cents. - . ■ [/- 1 to — 1 11 . WHEN YOU’RE AS HOARBE as a'crow. When you’re coughing and gasping. When you’ve an oldfashioned deep-seated cold, take Allen’s Lung Balsam. Sold by all dru& gists, 25c, 5Qc, and SIOO bottles. « /it- 1 -• . < FjmrATTENfiED Men’s Chib Social at the Church on Last Evening. , i .- ; .. £n joyed address \J, / Os Rev. Terhune of Hunt- » X-’’ I ingtonr" E Y®W® Q^ c Great ssite" i» .VWIXIIIII II ll I® The fifty men who attended, djfa Mro> club' rfae 'MsbyUr[the tovenlng one of unalloyed pleaAlure. of HunttniI ton. prtsent’ak announced, afal Igave' M nimit ami' hri|fa| |addres»> lhlß mW* Mfaff JjQh4, : jrhqn there |he I fliOUp R&lpu Hoß6r r rTCU. nUBIO I Vane Weaver, Mid chorus singing by jthe entire dub. The evening closed I with s socfal hour in which general fears* doughnuts, potato chips add coffee was a feature of the social hour, and “after dinner ’’ stories and general conversation on current topics provided a closing for a very pleasant even~o '■ '; M»- Mary Eley is confined to her » home with the grip. 1 Mt. and Mrs. J. F. Lachot returned r Tuesday evening from Indianapolis. I Mr. Lachot went to make the seml- " annual settlement with the state. r Mr and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw, Mrs. • E ffl« 'jot.n.on ud «,,, Truman, bare xr-bT , Stories Magley ot Boot township, to the city Tuesday. 1/ / I Harry Deam, wno naa w Afalm \ In PMiwm HIS teXnpanfad him rofaM* fart I Warae and will return fa bn with her mother, Mrs. JU to Ito gronroring from injuries recrived !?»• • « - . i ’... - * / 4

I c ‘ itMIH I tom ww ' wm f™ •• I I ■ } TointCelebration of Bfftttdavl • " 11 AT J. L. EDGE HOME Misses Carlisle Guests of Honor at Sleighing Party —The Clubs. Misses Julta Giltlg, Naomi VanCamp and Vivian Burke have planned for a marshmallow ntart to be helc at the Gtllig home New. Year’s evenlng ‘ l - Mr. and fafa- Joe Wagner of Willshire, Ohio, were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gunsett at supper. Mr. aiid Mrs. Henry Wagner were en route to their’home from Portland, where; they were called by the illness of hisplster. , ' ‘ A celebration of double significance arid pleasure was that the the J. L. Edge home Tuesday fa honor of Mr. Edge’s seventy-sixth birthday anniversary, and ths. twenty-seventh wedding anniversary of their daughter, Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold, of Fort Wayne. The daughter’s wedding anniversary occurred the day before, but the two events ‘are always celebrated at the same time. A tempting dinner at noon was served and the day spent in a general social way. The. only guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold and sOn, Rell, of Fort Wayne. ■ 'J The Shakespeare, club will have no meeting until January Sth, when Mrs. C. A. Dugan will be hostess. The club will continue its study of Central America, Costa Rico being the division of study at this season. Samuel Coleridge and works will be the study of the Euterpean club at the home of Mrs. Fred Patterson Thursday evening. A sleigh ride about the city for a jolly hour, with a at the -Hensley home at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon was the entertainment given “by' Mrs. D. M. Hensley in honor of . Misses Elizabeth and Anne Carlisle of Cincinnati,^Ohio. Others who shared the Measures were Mrs. George Flanders, Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, Mrs. John Heller, Mrs. C. A. Dugan, Mrs. Fred Mills, Mrs. John Peterson, Mrs. French Quinn, Mrs. Fred Bell of Hillsdale,, Mich.; Mrs. Frank Bell of Flint, Mich;; Mrs. Charles Meyers. The members of the Tribe of Ben Hur are preparing for an unusually goodiUnie next Friday evening. After We” election of officers a picnic supper will be served,' each member contributing to the spread of good things, and the evening will close with a watch faeeUng. A very peasant gathering wm tifat ifa t^ : We >when las entertained k number other friends last IfaMßy evening, pedra ; wafc the principal (cadre of the evening spA sU. epjoy-. Cd tte.ieienlnfc Terveer proved- herself .to he p tlje t superior pWte “»< *o* flr,t snob id went to Mtas ..Anna Volmer. IWfous tench was th;#, latter pMt ot the eyenfag. -Thpse faviteA were Mrs. Jame« 4 Haeflipg, ilfrs. t-Ctem.:' Vrodewede^-r-Mte.,-. fawy. WeUhoto M«5...t0.-4.J..<emfew, ( Miss Anni Volmen Mfas Btet Voglewede, Mayme and Clara Anna Volmer and Mite-JpsephiQft, Rod,, pf Toledo, Ohio: Mrs. Charles-Pilliod of fit Mdrys, Otild, Ohio; ’ffnd Mrs: Thomas Haefllng of Flint, Mich. A very delightful affair tens tbe-5 o’clock luncheon given Tuesday evening at Brookside by Miss Jean Lutz for her teveral girl friends who are home from college for their Christmas vacation. The" library and dining room put on extra touches for the event and were very cheery in their streamer decorations of red and green, the streamers being festooned from the walls to thq chandeliers in the center ot the room, where they were caught with red Christmas chimes. The lunch was xery tempth fng and nicely served in three courses. 1 The evening was one of pure de- - light to the girls who chatted over 1 their various during the past several months, when they r absent on# from the other. Tke, 1 included Frances Dugan, Helen Nib- ) lick, Leota Bailey, Bessiq Boyoff and! : Mbs Martha McElroy of Des MotppsJ 1 lowa. ■ ° ' 1.-, • • '■ . Y' ■' a staff’s<wi 1 notnAi A eteM>n>ng of SM? Ulman,'five ml es r . » ' •■Ji;--. < •> ■

Lefty Tuesday evenfar The nartv inI alm Mllter Ml Z S:T B A erth S 1 Dorothy fitelgmeyer, Nona Ulmu and I Aines Conter, Messrs. Will Licbtle. i^Xm^ . : rouree jTnche°o7X S W B TrX wd X exSce. *WW rB ' " .. A merry party was given Tuesday ? evening .at the beautiful country home of Fred Krueckenberg fa Union township, when their daughter, Miss Berths, entertained fa honor of her sister, Mrs. Richard Kreiselmeyer, of Fort Wayne, who has been visitfag there.. Cards and other games were played, and there was excellent music provided, by Miss Bertha, also an an appetizing three-course lunch. As sleighing was good the compapy took advantage of that and came in their sleighs. Those present ,were, i MarUn t , Louis, Martha, Luetta, Freda Koldewey, Louis and Walla Retaking, Henry, Martin, Hanna and Louise Knick- f , enberg, Edwin Steele and Aaron Weiland of Wren, Ohio. Mrs. Chalmer Schafer will entertain the Thimble jefab, Friday afternoon. Mrs. John Kirchner ta a very pleasant way entertained a number of friends at supper last evening at her home in Preble In honor of her sister, K " Miss Bertha Woldeman, of Sturgis, Mich. The other guests were Misses Amelia and Stella Klopfensttae, Marie and Nellie Daniels, Francis Gault The J. W. Merryman home on J Grant street was the scene of quite | an ingathering Os the Merrymans over the Christmas day and the Sunday following. Among those who were entertained at the hospitable ’ home during this time were (heir ' sons, Oscar and Ralph, of Lima, Ohio; , their son, Bert, wife and children, Harry, June, and Beatrice of Dayton, | Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Merry, man and children, Frances, Winnifred and Clarence, of this tsity; Mr. and Mrs. BR Merryman‘of Fort Wayne; Mh and Mrs. Floyd Mefryman of Blue Creek township; Mr. and Mirs. WM Charles Ray and daughter, Helen, of 3 Urbana, Ohio.' v ' '■ A cro*d of young folks ' enjoyed a sleigh ride Tuesday evening to the, home of Miss Lula Jahn, about nine miles west of the City. Although the trip was a chilly one, everybody Enjoyed a good, old-fashioned ride. They took their lunch with them, 'which was spread by Miss Lula, assisted by her'friends, and Wm ' appreciated very much, and Miss Lula was complimented on her way of At a late hour all departed tor their homes ta the city, except Miss Margaret Clark, who will make a few 5 days-visit there. 5 — 0 —■ ■ , ■ ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM. . S wil! coure not only a frerii cold, but f | one of those stubborn coughs that usually hang on for months.„ Giro ft a trial and prove Its woFth. ‘Sfcs, 50c ■ and |LOO<--- ' ** ■M l It Mrs. A. Rrßell and daughter, Mto» . Pansy; will leave about, the middle of. ~j. Jafiuary tor Florida, where fapy spenff the winter. They will make , fit Augustine their chief teaee-itafc eic abode, bet rtll for a visit with Mr. and >. Mfey and famUy.. ~ .. .. tafc-hfa’ turofri to Am been -vtatttagzfa tie eft® > with Miss fiafah Blackburn, has turned fa her home. , - . Mr. mid fare. Alfred'Elzey to theft home at Monroe this i tag after visiting over With Mr. and Mrs. William Richards. Mr. and "Mrs. George McWhirter and children returned to their home at Benton Harbor, Midi., after a visit with Dallas Hunslcker and wife. Will Conrad returned to Elwood, Ind., where he is engaged in working at a tin plate factory, after spending ;; several days here with his parents.- $ Mr. and Mrs. James sones arrived Monday eventag from Midland, Mich., ' on their wedding tour to visit her aunt, faro- George Wemhoff, and other Mr. and Mrs. and; y children of North Bsßlmore. QWO, , .Inr. with who visited since maay wun nw par; . elite; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. B. Foreman, w East Seventh jtreet. .left Tuesday [morning far a lew days’ visit with, * I her bother at Decatur en route hope. I—Portland Sun • ■ J nr •.