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A. I. Shreve went to Salem today.
U nintentional Sabbath Breaking.
In the tsirly days of New England it
Miss Norma Gardner left l‘ hnt>da>
L O C A L L IL IA )
was tiie custom to keep the Sabbath
for a few «lays at Pori a ml,
from sundown Saturday night until
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Ed. Mielke and Paul Zuber were at the same hour on Sunday. That this
practice was attended by pitfalls Is
Portland for the Rose Festival
iUy night.
shown
by an Incident told In "T h e Pa­
Chopper» " >1-
No. O «« W . O. W .
A E. Roy came up from Portland per* o f the Connecticut Valley Histor­
O. V. Myers, C.l\
come.
K. B. W a ITKH í , t'li-rk .
and spent Sunday with home folks
ical Society:”
There lived in Ryefleld n thrifty
W.
H.
Cooper,
Jos.
Fisher
and
J.
P
Mi»« Alt!» Hobson visited the Festi­
dame, an enterprising, driving woman
Davie ur«- preparing to build cement and a notable housewife. The go<xl wo­
val at Portland.
walks.
man wns not w illing to lose Sunday
H. E. Wirth and family are now liv­
evenings out o f her catalogue o f house­
Gilbert
Stayton
anil
Byron
Robert
ing in their new house.
work, but she was pious wtthnl and
Mrs. Nick Gymer and little son at­ son spent several days at the Portland strictly kept the day to the sunset
Carnival.
limit. As soon as the hiiii was fairly
tended the Rose Festival.
ladow the horizon she would liegin her
Fitton
and
Yanllandel
are
laying
a
FOR S A L E — Good, young, fresh
washing nnd get her clothes ready for
cement walk in front of >l«'s. Sestak’s
cow. Call on L. R. Wylder.
drying bright and early on Monday
residence.
morning.
Wm. Pettit and wife, of Iowa, are
One cloudy Sunday she, supposing
E. Roy combined business with
guests at the editor's home.
the
day was ended, changed her Bun-
pleasure and visin-d Portland Tuesday
Jar. Spaniol and family attended
day gown, rolled up tier sleeves nnd
ami Wednesday.
went to work. As she wns scrubbing
the Hose Festival this week.
Jos. scstak & Sons have improv«<i away In the kitchen, her frtce toward
Miss Fery went to Portland Tuesday
the apj»earanee of the front of tlu-ir tho west window, the clouds suddenly
to visit her sister, Miss Susie.
broke, nnd the gr«»nt round sun shone
meat market by painting
In
full on the poor Sabbath breaker nt
Anyone wishing to connect with the
E. D. Alexander and wife, ami Misses work. She gave one cry o f amazement
city water works, call on Jac. Spaniol.
Fraud ami Marion were at Portland and horror aud fhnl the kitchen.
Misses Rose Kerber and Elizabeth
A fter that sinful day she never be­
Tuesday and Wednesday.
gan her work on Sumlny evening.
Klecker attended the Hose Festival at
Horseshoe Camp w w t ó
The new houses of Jac. Spaniol, Lee
Portland.
Lin coln's Rules.
Tat«' and John R. Lake are being
There will be preaching at the M. E. pushed an«l will soon be completed.
On one occasion President Lincoln
on entering the telegraph offli'e o f the
church next Sunday, morning and
The W. C .T . U. will gives reception w ar department, writes Mr. Hates In
evening.
to the young men of Stayton who vot­ "Lincoln In the Telegraph Office." was
Dr. C. H. Brewer and wife spent the ; ed the dry ticket, Thursday eve., June heard to remark to Secretary Seward.
week with friends in Portland and the 11th, 1908. As to the place furth­ “ By Jlngs, governor, we nre here at
last!” Turning to him In a reproving
took in the Rose Festival.
er notice will be given.
manner, Mr. Howard said, "M r. Presi­
L. P. Brown, Dr. Beauchamp, Dr.
dent, where did you learn that Inele­
OBITL'AltT.
Pintler and K. A. El wood were all
gant expression?”
Without replying
Arminda Turnei was born in Buck- to tho secretary, Lincoln addressed ths
Rose Festival visitors this week.
hanon county, Mo., July 15th, 1835 telegraph operators, saying:
Mrs. M. A. Stay ton and Miss Veva
"Young gentlemen, excuse me for
She crossed the plains w |t|i her par­
Gardner went to Portland Tuesday to i
before you.
'By Jings’ Is
ents in 1847. Was married Oct. 5fOtb,j
visit friends and the Rose Festival.
swearing, t u f
jfoqd old mother
1852, to Washington Thomas.
To
FOR S A L E — A limited amount of this union w a s Lorn trn children, six taught mo tlint anything that U'W q
•by' before It was swearing.”
Grain and Vetch hay.
living, four preceding her to tin* Heav­
One day Secretary Seward, who was
18tf
E. FoRRyrrrE.
enly home. She united with the Bap-1 nut runqwned as a Joker, said he had
Mrs. E. V. Fergugon, of Amity, vis­ tist church in l88ti. She leaves to l<eeu told that a .-«.i.r; time before on
a street crossing Uncoiu hud becq
ited her sister, Mrs. Joseph Hamilton mourn her loss one sister, one brother
seen to turn out in the mud to give a
and other Stayton friends this week.
and the following children: G. R. and colored woman 8 chance to pasa.
Lee Brown & Sons and the Stayton J. F. Thomas, of Portland; Mrs. Geo. i “ Yes." said Lincoln, "It has been a
Chair Co. each were fined recently by Smith, of Sacramento, Cal ; Mrs. W. rule o f my life that If |»eoplo Would
not turn out fo r me I would turn out
Fish Warden Mack for allowing saw­ H. Hobson, T. J. and L. A- Thomas, for them. Then you avotil collisions.”
dust from their plants to get into the of this place, also six grandchildren |
and a host of friends.
She died June
W h a t d a M eant.
river.
Park row at 1 a m. ami a policeman
1st,
1908,
aged
72
years,
10
months,
Mrs John Smallmon, of Woodbum,
and a sailor In conversation.
has been visiting her son, I. C., and 10 days.
“ Keyslde, keys id *!" said the sailor.
Funerat
services
were
held
in
the
other relatives and old friends for the
“ ’Ow will III reach the bloomin' kef>
past week. She returned to her home Baptist church, Wednesday, June 3rd, side?”
A. H. Carman, the pastor, officiating.
“ G'wan wld ye. D’ye think I ’ m a
on Tuesday last.
The house was tilled with sympathiz­ locksmith, that 1 know about yer old
Children’s Day will be observed at
ing friends, most of whom accompa­ key nnd Its side? There's one key and
the Cnristiau church next Sunday at
lock I ’ll be after glvln' ye, and that’s
nied the remains to the cemetery.
to a cell. Move on now."
the usual S. S. hour, 10 o’clock. Short
“ Keyslde! H i said keyslde as plain
program, and a collection for foreign
Not Disturbed.
as H i could, bilme!”
Nassau W illiam Senior, tho English
missions will be taken.
Just then a high brow who had been
W. E. Thomas and w ife left the first
of the week for Portland to visit Mr.
ar.d Mrs. H. Thompson, and also to
take in the Rose Carnival. They ex
pect to return the last of the week.
Uncle Thomas J. Smith, father of
Mrs. J. R. Miller and Mrs G. \V Mur
phy, of this place, died at the old
home farm June 1st.
The funeral
was held this afternoon. An obituary
will be published next week.
W A. Elder attended the sixth an-
nual convention of the Oregon Lettei
Cariier’s A-encintiun. held May 29 31,
at Albany. A very interesting and
instructive session was held, and sev-
eral prominent speakers addressed the
convention.
political economist, was a frequent
guest of Lord Lansdowne at La ns-
downe House and on one occasion was
busily writing, quite abstracted as
usual. In a room full o f company when
Tom Moore was singing The scratch
o f his pen was not an agreeable ac­
companiment. and nt last one of the
company asked very |>olitely, “ You are
j not fond o f music. Mr. Senior?” “ No,”
he replied, “ but It does not disturb
me In the least Pray go on.“
Careful About W orry.
1 A physician was recently attending a
patient whose husband came to see
. him concerning her condition and
L. R. Wylder has sold his property
in Stayton to Olivi r Earns, and ex­
pects to leave in al>ont 10 days for
Camas Prairie, Idal o. Air. Earns will
finish the barn begun by Mr. Wylder
and will also build a house on the
property.
Tuesday Warren Richardson and Jo
Kearns were driving to Turner, and
at Aumsville the train was at tin- de
pot as they crossed the track. The
team became frightened and over­
turned the buggy just after the track
was crosse»!.
Both men were thrown
out, but neither was hurt.
The lines
broke, and the team got away from
Mr. Kearns, who was driving. The
horses ran the full distance to Turner,
wheie they were caught. Not much
damage was done the buggy.
Mr.
Richardson boarded the train at Aunts
ville, and continued his trip to Salem
via Woodburu.
A L im it to H is Power.
A curious historical anecdote is hand­
ed down from the time of James I
James, being in want o f £‘Ji».000. ap
plied to the corporation for a loan. Ttye
corporation refused. The king insist­
ed. “ But, sire, you enunot compel us,”
said the lord mayor. “ No,” exclaim­
ed James, “ but I'll ruin you and the
city forever. I’ll remove my courts of
law, my court itself and m.v parlia -1
ment to Winchester or to Oxford and
make a desert o f Westminster, and
then think what will become o f you” '
“ May It please your majesty,” replied
the lord mayor, "you nre at liberty to
remove yourself nnd your courts to
wherever you please; but, sire, there
will always l>e one consolation to the
merchants o f London— your m a jesty !
cannot take the Thames along with
yon!”
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Water Street*
Stayton, Oregon.
to tho posfoffiee buying stamps so that
his rejected contributions would eomt
back to him steppe«t up.
“ The man wants the keyslde, what­
ever that 1?, nnd I dunno,” said the po­
liceman. “ I believe he's looney and
TO run him in."
“ fie wants tho quayside—the docks,”
sa(d the high brow ns he directed the
man to tho water front, while the po­
liceman said:
“ Well, I ’ll be blowed!” —Now York
Press.
A Slap at Mother.
Dinner was done, and the fam ily was
assembled in tho sitting room. Mother
greeted him with the words. “ Mr
had taken up the evening paper nnd
Irving, do you think there is nny need wns rending an account o f how a high­
j fo r any unnecessary anxiety about my wayman had l>een operating In thesul>-
w i f e ?” —A rgon a u t
nrbs. Father was down on Ills hands
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and knees trying to act like a horse
Guessed It.
while little W illie drove him around
Guest (suspiciously eying the flat­ the floor.
Chas. Bates, of Colorado, has been
pillows
and
the
crlmpled
“ Papa,” finally remarked tho good
visiting his cousin, Mrs. J. B. Jctei \ tened
sheets)—Look here, landlord, this bed lady, glancing toward her husband,
and other friends in Stayton and vi has been slept in! fjindlord (trium­
“ here is a story about another man
cinity tiie past week.
He is an en­ phantly)—That's what it's meant for!
who was waylaid. Do these holdups
gineer in the mines in his state.
always stop you w llb a pistol nnd then
Renovated.
go through your clothes?”
Mrs. J. L. Rrown, of Dallas, was
Puffer—W bat’s happened to my meer­
“ Oh, no,” grlnfully replied father,
visiting her sister, Mrs Anna Stayton schaum pipe? Mrs. Puffer—Why, dear.
arising from the floor.
"Sometlmea
and brother, J. B. Jeter and other I noticed It was getting aw fully brown they wait until you hang your clothes
friends in Stayton the past week. She j and discolored, so ! put a coat of that over the back o f a chair and go to
sleep.” —Philadelphia Bulletin.
says she and her husband enjoy the j white enamel on 1L
M a i l , it being liken letter from home, j
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Nevertheless H* Got Her.
"You say my daughter love# you?”
questioned the old man.
“ I ’ m sure o f It,” replied the young
man.
“ Well, well,” returned the old man,
looking the young man over critically.
“ There's no accounting for tastes. Is
there?"
And somehow, although the young
man knew that he ought to lie happy
over the possession of the girl, he
couldn't help scowling and speculating
on that remark o f the old man's
.fia K ifk G
POW DEl
Makes the finest, light­
est,best flavored biscuit,
hot-breads, cake and
pastry. Renders the
iood more digestible
and wholesome.
AB501UTELY PURE
Power of Deceiving.
There is a Brooklyn woman who pos­
sesses a servant who is a model in all
respects save one—In that she la none
too truthful.
Lately the mistress has lieen using
all her eloquence to make Nora pee tho
error o f deceltfulncss. But at last she
had to own herself beaten when Nora,
Forced Out.
She—Mr. Bloom does not pay his with a beaming smile, turned and In
w ife much attention, does he? lie — a most cajoling tone said:
"Sure, now, mum. an’ wot de ye sup­
No. The only time I ever knew o f his
going out w 1th her w as on m w hen the pose the power o f desavln' was given
us fer?"
gas exploded.
SOYM. SAK!N(J PO
Impartial.
“ Mr. Rcntterton prides himself on
being strictly Impartial."
"Y es." an ’\er.-d the unninlnble man
“ 1 n i'if went shooting with him. He
didn't w*eiu to «•are whether be hit the
““ '«bit. the dog «,r oiu? o f Uls friends.”
D C R CO ..NCW VOBK.
A
D e f in it io n .
"Paw," asked a thoughtful lad. wrin­
kling his brow, “ what's n pessimist?”
“ A pessimist, John J ." replied his
father, da a man who, nft«*r a cyclone
baa Mown his house away with him In
It, goes back aud grumbles nt his lot.”
—Pu-k.