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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1907)
- ' ' " 1 " J.. ' ...... L. " ' " 1 " " -' ' ' . t ' '.' 1 1 s -j-vL" ffl JL . Jf W. F. Bitkns Co. jS' 'L MjOf Patenteesand Mfrs.. CHICAGO JefY C liJlNrUN'cOi;.N lY "J NATIONAL BANK Depends upon your habits of saving, and your habits of saving- depend upon your will power. Just thoroughly make up your mind to cave a certain sum of money each day and you will soon become so enthusiastic over your fast increasing" Savings Account that you would .'rather ; Saw than Spend and'that you find it much easier to Get Rich than you thoug-ht for. But in order to makea. brilliant success ofyour Savings Account yon must follow some system, the same as you would systematize any other business in order to bring it to a successful focus in all that the word implies. This, however, we have decided for you and have adopted the famous W. T. BURNS SYSTEM for the SAVING OF YOUR MONEY. Men of learning have spent years in perfecting this well-known system and we have seeured the services of, Messrs. C. O. and E. P. Smith under the disrection of W. O. Azling, who are thoroughly' familial with the work, to call upon you and explain the plan in full and loan you free of charge one of our handsome pockctbook savings banks, or one of our Oxidized finished home M.antel Banks Just as you prefer, so when these gentlemen call do not fail to START YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT and make yourself the proud builder of your own fortune. " it --11 1 .1-. EEN1CN COUNTY NATIONAL BANK CCRVALLIS, ORE. S Capital and burplu.-f6o,ooo ) k. J. JOHNSON, President JNO. F. ALLEN, Cashier C. A. DOBELL, Asst. Cashier The Hustling Bank of Corvallis Fair Notes. , Supt. Nevins of the C. & E. railroad has arranged with the Fair committee for a special train from the West to arrive in Corval lis at 9 a. in. and return in the evening. Arrangements will be made by the committee to secure a room where all premiums are to be col lected and placed on exhibition for the benefit and inspection of the public. Tbe committee on parade will canvass the business men in regard to arrangement in the parade. Every Grange in Benton couuty is expected to participate in the parade, each grange marching by itself, led by officers in regalia. An effort will be made to have State Master Buxton and State Lecturer Mrs. Clara Waldo take charge of the Grangers. Supt. Denman will appoint the teachers in the various schools in the county to arrange for and look after children of districts where they taught during the past term and properlv arrange them in line for the grand review. Teachers will be notified this week in regard to plans. Gov. Chamberlain and Senator Fulton will review the grand parade. Watch for the big bills for the fair, to be posted this week. Pupils having specimens to ex hibit should not forget to secure cards to label specimens and have them properly filled out. They can be secured of Supt. Denman during the week. Order-of parade will be as fol lows : Grand marshal, marshalls school children, grangers, busi" sess men and conveyances, pri vate citizens and horsemen. We would call particular atten tion to all participating in the parade to the fact that to the thorough and complete organiza tion and management and to the unique and novel designs of the carriages and floats of the busi ness men and citizens as well as the orderly conduct of the school children will depend the success or failure of the parade ' which should be one ot the most beauti ful and imposing ever seen in ' Benton countv. Masonic Improvements. For some time our Masonic, brethern have realized that more ground 'would be necessary in connection - with the Masonic Cemetery, and have closed a deal with Mr. Norm Lilly for eight acres adjoining them on the south to be opened for cemetery purpose at such time as the nature of the care may de mand. They will, as rapidly as possible, make various impiove ments in the way of tiling, mark ing and beautifying the ground. If all cf our citizens who own lots in the present ground would make a small donation, these beautiful grounds could all be tiled properly then, making it a very desirables pot a sa final rest ing place for our loved ones when the struggle of life is over. In so doing you not only have the satisfaction of knowing that you have paid a tribute of ,iespect to the loved and lost, but added to the beauty of your own home when you come to lay down to rest in peace. They also have under consider aion the idea of new furniture for their hall, which will add greatly to the general appearance ot the interior of their Lodge room. By the way we might, in this connection, commend to our other lodge brethern as worthy of emulation the enterprise display ed by the Masonic Fraternity in erecting a beautiful home of their own, where they can set down to rest and refresh themselves with none to melest or make afraid ard where the monthly rentals pass into their own treasury. Y. At. C. A. Jottings. G. A. Roberts who came from Iowa a year ago to take charge -ot the Y. M. C. is now in La Center Wash. He is to enter the Mis sionary work of the Methodist Episcopal church and will sail for Africa some time this Fall. The board of Directors ' has. lost a valuable member in the resignation of Prf. Edwards, who has gone to California. His place will be ably filled by Prof. Cordley. Persons who wish to pay their pledges to the new building may do so to C T. Hard, secy., and treasurer of the building commit tee. It is the hope and expecta tion that the building will be completed this year. '- ' Those who wish to " secure rooms and boarders will be assist ed in securing them if they will notify the general secretary C. T. Hurd at his residence any time before September ist or after that at the Y. M. C. A. room at the college . Persons wishing student help in any way or who could use students arid thus help them selves will do a kind favor by notifying the general secretary. Additional Local. Lieut. D. P. Quinlan is cow quartered jn Sail Francisco with headquarters at Van Neese Avenue. Mr. Spencer, who lives across the river on the Father. Yates farm, went out to milk on Friday evening, and while the cow was switching her tail at the flies she hit him a stinging blow across the face. To prevent a repetition he tied her tail to his ankle. She was used to being milked Din to nave her tail palled was a new ex perience and after she had yanked him about 40 feet and ; whitewashed him with the pail of milk he found he had made a mistake. He says he is a Methodist and didn't swear but he thought about it. That reminds us of that that other fellow who took on a lag of 64-40 and in order to be led borne tied the hitching strap to his ankle, and then hit the horse over the head with his hat. Ha walks with crutches now. Born, Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Estelle Wilson, a eon. .l Jrayne, newspaper reporter, of Fayette, Iowa, has '.been visiting friend and looking Jover the country the , pas few days. Marriage license were issued yesterday to Herman I. Blanchard andLoren Ship FIRE SUPERSTITIONS. DoBt Be Blue And lose all interest when help is within reach. Herbine will make that liver perform its duties properly. J. B. Vaughn, Elba, Ala., writes: "Be ing a constant sufferer from constipation and a disordered liver, I have found Herbine to be the beet medicine for these troubles on the market. I have used it constantly. I believe it to be the' best medicine of its kind, and I wish all tnf. ferera from these troubles to know the good Herbine has done vme." Sold by Graham & Worth am. Curious Observances to Avert Impend ing Evil. In the lake land of northern Eng land there is a well known case of a fire that has been kept up for three generations. When it accidentally went out, the householder went to some woodcutters who had lighted their fire from his, says the London News, and brought Daek their fire to his own hearth, in order that he might possess, as it; were, the seeds of his ancestral fire. Undoubtedly this arises from the old belief that the house fire is derived from a sa cred source. Then there are many house fires which are kindled from ceremonial fires once a year. Thus at Bursrhead all the fires are lighted from the "burning clavie" and kept alight continuously during the year, it being considered lucky to keep the flame from the clavie all the rest of the year. This clavie was lighted first of all at a fire of peat made by youths of the village who were sons of the original inhabit ants. Everv stranger was rigidly excluded from the ceremony, and peat only could be used. The ceremony takes place on New Year's eve, and after the clavie has been kindled one youth after anoth er bears it in triumph around the bounds of the village. At certain houses and street corners a halt is made, and a brand is whipped out of the burning clavie and thrown among the crowd, who eagerly catch its embers and from them kindle the fires on their hearths. Finally the remains of the clavie are placed in the -center hollow of a pile of stones called the "durie," and the remaining embers are distributed to the villagers, all of whom attend the ceremony. ' Another curious feature of the observance is that the long nail which fastens the staves of the clavie is made of iron by the vil lage smith, but the hammer must; be a round stone. Such importance is attached to the ceremony that if the bearer should stumble during the perambulation of the village it is looked on aa a dire calamity, fore telling disaster to the place and cer tain death to the bearer in the course of the next year. There are quite a number of cere monial fires lighted on St. J ohn the Baptist's eve. In Nottinghamshire part of theNYule log is kept till the following year to be burned upon the next Christmas eve. The meth od is first to put a bit of last year's log into the fireplace and burn it, then the fxesE log must be put on the fire and allowed to burn for a little while. . It. is then taken off and bufa'eJ a Utile every night until New Year's eve, when it is put on the fire and consumed with the ex ception of a portion which is kept in the house until next Christmas day. It is believed that the observ ance of this custom will "keep the witch away." In Cornwall the practice obtains of resorting to the hearth and touching the cravel (the mantel stone across the head of an open chimney) with the forehead and casting into the fire a handful of dry grass or anything picked up that will burn. This form of "hearth sacrifice" is regarded as the most effectual means of avert ing any impending evils of a mys terious nature. All these customs in various ways are derived from the sacred charac ter with which our ancestors in vested fire. A LITTLE NONSENSE. An Incident Concerning Marriage That Happened to a Medical Man. A wholesale druggist said of the late William Wliiteley, London's "universal provider :" "Mr. Whiteley bought lots of drugs from me and we were very good friends. We often dined to gether at the Savoy during my sum mer tours. '.'The. man-was an joptirpist . save en ohe 'poinf Carriage. ffe was continually relating an incident concerning marriage that had hap pened to a medical friend of his in Dorset. "Out walking one summer even ing, this physician saw a cottager eating his supper all alone on the sidewalk before his little house. v hy, J rm, he said, 'what are you eating out here for?' " 'Er chimney smokes, sir the man stammered. "The physician was practical, a handy man, a jack of all trades. " 'We'll have a look at that chim ney, Jim,' he said. "And he opened the door, and bang! A broomstick fell on his shoulders, and a woman's voice shrieked in the gloom: '"Back again, are you, you old rascal? Well, just clear out again 1 dear out with you, or I'll' "The physician retreated hastily. Jim sat on the curbstone, shaking his head in sorrow and embarrass ment. The physician bent over him and laid his hand in kindly fashion on his arm. " 'Jim,' he said, 'our chimney .smokes sometimes too.' " nUgHt "pay a "Tlsft' to your cousin: Hiram on his farm this hot weather ?" "I don't know, Maria ; these coun try cousins are so spiteful. Since we made him go to a hotel last winter when he was in town on busi ness, I would not be a bit sur prised if he ,was mean enough to charge us board." Baltimore American. The Old Fisher, A fishy old fisher named Fischer Fished fish from the edge of a fissure. A cod, with a grin, Pu'led the fisherman in Now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer! New York Mail. Henrvt- ' Dicta For OuCk Kaisers. Ducks are much easier raised than chickens. They are not retarded In growth by the many diseases the chicks must contend with. The best remedy for duck ailments la plenty of sliced raw onion in the mash, and a dry, soft bed. When you desire ducks for egg pro duction have four to fire ducks with an unrelated drake. Two ducks and one drake produce too large a percent age of drakes. Do not let the ducks run with fowls. Disease la sure to visit the chickens that are allowed to drink from the Tea sel the ducks have paddled In. Always catch a duck by the neck;, too often their legs are broken by be ing caught by then. Why Fret and Worry The Spite .Spirit. "John, dearfc..do. yfiu think, wp When your child has a severe cold? You need not fear pneumonia or other pulmonary diseases. Keep supplied with Ballard's Horehound Syrup a positive core for Colds, Coughs, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls, S. D., writes : "I have used your wonderful Ballard's Horehound Syrup on my children for five years. ' Its results have been wonderful.'. Sold by Graham & Wortham.
