Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931, August 13, 1926, Image 1

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Uncle of President Has
Happiest and Busiest City
DREAMY MEXICO IS
SHOWING SOME PEP
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of Mexico.
Welsh, La.—Farmer Hirara Moor is
planning to visit in the East between
people yrere reported droqrned when now and autumn. His friends here
a dam broke and a wall of water de­ are confident be will be accorded a
scended upon Leon, fifth city of > hearty welcome when he Arrives in
Washington. They proudly point out
that he ia an uncle of President Cool­
idge.
says a bulletin of the National .
It remains to be seen whether Mr.
Geographic Society from its head­
MJpor will heed the advice of Ms
quarters tn WaateingtoA, D. Cl “Com- neighbors. They not only Insist that
pamtiveiy tt is * greater disastor ‘ he “look up” the President but urge
than the Johnstown gr Dayton floods.
(Iraapa Boosting Spirit of Unit*
rom Kent
. ed Statea.
Near Vicinity ;
,
Office Phone Main 93
Moro
Oregoh
OCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ì3rJ. R. Morgan
tabe a trip to the country's capital.
DENTIST
United State« Dentei Exam­
iner for thh district. -
Office at
O, OREGON
gad'rvoolen æQla and other manufac
stream which runs through the town.
Gomes, the river Is called, and when
Its waters broke loose it sent a flood
through the heart of what has been
called The happiest and busiest city
flood the workmen’s houses of adobe
earth dissolved like lumps of sugar in
Price Five tents
m a «»n»*«
i. Ibi ir jtfmitoi ■
“HI” TOO BASHFUL
TO VISIT “CAL”
Attorney-at-Law
rere*
gestioDs that he walk up to hi* dis
tlngqiahed nephew apd slap him on
tbe back.
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There to no disputing tbs fact, bow
^vey, be irould enjoy a atay at the
White House. Conditions there would
contrast sharply with tbe surround
Ings to which the veteran tiller of the
Threshing ia^practically finished in
; .ia neck of th» woods.
G. E. Wflaon imd wife of Airlie are I
v siting their iau ’hter, Mrs. J. E.
Forton.
Mra. Wm. Mitchell is a patient in
tKe Mid - Cpluigbia hospital at The
And wife of Clem
»• at Che J. L. Mat-
thes home.
»mfr '¿TFT&
A. A. Dunlap and Wife and Frank
Haynes have been sceihg the sights in
Tortland this la*t %eek.
Mis* Helen Guyton has been acting
. s governess to the Dunlap children
during the absence of their parents.
Mrs. Wayne McCulloch of The
Jalles waa visiting her parents, Mr.
nd Mrs. Wk C. Guyton of Buck Hol-
Dallas.—Dreamy Mexico, land of
manans, to waking up. The neweft
in Intellectual and material things Is
delightfully blending with the habits
i.nd customs which keep Mexico pe­
culiarly its own.
The boosting spirit of residents of
i he United States is one of the things
l>elng grasped and used by Mexican
citizens with civic prides
Particularly I d tlstse areas which
are reached by railroads carrying a
large |H»rHon of the travel from-the
United States is there a growing re-
action to alien Influence. Along these
>lnes the traveler sees movieb «till
shown in second-run houses north of
the border. He to greeted by street
plscards announcing baseball games
and prize fights, and be finds dodgers
। hrust Into his hands urging him to
attend.
The chamber of commerce has be­
come a real part of Mexican civic life.
A typical special train, bound into
Mexico, traveling along xthe west
toast, may be taken as an example.
Members of the party are advtoed that
a certain community several hundred
miles south plans a reception and the
schedule permits a stop.
On arrival a Mexican orchestra of
stringed Instruments greets the tour­
ists. After a concert the guests are
conducted to carriagea, perhaps rather
dilapidated, but able t* go. A ride
over rough, unpaved streets, which ।
seem to begin nowhere and end *
abruptly,
winding past
ene-story
adobe structures seemingly placed
without definite plan, ends at the
< hamber of commerce.
Then comes the official welcotne.
brief but ^earty. The speaker, his
words Interpreted sentence by sen
fence, qulckfr offefa greetings snd be­
gins typical community boootfng. It
is good taste for the musicians to
break in with an air when, In the di­
rector's opinion, the speaker has made
an effective p<Wht.
When this is all over, the guests are
escorted to the reception. The popu
latlon is there, and formality of Intro­
duction 1s waived. Mexican girls, op
the whole, are pretty. They are ex­
cellent dancers and the music Is good
Usually a community belle gives sn
Interpret a tloD of a Mexican dance.
rhea, if she is a "nuxlern," likely as
not she wm demonstrate the charlee-
ton. _
When the departing guests return
to their train they find the orchestra
of stringed Instruments on hand. Usu­
ally It Is late and the airs then played
are peculiarly1 those of Mexico—soft,
romantic, and touched with the trag­
edy that rapidly disappearing centu­
ries of peonlsm has Implanted.
guest* of the Chief Executive are not
required to prepare their own food
and wash their own dishes, as 1* his
Word was received at Kent this
habit
eek that the farn home of Andy
“Citl#eos of this industrial city can-
That Mr. Moor is not «o keen about
Dot be held to account fur nut guard
taking any of Mr. Coolidge's time is Jolt And wife was burned to the
round, a total tow The Are started
Ing against such a menace. After
probably bee*use tbe same inherent
reserve that to the President’s is also ¿rem a defective flue. It was one of
similar flood which drowned 200 peu
hlx “HI” has not seen “Cal” tn more he oldest houses in the neighbor-
geon
pie, retaining walls and dikes more
then a half dozen years. Tbe New .ood.
than a' mile in length were built to
Englander was then governor of Mas
protect U»e city. Bat apparently these
saebuoetta.
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Phone No. IM
walls could Dot cope with the rush of
Hiram Moor was born In Plymouth,
tems of Alenerai New¿
Vt, in 1848. When a youth he went
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
“Leou, full- name Leon de io«
to Guthrie Center, Iowa, and pur
Concerning Wasco
X-RAY DIAGNOSIS
Alda urns, la on the main line of the chased a small farm.
Thirty-four
railroad from Mexico City tu El Paso,
years ago be migrated to this state,
I d ihe westernmost corner, of Texas,
buying property near Welch. Natives
WASCO, OREGON
Dr. J. A. Butler became the owner
and Las a population of 58,000. it is of Q»e rice belt acw class him a* a
200 miles northwest of Mexico City,
of a new Dodge aedan this week.
ureslthy man.
had therefore Ues in the famous Mexl
Farmer Moor has a prominent nose
Pete Spehor drev< to Heppner Sun-
can highland* where altitude has de­
and * Mgb, rounded forehead. He
nied the rights of latitude. A regtou has a large straight-line mopth and a Jay, returning on Munday morning.
that ought to be atqaiuingly tropical protruding chin. He to six feet tall
Mr. Coyle and family of beyond
or a hot desert has been elevated to
and weighs only 135 pounds.
irass Valley, were Wasco callers on
a temperate-sone cll&ata. It is not
Though two stories high, his home
Tuesday.
contains but four room*, two up and
in one Held while it Is belug reaped la
Mr. George Ellrworth has been em
«traction and has no porch.
tbe next
loyed as “Chef de Ilote” at the Sher­
“LeoD lies in such a fertile vailejf
In this house Farmer Moor la mns man Hotel.
ter and servant. He la the sole occu­
that agriculture hAlda ita own eusHy
Pe«^e can reach me from Moro
John Mtxck, clerl. ut the Sherman
pant and attends personally to all the
ugaiuat the competing demand» of
at night from the long distance
mining and manufacturing Irriga­ houeework.
Hotel, was absent several days lust
booth at Hotel Moro by ringiag
tion. however, is at once necessary i
./eek on business In Portland.
and picturesque. Tbe fertile valley
The Dalle«. ,
]
General Added to British
Miis Vivien Trotmre returned to
round about Is dotted with small res i
Wasco thia week from her vacation
*r\ofrs mirroring tbe clear Blue skies.
pent at coast ahd valley points.
( “Bakespearians” Is the title London
“Citizens of Leon are proud of it*
Industry. ’We are not rich,' they tell
Truth has conferred on * those who
W. R. Reid mo' ^on Monday from
UavrlerH, ‘but we ate workers.’ They .continue to proclaim from the house­
Ke Burres buiL mg’ to temporary’
are proud of La Hormiga (The A.it)
tops that Bacon wrote Shakespearean
quarters at the r< ir of their grocery.
tbe largest tannery tn Leon and pre­ MM
* *
sumably In Mexico. They grow en­
Brig. Gen. 8. A. E. Hlcksbn is the
Born to Mr. an i Mrs. Murval Stone
thusiastic o- er the cotton and woolen
latest writer to produce a book de­
Wednesday morning, August 4th, n
and silk mills using modern New Eng­ signed to prove that Bacon and nd
land machinery Yet large smoke
other could have written the dramas 7 mb girl. Dr. Wonderlick attend
the dallm . O regon
stacked facturie are not to be seen,
attributed to the poet of the Avon. ed.
Young French Mechanic
for two reasons. First, that electric . ; General Hickson not only claims
Elmer Lutje, employed at the Car-
Invent* Flying Bicycle
the Shakespeare plays for Bacon, but /plj Sayrs farm, was ill with «Severe
power Is the free gift of mountain
Office at the Hamilton Hospital
Paris.—A young French mechanic
also the work of Marlowe and dther
streams and second, much of the man­
Phone No. Hospital 487
contemporary English dramatists. He tonsilitis attack Tuesday and Wednes- In a factory at DiJon has Just in­
ufacturing is done I d the home. Tbe
vented a bicycle that files.
even la willing to accept the opinion Jay.
bridles and snddl ’a for which Mexico
According to a report received In
of a German professor that Bacon
to' famous are made largely at Leon.
Dr. Wonderlick on Tuesday assisted
Paris, the Frenchman had been work
wrote Cervantes' “Don Quixote.’’
Their beaiity lies I d the tooling, the
at The Dalles hob| ital in the removal Ing on his Invention several years and
General Hickson calls his book “The
embroidery and the Intricate silver
of tonsils for two children of C. E. has finally completed succeasful tests.
* Í > « I I < ♦ I M>l l++4- M I I H I I I I-
ornamenta. This to a task for the* Prince of Poets and Most Illustrious
The bicycle can be transformed Im­
of Philosophers.”
Bo accepts the Coats.
draftsman, and like the craftsman of
mediately Into a very small monoplane
the Middle age«, he works. In Leon« theory th st Bacon waa really the
Fred Lyda, who farms the Fowler
prince of Wale«, eon of Queen EHr- plaqe, was in Wa^co Monday wearing and fly to a height of 150 feet. Trials
at his home. ,
were conducted without mishap and
abeth, and because of Ma high social
“Names of the garments made In
a satisfied smile while relating the the mechanic Intends to present his
position
dared
not
acknowledge
the
Leon are new to the average Ameri-
Eyesight Spscialiata
authorship of practically all the mas­ outcome of his first Sherman county unique Invention to the public at the
can. Different fashions reign so there
Manufacturing Opticians :
beginning of August.
terpieces produced during the Elisa- harvest.
is the serape, the robozo, the manta,
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The successful manufacture of the
Eyas Examined Glasses Fitted
bethan era.
7
and the poncho. The robozo Is the
E. J. Hollingsworth had al! charges
bicycle In large quantities will make
, Exclusively Optical
peon woman's equivalent of the et-
against him remitted when he con­ flying within the means of all, in the
Complete Lens Manufacturing
pensive mantilla of the upper classes.
Climber* on Mt Rainier
sented to marry the lady in the case. opinion of the inventor.
The manta is the white cotton gar­
Plant in Connection
Witness Yawn of Glacier The connwbial knot was tied at Moro
OREGON -, ment worn by laborers everywhere.
THE DALLES
The poncho and serape are wooleu
Ixmgniirs. Wash—The yawn of a last Saturday by Justice of the Peace California Ha* Increase
•
15-16 Vogt Block.
overcoat.
living glacier was ths unusual sight R. J. Ginn.
shawls which serve
in Number of Arrests
witnessed by a party of climbers on
♦HH > 1 4 4 »U H ItUHtHHI blanket or raincoat as the need arises.
Mrs. W. P. Thoma* and boys left
Sacramento,
Calif.—Either Califor­
Circuit of Romance.
Mount Rainier. While trv«rti,nf ■
portion of Nlsqually glacier the guide last Tuesday for a visit with relatives nia police departments are becoming
“A belle of Leon la very particular
interrupted progress by pointing to * at Noti, Oregon. Mr. Thomas will re­ more effective in snaring the elusive
that her father shall live somewhere
three-Inch crevasse about fifty test la main in Wasco until-Judge E. D, Mc­ criminal or the criminal element tn
OP Leon’s street car Une. It isn’t
front of the trail. The crack gradual­ Kee completes his vacation at Sea­ the state Is materially on the increase,
that she Is concerned that her father
for the number of arrests on seri­
ly
widened aa the climbers retreated side, Oregon.
have easy transportation back aml
ous charges shows a gain of nearij
until It appeared nearly seventy-five
FlomMag
forth to work. It isn’t that she wor-
'Dr. Wonderlick drove to Portland 5,000 for the fiscal year just ended.
feet acrees. The yawning was accom
ries about bringing the family HUp
and ' Heating
Sunday
morning, returning early on
panied
by
tremendous
explosions
and
plies home from market. Street cara
i roars as chunks of age-old Ice hurtled Monday morning.
Baby Margaret,
In
I«eon
are
vehicles
of
romance.
IM-
Sells and installs the famous
down into tbe abyss, hundreds of feet who was taken tQ Portland for a
spite the Hollywood movies the tenor
Mueller pipe or pipeless furnace
deep.
change of surroundings is convales­
One in Every 71 in
does got come on a prancing mustang
Unable to withstand the masM-ve
to his aeoorita in this corner of Mex-
cing slowly from a stubborn attack
.
World
Own* Motor Car
pressure of the Ic^ field pushing
Ï Ico. He comes by street car.
WASCO» OREGON
Washington.—The automobile
of dysentery.
down
the
mountainside
the
crevasse
5
«"
Wooiup to called 'playing the beqr’
has Invaded every nook of the ,
with a treat eaVth tretnor dosed, a
A tragedy was enacted on the Far-
in 'Mexico. Once a young blood of
globe and in such quantity that
terrifie bang shooting spHnters of Ice, rel farm east uf Klondike early Tues­
most Mexican town« has fixed his
an owner Is to be found tn
whowvrs of snow and clouds of water
1< »*4 » 4 I W I H I 14 M -H»»l l
fancy on a girl he stands long hours
day morning wl en Thom Zuvus, a
every
seventy-first person. On . '
I
k
high into the air. Th* guide explained
before her bouse. Sometimes be fbi-
the baste of 1,748,000,000 world
the base of the glacier was apparently Greek employed on the place, an tag-
lows her as she promenades, but at
population for 1926, this mean* ‘
slipping aver a vary bard rock forma enixed Dick Hicks, a fallow employe.
a respectful distance. If his atten­
that more than 24,000,000 per­
tlon which broke ita back. .
<, - • -In the quarrel that eiisued, the latter
SHERMAN COUNTY
tions are encouraged he receives an
sons are automobile owners.
struck the Greek with a hoe splitting
invitation to call with the family pres­
STOCK AND BRAND
These figures, announced by /
the left hand from the tip of the
ent during the aeuaion. But In Leon
the Commerce department, re- t
thumb
to
the
mi
ldlW
of
the
wrist
and
the belles and beaux begin differently.
reeled that the United States
Romanoff Coffin»
slashing the right wrist. Both hands
The «treet car line In tbe city makes
leads with the highest r*tlq to
^vere ent bjTthe one stroke While they
a loop. The beaux, therefore, flnd.it
population—one to every six *1
Rifled by Soviet
expedient to board a street car and
wer<i holding a 2x4 with which he was
persons.
Hawsll has one to
>
Berlin.-—According
to , the
ride past tl>e houaqs of their beloved.
every eleven, and Canada one to
chasing Hicks
Al! wrist arteries
Russian journal “Slovo” It has
Not once but again and again add
thirteen.
been learned that tho Soviet
were severed and hp suffered critic­
round and round. - And as the
In the lower ratio* 4s Afghan­
government recently ransacked
ally from loss of blood. A transfu­
car rolls along, each watches his
istan, with one to 1^00,000 per- j
the crypt In. the churcfl of St.
sion was found to be necessary at the
especial house for a signal. For the
sons; Hojsx with only four M
Peter *nd St. Paul In Leningrad.
Mid - Columbia hospital where Drs.
girls, of course, the custom intro­
care or one for every 225,000;
Tbp action was said to be an
L«>rse and WonderUgk attended the '
duces a delightful element of expect­
Abyssinia, 1 to 188,883. and ।
effort .to obtain jewels upd docu-
man.’ Hicks ga\e himself up and waa
ancy. One never knows Just when
China, 1 for every 31,871. The
' menta fróm tho céaketa wherein
tbe street car will round the c«ner.
Solomon Islands, with lfil.000
placed in custody by Charles Everett,
’#ére burled Peter the Great.
Qne never knows whether the *bear’
persons, has only two automo­
^^|teKHibab but was later released.
Catbertae the Qreat, and other
gill Iwe on that car. For the wooers
biles, while Liberia has M, or
• membere of lb* RomSpolT fain
pf
j.epn
It has this addition*} a^v^-
one fbr every.^54.259,
Uy.
m
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x
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.
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w
-
Formerly the Albert /
tage, thejr gnt to see all the »iris qq
In 19 of the 59 countries sur­
Acrnnllng to "Stevo.” the cof­
•C. L. Montgomery killed a 5-foot
veyed, at iRttrt 90 per cent of
the Circuit.’
fin
of
Alexander
the
Great
was
Tbs Dalles’ Newest and Heft
bull snake between hi* house,and barn 1
■ the automobile« owned were of
found empty by the wumckers.
last Sunday.
The snake had been ■
American manufacture; in sev­
lids bears, out the old legend
Clever
Thea«
Caeeha
*
en, American-made, cars consti­
making its horn» under the house for,
CENTRALLY LOCATED
thnt
Alexander
Jiad
not
died
as
Berlin.—An iintomoblle driven by a
several weeks.
Charlie decided to
tuted 80 per cent
South
recorded In history, but for
Caeoh in i speedway race looped the
America had the greater pro­
kill the reptile oqe night recently
many
years
after
his
supposed
loop and k< pt on racing. It turned
portion.
European countries j
dentil traveled throughout Rus
when he stepped or it where It lay in
a soMvrsruh and landed on all fours
showed u much. luwer ratio.
Mu
distinguished
as
a
pilgrim
j
the
dark
before
his
house
door
on
the
among the spectators. Nobody was
porch.
e-e-e>
killed Just then.
Dr ^7. N. Morse
Physician and Surgeon
De Larhue
Optical Co.
—re———
A. M. HICKS
?
: JAMÉS STEWART
INSPECTOR
Charlotte’s
Discovery
I ■« a —
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By H. IRVING KING
(CopyricMt.)
QHARLOTTE
AVESBURY
was
trying to decide a very impor­
tant matter. The question was:'Should
she marry John Dixton or John
Hawkabury?
Had her parents ' In-
slated that she marry Dixton she
would have known what to do a!
once—she would have gone rigtit off
and married Hawkabury. Or If they
bud picked out Hawkabury she would
have seen at once that her destiny
pointed to Dixtoa. But the cruel par­
ents were of do help whatever; they
would oaly say that whichever of the
two young men Charlotte preferred
would be sattofnetory .to (hem. Tlw
fact was that both the Johns bad
their good polDta and lots of them;
and Charlotte had known them both
for ever so long.
Sometimes she felt sure that she
down “Charlotte Dtttoh," and "Mrs.
John Dixton** on a sheet of paper,
just to see how it would look. And
then Hawkabury would make him­
self especially agreeable of an eve-
Ding and the next day sho would
be UTItlng "ChaHoffe Hawkabury”
tu try tbs' siteet She evolved . the
idea uf setting the two youths little
teiHdi to do for her by which their
Jove might be proved, audited and
placed on file.1 But Dixton’s exploit
of responding to her expressed wish
for an alligator pear when there were
none In the orarket by ordering a
doseu by cable from Panama was
capped by Hawksbury’s burglarising s
greenhouse to procure her a certain
rare flower which she wanted and
which could not be found at the
florist’*
Dixton bad a little more money
than Hawkabury; but Hawksbury’s
family bad a little better social stknd-
ing. Dixton played on various must
cal Instrument* divinely; but Hawks-
bury sang like an angel and Dtxton
could not sing at alL
And so on,
and so forth—and there she waa I.
As for the rival lovers, whatever
they may have had of deadly anl-
moaity lurking in their hearts, out­
wardly they were as friendly as could
be wished, and played the game open­
ly and squarely.
To be perfectly
candid they were both a trifle con­
ceited and each felt a considerable
degree of confidence that bls own
superior merits would, finally, become
so apparent to the lovely Charlotte
that she could hardly fall to give him
the preference.
Charlotte began to realise that It
was sbout time she came to a de­
cision.
She had been holding die
two Johns In abeyance for two years
now.
she was . perfectly sure that
she wanted one of them and she had
begun to realise that by dallying too
long she might possibly lose them
both.
Yes, she mast 'make a decision.
She went into conference with herself
and concluded that, in all probability,
she liked John Hawksbury beet He
had sung a little love song to her
the night before which touched her
heart.
The two Johns were accus­
tomed to propose at regular inUfvals
and Charlotte said to herself: “Yaa, I
think the next time Hawkabury pro­
poses I had better accept him. Let
me see—that would be next Wednes­
day. Dixton’s night is Thursday.”
Winter being now over the land, a
skating party waa planned.
Char­
lotte and her two Johns were, of
cfiurte» InclndeL
Power of Eagle*9 Grip
Two brothers of West Boothbay,
Maine, while In a boat, picked up a
white-headed eagle that had been allot
through one of it» wings, leaving It
helpless In the water. They put the
bird I d the dory and he gripped the
wood so tightly that they had to pry
Its talons open to make the transfer
from one boat to another. They called
a veterinary surgeon In an attempt
io save the bird's Ufa.
Queen Marie Plant*
American Cotton Seed*
Bucharest.—Queen Marte of Ruma­
nia has turned cotton plsnter. With
some American cotton seeds she has
been carrying on with great success
a series of experiments tn cotton cul­
ture at her farm near Bucbareat.
The queen rises- early each morn­
ing and gives two hours’ personal at­
tention to care of the plants. She
has reported results of these tests
to the ministry of agriculture End au­
thorities hope that Rumania will soon
be producing Its own cotton, They
have found American cotton seeds
much more adaptable than the Egyp-
tian or Indian.
For Rhyme’s Sake
New Rochelle, N. Y,—A member
now explains that the board of educa­
tion changed the name of the new
high school frotn Woodrow Wilson to
New Rochelle, because of the pupils’
ebeer for their athletic teams. New
Roebel I p rhyme* with “I Yell/’ *nd
Wilson doesn't.
Groceries
For the Family
Whether for Child or Adult, we have in
our store the Foodstuffs desired by every
member of the family.
With quality assured, the attractive prices
we ‘ make our customers draw many to
our store.
MAY & SON
M°ro>
Ow
Member Store United Grocers of Oregon
3000000000000000000
Lone Rock
Dairy
;
O. R. Halve, Proprietor1
Fresh Milk and Cream
DELIVERY TWICE DAILY
Leave orders at
Moro Phannacy
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wtu.-wftaâblei
Roman Wedding »
Among ancient writers on the sub-
ject of the “Weddlhg Cake," Quintus
Curtins Is probably the most definite
and reliable, for he quotes clearly the
laws of Romulus, based upon those of
the Etruscans and tin* other races
whose advent preceded the founds
tlon of Rame. In those days It ap
pears to have been customary for the
families of the "young people” to en
ter Into certain prenuptial agreements
for the fdture provision of their son
and daughter—much as "showers" are
given to a bride at the present time.
These agreements were ratified at the
marriage festival, and accompanied by
a lavish outpouring of corn, oil and
other kinds of flood, a ceremony which
practically constituted the wedding
itself.
-
A. firv hnd. been
Bank Hotel
t - tt «-»— «r-
kindled near the shore of (Jie iake
where the yqung people were going
to skqte.
Charlotte, with some of
her girl cbmpafilons, was standing
by it, warming her bands In a pause
between her skating, when sudden
cries of alarm arose from the people
on the frozen surface of the lake and
Charlotte’s little sister came running
up, qrylDg out: “Oh, Lottie I John
has broken through the Ice and been
drowned I*
Charlotte gave a shriek and started
to run wlWy toward the lake crying
out: “John, John, oh. John, dear I”
Joh* Hawksbury appearing, apparent­
ly from nowhere, confronted her.
“Don’t be .alarmed, dear.” said be:
“I’m all right.”
“You,” she cried, “you? What do 1
rare about you? It’s my John I want.”
And, surrounded by his rescuers,
her John, rarnnined Dixton, waa seen
approaching, dripping wet from hav­
ing been fished out of nn “air hole”
through which he had fallen, and
shivering violently from his Immer­
sion In the Icy water. Chsrlotte, right
before everybody, threw her arms
around his shaking, dripping form and
whispered: “I’ll say ‘Yes’ right now,
John. You need not wait until next
Thursday to ask me again.”
H
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