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li^ii Dcvotefl to tlie: Xiitferesfcs of White 3 Plaihs and Wesiohester County. VOL. 1 . NO. 10 . WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. TUESDAY, FEBEUAEY 9, 1897. PRICE THREE CENTS. Supervisors ’ Notice. ‘ ' The undersignfed, Supervisor ,of tho . to wn o f White Plains, hereby gives notice that he will be at. his office,' in the • Low Office of Stephen S. Marshall, Railroad oJVehue, White Plains, N. Y., forithe transaction of town business, on it6«doy, Wcdiiesdn^!fit«d Friday or each week, from 9 o ’ clock a, m. to 5 o ’ clock p. m. FRANK G. SCHIRMER,. 7yl Supervisor Supervisors ’ s Notice. The Collector bP the town of White Plains having returned tlie list'of Un paid. Taxes to the Sup ervisor, the un dersigned will eit at the Office of Stephen S. Marshall, R ailroad A venue , white : plains , n . y ., on Monday? Wednesday and Friday of each week; from 9 a, : nn .to/5 p. m., and on Monday until -9 :p: in., for the pt^j po se of rpceivins^pa-ymeht of said Unpaid Taxes, and for the transaction of town business. Dated Oct. 28, 1895. F rank G. S chiumeu , Supervisor. H bIR MS OF THE COUNTY COURT OF THE of Westchester, for tho year 1807. ■j orms oi liivi v.uunty Court-of the ?()unty v of Westchester, for tho trial of Issues, at wlilcli a (Jritnd- ami Pqlit Jury- wiU bo re quired t o attoiul. uro hcroby ai>i>Olnted to bo ..I ... wi,Ifo T'luiim. in the nuireu t o auiouu. am mi v hold at tho Court House, White 1 lalus, in tho^ year !Sff7. as follows: First Monday of March. Last Monday of May. First Tuesday of Heptomhor. .^cSucourl Monday, of N.oypmher. - ■ , - — Tornis of tho County Court of thp County^of in both to be-hold at tho Court House, in wime Plains, on Saturday of each week, (except in ‘ J U&a. \ ’ llIl.o rililns, DecemboVirvlte); . 5w4 County Judge of Westchester County. Important to Builders. LOVE AND TURNIPS. His name was John Goodwin Emer* ion,and his works and days were.these ; tending a pegging machine in a Now England shoe shop,and thinking much if Patience Lovoring, the primary ipjtool teacher. When the six b ’ clocky ivhistio brought welcome release^fyoth tho weary clnttor of the pegging ma_ jhine, ho betook himBelf totho society i)f Patiunoe or kooks. That is,Patience tvould not a;hvays rocoivo him, and then ho read bdoks in a species of mad fury. . • . L • • Patience Lovoring seemed in some aianner above him. - Ho knew this, iiid had-wisely thought to -raise hinu lelf to her level/ Finally the time jamo when the word that was in his beaet caine out, juul upon a huitublo .iccuaiou he told her that beloved her, ind had hoped to make her his wife*. The result. 1 ;was peculiar and most unhappy. This modern maiden met love ’ s advanoo with a kind of iron- sldd common sense, atid bluntly told him his income/was ihsilfficiont. Eor own earnings/ were onougli for her Hipporfc nndnTit'tle ihoi/e, She lived .in. conifert, and had somo leisure, to joy nothing Of an occasional taste of the drama and music. Ai his wife she would have nbiio of tlieao, besides many household cares, iuid thnt' Sort of thing. ! ! Did slie not'lo,vo him^ She looked Rt him with , a sacl suiild.- ftHd said, WI will not say wheth^rj I Jove.you or not; perhaps — porhiipBj 1 not. ” Seeing that he was 1 greatly cdst .dVvn, she added, < playfully, “ Am I not worth winning? ^Vhy do you not try? ’ ’ “ VVhnt cab I do? ” skid he bitterly. T : agi.pnly/a meohanic. ” . ^ ^ ^ She made no reply / for a moment, and then she said, slowly, ^ “ That is nothing~-I mean, it is nothing against you. ' Tho point is jhat you must bo more. It is not fo.r po to suy what or how; You are a |mau. I make no promises, but you may win me — if you can, \ ..New Granite and Stone Yard, Blue .... .v . corner o£ ‘ Banks street, near Yonng ’ f 1 coal'yard. ■ . All kinds o£ . . • BUILDING; STONE Dressed, and 1 Rough. Also, Flagging, Curling, ' Paving, Sills, Steps, Caps, Carriage Blocks, etef THOMAS F. HART, ■ BANKS STREET, WHITE TEAINS. ~ A/ LECHNER, GROVE STREET, White Plains, Near Martino Avenue. Pork, Boldgitas, ^ coloredi H oule-made Sawsages, Frankfurters, fresh daily . ' Unoxcellod Baton, City Dressed and Domestic rerk, Hams, Dies Feet, . Boneless Shcultes, Ham Trimmings. nnler.tlbilvcred nroro illly- a trial soUcltoll. AHSDST B. RDSSE,! RAILROAD AVENUE, Near Spring St., White Piaitis, N. Y /With this she turned away quickly and walked on along before him, loay,- ing kimrBtandiug icf tho middle of the runil Jane where,they had boon wal.k-i ing. Ho saw her put her. hands be fore her face, but Ivbothor it ; was * uhume or grief ho could not toll. : was both; shame that she btul be forced to apeak so plainly, and grief that — But, really, her grief was ffo mingled with, otlufr aentiments, thatfit was pn^t Borrow and part hope. J The f youog mail gazed after her till aho had disappeared, and. then he tdrne^/aaTde/td the stone wall that bounded tho lane, and looked out over tjbo wide, expanao of a very hno turnip field. There were millions of turpik 3 in innjestio.row, rank beyjmd rankj'thoir : plugie-liko leaves ’ wayiug as an army with banners. Of tuese ton thousands, one alone attracted his atteiition. -It was a mighty turnip, fair , to Bek, find of goodly sizol and shape. ,ll was the king turnip o( the field, andithe diBOouaolate lover stud ied it witll interest. It is a tjut'iOHB fact that sometimea, when the I mind is Buffering fr am a ahock or suddeu revulsion- of foiling, the moat |rivittt things absorb tie at tention. | It is afT if the will wr s too weary to trouble itself about dirteting the mind,I and any chance object ab sorbed t)io whole attention. The yonng rakn considered this superior., turnip with profound interest. , Why was it so mighty while all its njillion brothers were no more than ordinary turnips? Traces of an old compost heap noa? by seemed to oxphup the turnip ’ s gloriojis proportions. At once his mind skipped nimbly to the fu ture. If this turnip, so goodly in , ihape and size, were selected fop seed. would not its • seed ’ retain something-: of its noble proportions?. If the .fittest were made to survive, would not a au- jperior race begin? - Having considered those deep and '■momentous quostions-far — somo lime, tho young man turned away and went home, feeling much bettor. Such is tho effeot of labor, particularly mental labor, on sorrow. The next day tbe^ both resumed their labors in school and shop, and none guessed that aught hadpassed between,-them. . Months passed away, and already tho winter wuajar spent. - H.ho taught the infant mind, 1 and he tended tho pegging machine, .and it seemed as if all wore lost between them. Wait I Tho spring sun already mounts the sky, though the wind blows aud.Tlie snow flies. It was the 15th of Febru ary when! the youiik man wont to the savings bank and drew out spinu money. . Ho remembered the days when ho had saved these dollars for another purpose, and uow it was all over, ami he might as well sfieml the money-in another .dire.ctioin. Before night ho had' purclniHud tw.6-hot-bed sashes, a loud of stable manure, and a few boards. From these ho Goustrufited - a. hoGhed, such us lie. /.hild.' 8^1? doners mi^o for early lettuce. Two days after, ho found a chance-hour when the /wind-waa lulled, and he opened tlii hot-bed, Tlie soil soft and warm, like a bit of spring land in the midst of snow. ^ Taking a paper from his pocket, ho liegau to sow a quantity of seeds — white tur nip. Now it. happened ... that the yanl where ho worked was next tho sti'OGt, at the side of the house where h e liv ed with his mother. . Ho was aware,after a while, that fidmaono had stoppeu iii tho way and was looking over, tho fence at him; Little caring wht> ’ might be, he wont on with his labor. Presently ’ there was a little cough a highly suggestive cough, full of curios ity and dashed with pique. Ho looked up. It was Patience Lovoring “ What aro you doing? ” / “ Sowing tho seeds of good fortune, M said-ire. gravely* : .v l “ Dear mo! ho\y interesting! Have you ,'auy of that kind of seed .to jspfiro? 1 ’ . “ No. Hut you shall have tho whole crop. ” “ Ah! ttiauks. You aro very kind I hope it will boar ‘ some an hundred fold, some two hundredfold. ’ ” , ,. Ho stood up/ffnd looked at her, with a now light pddliug^ju his eyes. “ I hope it will uo a tlidUsandfold, if yoff will accept it. ” /This disjointed speech ho uttered with ill-suppressed eagerness/ and sh observed it, and blushed. Nothing more passed between them save a few commonplaces, and thou she moved on, and he finished his work with re newed hope and courage. Weeks grow to months, and still ho tended the pegging machine, and slowly added to his savings in the bank. With all this, ho was not pa tient. Ho had not Patience, and yet pho daily walked before him. 'Thus was he doubly sorrowful, for ho had neither tho woman nor the virtue. Ho cast about in many ways to sob where by he might better, himself. More over, ho road books, nud thus, while he knew it not, ho grow in mental stature. Meanwhilo the turnips grow. They sprang up quickly in tho gentle heat of tlie frame, and, acting on the ad vice of a gardener in the neighbor hood, and such books on horticulture he could find, he transplanted the •tiny plants to small flower-puts. As they grew ho romoyed them to still larger and larger pots. When the spring camVho hired a -few rods of ground outside t tho town, and in Jj|g£- romoved tlie turnips from the pots to the open- ground. Ho gave each tur nip three square feet of space, and ho digged about each plant and enriched it to tho utmost. The result - was as he expected. In August ho had some hundred or more most mighty turnips. The like had never been seen in nil the land, r Ju nil this Patience Lovoring toon no interest. ’ Bho could not undor- rffnud it, and she had belied her name. 6ho had become weary of waiting. Instead of leaving his pegging, ma chine and starting out in the world to lake his fpVthiib, after the man- iirious. knfgGta.. of iid, ho wont to, that and cultivated ...i.wjjn, xuu j,.itjuii ..., she was blind. She saw not. tliojcferds of-duty that bound tho young jman to his pegging machine, that his widowed ’ mother .might live in do6o;nt comfort. With )f the she had dull shop.every d iy- turnips. The Irirth tho Hummer came her vacation, and\ sho want away tb ;thp sea-shore for a little ploasure trip. It was her first journey away fro iff homo, and it is Small wonder that slip mot and was dazzled by a creature of seemingly fair .shape. Ho made love to her, n,ud ■poor little goose ! — sho accepted him “ Without oven asking whereby- ho earned the wherewithal to bo clothed n such gorgeous apparel. There is a trace of tho eccentric in every mind, and the wise virgin wliQ . oojuisollod her poor- lover — ncceptpd — n.JrioU one, without a question;' She returned, to her native slum town . with a diamond ing and announced that she would tench school but one year. Suddenly there appeared in tho town u creature new to the experience of the sober inhabitants. Tho younger feminine popuU.co declared it “ Patience Lov eri ug ’ s . be au. ” So it seemed to tho cultivator of turnips ho came home from the shoo shop id mot Patience on the man ’ s arm in iglir ^HffWtrd to her as they passed, but-she only replied with a distant nod. The young roan stood for. a moinout gazing after them, and then he hastened home and'put on his best suit ns if to go out. No, ( lio would e ___ She would not listen to his warning; sho would probably resent There w ; as nothing, to do^blit 1 Buftqf in silouec, mid to be ail pSTifiill is he might. .......... _ - T^ion came another surprise. J -Pa .ionoe Lovoring, tho wise and sousi bio Bohool-toacher,. suddenly -..rOHignejl her school, . was married at the minis villiigo hnd-tim'e to say a word. Aftor. fhat the tongues we^goil nimbly, but the youngs man jniudod his pegging machine, and kept his ,t|foug ts to irriself. Again the ndvanoiug- sun warned of spring, and tho gardeners got ready their frames. The young man selected -from his monster turnips a mmiLmr of the best, planted each in a largo flow- Sr-pot7 “ nTrd~put “ tbem in a now hot bed. Day by day ho watched them grow, tending them with minute care aud persistent nursing/ They reward ed him abundantly, and by April showed signs of throwing up flower- stalks. : , Patience Lovoring disappeared ut terly. It whh said she l)iul gone to .Boston, but . H(>mo\Hai(l jt/wns Now York or London; Yet one remem bered and know, because he still loved her; Uut lio held his peace— for grief. At hist -it cfime — -the harvest of seeds* Ho had now seeds,of the mon ster turnips/ By e-very menus possible ho kept some of tho turnips hack TaUr into the Hunimer as samples of the variety. Ho called it tho “ Good Friend Turnip, ” with a touch of sen timent and ho took pains to make it known that ho had seed of this su perior variety of turnip for-sale. He raised n'uow crop in tho sanio man- .. ....... 1 before, anil nt tho horticultural exhihitiou-..hh /exhibited tho_ pCfood Frieml,- ’ greatly to_ the astonishnidut of the rural mind. Tlie like of those tur nips hud never been-soon, and every farmer for miles around w^ in want p.L the seed. A corati(i< sold .dealer came anxiously to the house one even ing, and asked tho price' 1 of tho whole lot of seed — about half a pint. The young man suddenly changed his tac tics, and said that there would bo no seeds of the “ Good %iend ” for sale till another year. Tho^osult was that every duo was the more' eager to pur chasl,.and the young man took, orders _foV the next Crop of seeds, at tho rate twenty coats for a singlo seed. late station, fearing' to venture into the deserted streets of the town, Tho tall shoo, shops stood grim ami white the.night,.their many windows, dull like glazed eyes, staring out on the night and storm. ‘ All out John? ” -snfd tho station- master to a brakomau who had passed through tho train. ‘ No ; there ’ s a woman asleep hero. What shall I do with her? ” “ Rout her out. Wo ooh ’ t stay here all night. ” • Tho brakemnu did his duty as kind- jnsho know, nud Jko womari took TTqj'homhildT - wrapped - ; itinafaded shawl and siumbied out of tho oar,and crept along tho platform to the street door., Tho statidu-maator -stood by the door, keys in hand, as if to look Tho woman paused a moment at tho entrance of tho deserted snow- ooyored street, and asked if.there was., a ohoap boarding-placo near by,__ Tho in knew ( >f none, save tho hotel up ... the town, and then ho moved thcr door ns if to urge her oitt into the stroot. Sho took the hint and wont out/ and sho was alone the streets of her native town. She tried to re call tho houses and streets, but could make nothing familiar, so greatly had everything changed, Sho walked on fpr somo time, little heeding or caring, so long as sho wont on from the terror behind. Sho passed several streets and then saw a light, and going toward it, found it was a warehouse, Whore tlie clerks were still busy long into tho night. By tho aid of the street lamps sbo made .out the figuroA)f a gc?.l<len,tiKnip, wilh-. this legend beneath jb “ rho Good Friend. ” Suddenly tho door openod-nnd some •onedime out . and started to walk briskly up tho street. It seemed us if her knees gave way bouoath her,and. sho sank down in the snow. “ My good woman, it is late to/be offt/ Why dti you not go homo? Ahl pardon mo. Perhaps you aro ill? ” Ho took a iffatoti from his poukot, and when it blazed up ho hold it oldko to her face, She tried to hide her face with her am,TW ifcjiway, _ S.Udden 1 y. there was a loud cal i, and-r-that was al 1 sh e reme mbered. She neither, cried nor in any man ner noticed this, save to say sadly : “ I am glad. Ho — he Was not a good man. I loved him ohco; but it is bettor so. ” Then ho found words to say all that had been in his heart all these years. Sho hoard it .nil in happy . si Ionoe, ~ • and then she said, with a quaint traoo of her old manner: “ How oamo you so rich, John? You are well off. I see it.plainly, ” “ Turnips, my love, pnly turnips. Tho houso of ‘ Emerson & bo*, Seed Growers and Dealers ’ is founded on turnips,- >. -You - shall-*havo- a- quartoc- section of a Good Friend Turnip fot ‘ ^ dinner as soon as you are ublo„to oomo down. ” ’ . . When tho Sultan Goes at 1 Full Spood. Abdul Hamid leads n life of retire ment, a political necessity which does not interfere with .his amusements. Once n week his visit to the mosque, a laborious journey of some eighty yards, provides tho spectator with on admirable entertainment, Tho card of tho British Embassy admits you to n-pavilion whore, tis the Sultan's gueetj you yro handsomely refreshed with ton, coffee, sweets and cigarettes — the eternal cigarettes, without which thp . whole machinery-of'Turkish adminis tration would cease to not. If Abdul Hamid know that a visitor had lacked a cigarette, I boliovo ho would take to his bed, ami rofuso to exorcise that subtle humanity for which his regime is so justly rouownod. Ouoo ... upon a t time tho P om- mandor of the Faithful used to ride it whito horso to tho inosquff },that becamo tob fatiguing, mid ho tookAo a carriage, which wim driven slowly/ back to the palnoo while the Ministers, walked on either side. Bomotimos, I h6wevor-?siioh is the impoynosity of - tiio Sultan ’ s nature — ho drives.himself , i ^ back in n park pkaoton Rt so fiery^a ^/ ; u| puco that the nnfortuuatb MinistorH; ..... hiavb to run, clutching one tfdothor by the coat tails, for it is their duty to reach the palace stcjis iu time to re-, coive their gracious mdstor when he alights. Shou ld t hey bo too late, there ;// The snow'covered all tho laud and blocked tho railroads in every direc tion.It wns- past .nine q ' c I qjp .U wheu the last train came in from . tho city, four hours late. Tho passengers strag gled sleepily out of tho snow-covered cars, and stood shivering in tho deso till some time after sho was nwakonod to sense and feeling by warmth and light, Blip was upon a bod, and an elderly man stood over her with a . bottle and spoon in.^his hand. Booing that her eyes wandered, ho said: “ Nover fear; I am the doctor. ThtKchildda safe. M .. . Bho sajbinp on tho bed, and looked round tho room- “ This is not tho hospital? ” “ No; something better. Drink this, and you will soon feel stronger. ” Bho drank,aud thou lay back on tho pillow and tried to recall her scattered thoughts. On the wall was a litho graph of a number of turnips — absurd and monster turnips, fit for tho feed ing of m mighty family. Besides there wore pictures of oilier'vegetables, and all of inordinate proportions. Sud denly she laughed, and/then tears came. - It was all so strange and so wildly improbable. 'there wore footstepa in the room, unjl sho listened eagerly. A shadow foil on tho bod, and some one stood before her. . . “ Patience.” She whs startled and turned away imingled shame and grief. It was true; it was his house, his home, and — | Ahl there! was another near — a, woman. • .J “ PfttioffCP».jiq^yjpujpot_lcn<w_i^? • - W/hat could she do-or say? Her! mouth . was parched, and the sobs, cliockcd her speech. Bho did noth ing, till at lust ho took her hand, tffen her thin fingera ’ '\fightened round hifl as if socking help, protection, for giveness — everything. But that wom- aji — who was sheft “ Mother, she knows mo. Plonso leave her to me. ” Jlor lingers tightened closor on his and there was a movement of tho arm us if to draw him nearer, till at last her head was pillowed on his arm. For a moment she lay thus in silence, while tho tears flowed. At last she fluid; slowly; “ Can you forgive mo, John? ” “ Forgive you? Yes, and more. Now that I have you tftfe, you shall never more leave me. ” “ But, John, he — ” , “ Ho is dead —he was killed in somo street brawl yesterday. It is in all the evening papers, ” would bo, I presume, a very peremp- toryTe-distribution of salaries; so tho Ministers havo-to — ongago.-in - tithlaiin^ exorcise, quite unsuited to their mode of life,in order to prefloi-VQ-thoir hard earned emfflumonts and perquisites. — English Illustrated Magazine, A Railroad Without Any Cars/ In tho forest at the Bridal VCJl -Lumber Company, ot Bridal Voll; bregoff, not far from the DrilloS/thoro' is a railroad which does business with- ; out Cars. An artiole in the North western Lumberman, describing the work of this company ’ , has a pioturq ; of a *'train ” on tho road^whioh eoff^ sists/of ordinary locomotive, ^ such are ohmnibn on logging roads, and a string of logs, each log being pa - largo in diameter ns the boiler of tho ongino, or larger. Boards are nailed to the sleepers between tho rails and off these the logs slide* Except on descending grades, the boards aro greased, and the train moves at good speed. Whoro the roftd is level or slightly asoouding ihe en gine pulls tho logs, and whore it is • descending it holds them back. At the mills of this company the manufact ured lumber, regardless of size, is run into a flume and this is carried about two miles to tho \planing mill and skipping yard, the, flume de- _ juding in that distance about 1,200 feet. — Philadelphia Record. Strange Use of Gunpowder. A peasant woman in the village of; Sluvyausk has a daughter,/aged IQ, who recently suffered from aoin ^j nfiliation of tho eyes. She cduaffi^4,^ . .o woman ” in tho village, who:|ij| gave her. tho following advice, told her to procure some gunpowder;' / put it in the child ’ s eyes and apply a / match to it. This advice the mother// implicitly followed. The writer of the. . g| letter states that ho was passing thf -' houso nt the time, heard the repdtL7| and went to boo . the cause of it. Hi/ found the room full of smoke, amf.. when this had cleared off the wretchodj child was seen lying in agony wifcl^| two cavities whore onoe had been v/| eyes. — Londoff Lancet. ' Jack 4 rabbits are so numerous, in some parts of Colorado that there i* .. mi annual “ round-up ” to exterminate the pests. m
