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t - CJSHTOKT ' 1 Vol. VII. Brushion, N. Y*, Saturday, January 21 f 1905. Time Clu What $®m® Former Citizens Andrew Carnegie Gives FOR FACTS &1SI> In the wants of Brushton I £ee one is a young men's clubj if you tmxn to book of Exodus, 25th chap, and part of-the 40th [ verse you will read:, \And look that thon make them after their patifem> which was shewed thee.\ Perhaps a little ancient history of a former club in Brusht'on, then called Toughenborough,' would give a pattern for new beginners, although I always hated the -\Pattern Time: when BiH Dewey was- landlord in the old hotel: Koswell Dewey made the liquor at Brush's distillery: Maloney ground the meal at the .grist mill: Elic \Cooper was helper: Benjamin Henry Gtflxnan took care of stock, in distillery barns, called \Beny Heny\ for short: James .Pickering was funny boy doing chores. Place of meeting of club; Kbrth west par- lor in hotel. Object of club; home con- sumption in preference to foreign con- sumption: * - * At that time Parish's whiskey was said to carry a good deal better bead * than Brush's did and was only 20 eta. a gallon In Parishville, whereas Mr. Brush charged 25 cents* Then men would club together and one would drive to Parish- ville and would bring back whiskey for all. So the Tou 5 ghenborough club was formed to offset the- others and was to use no other liquor than that made at home. The charter members were JE. B M the Judge: D. N., the King; N. C., the Bishop; A. H., the Elder; E. P., the Deacon; W. D., the Fiddler. The initiation of the charter members was by turning >a bottle of whiskey on the top of the head/of each member, which was called crowning. Like other fraternities they had their S. EL, the Dancer; E. P., the Doctor; B. M., Big Measure; 'B. B,, Big Bottle,, or Black Betsy. They did not have*any S. M., Short Measure, or & W., Short Weight 'L * like modern fraternities. „ s. When they took in other members they were initiated about as f allows; they were arraigned before the, Judge\ and he gav,e sentence-what should be done with iiie^ candidate, and how to crown him (no women were admitted.) The writer remembers well- when the fat man was \ crowned, also the Doctor, the sentence 'was tha,t they were tabe stood on their heads and have a quart of whiskey turn- ed down each trouser leg, and while this was being done the Fiddler wag to draw the bow for all he was worth and the - Dancer was to t shaver down and dance around the candidate; the rest to sing \ just as loud as they could \we're making a bold soldier for Tougbenborough\ and when th@~fi&dler drew the bow and the . fiddle said'we-e-e then the dancer was to cut what he called the pigeon's wing, but while the writer was looking on he did not succeed in doing it. . The. club met once. a week. It would be useless for me to 'tell how old man Huntress\ laid a wager with them that he could make a eorbeil that would hold _ moreliquor than the club could drink, ~ and that he coiild carry it lull fromthedis- tillery to the hotel. Your readers would not believe that a bushel and a peek eor- beil could be made tight enough to hold water;' well he made the eorbeil out of common basket stuff beveled the edges of the filling and drove it together so hard j that it did hold water, especially after James Pickering had filled it with water, turned It out, then filled it with ryemeal, all tinbeknown to the others; of\ course Huntress knew what Jim was doing, Why did the club disband? because some o£ the members had the jim Jams, others felt so sleepy after the meetings that they would lie down in the road on their way home. The writer remembers well of taking the fat man from a direh hill of water one cold October night and c*arilig v for a crazy man most all night. Then the want of money, the Judge and Elder were«the only ones who ha.d the collateral, and they did not like to pay * tor the whiskey, all alone, so one night thej adjourned without date. perhaps the young men of Brushtoxtby making inquiries could find out who the recorder was and unearth the old by-laws as a starter for them. The writer has forgotten who he wm but thinks the Deaeon had charge of the by-laws at the wind up. A Reader* Half aeeat a word will let people know what you have for sale if you tsss out j Canton, .Jan.'17,—A.ndrew Carnegie has given St. 'Lawrence University fifty thousand dollars for a new science \build- ing'. The departments of physics, chem- istry, biology, geology, and mineralogy will occupy this building in large modern equipped laboratories and lecture rooms. The building-\ will be something over 10O feet long by 60 broad and of three stories and basement. The physics de- partment will occupy the \basement and first fioor, biology, geology and mineral- ogy the second floor, and chemistry will have the third floor. In addition to the equipment that the college now has\ for tfcejge departments there will be a&ded .from* $5,000 to $8000 in apparatus which -will place the University's spientific departments in the best condition for profitable work/ St. Xiawrence University is a growing college of 423 students. There are already five .buildings upon the hill; College Hall 3 Cole Beading Boom, Herring Library, Pisher Hall,' and the gymnas- ium and together with the new Carnegie Hall, and the new thirteen acre athletic field, Northern $ew York may well feel proud of her only college. This is the first time that Mr. Carnegie has given to a Northern New York insti- tution and these increased facilities which this will give at St. Lawrence, should be an incentive to our \North Country\ young people for higher education, SWEETENING SUGAR. AN ODD PUZZLE How Poor Qualities Are to tike 1 Standa-i'd. i There are certain kinds of sugar which fall short of the required stand- ard of sweetness, and these sugars have to be sweetened artificially. | There are some establishments in Eu- rope where they do tbis kind of thing. You are taken into the sweetening de- partment, and you see cones of giugar ready to be operated on. A cone 'is placed overman apparatus, apex down- ward. You notice many little holes in this apparatus close to the apex or point of the cone. Some thickish liquid is poured on the flat end of the cone, and then, the machinery is set in mo- tion. The holes become the mouths of suc- tion tubes, and the sweetening, liquid is drawn through the cone, giving it the necessary quality*- Another interesting' fact in connec- tion with this article is that * some of the pieces of \lump sugar\ are really made up of dust or fragments pressed together. 1 If you will examine certain pieces you will observe'that the crysta mation* of good sugar is not to be and you will also discover that for- seen, these close grained \lumps\ take longer to dissolve, though, of course,' all sugar that takes a long time to melt is not necessarily made up stuff,-—London Globe. ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW. The Difljferenee Bet-ween Hard* Labor and Penal Servitude. . -The difference in Great Britain be- tween' hard labor and penal servitude fs one of period and treatment Hard labor varies as to period from a few days to two years, and however well a prisoner behaves, himself the sentence is never shortened. There are; two classes of hard labor. In the first class the'punishment ad- ministered consists of six to ten hours' work at the treadmill, the crank or the capstan, or at stonebreaking or \shot drilL In the second class the hard la- bor really consists at such punishments as may be decided by the justices in session. Penal servitude is the modem sub- stitute for transportation beyond the seas, ' A term of penal servitude logins with nine month's' hard labor J in a probationary prison, and after that the convict is employed on public works In a penal settlement The wqrk Is comparatively light and in most pris- ons a well behaved man gets off pretty easily. In addition to this, by virtue of a system of marks for good be- havior, he has always before Mm the possibility of reducing his sentence oy at most about one year in five. A LIFE AT STAKE? If you but knew the spendid merit oi Foley's Ho&ey and Tar you* would sever fee without it* A dose or two wiE pre- vent a& ftttaok of pneumonia or la grippe* It mar save yon$ life, SoH & Hawfciaa ff&amacy. Su&ieiitm io Cs-yptle Inscription T2*2g.t Ox*B.a- isaexits- a Swiss Chxa; i. A picturesque 'to-wev is the oldest part of the Swiss church at Champery, a Tillage which lies in a valley under the shadow of the towering 1 Dent &TJ Midi. Dedicated to St. Thep&tile, th: s church was built \in 1728 on tilie site < if* an^ an- cient chapel. The .tower, w4th' its -muque pierced crown,, carries a gilt statuette of the patron saint, a quaint old clock and the following- cryptic-in- scription, which has puzzled many travelers: QUOD AN THIS' MULCEt PA GUIS - TI j DIKT^J VIT. HOC SAN\ CHRIS DULC • By taking-the syllables abovj* and low with those in the middle it reads: Quod angnis tristi rn>ulcecline pavit, ' Hoc sanguls Christ! laulcedlzu which may be freely rendered That which ihe^seorpent with sad charm Imbued , 4 The blo«d of Christ with sweetness has renewed. ( —London Telegraph. Animals and Rain. Much as animals dislike 'rain, none of them save the squirrel build them- selves shelters to keep it off. Monkeys set their backs against tree trunks as a protection from driving rain, but never make a protective roof. It Is a com- mon sight to see a drenched herd of cattle huddled together on some ex- posed common in a downpou:* of rain when they have no choice or chance of shelter. But even the oran which builds, a small sleeping plat- form in the trees, never seems of a roof; though the Dyaks when it-is raining hea.vily-.i^sdinetimes covers itself with the leaves ojf a large fern. • ^ a 'Scythe. As a youth Daniel ^ Webster somewhat opposecl to physic il but he was quick at repartee; mowing he complained to that his scythe was not properly \Hang 1 it to suit yourself plied the paternal. * The boy immediate- ly hung it on a tree near by. father, it's hung to suit me -outang, think say-that was labor, While father 1 hung, an/' re- lediate- 'Tbere; A Silent Partner, \I never thought that f Toih would have become a silent partner in any Jind. of business.\ '\Neither would I.\ \Well he has.\ \What's he into now?\ i \He's got married.\—Dallas Merit's Voice. News. Do not waste a minute, not a 1n trying to demonstrate to o merit of your own perform your work does not vindicator cannot vindicate worth Higginson. it.—Thoma Bare Tracks, Bing — The railroad companies are brazen robbers! Bung—Quite iJO. They don't even take, the trouble to cover their tracks.—Cleveland Leade A neglected cough or cold may lead to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don't take chances when J^bleVs Honey and Tar affords perfect security from serious effects of a cold. Sold at T&e Hawkins Pharmacy., ve you pain may Failed. Dlxby—Of course they gs ether, go you didnt goffer by the operation? Bingley—Unfortunately I cache to be- fore the bill was* presented.f-Bosfcon Transcript. . >eautifu> Girl Friends. \He told me I looked too for anything.*' j \Ifou ought to be caref nl not to over- do that cosmetic application again > dear/*—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Place your orders'Jt'or coal i SB Daly, age-uts for Scran Brushtoa, Jf-.Y- Parlor Pr!<ie Stove Po use Xiiqxdd-r-Ready for instant drops of Parlor Pride Stove f.o the stave a Brilliant lustre sMn the store fit for ike parlor, liands—easy ta applyl Kequires BO water or mixing ( in. paste polish rusts the stove), up paste remains after usmg Parlor Pride good to the last & by all dealers. Xj&rg#» f {no express oiT^Qstage to name of your dealer and £OB PBIBE MTO. CO., sample X ottle *£he prevention of tirely a question of commercing proper treatment la time. Hijhi well adapted' to ward oft troubles \as- J&»ley*& H second, hers the nee. If self, you Went- ith Peek ;on coal. fish* A few hsh gives , making HO soiled ready* used Ro dried- awhile. op. Bold free Give Boston* Sffass* en* the so Til I the val enf Mm Conducted; bj J. W. i>AER0W, Chailiasss, N. Y. B Press GoFFegpaTt&erit. lyew TarJz State Grange] IMPORTANT! SUBJECT. e and ttieC JPxress Bisetissed , Mi«s Cl^ra, has long been myj conviction that grange,does not half appreciate the e of bright,, Judicious and persist- newspaper reporting. In my very ted experience I have been much impressed* with . the' large return^ for the labor expended. I haye many times been surprised at the number of people outside the Order who x&i me that they regularly read the grange reports and at the interest displaced in quarters Teh ere I least expeetecL it. In Interest- ing people in the; grange or in anything else we have at heart the personal totch is indispensable 1 , but it alone is too slaw and laborious to accomplish all that we need to accomplish. We need the publicity which only the newspaper can give us, and this, sup- plemented by the warm human touch, Will awaken a friendly' interest which ill, I believe, in timej draw to us. the men and women whom we need and, whp need our Order. , mt in -epphasizing the value of' press work I must insist on the high quality of that work. | \Nothing should be reported which is njot interesting to the public and creditable to the grange. Tho reports must not be commonplace eit3iei\ in style jor in j subject- matter. They must be clear, concise and bright. Some one says-that selection is one of the highest mental qualities. Certainly it is one which Is peculiarly necessary to the grange reporter 1 . The ability tp sei:je the salient points and. state them -clearly and forcibly, ignoring those of less* importance, is a ^prime requisite. If addresses or discussions are to be reported it is imperative 'that the speaker be not misquoted nor his views misrepresented.; If the subject is an achievement of the grange, exag : gerated statements or any attempt at fine writing is -to be studiously avoid- ed. Overstatement and , bombast will briig the grange into ridicule and dis- repute. ' . j Systematic press work on a large scale is a recent development and a promising one. Very &ffleient work is beiag done in New York, whose state grange maintains a press correspond- ent who sends-put a :jnonthly bulletin of grange'news tb 400 newspapers ot that state. Without doubt this wide- spread advertising contributes much to the success of this leading grange state. ' The correspondent also furnish- es to the American Press Association a grange page, which is used by about 150 papers, in various parts of the- United\ States. The same correspond- ent supplier grange matter to a syndl- cate of some fifty daily papers carry- ing *a daily agricultural department and having .a combined circulation of about 1,500,600, as. stated in the re- port of the correspondent to the nation- al i grange. l Grange Jeaders everywhere recognize the great value to the Order of s this service; and it seems only a question of time when it will becom;e even more far reaching and valuable in the extension of the Order. But while this systematic work covers the fell more easily and completely than any other agency can it will always need to be supplemented by the-bright, prompt, clearly expressed local corre- spc ndenee. Perhaps some- mention t should be made of the grange departments of various farm papers, Many of these- art of little interest, to the general public or indeed io the grange r because they are so evidently conducted in a pei'fixnetory 'manner and are so pain- y lacking,in originality or forca fu Th ere are soise .notable exceptions, however, which are helping to -make Order widely and favoraMy ••WBU , The- contrast serves to illtis- km tra tha ;-e the'point'! t presswo-rk badly at ed tried to make— a by- word and a reproach to the easse it serves. Skillfully and eonscientio-asly toe it is a most effeetire agency for strengthening and extending the work j influence of the grange. Battle Oreek, Miehv State €fera«gfe» session Jersey state gj^npe was be!4 % report to be T|QOO hi Tbo depctJar report* show- In tte O*Q*l '^^^^^ ^^^B^^^^^^W^HP the £eld m- summer as a means of membeiship. Eesolixtlons favoring a dirpct vote for senators, adyocacnig st tions for aatoiHol)ilists parcels post law, opposiag of -the oleo jaw and. fav 1«WS8 G. W-JF. Gaunt master of tbe.gt&te g s \n± the' ncreasiag the were adopted Ucited States i<jter regula-'; favoring\ the the repeal r ring antitrust re-eleeted Semree of Sti Not in the harvest fea social hour/ not in the in the service) it can redder j along the line of helpful the grange of! the fotur source of strength and it Exchange. ' Hon.- H. B. Norxis, New York state grange, chairman of the national tive committee, without master of w&s re-elected grange exeeu- pposition. Overseer George A. Fi there is upward of $50 in grange halls in* Nerr One at Herkiijner costs THE HALL OF Augustus M'acon, one o sons who studied law has just died jin Canon W. J. Bryan, recently purchased a 100 pound silver^punch bow by Thomas. Jefferson, from Dr. J. J|L Scott of C. F. Larrabee, who,i& commissioner of iMiar had a long experience among the Indians, and snever been connected w any of his enterprises. Ohief Justice Bichard the United States court the District of Coluiribi most eminent t Maryland ers in public life, will soon} retire to hi in Hagerstown. He is years old. I Justice David United States, 1 supreme c connected with the Sun* more than fifty years, a: Congregatioisalist he h \What I Have Teaching.\^ j Three of jhe presid< chosen by Indiana to vo in 1880 are still living. Tl Jenkinson of' Hichmond No. 3. is to find its inspiration.— Her says that »O0O invested 'York state. 12 ^,000. afcairs, has in field work his name has ith failure in Alvey of appeals i^ one of the former home seventy-eight J, Biewer of the >urt, has been a ay school for id in a recent is an article, Gained From Bible ntial electors ;e for Lincoln ese are: Isaac who carried Colonel Ray of Will Gumbaek whose super- forfifled, is re- BRITISH BRIEFS, Opals of all grades and varieties have lately been f qund in Australia {Queens- land).' l l • * •• - Yarmouth windmill* the highest ia England, wi^ \sold recently for £100* In 1812 it cost £10J€K)0 to bu&d. - London has TS2 theaters and amuse- ment resorts,| whieh are visited every evening by abx>tit 140,000 persona. There are ^bout eighty ships in the Brittsh navy 1 which, are too weak ts - figitt and too slow to run away. There are no fewer than 9,000 men employed on these nonfighting ln order thhi no FAME. . f the few per- mder Lincoln, Colo. •• t •: t to those Bngiish pm ® airr&e eCW reiride uwsi ftar dtetrttweto^ bread i •- ' = ••• • • -'':•• r l •V \- st, not in the . ood time,* hut'\' • I t \t • 1 once owned Ele ^secured it ; Ouipeper y Ya. ;o be assistant •< '•• ? ' 1 V '•:• the vote to Washington; Indianapolis and Major of Greensburg., Major Weiitscho, nnde: vision Port Arthur was garded as the greatest living military . engineer. Hej is now forty-eight years v \ of' age. It was he whe outlined the entire plan for, the fortified circle of mountains and hills su:Toundhig tiie fortress. I Hiram Oonk, the onl;p surVivor of the war of 1812* is still living with his daughter |in New York state, and arrangements'are being made in Brook- lyn by which; due honor _sfca1l be paid * the old soldier! when he shall have pass- ed away, and. hist body will be placed in a plot in f Mount Tictory^cemeiry alongside those 61 his comrades in the war of 1812. f . ll i.l • I I may attach in them the names ct- or workhouses are The® are known by ssch jaames jas the Holly T^ees^ the Cedars asset J$afjSKMB \Lodge* wfat-eh look all rigfet mx tie feirt& cert^cafe • •V- '•'< ' li o^ fb^ proposed pass&ge of tba^ Ijwttd slwU mt be ml& o&erwlae tfcas fey is^gi^ aad tJbst it: pceseooe :-/-•• •'
