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2.;:" OME, l~edwig," called her C]~ristn~ii~ eve Pere Noel will send mother. "It is time to light down sugar plums in the night." the candle !" "When shall I put my shoes beside "Why do we light it, the Yule log, Father? Is it time now?" Mother?" asked five-year-old asked little Marie, who was impa- Hedwig, as her mother 0 tient to have her part of the evening's It was the testimony of the late afiiT a hi:east thM bore sword mar~ proceeded to light it and festivities begin. James Oliver Curwood that there was which would have killed an ordinary pass it to her daughter. "Put your shoes by the great log more fact than fiction in this novel; man. The dog, first of all, was a that the heroine, ~,iarie Antoinette "Put it right here in the when you ,go to bed, but keep very homely clog, so hopelessly homely that and then will tell you a Tonteur, and her fierce old father lived window, I quiet now and listen to the older peo- and loved as described in the story; one could not help loving Mm at sight. story," replied her mother. ple sing their carols. Here come the that Catherine Bulain and her valiant His hair was bristly and unkempt. His I~edwig climbed into her mother's minstrels to join with us," answered son were flesh and blood of their day; paws huge. tIis t'til was half gone, that Tiaoga, Shindas, Silver Heels and lap and the story began: "Thisis a her father as he patted her on the several other of the more hnportant which left him only a stub to wag. legend that people have loved for head and smiled into her upturned characters were not creatures of fan- He walked°~ with a limp, a heavy, many, many years. It " is thought that eyes. cy; that "The Plains of Abraham," like never-failing, limp that seemed to on Christmas eve the Christ Child his other tale, "The Black Hunter," slmke his long body from end to end, Xeeping as quiet as her excited lit- to which it is closely related, is large- returns to earth in search of kind tle heart would allow her, Marie ly a romance of life as it was lived for his left fore paw--like Tonteur's and deserving people. ~e wanders watched the burning of the huge oak and not as it might have been lived. foot--was missing. A crooked, cheery, over hill and dale, from eastle to hut. things. All The author also asserted that the inartistic, lovable dog to whom the 'log and wondered many gathering of the material had been And people who think of this beau- 'around her was merrimen~ and song, the most thrilling adventure of his woman--in a moment's visioning o~ tiful iegend still do as they did in but she wanted the sugar plums that life; the traveling foot by foot over the fitness of firings--had given the the hatIowed ground, the reading of other days. They place lighted can- Pere Noel would bring if she were name of Odds-and-Ends. dles in their windows that he may letters written by hands dead a hun- So Tonteur wqs haI~ right ~n think- good, so she kept as silen~ as it was dred and fifty years or more, the see the way and not stumble and possible. ~ut she wasn't silent in- dreaming over yellow manuscripts ing of him as a wreck of a (tog, but in folio °Sometimes he does not find peo- side, not a bit of it! She was just written by priests and martyrs and, one other thing he was wrong. The lastly, the unveiling of loves and hates ple who will open their hearts and about bubbling over with joy and baD- dog did have a sout- a soul that be- and tragedies and Imppiness of the al- 30" ¢ doors for him ; sometimes he finds the piness, and a]I of'tzl~e time she was most forgotten period embracing the lo~,,ed to the boy, his master, Ttmt ~my dark and full of pitfalls~ but on thinMng of the sugar plums which very birth of both the American and soul had a great sear seared upon it Canadian peoples, and weighted with by hunger and abuse in an Indian and on he goes searching for loving she hoped to find in her shoes, and ~eople. So every Christmas eve we i happenings that shook the foremost camp where tIenri Bulain had found the Christmas gifts which she would nation~ of the earth and largely made him four years before, from place our lighted candle in our win- receive on the morrow and again on them what they are today. and The story passes through romances, which, out of [}its for a dying crea- dow so that if he comes this way he the New Year's day. Oh, it was a adventures and other stirring phases ture, he had taken him home to .leered. wilI not find it dark," wonderful night, and she was glad of life in the Champ)lain and T{iehelieu It was a se'tr cut deep by clubs and[ "I am glad we have a candle burn- belonged regions and reaches its finale on the that she right there with kicks, a wound that had never healecI ing," said l~edwigo "Perhaps it wilt Plains of Abraham at Quebee, in that historic struggle which curbed the am- and that made the dog what he was-- light the way for others, too. Do all bitions of the French, established the a tireless and suspicious bunter ef little Austrian girls and boys light of the English and drew g/A ascendency scents and sounds in the woods. their candles on Christm~s eve?" the first crude boundaries of the fu- ture United States and Canada. Of the four who were filing west- "Yes," answered her mother, "and ward, he seemed to be tl~e only one they do it: in other parts of the world, who watched aud listened for danger to0." CHAPTER I to come out of the beauty and still- it was a beautiful, warm day and hess of the world about them. Now gaeko was getting ready for his On a sunny afternoon in May, 1749, and then he glanced up at his master. a dog, a boy, a man, and a woman had Trouble lay in the boy's face and eyes~ @ crossed the "oak opens of Tonteur's and the dog sensed it after a little hill and were trailing toward the and whined in a questioning way In deeper wilderness of the French his throat frontier westward of the Richelieu Daniel James P, ulain was the boy's and Lake Champlain--the dog first, name, but from babyhood iris mother the boy following, the man next, and had called him aeems. He was twelve tim woman last. and weighed twenty pounds more than Marie France. of It was a reversal of proper form, his dog. Odds-and-Ends, called Odd Tonteur had growled as he watched her dear father and mother and the for short, weighed sixty, if the scales them go. A fool's way of facing a in Tonteur's gristmill were right. One songs and the Yule log! savage-infested country that had no would have known the dog and the b~y "Mother," said Florian, "isn't it end. The man should have marched belonged together even had they bee~ nearly time to start for the cathe- in a crowd, for if Odd was a battered draI?" at the head ol his precious column with his long gun ready and his quest- old warrior, the boy, .on the other "Noi~ yet," she replied. "You must hand, gave every evidence of an am- be patient a while longer. Come and ing eyes alert; the woman next, to watch and guard with him; then the bition to achieve a Mmilar physical Hedwi~t of Austria, help me give little sister her supper. condition. Just as soon as the sun sets you will boy and the dog, if such nuisances "Why, he's dressed up like a bold, hear the cannons boom forth and the were to be tolerated in travel of this Christmas celebration. "There go the kind, with evening coming on. bad pirate come to abduct my little bells, Mother," he called. "ShalI I go Holy Season will begin. Soon after Tonteur was the one-legged warrior girl and hold her for ransom," Ton- now and meet the other children who that we shall start because we want teur had roared, down in the valley, to get a good place in the cathedral seigneur from whose gristmill down will be in the paradeT' and 3eems' father had Joined tl~e tonight." the eart's own heart stone in the valley "the four were going "No, child," his mother answered. home. baron in his laughter; then, to make I~: was hard for F!orian to wafted "First we must go to the service. His eyes had followed the woman the thing worse, Tonteur had turned This was the first time he had been him round and round, slowly and ap- That is more important than the flor- with a subdued and appraising hunger allowed to go to the church sexvices praisingly, with lovely little al procession." in them. Henri Bulain ~as a strange Marie on Holy Night. Always he had seen Antoinette looking on, her dainty no~e Jacko took his mother's hand and man, he had thought. He might be a the others go to this most important together they went to the church. He little crazy, might even be a fool. But upturned in patrician disdain--~ church event, but he had had to re- !always loved that, and today, because Br ath , with the breath of the soul, new life he was also a very lucky husband to main at home. Now the time had come .... It was wnnsrmas, me service woul(l possess a woman with the sweet face for him to enter into the ceremonies, be more beautiful than ever. and form and the divinely chaste and he could hardly wait to start. After this early service was over, .-In the embers of glove lowin t.here; ,,,o,& heart of Catherine, his wife. aacko's mother said, "Now you may To the children living in Rome this ffeems was a fortunate boy to have join the children who are to parade Holy Night service is the most won- her for a mother. the street, my child. Do you hear the 'Kindle anew0 with friendship[ b °:; Even the dog was a scoundrel for music ?" luck. An Indian dog at that. A Did he hear the music? l~e cer- : sneaking, good-for-nothing dog. A ,tainly did! It was a real band at the wreck of a dog without a soul, to be head of the procession, an4 Jacko The full, warm g|m9 ttl eye (, ,j fed by her, petted by her, smiled at couldn't get into line quick enough. by her--as he had seen her smile. "How beautiful the flowers are!" Tonteur was first of the long string he thought to himself as the proces- Shines with the spirt of Christmastime of heroic fighting barons settled by sion of children and flowers and mu- Prance along the Richelieu to hold sic began its march through the the English and their red barbarians I streets, "and how happy everybody back. He was Doorkeeper to the Onothe humblest of passe@. waterway that led straight to the looks !" The afternoon was devoted to feast- heart of New France. If the English came with their scalping fiends, the ing and games and many kinds of en- "Ichabod" Mohawks and the Senecas, they would have to pass over him first of all. No general could be given greater distinc- • " "'" l of ==Detroit News 7 Florian Italy. tion than that. Honor. ~ealth. A derful one of all. There is the beau- wide domain over which he was king. d4 tiful church music to be heard, and And yet-- He envied Henri Bulain. fihe whole service is very magnificent. * * * * * * * Florian's heart beat fast as he thought It Wh~ lli~-first holiday he hKd takdh cailea 'Merry ~hiatstmas z softly so's It was midafternoon. Maytime shad- of all he was going to see and hear. Disciple of St. Frands In many years. not to disturb them, and they chirped ows were growing longer toward the I-Iarkl What was that noise? The back." Christmas morning when they all The Man Should Have Marched at cannons were booming! Shall we go Had the Christmas Spirit east. It was the hour when birds ';Mine worked, too, I guess," said gathered around the tree, and he saw were singing softly. Morning had the Head of His Precious Column. now, Mother?" he asked. 4$~{gAT in the world are you Tommy. "I went and looked on the the children's joy in that beautiful "Yes, Florian," she replied, taking ~ doing, Tommy?" asked heard their defiance, a glorious and v?ith Paul q_¢acKe, her detegt-a~re eoIl~ cellar stairs first thing this morning, Symbol of the spirit of giving, and in him by the hand tenderly. "We will fearless challenge of feathered min- from the great city of Quebec, openly Mrs. Rowland, hearing her little son and every bit of cheese was gone the toys which they received, he real- join the crowds on their way to the strelsy to all the spirits of darkness; leering and grimacing at him from be- on the cellar stairs, the day before that I'd put there for the poor little ized that in spite of the care-worn • /i great cathedral and have a part in but with late afternoon, sunset, eve- hind her back. And this after he had Christmas. miceP'--MyrtleKoon Cherryman. crowds of Christmas shoppers Christ- the great service." And little Florian "Oh, answered the lad, as mas still meant to the children what ning, these same slim-thr0ated song- prepared himself with painstaking sump'n," ((6). 1930, Western Newspaper Union.} Jacko ~f the Philippines. was so happy he could hardly speak. he hurried up into the kitchen; tt had meant to him when he was a stets found a note of gratitude and care for Marie Antoinette's eye s should (('d), 1930, ~,Vestern Newspaper Union.) boy. There was no commercialism in of prayer in their chastened voices. she happen to see himZ That was the joyment, but to ffacko the best part As it was a time of Christmas se- it. Flowers crushed underfoot. In the tragedy of it. He had put on his of the Christmas day was the floral crets, Mrs. Rowland refrained from And when he saw the older people's open spaces they carpeted the earth new doeskin suit. He carried a gnn parade, and for weeks and weeks he pressing the point and soon forgot it. "/'he Christmas Bird Christmas Still Means joy in the presents he had brought with white and pink and blue. Plow. which was two inches longer than lived over again his marching with When the Christmas tree had been ers and birds and peace--a world The turkey has not aIways been them, he resolved that in the future himself. A big powderhorn swung at the other chiIdren, and he could hear denuded of its fruit next morning, Same to Young and Old filled with a declining sun--a smiling the favorite bird on the Christmas he would become a parents' Santa his waist, in his belt was a knife, and the wonderful echo of the band long Tommy'S older brother, R'upert, ran heaven of blue over the treetops-- menu, the peacock, in ancient times, NCLE BILL did not believe in Claus, and make Christmas as happy over his shoulder hung the most treas- after the Christmas day and its cele- outdoors excitedly, returning soon, and with them a dog, a boy, a man, taking its place on the festive board. ~ Christmas. He thought it was for ~hem as it is for children.--Har- ured of his possessions, a slim ash bration had passed. all aglow, and shouting: and a woman advancing westward. just a scheme to make the merchants old L. Cook. bow and a quiver filled with arrows. "Father," asked little Marie, "when "What do you think? You know I Three of these, even the dog, Ton- rich and the people poor. However, He had worn his coonskin cap of fur will Pere Noel come? May I sit up scattered those crumbs in the back r he loaded himself down with gifts teur em led. in spite of the warmth of ~he day, ll~ and greet him?" yard, the way St. Francis of Assissi Straw for Christmas for all the family and took the train This dog imd a name which fitted cause it looked better than the Rg~er told folks t~ do for the birds' Christ- "No, no, child. No little folks must Straw is said to be used for decora- to his sister's to spend Christmas Christmas Day's Full Title him, Tonteur had thought. For he one, which was stripped, and in this mas feast? Well, there were about a greet Pere Noel," replied her father. tion in Greek homes on Christmas with her and her numerous family. Christmas day's full title is "The was a wreck of a dog--even more a cap was a long turkey feather. ORd, day in memory of the stable of dozen sparrows there when I peeked "Go over by the great log and keep He had been so busy making money Nativity of Our Lord, or the Birth- wreck than the splendid seigneur him- the dog, was p__r_~udd_of M_S%_m~tiaMook~ ve_r~ quiet !f_xp~ gre~ go~d this Bethlehem. around t,t)e corner of the house. I day of Christ." self, with his _stub 9f a sho_t-off leg Turn to page 8,

/ ( PAGE TWO. CASS CITY CHRONICLE Cass City, Michigan; Friday, December 12, 1930. ~4 ~] Dr. J. M. Truscott, formerly of this Ancient Word f Jim Arrives by Plane, place, has located at Pinnebog. "King" is probably the oldest word t Directory. "~-'--urr~,nlg " Back Stone is being placed on W.J. in existence. It comes directly from 1 in Time for Christmas SHELDON B. YOUNG, M. D. Campbell's lot at the corner of Main the Saxon "Cyng." Among the primi- T WAS Christmas eve. The Gar- ~ The Pages ~ ~ and West Streets for the erection of tire tribes it indicated "chief." Orig- J Cass City, Mi,chigan. ner home radiated the spirit and a building" next season. inally, however, it is rooted in the Telephone--No. 80. Sanskrit "Ganaka," meaning "father." happiness of Christmas. Soft lights Items from the files of Cass City Rich. Duggan has completed the Through a process of evolution the I. D. McCOY, M. D. filled the rooms; holly wreaths hung Newspapers of 1895 and 1905. foundation for the M. E. church and in the windows, and a great fire was I Landon, Eno & Keating are now put- term "king" passed from its signifi- Surgery and Roentgenology. blazing on the hearth. There was a @ ring up the frame work. cance as head of a family to that of Office in Pleasant Home Hospital. family reunion; the children were atl Twenty-five Years Ago. l Caseville is to be lighted by dec- tribe and thence to nation.--Kansas Phone, Office 96; Residence 47. N there now except Jim, and they were Dec. 15, 1905. i tricity. The citizens of our fair town" City Times. looking for him at any moment. At the annual election of Tyler are still left to grope in the darkness DENTISTRY rphpn fho tplanhone rnnf and Jim's r ^n~^ ~ ~_ ^ ~x .~_. ~^u .... -~ without ovon n korn.~ena lnmn to throw Only One Unit of Value I. A. Fritz. Resident Dentist. !~unn~m ii[e is wi!n~_ L;i,e~ ~itle tO ~,~)icc ca.me o~ce long di;-;tance. [!e officers were elected: W. M., C. W. ~s*~-;,4,,,. aport ~,.-~{...... ,' pathway. O£ice ovcr £urkc's Drug Store. We had taken a later train and had McKenzie; S. W., Edward Pinney; J. At the regular meeting of Elkland manufactured products--to radios, au- solicit your patronage when in need missed connections at Chicago~there W., Chas. Travis; treas., Chas. Hall; Arbor, A. 0. 0. G., the following of- tomobiles, soap, canned goods, wheat of work. was no way of getting there tonight. sec., I. A. Fritz. The following ricers were elected: Chief gleaner, crops and pig" iron. Even music does fie expressed the deepest regrets; he appointments were also made: S. D., Sol. Striffier; vice chief gleaner, Pat not exist unless a human ear hears P. A. SCHENCK, D. D. S. it; gold in mountain fastnesses has Dentist. had thought there was plenty of time P. A. Schenck; J. D., D. J. Landon; Landrigan; see=treas., Sam Benkel- no value unless discovered by some to pick up a few last-minute gifts stewards M.. A Parent and H. F. man; chap., G. Jaus; cond., Fred Graduate of the University of Mich- prospector.--Ladies' Home Journal. between trains. Lenzner; tyler, N. Gable. Wade; outer guard, Chas. Wright; in- Igan. Office in Sheridan Bldg., Cass ner guard, Sam Striffler, City, Mich. Why, they just would be lost with° Mr. and Mrs. E. McKim are mov- out ,Jim, they were all saying present- E. B. Landon, director, will receive Advertise it in the Chronicle. \URA BRAI)ON halted in al- about It that Laura's nerves tightened. ing to their new farm residence one KNAPP & DOUGLAS ly; sunny, careless Jim, who always sealed bids for fifty cords of green most superstitious amaze- "I'm going to find out about this," she mile west of town. Funeral Directors and Licensed Em- was the life of the crowd. And he beach and maple wood to be delivered Order for Publication--Appointment ment. determined. balmers, Mrs. Knapp, Lady Assistant would miss the very best part of Chas. I. Frost is now located at on school grounds at Cass City. of Administrator.~State of Michi- "Bertha !" she gasped. When Bob waited as he always did gan, the Probate Court for the County with license. Night and day calls re- Christmas with them. It was just too Stanford, Montana. Toohey & Sons of Gage,own have "Come here ! It's~hap- to stroll the seven blocks to her cor- of Tuscola. ceive prompt attention. City phone. bad this had to happen. But Jim, dear Elijah Tanner and daughter, Miss purchased the Proper saw mill in pened--again !" ner, he exclaimed: "Laura, you're At a session of said court, held at old Jim, always would be careless. Olive, returned home from CarGo, Brookfield and will stock it with logs the Probate Office in the Village of A. McPHAIL Bertha dropI)ed the letters pale! You ought to get more help Assiniboia, N. W. T., on Saturday. Then the telephone rang again, and ,Ms winter. Caro in said County, on the 24th day FUNERAL DIRECTOR ~he was sorting and hur- during Christmas week. I'd help free Milo Warner Post, G. A .R., elected they found he would be with them of November, A. D. 1930. Lady Assistant. ried to the door. of charge--" officers Saturday afternoon as follows: after all. A passenger plane was leav- Four-to-One Shot Present: Hon. Guy G. Hill, Judge of "Laura!" her tone expressed awed "It's 'a'gin the law,' Bob. Thanks Com., J. W. Fenn; S. V., John Atwell; Probate. Phone No. 182. Cass City. £ng Chicago and he would be home in "A hoss race," said Uncle Eben, "is unbelief. "Are you sure--?" anyway." Laura smiled into his seri- J. V., H. Baxter; Q. M., A. G. two hours. The new mode of travel most always at least a four-to-one In the matter of the E. W. KEATING "Perfectly. Aren't you?" ous eyes. Houghton; Chap., Ogden Atwell; 0. would bring Jim in plenty of time to shot, dependin' on de owner, de train- Estate of Johr~ Kolb, Deceased. Bertha's eyes narrowed reflectively. Bob was tail and straight and good G., Philip Wright; Officer of Day, Real Estate and Fire and Automobile make their Christmas reunion com- er, de jockey an' de hoss."--Washing- "Yes F' looking. He'd been practicing law in H. B. Snyder. George H. Kolb, having filed in said Insurance. plete.~Katherine Edelman. ton Star. For a moment the two stared at At the regular meeting on Tues- court his petition praying that the ad- CASS CITY, MICHIGAN ministration of said estate be granted each other in tight-lipped silence. ((63, 1930, Western Newspaoer Union.) day evening, Hazel Hive, L. O. T. M. Beg'nnifig Century to Albert Striffler or to some other "Did you see anyone when you came M., elected officers as follows: Com., R. N. McCULLOUGH A century begins with the beginning suitable person, to work?" Miss Marie Spurgeon; Lieut. Com., AUCTIONEER of the first day of its first year, and It is ordered that the 22nd ,Jay of Bertha shook her t~ead. "Not a Mrs. E. K. Wickware; Record Keeper, December, A. D. 1930, at ten o'clock, AND REAL ESTATE DEALER does not end until the close of the soul. The building was locked." Miss Carrie Robinson; Finance Keeper, in the forenoon, at said probate office, CASS CITY. Guests Out of the Sky, last day of its 100th year, The first "If it weren't so near Christmas and Mrs. M. L. Gulick; Chaplain, Mrs. C. be and is hereby appointed for hear- Farm sales a specialty. Dates may century consisted of the years I to the whoI.e force working overtime, it l~e-ther Cary's Christmas E. MeCue; M. at A., Mrs. N. Kitchen; ing said petition; be arranged with Cass City Chronicle. 100 inclusive; the second beg:to with i is ordered, that public would be easier to imagine." 66 ~OTt:tER,, CARY was the lit- Sergt., Mrs. D. Tyo; Sentinel, Mrs. It furthered Office at i. Schonmuller's Store, Cas~ From her brown curls and sparkling the ye~,~r t0! ~nd ended with the last , notice thereof be g'iven by a publica- City. tle woman who lived all alone Win. Sehwaderer; Picket, Mrs. M. wes to her slim ankIes Laura was day of the year 2(}0. tion of a copy of this order, once each Seeger; Organist, Mrs. T. L. Tibbals; week for three successive weeks pre- beautifui and genuine. Because she on tim prairie raising begs This year TURNBULL BROS. Physician, M. M. Wiekware. vious to said day of hearing, pin the never posed she wasn't self-conscious the snow was deep and hard-crusted. Jim Auctioneers Bill Hustling Wins Cass City Chronicle, a newspaper That may have been her charm, and She was lucky to do the essential Age, experience ~ Youth, ability chores hi)out the place and it surely Thirty-five Years Ago. Perfection is not ol' this world, it is printed and circulated in said county. why--in spite of her youth~Culver true, but this should not prevent us We sell anything anywhere. If you seemed she would spend Christmas Dec. 13, 1895, GUY G. HILL, Judge of Probate. don't employ us, we both lose money. had eteeted her postmistress. trying with might a~d main. The fel- alone. A true copy. 11-28-3 Write for dates and instructions to "qma~.dne a young girl running a Perry Wood is clerking in T. If. low who has only moderate ability, post office I" some said. But immedi- Cheerful soul that she was, she de- Hunt's store. Minta E. Hill, Register of Probate. Deckerville, Mich. Phone 56-15. ceded to pretend she was going to but is a hustler, usually goes farther ately they added, "Laura can do it if J. D. Tuekey and John Woolley shot than the man with great ability, but anybody can I" have a guest. At noon a good dinner two wild cats south of town last week. > was ready, a cheerful fire was burn- who is a loafer.--Crit. And Laura had been doing it. She 8o, Robert Howard! You! . , , A ing in her fireplace when suddenly had to. Aunt Juley had left her only Common ThiefW she heard the whirr of an airplane small annuity and the use of the motor--then it missed, sputtered and old residence for five years, at which Culver for almost a year and Culver stopped. She ran to the window in time it went to some charity. That people were saying, "At last there's time to see a forced landing almost at was all. a fellow good enough for Laura~only her very door. No, it wasn't quite all. And strange it's funny he'd settle here. All our ly this task, this legacy to another boys with any git, go to the'city." The man and woman in the plane Many theusands was apparently causing all the trouble "A lawyer's got to start in a small were safe and when they canle to the THE PLAINS OF Even the office mystery had begun at place," Bob explained to Laura. door, she knew them at once from pic- a~oout the time of the disappearance But Bob never intimated that she tures in the papers. "It's lucky for Of the grandfather clock. Laura loved was more to him than a very good you to land safely and lucky ! was that clock. It recalled childhood as- friend. And Laura tried to make her- childish enough to pretend. Come in, of mile8 of ABRANAM Sociations. Maybe that was why per- self regard him in as calm a light. your Christmas dinner's ready." verse old Aunt Juley. dying, had made Three nights, without telling either A grateful pair they were and her promise to repair it for an Ernest Bob or Bertha, Laura had hidden in Mother Carya happy little old lady. James Ol{verCurwood Hamilton, the son of Aunt Juley's girl- her office. She has never tired telling the story faithful service . hood chum. Then it had happened. The light of how she expected a guest and two "The boy was always good to me burning over the safe had thrown came out of the sky--for Christmas. when I visited his mother," Aunt Juley everything into grotesque shadow. ~Noni Clack Bailey. ~xplained. Great heaps of Christmas packages be- ((C3, 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Restoring tt would cost unbeliev came vague ghosts. Into that silence, ably. Aunt Juicy hadn't provided for a sound! Laura drew back. The door that, and Laura was saving every had opened ! penny toward it. Slowly a circle of light advanced. Behind it a shadow. It reached her Children's Christmas But by Christmas she'd have enough desk. Laura suppressed a scream. to send to Ernest Hamilton, a total Behavior Is Ever Thus She switched on a light. ~ranger. the most expensive presen~ 0 HOLIDAY finds so many good In horror and amazement, the two she had ever bought. ~ faced each other--speechless. He boys and girls as does Christ- "With my first of December check dropped his flashlight. mas. On Christmas morning all the I'm going to send it to the,clock- Laura's lips trembled from a sudden homes are filled with little saints. makers," she told Bertha and Bob, deep hurt. Johnnie has been getting in the wood her two best friends. and doing his chores for the last, But one morning Just before that "So, Robert Howardl Youl . . . A common thief I" month without being told. Willie has Laura had missed the old Clock! It had good lessons every day and hasn't "Laura-- !" NEW FORDOR SEDAN was an awful feeling. She couldn't been kept in after school during the "Tell me, now, about my clock. believe it. Neither could Mrs. Adams, entire month. There has been no trou- gou're the only person~" (F. O. B. Detroit. Plus #eight and the caretaker's wife. ble in getting the boys to go to Sun- "All right." The man before her delivery. Bumpers and spare tire "It's spirits, Miss Bradon I" Mrs. day school. For some time they have tightened his jaw. -600 extra at low cost.) £dams gasped. "Your dead ain't been getting out of bed in the morn- "How did you get in?" "That night you left your purse in ing at the first call and their table manners have greatly improved. my car. I had keys copied after IN THE PAST two years many new Fords have been yours .... I--I'm really Earnest As soon as breakfast is over Sallie driven 50,000, 75,000 and even 100,000 miles. Every- Hamilton." has her apron on and her sleeves Laura gasped. "Then why steal rolled up, ready to wash the dishes where the car has made an unusual record for It--*." Marie insists that she be allowed to "After you'd told me how you were dry them. They hurry through with reliability and economy. the dishes so that they will have time saving, and I saw how determined you Ford owners have found, as you will find, that were to keep your promise, I thought to sweep the house before school I'd get it restored, pay the bill. and time. the low cost of operation and up-keep is even more return it without your ever knowing Papa is well kissed and hugged be important than the low first cost of the car. This who'd done it. I couldn't bear to hav~ fore he starts for the office in the you spend your money that way. . ," morning and all the children are at saving frequently amounts to hundreds of doIlars the gate to meet him when he gets "But~ I" in twenty or thirty thousand miles. "You said, once, the old description home in the evening. Santa seems to of the clock was in your desk. It's be helping the children greatly.~ Talk with Ford owners. Better still, let us show all done now, but one detail. I was William L. Gaston. you what it can do in traffic, on steep hills and on trying to find it for the man." ((E), 1930, Vv'estern Newspaper Union. ) Unbelief and relieved hope played the open road. Then you will know, from your own over Laura's face. "If you're Ernest experience, that it brings you everything you want "It's Spirits, Miss Bradon!" Mrs. Hamilton, why come to Culver as--" ALL IN THE FAMILY i Adams Gasped. Resolutely the young man, reached or need in a motor car at an unusually low price. fnto his pocket. "You never saw your g0nna see that clock leave the family! aunt's will." Phone or call for a demonstration Past week I've had a feelin--" "No. The lawyer said she asked Laura didn't listen to Mrs. Adams' that It be shown to no one for a IN this story of one of the most sincere but terrifying theories. year or---" It must have been stolen. But, by He nodded. "Here's why--a copy thrilling pages in American his- whom? A stranger couldn't slip un- 0 of it. She said you were stubborn." noticed into Culver where everybody Laura read, ". if Ernest tory the epic struggle known Imows everybody else. Hamilton will marry my niece before "And," Bob reasoned as he and the year ts out, my entire estate will as the French and Indian War Laura talked tt over the next day, go to them Instead of to charities." G.A. Tindale "Culver people don't go in for an- "I wanted to see you. And after 1 James Oliver Curwood achieved tiques." had, and knew you for yourself. I CASS CITY, MICH. PHONE 111 "Then, too," Laura added, "there couldn't," tenderness moved tn his his masterpiece. The early days wasn't a sign of breaking in In the eyes, "I couldn't even ask you until winter Mrs. Adams locks everything. that year was up. I wanted you to of the Champlain, Richelieu and And everything was still locked this know that I didn't~" morning." Again Laura's heart sang. The radi- Quebec regions are recreated Bob whistled. "Looks like inside ance which returns to youtl~ so easily ...... ~- ~, q n r -- '' -- -~- work." reflected in her eyes. with a vividness that is startling. But Laura had known the Adamses "Bob!" her heart spoke the name. Z too long not to be certain they were "I'll be busy Christmas, but what plans gt!iltless. tiave you for the Sunday before New She--But we must remember moth Bob's eyes held more concern for gear'sT' er at Christmas. the slim wonderful girl than for the "Why. none. . . . I--" I-Ie--I wouldn't mind remembering N clock. "Don't you worry." he admon- She threw back her head and smiled her Christmas if she'd let me forget You Will Have the Pleasure ished. "I'm going to trace this. Please/' a happy eager smile. "Ndither her the rest of the year. he pleaded. "don't worry." have I !" ~%' [ of the Tale as a Serial ia Because Laura didn't ~vant Bob to Ernest Hamilton stood bewildered think her foolish.~ she hadn't spoken for a moment Then over his serious, The "Twelve Days' l~qadness" about the mystery in the ofi~ce. But handsome face moved the comprehen. The Christmas season proper lasts for days she'd had a feeling that siGn of a great happiness He opened for twelve days--December 25th :to strange hands had arranged things at hls arms. "Laura ! Laura. dear !" CHRONICLE January 5th. The Puritans termed it her desk She wasn't positive at first And it was his heart, tOO, which spoke. "The Twelve Days' Madness." ~here was something so stran~ ((6), 1930. Western Newspaper Union,} First Chapters in This Number ) b

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inherited from her father, who had concealed in the bushes, Jeems knew hedges among the thinned-out trees, taught tricks by a man like Hepsibah had a white love-hood, a black love- when you wilI be man ant.] woman, been a New Eng!andschooimaster and there was game of some Idnd. with pretty paths edged with white- Adams. afterward an agent of the Penns down hood, and three more petticoats on the and if ever a seigneur's dauji~ter finds e He dropped to the earth and drew washed stones winding in and out Then Catherine saw that a film of herself lucky it will be on the day she in Pennsylvfinia. It was on the table--one of scarlet with black lace, himself behind the decaying mass of among them. smoke was rising from the top of the frontier of that far province that one of colored dru.~eto'o"- with pointed marries a son of the tribe of Adams. a monster log that had fallen a hun- I Running up to the borders of these big stone chimney. The writing- on it, Jeemsy, tells wtlere't Henri had found and married her. lace, and a third of black silk with She dred years before. Odd crouched at I gardens were Henri's work fields, be- "Hepsibah has already started a ash-gray lining; and as Catherine came from and how much it cost; Tonteur was aware, possibly even his side with his muzzle level with the i ginning first, because of Catherine's fire," she said. stood gazing upon these treasures fit and along with it I have brm).~t you more than Henri Bulain, that Cath- top of the log. Thus a minute passed: ! artistic eye, with the gentler gro)vths It was the ativeness of this fireplace for a queen he added to them two some nankeen for britches and clothes, erine's adoration of her men folk and and after that another, and more on l of husbandry~earefully groomed and which had drawn the expression of pairs of stays for an eighteen-inch four shirts, and a three-cornered hat of everything that went with them, P aies of top of them, yet Odd gave no sign of plotted soil for herbs.and vegetables; surprise and pleasure from Catherine Waist, and then showered over them with a black ribbon, six handker- even to the primitive discomforts of discouragement, nor did Jeems. tie and beyond lay the broader fields for -Tthat and the aroma of cooking things such an array of lace drowlas, gor- chiefs, and a jackknife, two pairs o' the wilderness life which had claimed watched the far side of the clearing i heavier grains and foods, ten acres of which greeted them. Since Catherine's gers, piccadillies,, and other necker- serge britches, as many of new shoes, her, was built up against a back- on a line as straight as a die with the ] well-tilled land in all, endin~ un earliest mpmnrip~ ho~. h~,at-l~n~- !n,~rt fln~:t--fhi~ " n'n,q ~',,n,m ÷l,,-, .,~,... ?~ ;fF~;t/ft[t {)i SOIilC[~liIi~ Hh~F/? [iHtl] ~i~('Y ~ .V ..... - ...... , ...... -~ ~,,.o CXCCIIt'IICC ~S ~ CO0]{,, [',)f it illGiii(:ili, and thei~ upeued Li~em plctcly .... p~:u pu~k he druw heing the mate of a man and the fm'til a Another minute of this rustling still- which, in the preceding month of and most assuredly he had been busy wide as if there might be a chance of beautiful long-barreled pistol, his eyes mother of a son. Culture and learn- By ness, and a magnificent turkey cock April, Henri had taken his year's sup- since his unexpected arrival. Half a some clever trickery in it. aglow with a fighting man's pride as ing and broadness of vision and strutted majestically out into the sun. ply of fifty gallons of maple sirup and dozen chains were dropped from their "Dear Mother in heaven !" she cried. he fondled it in the light of the can- James Oliver Carweod thought, nurtured in her first by a He weighed twenty pounds if an ounce, four times as many pounds of sugar. bolts in the thick oak lug-bar of the "Are all of these ravishing things for dies and pointed out its merits to gentle mother, and, after her death, thought Jeems, a proud and immacu- These precious possessions the four fireplace seven feet above the fire, and me? They must have cost a fortune!" Jeems. "As long as you live, you must developed and strengthened by a late bird, defying all the world in the © by Doubleday Doran Co., Inc. saw as they came down the green from the pothooks at the end of these pausing to look at her smiling brother never part with this pistol, Jeemsy," schoolmaster father, had given to her WNU Service. empty open. In this moment Jeems slope, and not one-half of them would chains were suspended as many pots and at the same time holding up the he said. "it isn't new, you see, but its a medium of priceless value by which thought again of Paul Tache, for the Catherine have exchanged for all of and kettles, steaming and boiling and scarlet petticoat with black lace. record is one of glory as long as my to measure happiness. Quebec boy was like this turkey cock, Madame Tonteur's riches. giving forth a cheerful sound of danc- "This one, for instance--" arm, and I'll tell you about it some Because of h~r adroitness in fash- always flaunting Ms clothes and dis- I Catherine was smiling at her hus- ing pewter lids against which the bub- "Two pounds fifteen shillings," said day. It's a killer, lad, a killer deadly ioning beauty and perfection out of porting himself with the importanc%] band, and in Henri's eyes was an an- bling water was playing an animated Hapsibah, opening his pack wider and and sure, good for a hundred paces simple and inexpensive things, and of a malt. ~] swering light of happiness, when out and pleasing melody. But to Henri, working his hands quickly. "And to go with less than an inch of drop," and Continued from first page. also because she was of the spawn Slowly Jeems withdrew the long-t of the peace and beauty which lay who always loved the sound of these with these dresses I have here ruffles he gave the weapon into Jeems' hands. of the despieable English, Madame barreled gun from the top of the leg about their home rose a piercing and busy pots with their lively cheer and ing rebater, l~ut he could not under- and tuckers and threads and buttons An instant of disapproval g-~thered Henriette Tonteur had come to re- and tautened the string of his bow. i blood-curdling cry~a cry which seemed promise of supper, a still more deicer- and ribbons, and four pairs of the in Catherine's eyes. stand the change that had come over gard her with much the same aversion i-Ie waited until the big bird stood less 1 to stop every sound that was in the able thing was the great roast of veni- the boy or why he was going home nicest shoes tt~at ever came up the "It was kind of you to bring the and dislike with which she would have than eighty yards away. An inch at a air, a cry of monstrous depth and vast- son which Hepsibatf had hung before Hudson," and placing these l:ast-named with such a strangely set and solemn cloth for Antoinette but I do not care looked upon a cup of poison. time he rose higher on .his knees, and , ness, and with that cry a wild figure the fire. face. articles on the table with a flourish for the pistol, E[epsibah," she said. Tonteur knew this and ~arsed in his came toward them from its hiding Catherine took off her cape and of arms, Hepsibah gave a gloating "A pistol makes me think of--men From her position behind the dog, honest heart at the woman who was place in the greening shrubbery of hood and patted her hair more prop- chuckle and paused to fill his pipe. fighting men. And here we are at the boy, and the man, Catherine Bu- his wife, with her coldly patrician Catherine's garden. erly into place before a mirror hang- Jeems' heart was near breaking with peace, having need only of the rifle lain looked upon her world with a joy- face, her powdered hair, her jewels With a lurch of his shoulder, Henri ing on the wail. Henri knew how fast suspense, and it seemed to give an and of Jeemsy's bow and arrows to ous and unafraid pride. No boy, in and gowns and her platonic ignorance sent the bag of corn to the ground, her heart was tripping as he took her audible crack when his Uncle Hep's bring us meat. I feet it is not best!" her opinion, could equal Jeems, and no of love and then thanked his God while ahead of him Jeems swung his hands and held them for a moment gnarled hands went into the pack As sire spoke man her husband. One could see and thus confidently of that little Marie Antoinette was grow- long gun into the crook of his arm and saw a mist of tears behind her again. He drew a bulky package from feel her happiness, and as Tonteur peace, a cloud came over Hepsibah's ing less like her with each day that and Odd stiffened and let out a sullen lashes. It had been two years since h~s store and passed it to Jeems' face, but in a moment he had laughed secretly built up the fire of his yearn- passed over her pretty head. For growl. The scraggy and mysterious she had seen Hepsibah, two .#ears of father. it away and was telling her that with- ing when he was aIone, so she loved to 'Iarie Antoinette was tempestuous, like figure advanced up the slope, and yearning and praying and hoping for "Three of the finest pipes I ever in a week she would be as proud of exult in her own possessions when her himself, a patrician without doubt, Jeems had looked to his flint and prim- this irresponsible brother, the last of laid nay ejes on," he announced. "One her boy's marksmanship as she now men folk were ahead and could not but with a warm and ready passion to ing and stood with a ready thumb on l~er close blood ties, who came and made in Holland, one in London, and seemed fearful of the pistol's influ- see all that came and went in i~er face. offset that eurse, and for this, too, he the hammer of his weapon when from went with the inconstancy of the winds one in America, and five pounds of ence upon his future. This desire to hold within herself blessed the fortune which in one way behind her husband and her boy Cath- and yet had never succeeded in spoil- Virginia tobacco to go with them, - The next day was the day of the some small and sacred part of her bad been so kind to him. erine gave first a startled gasp, then ing her dream of having tffm some day Henri, along witli a imt, a coat, and a auction sale at Lussan's place. Lus- rejoicing was because she was Eng- Behind her husband and boy Cath- a little scream, and sped past her pro- as a permanent member of her little pair o' boots that may take you with san was a wealthy farmer at the edge lish and not French. That was why i erine had been thinking of Tonteur tec~ors to ineet the advancing stranger family. Each time he came to them, honor to any swoirree or gentry merry- of the next seigneurie, ten miles away. .Daniel James had an English name, and of his wife, the aristocratic Hen- with open arms. Hepsibah was full of promise, swear- making this side of the sea. Now, He was returning to his old home near riette. For a long time she had known "It's Hepsibah!" she cried. "It's ing upon his soul that he had made up how's that?" And he stepped back as the Isle of Orleans, a country he liked LiKE A CAMEL of Madame Tonteur's hatred, but it Iiepsibah !" I his mind to remain with them forever, if his pack were entirely empty and better than the Richelieu, and was was not until this afternoon that the as Catherine pleaded : with him to do; held nothing at all for Jeems. selling most of his good~. Among other discovery had come to her, foP, CHAPTER [[ and then, some day or night, he would For an eternity, it seemed to Jeems, these were a plow with an iron point, in spite of his most heroic efforts, disappear with eli his belongings, and his uncle remained in this terrifying a forty-gallon soap kettle, and a loom Tonteur had b?trayed himself when The stirring words had scarcely no one would see or i~ear him go, and posture. Then, with deliberate and which Jeems' father wanted, so he suddenly she had caught him looking fallen from his mother's lips when it might be six months, or a year, or, aggravating slowness, Hepsibah Adams bad planned to start with the ox at her. Catherine had seen the shad- Jeems laid his gun on the ground and as in this instance, even longer before returned to his pack. early in the morning. Jeems had heard ow of his secret--Iike a ghost swiftly ran after her, but with all his haste he returned, ready to promise and No one of the three who were watch- Tonteur say he intended to buy Lus- disappearing. Up over the hill she had she was in her brother's arms before swear upon his soul all over again ing him would ever have guessed that san's three slaves, a mother and father added many twos and twos together, he could overtake her, while his father, but sure to steal away in the end as Hepsibah's act was one weighted and daughter, and that the young until, in the sure way of a woman, carrying the turkey cock but without before. heavily with the force of destiny, nor wench was for Toinette. Toinette And Odd's Body Grew Stiffer With she knew what Tonteur was thinking the corn, came hurriedly out" of his Each time that he came, he bore a that with dramatic inevitableness it would be with her father. He would His Movement, and did not fear or distrust him for it. amazement and down to meet them. huge pack on his shoulders, as if was to change the course of human take his treasure package with him to And Madame Tonteur hated her. partly in penance, and the opening of Odd's body grew stiffer with his move- If ever a man bore an affinity to an lives, bringing the high down to earth, Lussan's and £nd an opportunity to Disbelieving whatever good might have this pack and the distributing its ment. A choking sound came from oak, with its cheer and strength ~nd of and the earthly to great heights, loos- give it to her. been said of Catherine, she hated her contents had come to be the biggest the dog's throat as the long bow was rugged growth, that man was Hepsihah ing passions and hatreds and loves, Should Paul Tache be there and first as a deadly enemy of her race, bent. The twang of the string was Adams, the Indian trader. He was event in Jeems' life, and also in his breeding tragedies and joys, and end- dare to overlord him again, or laugh Monk--Mr. Camel seems to be a and hated her then because she dared a slightly less degree. But Iike the ring of a steel tuning fork, not as tail as Henri by half a head, mother's in ing, at last, in what it is the purpose in his meanly suggestive way, or speak 'perpetual grouch. hold her head as proudly as a baron's and across the open sped a grayish nor did he have his leanness. His Jeems had no trespassing thought of of this humble chronicle of human sneeringly, or sc much as say a word Snake--Yep. Always has his back lady, and hated her last of all because, events to narrate. flash. There followed a mellow sound, shoulders were wide and his body the never-failing bundle as he went against his gift for Toinette .... :up about something! aothing more than the wife of a worth- a great commotion, a leaping of gor- thick, and his face was as round as back for his gun in the company of A swift-coming thought, a deft re- A rumble of fresh-growing thunder less backwoodsman like Henri Bulain, geous color high into the air. Paul an apple and almost as red, with his beloved Uncle Hep. At the most turn into the pack of a small bundle was advancing out of the west-,, and And Who Hasn't? she was impudent enough to be the providential of moments, his hero of which he had intended for Catherine, Tache, the turkey cock, was down. and marks and mars of stress and battle preceding it came a roar of wind and 'Of all the sad surprises, there are none p~'ettiest woman anywhere near the atI heroes was at his side, and secur- and flepsibah had changed a world. that can compare dying. set upon it, but in such a way that its a deluge of rain. Lightning cut once Tonteur seigneurie. ing this mighty personage's pledge of With treading in the darkness on a A moment later, Jeems and Odd vivacity and the p:ood humor of its On such trivial happenings do the most more in vivid flashings across the nar- And, so far as it was in her power, secrecy he lost no time in telling him ste~ that isn't there. stood looking down on the turkey cock, twinkling eyes were enhanced rather powerful of the fates sometimes rest. row panes of the bedroom window, she had planted and nurtured this about the boy he hated. Marking the and gladness leapt once more into the than spoiled by the vicissitudes of Out of the farthest corner of the col- and the roof seemed to bend and hatred to growth in the heart and grip of Jeems' hand, and catching the Food for Goddesses boy's face and eyes~for here was not fortune. lapsing pack he brought this bundle groan under a sudden torrential bom- mind of her proud daughter, Marie telltale tremble in his voice, Hepsibah to light once more and unwrapped it "Even an artist should not quarrel only a splendid dinner for tomorow, When the excitement of first greet- bardment. Jeems fought in nnison Antoinette, until Tonteur, blind to the with her bread and butter," protested but also, in his imagination, the first ings were over, Catherine stood back sat down upon the bag of ground corn as he turned toward Jeems' big-eyed, with the elements. His spirit mounted feline subtlety of a woman in such anxious face. the patient manager. blow struck against his enemy. i from her jolly rogue of a brother and and did not leave it until by shrewd savagely with the turmoil, lie had matters, wondered why it was that his "No true artist would do so," re- The wild hot pride of youth and viewed him with a pair of eyes bright questioning and sympathetic interest "Jeemsy," he said, "if I've put the hts enemy down and was thrusting girl. whom he worshiped above all he had drawn from Jeems' heart a notches in my memory right, you were :plied the gifted lady. "A true artist achievement possessed the lad as his with affection, but which glowed at Ms head into wet and slimy mud. He other things on earth, should so openly quarrels with nothing less than truffles father and mother came toward him. the same time with an appraising and large part of what it had withheld born on the coldest January day I ever was beating his face and eyes, and and champagne." display unfriendliness and dislike I-Iere was triumph, and the boy's eyes speculative questionin~ which her lips from his parents. At a second loud saw, and that makes you just twelve spoiling his splended raiment, and whenever Jeems came to Tonteur blowing of Henri's dinner horn they years and four months old this eve- lighted up when he saw his mother's at once put into words. pulling out his hair. And Marie An- alanor. rose to their feet, and as Hepsibah ning, which means that only three Don't Vary Much interest in what he had done, and "tIepsibah, I am so happy to see toinette was looking on. With the ~or- shouldered the corn, his round red years and eight months lie be- "Are you going to my sister's birth- Of this same thing Jeems had been the unfeigned amazement in his fa- you that it makes my heart choke, and geous red velvet in her hands and her face was like a full moon of promise twixt you and the day when you can clay party?" thinking as he walked ahead of his ther's face as he dropped his milled yet I observe that you have not kept eyes big and starry, she was watching and cheer. be counted a man. According to law, "Which is it?" ~hther and mother. His mind, at pres- corn to the ground and looked down your promise to stop fighting, for one him as he choked and kicked and pom- "It doesn't take size to win a fight, you are a king's subject of maturity "Twentieth." ent, was busy with the stress of fight- upon the magnificent turkey cock with of your ears is nicked and your nose melled the life out of Paul Taehe! Jeemsy," he said, speaking in a con- from that day and can take life and % was there five years ago."--Ar- ing. Mentally, and physically in a the feathered arrow transfixing it. is crooked and there is a mark over The outburst of thunder and wind fidential way. "Barring this Dutch- all its belongings into your own hands, .canum Bulletin. way, he was experiencing the thrill of Catherine regarded her boy unob- your eye which was not there when and deluge, a whim of playful spring, so long as you are honest about it, sanguinary battle. Half a dozen times served by the two whose hunting in- I say you two years ago !" man at Albany, I've never been rib- passed as swiftly as it had come, and, since beginning the long climb over roasted by a big man yet, and I'm only and can stand up in equality before in passing, it left Jeems breathing Promise of Better Faro stinct drew their eyes to the fallen Hepsibah's weather-stained face Tonteur's hill he had ~ choked and tolerable sized, you observe. I've al- the stiffest per!wigged judge in the quickly and fiercely in his bed. Mother--Bobby, aren't you going to game. Her own eyes were shining, broke into a smile. beaten Paul Tache, and in every mo- ways had a reasonable preference for Colonies or New France. In other -eat your lunch? and after a moment Henri saw what "I can't say as much for your nose, / . He had risen in these moments to ment of these mental triumphs Marie the b~g ones, come as come can, for Bobby--You said we were going she was seeing and thinking and placed Catherine, for it grows prettier each reckless heights, and his mind, hot Antoinette looked on with wonder and they are slower to move and fail lmrder, one of his big hands tenderly on his year," he said. "But if a Dutchman's with its desire for action, had settled ~ver to Grandmother% this after- and nine out of ten of them carry fat. horror as he pitilessly assailed and son's slim shoulder. Yes, Jeems was ham should happen to come against it, with grim assurance upon what would noon.--Chicago Daily News. This Paul Tache, now~I know by your vanquished her handsome young like his mother except for his blond as one hit mine in a little joust in Al- happen the next day. telling of him that you can cob and cousin from the big city of Quebec. hair and gray eyes, and in these tw9 bany town, why, I'll say there would First he would present his gift to Lost and Found comb him until he begs for mercy. Even in the heat of these vivid things he resembled his mother's be a bend in it, or no nose at all. Toinette. A man driving his ear remarked to It's all what you've got your mind imaginings, Jeems was sick at heart, brother, that worthless, wandering, al- And as for the ear with a nick in it, Then he would do what his Uncle his wife, "One of my cylinders is miss- made up to, Jeemsy~nothing more and it was the shadow of this sick- ways fighting and forever lovable what can you expect from a French- Hep had told him to do. He would ing." and nothing less. And you've got ness which Odd caught when he vagabond, Hepsibah Adams. Henri's man--excepting your sweet-tempered whip Paul Tache. "We!I," she replied, "the car has your mind made up to warm him, so looked up into his master's eyes. heart was happier at his wife's proud To be continued. been in the garage all day, with the husband here--when he gets a chance go and do it, I say." From the day Jeems had first seen contemplation of her son, and l:e to use his teeth instead of the hands door locked." Catherine came around the corner Marie Antoinette, when she was seven burst forth in praise of the lad's ex- which God gave him to fight with? of the cabin to meet the plotters, and War of Short Duratian and he was nine. he had dreamed of ploit. The slit in the face is only a crease Hepsibah discreetly held back further The sht~rtest war was that declared AdvOrtise it in the Chronicle. her. and had anticipated through "What a shot!" he cried, bending left by an Oneida's knife when he words as he winked broadly at Jeems. by the sultan of Zanzibar against weeks and months the journeys which low to examine the bird and the ar- misled himself with the thought that It was the great night of two long Great Britain in 1893. It lasted forty his father permitted him to make with row. "Straight through from wing to I had got the best of a bargain, which minutes, o years in the Bulain cabin, and Cath- him to Tonteur manor. On these rare I wing as clean as a bullet~and right I never do get, or I'm a sinner! But 11 Years Constipation erine's three Betty lamps and her occasions he had gazed with childish' np to the shaft of the feathers! I'd is that all? Do you keep no better Phoebe lamp and a dozen candles as Glycerin Mix Ends It adoration at the little princess of the swear you did not have that strength account of me than that? I ama bit well were lighted in honor of it, so Foley-Gram seigneurie and had made her presents in your arm, lad! Yet the arrow was ashamed of you, Catherine, for you that when darkness fell thick and "For 11 years I tried to get rid of of flowers and feathers and nuts and sped from back there at the edge of have missed the important thing!" starless about the wilderness, with Hoarse, deep night coughs affright constipation," says Chas. E. Blair. maple sugar and queer treasure~ the open, you say? I scarce believe "What is that.*" "Then at last the simple mixture, Ad- masses of rain clouds gathering over- a Mother. No time then to rush to which he brought from the forests. it! It is a shot for Captain Pipe and "My stomach," declared Hepsibah, lerika, made me regular." head, the home at the edge of For- a drug store or find a Doctor. Genu- These tokens of his homage had never White Eagle and Big Cat, and not for holding his ample paunch with both The simple mixture of glycerin, bidden valley was bright with glow ine Foley's Honey and Tar, depend- served to build a bridge across the yOU !" knotted hands. "It is sunk and buckthorn bark, saline, etc., (Adler- and cheer. The roast was cut open, ika) acts on BOTH upper and lower abyss which lay between them. These three were the Caughnawaga shrunken, as you may clearly observe. able, stops coughs. Coats the throat and with attendant dishes of sukqut- with a healing demulcent. Clears bowel, relieving constipation in 2 He had stood this hurt and still kept Indian friends who had taught Jeems It is dwarfed, shot'tened, circumscribed, tahhash, johnnycake, potatoes, and clogged air passages. Allows quiet hours! Brings out poisons you never Marie Antoinette in his thoughts, for to shoot, and it was Captain Pipe who and reduced--fairly warped and stran- carrots, and hasty pudding with maple sleep. Sedative without opiates. thought were in your system. Let there was no other child to help fill had made his bow of choice sea- gIed from lack of food! And if I do sirup, gave opportunity for such feast- Mildly laxative. Endorsed by careful Adlerika give your stomach and bow- her place. But since last autumn, soned ash. not eat very 80011--" els a REAL cleaning and see how ing that an hour was well gone before Mothers everywhere. Ask for Foley's, when Madame Tonteur's sister and They went on as the sun was setting The rest was smothered in Cath- "'As Long as You Live, You Must good you feel! Burke's Drug Store.~ Hepsibah Adams thrust back his end Family Size. A real thrift buy. For her son Paul had come to the seig- beMnd the wilderness, and the gQ~den erine's arms and laughter. Never Part With This Pistol, Advertisement 2 of the long table bench and brought sale by L. I. Wood & Co. and Burke's neurie, his dreams had grown more pools of light grew dimmer about Jeemsy." Drug Store. Advertisement 2. "Dear old Heppy !--Hungry--al- forth his fat pack from under the clouded until, on this Thursday after- them and shadows grew heavier and ways hungry, and you never will be stairs which led up to Jeems' sleep- words, Jeemsy, I mean that tn less noon. they were replaced by grim and more velvetry dark among the trees. Sore Throat? any other way. So we shall have sup- ing loft. than four short years you will be a merciless visions of a future venge- Through the woods, though the trail per almost as soon as smoke can be George W. Snyder, M. "Just a few little trinkets," he be- full-fledged man !" ance on the young man who laughed was narrow, Catherine walked with m~de to come out of the chimney. I Don't Gargle gan, using the identical words he had Having delivered himself of this in- D., of Chicago, at him and humiliated him, and who, her hand in Henri's, and for half an am so happy you have come!" employed one year after another. "A troductory peroration Hepsibah fin- without any grace whatever that he hour they spoke no word except in "And I," added Henri, getting in a 1 few whim-whams and baubles for the ished unwrapping the package, and Said This This Doctor's Prescription could see, basked warmly in the smiles whispers, and at last the four saw word at last. boy, a bit of trumpery for Sister, and never had Catherine beheld such a "It is more important to use an an- and graciousness of Marie Antoinette's their home. Jeems was tug~,in~ore o. at the hand of Gives Quicker, Better Relief. t a farthing worth of nothing in par- handsome piece of velvet as that favor. It lay in a sheltered dip which was his roving vagabond of an uncle, who tiseptic for the stomach, bowels and ticular for you, Henri. Ah, here we which her brother displayed in the He was glad when his mother and like a diminutive child of the larger was his greatest hero in all the world, kidneys than an antiseptic for the Don't suffer the pain and discom- have the first package, with writing on candle glow. It was, par excellence, father paused to rest on the edge of valley, a low and cheerful cabin of and dragged him back to get his gun. mouth and teeth for the reason that fort of sore throat. Use a doctor's it in the hand of the scholar who sold the finest of the treasures he had a great rock near the trail, for this in- peeled logs, with more windows in it 95% of all diseases arise ~ro~ "~- prescription called Thoxine guaran- As they went, the happiness in Cath- me the goods--a cap, a ruffle, a tucker, brought, a cloth of matchless beauty, a teed to relieve with the very first terval gave him opportunity to go on than a cautious man would have had, erine's face was clouded for an instant. tinal disorders. I have prescribed Dr. and a bolt of lace at five shillings a crimson glory so filled with changing Burnham's SAN YAK as a laxative swallow. Not a gargle but a pleasant alone, and when he was alone he could and with a huge chimney of clay and "Best keep good eyes on our Jeems yard i Now who in this room can such humors and colors that it seemed to and kidney diuretic for swelling of tasting medicine which relieves the tear and thrash Toinette's cousin in a stone at the end. It was a home of for a time, Henri," she warned. "HeD soreness and goes direct to the inter- sillies be for--untess~" and at Cath- be alive in his hands. Surely this was the limbs, high blood pressure with much more admirable way than when beauty and comfort and luxury, as sibah, you know very well, is a singu- nal cause. erine's delighted exclamation he tossed another present for his mother, Jeems rheumatism, dizziness and diabetes the others °were tramping close at his those things were measured On the Thoxine will relieve your sore larly improvident and thoughtless the bundle to her. But scarce had she thought. But tc~ his amazement and and found it the one and only heels. Suddenly Odd stopped so that frontier, and the best that Henri Bu- throat or coughing quicker and bet- man, overfilled with foolish tricks and opened it, with her eyes intent upon Catherine's surprise Hepsibah thrust product I would be willing to tie to, his gaunt body made a barrier against lain could build. Catherine's love for ter than anything you have ever contrivances most alluring to boyish her business, then Hepsibah unfurled the cloth Into Jeems hands. San Yak is the only laxative f ever Jeems' knees. They stood at the edge this home was next to her love for minds, and of which, because of Jeems, prescribed that does not in.irate and tried or your money will be refunded. a red silk petticoat in the candle glow, "For Mademoiselle Marie Antoinette Safe for the whole family. Ask for of a flower-strewn open among the Henri and her boy. Close about the I am a bit afraid." flush away the mucus membrane of and this time Catherine sprang to her Tonteur from her devoted admirer Thoxine, ready for use in 35c, 60c, chestnut trees. It was a hundred cabin was her own domain--her "flow- But Henri only chuckled, for the the lower bowel. Hence its use in feet with an amazed intake of breath, Daniel James Bulain," he announced and $1.00 bottles. Sold by Burke's yards across this sun-filled playground ers, her ¢~gardens of shrubs, her bird thought was in his mind that it was a moderation is highly commendable to for so well had Hepsibah arranged his "Jeemsy, don't blush. Twelve and ten Drug Store and all other good drug of the wild, and on the far side of it, houses built of chestnut bark, her box fattening of one's good fortune to be health." Sold at Burke's Drug" Store. stores.~Advertisement 3 surprise that, one after another, he are not far from sixteen and fourteen, Be sure and get Dr. Burnham's San Yak.~Advertisement. CASS CITY CHRONICLE Cass City, Michigan, Friday, December 12, 1930. PAGE FOUR. ,1~ O if or Christmas and making Christmas Birdd Christmas Tree ,1. Breezes from the Hill l gifts. and a Cardinal Visitor *:.i We are learning to multiply in > ~4 ~OTHER, can't we do some- Concluded from first page. arithmetic class. ~ thing for the birds?" David, A new loud speaker has been added, For opening exercises this week we 'i::.:::.~ii::::.:. ~, all snowy and rosy checked, came to our radio equipment. New voIume are hearing the story of "The Wizard f~ dashing into the bedroom where his controls are being, added to all speak-of Oz." mother was doing up Christmas gifts. ors so that each room may control the~ We drew names this week and we Jack, home from college, was close volume of the program to their own are making plans for our Christmas behind small David. needs. Any f6ur rooms in the building party. We have decided to make some "Davie thinks the birds ought to may receive the same program at the of our own trimming-for the Christ- have something special for Christmas, same time, i mas tree.

1. i~ Oe*y ~J~Uy .t±~uct,~v. S~OlISOI'~ on the lawn for them?" Christmas moving picture show, show-i We know it isn't long" until Christ- "Splendid! We always put colored mg an airplane trip to Santa Claus mas now. Our room is beginning to lights in it and we can tie apples on land, Monday at 3:30. The picture look quite festive already. Stuart At- A Christmas it and little crusts of suet and those was free to all school children. Mr. well has built us a very grand fire small branches of berries in the ga- Fitzgerald also furnished a two-red place, one that Santa should be glad rage are really nature's provision for comedy. to come down. bi rds~" At a fire drill held last Thursday, The A class is studying Dicken's "And we'll put crusts of bread on "Christn~as Carol." We may present. the limbs just like packages," Davie the building was emptied in one min- ute and ten seconds. it for part of our Christmas program. interrupted, eyes dancing. We are making booklets of Eskimo t After the birds were asleep Jack [ Several Latin II students made AVE HoLDEN chose his hurt his pride more 'than anything he land. The covers are very attractive. and David trimmed the tree. maps of Rome as projects for the last homestead high up the foot- had thought possible. He felt that he : .On December 9, we listened to a ra- "Merry Christmas! Merry Christ- marking period. Two students made hill valley not only for the had suddenly lost all faith in human i dip talk by Roy J. Snell about "Christ- shelter of surrounding hills nature, and that life among his old mas!" the birds were chirping on a Roman house. mas in Eskimo Land." and proximity to groves of associates would be intolerable• So Christmas morning and the neigh- i Last week in the story-telling con- We are quite proud of Donatd A1- spruce and lodge-pole pine. he. drew his wages, gathered up his bors as well as the family were watch- test held in English 9, the judges vo- lured this week. He is wearing a He had another reason for equipment, and trekked into the foot- ing with interest, ted as the best story-tellers Georgene "But what's that bright red on the Van Winkle, Hazel McLean, and broad smile himself, because he won retreating so far from civ- hill country to the very farthest home- fourth prize in the Saginaw News con- stead on the map. topmost branch?" David pointed ex- Elaine Turner. ilization. That reason was citedly. "Look ~ Look "' Supt. Randall was judge at a debate test for writing the best letter about, Sylvia Palmer. He found a place by a mountain .... Why I Believe in Santa Claus." Be- Dave and Sylvia had been pals to- stream, cut down spruce logs, and "Can you beat thatP' Jack ex- held at Bad Axe on Wednesday and at sides all the honor he has a nice cris- gether down the plains where both built himself a cabin. When winter claimed. "That's the cardinal that's Fairgrove on Thursday. py check for five dollars. were born. They had attended the set in he began cutting posts and rails been hanging around the last two Kindergarten. 1 Fifth Grade. for fencing on his farm. To keep same school, the same picnics, dances, years. He's come to the birds' Christ- Santa Claus will be both surprised / In a spelling" match this week, Ivan country concerts. Many a starry night, from thinking he worked feverishly, / mas tree."~Florenee Harris Wells. early and late. But thoughts would i and pleased, we feel sure, because we,,, .... with Sylvia at his side, Dave had ((6£ 1930, vJestern Newspaper Union.) ~ , . , . ~. , _. u bonnet was ~;ne winner. nave been ne~plng nlm oy maKmg ...... driven the prairie trails, none too come, in spite of all he could do to • . i me geography class has ma~e col- Stationery ~~ gifts for mother and father. Thls has l ...... eager to reach their destination. And stop them. Particularly as the Christ...... r decor • orea maps oz ~urope, snowmg ~ne po- ~ep~ us very busy an~ rose ou .... • Sylvia. too, seemed quite content to mas season drew near his mind would ...... ht~cal bounaarms. Then we made re- al;lens for ~ne x~ln

VOLUME 25, NUMBER 35. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1930. TWELVE PAGES.

PAST NOBLE GRANDS t ;come to use them on their Christmas gifts and letters, making payment as LOOA[ O[UB PlAOE8 CLUB ELECTED OFFICERS soon after Christmas as possible. IIIIMUNI]¥ gLIB "In this way," Dr. Shepard ex- ine 2as~ ~ub~e ~ramd~ club me~ i piaine(i, ~ i.:he sea!~ e~n be put to their ~ n a Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. intended holiday use, and the spirit of Ui Ui it LL ill Jfi0 }ib =i C. D. Strittter with Mrs. Striffier and helpfulness which they represent may i~:~*:,".,~z:~::~.'...~.'..;!~~..... i> Mrs. Delia Lauderbaeh as hostesses. go on carrying good cheer wherever Champion Group from Cass City. Each member brought a gift and the mails reach." Membership Has Reached 95. these gifts will be used to help make Sant Lynn Spencer's Calf Was some family happy at Christmas School Group Presents Reserve Grand Champion. time. It was also decided to use ten SWEET TIME AT Fine Program dollars for charity., Officers were elected for the coming ×p THOS. COLWELL HOME year as follows: President, Mrs. A. A. Ic iris The six members of, the Cass City The membership of the Cass City Rieker; vice president, Mrs. Lee Dick- Thomas Colwell, living one and Live Stock Club who exhibited steers one-half miles west of Cass City, says Community Club is gradually increas- at the Junior Live Stock Show at De- inson; secretary, Mrs. John Cole; ing due to the systematic campaign treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Benkelman. Mrs. that he does not expect to be in the troit the first of this week were all market to buy honey for some time. inaugurated by the membersNip com- successful in placing among the win- John Caldwell, the retiring president, mittee. At the December meeting o]~ was presented with a Past Noble Monday, Mr. Colwell took 125 pounds ners. of honey from the gable end of the the club held in the high school audi- The champion group of three steers Grand pin. torium Tuesday night, it was reported Miss Lucy Younglove of Detroit was upright at the north side of his home. were a/l from Cass City and were ex- Three-fourths of this is good prime that 43 new members had been added hibited by Lynn Spencer, Paul Moore, a guest. to the roll this fall, bringing ~he total A delightful supper was served by honey. Mr. Colwell still has a swarm .and Jim Milligan. membership to 95. the hostesses. The January meeting of bees in the south side of the house The first Hereford was shown by At the business meeting which fol- wilt be held with Mrs. A. A. dicker. and one in the east side. Lynn Spencer and the steer of Gerald 'i lowed a fine chicken dinner prepared King stood 16th in the Hereford class. i by the Bethel Ladies' Aid, Presiden;g Romney Horner, who had the only I L. D. Randall announced %he appoin~ Smith-Hughes steer at the show, was ~,ment of Ernest Schwaderer, ~rederick awarded second place on his Aberdeen PUPIL DEglIIII}NBENEFITS Pinney, Walter Mann, and TRey. B~- Angus. In the Aberdeen Angus class, tretl as a committee to have cJaarge o~" Jim Milligan placed third and Paul a community Christmas tree. E. Wo Moore fourth on their exhibits. ttE}RORROLL RfflORTSOF [IIIRON Kercher gave a ~report of the conce~ George Clara's Shorthorn was sixth given here by ~the Groves ~ Band 0~ Flint under the auspices of ~he Com- in its class. District Music Contest Will Lynn Spencer's calf was the re- Relicted Lands Ruling Affects munity Club. serve grand champion of the show. Be Heid in Cass Group singing under the leadership City !00 ?~Hes ef Shore Next Spring° of F. A. ]]igelow was given an adde~ in County, stimulus by two piano accompanist% OWENDALE BRINGS I Miss tone Huits and Mrs. t. ]3. McCoy. VETERAN TEAN Audree Btiss., School Editor. Club members entered hea~ily inta Ownership of about 100 miles of the singing of several popvJar sele~-. ! The honor roll for this marking shore frontage in Huron county is af- and hymn. The openinR~ gun for the season of period in the Cass City High Sehoot is tions one Christmas i fected by the recent decision of the }~Iusicat treats much appreciated by basketball will be fired at 7:30 Friday as fotiows: isupreme court setting the boundary the audience were two soprano solos evening', December 12, at the Cass Ninth Grade, City High School gymnasium, where iline of shore property at the water's by Miss Hults,.accomtJanied by Mrs° Ruth Sehenek ...... 12 edge. McCoy. Miss Hults sang "Roses of the first and second squads from Georgene Van Winkle ...... 11 Owendale will dash with the local i Shore property owners greet the Picardy" and "Mother Machree." Lillian Dunlap ...... 11 squads. Owendale comes liere {dems~on of the court with enthusiasm, Richard Van Winkle gave members with a Marie Papp ...... 10 veteran aggregation, and having no says the Saginaw News, and real es- of the club a very good descl~ptlon of Irene Hendrick ...... 9 football schedule, they wilt present a tate men of the country believe that it the Older Boys' conference held at Maxine Horner ...... '~ mueh more polished attack as they t wilt be a great boom to the sale of Bay City under the auspices of the Yo Evelyn Milligan ...... 9 have been practicing basketball for shore land. M. C, A., in a brief talk. Freda Parker ...... 9 some time. However, they wit1 not be t' Huron~ county has several resort de- Tuesday night's program was in Marie Rawson ...... 9 conceded any odds on the outcome of [velopments which have been retarded charge of the school group and one of Alice Layman ...... ~...... 8 ion account of the former arrangement the features was a play by Six mem- the battIe. Pauline Livingston ...... 8 The local boys have been practicing iwhich placed the boundary at the me- bers of the Dramatic Club of the Gus Moss ...... 8 ander line. This strip of state land, school. The comedy, "Grandma Pulis the past two weeks, but with a large Frances Seed ...... 8 squad out it is still hard to tell what between the meander line and the wa- the String'," was enacted before the Rosella Tyo ...... 8 ter's edge, had been a constant source Woman's Study Ctub on Dee. 2 an~ the line-up will be when the referee Winnifred Schwaderer ...... 8 tosses up the ball. The probable line- of trouble to Huron resort promoters. members of that organization had to]B up will be: (R. F.) John Morris, (L. i Tenth Grade. Broken Rocks, a resort near -Port their husbands how very well the F.) Hunter, (C) Ruhl, (R. G.) C. Kel- Johanna Sandham ...... "15 Austin, will not be materially affected characters had been portrayed. ly, (L. G.) Crandell or Schenck. Other Florence Schenck ...... "15 by the court decision as the meander Community CIub members looked for likely-looking candidates who may Catherine McTavish ...... "14 SIX INJURED WHEN, line has not shifted on account of the an excellent production and their an- break into the first team game are: Mildred Schwegter ...... "14 high rocks at the water's edge. ticipations were amply sat~sfiedo CARS CRASH IN FOG Pointe Aux Barques, the Tip-of-the- Simmons, Wallace, Hutchinson, Day, Marjorie Dew ...... 12 117! 0017 lO0[O FI IE P700 P 4 i Turn to page eight and Kercher. The second team will~ Maynard Doerr ...... 11 Thmnb Haven, near Huron City, and probably be composed of Tyo, War- Lynn Spencer ...... 11 Six persons were injured when two the Port Austin Land Company will ner, Dunn, Bottrell, J. Kelly, McBride, Robert AIlured ...... 10 cars driven by John Yatchen of Sebe- benefit. All have wide beaches which GROVES' BAND PLEASED TO Wo 0, L!BR 77 are transferred from the state's own- Battel, F. Morris, Pinney and A. Flora McLeod ...... 10 waing and Floyd Kuhl, 20, ef Bay i LARGE AUDIENCE lIE:RE Dberr. Ralph Rawson ...... * 10 Port crashed head-on Saturday night, ership to that of the abutting proper- I Next Friday, Dee. 19, the Alumni John Day ...... ~...... 9 Thirty-two New Volumes Placed i five miles north of Sebewaing. The ty owners by the court decision. I Helpful and Inspirational Talks An enthusiastic audience :Frlday will" be met at the high school gymna- Lueile Goodall ...... 9 Yatchen machine was destroyed by Shore hunting was dealt a blow by sium at 7:30. With many of the old on Shelves Since Given at Baptist Church the decision as hunters must now se- evening greeted the Groves' 70-piece Waunetta Warner ...... 9] fire. A dense fog that completely en- band and octette at the high school stars returning, this should develop Wilma Wentworth ...... 9[ March 5o i veloped the countryside was blamed December 4. cure permission from property own- into a real battle. ers. Many duck blinds which have auditorium here and listened to one Marie Vader ...... 8 ! of the best concerts ever heard h~ t Lewis Horner ...... 81 ~ .... for the accident. Turn to page 12. Yatchen suffered the complete sev'- l Cass City. The band composed o~f Audrey Livingston ...... 8 Thirty-two new books have been erance of his scalp and the loss of all Thursday, December 4, was a day : LOCAL ITEMS. added to the Woman's Study Club It- i graduate members of both ~he Flin~ his teeth. His wife also had her scalp that will be long remembered by the ~Central and Northern high schools Eleventh Grade. brary since March 5. Patrons of the severed from her head in addition to local Baptist people when an associa- i CASHIER GIVEN CHANCE Mrs. J. L. Cathcart was so unfor- Irene McComb ...... "12 library will be interested to read the have all had from two to four years a fracture of the spine. Seigmore, tional meeting and banquet were held TO MAKE GOOD SHORTAGE of advanced band training. The band tunate as to sprain her left arm and Donald Schenck ...... 11 titles and auth()rs of these printed in step-son of Yatchen, had a fractured at the church. The meeting opened bruise her forehead very badly when Horace Pinney ...... "11 the following list: presented a colorful appearance on th=e skull. with devotionals at 2:30 p. m. by Rev. t B enjamin Buchowski, former cash- she fell down the cellar stairs, stri- stage of the auditorium an~ gave a Albert Warner ...... 10 "We," Charles Lindberg. i Floyd Kuhl had his throat slashed, W. Curtis, pastor of the Cass City ier of the Argyle Bank of W. Rein- king o~ the cement floor, at her home Richard Van Winkle ...... 9 pleasing" program. Their numbers A~old, 18, a brother, had his tongue church. N:rs. Ambrose of Caro gave ault & Co., who -was arrested recently on North Seeger Street Saturday. Bernita Taylor ...... 9 "Lindberg, the Lone Eagle," Geo. brought rounds of applause. severed, and Donald, 3, another broth- a very helpful talk on "Working with on an embezzlemen~c charge, appeared She was confined to her bed for sev- Nellie Pringle ...... 9 Buchanan Fife. Ga~:rett Ebmeyer, trumpe~ p]ayer, er, has a fractured jaw. God." This was followed by an ad- before Judge X. A. Boomhower Friday eral days. Romney Horner ...... 9 "Flying wi{h Lindberg," Donald E. showed remarkable execution ~ l~as Mrs. Yatehen was pulled from the dress by Dana M. Albough, a repre- and was given ten days to reimburse rendition of "The Charmer" and his Mr. and Mrs. Levi Bardwell, Mrs. Clayton Dew ...... 8 Keyhoe. flaming machine by her son, Seig- sentative from Lansing. His mission the bank of funds embezzled. The encore, "The Rosary" was most pleas- Sim Bardwell and daughter, Theda, Twelfth Grade. t "Tish !~lays the Game," Mary Rob- more, who then dropped to the ground was to stress the idea of a simultan- " * 2 ~errs Rinehart. loss is said to be about $i0,000. ing'. Loren Rockafellow was ~s ac- visited Mr. Bardwell's mother, Mrs. J, Aletha Mornsh ...... 1 uneonsmous. eous every member canvas to be con- Judge Boomhower told Buch6wski companist. ~ Bardwell, in Pontiac Sunday. Mrs. Elizabeth Knight ...... 11 "The Good Companions," J. B. ducted through the entire state. ithat he would consider his probation, Bardwell, who lives with her daugh- "1 Priestley. I The octette sang several selections Janet Allured ...... 0 t At 6:30 a delightful banquet was providing he made restitution to the in the middle of the ever~h~g~s pro- ter, Mrs. Parmalee, is 92 years of age Lucile Anthes ...... *10 "Dodsworth," Sinclair Lewis. ][tl[ se ed 0, and bank wlthm I0 days. but is hale and hearty and i.s about the gram and were equally as well re- Audree Bliss ...... :.... 10 I "The Man Who Knew Coolidge," Young People's Workers in the base- Buchowski has been in custody of ceived as the band. house every day. Each week, she Blanch Stafford ...... 10 Sinclair Lewis. oo. o,, e c urc !Sheriff L. C. Hagle since he pleaded Both band and octette are unBer ~he writes a letter to some of her children Emily Tanner ...... 8 "Captured by the Navajos," Capt. guilty to the embezzlement charge and the letters are suprisingly clear [ DAMAIEDIIIHuuL from Harbor Beach, Novesta, Argyle, direction of Clarence Eddy and the Alex Tyo ...... 8 Charles A. Curtis. Bad Axe, Deckerville, Caro, and Cass two weeks ago. No sentence has been management of Don Ashwori~h, and and well written. "My Own Fairy Book," Andrew i . City were present. Songs and yells passed. " "Those whose names are starred are ~ Cass City music lovers wiI1 he glad Sunday evening, Rev. E. W. Hal- were given by the different societies. Bank officials have conferred with to hear them again• taking five subjects. " Lan~. ~ ~ ...... ~^rman-"" Jas penny, president of the Michigan r I ivly ~our ~ears m t~e ~, B. A. Elliott and son, the Novesta Buchowski several times since his re- Word has been eceived that the Barking Dog Aroused Family quartet, and Miss Gwendolyn Am- Much of the credit for the appear- Council of Religious Education, gave turn, and report that Buchowski has ance of this musical treat ]n C'ass a fine address at the union service of State Music Contest for this district WLGe~a:%ot~a y s with the Iceber-g :Pa [ brose of Caro furnished musical nun- aided them in uncovering several will be held at Cass City this year. ~...... - Near School Who Spread City is due to E. W. Kercher, who {o6k the Presbyterian and Methodist bars during the evening. ~ ' items that will materially reduce the the initial steps and by his enthusi- churches, h~s subject being, "The Last year it was held at Lapeer, while i%r°,,~ir~ll~ean ~fat~mlnmerica,,, Isabel i Alarm Through Deford. Miss Beatrice Berry of Caro gave a shortage. asm and untiring efforts ]n{ereste8 Meaning 0f Religious Education." two years ago, Cass City was its[_ ~ "I ' " Af- toa st, t s Never Too Late to Mend. Liquidation of the assets of the Ar- others in the undertaking. The Com- ~he service, Mr. HaIpenny exhibit- host. The date will be ann0unced la-IAn,a;~:°ni_iandwritin ~ on the Wall," ter (From Deford Correspondent) Rev. Ansted of Harbor Beach.related gyle bank has been under way since munity Club sponsored the ent~rtaln- ed 300 feet of film which pictured the ter. I .~_._._T, ~.,,~^. ~ echoes from the state convention of the bank cloaed, after Buchowski's ment in cooperation with the local lYe- activities of Waldenwoods, the beau- i Our negative debate team, composedlAr,~a~£~D~ooks at the Orient," l Considerable excitement reigned in . Deford Wednesday morning when the B. Y. P. U. held at Lansing• disappearance Aug. 6. sic Club• tiful ~nd wonderfully equipped sum- of Catherine Bailey, Bernita Taylor, ! ...... (~ D. M. Albaugh, a former foreign 'school building" was discovered on fire mer camp ½ mile sduth of Hartland, and Delvin Striffier, are working hard ~ ~r,s~iv~:e~li~-eT:en~%t~.le Baile~ ~ missionary to Africa, gave a very in- now so that they will be ready to meet vv , ~, z. !at four o'clock. Honking automobile which is conducted by the Michigan "Wild Wind," Temple Bailey. sp~rmg talk on every-day problems . Council. Miss Marjorie Graham and Brown City's affirmative team on the "Roads of Adventure," Ralph D. horns aroused the town's citizens and and gave many excellent thoughts to Beans Contain Higher Number of Calories chain store question Thursday, Dec. a bucket brigade, fighting" valiantly, carry home. Miss Phyllis Lenzner experienced the Paine. 11. We go to Brown City for this de- put out the blaze which started in the An hour of games was held at the Per Pound Than Many Other Food Products novelty Sunday evening of seeing "The Story of General Pershing," bate and hope that a goodly number themselves in moving pictures. They Everett T. Tomtinson. top story. Floors were burned, plas- clos e of the program. In a letter to the trade, A. L. Rie- of the student body and townspeople ter mined and other damage done: Beets...... 1% were among a group of about 35 "Laughing Boy," Oliver LaForge. del, treasurer and manager of the will it possible to attend and give iThe loss is estimated at $150.00. Tomatoes ...... 1% young ladies who enjoyed two weeks' find "Pure Gold," O. E. Rolvaag. Michigan Bean Co., gives facts and us their support. ! Repairing" started Wednesday morn-PROMPT PURCHASE Beef ...... /6% outing- at W aldenwoods last August. Mamba s Daughters," DuBose figures regarding the food value of Oats Turn to page four. ing and it is expected that everything I w,...,...,~ ...... 15% / ~ m~mho.v~ n~ ~.ho. Wornsn'.~ gtudy l-I~vw~ rd. • ~ ~ • ~ ..... f~ ~ • T ~ "i'T"r~,t','w~T'~ bean~ a.~ eompsr~d wif.h thnt af nf.he~c win oe n~ reamness co s~aI-l; scnool I ~_~ ~r.~zt~ U.,~r..~..U" 1i% Club were entertained at the home of "The Christ" of the Indian' Roa d", E . commodities• Mr. Riedel's letter will , again some time next week. t --- Rice ...... 9% Mrs. J. L. ~athcart Tuesday after- Stanley Jones. ~, A barking dog roused the Springer] An appeal for replies to letters as be of particular interest tO growers of i Bread ...... 8!~ noon• Mrs. John McLarty gave a fine CHURCHES PREPARING "The Hall of Heroes," H, M. Stan- beans in the Thumb district• He says: family residing a block from the yet unanswered in the Christmas seal "Calories per pound as compa~e~t report of the annual meeting of the CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS ley. school and they were the first to no- sale is made by Dr. B. A. Shepard, " As a r ule Christmas" baskets for "The Mystery of the Blue Train," ,with other foods. Tuscola County Federation which was rice the blaze. They speedily spread president of the Michigan Tuberculo- the unemployed and needy contain Agatha Christie. 'Beans ...... : ...... I~I~_ • held in Cass City a short time ago. Local church societies are preparing I the alarm, sis Association, in the foltowingstate- fowl, fruits, jellies and delicacies "His Dog'," Albert Payson Terhune. I Round Steak ...... 8~Z Rev. P. J. Allured was the, speaker of programs for the Christmas season. ment: which will furnish an average family the afternoon. His subject was, "China "Buff, a Collie," Albert Payson Ter- With probably two meals, whereas the Eggs ...... 6~t~ The Presbyterian Sunday School ' "We are asking people who can, to hune. t Whole Milk ...... 3~ ° and Exterri~coriality," which he dis- ]will have a tree and a miscellaneous ~SIX ADMITTED TO FULL send in money for their seals now, and same dollar value if distributed in the cussed fully and interestingly. He ex- "Further Adventures of Lad," AI- form of foods stuffs such as beans, Peas ...... 2~ program Tuesday evening, Dec. 23. thereby help reduce the expense of Potatoes ...... zi65 plained various reasons for China's I The Methodist Sunday School will bert Payson Terhuhe. CITIZENSHIP IN TUSCoLA conducting the sale. It is customary flour, potatoes, etc., aH comparatively "Freckles Comes Home," Jeannette low priced items, would serve an Corn ...... 47~ attitude toward other world powers h{~ve a short program at the regular throughout the nation to follow-up and showed how unfairly she has Sunday School hour on Sunday, Dec. Stratton Porter. Peter Wojcieszyn, a native of every mailing of seals with at least average family with many meals and Bread ...... often b@en treated by other nations. 21. There will be treats for the chil- "The Wolves of Chaos," Harold Poland, was granted full citizenship one notice. The cost of making this would during these times, doubtless i 0atmeal, Gruel ...... ~ His talk caused serious thinking in the dren. MeGrath. in the naturalization hearing in the inquiry will be greatly reduced if be much more appreciated. J "Beans are a most healthy, w:ho]e- minds of his audience. Responses to~ The Baptist people will entertain "The Finding of Jasper Holt," Tuscola county circuit court Tuesday. those people who have merely over- roll call were prepared by Mrs. John 'their childre n with a t.ree and miscel- Grace Livingston Hill• He resides near Kingston. He is the looked making their return will do so Cole and related to China. The next laneous program on Tuesday evening, "Out of the Storm," Grace Living- sixth to become a citizen at this at once." meeting of the .club will be held at the Dec. 23. ston Hill. , term of circuit. The names of the While urging early payment for home of Mrs. A. H. Kinnaird on Jan. A program and tree with treats for "Lo, Michael," Grace Livinston other five were printed in the Chron- it he seals on the part of those able to pared with other food: t 6. ' ' , the children will be held Sunday eve- Hill. i icle last week. i do so, Dr. Shepard states that persons Beans ...... 23%1 Dance Every Saturday ~t. , , ning, Dec. 21, at the Evangelical •J l who wish to buy seals but are unable Potatoes ...... ~...... 6% t Putman's Hall, Caro. Fred Gn~sell .,Advertise it in the Chronicle. church. Advertise it in the Chronicle. Advertise it in the Chronicle. to pay for them at present are wel- Onions ...... 1% and his Orchestra.--1 advertisement f

Cass City, Michigan, Friday, December 12, 1930. CASS CITY CHRONICLE PAGE SIX, Louis Striffler of Detroit was a Cass Glen Reid spent Thursday in Det- HOLBROOK. !i i Not the Same Fate for City visitor Friday. roit. G. L. Martin of Bay City visited his The Holbrook Community Club Mr. and Mrs. Grant Van Winkle Nice Christmas Card~ Sister, Mrs. J. H. Bohnsack, Saturday. meeting will be held in the church on visited relatives in Flint Sunday. Dec. 17. Pot-luck luncheon will be R. CHRISTMAS CARD leaned Mr. and Mrs. William I. Moore of served. A Christmas program by the ~ heavily against the rack. The Rev. and Mrs. William Curtis were Ubly were Cass City visitors Wednes- business callers in Caro Monday. school children, sponsored by their Jusl a Fsw 8uggaali0na store was dark. The doors locked. day. teachers, Miss O'Dell and Miss Krug, "What a day! What a day!" he Born Saturday, December 6, to Mr. Hale Guyette is spending the week Miss Esther Ditman left Sunday for will be given. groaned. and Mrs. Thomas Gotts, a daughter, Ann Arbor where she has accepted a in Pontiac. The community wood bee was large- Mrs. Christmas Card sighed loudly. Clara Vernessa. position. "You have suffered no more than I Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Strittler spent Mrs. Stanley Warner, Albert War- ly attended on Wednesday. The men For ehriatmas Shoppers Mrs. Andrew Barnes and son, Victor have, my dear." Thursday in Detroit. ner, and Caswell Hunter were Caro worked all day at chopping down "~Vb,~t Y oI)j~-~ct: !o are iadies wi-~ ~\:ir. an(i ?drso dofm ~'t:~.aic an(f das. i c.-~iier~ Saturday. Wednebda~. i into wood. Nearly 40 cords o~ wood l l~iib nOW seems to be an era of ~u,~-~,z ...... bend back my corners, and peer at my Whale spent Friday in Pontiac. A1 Haley returned the last of the Robert McKay is spending two 'were cut. Dinner and supper were/ us to hint at a :few things that are practical for the ~~~i picture, and read my lines, and then Mrs. Bay Crane and daughter, Miss week from Curran where he has spent weeks with his sister, Mrs. Harold served to the men at the Nelson Sim- lay me down again all askew," said Katherine, visited in Caro Monday. home. What's nicer these cold days than a some time hunting. Compton, in Detroit. l kins home. ~'Ir. Christmas Card. Francis Hawes of Cooks, near Man- Quite a number from Cass City at- "That's nothing! How would you Miss Ila White of Pontiac is spend- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Simkins returned istee, visited G. A. Strittler Monday. tended the Masonic party at Gage- GOOD WARM BLANKET like to have a little girl jam you back ing a few weeks with her parents, Mr. to Cleveland on Saturday after spend- town Friday night. in your envelope so that she tore John Benkehnan Sr. left Monday to and Mrs. Fred White. ing a week at their home here. They We have them in big sizes and priced from $1.50 to the red lining?" visit his son, Alvin Benkelman, in Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sandham spent Mrs. George West, Miss Lottie rented their farm to Robert Spencer. $8.50. See us before buying. a few days the first of the week with Several other cards spoke up. They Lansing. ~est and Mr. and Mrs. John West Lynn Spencer left on Tuesday to relatives in Detroit. all complained of bad treatment• Mr. and Mrs. Herman Doerr and spent Saturday in Saginaw. show his fat steer at the live stock Most people like nice "And we'll all be thrown in the Mrs. Willis Campbell were Bay City The Misses Fanny White and Ruby Kenneth Yakes of Berkeley was a show in Detroit on Wednesday. Rob- waste basket, anyhow," finished Mr. visitors Monday. Tibbits of Saginaw spent Sunday with caller at the home of his mother, Mrs. ierr Spencer, his father, left on TABLE LINEN Christmas Card. "tic--hum . . Mrs. Anna Patterson was the week- Miss Thelma Warner. Catherine Yakes, Thursday. Wednesday to attend the show. dear me !" and just now we have some exceptional values in white end guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Miss Jessie Simmons returned last Miss Margaret Reagh of Muskegon Mrs. John Jackson, who has been But next morning when both Mr, Sinclair in Detroit. week from a two weeks' stay with spent Saturday night and Sunday with!very sick with a serious attack of and colored and priced from $1.00 to $10.00. and Mrs. Christmas Card were bought Miss Ruth Karr, who has been quite friends in Deckerville. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Reagh. !asthma, is able to be up but is still i~. by the same person, and later sent ill at her home on Houghton Street, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spaven left to the same family, and not thrown Howard Lauderbach visited his very weak. is slowly improving. Monday to spend some time with rel- TOWELS ~ into the waste basket but set up on brother-in-law~ P. S. Stiner, of Flint, Helen Simkins has been very sick Mrs. F. D. McIntyre of Detroit came atives in Saginaw. are something you always need. We made a fortunate I the mantel, they felt very proud. who is a patient in the Caro hospital, with quinsey but is able to attend I~ "But we are very remarkable cards," Monday to visit her parents, Mr. and Edward Schwegler and Glen McCul- Monday. school again. 1 purchase a few days ago of a two-thread towel. Colored -~_ lough spent Friday night with rela- they told each other, and waited for Mrs. P. S. McGregory. Mr. and Mrs. Don Dorland of Dray- Mr. and Mrs. Barney Shagena and borders, sizes 18x36, 20xdO, and 22x44 and priced ~t tives and friends in Lansing. the next person to say, "How per- Mrs. Lewis Law and daughter, Mrs. ton Plains are spending some time son, Muriel, were visitors in Port Hu- I 15c, 20c and 25c. We have also fancies in linen and fectly lovely these are !"~Martha Ba~ Wm. McCallum, and children spent Miss Gertrude Striffier of Detroit with Mr. Dorland's mother, Mrs. Sar- ,ron on Saturday and Sunday. ning Thomas. the week-end in Lapeer. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. SON ah Dorland. t Linda Jean McCardle of geddo is ' priced from 50c to $1.25. croon Striffier, Saturday and Sund~y. I ((5). 1930, Western Newspt~per Union.) Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bliss were E. A. Corpron, who underwent an 'visiting with her grandparents, Mr. i guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mr. and Mrs. James K. Brooker of operation at the Morris hospital two and Mrs. John Jackson. ~ HANDKERCHIEFS Thomas at Flint Sunday. Bay City were guests of Mr. Brook- weeks ago, was able to be taken to his Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Simkins were Mr. and Mrs. Duane Geister and two er's mother, Mrs. J. D. Brooker, Sun- home Sunday. ~visitors in Cass City on Tuesday. from 5c up. Boxed from 25e to $1.00. day. Christmas Day Dreams children of Decker spent Saturday Mrs. Luke Wright has been quite I with Cass City relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Steers ill at her home on Seventh Street. l TIES of the Long, Long Ago Jonathan Whale spent from Mon- spent the week-end with their daugh- Her daughter, Mrs. William Heller, of I ELMWOOD. We have, we think, the best we ever offered from !~!i HE old man sat nodding by his day until Wednesday with his brother, ~r, ~rs. William H. Champion, in De- Bad Axe is caring for her. { ~ dying flre~ Outside the wind Arthur Whale, in Detroit° troit. Miss Myrtle May and Alton Burean I Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Turner and 25e up. ! howled and rattled the windows, b~ Miss Doris Bliss is employed as Mr. and Mrs. William Cleland of of River Rouge were week-end guests sons were Sunday guests at the Leorie within~ stenographer for the Pillsbury Flour Ubly spent Monday and Tuesday with at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Demo home in Sebewaing. ] Mrs. Cleland's mother, Mrs. Catherine SILK HOSE I!i He smiled. Here was Tom, dear Company agency at CroswelL May and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Amenzo Kinyon of We never had so complete an assortment in colors I ~ boy, blowing up the fire while hie Ross. A. E. Hurd of Davison and William Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ottaway enter- Bay City were Sunday visitors at the and sizes as right now° Make your choice while stocks mother trimmed the Christmas tree. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cohvelt an,] Meyers of Owosso were callers at G. tamed the former's brother and fam- Wm. Rondo home. are not broken. We need not say more about them, i And then their friends came dropping A. Striffler's home Tuesday. their guest, Stanley Jones, visited at ily, Mr. and Mrs. B. Ottaway and Mrs. Fern Arronwood, who spent in, all their friends of the dead long the Claude Shaw home in Decker on You know and that's sufficient and prices are always ~$.1 Miss Gladys and Wilford Went- three children, of Flint over the week- several weeks at the home of her ago. And Alice, his baby Alice, as Sunday. worth the home end. brother, George Seeley, returned to well as Alice again in pigtails, and spent Sunday at of E. W. Keating spent the week-end Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ritter entertained Caro Saturday. Alice agai~ quite grown up and in Dell Hutchinson at Gagetown. Here is a suggestion from Edgar A. Guest. Let's :~ with his son, Harley Keating, and the members of the Malfem club and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wright and love with the man who brok~ her Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr and chil- all try and put it to use. ~ daughter, Miss Caroline Keating, in their husbands Tuesday. Gifts were daughters of Cass City spent Sunday heart. All of them trooped about uow dren of Pigeon were dinner guests of Detroit. exchanged and a delicious twelve at the Frank Wright home. Give It Away. ri~ fanning the fire, now hanging ~he Mr. and Mrs. Morton Orr Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Carey and o'clock dinner was served. walls with greenery, and all the time 1 Mrs. J. A. Morley of Harbor Beach t The Elmwood Missionary Circle will If there's a coat upon a hook ~ ~: daughter of Detroit were guests of Which never more you'll wear, laughing and talking. Such talk, ~0 is spending the winter months with G. W. Landon attended a meeting meet next Monday evening at the Mrs. Celia Palmateer from Friday un- of the rural letter carriers of Monroe Frank Burgess home. A Christmas Remember as at it you look, ] such laughter ! her daughter, Mrs. William Crandell. You shouldn't keep it there. ~. til Sunday. program and "fish-pond" are sched- The door opened and his landlady Mr. and Mrs. John Lorentzen had as county at Temperance Saturday eve- Somebody not so far away Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sinclair of Pon- ning. Sunday he visited his sisters, uled. entered. "I've brought you a bit mo~e guests Sunday, Donald Lorentzen of Would like to have that coat today. tiac were week-end guests of Mrs. Mrs. R. L. Lofft and Mrs. J. A. Mar- wood, sir. I thought you might be Detroit and Miss Helen Steinmann of ! Mrs. Ray Rondo and Mrs. A. C. Sinclair's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. tin, in Detroit. The shoes upon the closet floor, ~ !. cold, sitting here all alone." Peck. Metcalf spent Wednesday shopping in G. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Knapp and Mr. Saginaw. The hats upon the shelf, ~ "I haven't been alone. I've had a Mr. and Mrs. George Southworth Mr. and Mrs. William Heller of Bad and Mrs. E. W. Douglas of Cass City And all the things which once you wore lot of company~lot of company--" and daughter, Dorothy, of Elkton Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burse left Sun- And tossed aside yourself, ~ ~ Axe left Wednesday morning to spend and Mr. and Mrs. N. Karr of Kingston "Well, now," she said, "that's nice," l spent Wednesday at the W. D. Strif- day morning to spend the winter with Against the blizzard and the storm the winter with their son, Carl Heller, were among those who attended the but once outside his door she shoolr fler home. their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Beardsley, Should now be keeping some one warm. .~ ~. her head. "Poor dearS. Quite child~- in California. meeting of the Thumb District Funer- in Oxford. Ward Bixby of Syracuse, New York. ish !" Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee and chil- al Directors at Harbor Beach Thurs- Clean out the closets in the hall ~ spent several days the first of the Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Moore and Yet wtm shall say the dream is no~ dren of Oxford spent a few days last day evening. two children spent Monday with Rev. Of coats and hats and shoes, week at the hmne of Mr. and Mrs. C. The suit of clothes that is too small ~ reality, and reality a dream?--Helep week with Mrs. Lee's mother, Mrs. The Evangelical Missionary Society and Mrs. Mellish at Ellington. J. Striffler. Sarah Dorland. A needy man can use. Gaisford. will meet Friday afternoon, Decem- The stuff you're keeping anyhow ((5). 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) Mr. and Mrs. Edd Rose and daugh- Charles Lee of Ann Arbor and ber 19, with Mrs. C. F. Smith. The ter, Leone, of Argyle were dinner Tr~cks of Fire Eaters Another should be wearing now! ~. Harold Lee of Detroit were guests of topic is "Physicians and Nurses" from Different methods are used by fire guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McBur- Mrs. Agnes Cooley Saturday night the lesson book, "A Cloud of Witness- ney Friday. eaters to keep the longue and hands and Sunday morning. es." Mrs. L. Bailey is the leader. A from burning. Some rub |he skin oi The Nazarene Mission Band met, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Champion and good attendance is desired as this is the Darts. to be affecled with hard The Cheery Logs Knew Tuesday afternoon with Miss Gladys two children of St. Louis spent Sun- the annnual meeting of the society. soap, the tongue inelmled, and over Cathcart's Wentworth. Miss Eunice Coulter was It Was Christma~ Time day with Mh Champion's parents, Mr. Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Bradshaw spent that a layer of powdered sugar is [-IE woodshed was filled with I the leader. and Mrs. Samuel Champion. Saturday and Sunday in Richmond placed. Others use a solution of alum. ~ logs. They reached up to the I Mr. and Mrs. William McBurney Mrs. Frank Dillman spent ti~e first and Port Huron. Mrs. Bradshaw's 9r liquid storf~x. ceiling, and there were so many that returned to Lapeer Tuesday after of the week in Detroit, packing her aunt, Mrs. John Willerton, who has spending a two Weeks' vacation with some were lying outside the wood- household goods and arranging to spent some time at the Bradshaw First of Long List i relatives here. home, returned with them to the home shed. have them moved to Cass City. The first encylclopedia written in of her daughter, Mrs. Cyril Burnham, They would be put inside when Ernest Croft entertained his mo- James McIntyre, who has spent English and with the articles alpha- at Richmond where she makes her there was room made for them. They ther and sister, Mrs. Henry Croft and several weeks with his grandmother, betically arranged was a "Universal would burn well, too, as they were 'daughter, Miss Bessie, of Bad Axe Mrs. Catherine Ross, has returned to home. English Dictionary of Arts and ! Quality, Service, Price. We Deliver. fine and dry, having been cut the over the week-end. !Detroit where he has employment. Sciences," by John Harris, a London i MMne and Her Lumber year before. The Misses Grace Beach, Ernestine Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bigham and clergyman, lmlflished in 1704. And at Christmas time it didn't Manigold and Audree Bliss were two sons of Pontiac visited Mr. Big- Maine was the first state to begin matter how many logs were burned. guests of Miss Frances Niddleton at ham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert a wholesale exploitation of her for- ests, says Forests and Mankind, and At least 250,000 acres i~, Great Brit. At other times perhaps one was Croswell over the week-end. Bigham, from Thursday until Sun- during the middle eighteen hundreds sin and Ireland are reserved for the more economical with the fire, let- Mrs. Glen Guilds, who has been a day. use of golfers, and the value of this ting it die down earlier in the eve- white pine and spruce timbers were Independent II patient at the Pleasant Home hospital, Mrs. Sarah Dorland had as guests area has been computed at about ning, or not putting on a log when was taken to the home of her parents, shipped from her ports all over the Friday her mother, Mrs. Ben Fike, of world. $37,500.000. one might have been nice for the eve- Mr. and Mrs. Dan McClorey. She is Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Elwetl ning ahead. doing nicgly. .and daughter and Mrs. Rade Haywood But at Christmas time nothing mat- Mrs. William Hill o~ Croswell is of Pontiac. tered. Every one burned as many spending some time at the home .of Stanley 5ones, who has spent two Grocery" logs as possible. her sister, Mrs. James Mallory, and weeks with his step-brother, Thomas A splendid, roaring fire was kept helping to care for the child~n while Colwetl, left Monday to visit places in M. D. HARTT Telephone 149 up all the time, and if the fire did not Mrs. Mallory is a patient at the Mor- Canada before returning to his home burn brightly at once no one cared ris hospital. in Meacham, Oregon. whether lots of kindling was used. A good number were present Fri- Division No. 3 of the Methodist It was Christmas time and the fire day afternoon when the Woman's church held an all-day quilting at the must be kept very bright. The cheery i Missionary Society of the Nazarene home of Mrs. Anna Patterson on logs knew that.--Mary Graham Bon- church met at the home of Mrs. Cas- South Seegar Street Wednesday. ~A ner. • per Whalen. Devotionals were in ((5), 1930. western Newspa.per Union.) pot-luck dinner was served. charge of Mrs. Herbert Layman. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lorentzen en- " ' ~!!~:~!i ~-:!:!:~ ...... 29c ~'~ 8~0~ Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Smith had as tertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. supper guests Monday evening Mr. Krause of North Branch, Mr. and Mrs...... •i" TOO MANY STOCKINGS and Mrs. Henry Finkbinder and son, Herman Rose and sons, Harvey ~nd Warren, of Kilmanaugh, and Miss Irving, and Miss Dorothy Finger of 6":~:i~:. • 7 BARS soFOR , ...... :...... 25c Whitney, Miss Rapson, and Mr. Tem- Detroit. ;% ple, all three of whom are teachers in Because of the illness of Mrs. Harry TOMATOES -- NO. 2 CANS the Kilmanagh school. Young, the Presbyterian Missionary 25c 3 FOR • The M. E. B. class of the Methodist Society held their December meeting Sunday school were entertained Mon- at the church Thursday. The meeting day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. was to have been held at the home of A Smart Purse RED HEN MOLASSES Ben Kirton. Thirty-two enjoyed bun- Mrs. Young. NO. 21/~ CAN ...... 16c co and prizes were won by Miss Goldie I. W. Hall spent from Saturday un- Wilson, Miss Marjorie Graham, Leslie Is an important gift til Monday with relatives in Detroit. One Bar of Cold Cream Complexion Soap [ Karr, and Sheldon Peterson. A de- Mrs. Hall, who had spent the week One Can of Lighthouse Cleanser ...... lightful supper was served. with her daughter, Mrs. Hazen Mc- f 10c Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kercher and Lachlan, in Detroit, returned home $2.00 to $10 Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenzner and with him Monday. daughter, Miss Phyllis, attended a Mr. and Mrs. George Seed enter- Bug Santa--Great Scott. I've struck ...... 20C i 5~ i Mr. Centipede's house the first thing l concert given by the Germania Sym-nia tained" Sunda Y Miss A1 e th ea ~eeo,~ Zi pper Pouch Envelope ilk • phony Orchestra and the Germs . Mis" s Dorothy Austin, Walter Kilpat- i i Maennerchor at Saginaw Monday eve- ]r i ck and Harold Hiller," all of Pontmc" ,o, 15C i ~:ing.... Mr and Mrs Kercher's son, /Mr. K~lpatnck• • remained• to spend a Handle Underarm 2 PACKAGES FOR i Fewer Christmas Tree Fires Charles, while a resident of Saginaw / few weeks at the Seed home Another debt the world owes Edi- a few ears ago, was a member of~ ...... ' ...... - ~ rne Woman's So- Bags for business, for afternoon and for formal wear son is the diminution of fire risk by vms sympnonyY orcnes~ra. ~ Home Missionary the use of electric lights on the M~o ~u;~ MoR-rne,~ Miss Luella/ciety of the Methodist church will completely enthrall one with their individuality. ~ ~ ...... is /meet Fmday afternoon, Decemb r 19, Christmas tree. ±v~c,Julmey, van ana narom J~ew ,/ ...... - ..... • • • a~ ~ne nome o, ±v,rs o ~ ~ananam who spent the Thanksg~wng vacatmnl .... " " • Fashioned of leather. Fresh Lettuce, Celery, Cranberries, • • ,~os~e.~ses are ~v,rs Sandham, Mrs L and the week-end w~th relat~ves here,/ ...... I Wood, and Mrs R S Proctor Mrs regurnea ~o xoungsgown, unlo, lasg ...... Also big stock of Gents purses and bill folds, priced Grapefrmt and Apples for the .~ Christmas Day Snow and Luck week. Mrs. Anna Lewis, who had i C" L. Graham is the leader. A fall of snow on Christmas day spent ghree months here, returned to I John Tewksbury of Lapeer and Mrs. from $1.00 to $5.00. is regarded as the sign of a lucky her home in Youngstown with them. !Mary Rosenberger, daughter of Mrs. I Holidays at Special Prices! ~i=,~ new year. Mrs. Jane McBurney and grandson, !Tewksbury, of Toledo, •Ohio, spent l Wesley McBurney, accompanied them. from Friday until Sunday evening Mrs. McBurney remained to spend the with relatives here. On Sunday, Mr. Burke's Drug Store Think It Over winter with her daughter, Hollis, and iand Mrs. Tewksbury entertained at a A good conscience is a continual i Wesley returned to Cass City Tues-i chicken dinner at their home south of Advertise it in the Chronicle. Advertise it in the Chronicle. Christmas ..... day. l town, in honor of Mrs. Rosenberger. " Cass City, Michigan, Friday, December 12, 1930. CASS CITY CHRONICLE PAGE SEVEN.

RESCUE. ! GAGETOWN ! William Parker and daughters of P. T. A. Well Attended~ Bad Axe visited at the Joseph Mel- leadoff home Saturday afternoon. The P. T. A. meeting held in the high school assembly room Monday Mrs. Neva Parker of Crescent Lake evening was well attended. Parents spent the week-end with relatives and i II'sEasy le Oliease a should become more interested in friends around here. school affairs and should make a Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Tebeau and ~d Mt)l~E TESTING OF daughter, Marie, and Mrs. Elizabeth Specials special effort to be present at the P. T. A. meetings which are held every Tebeau spent from Thursday until for Iti COWS IS NEEDED go & second Monday evening of each month. Sunday visiting relatives in Port Meetings begin promptly at 8:00 p. m. Huron. for Saturday, Dec. 13 Nine Pertinent Dairy Im- Fortieth Wedding Anniversary-- Miss Carol Haller spent the week- Mr. and Mrs. George Hartsell vis- '; KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES 11 e ~ ...... ted their fortieth wedding anniversary Sunday. The family were all home ited Sunday at the Charles Hartsell ~' LARGE SIZE ...... More testing 6f dairy cows is needed Sr. home in Southeast Grant. for economical production, according for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Anker and Nelson and Belle of De- William, Howard and Vera MaeCal- t, Jas. w. Linn, extension dairyman, lure are visiting" relatives in Pontiac. Kansas State Agricultnral college, in troit, Mr. and Mrs. John Anker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Loomis Emerson Fritz of Elkton was a ~'~[ 20C the value of dairy herd ira- FRESH PITTED DATES ...... provementstressing association work. What and little daughter of this place were !caller in this vicinity Monday after- 10 OZ. PACKAGE such work means to dairymen the spe present. noon, SURE-POP POP CORN ~ a-a cialist sums up under "nine per, inent Gleaners Elected Officers~ I The Woman's Home Missionary So- dairy improven>ent points." The members of Superior Arbor, A. ciety met with Mrs. C. E. Hartsetl on 2 FOR JL~.~I~ It brings about a greater realization Tuesday afternoon. ,a O. O. G., took well-filled baskets and of the difference in relative ability of • The Ladies' Aid held their meeting" 2 POUND PACKAGE SEEDLESS ~-~ various cows within went to the home of Alvin Beach. A our daffy herds; social time was enjoyed and a busi- i last Thursday at the home of Mrs. RAISINS ...... L $ g~, It demonstrates the economy in ness meeting was held at which time Jennie Martin and will hold their next PUMPKIN feeding cows as individuals: seeing the following officers were elected: !meeting" at the home of Mrs. Haskett 10e that the better cows are liberally fed. President, Jas. J. Phelan; vice presi- i Blair. il LARGE CAN ...... good cows are fed on pasture, and dent, Jennie Crowell; secretary-treas- I On Saturday evening, Dec. 6, the ! PATHFINDER COFFEE ~ that the principles of feeding are urer, Tella C. Hunter; chaplain, Lena !newly-weds, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur made common knowledge; ONE POUND Farson; conductor, Roy M. Allen; con- 'Taylor were given a linen shower. A Our store is so full of things men ...... ~-~ It emphasizes an appreciation of the ductress, Martha Allen; lecturer, Hat- large number were present and all 2 Pounds for 65c fact that sires vary in their ability to tie Beach; inner guard, Wm. Marius; ~had a good time. A pot luck lunch want that it is a pleasure to choose ! transmit milk and butter fat produc- outer guard, Mose Karr. i was served. They received a large tion ; Mrs. Frank Chaffee died on Tues- I number of lovely gifts. gifts here. Everything" that you Alex cowslt aidspoorer; in the culling of the Henry day, DeÙember 2, 1930, in Holly and The Grant chureh wilt have a It increases the value of the good l was buried in Gagetown cemetery Christmas tree and program on might buy for his pleasure is here Phone 82 cow ; . Friday afternoon. Mrs. Chaffee for- Wednesday evening, Dee. 24. Every- It ca-uses the pure bred breeder to merly resided on a farm southwest of body welcome. reasonably priced. be more selective of his breeding ani- Gagetown. A large number of her old .... , reals ; neighbors and friends attended the Fish's Odd Name It stresses testing for economies! funeral. She leaves four children. There is a fish called the John Dory. Its English name is believed to a Robes o Pa amas o Ties production and not maximum produc- F. D. Hemerick spent the earIy part be corruption of the French "jaune tion ; of the week in DetrOit. It puts business methods in dairy- doree," in reference to the golden-yel- ing; and, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phelan of Pon- low color of the living fish. The john Underwear - Handkerchiefs tiac spent Sunday with his father, Dory inhabits the Atlantic coasts of YOU~ '~ It is helpful in taking the knowledge o " of better practices to neigi~bor dairy- James J. Phelan. Europe, the Mediterrqnean and the Atls[~ ~dbln s~ s. men° Alex and Laurence Roach of Lapeer were Friday callers at the C. P. Hun- ter home. PuMshment of Heretics Gage & Haven Manure and Rotation to "Auto da re" is Spanish for "act The first basketball game of the of faith." It was a ceremony which The Store on the Corner. tp~~ogra --1- Reduce Cost of Dairying season will be played Friday evening consisted in the public burning of Pho Not all the virtues of dairy farm- :between our boys and Milling'ton at heretics condemned by the Inquisition. ing are wrapped up in good herds of Millington. The Inquisition was a tribunal in the well fed cows. Successful dairy farm- Roman Catholic church, instituted in ing requires the constant practice ot Lee Wallace of Lansing spent the 1248. crop rotation including a legume in week-end at the home of his parents, order to supply the herd with the Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace, of proper feeds. Mucl~ manure is pro- Grant. duced annually wMch, on well man Mrs. B. Coffern and family and Mr. aged farms, is put back in the soil for and Mr. Frank Phelan of Pontiac tim benefit of succeeding crops. Were were Sunday guests of Mrs. Mary ** ~. it not for rotation of crops and ma- Trudeau. Jewelry I didn't bring nure, the crop yields on our dairy up my ~ [; farms wouhl not be what they are to- Mr. and Mrs. John Weiler were Sun- day. day guests at the home of Mr. and l A GIFT OF LASTING In tt}is connection some interesting Anthony Weiler. BEAUTY , ~¢ data is available from the Missouri Mr. and Mrs. A. Thiet and family boy to be an station. Corn grown continuously on • I visited at the N. Ducharne home at l ¢ ~ tim same land without manure or Elkton Sunday. No~ just for a day--but otlmr fertilizer averaged 20.9 bushels Frank O'Niel of Pontiac visited over for many years the recip- ~ per acre over a 30-Year period. In a + rotation of corn, oats and clover ,¢ith the week-end at the Kehoe home. ient of a fine piece of ~ out manure or other fertilizer, tile Miss Myrtle Munro was a guest of Ash Man jewelry enjoys its artistic As a Christmas Gift o,o averaged 32.6 bushels per acre. Miss Margaret Good Thursday. ~I In a three-year rotation of corn. oats beauty. ¢, and clover with manure, the corn Miss Irene Parsall of Detroit vis- ited at the Wallace Laurie home over ~ Such a gift increases in value with averaged 43.4 bushels per acre over a 30-year period. the week-end. A. H. HIGGiNS *I the years, adding enjoyment with Manure and rotation with legumes John Kafner of Bay City is visiting Jeweler and Optometrist. are valuable means of reducing the at his home here for a few weeks. time. Give your photograph, the gift costs of producing milk. Cass City Mrs. A. Burdon and Mary were -- , - _ lasts. callers in Card Monday. That's why we use i ~ that i f Speed of Separator Is Miss Carolyn Purdy entertained ¢, ¢, • Cause of Variations M~ss Helen High over the week-end. MAIER'S STUDIO w The Masonic Order held a dance Christmas Party Daniel Boone Coal ¢, Friday evening. cultural College.) O CASS CITY. PHONE ll-F4 Causes most common in bringing Miss McDonald spent Saturday at her home in Mr. Pleasant. "The Standpipe" t ~ about a variation in ~t~e test of cream Miss Dupree, Miss Helen High and The coal that stands alone at the top of • ~n~.~/ -_ -..-- ~L~~- ~ .,..-~,~,:t~~-.%o~ temperature of the milk, and amonnl Miss DeloHs Freeman spent Saturday CARd . • • .o of flush water used. (,ream from a eveninz playing bridge at the home of the list. Order now! normal turning of the separator will Miss Evelyn Kehoe. ~ ~.~_~_ "W "~ ~ W" XtL..~.--,z'~@l~ resui: in a 39.7 per cent fat while a George Clara left for Detroit to three-fourths normal speed will de- attend the fat stock cattle show i Thursday, Dee, 18 : liver cream of 35.5 per cent tat. The where he will exhibit his calf. MUSIC -- 9 UNTIL 12 FARM PRODUCE CO. , lower the temperature of the milk the + PHONE 54. + The many friends of Mrs. Sarah Admission, $1.00 -- higher will be the per cent of fat in Calley are sorry to learn of her illness +~*;~;~.¢~¢~**a*~.*;~.i*¢~*;~;~;~a~.+~¢~*~*;~a*;~;~;~;~;~;..**~.~*;~*~.*;.¢.~;*~D;°;**;*~;°~*;°~°;°;°;°athe cream. Milk at 120 degrees F and hope for a speedy recovery. JACK DAWSON, Prop. ,,1~ "~" will produce a 24.5. per cent cream; at !.:.¢.+ ¢.¢+..~..~.~+¢.¢..~,+.~,¢..:..:.¢.¢.,+,¢+¢.¢.¢.,¢0:.+,+.~.~** ¢..~.¢~.**,¢ d +:5ALE' .:.¢. 90 degrees F. a 30 per cent cream and ,:, ¢. at 75 degrees F. the cream delivered .I~ _ _ lid *I* will be 43 per cent. As the volume of t2.~ " " i ~ • °¢. SALE!" ~I. -I. -- o**. fa~ separated is lowered, any increase ¢.":" ]Fur ~=,-.~r"mm • "~a Winter Coats $ in the anmunt of flush water will .:. ¢. cause a more rapid lowering of the fat -:. $14.7:5 $21.75 $20.75 • in the cream. + ,,. 4t-4. Our former $19.75, $29.75 and,S39.50 grades. *~ Shortageof Water and The newest styles in the smartest coats of the season! Priced at ~ Feed Works Hardship 4.~.~ great savings to you! Coats of splendid wearing winter fabrics, lux- ¢. *:* t~riously fur trimmed. Fashionable black and a good selection of *~ From feed and water only can a cow o~. ¢* ,I, greens and browns. ¢. make milk. Slmrtage of either works ,I. Misses' and women's sizes 14 to 50. ~ ~.~ a hardship on the good cow. Half- .*I~ .I* filled cows produce half-filled pails. ":',,: 20% Off on All Children's Coats +o:~ Feed the good dairy cow during the ~I, ~ 45-day "short feed" period enough + New Dresses :~ roughage and grail to keep up pro- ":" "Shown for the first time this week for the holiday season. The ~** duction so 0ml it will not drop beh)w newest mid-season creations for all occasions. The lovely, new, plain ~: the normal drop, due to the advancing ,:. high shades and, of course, black. New winter prints in small patterns .~ lactation period. It is tremendousl3 ~.u on dark backgrounds fashion many of the new dresses. ~ difficult to "bring back" the milk flow. ,** This new group is specially priced at $10.00. All sizes, 14 to 46. o:. due to decreased feed supply after it ! ~ Half si~es, 16½ to 26½. *~ has fallen below the normal and nat- T O • ***. *I* ural drop lhat is always expected aftra . A Remarkable Sale of Dresses at $4 85 .:. the cow has been in nlilk some time. a Trip to Toylarld 4. °' ¢~ .1. For Misses and Women, sizes 14 to 50. Our regular $5.95 and ¢- The better way is to "feed up" the °:~ $6.90 grades and a good number are our regular $10.00 dresses. The *:~ best producing cows in herd on enough a g r Than Ever Before and Where Playthings Galore Intrigue the Fancy of Grown-ups ~ materials are Canton Crepe, Satin and Sheer Woolens. ***~ good feed to nmintain a profitable and +I. *:" abundant milk yield. and "Little Folks" With Thrills of Delight. ~*I+..- Millinery ! +;+".'e. .:. Closing out our entire stock of Ladies' and Children's Hats at + ~" 1-3 to½ off. ":"¢+ Water for Dairy Cow The holiday shopper with "Kiddies" to remember will find our Toyland bounti- ":" Here's a Real Special ! -:. A ,~,n w,o ~s ..d exp~,'ie,,.e o,~s fully stocked with toys of all kinds the "newest" as well as old favorites. There ,I. :~ With cattle raised for beef will be as- .¢. . Boys' or Girls' Sheep-lined Coats at $4.95. Black leatherette 4. tonished if he undertakes to carry the are hundreds inexpensive baubles as well as wonderful mechanical playthings and ~ coats, warmly sheeplined, Wombatone collar, full belt, 4 pockets and ~:. water for a day to a lligh producing of °1" knitted wristlets. Sizes 10 to 18. An ideal gift for Christmas. +~ adorable dollies and the merchandise is so very specially priced that those who ~ dairy cow. It him ales- ~":'~: • Departm nte Stoer ¢*¢" son, ho,vever, thatmight would teach be valuable ~: Berman's °~ if he ever decided to keep dairy stock. expect to play "Santa" should certainly choose at once. of* The milking cow requires a large ~.$~.--*- Store open evenings--Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday +:.+1* amount of water indeed because the :~ KINGSTON, MICHIGAN :i: milk itself requires a considerable anmunt and further, a high milking FolRert's Variety Store ! ~: cow is of necessity a heavy fed

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! PAGE EIGHT. CASS CITY CHRONICLE Cass City, Michigan, Friday, Dec6tn~f ][~, ][930.

C~SS CITY CHRONICLE CHRISTMAS GREETING CUSTOM. The reasons parents desire that IIPIEIIIII !I ~II ( Published Weekly. their offspring may go to college may The Tri-County Chronicle and Cass When people began to send out , ~ be classed under four heads, Mr. Fish- Christmas cards to their friends, it ]] ~ ~a er said. They are: CA~Yt~l)6.Enterprise consolidated Apr. 20, was perhaps thought that it was only i 1--Desire for social standing. i a temporary fad. But it becomes more Mrs. P. S. Rice left Wednesday to 2--The increased earning capacity IEIIIIIIIII IIII All Subscriptions Are Payable in and more popular. There may be spend a few days in Saginaw. of the college man. 3~Attractive side shows of college Advance. more such cards sent this year than Mr. and Mrs. Albert Creguer and life. Carefully Selected from Inter- In Michigan--One year, $1.75; six !ever before. " two children spent Tuesday in Bay mmnths, $1.00. I People like to remember absent and City. I 4--A genuine desire of students who esting Exchanges for ChronL Outside Michigan -- In United ':near-by friends at least once a year, 'go for learning. Mrs. Marie Murphy was called to States, one year, $2.00. In and show a desire to keep up that It costs the state $2,500 per pupil ele Readers: o~e year, $2.50. Canada' ~friendship. If they have not had time Detroit Wednesday, owing to the ill- to put students through four years of to write or call on them, it does at ness of her cousin, Mrs. R. F. Gal- college. Mr. Fisher suggests that co- l~ndt. Rev. N. D. Braby read a letter of Af~c~ing ratc= n=ade knc=vn on re~ig>.ai.io> as pastor oil thv Fre~hy- appiicacion. ~lgetow, Arthur moote,~ ~ubt. duties in coiiege. drop them a pretty card in ihe mail ~. {terian church at Caro, at the morning Entered as second class matter Spencer and A. D. Gillies motored to The primary reason for a college The message shows that the bonds {service of the congregation Sunday. Ac~Pa:s 27, 1906, at the post office at Detroit Wednesday to attend the of former relations are not forgotten, education, said the speaker, is to pro- Mr. Braby expects to serve the Pres- City, Michigan, under the Act and that if you have not had direct Junior Live Stock Show. :duce bigger, broader, better and more ~f Gongress of March 3, 1879. byterian church at Lapeer commen- communication with these friends, you Misses Evelyn Schmidt and Valma useful~citizens, with a secondary rea- H. F. Lenzner, Publisher. cing his duties there the first of the at least value them, and wish to let O'Dell, students at Junior College for son to enable the college graduate to year. He has been pastor at Caro them know that you think just as Nurses in Port Huron, spent Saturday make more money. nearly eleven years. much of them as ever. and Sunday at their parental homes Prof. Fisher gave a half hour's ad- Gleaners of four arbors in the vicin- The only undesirable feature of it is here/ dress before the students at the high ity of Pigeon have united into one ar- that the heap of such cards that pass- Leonard Striffler and Charles Big- school Wednesday morning on the bor to be known as the Pigeon United es through the post-offices makes a Mow returned Sunday evening from a subject, "Secret of Success." Arbor, with headquarters at Pigeon. mountain of work for clerks and car- four months' trip through the western The January program of the Corn- The four organizations voting for riers. If people would buy and mail states where they have been showing munity Club will be in charge of the consolidation are: Northern Star, their cards earlier, that work would the Crandell sheep, merchants' group of which F. A. Big- CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. Sayres, Palm Grove and Grove. Dis- not be so burdensome. The Jolly Farmer's Club will meet i el°w is chairman. trict Deputy Charles Beckwith of Bay tlomes, stores, and churches blos- Thursday evening, Dec. 18, with Mr. City directed the organization of the som out fR a wealth of greenery, WITHOUT LIBRARIES. [ new arbor. and Mrs. G. A. Striffler. A good at-IIIIIE ILIIE ~HE~ t~ghts, and colors for the Christmas tendance is desired as ~this is the an-i Judge Boomhower sentenced Shirley festival Business men spend targe A recent news item states that nual election of officers. Members are' Root, Evergreen farmer, to four s~ms on these adornments, and believe 20,000,000 children in this country months in the Sanilac county jail, af- tttey are good advertising, have no access to libraries. If citizens fish pond. ter Root pleaded guilty to larceny of Farmers for weeks are busy cutting who have been fortunate in money Mrs. L. D. Randall and Miss Ernes- beans, and a breaking and entering /[own young evergreens for Christmas matters want to make a wonderful fine Manigold will be the hostesses at charge. Root admitted breaking into the granary of John Fox, Evergreen, trees. In the railroad yards people holiday gift to their home town, there the Christmas party of Spafford Aux- Mileag e Cows Give on Pounds of can see trafn loads of these little sap-i is nothing "better than to give it a li- iliary, at the Randall home on Mon- I and stealing 20 bags of beans. Ihags, headed for the cities and towns, i brary building, or a fund for books da~r evening, Dec. 15. The program l Feed Varies Greatly, Ivan Mutt, 35, an employee in the where the children's eyes will glisten andperiodicals and newspapers if will be in the form of a "bean party," l Experts State. Caro plant of the Michigan Sugar Co., when they see them blossoming out their town already possesses one. each person making payments for en- fell into a bin of sugar from a ceiling 0 with ornaments and lights and gifts. I If we had a library and -well sup- tertainment in forfeits of beans. Each l beam Thursday breaking his leg above It is an extremely pretty custom, !plied reading room in every town in member is requested to bring a gift. t All automobiles do not give the the knee and fracturing the knee cap. RupaEN ..... a~d one would have to go far back in-the United States, it would make an Harold Pocklington and Francis same mileage per gallon of gas, and He is in the Caro Community hospital. Elwyn Thomas, 41, Grand Rapids "FdaP, E hRE ta H tSYb~KffS IN YHtS PIgVURE t~o history ~o trace the origin of it. !enormous difference in public intelli- McCarthy of Algonac journeyed 105 the dairy department at Michigan salesman, died in Hubbard From earIiest times, people have had genre. A lot of people who do foolish miles from their homes in Algonac State College says that all dairy cows Sunday How good are you at finding mistakes? The artist has intentionally made tJais love for Christmas beauty and things would learn better as the re- to attend the concert given here Fri- do not give the same number of gal- hospital in Bad Axe of injuries, suf- ~everal obvious ones in drawing the above picture. Some of them are easily c~ecoration. When the tree branches sult of easy contact with the sources day by the Groves Band of Flint, lons of milk per 100 pounds of feed fered when his automobile skidded on discovered, others may be hard. See how long it will take YOU to find them. a~d evergreen plants are brought in- of information. and felt repaid by the excellent pro- so the department advises that the the icy road nine miles south of Bad Axe Saturday. Thomas was injured to the homes, even a very plain dwell- gram presented. The young men were trips to the dairy barn filling station Answers may be found on page 12. ~7~g is transformed, and made to seem REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. guests of Mr. Pocklington's grand- be governed by the individual cow's internally and had a broken pelvis place of charm and cheer. A town mother, Mrs. C. O. Lenzner. They re- contribution to the milk pail. bone. His body was sent to Cleveland, takes on a new beauty when its buM- Herbert Phillips et al to Mary turned home Saturday. Three pounds "of high testing milk his former home, where funeral ser- vices will be held. hess men decorate for Christmas. Phillips Gillies, NW ~ of SE ~£, sec. The National Bank of Commerce of or four pounds of low testing milk A denial that he had applied for The habit of decorating for Christ- 19, Novesta twp., $1.00. Detroit was granted default judg- should be paid by the cow for every any government position and that as mas shows that people have imagina- Mary Phillips Gillies to Lafayette ment in the Tuseola county circuit pound of grain, the dairy husbandry far as he knew he was not being con- Grist Screenings Non and enthusiasm. They respond to Goodell and wife, NW ~£ of SE ~, court on Dee. 10 against the follow- men state, and they also point out sidered for any such post was issued ELKLAND ROLLER MILLS TOLD BY ROY hJe sentiment of the hour and find sec. 19, Novesta twp., $1.00 etc. ing parties for the sums named: John that it is poor economy to try to make Tuesday by Representative Louis C. ~appiness in sharing the thoughts of i Emma Hitcheoek to C. F. Collins Hopper, $953.00; Orin Lane, $1,159.09; a good cow pay a greater price which i Cramton, of Lapeer. "My plans after You Must Be Satisfied. -:- Published Every Friday. tfae season. And their decorated homes tan d wife, lot 5 of blk. 16, Seeger's A. Montgomery, $2,071.34; D. W. can be paid only at the expense of leaving congress March 4 are undeei- Iook like happier ptaees when they Addition, Village of Cass City, $1.00 Tietsworth, $475.85; Edward W. Meal, impairing the animal's physical con- ( " Vol. 6 December 12, 1930. Number 23. return and see them thus ornamented, etc. de3, Cramton said. "Many friends $445.34; and Win. Jones, $1,315.00. In ,diti°n" i have offered to assist me in obtaining We need such touches of beauty and Warren E. Bills and wife to Mar- each case, costs of $22.70 were as-I Dairymen who have good legume a government post while other friends Published in the iho Poor coal fills your "Every tim~ I kiss £estivity i~a our daily lives, else they shal 1 E. Bills and wife, commencing sessed. All six men are residents of:hay for roughage should feed a grain in my district want me to return to furnace with soot, cin- you it makes me a bet- become too prosaic and commonplace. 16 rds. E of SW corner of see. 16, Gilford and Denmark townships, it is mixture which contains approximately retest of the People oI ter man." run for congress two years hence." Cass City and vicinity ders and ashes. You There is an underlying thought in atl;E 5 rds., N 13~ rds., W 5 rds., S said, and none appeared in court as 12 per cent of digestable protein. A get more coal for your "Well, don't try to Paul Mue!lerweiss, son of Mr. and this green foliage that has had some- defendants. The National Bank of good grain mixture can be made up by the money, buying that get to heaven in one t~ing to do with the worid wide fond- 13% rds. to beginning, Village of 2t[rs. A. Muetterweiss Sebewaing, Commerce purchased notes given by from 300 pounds ground oats, 200 of Etktand Roller Mills kind, but you certainly night." hess for Claristmas decorations. As Fairgrove, $1.00 etc. underwent an operation in Harper Bert Krager and wife to William these men from the Reese Bank of pounds ground barley, 200 pounds Edited by Roy don't get more heat. t~is green lives on in the forest after Greenia and wife, that part of NE *~ Hospital, Detroit, Wednesday, for the !Cavalier coal is the Just keep your hens which Peter Pardee was cashier, a crushed wheat, and 100 pounds cotton- going on a diet of winter's frosts have come, so people ' seed meal. removal of his left eye which was in- i coal to buy~take it of NW ~£ sec. 33, located N of high- Why pay a dollar for from us. Wayne Buttermilk Egg have had faith that life goes on after,way ' containing 3 acres more or less, short time before that bank was t Where it is necessary to feed timo- jured last March while Paul was at a patent cigarette play. Mash, and they'll do ~t disappears from earthly view. $1.00 etc. closed. ~thy, wi!d grasses, bean pods, or corn lighter when you can We know a man who their level best to fill ~ewis Wagner, 37, of Gilford was get matches that won't Lloyd C. Whetstone and wife to Grain alcohol and fusel oil were stover for roughage the dairy departs! has an opinion about your egg basket for found ~n the stomach of Joe Zuembrac, ment recommends a grain mixture arrested Tuesday by Sheriff James light for nothing. WISE GIVING. William M. Stauffer and wife, corn- everything, i you. That's the sure a farm hand, who died at the home of containing 18 per cent digestible pro- Kirk after investigating a shooting - t mencing at SW corner Of NE ~ of Secretary of War I way to get the profits Mrs. Kate Muz, in Almer township, a tein. This can be obtained from a Saturday at Gitford. George Stewart, Hurley hits it off about A fellow up in Chi-from your poultry. There is both wise and foolish giv-NE ~/~, sec. 9, N 25 1-5 rds., E at half mile south of the Sutton church, mixture of 200 pounds ground barley, 19, is carrying" a wound in his hip, cago recently took up I ing at Christmas, Many people spend right angles to the center of state right when he says an a collection for the The thermometer on Dec. 3, just an hour or two before 200 pounds ground oats, 200 pounds which it is alleged was the result of oil prospector is a man more than they can afford to, and road, SW along said road to begin- Deputy Sheriff Millikin arrived to ar- cottonseed meal, and 100 pounds lin- being shot by Wagner. According to who doesn't know mother of the unknown sometimes registers 70 many of their gifts are of no practical ning, $i.00 etc. rest Zuembrac. An autopsy was per- seed meal or 100 pounds of 32 per the story told Sheriff Kirk, Stewart whether he is four feet soldier--and he got degrees below zero in ~se. Many of them are not even artis-! Clara Rork to Adolf Lenger and from a million dollars away with it. ~parts of Siberia. Bug formed, the man's stomach was re- cent dairy feed. had been hanging around the Wagner !that wouldn't be so bad tic or beautiful. Where such gifts are wife, commencing 40 rds. E of quarter moved, and it was taken to Bay City ~ home. Wagner ordered him out of the or a million feet from i A little 32% Wayne:if you had plenty of exchanged year after year, much of post on west !ine of sec. 21, N I0 rds., Thursday for analysis of the contents, i yard, but Stewart refused to go; four dollars, i Dairy Feed mixed with Cavalier coal on hand. taTae sentiment wears out. E "40 rds., S i0 rds., W 40 rds. to be- Grain alcohol and fusel oil were LIFE SENTENCES whereupon it is alleged Wagner .... your own grains will. In the main, however, the Christmas ginning, Township of Fairg~ove, found, the report states. On the day I GIVEN AUTO BANDITS picked up a 32 caliber revolver and The kind of home- produce milk oheaper, i A lady who bakes ~fving is somewhat sensible today. $350.00. preceding Zuembrac's death, Mrs. 1 fired at Stewart while standing in his made ham you can't Ask those t%hat are us- her own bread told us People have become tired of offering Muz, on whose farm the man was era- I TWO youths of Carrolton township, doorway. Stewart was able to walk to forget-made with Fi- ing it. i last week that Cream things that do not meet a real need or EARLY BUYERS GET ployed, filed a complaint with Pros-Saginaw county, who Friday and Sun- this home a half mile away. Dr. J. G. garo smoked salt. You I of Wheat flour makes Kive true pleasure. They have con- BETTER TYPE EWES ecuting Attorney Kern, alleging that day nights staged two robberies, while Maurer of Reese said the bullet re- can't fail with it! We l Yesterday we heard more loaves to the ceived the idea that a gift lacking in sell it. i of an oil man who sells! sack than any she's ev- Zuembrac, in a drunken frenzy, had armed, in their home township, so- mained in the fl@shy part of Stewart's ___ radiator alcohol, and i er used. auch respects is better not given. struck her over the head with a club. lecting motoring couples for their vic- hip. No warrant was issued pending They try to find out what people Ewes which are to be bought for In an old-fashioned who let his own car tims, were sentenced Wednesday the return of Prosecuting Attorney want and need, and give something Michigan farm flocks can be selected courtship they used to freeze up the other,i morning by Judge Clarence M. Roland O. Kern from Detroit where he night. Personally, we're they would really like. When people to better advantage now than later turn down the gas and i blamed glad we don't DEATHS OF THE WEEK. !Browne in Saginaw county circuit, went Ttiesday on business. in the new-fashioned ~ . thus put some intelligent thought on when the supply from which choice ]to spend the remainder of their lives Emanul Reist, 40, Pigeon elevator one they step on it. i For Sale--About 6 have to wear knee tons alfalfa and sweet, .pants and silk stock- ~gift, it amounts to something. Some- can be made is reduced by sales, ac- Mrs. Frank Chaffee. in prison. They were taken to Jackson employee, will stand trial on a charge ~ing out of the giver's life goes into cording to the animal husbandry de- i 'clover hay. ling this winter. The funeral of Mrs. Frank Chaffee, prison Wednesday afternoon. The two of assault with intent to kill Richard it, and the receiver treasures it as partment at Michigan State College. As we understand it, whose death occurred at Holly, Mich., youths are Walter Konkal, 19, and McBride, Pigeon marshal. Reist the reason a lady's Yes, we have a nice E1Mand Reler groof of affectioh. Thus Christmas The purchase of ewes from flocks pleaded not guilty to the charge when draws us all closer together, and near the buyers' homes is recommen- on Dec. 2, was held at the Bethel Alex Polzin, 20 years of age. complexion looks so supply of hard coal. M. E. church here on Friday after-~l The first robbery occurred on Fri- arraigned before Judge Boomhower fresh is that she renews And we can fmzHsh M1]~N makes us realize that selfish striving ded as the purchaser will save ship- noon, Roy. T. S. Bottrell officiating'. !day night. Doerr Carr of Vassar, ac- Saturday. When McBride was called it about three times a you just as much or as | should not be the main end of life. ping charges and will be able to make day. little as you want. ! Phone 15 Cass City a closer inspection of the animals he Interment was made in the Gagetown companied by Miss Dorothy Shattilly, to the Reist home Nov. 24, on com- of the same place, were driving south plaint of Mrs. Reist that her husband -- contemplates buying. Local sheep are cemetery. Mrs. Chaffee has been in UNCLE SAM'S PEOPLE. also adjusted to that particular local- failing health for three years. Death on the North Michigan avenue pave- had threatened her life, Reist shot l ity and will not be affected by the was due to diabetes. ment when the bandit car pulled along McBride with a shot-gun, the charge badly wounding the officer's arm. The finaI figures on the 1930 con- change from one place to the other. i Alvira Burgess was born 68 years side and forced them to stop. Carr ago in Oakland county, Michigan. On lost $2.71 and his watch and Miss Frank Shawl, Bay Port, was sen- sus show a population of 122,775,046. The buyer should be a good judge tenced to serve from six months to a Be er coal This is 16 per cent more than the 1920 of sheep to avoid the possibility of be- Feb. 25, 1885, she was united in mar- Shattilly her vanity case. The ban- riage with Frank Chaffee. The follow- i dits took possession of the automobile year in Ionia for driving while drunk census. The gain from 1910 to 1920 coming the owner of ewes which are when he pleaded guilty Saturday. was only I5 per cent. Many people being culled out because of age or de- ing- year they left Oakland county to 'Cart was driving and left him the burns on er. !machine they had stolen in Saginaw. will be surprised by these figures. They forts. i reside in Tuscola county, near Gage- town. Mr. Chaffee passed away 28 On Sunday night, the two youths, trod felt that the reduction of the Two or three year old ewes are pref- BACTERIA~ MAY GIVE Nrthrate and the restriction of ira- erable. Less trouble at lambing time years ago. Mrs. Chaffee was a resi- seeing a parked car near the end of eeds less migration were two factors that would will be encountered with ewes of this dent of Tuscola county 36 years. She the concrete pavement on North Mich- BUTTER BAD FLAVOR igan avenue, de~ided to "stick 'era rargely slow down our increase, age. A broody individual carrying a was a member of the Baptis.t church l up." They took possession of the car attention, They overlooked, however, several sound udder should be selected. A at Holly. Bad flavors in butter, which are , of Morris Rachaw oJ~ Flint, after re- ~ctors that tend to keep the increase firm, dense fleece attached to a pink Mrs. Chaffee leaves four children, sometimes called metallic, kerosene, up. One was that immigration from skin is an indication of hardiness as A. L. Chaffee of Richmond, C.M. hevmg Rachaw Of $7 and h~s watch. weedy, or fishy, are not always caused makes more heal After driving for some distance Europe almost stopped from 1914 to well as of ability to produce a fair Chaffee of Cass City, F. O. Chaffee of by the agencies suggested by the they herded Rachaw and his compan- t918. The world war made it almost crop of wool. !Pontiac, and Mrs. G. Dudenhofer of names given go the flavors, according That's why i Holly. ion, Miss Catherine Efu, of Carrolton, to members of the bacteriology de- impossible for the people to get away BAPTISTS HAVE "HAPPY ! into an old barn, where KonkaI un- partment at Michigan State College. from those countries. , l dressed Rachaw with the exception Another fact was that a great I HALF HOUR" sERVICE COMMUNITY CLUB While pom-ly tinned utensils may we offer Readin of his underwear and left him bound result in imparting a metallic flavor amount of illegal and "bootleg" ira-I I IS STILL GROWING hand and foot. Konkal said he started n~igration has been slipping past our A new idea was started at the Bap- to the milk products kept in them out of the barn, then returned and Authraclte, liorders. It leaks into the country tist church last Sunday evening. Af- through the formation of iron or cop- Concluded from page 5. covered Rachaw with his overcoat so tS:om every conceivable source. People ter the preaching service all retired to per lactate, it is possible to duplicate he would not get cold. will scrape together every cent they the memorial chapel, where a number Members of the cast were Janet Al- most of the bad flavors sometimes for whatevez' • can, and pay it to anyone who can of songs were sung, and several cheer- lured, John Morris, Florence Schenck, found in butter by adding bacteria to get them into the United States. That ful testimonies given. It was chris- Waunetta Warner, Irene Stafford and CASS CITY MARKETS. the butter or to the cream from which Audree Bliss. it is made. you need. Call-- does not look as if this Country was toned as the "Happy Half-Hour" and Dec. 11, 1930 such a bad place to live in as some of will be a part of the program for the Prof. Ralph Johnson of the Univer- The presence of bad flavors re- Buying Price-- our restless folks seem to think, future. The program will be varied. sity of Michigan was scheduled as the duces the grade of the butter to a Mixed wheat, bu ...... 72 The United States has a border of speaker at the December meeting of point where its value is much less the Community Club, but was unable Oats, bu ...... 30 than the cost of producing the cream Farm Produce Co. 4500 miles to protect, and a coast line i ~~ ~ Peas, bushel ...... : ...... 1,10: of about the same length. That coast to fill the engagement. Prof. C. A. from which it is made, and poor but- Fisher, assistant director of the Uni- Rye, bu ...... : ...... 57 ter always results in dissatisfied con- Ume is indented by thousands and l Books for Christmas Beans, per cwt ...... 3.90 Phone 54 Cass City, Mich. tfhousands of bays and islands. The l References to the present as a versity's extension department, was sumers who may buy substitutes after sent as Mr. Johnson's Substitute and Light red kidney beans ...... 7.50 experiences with a poor dairy product. Miens are said to be slipping in all severely mechanistic era are numer- Dark red kidney beans :...... 12.00 tlae time at many of these concealed~ ous. Yet the books of adventure and gave a most interesting address on The use of properly tinned dairy the subject, "Who Should Go to Col- Barley, cwt ...... 1.10 utensils and the protection of cream ~oints. ] the fairy tales are as welcome to the Buckwheat, cwt ...... 1.75 People do not rejoice over popula- Christmas tree as ever. lege ?" and butter from contamination with BETTER PENNSYLVANIA I The American ideal is that every Butter, lb ...... 30 undesirable microorganisms will re- tffon gains as they used to do. Former-' Eggs, per dozen ...... 28 Iy they considered it a sign of the l ~., ~, o 'student in good health who wishes to duce cases of bad-flavored butter to a ~marvelous American prosperity; now advance himself should go to college Hogs, live weight ...... 7~ minimum. HARD. COAL ffaey think there are too many mouths i Saving for Next Christmas and that idea shouldn't die, said the Cattle ...... ;, ...... 4 6 speaker. He advanced a plea for a Calves ...... :...... :...... 9 ...... ~ ~0 feed. The time has gone by when One of the great promoters of holi- In the Dim Past side or back door as well as a front Hens ...... ; ...... 14 18 tJae United States can be considered day cheer is the Christmas savings ac- A sea once extended from the mouth To attract buyers to your farm sale, advertise be the refuge of the oppressed of count. The advice "Shop early" is entrance to college so as to ]e~,-o -- Broilers ...... ~...... 14 18 way for all to have the advantage of 5-lb. white ducks, lb .... i...... 14 • of the Mackenzie river in northern every land. We have too many prob- superseded by the sensible suggestion, Cae..ada to the Gulf of Mexico. in the Cass City Chronicle Iems of our own. I deposit regularly. college training. Geese ...... )...... 72 ...... 11 Cass City, Michigan, ~riday, December 12, 1930. CASS CITY CHRONICLE PAGE NINE.

THE PARTHIAN SHOT ute song service of old time gospel songs, the songs everyone loves to i SLATS' DIARY. 1 Church Calendar ] BY ROSS FARQUHAR Sunshine The word had just been spoken. The sing'. Everybody welcome to these Ol I0 services. rejected suitor was standing before St. Pancratius Church--Services at her, listening to her elaborate ex- Bethel Church--Sunday school at I Friday--well they has ben a Eppi- t0:30 a. m. every Sunday except the 11:00 a. m. Public worship at 12 a. m. planations of her decision. drst Sunday of each month which is demick of Flew here in are city but I "I trust that I have made myself at 8:30 a. m. Sunday school immedi- gess I wont get none of ?aO sufficiently plain," she said. Mennonite---The Mennonite church it becuz I cant ne ately after services. "Well, I would scarcely go so far?' Rev. William X. Fitzpatrick, Pastor. of the Marlette circuit will hold their get nuthing. Wile sk he answered, as his courage gradually second quarterly meeting at the La- is a going on at lee FATTEN BROILERS returned. "It's only fair'~to give nature Decker M.E. Circuit--Shabbona motto and Marlette churches on Sun- Six people got it BY USE OF PENS the credit for that," he added, as he Church. Sunday school at 10:30. day, December 14: The first service Dr. Slack sed meby retired in good order.--Calgary Her- Morning service at 11:30. on Sunday morning will open at 10:00 wood last about 2 w ald. Decker church--Sunday school at a. m. at the Lamotte church with song But then he got it Con/ins Fowls Wee!<~ H~:6~;. l~ornHig sezvice at ii:~Oo an

Methodical Finance Nests should be easy to remove to It has been thus for ages. mas shopping another day, for you're sure facilitate cleaning. "Jwill be thus for ages hence-- A few acquire the money. Provide clean feed, clean quarters, Others get experience. to be disappointed if you wait. clean ground, and start With clean chicks. Got the Days Mixed We are ready to serve you with a "Do you love me, Sadie?" i Geese are naturally grazing fowls. "You know I do, Herman." They have been grown for many gen- "Herman? Darling, my name's Max. ~ complete diversity of suitable and attrac- erations on pasture. "Why so it is! Forgive me, I keep thinking this is Saturday."--Capper's Washed eggs have proved unsafe for Weekly. tive gift-things. The assortments are storage. Therefore nests, houses, and the place in front of the door should Rabbit's Foot Somewhere broad and comprehensive and contain a be kept clean and as dry as possible. Seaman--I see where Miss Snick- peff has broken her engagement with If the pullets are laying heavy and Ensign Honghtester. I think he de- wonderfully interesting exhibition of gift getting a little thin in flesh, they may served it, myself. need a little more grain. Boatswain--Me, too. The ensign's a goods. But hasten your purchases before good guy.--Army and Navy Journal. Hatch heavy and medium breeds between February 20 and March 20; Saving t h e choicest lots a r e picked o v e r. , light breeds, March 20 to April 20 Husband--But darling, we must Do not hatch chicks after May L economize. Wife---Exactly what I'm doing. I'm Speltz is not much used in poullry buying everything on credit--Cap- feeding. The reason for this is that per's Weekly. it is hard to thresh clean and it has sharp points and the hull is very Handling the Traffic tough and difficult for the hens to First Young Doctor--How's your digest. practice ? Second Y. D.--In the morning hard- More than half the ability of a hen ly anyone comes; and in the after- to lay a large number of eggs depends noons the rush falls off a bit. upon the breeding of her immediate male ancestors. Another Angle STORES OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS "Youhave a splendid collection of No matter how carefully the culls mounted fish--but what are the long have been rejected, the good pullets empty panels for?" will not lay profitably in poorly con. "Oh, those are some that got away !" strueted houses. * $ $ During the past ten years poultry So Businesslike has been of increasing importance as Hubby--What became of that bill a source of meat The relative prior from the doctor? of chickens has increased more than Wiley--Oh, I wrote "Insufficient the orice of eggs during this period. Funds" across it and sent it back. , / Cass City, Michigan, Friday, December 12, 1930. PAGE TEN CASS CITY CHRONICLE

day until Monday at the home of her GREENLEAF. the death of Lillian Crosby, eldest " L~rgest State Caplte|~ [v='any "Ava Marla~" ~n the Carpenter Shop ] SHABBONA. [sister, Mrs. Groombridge, of Elmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy ] The Texas state house at Austin is There are 6,i "Ava Marius" pub- Just Before Chrlstma~ Death of Thee. W. Stitt-- i who passed away Saturday morning. George Rolston had a gravel bee on Crosby, former residents of this place. said to be the ~argest state capitol in lished, besides many variations and • Thomas W. Stitt, who has been in Funeral se~Mces were held Monday. Tuesday. Mr and Mrs. N. R. Kennedy spent the United States. It was built be- different arrangements of the original X ONG, long ago it was the day be- poor health for a number of years, Miss Grace Springstead of Detroit Ray Rolston was a Bad Axe visitor Friday in Bay City and Saginaw. tween 1881 and 1888 by Chicago eat)- song. Franz Schul)ert composed one fore Christmas; but the world passed away at his home one mile is the guest of Mrs. Earl Hilliker this Wednesday. Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Bertha Coop- ira!lets in return for 3,000,000 acres elf of the best known. Among the other was not celebraling Christmas then as west of Shabbona, on Thursday morn-week. Nelson Robertson was in Cass City er, and Mrs. Ben Gage attended the land. The site of Austin itself was well-kn0wn composers who have writ- se!ected by a commission appointed in we do now. In a little carpenter shop ing, Dee. 4, at the age of 71 years. ! Members of the L. D. S. church and Tuesday on business. funeral on Tuesday of Mrs. Ivan ten songs by this title are: Cesar 1836 by the republic of Texas to find Franck, Franz Liszt, Pierre Masmgni, with crude tools and benches, an ap- The cause of death is given as heart their friends enjoyed a social hour at George Rolston has purchased a O'Doniell (Lillian Crosby). prentice was quietly planing a sandal- trouble. Funeral services were held at the Community HalI Tuesday evening the most altractive spot within the Saint-Saens, Giuseppe Verdi and Jo- farm from H. D. Livingston and con- The W. C. T. U. met at the home of boundaries or" the country for the seat wood block to perfect smoothness. the Mizpah Mennonite church on Sat- after the church services. hannes Brahms. templates building a barn in the near Mr..and Mrs. J. D• Funk on Thursday of govem,,mo~d. His tunic was drawn about his waist urday. Rev. Krake officiated and was Andrew Hoagg left Saturday for future. night, Dec. 4. A very interesting re- with a cord, his hair fell about his assisted by Rev. James. Interment Pontiac where he expects to be em- i Ed McMann was a caller in Green- port was given of the state meeting shoulders in dark silken curls, his was made in Elkland cemetary, ployed. ! Oldest American Ruin ! Above Misfortune [ leaf Saturday. that was held at Grand Rapids, by boyish clear-cut features wore the ex- Mr. Stilt was born in Belfast, Ire- Mrs. Martin. A plate lunch was The oldest absolutely fixed date as- Little minds are tamed and sub- A ; - i. : ; : ' ' - :~seyve, i t,~ abok~t. ;~even~ee~}~ A very Suddenly a chisel slipped, a man country at the age of 1~ years, with We are aii enjoying the miid win- the Saw farm have i,aken pob~e~iun, nice time was reported by all. States is 919 A. D., the },ear in which I minds rise above them.--Washh~g- i the oldest timber found at Pueblo ton Irving. cried out in pain. A ~arpenter had his parents. The family settled on a~ter weather, it is stated. i Berniee Gage attended a banquet of' Bonito was cut. received a splinter full in the eye, farm near Oxford, Mich., where Mr. I Ernest Hyatt was a business caller I George Rolston was in Detroit on the public speaking class at the high piercing the eyeball. Others gathered Stitt resided until his marriage with!in Sandusky Thursday• i business this week. school in Cass City on Monday eve- about him to bind up the wound and Miss May Van Wagoner on Dec. 2, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Donaghy and Nelson Robertson was ill Monday ning. sadly shook their heads. "He will be I with appendicitis. He is improving at 1886• I S on, Ralph, visited the former's par- Mr. and Mrs.-N. R. Kennedy spent blind," they said. present• In April, 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Stitt ients, at Port Huron recently. Sunday in Alma. The apprentice worked on calmly, Stanley Rotston is working" for t eame to Evergreen township and set-I James Hamilton of Pontiac spent Mrs. A. Campfield of CrosweI1 is aim st smiling. A great physician Arch Stirton at the elevator for a few l tled on the farm one mile west of lthe week-end with his uncle, Andrew visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Pastime Theatre came and removed the bandage. "The 1Shabbona where they cleared the land Hamilton. days. Martin. E. Fitzgerald, Manager CASS CITY eye is sound," he said, "you must and made their home. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hurlburt vie- Mrs. E. Girmus was in town Mon- have been mistaken. It looks as tf it Edward Spencer was taken to the Mr. Stitt was one of the pioneer ited the former's niece, Mrs. Harvey day for a short visit. had never been injured at all." Pleasant Home Hospital at Cass City FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 and 13 farmers in this community, a good MeGregory, Thursday. "'I am sure it never was," said the Tuesday night with a ruptured ap- neighbor, and highly regarded by l wr.... 1A Ii~,~*'o'n~n af Pant:~no v{.~•f,ort pendix. He is in a serious condition. " MONTE CARLO " man. But the other carpenters shook friends- and acquaintances.• He " was iI~{~ ...... ~ M,~ ~rp...... ~ Woll~ ~ £ow~ ___i___ dnv~ DEFORD. with JACK BUCHANAN and JEANETTE MacDONALD Alex Sanson spent Tuesday evening their heads and the apprentice went active for many years in the M. E• Ii~*~,~zee~...... , ...... ~ at Owosso and Perry. Come! Spend a glorious evening on the Riviera. The show on smoothing the sandalwood. church. / ~ ~ ~. 1 The Deford Sunday School was given that provided Broadway's Newest Thrills...... 1 Mr• and Mrs. H. C. Hammond of a rare musical treat on Sunday, Dec. 'Twas Christmas eve~Noni CIack iseslaes nls WlaOW ann ~wo oaug'n-}~..,,oo ~ ~it~ Mw 'P W Rf.lt~: nnd Comedy ~ La Schnops• ...... ~,~-~e...... 7. Why it was so extremely rare was Mildew on Leather Bailey. Mrs. Bruce o~ lvlanez~e,i .... "..... ~ ~ Burton Homer Through the Yangzte Gorges. 15c and 35c: ters, •Adams . ±wrs. J~ena J~esne ~a~urday ana ~un-ibeeause of ~ts.... mumeal premsmn and~ The simplest way ~o prevent leather ((5), laB(}, Western Newspgper Union.) and Mrs. Hazel K~tchln of Decker, he l~^- leaves two brothers, David Stitt of! "*~x" _ ~ . ;the age of the one who rendered most goods from milde\~ mg is to keep the SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 and 15 L a ke Or,"on a n d Alfred Stitt of Ox- t Mr • and Mrs . Wm . Mel~ae ann son, beautifully the" piano number, "Para- articles in a wetl-~,entiIated, dry, well- "A LADY'S MORALS " ford, one sister, Mrs. Martha Arnold Kenneth, and Mrs. George Silvernaile phrase in Minuet." Little Miss Mar- lighted place. W~en first detected, of Detroit were recent visitors at the garet Barthel of Royal Oak, born mildew should be wiped off with a with GRACE MOORE, REGINALD. DENNY, WALLACE BERRY of Oxford, and five grandchildren. Led hy the Christmas home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mitchell. eight years ago in Deford, was the damp cloth, the leather well dried, and Grace Moore, mnazing actress of Broadway's show and opera Other relatives and friends from a world. It is none other than the drama of the Swedish Nightin- Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McGregory artist. We predict the world will put in a drier place. Mildew probably Spirit, They Rejoiced distance who attended the funeral gale, "Jenny Lind." and family spent Sunday afternoon notice her in the future. Margaret has will not seriously damage the leather [TTING before the blazing fire were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Demain, Comedy and news reel. 15c and 35c. with Mrs. McGregory's sister, Mrs. already been a competitor in a state unless it is allowed to remain for sev- ~ and listening to the merry ca- James Brooks, and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac contest in Ann Arbor last June and eral weeks or longer, but it may Tuesday, Wednesday, Dee° lg- t7 rolers without, Martha Barrons felt Stitt, att of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. iErnest Hyatt. t won second honors. First place was change its color. Mr. and Mrs. T• F• Wells~ Mr. and all the joy of the Christmas season. Henry Hammond of Capac, Mrs. Burr won by a girl of 15 years. Monday Night "GOLD DIGGERS OF What a wonderful time it was! She Welch and son, Hayward, and Mrs. Mrs. Hazwey B~[cGregory and daugh- Mr. and Mrs. Chgs. Kilgore enter- Achieving Succes~ ~Pal N~ght~ smiled happily at t~er husband and Rose of Port Huron, and Mr. and Mrs. i ter, Mildred, and Miss Attha Chapman BROADWA " Dan Wait of Sandusky. t were callers in Sandusky Friday after~ rained Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kitgore The great high road of human wel- son. Then her thoughts went back to of Pontiac from Friday until Sunday fare lies along the old highway of This coupon and 35c lloon. with Winnie Lighter, Conray that memorable Christmas years ago , afternoon. steadfast weil-doing; and they who will admit two ladies, or Tearte a':J a chorus of 100 dazz- when something had led her steps to The Novesta Farmers Club will ~re the most persistent, and work lady and gentlemen to 1;mg beau'de.. the Beacon Baby home. Again she Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Travis, who ARGYLE, ,meet on Friday noon, Dec. 19, at the in the truest spirit, will invariably be Pastime Theater. Natural :pier picture. 10 and 25c. looked into the eyes of a blue-eyed have spent some time in Detroit, re- the most successful: suc('ess treads on baby anO felt that sudden desire to turned to their home here Saturday. [home of Rev. and Mrs. Carless at Dick McLean of Detroit visited rel- ~King'ston. the heels of every right effort.- SHOXV$~, START AT 7:30 have him for their own. George had Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hammond of atives here over Sunday. Smiles. readily agreed to the adoption. Bless Capac spent Friday evening with Mrs. Vern Stewart of Wilmot was a din- Mrs. Carrie MeNaughton is confined his l~eart, he would have agreed to Lena Leslie. ner guest on Monday at the home of to her home with illness. his brother, Eber Stewart. anything to make her happy. But the Mr• and Mrs. Win. Hempton of Pon- Lorn MeIntyre and family of De- baby had brought him happiness, too. tiac visited Saturday night and Sun- Mr. and Mrs. Max Afar of Carp troit spent Sunday with relatives here. He was now one of the ablest law- day with the latter's sister and hus- and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Tedford spent yers in town and had recently at- band, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hyatt. Jennie McIntyre has gone to Detroit Sunday at the home of John Clark. tracted nationwide attention in win- for two weeks. Mrs. Dan Leslie is spending some Mrs. C. L. Gage is staying with ning a complicated case. And the love time with her daughter at Mt. Clem- t The Gleaners met at the home of ;lher son, Ben, for two weeks. She and comradeship he had given them ens. t John Pratt Friday evening. An oyster spent Monday at her home in Wilmot. through the years was as deep and l supper was served. Everyone reports Mrs• Lucy Sophia of Elmer came C. L. Gage is convalescing slowly fine as if he had been their very own. a good time. Monday to spend a few days with her from the injuries he received when he Truly, Martha Barrens thought, as was hurt by burns some time ago. the voices of the carolers faded into aunt, Mrs. Thos. Brown. Advertise it in the Chronicle• Word was received on Monday of the night, tt was the spirit of Christ- Mrs. Thos• Brown spent from Fri- mas that had directed her steps on ...... that long-ago Chrlstmas.--Katherine Holiday seasons are always open seasons in A&P Edelman. ~. ~~~a~-,,~-~ ~ . _ . ((5"), 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) stores for the great army of the bargMn hunters° They know that A&P gives them particularly good chances for the foods that are ~n greateat deman& It is A~P's policy to reduce rather "As Little Children" ~! than to increase prices of what the i~ ~-~HE survival power of Christ- ~(~ Fub:ic most wants--turheys soon lmas, its persistence as a ~i /:or instance. '~ world-wide festival, lies in the ~]" fact that it quickens in all of us i~ the sense of human kinship. It i~ gets beneath the surface cyni- cism and releases those finer impulses which we all possess. ,~ All t Varieties T~a pkt, ~ Fo. ~ day we become agaxn as da ~ little children," and the child In i~ our midst ts the symbol of the All Varieties joy which we seek. ,~ r bad, Kroger's pol- A Merry Christmas then--mer- ,~ distribution brings ~-Ibtin 37c ry because it brings to us the tl se at tow prices Tea the lowest they have vision of love ruling in the This means lower savings are passed ;~ hearts of men, and renewed hope :-an opportune time that the dream of a day may ea'M O ~portant commodity tg is uppermost in ANN PAGE PRESERVES S~bo~,:Raspberry~r 32 oz jar 43c yet become the perPetual reality. ;--and the savings PRICE: pend for Christmas All Other Flavors 39c SULTANA JAM co~o~.a ~a~e=,St~wbe=, o~ 43 OZ jar 43¢ all/his All Other Flavors 39e m0.,",,,~, , ' "7 " COUNTRY CLUB 1 ~ lb Twin Blessing River Danube GRANDMOTHER'S BREAD lb loaf 5¢ o,-~s,,1,tTo~, 7c It has been the custom in Rumania from time immemorial to bless the Danube on Christmas day. A proces- Gold Me al Bread sion of priests and people dressed to % represent Biblical characters moves The Famous "Kitchen Tested" Flour lV~-Ib. Loaf, 7c; Lb. Loaf through the streets singing chants 12~-Ib. Sack 45c--24~-Ib. Sack ° Buy Y Otlr Chnstmas" Nuts Now[[ .* ~nd so to the bank of the river. The ice is broken, and a small wooden cross is thrown into the water. Any 5c 0 one who can recover this cross is 100% Whole Wheat, 1Vz Ib, 10c Soft Shell Wall Nuts, per pound 32c ¢ regarded as extremely fortunate and ¢o sure of good luck for the year to 79© Brazil Nuts, per pound - come. :g: 25c MAGNOLIA " ° Mixed Nuts, per pound - 25c Origin of Christmas Boxes Country Club Christmas boxes got their name The Favorite for All General Flour Purposes Preserves •"¢o Pecans, per pound - - 35c g~* from the boxes---made of clay~in ¢o wlalch, at Christmas, apprentices had 5-lb. Sack Pastry, 19c--241~-1b. Sack Strawberry, Blackberry, Peach and 0 the right ~o collect gifts of money Raspberry from their masters' customers. 8 O'CLOCK COFFEE world's L~t Ib 25c 69c Selling Coffee Likes to See Daddy as Santa 4 Lb.jar 69c RED CIRCLE COFFEE S~c~i~:l,Se:oc~a Ib 29c Even the youngster who does not BOKAR COFFEE Package3meriea's Coffee .~to~t Value lb tin 35e believe in °Santa Claus enjoys seeing IONA FLOUR 24~ lb bag Ggc his father arrayed in red flannel and Vegetable Shortening, cotton whiskers. Crisco Lb. Can 25c Vanilla Country~_o~.t,o°'uu.o 14c- 1830 ROyal Baking Powder, 48c Lemon CountryCIub, I0C O lge 12-oz. Can %-oz. Bottle ~hg~S@ Flakes or Granules "Yule" pkgs "Yule" is a very old name for ?1 Christmas, and there are a score or 2 .23e more explanations as to Its origin and EvaporaCed Peaches Ib meaning, Extra Choice California Muirs. 7c gg e Rose Nice i Calumet LargeP°wder'can" 29¢ Santa Claus Everywhere 2 lb Apparently Santa Claus breaks Raisins Country Club, 3 Dkgs. 25 ~ MIlk ooo.,r,club 3 cansTaIl 23 C oooo Sodas carton down the ancient rule that a person Seeded or Seedless • NoB oC cannot be in two places at one time. Pack Cans ~'~ Gol~Me~al CakepackageFlour29e 1880 No er' @ats FreShpackageStock, 9¢ Peaches UountrYc~ub 2 Largecans39C Y[& First Carols In 1521 Wynken de Worde printed A am'lc PACINC the first known set of Christmas c~rols. Cass City, Michigan~ Friday, December 12, 1930. CASS CITY cHRoNICLE PAGE ELEVEN AND The Christmas Candle ELLINGTON NOVESTA. Spelled Welcome Home Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hardacre of Detroit spent Sunday at the J. H. ~ OLLOWING an old family cus- Goodall home. Their son, Edwin, who tom, Katherine Blair placed a has been employed by Mr. Goodall for lighted candle in the window. Orig.. some time, returned to Detroit with lnally serving to guide lost travelers them. .on Christmas eve, John Blair knew Mr. and Mrs. Bert Winer and son, it had been placed there the last three Stewart, and Mrs. David Justin of years with Kenneth in mind--the son Flint spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. who was too busy to come home for Fred Stine. Mrs. Justin remained to Christmas. spend some time with her daughter, The candle's bright light had brought ei~enr i~ m,~n3h ~ ~g,:~in ivir. and Mrs. Joseph Parrott spent Katherine placed one in the window. Saturday with their son, Earl Parrott, Perhaps this year it would be Ken- at Bad Axe. neth it would guide home. A whir of a motor overhead--the Mrs. Maynard Delong entertained night mail was arriving. There might her sister, Mrs. Wm. McCummons, be a letter from Kenneth. and son, Henry, Friday and Saturday. A car stopped before the house as Mr. and Mrs. Luke Tuckey and chil- John Blair started for the post office. dren enjoyed a venison dinner at the HE big bus came to a stop A man shot out of a seat and shook A man rushed up the steps and J. H. Goodall home on Sunday. with a Jolt which hurled its himself into a fur coat. "Open the through the open door shouting "Mer- Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Charleton of tired passengers,(~ against the door, driver . . . I'll be back tn a couple ry Christmas Dad and Mother." Be- Deford spent Sunday with Mr. and seats ahead. The powerful of minutes." A blast of cold air, and tween embraces and handshakes he Mrs. Norman Gillies. engine whined to silence. the man slipped out. He came back explained: "Found out late I could Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Wanner and For a long moment nothing presently with a small ragged bush. come home, so I flew down with the Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson of Pon- ~ was said. Twenty people "Found it here by the roadside. Gee I mail." The next words filled Kath- tiac spent the week-end with Mr. and 1 stared at the back of the . . . some little blizzard going on!" erine's heart with Joy~"The old can- Mrs. Allen Wanner. dle sure did spell 'welcome home' to driver. Twenty pairs of ears heard He shed his coat. He asked for Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Turner and mew How glad she was the candle the wild rush of wind outside: a noise string. Bundles were untied and the Cressy Steele spent Sunday at the was in the accustomed place.~ which up to this time had. bee~ cord offered. By tying several lengths Mack Little home. about the center of the bush, and Blanche Tanner Dillin. drowned by the motor speeding Mrs. S. Hyke and Carl McConnell then stretching them taut to various (~). 1930, Western Newspaper Unlon.~ through the night. of Royal Oak spent from Wednesday The driver was young. He had wide seat-braces the bush was made secure- IN FURNITURE until Sunday with their parents, Mr. ly upright in the aisle. shoulders and a fresh color in his and Mrs. Charles McConnell. cheeks. He was used to these long, "Now for trimmings. Who's got trim- Little Dorothy Tuckey spent Mon- cross country runs: he knew how to mtngs?" May Enjoy Christma~ in day afternoon Mrs. Fred Stine. handle .people and he understood the The cross man was busy with a with temperament of a bus as a mother un- bundle. He was a trifle reluctant, still Mansions in the Skies Dan McArthur returned Sunday he continued to unwrap papers. Soon from visiting his sisters at Port Hu- FOR 10 DAYS derstands her child. ~T IS not nOW the fashion to "kee~ a glittering angel with tinsel wings ron, Detroit, and Grass Lake. He turned about in his seat to face both feet on the ground." In fact was in the hands of the tree trimmer. Mrs. Win. Parrott and son, Billy, the silent people. "Sorry, folks, we're It's hard to keep even one foot on the Gently° almost reverently the angel are a ~he out of luck." A faint shadow seemed ground; the other one seems always spending" few days with for- mer's parents at Beaver~on. to rest on his face. "We're hung up to be up, getting into a car or an DECEMBER 12 TO 23 =.. a hundred miles from nowhere." airplane; and pretty soon, there you Hamilton McPhail was a caller at A rustle of amazement passed are~both feet entirely, completely, the Maynard Delong home Saturday. through the listening passengers. distinctly off the ground! Cedar Chests ...... off • ~nan climbed over a seat mate and What this condition may mean to began talking in a loud, irritated voice. DECKER. future generations is hard to guess. i Pull Up Chairs ...... 20% off "Ya~a mean to tell me this blasted bus Perhaps in a year or two people will won't move another foot tonight? That That the ministry of Rev. C. A. Ja- make a date to celebrate Christmas cobs who recently closed a revival off • we must stay here the Lord-knows- three thousand feet up in the air. Kitchen Cabinets 20% campaign at the Decker M. E. church how-long? On Christmas eve and the "Come on up!" friends may be urg- was genuinely appreciated and the folks tmme waiting for us? A fine, ing. "We're going to shoot a party Kitchen Units ...... 20% off evangelist well received and heartily fat driver you are!" up over Mt Washing'ton. Dancing, endorsed will be understood by the The young man was unperturbed charades and a fancy dress ball !" Gateleg Tables ...... 20% off and ready. "No use telling you I can't following: A birthday surprise party And we shall be obliged to taxi ia was given Mr. Jacobs in honor of his help it. They gave me a bum bus, an a small plane to the party and be Bridge Sets ....., ...... 20% off Beds and Springs 15% off old one, because of the holiday travel. having reached the half-century mark whisked aboard, and worry whether Wednesday, Dec. 3, the date on which They gambled on my getting through we can get a taxi-plane home again. . . . and lost." the party was given. A gold-plated And every cockpit will be trimmed All other furniture at a big reduction. We have some won- "A~n't you even going to get out to "Auto-Strop" razor was left as a to- in colored b~bs and the tra~e for look at it?" demanded the man un- ken of the tie between Mr. Jacobs, the Christmfis tr~es will be literally go- derful buys in Radios at this time. pleasantly. "i Knew When I Set Eyes On You pastor and his w~fe, ~ev. and Mrs. J. ing up i Plane trucks to deliver a "No, boss, I ain't. I know this bus , , . Ye Belonged to Me." H. James, and the friends of the fine spruce at the service entrance of church. A genuine good time was en- like an old friend. It's plumb give out a Flying Mansion ih the Skies. and I told them so." He looked the was fastened to the top. The disagree- joyed by all. Mr. James on presenting So don't stick to that old one about protester straight in the eye. "What's able man beamed. the gift informed the evangelist that both feet on the ground. If you do, henceforth they would expect him to more, we're the last one through to. "Anyone got any white tissue pa. you'll find yourself frightfully low- appear with a clean face. After re- nitght. Laugh that off." per?" asked the girl. Douglas ~'own and left behind!~Martha Ban- Out of a dim, rear seat rose a girl. More gifts were untied and their freshments, the party broke up and ~ging Ttlomas. ~ter hair was light. It seemed to rip- wrappers volunteered. With nimble went to their homes, many to attend ((5), 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) the revival at Elmer in the evening, ple into curls as you looked at it. Her fingers the girl folded long strips of where Mr. Jacobs is now holding ser- face was pale with weariness, but red and white together into a sort of vices. she smiled. "What say, fellers, we accordian effect. buck up and have a party of our own? "What's your name, driver?" sud- ° } Advertise it in the Chronicle. H ~[e can't help things," she nodded to- denly demanded the girl. ~ y~: M¢.y¢" y'¢" :~ :'4~~ ~ :~ ~ y~ y~ "v~:y~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ y ~ :'~ H "Michael O'Hara." H wards the driver. "He's done all the Charm of Christmas H work and had the worry and now all She glowed with pleasure. "And Advertise it in the Chronicle_ H -~ ~'~HE chief charm of Christ- ~ H he gets handed to him is a bunch of mine is Katy Connelly . . . the top of J[ mas is it~ simplicity. It is a H growls. Come on, folks! We're safe the evenin' to ye!" H Then the fun began. Michael was festival that appeals to every and warm. NotMng can hurt us. We'll o~e, beca~s~ every one can un- ~ @ get help in the morning." possessed of an irresistable humor. He sent the old lady into stitches by derstand it. A genuine fellow- She smiled at the big man who was ship pervades our common life ,~ H biting his mustache. She laughed in presenting her with a package of cig- H [l[lll [1{: [011 0 ~a fellowship whose source is ~ [I arettes. He completely disarmed the the face of an old lady who was fur. our common share in the gift of '~ tively wiping her eyes with the corn- cross man by giving him an artificial rose, bowing with so much ceremony the world's greatest Life whleh H er of a handkerchief, She-grinned was given to the whole world. "~ H at a boy of fourteen. that his hair almost touched the floor. H The fourteen-year-old boy was de- .~, --Arthur Reed Kimball '~ On account of poor health, the undersigned will sell at auction The bus driver showed a fine set ot H lighted with a candy cane and began white teeth. "Some grand little sport," H to demolish it at once. There was a the following described personal property, on his farm 1 mile east he whispered to ifimsetL Ttmn aloud, gift for everyone. The bus reeked "I got to warn you folks of something Tried Many Medicines In Vain H with laughter. It was "Katy" this else, too. Nothing serious but kind of Christmas Cards ---Then Discovered Konjolm H and miles north of Cass City, on • . . and "Mike" that. The driver Sit- Henry Cole, an English social thought of everyone but himself. Tells How New Medicine $ and educational reformer, invented The girl had a moment of acute dis- the first Christmas card. It was six Brought Relief. tress. There was nothing for Mike. inches long and four inches wide, swiftly she thrust her hand into her and depicted in the panels formed by H bag and brought out a small box. a leafy trellis two acts of charity~ "Konjola is worthy my highest $ Monday ,. Dec .15 .oo of With this she went close to Michael. clothing the needy and feeding the H "Here's a present for you, bozo," she praise", said Mr. Walter Bond, 919 H hungry. Last year more than $100,- East Grand Boulevard, Detroit. "For H Commencing at one o'clock: said lightly. 000,000 Worth of Christmas cards H "Go 'way wid ye !" remonstrated the a whole year my system was steadily H were sold in the United States. H man in surprise. going down hill. I ~lost weight and H COWS Check row corn marker "No. please, I mean it." Something 8SO strength; I lacked energy and Red cow 10 years old, due March 30 Grindstone Set scales, 800 lbs. in the blue of her eyes decided him. vitality, and always had a tired feel- He opened the box, Out of it came Christmas and the Birds Brindle cow 9 years old, due April 8 About 60 ft. 3/, inch rope, new a silver cigarette lighter. It is, said that no peasant in Swe- H Spotted cow 2 years old, due March 12 Wheelbarrow Stock rack "Gosh . . , what a swell present! den will sit down with. his children But you mustn't . . ." to Christmas dinner until he has pro- H Black cow 2 years old, milking About 65 bu. oats ~: "If you don't take it I'll never vided food for the birds. The farm- ii Jersey cow 3 years old, registered About 40 bu. ear corn Seed corn speak to you again!" declared the ers erect poles in their dooryards to H About 9 tons mixed hay ~ girl. which sheafs of ~-ain are bound, to ?:: :i:??i:!::::::::!: , ~.~.~?.::::i: "~:"?- HORSES Quantity bean pods• Amusement and tenderness mingled provide for birds through the season i-~:::::::::::::::::::::: ~:.:~-i :~::~::: ":" Load of corn stover ~¢ "! Have a Flashlight, Said the Girl. in his thanks. when vegetation is covered ~:ith snow ~1 Bay mare weight 1200, 17 years old Melotte cream separator "Who's Got Another?" The fun went on. Twelve o'clock and ice. H 3 tons hard coal Quantity potatoes ... one.., two. The oldlady dropped H IMPLEMENTS Grain bags distressing. The lights are liable to off to sleep. The bus grew quiet. The %} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::.... ======..~..~ ::;:::: go out any minute. I got a trouble light girl curled up in a rear seat. The ~i Wagon and° gravel plank ~" First Christmas Carols H HOUSEHOLD GOODS with me, but that's all." driver stared out into the storm. Once "(r ', Christmas carols or~nated in the ~" Two-horse American cultivator "I have a flashh~ht, said the girl. he drew out the lighter and held it :i~i:i ii:i:iiii~:~s~:...... ~:~:~:~:~:~: z:~S: ...... eleventh century, being sung between i!! Hand dump rake 2 wooden bed and springs "Who's got another?" against his lips. "The darned little ~!:! i:.:.i:i:i:i:i:ii!!:??i:?i:?: ""%~:!:~:iSiii~i:i:?!:i:~:i:?:'..~~:.:iS!ii:i:i ??~ Dresser Desk Couch .¢ the scenes of the miracle and mys- It turned out that five passengers darlin'," he murmured. ;:i!::~i~::~::~:i::~i:: :::i:;~ .... ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~-~ii ~:.~i!'" S ,~H One-horse cultivator Sewing machine Cupboard tery plays of the period. had flashlights. "Haul them out and On Christmas morning they were Shovel plow 11 ft. extension ~able we'll have a party, anyhow," called transferred to another bus. At the Garden cultivator and seed drill 6 dining chairs Stand the girl. city terminal the passengers parted The bus grew a little chilly but the i Plow Spring tooth harrows 2 sewing chairs Barrel churn h'om one another with the warmest Christmas Trees for Porto Rico girl would not allow tlmm to think H Bench wringer Hard coal burner greetings. But Michael O'Hara and New England helps Porto Rico make o~ that. "Now each of you must choose I Mr. Walter Bond ~ii Spike too~h harrows Round Oak heater Majestic range ÷~ Katy Connelly did not part. They tt a green Christmas. Christmas trees ;h present from your own, to give * Fanning mill Double buggy Oil stove H went on to Michael's home, and when are among the exports to the little ing. My nerves were on edge con- some one else here tonight. The folks his mother saw the girl, and her stantly. I tried many medicines be- H Top buggy Cutter Quantity dishes and kitchen utensils 'at home would be glad to sacrifice :!: laughter, and her blushes, she just fore I found Konjola. H Cast iron kettle and jacket Other small articles one gift for the sake of giving us opened her arms. i "The very first bottle of Konjola ~ome fun. We'll make him," she "i knew the bye would be findin ~ ~miled at the driver, "be Santa Claus, his lady suddinL It's the O'Hara way." The Eve of Epiphany gave me encouragement. I have and if any of you have eats... I say, She did not even inquire about the The Eve of Epiphany, or Twelfth taken five bottles and have regained 'i! Farm will be offered for sale i have a heart and pass 'era around." bus. Her son was home. It was Christ- Night (January 6), is to the children all my lost weight; I feel stronger H She went quickly from one to an- mas.., on with tFe turkey and pump- of Rome what Christmas is to us. !and better in every way, and I sleep H other. The old lady's wrinkles crinkled kin pies i soundly. I am more than pleased *4, TERMs~All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount, 10 up in laughter as she fumbled in her "But the cigarette lighter, darlin' with the results Konjola gave." .:- months' time on good approved endorsed notes at 7 per cent interest. shabby gladstone bag. The fourteen Michael asked, "how did ye . . .?" Konjola is free from alcohol, heart- H g year-old boy came out of his grumps Would Not Write Card Verses "Oh, l just bought it ... liking the Tennyson once refused an offer of depressing chemfcals, and nerve and offered to do anything from sing. looks. And I knew the moment I set deadening drugs. Konjola is pure tng a song to pushing~ the bus~a £1,000 for a short set of verses for eyes on you that it belonged to you." Christmas cards. medicine, every drop, and every drop suggestion which was greeted by a "And," said Michael with a big works. Try Konjola now . . today. roar of laughter from the driver. Konjola is sold in Cass City at ":,:° CHAS HARTsELL,..... Prop I grin, "I knew when I set eyes on you "We o~ght to have a tree," mused ye belonged to me." Burke's Drug Store, and by all the the girl aloud. "We can't do a thing "Hooray!" said Michael's motherl Good King of Carol Fame best druggists in all towns through- R. N. McCullough, Auctmneer .... Pmney State Ba , Clef withou~ a tree." plumping the turkey on the table. Good King Weneeslaus, of Carol out this entire section. ~Advertise- "He. I got an idea," called a voice. ((~, 1930, Western Newspaper Unlon.) fame, was a King of Bohemian. ment.~12-12.

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Cass City, Michigan, Friday, December 12, 1930~ PAGE TWELVE, ...... CASS CITY CHRONICLE "I saved her when you skipped P' he ANSWERS TO WHAT'S dition to $4.00 costs for having under-! Alfred Nieman of Cass City was" retorted. WRONG AND WHERE sized fish in his possession. , operated on for removal of tonsils "I'll take her back ;" repeated Larry PICTURE ON PAGE 8 Harold Drohm, 19, and Omer Dan- Monday. Chronicle L ners !i iels, 22, both of Millington, were i Mrs. Guy Vatters of Detroit under- sternly. "The cabin's there !" Solution No. 9 ...,...... + ...... +,, ...... ,...... + ...... THE "Yes; smashed to kindling wood I" brought to the county jail Tuesday went a caesarean operation Sunday. 1--Tree branch is going through sign- night by Deputies Atkins and Lenox, Mother and son are doing nicely. Dr. RATES---Liner of 25 words or DOLLS, BOOKS, games, and toys in l ~ IITYY~D~YD scorned Webb. Larry was taking her. Alice felt his board. on a charge of stealing an automobile James of Pontiac assisted and Dr. blistered hands and the ripple of mus- 2--Word "Sells" is mispelled. parked on a street in Vassar. i Nolty from St. Joseph was present 25 words, one cent a word ~~[ ~,~ cles under his torn shirt and the pur- 3--Horse on poster has only three Justice Imerson sentenced Harold with a movie camera and took a p~- eacn- i nse rtion • FOR" SALE--Some..... choice white pigs, i ~ ...... Also 4 brood sows. and 1 boar : Elvln : .~ U.~ I' '|'H.~ ,, ,,-.~~t', ,.~