The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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BRUTES HER~ PUPILSl
Girl on a New Jersey Farm Who
Trains Dull Animals.
Winona von Ohl Has Done Wonders
with Domestic Horned Cattle Usu-
ally Considered Stupid—Conquers
a Vicious Young Bull.
FIRST SOLDIER IS HONORED
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New York.—On a small farm about
two miles from Plalnfield, N. J., lives
a young woman who is among the
moot remarkable educators in Ameri-
ca. She teaches animals, preferably
dull ones supposed to have little brain
development. She is not a profession-
al trainer. She simply does it for her
own amusement She has accomp-
lished some things — especially with
horned domestic cattle, which are con-
sidered the most stupid of all domes-
tic animals—that have been thought
impossible hitherto even by profes-
sionals.
Iler name is Winona von Ohl. She
was born and brought up on a great
cattle ranch in New Mexico. She and
her mother moved to Plainfield two
or three years ago. It was not long
before the news began to get about
of the odd things this girl had taught
her pets to do. An ever-increasing
number of visitors has been the result.
Now there is hardly a day but auto-
mobile parties run out to the farm
from the various towns for ten or
twenty miles around to see if it is true
that Miss von Ohl's horse can hold a
whip in his teetli and crack it, or that
a bull will stand on its hind legs and
waltz, or that her calf will indulgo in
all sorts of monkeysliines.
Cheerfully and obligingly she puts
her pets through their paces. The
mild-eyed but mischievous-looking lit -
tel calf is brought out, and is made
to do all the tricks that a highly
trained clown dog could. An educated
Memorial Shaft to Myles Standish to
Be Dedicated in Duxbury,
Mass., His Home.
Boston.—Plymouth may claim im-
perishable fame, in the aggregate,
from the Leyden pilgrims, but Dux-
bury appropriates the individual
Myles Standish, "the first soldier of
New England," as all its own. For in
Duxbury the doughty commander of
the military forces of Plymouth colony
made his home and there, it is alleged,
is his grave.
The glory of the town to-day is the
Standish monument, some time to be
ONE ON JOHNNY.
It
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Struggling for the Whip.
raccoon vaults on the «'alt"8 back an<l
gallops about with all the eclat of a
bareback rider in a circus. A once
vicious bull does equine high school
tricks, and so on. The calf and the
bull are the star performers. No one
ever lias been able to teach such ani-
mals to do "stunts" before.
It has been a tradition among train-
ers that it is impossible to educate
domestic horned cattle to do tricks.
Miss von Ohl decided to experiment
with the toughest subject she could
lind. She let it be known that she
wanted to buy the most dangerous
and vicious two or three-year-old bull
that was obtainable for miles about
Plainfleld. Much to her joy she heard
of one whose owner was going to kill
him because of his superlatively ugly
temper, lie was between two ami
three years old, and had gored three
men. It was the same with this
vicious animal that it. had been with
the horses she had tamed on the range
years before. Surlily and unwillingly
at first he yielded to t he dominance
that he could not understand. Miss
von Ohl got him this spring. To-day,
with her, he is as gentle and as clever
at doing quickly and intelligently the
unusual things he has been taught :is
is a docile and well-trained horse. He
poses on barrels and pedestals, lies
down and rolls over at the word of
command, waltzes, and so on. Even
yet, though, his evil nature will flare
up for an instant, but it needs only a
word from his trainer to make liim
obedient again.
One of this bull's most remarkable
tricks, considering his vicious record
of three men gored and tossed with
his sharp horns, is when he rolls his
trainer over and over on the ground.
Miss von Ohl lies on the grass, pre-
tending to be asleep. 'Die bull ap-
proaches and literally roots and noses
her across the turf seeming to derive
great enjoyment from rolling her over
and over and finally seeing her awake.
His horns are only four or five inches
long, but are sharp as needles. With
an animal of this description, the ex-
perts say, this particular trick is a
shade more dangerous than any that
is attempted in the lion s or tigers'
< ages by the exhibitors of those great
cat animals. Another thing this bull
does is to pick up his teacher and
carry her. He grabs her clothing with
his strong teeth and marches along
with her for a dozen yards and then
carefully lets her down to the ground.
Miss von Ohl'g first notable achieve
ment in training stupid animals was
some years ago, when she taught a
herd of 20 mules to do some remarka-
ble tricks. Horses have been trained
to do all sorts of things from time iin
memorial, but mules are credited with
having small brains and of Invariably
misapplying what little intelligence
they possess. It was while she was
living on the ranch that she taught
the mules.
Miss von Ohl Is still in tier twenties
She is handsome in a strong, fear-
less way.
Standish Monument at Duxburg.
completed and dedicated to the mem-
ory of the man whose goodly deeds it
so grandly commemorates.
Duxbury, or "Duxborrow," as Capt.
Myles himself was wont to refer to thc-
place, dedicated the monument on July
31. It was a happy day in Duxbury.
Distinguished orators declaimed the
virtues of the country's first "great
white chief" in the Unitarian church
building, a banquet was served to hun-
gry celebrators at. the town hall, and.
of course, Captain's Hill, with its im-
posing granite shaft, surmounted by
Kelly's statue of Standish, was the
mecca for all attendants.
Down under the brow of Captain's
Hill and on the premises of Lawyer
Horace G. Allen of Boston stands the
ever memorable and much-bepictured
Alexander Standish house, ono of the
most ancient dwellings of all New
England.
Another and a most Important mem
>er of this Standish trio of Duxbury
shrines, is what is supposed to be the
site of the old hero's grave, in the
town's oldest cemetery, near "Mor-
ton's hole," which was located be
tween the two localities that are now
known as Bayleys and Halls corners.
John Alden, his wife Priscilla and
all the old settlers of the town lie
burled in the old cemetery between
Halls and Bayleys corners.
WORLD'S" YOUNGEST FARMER
Miss Mildred Bates, Three Years Old
Already Is a Successful
Agriculturalist.
Pembroke, Mass.—This town boasts
of having the youngest and most suc-
cessful agriculturist in the world as
far as known.
The subject of this sketch is Miss
Mildred Alice Bates, born in Boston
Mildred Alice Bates.
three years and six months ago, tlic-
daughter of Maud E. Bates and Hon.
Thomas H. Bates, formerly of Cali-
fornia, now a resident of Massachu-
setts.
Mr. Bates owns a small farm in the
town of Pembroke, which he cultivates
every summer and where his family at
present reside.
Miss Mildred evinced a strong in
olination to assist In the planting of
the garden. When the time, arrived
for the dropping of the seed and to
humor her childish whim her grand
mother, who, by the way. Is a prac-
tical farmer, set apart a small strip
of the garden after the plowing and
harrowing had been done, for the
child's special benefit. She was fur-
nished with a small hoe, rake and
spade, garden trowel and a variety of
seed, supplemented each day with a
lesson in practical gardening, all to
good advantage, for the I t feet square
of ground she has had absolute con-
trol of and which she insisted she
should be entirely alone in the culti-
vation of has yielded most abundantly.
Peas were ready for the table on
June 20.
'Hie potatoes, corn and beans, plant
ed with her own hands, show remark-
able development—enough to make
the larger garden look a poor second
in the race.
Where there is some smoke, there's
bound to be a fire sale
He was a balmy-headed Johnny,
with little cash. She was both pretty
and pert. He said: "Do you know,
Dolly, I am something of a mimic? I
can take almost anybody off"
She said: "Then take yourself off,
old boy. I'm expecting some one to
take me to supper."
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA
Face and Neck Were Raw—Terrible
Itching, Inflammation and Sereness
•—Ail Treatments Failed.
Cuticura Proved a Great Succcts.
"Eczema began over the top of my
ear. It cracked and then began to
Bpread. I had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of it so that I had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
Inflamed and sore that I had to put
a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and it would stain
the cloth a sort of yellow. Tho ec-
zemaitched so that it seemed as though
I could tear my face all to pieces.
Then I began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and it was not more
than three months before it was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North-
field, Vt., Dec. 19, 1907."
Fetter Drug & Cbein. Corp., Sole Props., Boston.
Weds Her Rich Stepfather.
Social circles in Pasadena, Cal.,
learned with amazement the other da.y
that Miss Katherine Traphagen has
become the bride of her stepfather,
Cyrus M. Davis of Los Angeles. Mlfis
Traphagen lived with her sisters in
Altadena and was one of tho promi-
nent members of the Young Women's
Christian association, being director
of its short story club.
No Infallible Method.
A leading mathematician of France
gives another warning that there is
no infallible method of doubling one's
stakes after a loss. "All one can do,"
says hp, "is to combine one's play so
as to have a great chance of winning
a little and a little chance of losing
much, and many chances of losing
little."
Rough onRatB, unbeatable exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs,PowderorLiq'd,25c.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25.
Rough onRoacbes.Pow'd, 15c.,Liq'd,25c.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c.
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable toijise,25c.
E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J.
Didn't Go Near the Water.
"Have you caught a cold, dear?"
"Just a little cold, mamma."
"Have you got your feet wet lately,
my dear child?"
"Why, 1 got one just a wee bit wet
when in my bathing suit the other
day, mamma."—Yonkers Statesman.
Shake Into Your Shoot
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for your feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweat-
ing feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 20c. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Alltr. S. Olnisted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Afterglow.
"Are you still in the blissful intox-
ication of love?"
"No, I've reached the headache
now.''—Exchange.
For Headache Try Hicks' Capudine.
Whether from Colda, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aelies are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Dlquld—pleas-
ant to take—Efforts Immediately. 10, &
and DO# ut Drug Stores.
Perhaps the reason the Goddess of
Fame is fickle is simply because she
is a goddess, and therefore neces-
sarily feminine.
Well, well!
That's indigestion after WRIGLEY'S
SPEARMINT!
Look for the spear. The flavor lasts.
When you bear one man trying to
belittle another, it's safe to bet that
the other is his superior.
Lame back and Lumbago make a yoursR
man feel old. Hanilins Wizard Oil makes
an old man feel young. Absolutely noth-
ing like it for the relief of all pain.
Equipped for Fast Travel.
Sorrow Is an evil with many feet.—
Posidippus.
Look sharp! See the point?
It's the spear on real WRIGLEY'S
SPEARMINT!
The votes he didn't get look like a
basket of lemons to the defeated can-
didate.
PAINT DURABILITY.
Th« first thought in painting should,
of course, be durability—and dura-
bility means simply pure paint prop-
erly applied. Pure paint is pure
white lead and linseed oil (with or
without tinting material).
Some years ago the paint-buyer was
likely to get adulterated or counter-
felt white lead if he was not familiar
with brands. To-day he may buy
with perfect safety if he only makes
sure that the Dutch Boy Painter
trademark is on the packages of
white lead that ho buys. This trade-
mark was adopted by National Lead
Company to distinguish the pure
white lead made by them from the
worthless adulterated and fake-goods.
It is a guarantee as valuable to the
house-owner as the education of a
paint expert could be.
Gender.
The other evening Miss Y., a maldea
lady of uncertain years, suspecting
the cook was entertaining her beau
downstairs, called Martha and In-
quired whether she did not hear some
one talking with her.
"Oh, no, ma'am," cried the quick-
witted Martha; "it was only me sing-
ing a psalm."
"Very good," returned Miss Y. sig-
nificantly; "you may amuse yourself
with psalms, but let's have no hims."
Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat-
est discovery—Defiance Starch—all
injurious chemicals are omitted, whilo
the addition of another ingredient, in-
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
proached by other brands.
Style of Price.
"Are you going to raise any fancy
crop on your suburban place this sum-
mer?" asked Jones of Smith, as they
met in the business district.
"Well, yes," hesitatingly admitted
Smith. "I am going to try to raise
the mortgage."
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
Id Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Willing to Try.
She—Do you think it would take
you long to love a girl?
He—I don't know. How long have
you got?—Yonkers Statesman.
Z§ "Guarai^
This Trade-mark
Eliminates All
Uncertainly
in the purchase of
jalnt materials,
t is an absolute
guarantee of pur-
ity and quality.
For your own
protection, see
that it is on the side of
eve ry keg of white lead
you buy.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
1902 Trinity Building, New VorV
[CBew it.
Ilunch
It digests* Tnei
lunch-cleans
"the teeth-
sweetens the
breath- IF
it's real
wrigley's uc
SPEARMINT
PEMINGlMf^
wiTiiSI Thompson's Eye Water
TOILET ANTISEPTI0
NOTHING LIKE IT FOR
tuc tffth p**'"10 exce'* eny
I nt I tt I H in cleansing, whitening ana
removing tartar from tho teeth, beside* deitioyin§
all germs of decay and disease which ordinary
loolh preparationi cannot do. /
Tllf UAIITftJ Paxtino used a*a mouths
I ML IVBUU I n wash disinfect* tho mouA
and throat, purifies the breath, and kill* tho germ*
which collect in tho mouth, causing tore throat
bad teeth, bad breath, grippe, and much uckne**
tup CVCC when inflamed, tired, acha
* Tit Ei I bw and bum, may bo instantly
relieved and strengthened by Paxtine. ,
P AT ADD || Paxtino will destroy the genu
■ Anllll that causa catarrh, heal tho in*
damnation and *top the discharge. It ia a MM
remedy for uterine catarrh.
Paxtine it a harmless yet powerful
femicide,diiinfedUnt and deodori/er.
Used in bathing it deitroys odor* and
leave* the body ant!;eptically clean.
FOR BALE AT ORUO STORES,BOc.
OR POSTPAID BY MAIL.
LARGE SAMPLE FREE!
TMB PAXTON TOILET CO.. UOSTON. MASS.
W. N. U.. DALLAS, NO. 36-1909.
A good will offering—
A good digestion offering!
WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT.
Undertakers also come under the
bead of scientific boxers.
You Have Kidney
IlicfftaCAf I H these symptoms
fj IJjCflOClB arc Present: 1'aiu
and weakness in
the small of the back, pain in the loins and groins,
numbness of the thighs; high colored, scalding, white
or milky, or bloody urine. Sometimes scanty, at
others copious and clear. Pains in tho bladder, chills,
fever; hot, dry skin; quick, hard pulse; throbbing in
region of the kidneys, nausea, colic and constipation.
Puffiness under the eyes, swollen feet, acid or bitter taste in the
mouth, rheumatism. These may not all bo present at the same time
but they are Nature's signal of danger, and to ignore them invites
the fatal lirights Disease.
Dr. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
cures kidney disease, naturally and normally, by acting upon tho liver,
kidneys and stomach, purifying the blood and removing the cause.
You don't guess at what you are taking. This is the formula:—Buchu,
Juniper. Hydrangea(or Savon Barks), Mandrake (or
May apple), Yellow Dock, Dandelion, Son nit, Gascara
Sagrada This formula is made right, of the best drugs obtainable
without regard to price. We guarantee its purity under the Pure Food and
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, Serial No. 905.
What Others Say of Its Merit
"I am recommending Dr. Thnoher'n Liver nml Blood Nyrup with tho moM RTatt-
/ytnff results. A luily eu.1110 130 miles to nie for treatment. I cured,hur with Liver
and IJlood Hyrup. J. II. LKATII, M. D., LoijuvJew, Tejati."
"I have sold T)r. Thaolier'n Liver and lllooil Syrup for ten years under my per>
•oual guarantee, and have never been called upon to refund a cent.
II. M. HILL, Aqull]a, Texas."
"Four doctors said I conld not recover from ltldney trouble, eight years ago, tint
Dr. Tliaeher's Liver and lilood Syrup cured me. I am a sound man today,
O. J. MOATliS, Deer Lodge, Tenn."
We have the originals of these and thousands of others just as convincing,
on file in our office.
For sale by dealers in 50c and $1.00 bottles.
THACHER MEDICINE CO., CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
This Is What
rj/*rjr««o wort/
/Kttcr Stare A.
HasNoEqual.
Catches Me!
ic-ThlnJ More Starch.
160*.
mmbmxnm
Ummomm
(AMfrFWOSUOW
tfCE5TARCHCa
m
FULL
POUND
No premiums, but one'third
more starch than you get of
other brands, Try it now, for
hot or cold starching it has no
equal and will not stick to the iron.
WRIS LEY'S
IE WIS* SINGLE BINDER
^ 54 CI6AR. HAS A RICH TASTE
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Color more oood* brighter and fa*ter color* than an* other <*ye. One tOc packaoe colon all fiber*. They dye in cold water better than any other dm You can dm
anj garment without ripping apart Write for tree booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and M11 Color*. MONROE ORUO OO . Qulncy, Illlnolm.
Still Inimitable.
First Cricket—Men are flying.
Second Crfcket—Perhaps, but they
can't make music with their legs.
Millions of white teeth come from
millions of sticks of WRIGLEY'S
SPEARMINT.
VKRItV DAVIS* J'AINKtr.LKIt
A fetliiiirnf MTurlty c«>m< F,by hiivtntf this f&nsoBt
remedy on ftmnd. It l* ; d<'pondiiluci nafrmiartl
again*! colic, diarrtu a. cramps. 26c, 36c JcoOo bottle*.
Many a man makes his mark in the
world—with a whitewash brush.
Hunger in a necessary evil; It pro-
motes industry.
Fame may come to a man suddenly
and go just as quickly.
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Mr*. Wlmlow'i Soothing? Hjrtjp.
for oblldrnn tentlilng, ■often* the kuih , reiluron ir>- •;
fiumniAtlon, *!)*>•« pntn.curcH wlml coltu. !i£cu Ixittla. *.;
It Is the after effect of experience $
' that counts.
RESIN0L
has been prescribed for
years by physicians all
over the world fn the treat-
ment of skin diseases, Itch-
ing, irritation, eczema and
In dressing of boils, felons
and carbuncles. It is acknowledged by them to be the very best ointment known
for erysipelas, erythema, nettle rash, ringworm and a specific for itching piles.
50c. a Jar, ail druggists, or sent direct on receipt of price.
RESINOL CHEMICAL COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MD.
"I cannot praise RESINOL enough."
Mrs. Geo. A. Laney, Montreal, Canada.
rnryTrrm
>11*1 t M
Baoauao Pf th« ugly, grizzly, pray hair*. Um "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER.o PRIOR, i.OO. retail.
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