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A QUAINT SWISS CUSTOM.
Picturesque Ceremonies Accompanying
the "Passing of Winter."
The land of the Switzers is rich
indeed in folklore. Who has not
heard of the ringing deeds of Wil
liam Tell? And so thoroughly do
these hardy mountain folk enter
into the spirit of these old stories
and quaiut customs that the travel
er finds monuments erected to the
memory of this traditional hero,
while £ven in such up to date cities
as Zurich, that so impresses the
American tourists on account of its
imposing buildings and busy stir,
the entire population abandons its
industry in order to take part in a
symbolic festival every spt mg. it
is the ‘‘passing winter,” or, to use
the picturesque native expression,
“seehselauten” —6 o’clock ringdnjr
feast—the beginning of which is an
nounced by the cathedral chiming
the hour of 6. The real celebrations
begin at 8 o’clock, when the nation
al and cantonal flags are hoisted on
the staff of the cathedral. A pretty
sight is that of the procession of
more than 1,000 children, in appro
priate costumes, escorting the tri
umphal car bearing the Goddess of
Spring, attended by her maidens,
while behind her is drawn amid
dancing clowns the captive Boegg,
representing winter, being a huge
figure made of wood and covered
with cotton wool stuffed with crack
ers and gunpowder.
Winding through the streets on
either side of the river him mat, the
procession makes its wav to the
lakes. Here the Boegg is raised on
high poles and a bonfire built irp
around it. During the afternoon
the city guilds parade in quaint cos
tumes, and many merry jokes are
played, until at the first stroke of
6 the torch is applied to our friend
Boegg, and winter’s reign is a tiling
of the past. The flames leap up
and are reflected in the lake, while
from surrounding boats fireworks
add to the liveliness of the scene.
The guild houses, of which Zurich
has many handsome examples, are
thrown open to visitors, and the
evening is devoted entirely to pleas
ure and entertainment. Spring
field Republican.
Women of Today.
At a “coming out” ball in a met
ropolitan city a few years ago the
debutante and her grandmother
both danced in the cotillon. They
were both slender and graceful,
both beautiful dancers. To the
casual observer they differed in
these respects: The debutante had
auburn hair, the unlined face of the
“unideaed girl” and talked halting
ly. The grandmother had white
hair, lines in her face and talked
fluently. That they' should both
be dancing aroused no particular
comment. Today numerous Ameri
can women play tennis until forty
—play golf and quieter games until
sixty. Not long ago a New York
society woman who is close upon
sixty was told by her physician that
she must not hereafter walk over
twenty miles in a day. Plenty of
English sportswomen “follow the
hounds” until past fifty years of
age. —Appleton’s Magazine.
His Hardest Task.
It is not work, but nervous strain,
which kills. Physical labor is noth
ing compared to mental, a?, even the
Boston elevator bov found whose
experience is reported in the Watch
word.
“Don’t you ever feel sick going
up and down in this elevator all
day?” asked the old lady passenger.
“Yes’m,” answered the elevator
boy.
’“ls it the motion of the going
down ?”
“No’m.”
“The motion of going up?”
“No’m.”
“What is it, then ?”
“The questions, ’m.”
Shs Let Him Off.
One night Green came home very
btte and "found his wife evidently
prepared to administer a Caudle lec
ture. Instead of going to bed, he
took a seat, and, resting his elbows
#n his knees, seemed absorbed in
grief, sighing heavily and uttering
•uch exclamations as “Poor Wat
kins! Poor follow!”
Mrs. Green, moved by curiosity,
•aid sharply, “What’s the matter
with Watkins?”
“Ah,” said Green, “his wife i*
giving him fits just now.”
Mrs. Green let her husband off
that time. —Liverpool Mercury.
Could Btop Over.
As an express train was going
through a station one of the passen
gers leaned too far out of the win
dow, overbalanced and fell out. He
fortunately landed on a sand heap,
*o that he Aid himself no great in
jury. hut, with torn clothes and not
a few bruises, said to a porter who
was standing bv:
“Wbat shall I do?”
“You’re all right, mister.” said
the porter. “Your ticket allows you
to break your journey.”—London
Scrap*.
A STRANGE DANCE.
Curieus Religious Rites at Whitesun
tide In Luxemburg.
A singular ceremony takes place
at Whitsuntide in the Luxemburg
town of Echternach. It consists of
a procession to the tomh of Willi
brod, one of the patron saints of
the city. The Rev. T. H. Passmore
describes this curious and pictur
esque proceeding in his book “Fur
ther Ardenne.”
In this old corner of Europe the
idea of dancing to God’s glory lives
still. Religious dancing is as old as
history and was once common in
th church. The springprozession
of Echternach refreshes the philos
opher because it trips right up from
old times and certifies him that
nothing is absurd which is done sin
cerely. A man may smile at such
things; no gentleman can laugh at
it.
It is Whitsun Tuesday at 8 in the
morning, a late day in spring. The
town is gay with wreaths, flags and
streamers, the windows aflame with
flowers. Twenty thousand people
fill the streets and stretch in a dou
ble row across the bridge. A* sense
of serious waiting fills the air.
The procession starts, with its
banners, tapers and 300 singers ami
its clergy. All chant the litany of
St. VV'illibrod.
Suddenly an electric tremor
thrills along the whole cortege of
pilgrims, instruments all along the
line take up the tune, and 40,000
feet, not all light, but all fantastic,
are vibrant in the dance.
It is a sort of sobered polka
three steps forward and two back
Youth and the old man rejoice to
getlier, the sick and the hale, the
bent dotard side by side with the
sauev schoolboy. They dance for
health, for the state of their par
ents and friends and for the ills of
their beasts.
Some very old and infirm dance
by deputy, and many an urchin
dances lustily for several invalids
Here a young mother dances with
her young child in her arms; here
an old man, whistling like a saw.
forces to the measure his rheumat
ie bones. The pageant takes five
* jours to travel three-quarters of a
mile.
When all is done the tired throng
goes home.
Horn* »f the Navel Orange.
“Bahia, Brazil, the home of the
navel orange, from which place the
late William G. Saunders imported
the first navel orange tree to the
United States, raises large quanti
ties of -this luscious fruit, but does
not export a single orange,” said a
man formerly in the diplomatic
service in Brazil. “Nearly every
family has an orange and a banana
tree in the back yard, and some
have a number of trees. These are
merely for home consumption.
“Mr. Saunders, when he began
(lie reproduction and distribution
of the navel orange tree, the orig
inal of which, 1 believe, is still in
the grounds of the department of
agriculture, thought he could re
produce the same quality of orange,
but I do not think he succeeded, a I
though the American navel orange
is a fine fruit. It would be impoesi
ble to produce in Bahia any greai
quantity of oranges for export be
cause there are no facilities foi
keeping the fruit after it is picked.'
—Washington Post.
Mason and Dixon's Line.
The “Mason and Dixon’s line,’
the name given to the boundary lim
between Pennsylvania and Mary
land, was run, with the exception
of some twenty-two miles, by
Charles Mason and Jeremiah I)ix
on, two English mathematician
and surveyors, between November,
1763, and December, 17G7. During
the excited debate in congress in
1820 on the exclusion of slavery
froni Missouri John Randolph
made great use of the phrase, which
was caught up by all the newspa
pers of the country and thus gain
ed the celebrity it still holds.
Th* Persian*.
Every traveler from Morier on
ward has descanied on the physical
cowardice of the Persians. But
there are mysteries about the valor
of Asiatics which rio European hi
torian has yet set himself to solve
It was currently said in the early
eighties among Englishmen that the
Egyptians were cowards, yet under
Mehernet Ali they defeated Turkish
armies and Wahabi fanatics and
would have overthrown the Turk
ish empire if Europe had not inter
vened. There are similar passages
in Persian history.— London Nation
Mad* AM the Difference.
“Henry asked me to be his wife
last night,” she told her chum.
“Oh, I’m so delighted, Gertrude
And how did it happen?”
“Well, he just asked rne, and 1
said, ‘Yes/ and then he just stood
up and folded his arms.”
<4 What! He was no more inter
i e«ted than that?”
“Oh, but, you see, I was in them
when he folded them ”
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR— I TIirUSDAV, OCT, 1908.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery Oount\.
Will be sold befmv tin* poin t house do»u iu
Mount Vernon on the hist Ttusda\ in Nov.
1908, between the legal hours of sal**, to the
highest bidder for ivuli, certain property, ot
which the following is a complete dcs* ription:
All that tract or pare* 1 of land situate lying
and being in thc'27sth Pis O M < f Montgonu*r>
county, containing lour hundred (100) acres,
mote or less, hounded north l»\ lands ot Sam
Hanoi and Inn Byrd, vast hy l\t«r J/cl»iide
and Titos Johnson, south hy A A l*t lot son,Jr.
and west bv M T l/o*es, known as the* K it
Mcßride pia co.
Also one other tract or p.uccl of land
situate, lying and being m the 275th District
G M of said county containing two hun
dred and twi nty-toui acr« s more 01 less,
bounded north hy binds ot li B Mcßride nod
Abe Burch, east by Joe Sharpe and Abe
Burch, south by M I' Moses and \V V\ (\uuiei
and west by V\ \V ('onto-r and li B Mcßride
and known as the John B v’onuet place.
Also, on cobber tract or pant lot lan \ situate,
lying and being in the 275 PisO M.s.tid county
containing one hundred and *ixi v-four acres
more orient) bounded north by lands of Mrs
Victoria McArthur, cast by Lula Bfanthy,
south by Mrs Ala Mcßride, and west by PH
Williamson and II McGalicc, known as tin* Me
Donga! place.
Also another tract or parcel <»t land sit
uate, lying and being iu the 275th District.
G M ot said count?, containing lUvdmr
acres more nr less hounded north by lauds of
llirain .Sharpe and Henry Mel.can. cast bv Hi
raniNharpc mid M R Gray, south by W !' Mc-
Arthur, and west by Pnali Collins and W T
McArthur, known as the Duncan 1 »II place.
Also one other tract or parcel ol’ land situatc
lying and being in tin* 81-idd Pis G M ot said
countv. containing 54 acres, more or less,
bounded north hy lands of \V J IVtrrson, east
by Hiram Sharpe, south b\ A \ Peterson, and
west by W J Petoison, known as the Henry
Me Bonn place.
Also, one other tract or parcel ot land situ
ate. lying and being in the 275th lbs G M of
said county, e»»nta*uing 75 acres more or less,
bounded north hy lands of M H Mcluty re.cnst
by Oconee Greek, boh tlt bv Mamie M» ek . ami
west by Mrs Wary Hughes, known rs the
Northeut place.
Also, one other tract or parcel of land situ
ate, lying and being iu tin* 275tii Pis G .1/ of
said county, containing 1122 acres more or less,
bounded north by lands ol the estate of Mrs
Chanty Hicks, east by W A Johnson c*t at,
south by John T Mr Arthur, and wost by Airs
W II McArthur, known as tin* old Lot place.
Also, another fact- or parcel of lan I situate,
lying and being in the 814. M Pis G M of said
county, containing 24b acres, more m less,
bounded north oy Mis T J Thompson, east by
T J Thompson, ct al. south by Mrs T II Adams
and east hy .l/rs T W /»oclgers, know n as the
Geo L Adams place
Also, another tract or parcel of land, situ
ate. lying ami being in tin lib'l l Pis U M of
said county, in tho town <>i \iley, containing
twenty-live ocrefl, more or less, hounded north
by Gordon st, oast, by an alley ami Broad st,
south by J M I) McGregor, and west by J A
Biddle.
Also, the following lots of lutul in the town
of Ailey, Ga., io tin- .3 Bid Pis G Al of said
county, known and distinguished on tin map
of said town as lots Nos 1. 2. J, I 5, 11, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14. IP, and Ilf, in Itlocli N... 21
Also, lota Noil, 10, 11 and 12 of Block No 28,
each lot fronting Fifty I cut on Green st, ami
extending back to in alley UK) feet.
Also, lot No (8) on Block No 10, fronting lea
st 50 feet and extending hack oast 100 feet.. All
the above lots being in th town <d Ailev, Ga
Also, another tract o» parcel ol land situate,
lying and being in Ho* 275th Pis G M of said
county, containing 85 acres more or less
bounded north by lands of F B J/eßridc, east
by J/rs S A limcii, s utfi by F. J Well- ami P
S Williamson, and west by ‘V A John on
Levied on as the properto of A A Peterson.
Jr., to satisfy a ii |j, i siud li<»ni Hie riiy nniit
of Ml Vernon in fa vor of Willie T McArthur.
This the 2d day of October, 1908.
A. ). Bi u< if. Sheriff.
SherilV Snh'.
Georgia Montgomery <’nimt v.
Will be sold before the court house door in
Mount Vernon on the lir.sl 7 m day in N<n.
1908, between tin* legal hours of sale, to tin
highest bidder for cash, certain property, ol
which the following is a complete desei iptimi:
All that tractor parcel of land situate, |y-
I iug and being in 1150! h Pis G M of said <• >uu
ty and state, the same hr ing lot of laud mini
j nor three iiundi'(l and thirlv four FIJI) in the
i tenth laud district of said count *, and con
taining two hundred and two and oiic-luilf
(202%) acres more or less, with the exception
of one ( 1) acre carved out of t in* sou llt w est ern
portion of said iot, where the Long Braiwli
school house now stands. Sai » tram of laud
levied on as the property of J. F. Voemaiis
to satisfy a ('ity Court ll fa in favor of The
Mount Vernon Bank vs J. F. Yeomans, princi
pal, IS. W. Hughes, endorse-. Propel ty in the
possession of defendant, but pointed out !>.
plaintiff, and written imtic of levy given as
required hy law. Thin the sth day of October,
1908. A. J. Burch.,
Sheriff City Court, Mt. Vernon.
M. 7j. Calhoun, Ally foi Pltf.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia—Montgunn ry County.
Will he sold before the court house door ill
sai<i county on the lirst Tuesday in Nov. 1908,
within the legal hours of sale?, to the hi heat
bidder lor cash the following described prop
ert.v: 'Three tracts or parcels of I .ikl lying
ami being in tho 15915 t Pis G M ot -aid coun
ty and being pert ions of lot of land No 280 in
ijfli land district of said county, and better
known as tin Daniel Morrison old place. One
tract containing acres more or Ost,bound
ed on the m rth by lands of Panic) pone and
Dr. Rivers; mi the en-t by tie ol I Dublin pub
lic road; on the south by laud belonging to J
L Morrison, deceased, and the Methodist
church lot; and on the west by the graveyttid
lot and tie .Methodist church lot.
Also one other lot containing 2 acres more
or leHH bounded on the north bv tie lor de
scribed above; on the east by the old Dublin
public road; on the south by land of VV. P.
McQuaig; and on the weal by land of Frank
Morrison.
Ainu one other tract of land containing Gi
acres morn >r les* and bound# I up the n nth
by the Alt Vernon public road; on tho east by
lands* of Toni Mori Don and K F. Reynolds, on
the noiltli by lands of S. F Reynolds; and on
die west by the old Dublin public road.
All of said too ts of land will be sold a- the
property of J. J.. Morrison, deceased, in i m
snance of an oi dei grant* d to the undersigned
| is administrator foi the purpose of M-lling
j said property to pay the debt* of the deceased
and for distribution among liis heirs. This
October C, 1908. s. V. Reyn lds, Adirir.,
Os J. L. Morrison, Deceased.
Roid Notice.
! (if-ortcia —Montgomery County.
M M Oilli-i Hint others having ap
plied for lli<‘ opening and establish
ment of a now road- at
, Miat point on tin; Louisville public
loud wrK'i'i- a nrivate divot;'* -, In the
jnasf in tin- lane of M Ifiilohe.snn an<l
i following, the tf-in-ral direction of
'.-till private road to tho bridgo on
; Ppndloton er*-«-k known as tin- Neill
(iillis bridge, said load liaWinp' been
: rt-\ iesved by ]»r<»pei authorities. No
tice is hereby that said appli
| cation will be planted on the :id day
l of XoveMber, litttH. if good and suf
‘ fie lent reason is not shown to the
I contrary. This th*-f>th day of f)eto
i her. liris. W. \V. I'opk.
( hm’li < oiinty ( mill s.
Citation.
Georgia— Mnntgornerv Comity :
H. J. Meadow a resident -aid hv.'-
j ing duly "applied to he appointed guardian of
j tin- person ai d {noneity >,t Mary (itman a
I minor nodei 14 vear** of age add alro Willie
I and MatiJe lurnan. also minors, all reMidents
jof said couuty. if hereby given that
J uaid licatiori will l<e p:»**ed on at the next
! O>ort of Ordmarv for said county to he held
jon the timt Mondavi . i'Kh.
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