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WEEKLY WATERTOWN LEADER.
VOLUME XLIX
Uplifting the Farmer
In a clever “Dooley” paper in the
current American Magazine, P. F.
Dunne has the popular philosopher
talk about the work of the “cominis
sion to make th’ wives iv th’ farmers
happy, ’hough rear i’d,” “app inted
by me fii’ml, Tiddy Rcsenf. lt.” Ke
says, in part:
“Th’ preeliminary report is nearly
ready: ‘Th’ commission met at waist
an’ repaired post haste on 'hroli. y car
to th’ rural districts. * * * We left
th’ throlley car at what appealed to
be a farm an” winded our way to’rds
a comfortable-lookin’ abode situated
es near to th’ highway as it cud be
without b in’ run over be autymobils.
Fatherin', we found a lady who was
read ri’ a beck, weepin’ an’ atin’ a
chocolate atl .re at wan an’ the same
time. “Madame,” says I, “why do
ye weep?” “I weep,” says she,
“f’r th’ sorrows iv Bertha, th’ poor
tewin’ machine girl.” We made a
note at wanst f’r th Prisidint that a
gr reat ehtride to’rds th’ happiness iv
th’ farmers’, wives could be gamed be
securin’ h’ happiness Bertha, th’
poor sewin’ machine girl. “But,”
says I, “what else have ye to dis
thress ye? Surely this is not all.
Bertha cannot last Driver. Soon she
will marry th’ rich mill owner’s son,
an’ thin what wjil ye have to fall
back on fr a sob'.' Is not ye’er home
life mia’rable? Don’t ye have rows
with rh’ old man? Explain why ye
are an object iv commiseration to th’
wurrouid, so much so that ivry time
th' Prisidint thinks iv ye’er abject
conditin he burst* into tears iv pity,”
says 1.
“ ‘At this th’ lady rose an’ de
manded to know what we meant by
inthrudin' on th’ privacy iv her home
n’ insusltin’ a lone woman. She
stated that she wud have ua to know
that she waa no more unhappy thin
army other lady, an’ that th’ com
mission wud ue much betlher employed
if they wint home an’ inquired into
th’ causes iv th’ unhappiness iv their
(th’ commission’s own wives). * * *
Th’ onhappy woman fuither alleged
that it was a good thing f’er th’ com
mission that her husband had not come
home fr’rn th’ meetin’ iv th’ boord iv
directors iv th’ bank, hut she wud
sho w th’ commission that an America’
lady cud protict herself. As we din
not wish further to disturb her, and
as she was edgin’ over t’ards an oryx
clock on th’ mantel-piece th’ commis
sion thought it best to retire, which
it did.. 1 regret to have to report
that Profissor Higgins, th’ indefaty
g able sicretary iv th’ commission,
severely injured bis knee-pan geltin’
over th’ fence.
“Well, sir, I expict great things
fr’m th’ commission, Hinnissy. I’m
sure Tiddy Rosenfek is not goin’ to
stop whin he has discovered th’ causes
iv onhapp ness on th’ farm an’ re
moved thim be an act iv Congress.
Onhaopiness is a very gin’ral com
plaint. It is wan iv th’ gr-reatest
curses iv th’ human race. It attacks
us befure our first tooth comes an’
stays with us afther our last has gone.
It is sthrange that iv all tb’ men who
have governed counthnes, fr’rn Solo
mon down, Tiddy Rosenfelt, is th’ first
to undhertake a scientific investigation
iv th' subject. Afther he has got th’
framers’ wives to singin’ sure he will
app’int other commissions,
“FinTly ”ail th’ comimssicns will
meet in gin’ral session an’ report in
favor iv abolishin’ poverty, hunger,
thirst, mosquitoes, shtreet noises,
jealousy, ambition, fear iv impendin’
death, human nature an’ the sutyma
tic piano, an’ ricommind, in addition,
that ivry wan shud be allowed to in
flict enough onhappiness on ivrybody
else to make himself perfectly happy.
They musn’t f’rget that last soorce iv
happiness. Sometimes I think ’tis
th’ most reli'ble wan. Not. mind ye,
that I like to have people suffer. I
am not able to take much pleasure
out iv seein’ a man fall fr’ra th’ rcof
iv a building or get run over be a
Icconv tive. But I‘ve gut to tell ye
that If el more comfortable settin’
be th’ tiie on a cold winter’s day f’r
s ein’ a teamster go by floggin’ his
c est with his hands: an’ in summer
th’ cool shade where 1 sit is much
improved be th’ judicious addition of
a few Eyetalians digggin’ a sewer in
th’ oun.
“Well, sir,’ 'tis a tur-rble prob
lem, his here wan iv human onhappi
ne?. Some say selfishness will make
ye happy. I’ve tried it. It didn’t
cure me. Other people say unselfish
ness; but that’s no more than to say
that ye ;an on’y be happy be givin’
up somethin’ that w’u’d make ye
happy. The nearest ye get to happi
ness is in wantin’ somethin’ bad'y
an’ thinkin’ ye have a chance to get
it an’ not gettin’ it. If ye get it ye’ll
he cnhappy. Whin ve have ivrythin’
in tn’ wurru’d that ye want, th’ fam
ily, will do well to watch ye whin ye
pick up a razor.
“Onhappiness, ’’ says Dick O’Leary,
“is th’ most prevailin’ disease in me
practice. I can do nawthin’ f’r it.
Whin I have a bad case I call in Fath
er Kelly f’r consultation. He can
sometimes relieve it be prorri-in’ th’
patient something worse in the here
after. All us doctors know about it
is that wan form iv onhappiness acts
on another like a mustard plasther on
a stomachache. ’
“ ‘Does it iver kill?’ says I.
“ ‘Divvle th’ bit,’ says he.
“It usually hits har. est thim hat
don’t have a chronic case. Its most
severe with fellows that are jokin’
an’ laughin’ most iv the time. It
| knocks thim. They’re always sicker
f’r it thin ar ny wan else. But p c
ple that lave a long-standing case
get u ed to it an’ talk about it an’ ere
vry tender witn it. I’ve seen manny
iad es esptciataly, who wudden’t
know what to do with themselves if
hey were onhar py. I think ’tis a
usiekrobe causes it.’
“ 'Why don’t you invir.t a medi
cine to cure it?’ s?y I.
** ‘lf I did,’ says he, ‘d’ye think
I'd give annv to rre patients? Id
consume mist iv th’ output iresilf an’
th’ rise I’d give to mewifs,’ says be.
“An’ there ye ary Hinnissy. I c
Tiddy Rnsenfelt iver app’ints a com
mision to irquiie into tb’ mode iv
life prevailin’ among Martin Dooley
an’ devisee arrears f’r improvin’ it I
wen t know what to suggist tnat wud
make me more happy. I |wud like a
little more loose ch nge in rh’ till;
I pref*r to be a year or two younger,
an’ to be able to sleep r.n hour or two
longer in th’ mornings. An act iv
Congress curin’ th’ pain in me back
or causin’ a few tufts iv hair (wavy
brown preferred) to grow on th’ trp
iv me head wud be much appreciated.
An appropriation f’r anew stovopije
hat f’r Saint Pathricks’ Day wud be
as balm to me ag’rized spi/its. I
have two or th ee acquaintances that
I wud like to have bastinadoed. But
beyond these simple wants there i
nawthin’ I cud ask th’ commission to
du f’r me, an’ they’d pay noattin bn
to thim. ’’
Why Discriminate?
Recently, a complaint was filed
with the Wisconsin Railroad and Tax
commission against the C. M. & St.
P. railway company by A. B. Lieher
nr arm of this city, in which the charge
was made that said company was dis
criminating against the people of Wa
tertown in the sale of commutation
tickets between this city and Milwau
kee.
Prior to August 1997. said railway
company hryd sold commutation tickets
heteeo Watertown and Milwaukee at
a reriuced rate, but, during the month
mentioned, withdrew such tickets
from sale hut continued to sell com
mutation tickets between Oconomowoc
and Milwaukee, a discrimination
against Watertown. The company in
its answer to the complaint, admitted
that prior to August 19U7 it had sold
commutation tickets between the
points named and at the present time
was selling such tickets between
Oconomowoc and Milwaukee as alleged
in the complaint, but denied any dis
crimination and maintained that it is
not bound to give a less rate than two
(2) cents per mile between any points
in Wisconsin.
While it may be true that the ncm
pany is nut obliged to give a Isbb rate
than two cents per mile betwe n
ponits in This state, it cmtainly is
discriminaitng against Watertown in
selling commutation at a reduced rate
between Oconomowoc anj Milwaukee,
At one time it was estimated that
at least 1 200 commutation tickets
were hJd in this city and as they
were paid for in advance at Sl2 60
each, it was a mighty good thin* tor the
company and m doubt stimulated tra
vel to and fru from Milwaukee and
was a good thing for the merchants
there and not for the best interest of
our home merchants.
It is a Matter of the Individual
The Leader is in receipt of printed
matter from tne Proprietary Associa
tion of Chicago, opposing the Mann
bill in congress which it claims, was
introduced in the interest of the
‘'Medical Trust,” its object b ins to
drive out of market, most if not aT,
of the patent medicines now sold in
our drug stores and to drive out of
business the manufacturers of such
medicines. The writer knows nothing
of the merits of the controversy, b'.t
on general principles. is opposed
strenuously to all kinds of trusts,
which seek to control business in their
own interest. There may be some
good “patent medicines” and ve
aouDt not but there is, and as cures
are a matter of faith in the medici e
taken, whether “patent” or adminis
tered by a regular prescripMon we
cannot see why snycne should be pro
hibited from taking the “dope” he
thinks will do him the most good. If
any of the proprietary rnedb-ines ar-e
poisonous a id dangerous to health, the
sale of such preparations should be
prohibited order the provisions of ex
isting laws, bat no man should be de
nied the right to take what he may
think will do him the most good.
Marriage License
Dec. 24—Edward L. Kogan to Car
olyn R. Wnebt, both of tie city cf
Watertown.
Dec. 26 Win, Thaw Clark, cf
Woodstock, 111., to Gertrude Zv la
| Coe of Fort Atkinson.
Dec 26—John Emmet Gordon, cf
.Stoughton, Wis,, to Mollie Weigel,
(of Watertown.
SUCCESSOR TO THE WATERTOWN REPUBLICAN.
Concord.
Concord. Dec. 28. Mrs*. oha3. Kie-
Dort hse been in Oconomowoc the past
two weeks witn her sister, Mrs.
Frank uiper who is very ill.
There was a plea-ant family reunion
; at the home of Chas. Oestrich Christ
mas we k v.hen hree s ns from Da
i kg; a. and cue dausht r from M Iwau-
joined v ith the other members of
he family and njoyed themselves as
only a penial Peppy family can, A
family group was taken. On Christ
i r.as day they entertained a large rum
b r cf relutiv sad intimate fiitnds.
Those from here who attended the
€*■ rcie s at Pipersville Xmas evening
enjoyed the same very much.
r. and Mrs. J< hn Shephard cele
brated Christmas with a family r -
union, their children coming from
Dakota, lowa, Minn, and 111. Forest
Poa of Oconomowoc, came out and
photrg aphed the family group. Mr
Shrpiard, Sr., is in very poor health.
There are rumors of a R. K. line
running through this locality in the
ne3r future.
Burr Anlstbrook is reported as
b ir;g some hatter, though his condi
toin is serious.
Ixonia.
Iximia, Dec. 30, —Miss Lena Bitt
n:r cf Watertown, was a guest a few
d.ys this w eb of Misa Helen Marlow'.
Mrs. H. Gul ekson entertained M;ss
Maud Eri.kson of Oconomowoc, and
Mr, Busby of Austin, Minn., Sunday
evening.
Mrs. T. M. Winger ent rtaired the
choir ;;f Our Savio 's Ocono
omowoc, Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo James enter
tained at a family dinner on Xmas
Ltay.
Miss Ella Moran u enjoying a vaca
tion at her home, from her duties as
teacher at the Kenceha schools.
Mr and Mrs J. \. Marlow and
son Everett, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mueller enter
tained last Saturday evening, the oc
casion being the christening of their
little daughter Irene.
Mrs. L. Lewis gathered her child
ren and grandchila.cn abort her on
Xmas Day and enjoyed a family re
union.
Miss Lydia and EdwimSchuenke.
who attend school at Watertown, are
enjoying the holiday vacation at their
homa here.
A number of people from here
attended the Zirater-Jaeger wedding
at Pipersviile on Tuesday.
Mrs. Matt Winger and Arthur
Winger visited with Mr. and Mrs. t.
M. Winger on Monday,
Mr. and M”s. J A. Marlow enter
tained at 5 o'clock dinner on Xmas
Day The guests incL ded Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Marlow and daughters
Helen and Viole, and Mr. and Mrs. l'„
M. Winger.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. WPls are en
t rtaim.ng Mr. W’e. parents of Oak
dale over the Holiday*.
Rufus Erickson cf Hartland, visited
hi;- cousin. Omor Guilekson on Mon
day.
Miss Hannah Schrsutzlor and sister,
of Watsrtwn. were guests cf Geo.
Guilekson on Saturday.
Mrs. O. H. Wills and Mr. and Mrs.
H. Guilekson spent Wednesday in Wa
tertown.
Mr. and Mrs Jno. Gibson and Suns
Davis and Donald, spent Christmas
with Mr. Gib on s brother at Waupun.
Married
At Sioux City, lowa, on Saturday,. |
December 19th, 19U8, Mr. William L. |
Shearer and Miss Lose Mason, both o f i
Pingsley, lowa, w?ere united in mar
riage, Rev. W, L. Tinny, pastor of
the First Congregational church of
Sioox City officiating.
The bri ;e ;s the and rghler of Mr,
P. H. Mason, of Kingsley, lowa, and
is a most stmable and highly re
rp°ct and young lady, who has been one
t Plymouth countv’s mo t sui;C :, csf:.l
teachers for some time.
Ibe groom is the son of Mr. has. 1
A Shearer fo r merly cf Watertown,
b t row a resident of Kingsley, lowa
He is an industri es and wide-awake
young farmer who has a host of
friends.
Ihey wil* go to hou°ekeeping im
mediately en the Connor farm north
west cf Kingsley. The b°st wishes
of their many friends etc with them to
their new home and may long life
and prosperity be theirs.
Repeat Music Next Sunday
The special musical program pre
pared by the choirs of th • Ccngrega
tionsl church a.id rendered with unus
ual success last Sunday will be given
again January 3. Mrs. Feld will again
I sing, “The Message of the Angels.’’
I'hs thr’e anthems contain solos by
Miss Alma Feldsebneider and Messrs.
Wm. Eicharda, Wolfram, Exrer and
John tebempf. At me vesp r services
at 4 p. m, the Junior choir will repeat
two enthem.3 which include several
sole Mis- A’ma F 1 : schneidtr
will sing end Mr Frank £>oan wil.
I contribute a violin sclo.
WATERTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY. WIS. JAN. I. 190 <
Johnson Greek.
Johnson Creek, De . 30. Stoies
will bo closed on New Year’s Pay aid
again in the future on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 6 p. m.
Ered Mansfield went to Boston
Thursd y where his wife underwent
another operation. According to latest
reports, she is still in a critical con
dition.
Among those to spend Christmas at
home were Geo. Christians, Ernest
Greenwood, Walter Grtll, Ewald
Stiehm, He man Stiehm, Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Stiehm, Will Stithm Jr.,
and Geo. Daly.
Wm. Stiehm, Sr., arrived Thursday
for a holiday visit with his family
Bert Rsithel scent Xmas with rela
tives and friends in the cream city.
Mrs. W. A. Christians and children
visited with relatives Friday and Sat
urday and W’. A. Christians Fridty
afternoon.
Leona Warnea visited with relatives
in Beloit the week past and cn her
return brought little Gertrude Cupke
with her. Mr. Dupke and hia men
an;e Monday and are doing the decor
ating in the new house of W, A.
Christiana, vhich is n aring comple
tion.
Agnes Anderson, of Milwaukee, ate
her Christmas dinner at home.
Doctor Paul Stiehm spent Christmas
wi'h hia sweetheart, Etta Smoke, in
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Wollering, of Chi a
go are enjoying a visit with their
daught r, Mrs, Fred Grell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Peters were
gursts cf their daughter, Mrs. C.
Melzer and family in Milwaukee over
the holidays.
W. Engsberg, of Cambridge, ani
W. Paschka, cf I ondon, visited with
the Grell families one day last week.
Mrs. Frank Shephard and children
of Rockford, 111., are visiting her
father and brehter, J. *F. and H. S.
Swap.
Ewald Rhode was a Waterloo visit
or, Saturday.
Mrs. H. E. Bernecke entertained
Mrs. C. Beyers, "of Fort Atkin-on,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Schoecht-rt cel
ebrate ' their golden wedding anniver
sary, Monday. Particulars next week.
The first mask bail of the season
will bo held by the Woodmen at the
Park hall on January 16th. It will be
a cracker jack.
The owners and representatives cf
15 creameries met at the office of the
H. J. Grell Butter & Eggs j 'o, t
Thursda" afternoon, where Mr. Conk
of Philadelphia, a casein man, dis
cussed the manufacture of casein and
it was decided by a majority to man
ufacture casein so es to enable the
creamery men to compete with the
condensing plants in this tanitory.
The H. J. Giell Cos. are installing
the necessary machinery for the
handling of tha raw curd from the
various creameries and they are con
templaling the erection cf a 36x40 ad- |
diiion to their present building 3
stor'ea high so as to enable tbaro to
handle the casein and the manufacture
of milk sugar. This premises to be
another large enterprise for our
booming little village.
Farmington.
Farmington Dec. 25. —Mrs. Edwin
Graper and Miss Hattie of
Bakertown. were visitors at C. F.
Weber’s, Wednesday.
Mrs. H. Heup and daughter Alice,
are spending Christmas with Charles
Pitzner and family at Reeseville.
Miss Sadie Hardtke was the guest
of Miss Ella Weber. Monday and
Tuesday. The entertainment at School
District No. 1, was well attended.
Santa Claus was there!
Charles Sahel and farndj spent
Wednesday evening at C. F. Weber’s.
S. F. Stange f Watertown, was a
caller in town Monday.
A Merry C'hrisrrras and Harnv New
Year to The Leader and all its
readers.
(Ncte —Receiv-d too late last week
for publication. Ed )
Farmington. Dec. 30.—A Happy
New Year to The Leader and ail the
readers.
Miss Viulet Weber is the guest of
Miss Viola Hardtke near Watertown
this week.
Mrs H. Heup and daughter Alice,
tire visiting Charles Pitzner and fam
ily at Reeseville.
Miss Cora I ueder is spending the
holidays with her sisters at Janesville.
Fred Hardtke snd wife, the Misses
Sadie and Viola Hardtke and Edith
Slout of Watertowwn were guests cf
0. F. Weber and family Sunday
evening.
* Miss Mae Carey is spending her
vacation at Watertown.
Henry Ri-abe spent Tuesday evening
with Irving and Edward Weber. (Reg
ular correspondent.)
Kerr- rrhe- Paul Them’s denc'rg
school and social fcep at the Turner
opera house this (Friday) evening,
j January 1.
Hubblelon.
Hubbleton, Dec. 30. —Effie Jenks
and Donald Stratburn, of Milwaukee,
and Horner Jenks of Elba, were
Christmas visitors st the home of C
E. Jenks.
Jos. Engclhart ana wife, of Mil
waukee, are visiting with relatives
east of tt e village.
Harry Wegner and wife, of Mil
waukee, are vid ing at the home of
W. £. Wegner.
Alice Cunningham of Lake Mi Is,
spent Christmas at the home of her
mother,
John and Winfeid Kreitzman, of
flyman, are spending the week at the
home of their uncle, E. A. Amborn.
Wm. Will and wife, of Fort Atkin
son, are guests at the horn j of Geo.
Bieecker.
Charles Honningson, ot Madison,
who has been visiting at the home of
his brother, W. C. Henningsnn, and
sister, Emma, leaves fcr a week’s
visit with friends in Chicago.
Herman Duckert and wife, of Wa
terloo, spent Friday at the home of
Fred Engelbrccht.
Mr. and Mrs. iheodore Heilz, and
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arndt, of Water
town, were guests during the week at
the home of Fred Schultz.
Emily Schultz, who has been teach
ing at Clyman, is spending her vaca
tion at the home of her parents.
Rueben Bare is spending the week
at Portsge visiting among friends
there.
Mrs Charle 3 Roether and children,
who live north of the village, left
Wednesday to spend several weeks
with relatives at Colby, Wis.
Hubbleton, Dec. 29.— “A Happv
Mew Year to The Leader and all its
readers!”
Mrs. Wm. Herman of Milwaukee,
is a guest at the home of her mother,
Mrs. A. Brumm.
Mrs. J. H. Rebstein was a visitor
at Waterloo Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Krueger and
children of Milwaukee. are guests at
F. Karuelins.
Ben Brame of Minneapolis, is visit
ing relatives here.
Harriet and Katie Lucbow of Mil
waukee, spending several days
*tith friends ana relatives hers.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Y. Armscn and
children ot Kilhcurn, spent Christmas
at the home cf their daughter, Mrs.
A. K. Olsen.
Reuben Bare returned Monday from
Portage where he has visited for sev
eral days.
Mr. I. Olsen of Briggsvilie was a
guest at the home of his brother, A.
K. Olsen.
Miss Lizzie Luckow was a caller at
Watertown Monday.
Charles Henningstn of Lake Mills,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. A. K. Olsen was in Water
town between trains Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cunningham,
Misses Katheryn McGovern and Alice
Cunningham were Waterloo visitors
Thursday.
Mr. H. Schroeder of Waterloo,
spent Tuesday night here.
Mrs. Chas. Alexander was a Water
town visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. T. Kevnulds and children and
Miss Jennie Reynolds spent Wednes
day in Watertown,
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Engelhart of
Milwaukee, are spending the holidays
with relatives east of the village.
New Years Ball in Washington ball
Friday evening, January 1, 1909.
Joe McCaig spent Monday at Wa
tertown. (Regular correspondent.)
Milford
Milford, Dec. 30. —Albert Schaefer,
who has been seriously ill, ie to be
operated on this week.
Mr. and Mrs. [Kemeys-Tynte, of
Lake Mills, had Christmas dinner at
Marsfiela’s.
W. B. Black and family spent Sun
day near W’aterlco.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Mueller and son
Alvin; Ella, Lucinda, anj Edwin
Sanders, Mrs. L. Wagner and Annie
Geishardt were Saturday guests at
August Sander’s,
Ada Mansfield is spending her vaca
tion at home with ner mother.
The Christmas program at the M.
E. church was very well rendered,
and a large crowd was in attendance.
Friends of Arthur Sanders will be
grieved to hear that he is afflicted
with appendicitis and is contemplat
ing an operation.
Ella GnadC who is attending setn ol
at Whitewater, is home for the holi
days.
Mabsl Nevins visited with her sis
ter Mrs. Cbaa Schroeder, for a few
days.
Rev. Thomas B. Thompson of Mil
waukee. former pastor of the Congre
gational church in this city, was here
Wednesday calling on friends. He
will tn*er upon his work as pastor of
the Congregational church at Reek
ford, 111., next month.
Smoke “Latest Out,” 5c cigar.
For An Idle Moment
A" e-change truthfully remarks
that while all rr.en are nut homeless,
some art- horre leas than others.
A pretty school teacher, n ♦ icing one
of her charges idle, said sharply:
“John, the devil always finds some
thing for idle hands to do. Come up
here and K t me give you some work. ”
“Boys loth of tender and tough
eg a, are hanging around the railroads
and othtr places of danger every day,
taking grave chances of losing life or
limb. Can vuu, dear reader, posi
tively sav, “It ; s not my boy.”
Little hreddie was told cne morning
that the stork had broug* t h ma baby
sister during the right, end the kind
nurse brgged to see tie new ar
rival which offer was declined with
thanks; “Don t want to see her,”
sad Freddie. “I ruther see the
stork. ”
“There’s not a particle of ventila
tion in this room,” said the professor,
suddenly stopping in his talk and look
ing about him. “Can’t you boys tell
me what it dees to a man to be in a
room when theie is no ventilation 7 ”
“1 should say it filled him with hot
air. professor,” replied cne of the
daring cni.
A lady went into a dry goods store
and blushingly asked the head clerk
it he “had any of those elastic bands,
capable of being elongated and ad
jus’ed at pleasure, and used by the
feminine portion of mankind for put
ting around the lower extremities of
their luoemotive members to keep in
the proper position and tha required
altitude, habilaments of iheir tibias. ”
The clerk is now on a sheep ranch.
Attention has been called to a law
that forbids the use of five barbed
wires as a fence in Wisconsin, The
legislature later amended the law and
now barbed wires can only be used
at the top of the fence. The bottom
must positively be constructed of
either woven wire or boards. Other
provisions of the law are that the
fence must be fifty inches in height
and that the space between the ground
and the bottom of the fence must nut
be over six inches.
It was at a church fair held some
years go, that an admirer of a pretty
girl, who had a beautiful head of hair,
told Casey that he had secured a rare
priz j , that ha had offered Miss Jones
$5 for a curl, and sh Q had promptly
snipped it off for him, and ha scarcely
whether to think the young lady was
in love with him in making such a
sacrifice or whether she was so devoted
to tho church. “Shure. 'tis neither, ”
said Casey. “To me own certain
knowledge, she bought the whole wig
she is wearin’ fer $3 at the wig
store. ”
Have you ever f it your horse’s
pulse? No, this is not a joke, it is
a serious question. The pulse-beat
when irregular is a sure guide to ill
health or disorder. The normal pulse
of the healthy horse varies in fre
quency as follows: Stallions 28 to ?0
heats her minute, mare 84 to 40 b ats
per minute, filly, two to three yars
old, 40 to 50 beats per minute, foal,
six to twelve months old, 45 to 00 beats
per minute, foal, two to four weeks
old, 70 to 90 beats per minute. The
most convenient place to take the
pulse is at the jaw. Press light y the
balls of the first and second fingers
on the external raascillary artery im
mediately in front of the heavy mis
ciea of the cheek.
Mother at Prayer
“Once, ” sajs a writer, “I sudden
ly opened the dour of my mother’s
room and saw her on her knees and
htard her speak ray name in prayer.
I q ickly and quietly withdrew with a
feeling of awe and reverence in my
heart. So* n I went away from home
to school, then to college, then into
life's sterner duties. But 1 never
forget that one glimpse of my mother
at prayer, nor the one word—my own
name—which I heard her utter. Well
aid I know that what I had seen that
day was but a glimpse of what was
going on every day in that sacred
closet of praver, and th consciousness
strengthened me a thousand times in
duty, in danger, and in struggle.”
Drew the Doll
The beautiful doll at the Bargain
Store, was drawn by ticket No. 88
held by Theodore Jaeger, rural route
No. 1 town of Ixonia. The drawing
took place Monday ac TOiSO a. m
Three judges were chosen from those
present, the tickets were placed in a
wicker b-ieket by one of the judges,
another shook the tickets thoroughly
and the ether handed the basket to a
little girl who was blindfolded and
standing upon the counter above the
crowd. She drew cut a ticket which
proved to be No. 88 and the question
catrually arose: What will a boy do
with a doll?-unless he gives it to a
little girl.
Percy Av = ry spent Christmas here
a guest at the home of ira L. Henry.
.
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