Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-18

W tiiJVy tic btHSiitS vi u StliNoi III
Parkersburg an institution long
needed, and but for the liberality oi
our fellow townsman. of the eleva-
tor, would have felt the want for
some time To come. b &
Not quite year ago, it was diff
cult to find u half iozen children, OF
suitable age, to attend school, and
now we can raise % tn 30 scholars -
We hope to procure the services oi
our townsman, n. I. Manley, as
teacher, and in that event will have
a school that will compare favorably
with any locality in the West. #
The Sabbath School is prospcring
beyond our most sanguine expecta.
tons. under the supervision of n. I.
Manley, its superintendent, and who
Stems peculiarly adapted to the per.
formance of the duties of his charge.
tOld and young Tor the last few Sab
baths, have poured in upon us, until
we have barely room to contain
them, All seem to manifest an la.
terest in Tins respect that is wanting
in many older and larger places.
| Mr.. Baker, recently from Fretlo-
mia, New York. and now a resident
of Grundy County, in the absence OF
Elder Glassner, last Sabbath gave us
u lecture on the Evidences of Chris
tianity. f~ ~. #~..-..ts
| Mr. Baker was formerly a success.
full teacher at tie east. but having
partially lost the sense of hearing,
he was Obliged TO abandon that occu-
pation.
The subject referred to was han
died in u mastery manher, ana the
Ercmarks OF the speaker indicated Il
mind we'll stored with useful knowl-
edge.
The infant daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Lynn was buried here last week.
services by ihe Rev. l.. Dawson
| Tn!s Is the first death i'm our village
tor some time past and believe hut
two or three, and those children,
have transPircd since it's trst settle
uleni.
| We are about procuring the servi-
ces of \. +. Eggieston, Ia take charge
of Il singing school the present win
ter, and judi. ing from the popularity
of MIR. Egg lcston as IL teacher and the
strife Uetwern tue different members
of the committee in procuring sub
scriptious, we win moi only succeed
in having II singing school, but AN
interesting one. MIR. j. Needham
and the Spicer Brothers are entitled
10 much consideration for valuable
services rendered DOR sabbath School
In that capacity. The musical de-
partment of our school, at the time
OF It's organization last spring. Was
very defective indeed, but through
The instrumentality of the gentle.
man hutilSb, utiltNt tHub VIZ " ia
now compare favorably with any
sabbath School In The rotutry.
Mr.. Hitler. taking advantage oI
the pleasant weather, is now raising
the flame of his Touring mill, under
the supervision OF Ill. f.. Notion
The timGers being very heavy makes
it a tedious aud laboFIous matter al
this season OF the year. Mr.. III. H.
Still cunlin Il TO his room by reason
OF his late sickness. His new dwell
ling house is now completed aud b,
Is III hopes OF soon iinGing NOR,
com Portable quarters.
Charles charnock, the lumber mcr.
chant, Is about To leave for the Wis
consin pineries, TO be absent until
spring. Mr.. Howenstein, II brother.
ih-law, will be left in charge Of his
business. We are indebted t. the
gentleman for fine sleigh ride over
the parties of Grundy. preparatory
To his departure.
Mr.. Yarham, late OF the AcIiley
Guide, is here endeavoring To est.IL.
ilsh a paper, to he Called, | believe,
the parkersburg Gaite and it Is IN.
derstood that he has already secured
a goodIy numb-r oi Subscribers.
= We are making arrangements for q
Christmas tree the coming holidays
aud expect to procure "a tree suitable
for the purpose Oh the Cedar river
somewhere ina your vicinity. Ii not
successful, will be obliged, 1 suppose,
to take one of our native oaks. We
desire 10 procure tie services OF the
Pastor oI the Baptist Church, at New
Hartford. To deliver a short address
upon the occasion. We are all AN
tlcIpating II very pleasant time.
Business Is quite brisk during the
pleasant weather we are now enjoy
ing. W heat il coming forward quite
freely aud our streets present an up.
pearanceui business activity that The
must saHpuine did not expect, one
year ago, To witness
A donation party for the benefit 81
Elder Glassuer. will be held here, on
Tuesday evening, the 22d inst.
y s ..& .
WHICH is WliICH.--Our neighb0I
Of the Wuverly Republican grow'
coniounded saucy over our innocenl
7talenlent made few weeks sine,
, regarding The hauling of grain T., Ce
dar Falls, by the farmers In the vi
cinity of GAINESVILLE, instead of Wa
verify, as heretofore. We don't care
what he says about us or our town
but We must insist that he shall ye
tat the faets before lie undertakes I,
pitch into US too lively. We obtain
ed our information from the farmers
who were I'M town from that vicin
ity. The Nashua Post says the sam,
is true of farmers coming TO that mar
ket who formerly went to Waverly
Which Is which! Look around ,
; little aud get at the facts, Bro. M
.