North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-02-23

TO PRINTERS....T receipt OF our
large Power Press enables us to offer .
Day Medal Jshber at . reasonable price.
1t is in prime order and In every respect
No. in its work. Platen AXIS. Our
use OF It has made II more valuable than
when new. Address this ONCE.
Home and Other Items.
! Theodore Koop has, gone to visit his
aged father and mother, residing near Fl.
Wayne, Indiana. In 1886, when boy of
Is, we were footing it from Miami Co.,
Ohio, to St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Foot
sore and wearied, it was our fortune, on
on the second evening Of our travels, to
stop at Mr.. Hoops little log tavern, in
that then Wild beeehsn coantry.F. We
had the kindest Of attention from these
excellent people and remained with them
several days. When life ceases with us
we may forget their goodness to the
stranger boy, but until then their memory
will DO cherished as almost second par
ents. All me! 1t seems strange that
almost "a years have passed since then,
but such IL life. $50 a"E KS
Letters advise US that S. NJ. Lampson
(MEr, for short) has located and gone into
his regular business at CounG! Bluffs. If
any one Of his longtime McGregor ac>
quaintances wishes him anything but the
best Of luck, we have not seen him. Met,
may your hands touch green backs as fast
as you can stow them away. .asg
Ruble is getting ready to inform his
many customers and the public at large
that his Ayr. Implement trade, for 1870,
will not be lessened by talk of hard times.
; Farmers must SOW and reap, and farm
machinery will be keptin market.
Osterdock will have large sale of
stock, implements, household goods and
other things It his Turkey river residence;
see his advertisement in this issue.
A door is the invention Of carpenter
to enable persons or animals to 60 in and
out Of houses OF stables at pleasure; ami
mails can neither open or shut door ex'
cept in rare instances Of sagacity; human
folks know how to do both, but in very
cold weather they sometimes forget to do
the shutting. Occasionally we receive a
call from clever euss and be rises to
leave as; with the door half open he
fingers and talks fifteen minutes at us rs
if it were impossible to get away. Such
thoughtfulness (mercury Is degrees below
Cairc) is admirable.
The Turnverien bull, of last Monday
evening, was largely attended an d elegant.
" done Up. The Masks Of next Monday
night will make a show well worth seeing
Ben. Frese will be sure to see that every.
thing is in good order. Costumes for rem
in the Odell & Noble block. "Prince
Carnival will make handsome appear
anee. The Pr. du Chen carnival-ists paid
us visit one day last week with their
band and enlivened the town for an hour
or two /; some Of their rigs aud the, rigs o.
their horses and !, mules were glorious t.
behold. sa1
We are expecting Messrs Steidle 4
Schramm, Of the Gutenberg Theatre, t.
make our city visit. Times are close i.
the money way, but we hope they viii
have good houses. The plays to be per
formed are mostly comedies. See posters
s. Roop, Of Council Hill, will sell hi
farm property It suction, on Tuesday
March 18th. John B. Suter, boss on tn
stump.
G. w. Huhsshmidt has returned Il
2 Lansing frpm California. He tells Doe
Taylor, Of the Chronicle, that he wen
away to makea raise shat he might pa,
his debts and that he now means to do il
It will require time for Charley to recove
from the bad and hurried steps he took.
The bridge at North McGregor
across Bloody Run for the wagon roa'
and not across the river as our cotempoI
aries have it.
Send US brief notices of your towns an
townships. ~ :. ~
Perry keeps up series of excellen
lunches from Q to 10 in the evening.
N. w. Burdick, Of tho Cresco Time.
was in town day or two last week an
allowed US to make most agreeabl
acquaintance with him......B. P. Rawsor
of Strawberry Point, Jno. Grinnell, {
Clayton; Tom. Medary, of Lansing Ger
Lawler; Capt. Freeman, of the Mote
FIGURING Mills and the Elkader Lumbe
yard, and sundry other business 'trumps
have been Ground" since our last issue.
Tangel McCracken sends US larg'
fresh goldfish, by the hands Of Umph
Lampson. 1t was delicious eating, an
enough for three families. Tangel, il yo
ever come here vonce more times, we wi
make you and Lampson believe there is
God in America as we'll as in Ireland. :
> Send some minnows, next time that eros
noMnr yvnn,t do - Cov obnu< Onn r.