Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-23
From Linden.

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TO that of reluctance. Indeed, the most
steady and reliable types of human nature,
at such season, develope in a remark
able degree at least some of the particular
and prominent traits of that class of peo-
pie whom some thoughtful and goodnatured
writer has euphoniously appelated ''chlld-
rem of the summer" III other words, they
have strong inclination to rclinq uish toll,
throw aside dull care, abandon measure
less systems, did stloll aimlessly from hill
to hill, through corn fields where the CLEAN
or has passed. through forests respondent
with the many hues ofautumn;and at length
when physically weary,to sit at the foot OF
some patriarchal oak and recall the pictures
of the East, the faces of the dear departed,
and the fine melody of voices long hushed'
or perchsnce TO Sleep and dream of that
beautiful period of life, when kindly times
having previously stored the mind with
wisdom, and garnered therein beauteous'
thoughts and cheerful emotions, leads one
tenderly along in the pathway Of the Re-
deemer.
At the present time Linden is not the
abode of disappointed Office seekers; and
consequently revengeful prejudices do not
exist to disturb the calm and equability
of peaceful village life. Socially, its peo-
pie are as those hospitable to strangers
and satisfied one with another. II con
tains happily within its borders all the ell
ements necessary to harmony. It's old folks
are principally of the kind who do not for
get the proclivities of grown youth; its
young men are intelligent and ambitious,
and characterized withal with marked
matrimonial inclinations; its young ladies
being fair,-aye, very fair,-and not alto
getber unwillin', supply to nice degree
The home demand. It perhaps needless
to add that the population is steadily in
creasihg.
The village boasts two chilrches which
are as neatly flied up within the interior as
any in the county. The attendance, par
ticularlySon Sunday evening, is very large.
OF. hotels there are two, and both equal
ly go5d.
Business at the stores is lively.
In few days R. S. Smith, Of the firm
of Smith & Bro, will visit the east for
the purpose of purchasing neFs goods.
A visitor at the store of Hopper & Son,
would be apt to remark the particularly
natured appearance of the son:-reason,
a young daughter: Naturally enough they
wish to increase their sales as consequence
and we W ill lay two to one that they do it.
Mrs. Richards and son are kept busy
supplying the wants Of their numerous
customers.
Mr.. VIM. Treloor, the lever genial and
affabe hardware dealer, is still marked by
Already Willingness to sell anything in his
establishment. His motto is contained in
the words" "a nimble sixpence is better than
a slow shilling"
Our Blacksmiths are kept very busy.
Mr.. Kittoe, Jour one harness E1aker,i is get
ting a new and ccmmodious shop and
ware room built. He is a good fellow, and
well deserves his present prosperity.
Fred. Shafer'8 health is rapidly i'm
proving, and the boots and shoes which
come from the hands of fia workmen still
continue models of their kind.
Having sprung from beef eating ma
tionality-by the way the little history
which we have read, has lead us to regard
beef-eating notions with favor-we should
be at a loss without butchers;thank heaven
we ha We them. They number two, and
manage to keep US well supplied with such
beef as will invariably cause the plastic face
of an Englshman to dilate as with o
pleasure able emotion.
Several ghosts have been seen about there
lately; and they weren't bogus either ~
Our Wagon-maksfs are prosperous. Mr.
John Harris haslately had his shop enlarg-
ed and is now prepared to make or mend
wagons or sleds in first class style. 'John
nv" is what the boys call 1 :'buliy fel:
low, and is bound to succeed. Aside,and
to ladies only, we will say that he has COM
cluded to abjure those long excursions
which at certain tiiie Of life young men are
so apt to take in the evenings, you knoao.
Mr.. Perkins and the Jocobs Brothers
keep steadily on in the manufacture of
No. wagons and sleds.
The carpenters of the village are very
busy, and houses are springing up as ifby
magic in and about town. Messrs. Vivian
& Phillips are about to commence the en-.
argement of the store room of Smith q
Bro. They are a first class firm and have
splendid reputation, and one, too, which
cannot but increase as evidences of their
skill spring up about us.
Messrs. Goidsworthy & Sanguine have
house for. Mr.. S. Goldsworthy. They are
meeting with PARTICULARLY good success, and
| we venture to express our. belief in Its con-
tinuance.
There are one or two others busy in the
same line, and who are tolerably worthy.
asfar as we know, of the limited patron
age which they enjoy.
Msssrs. Wearne & Hammil, masons and
plasterers, are actually growing thin, by
reason of so much work.
The mines are fourishing, and in our
| next communication we will endeayo or to
give short account OF their history and
also to present a brief argument in sup
port of that theory which sets forth in q
favorable light the mineral bearing char
acter of the second or lower bed of mag
nesium limestone and the necessity ofstate