River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-24
CLIFTON.

Corn is backward.
The lake is subsiding.
Strawberries and cream.
"Where do you celebrated"
J. G. West is dealing in wool.
Weather prophets are predicting
floods.
John Burnett has been appointed
town clerk.
The picnic boom has struck Clifton
in full force.
R. B. Caldwell will make flying
visit home in July.
Glenwild Lodge will have a straw.
berry festival soon.
G. w. Mcintyre was in town the
early part of last week.
Peter Thorn is breaking up the land
known as the johnson farm.
Invitations to "shut that screen
door" are in order just now.
George Miles was seen perambula-
ting through town last week.
J. D. Barnes is building house for
Ii. A. Townsend, in Trimbelle.
Geo. Dunbar is digging cistern and
otherwise improving his premises.
Some notable transfers of real estate
have recently been made in town.
Our newly improved roads were
badly damaged by the late freshets.
The Devils Den" is one of the
natural objects of interest in Clifton.
j. w. Davis is brushing out and
improving the place on which he lives.
Charlie Finley, formerly one of the
''boys' of Clifton, is home on visit.
We note among other improvements
new picket fence by Isaac Braekin.
E. Harnesberger is grubbing out and
preparing to break land near the lake.
An excursion party from Prescott
came up the lake in skiffs last SatlIr-
day.
The science of botany has received
considerable attention from our girls
of late.
Mrs. II. G. Marshall has been visit
ing friends in Hudson during the past
week.
Rev. Fassett, Adventist, will preach
at Pierce Valley one week from next
Sunday at 1890 A. NJ.
A leap year party composed mainly |
of Prescott guests, assembled at L.
Hammond's last week.
The teachers in districts Nos. and |
t took Friday instead of Thursday as |
a holiday the 10th. inst.
Glenwild Lodge is increasing in
members. Several persons will be |
initiated at the next meeting.
Clifton will probably send delega-
ton to the convention, |. 0. G. T., to
be held soon at Maiden Rock.
Misses Belle Rollin and Clara Ham
mond finish their school in the Mann
and Forestville districts tomorrow.
The youth and beauty of Clifton as
at L. ii. Cadwell's last Satur-
day, and enjoyed an outdoor party.
Mrs. Rosa Townsend. wife of D. NJ.
Townsend, late of the Dunn Co. News |
office, was visiting in Clifton recently.
The members of Gienwild lodge,
like the ancient pilgrims, "went up to
Jerusalem" week ago last Saturday
night.
S. McIlroy while digging cistern
struck water at depth of about 8
feet. Should the supply prove per-
manent it will be a 'bonanZa" to the
lucky owner.
Joy sat on the gate posts in Clifton
the other day, and sorrow went round
and hid behind the barn. Two picnics
md leap-year party IN town, and a
strawberry festival at Jerusalem,
were among our amusements, and an
excellent time was had by all.
1t is attending leap year picnics,
and toiling up activities that grade
i've thousand feet to the linear mild,
with a bundle of perspiring feminity
to one arm. and an enormous
hamper filled TO the bTim with empty
and diversified specimens of
.he vegetable and mineral wealth of
he country. reposing in the hollow !
If the other, while the sun rambies
among the nineties. that is dragging
he average Clifton boy down to a
premature grave. III