River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17

ScUOOl.
Miss Nancy Mullen died here re-
Gently of consumption, after linger.
ing illness.
Thomas Manion who has been
spending the winter with friends in
the East has returned home.
The young folks INDUCED in dane
ing party, on Wednesday evening last
at the residence of Ernest Feitlar.
| win Caldwell, We popular pedagogue,
made us a pleasant call recently. He
reported sick horse and was conse-
quently exercising his pedal append
sges and making an occasional sound
ing in a snow bank.
SPRING LAKE.
The writer has spent the past three
winters as teacher i'll this town, and
is able consequently to give briefly its
material and educational aspects.
Cady Greek and Eau Gala river sweep
to The southeast, cutting their passages
| tiliOs uNGP lINlLFHs Willy VII tibtlCl olNRt
are towering bluffs, now robed in boar
frost and deep SHOW, The storms OF
ceturies have swept around their gray
submits since the morning of time,
when from darkness the earth came
forth from her ancient geological
ages, and man was created clothed
| with DnnrtoIifv
These valleys have fine bottom
lands, producing corn and grass in
great abundance, while there is mex
haustible water power for machinery.
Leaving the valleys you find vast
bodies Of table land, rich in soil ard
timber, the latter waiting for means
of transit to reach the great lumber
markets of the west and south. Fine
farms are already opened-the seeder,
reaper and threshing machine being
much used where few years ago
nothing was heard but the signing
| wind in the forest. Educ atiOnally,
all aglow, Jubilant and young-having
in the last two years, finished five new
frame school houses, with patent seats,
at "A cost of ~, 500. Uniform text
books have been adopted with school
apparatus. Ailport's district has
recently adopted the Eclectic series of
school books, of Cincinnati. They
have adopted the free library plan.
The scholar is not obliged to return
the book. 1t is q gift furnished by tax.
This is the true method. It's as much
the duty Of the district to furnish free
books as to pay for fuel. The teacher
should also be supplied with a copy
OF each text book.
Removed from the noise of the city
the people in this town possess many
virtues peculiar to rural populations.
Much credit is due for her education
al progress to the efficient aid of Coun-
ty Superintendents X.
PREscoTr.
Frank Augreen lost a child last
week.
w. c. King is to lecture here at ali
early date.
Carrie Newell has returned to her
Prescott home.
There is an occasional fight to vary
the present monotony,
Matt. Dill and wife have gone to
Vermont to spend the winter and visit
relatives.
The Teachers Association at Pierce
Valley was kept quite close until the
day of meeting.
R. B. Caldwell, of Verdi, Mimi, is
snow bound in Clifton, but will be able
to go this week.
We congratulate the poole of River
Falls upon their success in getting Dr..
REYNOLDS to lecture for them.
Quite number of our citizens are
taking advantage of the present low
f. R. rates and are going east.
Our city is once more visited by the
surrounding farmers, and we are glad
to see their honest faces once more.
The Catholic meetings which have
continued all the week with reason
able success closed on sunday night
last.
Legrand Clemens was assistant
teacher in the upper department of
the public school during the illness of
Miss Olive.
The Cemetery Association met at
Mrs. Charley Barnes last Tuesday
evening. Besides having an excellent
time considerable money Was raised.
The bookkeeping class, in No. 4, of
the school building, under the super
vision of Prof. Walker, of the St. Paul
| Commercial College, is doing excellent
work.
A literary party gathered at Mrs. E.
H. Ives on Friday evening last. The
house was full and the entertainment
was excellent. The next one will be
at Mrs. Howes'.
Mrs. Abijah Miller received severe
! injury in trying to jump fror0 cutter
| when the horses were running quite
fast. DR.. Cotton attended her. She
/ is recovering rapidly.
The temperance element are talking
of securing the services of DR.. Rey-
nolds at as early date as possible. A
good idea. Let every temperance
worker. man or woman, aid in this
matter.
The work in the lower rooms of the
public school has been excellent dur
ing the past five months. The upper
room has not done so well on account
of the sickness of the principal. All
are in full blast now.
| G. F. Wilson the wheat buyer IS
quite i'll.
Mr.. Abhytt's father returned to his
home in tndover. Mass. Wednesday.
4. Gray and ". F. McGray. left
: Monday for Iowa to buy horses for
tbs market.
The city web is now completed. It
Is SIS feet deep and has 40 teet Of
water. The supply is inexhausti3le.