Morris tribune., 1881-03-03

Masons, and others interested in having {
chapter instituted. are requested to bt
present on that evening Should chapter
Masons be unable to attend, they viii
please confer personally or by mail will
J. House or J. D. Good.
Are the billiards. over? somebody asks
not yet. the wind from the east has no
had an opportunity to chip in and show
what it could do toward rendering eXis
lance burden. We believe every Other
point of the compass has had turn at The
crank. now let us hHve n good squall from
the east, and then you fellows who rul
this weather factory hao better let up or
it, and if there are any ties don't trouble
us by having it tried over again, just either
call it draw or pull straws.
Huntington recently got the days of the
week badly mixed up. He went home
Saturday, and supposed it to he Friday
staid home Sunday, as it was stormy
then, on Monday morning. as his almanac
was day late, he turned over in bed and
slept unit, Dragoo routed him out little
before noon, and told him what day of the
week ii was. Harrington and his family
put in Sunday as though it was week
day and were not little aStoniShed to
find themselves so far out of their reck on.
ing.
WHoA-On Monday Tohn Riley's team.
which has furnished us runaway items
ever since they have been in this country,
started from in front of the express Office,
on an old fashioned go-as you please run,
and after scattering the contents II I'd dis.
trihuting the sleigh along the line of
march, came to grief ON Lnwaters wire
fcnce-the fence came out second hest,
and the team are ready for another jaunt
as soon us the opportunity occurs. If we
were Il horscman, we'd het-juaging from
habit of running away ever since several
centuries B. G..
Owing 10 the notice Of the marriage of
Miss Mary E. Wheaton not being received
until just as we were about ready to print
our last edition. we were reluctantly com
PEELED to omit publishing the congratull,
ti"nS and well wishes of the many friends
of the happy bride who reside in this vici
nifty. Miss Wheaton, now Mrs Crockett,
sister of our fellow townsman Mr.. D. r.
Wheaton, visited our village year or SO
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ure of her acquaintance but will join us in
extending hearty congratulations and sin
cere well wishes for her future happiness
in her new path of life.
SURPRlsE.-On last Thursday evening
very pleasant party Unexpectedly assem-
bled at the residence of Mr. f. bowers, 10
surprise Miss Ida Stebhins the occasion
being the seventeenth anniversary of her
birthday. The surprise was we'll planntd,
Miss StehhinS being invited out of course,
and did not return until her guests had all
assembled. when she Was pardonahly aston
i>hrd to find Il merry crowd of SchoolmateS
gathered to honor the anniversary of her
""I"i WY AZ 'ti val ~ HouI dIlll dlltT a
very pleasant evening, the guests departed
AL fully satisfied that the occasion could
not have been more thoroughly enjoyable
How are you spring? It's u fact, Tues.
day, March 1st, spring commonwealth
the almanac Well if some of these fcl-
lows didn't tell us of thus, we'd go on and
never know bu, it was mid winter How
ever, what is the use of US mortals growl-
ing, umhling and fusSing because the
weather is severely cold and stormy, we
might just as well cheer up and he pleas.
ant and happy, for our whining and grunt-
ing wont help matters any and only make
everything appear douhly dull
so what is the use of repning.
Let us be hlithe and gay.
To morrow the sun may he shining
Although it is cloudy to day
HARD TIMES-Mr J. House received IL
letter from Lincoln county, Dakota. terri.
tory, day ur two ago, in which the
writer. his brother, gives gloomy account
of the dep!orable condition of the people
in that region. a result of the pr0tractrd
blockade Of the railroads. Provisions are
scarce, fuel there is none, they have flour,
but little or no groceries; furniture. ties,
fencing lumber, and everything but the
roofs over their heads being used up for
fuel TO add TO the horrors of the situa-
ton, the dread disease. small pox, has
made its appearance at different points
along the line. Truly we. in this section,
have much to be thankful for.
Snow SHoEs.-Are these contrary wood
en- snow shoes left handed. crosSeyed or
part mule? A team of off oxen could not
he more clumsy or difficult of manage
mrnt. The shoes appear TO want to go
opposite directions no matter how YOU ar
range them. and are as liable to shoot off
sideways as TO go ahead. You Can care.
fully head them south, and the moment
you try to start one shoe goes east and
the other west and rs result sooner or
later there is Il catastrophe The shoes
come up smiling every time, which, by the
way, is more than can he said Of the nov.
ice who experiments with them. The only
fun, apparently, is to pick yourself up
every few feet, and then get ready for the
next trick they serve you.
New ADS ID. G. I.indsL calls atten.
ton, through the columns of the. TRIBUNE,
to his feed mill, recently located at this
point, and calls attention to the fact that
besides having a supply of ground feed,
| corn meal and graham -four always on
hand, lie is repaired to fill orders for Gus
tom work, with promptness and in salts
factory manner. Dolp's acknowledged in
tegrily and honesty is IA full guarantee thai
all business entrusted to him will be faith
fully performed. The second advertise
ment is from Messrs Huey & Smith, OF
Graceville. who have recently opened up F.,
well equipped drug store in that village
We wonld, in calling attention to their an
rouncement, ask our patrons in that vicin
ity. 10 favor them with liberal share OF
their patronage.
CAGED His name wac Ch,rlao Mooro