Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-07
NUMBER 36.
willow Springs Chips,

busy OF late we have not had time
to attend TO oar chip picking, but
here goes for a basket full, if some
of them are old.
We saw no account Of frost in
last weeks TRIBUNE, but the week
before we had a light frost on very
low bottom land. July is the only
month without frost for the year.
Stacking is nearly all done--will
be by the time this is printed. The
noise of the threshing machine is
heard in the land, and the tiler of
the soil Is made glad by the large
number of bushels he has raised off
an acre.
Nate Hayes and Tom Walker are
running their machine this year for
little pleasure aud profit. They
are at Mrs. Ruth Walkers. Dan
Benson comes To Uncle Jack Mobiles
tomorrow. Tommy Kinsman is
with Il. j. VanMatre.
Oats are yielding from 80 to so
bushels to the acre, where they are
not rusted. We might ask the
question, what will prevent this rust?.
Will salt? Some one who has used
1t this year please rise and report.
Corn is just whooping it up now ii
hard frost holds off month there
Will he fair to medium crop. There
can not be Il large crop. Some COM
plain of their potatoes being few
and OF poor quality. Cabbage looks
splendid (where there are no worms)
and there is a prospect of plenty Of
saurkraut.
We had occasion to make n trip
across the prairie, and we saw some
improvements for the first time. II.
kinsman has put up quite a neat lit
tie barn, which adds very much 20
the looks of the premises. When
we saw L. J. VanMatre's new bnrn,
we thought that was the boss. We
think it is the largest in this part of
the connty--50 X 20 with 20 #. posts
and underneath that rock base
ment for cattle and hogs. In j, he
can stow away all his grain, horses
and cat lie, and about 900 loads of
baXn.su,l Il baiiss III .pSe"Ms fesiuiehce. ,,,s
credit to his premises.
Since we last wrote, J, Z. Martin
has added another to his list of
buildings. 1t is nice, neat barn.
John Noble, Sr. has rented lG0
acres of his farm to Fred Gulliner.
He will build him house on the
northeast corner, and move stables
etc, from his homestead.
Mr.. Thos. Rogers and wife whose
birthdays occurred on Tuesday and
Thursday Of last week were present
ed with handsome platform, spring
buggy. Samson and Alfred were
the guilty parties.
Il. j. VanMatre is elected AZ del
egate to Grand l. ,dge Of ]. O. G. 4.
from Georgetown. Hon. Thomas
Sheldon Will represent Willow
Springs lodge as delegate with Miss
aryParkiuson ~ alternate. Among
others who Talk of attending e.. l..
at Madison next week are jim Jones,
Charles Johnson, Hugh Cork, Jr.,
Walter Noble, Mrs. Sheldon, Misses
Sarah and Fannie Motley and Allie
and Mary Parkinson
The lodge here is doing good
work in educating the young and
keeping them in the paths Of truth
and sobrety.
On Sunday evening Aug. 2oth, "a
meeting was held at Bethel Christian
Church for the purpose Of organiz-
ing "A "Mutual lmprc vement Society
for the investigation Of religious
and moral subjects The first dis
cussion was on the Sabbath question.
"Shall Christians observe the Jewish
Sabbath or The Lordsday? Aud
why?" The subject was continued
until the next meeting, IN four weeks,
when the organization will be per-
fected. After the subject is closed
we will try to furnish you with
few Of the points made IN the dis
cussion, some Of which are new %
most Of US, and are quite different
from what we were taught when We
were young.
One of our young, ablebodied
farm hands has gone away-out-west.
As "coming events cast their
shadows BEFORE" Madam Ramor
has it that one Of our young maid
ems "has loved not wisely but too
WELL
The last two chips might possibly
belong to the same block.
Cnips.
Willow SPRING., Aug. 2stb, 1882.