Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-05
AVOCA ATTRACTIONS.
BY p. F. GALLAGHER,
Editor and Subscription Agent.

readers who are not subscribers all
they (the readers will have to is to
t club together and each subscribe for
The Democrat, or else give me big
, advertisement-any way chance to
make some money, SO that the extra
profits will pay for the engineering
and Analysing Of the thoughts Of the
mind while being worked up and
put together for the improvement of
the style.
! New subscribers are handing in
, subscription money without being
spoken to about subscribing. Why :?
Because they know that The Demo-
crat is the best Iowa County paper
obtainable.
! Walter Leach, a son of Daniel
Leach, who has been visiting. work
ing and loafng i'll Iowa and Dakota
during the past summer, returned
home last week.
AvoCA's SIGN Boom By c. H.
FRANKLIN-Before Charley stocked
up hardly sign of any kind could
be seen in the streets; but now the
scene has changed SO much that
every travelling man comes here to
sell, :" but he goes away after buy
i ing 70 see the outside of the
building would draw p. T. Barnum
to see the inside to find room for
show posters. Charley has every
post, window, and even other parts
of the town, covered up with signs,
oval and printed, Among the print
ed signs may be seen the following:
cider; Goldfish; cove oysters; small
pox (red flag; oyster supper to-
night; oysters in bulk, can or dish;
bologna, oyster supper at Franklin's
candy store tonight; lunch room;
meat market; - and more to come.
The oval signs referred to are two in
number, and are smaller than the
other, but if you come near one you
can't help but read the sign, namely:
Bologna. All this is due to Leg
less Charley the Railroad Boy.
Two newcomers, shoenaakels from
Norway arrived last week and have
engaged work--one OF Cooney,"
the other of Hances." They are
prepared for any and all work
now.
Our HIGH School METHoD.-The
High school building is of stone, with
a seating capacity for about seventy
pupils. The present enrolment is
fifty eight, twenty-four of whom are
nonresident pupils. The school is
well governed and each pupil is as
sisted in the wished for good ways
of the school by code of bylaws
and regulations each regulation of
which, if violated, discounts pu-
pills department a certain per cent.
The teacher has tickets of four diff
ferent kinds on which the pupils
report their absence, tardiness dis
missals and department. The pupils
all have scholars registers in which
to report this with more. At the
end of every month they make
a report on paper, which the teacher
takes, and from which he makes
still another report then it is
"about done. In the meantime
the pupils each have a complete
High school outfit, which includes
books, stationery, etc. There are
three classes, A, B, and c.
Hon. Richard Kennedy, of High
land, shipped his safe from here to
Chicago last Friday to have it open
ed. He went along to see to it and
have it repaired.
Reuter- & Post have completed
their labors on the Otter creek bridge
near Strikers. Fred says, with his
peculiar emphasis, that he wants "a
kind of 4 puff put in to let folks
know that it is done, because one
Teller had the job for year, and
didn't do it All right, Fred; I'll
puff it for you.
School will commence Monday,
and everybody is invited to come
again.
c. II. Franklin says advertising
pays.
Charles Gallagher's dance came
off on Iew Years night, \ large
crowd was present, seventy-fve
couples danced, and about ninety
five rattle tickets were sold. \ pref
ty good price for the old wagon.
Jake Bremen, of Muscoda got it.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
On last Tuesday night about II
o'clock, fire broke out in the north
side Of J. p McCallister's dry goods
store. The fire bell was rung, and
all the dancers and citizens generally
turned out, and succeeded in getting
about everything out of the store,
which burned to the ground,
II. 7. Dietrich's house caught fire
and also burned to the ground-in-
Guiding lot of eatables belonging
to Samuel Parks.
The Post Office records were got
ten out and moved into B. +. I'm
derwood store.
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