The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-21
TOWN TALK.
CRAMER's BOOKS.

CRAMER's BOOKS.
at is about time the people were
knowing something about the condition
of ex-Superintent Cramer's books" said
a citizen yesterday. 1t has been nearly
two months since he went out of office,
his books are in bad 9hape and the peo-
pie should be Informed something about
them But suppose it win be several
months before an inkling of their condi-
ton is given"
AT CREDIT ISLAND.
Eyes, we are having real enjoyable
time at Credit Island, +" said Mr. E. W.
Spencer Il have my family there, and
we are enjoying life. There are several
families making their temporary home
there, and we form pleasant neighbor-
hood. The musquitos have not shown
themselves yet We will probably stay a
month longer.
AT BIG ISLAND.
Big Island is getting to be quite sum
mer resort There are several families
encamped there at present, enjoying all
the pleasures they would if encamped at
Oconomowoc or Lake Minnetonka. Be
sides it is much cheaper. Among the
those that are down there now are the
families of james Beardsley I'd. Alderman
Stengel, and John LaFrenZ. They are
-said to feast in royal manner Several
well known citizens will go out and take
dinner with them tomorrow.
THE EPISCOPAL PICNIC.
The Episcopal Sunday schools are hav-
ing their picnic at Brooks grove to-day.
The ground was a little damp this morn
ing, hut that doesn't make much differ
ence to picnicers. When Town Talk was
young he used to go to picnics. He loved
to swing the girls eat pound cake and
pickles, sample water melons, etc. He
was great admirer of the good. old
deacons, who always managed to take
such affairs in; at least they did in T. T. s
younger days. He would look at the
good old fellows. wonder why it was theil
hair was so white, and how their hearts
: could be so full of good thoughts. He
: solved the problem at last, They Away
had the largest piece of cake, the best pre-
serves, the clearest jellies. and the quin
tescence of the whole just settled in thei
5 hearts Town Talk never knew but on
f bad deacon in his life. The old fellow
J used to go fishing Sundays after Sunda!
e school. If he got bite and failed tt
land the fish, he Would say word-say i
, short and snappish like-that sounded
something like the name applied to wha
| is built across stream when men wan
} to run mill by water power. Yes, til,
Episcopals had fine time to-day. Tht
boys and girls, the mammas and papa
/ were out and everybody will be sick to-
! morrow on account of eating too mucl
t cake
WILL STAY.
Prof Hatch will stay in Rock Island
E He had a very fattering offer to go t.
Des Moines. but he thought of the kim
r friends he had here. and determined t,
e abide with them. Everybody, will b
glad TO hear it, as he stands in the YER
f estimation of all.
t GOD BLESS THE WOMEN.
Woman is Just too awfully lovely il
c newly Wamsutta and lawn, when fresl
from close communion with toilet soai
e and a crystal bath, She has the rip
j peach fragrance of paradise, and th
breath of the cape jasmine of the tropics
empyrean. When a fellow passes to tn
l windward of a lovely woman who is fill
ing the air with sweetness and pul
Il ity as she trips gracefully along. he del
> cately shifts the air for an hour. as if h
i had got snatch of heavenly perfume
: and was trying to WOO another Whit owe
r the celestial battlements God bless til
e women If there were none on cart
baldheaded men and babies would /
awfully scarce, and counting would los
q more than half its flavor.