River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-22
RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST % 1889.

man, admiringly TO Charles. "this
young wife of yours, is a faode house.
keeper, and especially one of the best
bread makers who every queened over
al oven. But even the most expert
baker must have good material to
work with, and / advise you to pat
ronize the Greenwood Mills. MessTs.
W. s. Armstrong s. Cos "Queen Rol-
Ter, sea Foam" and Cream
brands, and their meal, buckwheat
and graham are equal to the very best
made. You can also get feed for
your COW and the ponies of them.
They have also just added soIAe new
appliances OF interest to farmers--a
complete elevating system for hand
ling all kinds of course grain for
shipment.
Suddenly declared Meg, II want a
family Bible, uncle, and a new album.
Please show me where / mag find a
nice assortment to sele0s from
Wen go to Il. n. Ayery's book
store" said Plainfolks. They have
the cOmpletest establishment III taWn
and you'll Gnd great many articles
Indispensable for your parlor as well
as library, there" The old mans
statement was verified; the ORDER that
girl made was almost limitless. Mis-
cellaneous book, fancy stationery,
bric-a-brac, pictures, curtains, shades,
wallpaper, blank books, house decor
atiOns, the latest novels and newspa-
pers, Hummelshine, spell was only
broken for Meg, by wicked illssiOn
of PlainfOlks to the possibility of fu-
ture purchase of schoOl-bOoks.
by the way" Uncle, said Charles.
''whO can you recommend rs good
blacksmith! | am very particular as
to who handles my mare, Kitty, you
know
jess so. You want TO botcher
about her feet" declared the old
man. There's one first class horse
sheer - and he is first class = in
town, and that's II. w. Thomson.
He's a number one blacksmith, all
through, too, and the very one TO give
your repairing, and especially your
plow work to. | can voNch for him
as the man to do your fine shOeing on
Kitty, and whenever, farmer like, you
come rushing into town in a vast bur-
ny, with a broken bit of machinery.
and want it fixed up in shorter time
that it was broken, and made better
than it was at first, Thomson is the
man to call on
As the party walked up the street,
the gentlemen gOod-naturedly railing
at Meg about the extent Of her wants,
Plainfolks suddenly made dive into
a handsome store-room. 'LIere is o..
r. Taggart," he said, 'and | know
he's got something you ought to have.
You doubtless think" he continued,
''that there's no use in knowing a
druggist; that you have an eternal
lease on good health; but let me eau
tion you. Some dark night in the fu-
ture, Charlie, here, will be franticaily
prancing around hunting for doctor,
a nurse, paregoric--"
'.Unclel" calculated Meg,
"Well, well, come in, you're sure to
find no end of things here you can't
keep house without" True enough.
The crowded show cases and shelves Of
the establishment supplied innumera-
bic articles, fancy soaps, BRUSHES and
combs, fine stationery, blank sceks,
bric-a brac-space is insufficient TO re-
cord all that Meg purchased.
A strain of music was then waited
TO their ears. "By golly, little girl,
l nearly forgot to take you to Geo.
Ii. Bates music store; he has the sale
of the New England" orgaa, and"
And | Just couldn't keep house with
out it, uncie,'' laughed Meg. Let s
go right in, then. .
First tell me" said Plainfolks,
"what there is SO superior about that
organ"
son, it has ever so many points. 1t
has an unequaled tone-combining
purity with sweetness and power, you
know. Then it is beauty; the cases.
are of latest designs, and well made.
| would have no other
On arriving at the store they found
that Mr.. Bates also handles the
sterling piano. and as nice and
complete line of small musical msr-
chandise as can be found outside of the
big cities. lie also sells the new
"Wheeler & Wilson" sewing machine,
that runs so noiselessly that mice play
about the feet of the operator.
'Ah, there goes my friend w. Il.
Sanderson, exclaimed the old man,
as they reached the walk. There is
man you will find pleasure and profit
in knowing. He is the man to write
you a builders risk on your house;
aud you'll want him to write you fire,
lightning and tornado insurance on
your country property, too. He repre-
sents the st. Paul Fire and Marine,
the staunch company that brakes a
specially of farm risks. In fact he
has fun line of the best companies in
fire, life, and accident, and is a thor
Oughly expert underwater.
BY this time the afternoon sun was
getting prOyokingly near its diurnal
exit gate, and necessitated celebrity in
the movements of our party. ''It's
too bad" quoth Plainfolks, "that it's
so late; | had in view a number of very
pleasant calls I wanted to introduce
you to my friends in the medical fra
ternity, but | reckon we will have TO
pestpOne the visits. We have num-
Der of disciples of Eseulapius. promi-
nent in their profession here, to whom
l would like to Introduce you; Drs.
E. Ballard, T. w. Ashley and q. NJ.
Gould. There are no pleasanCer gen.
tlemen to meet, and as a staff of com.
petent physicians our community has
reason to be proud of them. But we
shall be obliged to forego the pleasure
of meeting them this afteTnsOn.
1.-The only thin" eli Bosr. contin.
oed the old man, sis a picture of the
crowd, have final surprise for you.
River Falls is fortunate in having one
OF the finest Of artists in photography
in the west, and we will wind up our
excursion in the good old country style
of having our pictures In both cabinet
and life size at w. E. KellOgg's gal
lery. His pictures are wonderful. l
want cur full size photos to hang in
our parlor. and some small enes to
send to our friends. Mr.. Kellogg is
famous for successful enlarging, and /
have a small photo of your deceased
aunt with me which / will have life
size as a present to you. Mr.. Kellogg
has the soul of true artist, and all of
his work is a labor Of love, in which
he will not stop short of perfection.
"'Uncle, said Meg, as they waited
in the gallery, ''you left US while
ago to 60 and leave an orEer,' you
said. What was it fOr!"
IAN Orderl Oh, yes-you want to
read the news every week, and SO
ran down and left an order for the
JOURNAL, the paper we saw IN every
place we visited"
"0h, how kind of you" said Meg.
you have left out nothing mat we