Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-19

The race for wo-year-old colts bred
in Iowa. Grant, Green and Lafayette
counties, to be trotted on the second
day of the Mineral Point fair, prom
ises to be interesting. W H. Rogers,
of Dodgeyille, has entered Bell Boy;
| j. p. Smoker, of Dodgeville. Lorette
Swigert; J. C. kirkpatrick, Dick Swig-
ert; John I. Enloe, of Washburn,
Harvey Johnson; and Max Sands, of
DodgeviIle, Stephen D.
The Linden and Mineral Point base
ball clubs played a game of nine
innings at the fair grounds in this
city on last Saturday afternoon. The
home club won by score of 33 to ).
Charles Allen, of Darlington, acted
as umpire. As the Linden boys have
long been known as one of the
strongest clubs in Southwestern Wis
consin, this remarkable result should
establish the fact that the Mineral
Point club as now organized, know
how to play ball.
The PecatOnica river is inhabited by
innumerable mudturtles. \ few days
az WV VI l4AAOC ga W OlIC
floating along the river with his head
and tail out of the water, as turtles are
won't to do on a bright warm day, and
it being all unusual sight to them, they
took it for a young alligator and so re-
ported it. If the gentlemen will sit
down on the banks of the beautiful
"pelucid PecatOnica any warm sun
shiney day they can see dozens of Just
such "alligators. THE Darlington
Democrat.
The census office calls upon physi-
clans to keep register of deaths, to
enable that office to give full statistics
in the forthcoming census. Request
is also made by the commissioner that
farmers keep an account of their farm
products and live stock for the year
beginning June l, 1889, and ending
May 81, 1890. What is desired is an
account of the amount and kind of
crops raised during that year. and their
value; and the number of animals on
farm, etc, for that year and their esti-
mated value. If they will generally
keep a little track of these items they
will materially aid the census bureau.
The Barneveld Register: r. Simp-
son, of this village, who for a long
time had been falling with con-
sumption, died last Sunday afternoon,
July 9TH, 1889. The funeral was held
on Monday, Rev'dS d. E. Phillips and
Thomas Evans officiating. The re-
mains were inferred in the white
cemetery beside his wife and two
babes who died only few months
ago. Two children, Mamie and Lula,
the former at home, the latter with
her uncle in Nebraska, are left with
out father or mother May they be
under the protection of Him who is
Father to the fatherleSS.
John Wannamaker, the great Phil
adelphia merchant and Postmaster
General of the United States, declares
that never in his life did he use such
thing as a poster or dOdger, or hand
bill. My plan for fifteen years has
been to buy so much space in a news
paper and fill it up with what wanted.
| would not give an advertisement in a
newspaper Of 400 circulation for 5000
dodgers or posters. If | want to sell
cheap jewelry or run a lottery scheme
| might use posters, but [ would not
insult Il decent reading public with
hand-billS." John evidently has a
level head. If thousands of manufac-
turers and dealers, who have goods
they wish to introduce to the trade,
would use the columns of reliable and
widely circulated journals for that pur-
pose they would find the method much
more economical and effective than the
costly one of sending out expensive
circulars and paying large sums of
postage on them. A good journal is
read and preserved; its advertisements
are studied and help build up trade,
while nine circulars out of every ten
which are sent go into the stove or
waste basket, hardly attracting passing
notice.