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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
frowned, for he felt that his troubles
were not vet over The letter said

frowned, for he felt that his troubles
were not yet over. The letter said:
My SoN-Come away from Lenox i'm
mediately. [ do not care to hear OF any
more engagements. / shall expect to see
you at the house tomorrow evening; /
wish to introduce you to your future wife,
Miss Madison. You know quite as well as
/ that if you marry as | direct you get q
good part of my money, otherwise not q
cent Miss Madison is one Of the most
beautiful intellectual women | ever knew;
her family is irreproachable, and she is not
wishes and throw over this girl and my
money you are an ungratetul cub. To-
morrow evening at s o'clock | shall expect
to see you III the drawing-rOOm.
JOHN D. POLLARD.
Should he go to the house he thought
as he walked aimlesslv through the
public gardens. Throw over Lou for
this money and the accompanying in
evitable girl? Never, by Jove. "Beau-
as he walked up the steps of his fathers
house.
He met his father in the hall.
"I'm here, governor" he said,
forcing a laugh. 81 suppose | shall
learn my fate, but ] suppose-suppose
Miss Madison doesn't like me?
"No danger of that" replied the old
man, rubbing his hands and laughing
heartily. 'She is in the drawing
ROOM" He pulled open the portiere
and Pollard at once stepped in.
"I'li leave you," said Pollard the
elder.
Harry Pollard stepped into the room
and saw smiling happy, radiant, Bob's
cousin, Lou.
He stepped forward, and then paused
and looked at her blankly.
Lou, Lou" he said, lis it you? [
expected to find Miss--Miss''-
"Somebodyelse," she said quickly.
| EfT am she -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
COME BACK. DEAR DAYS,

Come back. dear days, come back, o days long
fled!
Alas, the shining days of old are dead!
No more white arms through shadowy copses
CLEAN;
No more fair shoulders part the ripping stream:
Through piney groves not rain of laughing hours
Dance hand in hand, and garlanded with HOW
erS,
From fruit heaped shrines no fragrant vapors
into the azure deepS of smiling skies.
When the summer airs soft over Emma blow,
No shepherds plaintive piping, sweet and low.
From distant grassy upiandS lightly steals,
And softly dies along the listening fields
The hymns that through the woodlands rang
are hushed;
g.ong since was dried the bubbling fount that
gushed
Beneath tn hill, and pulled amid its brede
Ofrushes where Pan notched his idle reed.
No more the Huntress winds her breezy horn
From steep to steep, and in the early morn
No ROSY maids lead UP the mountains side
q milk-White steer, sleek-limbed and gentle
eyed
While dewy vale and rocky heights prolong
With echoes sweet the sacrificial song.
Az, shaggy Satyr, fleeing Nymph and taun,
Thy Youthful Joy and freShneSS-a1 are gone;
For we have fallen evil days and sad,
On clinging marts of trade where men go mao
On vapid pleasures and on sorrows vain;
SO come again, dear days, come back again;
Re-peopIe our unhaunted groves and streams,
And Fill our arid lives with happy dreams
james B. Kenyon, an 1fGreierS Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
The Sandwich Was Incomplete.

Two young men were standing be-
fore bar in Chatham Square yester-
day afternoon, and one of them had just
levied upon bottle Of whisky. Before
following his friends example, the
other nearly filed his whisky glass with
water and drank it.
"Why did you do that ?" asked the
man who warmed his throat first and
cooled it afterward
81 find | enjoy the flavor of my drink
better when / clear my palate before
swallowing it," replied his companion.
at doesn't get mixed up with other
tastes that may be lingering in my
mouth; and, besides it does 90 down
more smoothly. i drink a little water
afterward, too, just to remove any smell
of liquor that may be clinging to my
breath, you know"
By this time his friend had finished
his whisky, and washed it down with a
small quantity of water. He pushed
/ the little metal jug that contained the
latter toward the other man, who took
a second drink of the beverage that
neither cheers nor inebreiates. Then
the two walked out.
''Be gosh - exclaimed the bartender.
che took couple Of drinks of water:
but he forgot to sandwich the whisky
between 'em !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
The Song thai Reached Their Hearts.

A gentleman who was recently at a
small-hour banquet relates: at is as
tonishing how many business men are
good singers. You will find more men
who can sing than you will find women.
At the affair Of which | speak there
were representatives from nearly every
foreign country, our own cOuntrymen,
of course, predominating. And most Of
those present were singers. A young
student from Heidelberg gave us in it's
native tongue The Watch on the
Rhine for which, of course, he re-
celved the customary recognition. An
Englishman sang Annie Laurie
an Irishman The Harp That Once
Thro' Tara's Hail. and a Frenchman
the 'Marseillaise.' Each one of these
songs was as well rendered as l ever
heard it, and l know they were all
appreciated. Then some one gave us
America 1t didn't quite hit, i'll some
way. A young man with one of those
ringing tenor voices started the Star
Spangled Banner. Before he reached
the chorus every man was on his feet,
and each was waving his napkin, and
each one was singing with all his might.
They went over it again and again, and
[ never heard such singing in my life.
That was the song that reached their
hearts. -Philddelphid Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
SelEDiSCipIine.

"Al Burton, the great gambler, who,
I see by an article in the Inquirer, has
quit backing his judgment with his
money, is a peculiar man." said a we'll
known travelling man yesterday. ''He
is great big fellow, over six feet, and
weighing over two hundred pounds.
One Of his peculiarities IS Furnishing
himself when he loses his money or
does anything that after-thought
suggests to his mind as foolish.
remember a story ] heard some time
ago. Burton had been playing faro
bank and had lost quite a sum of money.
He went to his room, and the man who
occupied the next room declares that
he spent the balance of the night
marching up and down, and at every
step swearing at himself something
after this fashion: You thought you
knew all about faro, didn't you p
old fool, that's what you are, and
so on. Finally he laid himself out on
the table, folded his arms and rolled
off on the floor This is favorite way
he has furnishing himself, and being
such a large man is doubtless very
effective. - Cincinnati Inquirer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
HER BABY'S GRAVE.
She Knew it After an Absence of Nine
teen Years.

She Knew it After an Absence of Nine
teen Years.
The keeper of a cemetery IN one of
the Eastern states was at work in the
cemetery not long ago, says the Youth S
Companion, when q poorly dressed and
feeble-lOoking gray-haired woman en-
tered the gate and said that she wanted
to make arrangements for setting up q
small tombstone.
"Where is the grave ?'' asked the
sexton.
81 can't tell you just where it is, "
answered the woman, "but [ can 60
to it,"
She left the way to remote corner,
where there were few graves, and
there, close to pine tree and almost
hidden under it's loWgrowing branches,
was little sunken, neglected grave.
"This is it, sir; this is it," said the
woman dropping upon her knees upon
the grave, with streaming eyes.
cts the grave of my little boy sir;
the only child | ever had. l buried him
here nineteen years ago. He was only
4 months and 3 days old, but he was a
dear little fellow sir, and it almost killed
me to & We him up"
Wiping her eyes on a corner of her
shawl she added:
"Ive never been here since the day
we buried him, but l knew that [ could
come right to the spot. I've seen it in
my mind every day for nineteen years
We lived close to the graveyard, and in
the evening of the day he was buried |
slipped over here and set out this little
pine at the head of his grave, for I'd no
money to buy stone.
eve moved West soon afterward and
we've been kept poor all the time, but
I've saved little by little all these years,
and now | want to have his grave fixed
up and little stone put to 1.-THE dear
little fellow ~
She laid her wet cheeks down in the
rank and tangled grass, and tenderly
stroked the sunken clay, and the sex
ton quietly withdrew leaving her alone
with her dead
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
A Practical Suggestion.

"Sir," said lean and hungry-lookine
person who had by some means
passed all the obstacles to admission to
the Office of the manager Of one Of
the great press associations. 81 wish to
present you with confidence"
The manager looked at him curious
ly.
81 have the most gigantic scheme, y
went on the visitor, chat you"-
"Never mind" said the manager,
don't bother me-"
"But, SIR persisted the stranger,
''you mistake me seriously. This is
something that will make your fortune
and mlne."
81 am already rich beyond the dream
ofavarice,' y replied the manager, think
ing of his debts.
"H-m" sighed the visitor He
frightened presently and said, "Well
then, may | be permitted to make 8
suggestion? ?"
ayes" said the manager.
81 would suggest said the ole
tramp, ''that you lend me 10 cents, .
and the manager did--BOtOn Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
Her Teeth Knocked Out.

An amusing scene occurred IN Judge
Whites court this morning, says the
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The case on trial is that of Hanna
against the borough Of Bellevue. Mrs.
Hanna brings suit for damages for
personal injuries claimed to have been
received through the bad condition Of
portion of the borough sidewalk
She alleged while on the stand that she
had fallen and broken her ankle, and
that in the fall four of her teeth had
been knocked out Judge White
looked at her for moment and then
said:
You say that you had your teeth
knocked out"
Yes, sir
'Were they natural or artificial ?''
A blush sutfused the cheeks of the wit
ness as she answered in sort Of under
tone ga rtificial Sir'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
Skeletons Chained Together.

Leon S. Gordon, who was just re-
turned to Kansas City from trip in
New Mexico, where he has been en-
gagged in constructing telegraph line
from Las Vegas to Silver City, relates a
strange story of a discovery made by his
gang of men as they were working
through the country.
For miles they would work without
seeing a human being, and the houses
were principally old ruins which had
long been abandoned. 1t was the GUS
tom of the men to utilize these ruins for
temporary camping quarters, and 1t was
while thus occupying house that the
discovery was made that was at once
startling and romantic. The party
camped at place called by the MeXi-
Springs Of Death. The springs were OF
pure water, but the place was SO named
from the fact that several murders had
been committed at the house.
One Sunday while the men were rest
ing after their weeks work, two Of the
men began an examination of the place,
and in their rambles became imbued
with the idea that there wasa concealed
room in the building. The walls were
sounded, and at last they came to a
place where they thought different
sound was given out, and they began to
work hole through. They found that
their surmises were correct, and soon
had an opening into a room. They pro-
duced lights and entered. Lying on
the floor they found two skeletons, the
bones of the wrist encircled with iron
bands, which were riveted on and CON
nected with chains, showing that the
unfortunates had been chained together
and left to die lingering death.
From the appearance Of the skele
tons, it was readily perceived that the V
were those of man and woman. In
quiry was made in the neighborhood,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
HONCE ON A TIME.V

70 nee on q time.
How fondly falls that phrase
Upon our fancy, like tar-off chime
OF halfheard bells in some forgotten cline,
Pealed from the kingdom of dead yesterdays,
"Once on time"
The tale we loved always
Began just so, and every fairy rhyme
Our mothers crooned commenced "Once on q
time'
And ended with burst of childish praise
AS one WhO in lonely twilight land,
Is startled by the wrath of some loved voice
Long since that joined the silences sublime,
So 1, amidst the shadows where l stand
Ring d with dim dreams of unreturning joys,
Awaken at the words, "Once on a time
james NelCtOn Matthews.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
Germany's New Battie-ships.

Work was begun last year on four 10,
O0O-ton battle-ships, which, with armors
and artillery, will cost $l4, 100000. The
keel of large-sized Imperial yacht was
also laid The vessels launched were
the dispatch boat Meteor, the cruiser
Bussard, the cruiser Pelican, and the
armored ship Beowulf, which is the sis
ter ship of the Siegfrled. The Beowul1
and the Segfried are for coast defence,
especially in the vicinity Of the Baltic
Canal Six ships were permanently re-
tired and were either broken up or
sold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25
Resurrected by Hot Water.

A woman who is passionate lover of
flowers, and, being city bred, regards
ing roses an entire evening she is en-
abIed to BRING them to life again by
hot-water bath. When she finds that
from any cause whatever the blossoms
droop and threaten an early death she
clips the stems, and by letting the stalks
rest for while in steaming water finds
every leaf revive and freshen under the
DrOceSS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25

but for long time nothing could be
learned that would solve the mystery.
One day an old Mexican came to the
house and on being told of the dis
covery, said that it explained the dis
appearance of the wife of the man who
owned the place. 1t was generally
supposed through the country that she
had eloped with young American with
whom she hal been unduly intimate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-25

JUST now there IS rage for white
azalia. The plant is sent home in a
white porcelain jardiniere tied with
white ribbon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
HOME AND VICINITY.

DR.. Hunting was in Flint Thursday.
S. A. Smith was in town over Sun
day.
New goods, latest novelties at Por-
ter's.
A. d. Hitchcock has moved into a
house on Woodwork avenue, north.
III. A Delevan has been confined to
his house with severe attack of grip.
Ten thousand rolls of the latest and
best styles of wall paper at Il. Van
DenBergh's.
Township election draws nigh. Re-
member that the RECORD Office Is the
place to get slips.
III. j. Vermeulen is moving this week
into the residence on Superior st. lately
bought by him Of w. w. Pike.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
GRATIOT COUNTY
OAVINGS BANK.

ALMA, MICH.
Additional Liability OF Stockholders $4,000
President, MARCUS PoLLAsKY
Vice Pres. ID. K. SULLIVAN
Secretary, L. Nj. SMITH
Cashier, "A. w. REcKNER
Asst Cashier, &. ID. RANSOM
Attorney, MARCUS PoLLAsKY
MARCUS PoLLAsKY
ID. X. SULLIVAN
Directors +. A. BAGLEY,
5. w. TINKER
L. NJ. SMITH.
A General Banking
business transacted.
Loans money on
Real Estate, Mortgages
and Good Commercial Paper.
Interest paid
on time deposits.
Collections promptly
attended to.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
OUR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:

Fourth National Bank, ............... New York,
First National Bank, ..... ......... Chicago.
First National Bank, .............. ..... Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
DRY GOODS,
CARPETS.
CURTAINS,
CLOTHING.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
LADIES AND GENTS
FURNISHING GOODS.
HATS AND CAPS

L will at all times prove
/ to your advantage to call
at our Mammoth Stores when
in need of anything in the
above mentioned lines, as we
constantly keep a complete
stock of fine reliable goods in
the latest styles and patterns
ut prices that defy competi-
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20

IF you are going to use aLy
Refuse Salt or Land Plss-
ter, this spring, don't forf ct
to call at the 4 Store for we
keep that necessary article.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20

= XAMINE our stock and
9 prices and save from 10
to 20 per cent. on your pur-
chases. The largest line of
Carpets in the county; more
than 100 patterns to select
from.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26
Notice of City Election.

Notice is hereby given that the ensuing annual
City Election is TO be held in the several wards
in the city of Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wis
cOnsln, on the first Tuesday, being the seventh
day of April, \. D. 1891, at which are to be
elected the following city officers, to-wit:
\ Mayor in place of Peter McCamley, whose
term of office expires on the first Monday in
April, 1891.
Marshal i'll place of Dan CASTILLO, whose
term of office expires on the first Monday in
April 1891.
A Treasurer in place of Vim. Scott, Jr., whose
term OF office expires on the first Monday in
April 1891.
An Assessor in place of D. w. Compton, whose
term of office expires on the first Monday in
April 1881.
A Supervisor for the First Ward in place of
E. P. Arpin, whose term of office expires on the
first Monday i'll April, 1891
An Alderman for the First Ward in place of
Jacob Lutz, whose term of office expires on the
first Monday i'll April, 1891.
A Supervisor for the Second Ward in place of
John DAILY ,whose term Of Office expires on the
first Monday in April 1891
An Alderman for the Second Ward in place of
Geo. w. Baker, whose term of office expires on
the first Monday in April, 1891.
supervisor for the Third Ward in place OF
j. A. Gaynor whose term of Office expires on the
first Monday in April 1891.
An Alderman for the Third Ward in place of
t. c. st. Amour, whose term of Office expires on
the first Monday in April, 1891.
A Supervisor for the Fourth Ward in place OF
W T. Davis, whose term OF office expires on the
! first Monday in April, 1891.
| An Alderman for the Fourth Ward in place of
John Timm, whose term of Office expires on the
| first Monday in April, 1891
| The polls will be held at the following places:
| First ward-Henry Kuntz's dwelling house.
Second Ward-One door west of d. NJ. Hunt
| ingtOn's shop.
| Third Ward-COuncil Room.
| Fourth Ward-JOhn Plankey's residence.
Said election to be held and conducted, votes
canvassed and returns made in accordance
| with law.
Dated this 18th day of March, 1891.
SETH REEVES,
| |y:4-- ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26
MASONIC RESOLUTIONS.

At regular communication of Grand
Rapids Lodge No. 12S F. & A. NJ. the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
In His own good time it has pleased the Sup
RENE Grand Master of the Universe to call from
his earthly labors and associations our late be-
loved brother, John Edwards, and assign him
| to duty in broader field within Il higher juriS-
diction. Recognizing that such change was
inevitable; that death is the absolute inheritance
of all men, and that, confOrmably to the laws of
our being, our late brother has preceded US,
his brethren, only little time, we yet mourn
him, as nature impels mortals to mourn friends
lost to mortal view. He was our brother IN deed
and in truth. He was generous, noble and true
By no means exempt from the frailteS common
to our race, he was exceptionally kind hearted,
liberal, and good to all whom misfortune had
driven to adversely, and whose necessities were
brought home to his knowledge Fearless in
the defense of what he believed to be his rights
when assaied, prompt to resist what he be-
lieved to be an intentional injury he harbOred
no malice, but greeted and welcomed the first
overture for peace from an adversary with the
unaffected jOyfullneSS and sincerity of a child
To all with whom. he held business relations
from highest to lowest, he was ScrupulOuSly
just. Those whom he was accustomed
to meet socially and frateTnally, found in him a
most genial companion and considerable friend.
His many eXcelIGnceS of character made for
him lasting friends, and secured to him public
confidence and support. When the final sum-
mons came, it found him in honorable public
station, in the confidence of his associates, full
of hOnOrS His loss is, indeed, a bereavement.
We mourn it as such; and we commend his good
example to the admiration and emulation of all.
Be it, therefore, by this Lodge,
RESOLVED, That in the death of our late
brother, John Edwards, our lodge and fraternity
have lost worthy member and brother; his
family, devoted husband and father; our COM
munity and state, a valued and honored citizen
To the family and immediate relatives of our
late brother in their great affection, we tender
| our Sincerest coincidence. And be it also
RESOLVED, That the foregoing preamble
and these resolutions be entered at length up
on the records Of this Lodge, and a certified
copy thereof be presented to the family of our
late brother; and also that the same be pub
lished in the several newspapers of Wood
County.
~ s. !. J X SoS1' Committee.
l.. KRONER,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26

FARM FOR SALE:-One hundred sixty
acres of good farming land situated in
the town of Rudolph, 3 miles from
Centralia, small cranberry marsh in
Guided. New frame house with cellar,
barn, two good wells, and other build
ings upon the premises. For particulars
inquire of Edmund LaVigne at this
office,
For SALE:-We have for sale seventy
acres of land in the city of Pittsville
which we will sell in five acre tracts at
500 per tract. For particulars call on
A. l.. Fontaine.
Seven hundred dollars willebuv a
house, barn and three lots, in thesecond
ward. The house contains 10 rooms.
This is the best bargain we now have on
our list.
For SALE.-Four forties of wild land
lying three miles east of Grand Rapids
on the Plover road. For particulars
apply at this office.
For SALE-Mr. Geo. r. Gardner
having purchased the Neeves' residence
now offers his residence and lots in the
second ward cheap. Easy terms will
be given the purchaser. For particulars
enquire of Mr.. Gardner. IT,