The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-21

SOHSASA WIN NN"A A. SASAA ""o
time-honored companion, the comforter
Of his declining years, uncorked it and
turned it up slowly and oignitiedly, as a
gentleman should. Not a drop came
out. 1t was empty. he laid it down
with a sigh. "Egad! Even the jug
has gone republican,"
Our genial cold-storage man, j. E.
Turner, took his departure to-day for
his home at Rockford, Ill. Mr.. Turner
says he has spent n OF the most agree
able and successful seasons he has yet
had in South Dakota and will return in
the spring ready for future operations.
He has shipped during the past season
100000 dozen eggs and $4,000 pounds of
butter, expanding over $4,000 in the
purchase of the same. For one house,
this is a pretty good illustration that
the farmers of Lake county are dabbling
a little in "diversifed farming" A. A.
Abbott, who has worked with Mr.. Tur-
ner now for several years, will attend to-
the shipping business of the house dur
ing Mr.. Turner's absence.
Rev. B. F.. Fritz, chairman of the
Greenwich, Ohio, lecture course, after
listening to Miss Vandelia Varnum's
lecture, "Who Pays the Freight" wrote
as follows: "The lecture wa one of the
rich treats which comes to a man occas-
ionally in his life. 1t is full of pointed,
pithy sayings. as we'll as practical COM
mon sense. No one can hear her with
out being made better by having heard
her. She is witty, eloquent and wise,
and is rightly called the Queen of the
American Platform" Holders of sea-
son tickets to the lecture course can OBJ
tain reserved eeats for the entire course
by applying at Frank Smiths drug
store. Also seats %obtainable for all sim
gle ticket holders for the great lecture
Monday evening, "Who Pays the
Freight"
The demise Of VIM. Bergstreser, uncle
OF the Bergs'reser brothers OF this vicin-
ity, occurred very suddenly and unex-
pectedly this morning at the residence
Of Fred Bergstreser, in Chester town.
ship. He arose apparently as we'll as
ever, for a man Of 81 years, and went
out and swept the snow off the porches
and walks, and coming in shortly said he
did no feel just right. Fred advised
him to 60 Pnd lie down a little while
and rest himself which he did, and in
looking in the a short time after
ward Mr.. Bergstreser found the old
gentleman unconscious and fast sinking.
He died in a few minutes, doubtless of
heart failure. Deceased was born in
Berks county, Penn, and early came to
Milwaukee with others of the family,
thence he zane to Winona, Mimi, in the
early sixties where he lived until last
August when he came out here to SPEND
the rest Of his years in company with
his brother, Jacob. The latter, it will
be remembered, lived only two weeks
after his brothers arrival. Since that
time deceased has made his home with
his nephew, Fred Bergstreser, of Ches-
ter. He leaves no immediate family,
having been married once, but only two
grown st~ep-cbildren survive that mar
riage. He was a man of quiet %demeanor,
upright life, and a member of the Pres
byterian church OF Winona. His fun
eral will take place from the house of
Fred Bergstreser, Chester township, at l
p. M, Saturday, and the services will be
held in Prospect church. immediately
after. Rev. w. F. Stump Of Wentworth
will ofioiate. His remains will be laid
away in Prospect church yard beside
those Of his brother, 70 that it can truly
be said of them they were together all
the years of their lives and in death
they were not parted. A sister, aged 76,
in Illinois, is the only one OF a family of
seven who now survives.
Your horses won't slip il you use q
"Hold Fast" calk in their shoes. "Hold
Fast calks are cheap, durable and safe.
Ed Gregory, the horseshoer uses them
in his trade.
The healing properties of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve are we'll known. Il
cures eczema, skin affections and II
simply q perfect remedy for plies.
FRANK Smith.