The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-06
General Notes and Comments.
If it happens in Virginia 20
will find it in The Enterprise.

II 1t happens IN Virginia you
will find it in The Enterprise.
It wasn't a Missouri editor,
but a Missouri printers devil
who was going through his first
experience Of ''making up
FORMS The paper was late
and the boy got his ga(leys
mixed The first part Of an
obituary of an impecunious citi-
zen had been dumped" in the
forms and the next handful of
type came from galley describ-
ing u recent fire. It read like
this: The pail bearers lower
ed the body to the flames. There
were few, if any, regrets, for
the old wreck had been an eye
sore to the town for years: Of
course there was an individual
loss, but that was fully covered
by insurance. The widow
thinks the editor wrote the obit-
uary that way because the Ia
mented partner of her joys and
sorrows owed him five years
subscription
Easy chairs, lounges, ce0ter
tables, easels, pictures--every-
thing to make home beautiful at
the Virginia Furniture Co., at
lower than Duluth prices.
A teacher asked a little
boy: IF your father can do a
job of work in two days and
your uncle John can do it in
three days, how long would it
take both of them to do it if
they both worked together?''
They'd never get it DONE" said
TIE lad, who was onto his folks.
They'd sit rrounj an talk bout
Venezuela an de Monroe doc
trine, an loaf till de Teller that
waz gittin' de work done got
sick an kick 'em off de iob.'
The latest styles of glnghams
and outing flannels at The Fair
Store.
One of the latest adaptations
I'D like to- be a printer, and
with the prfn tiers stand, green
ink upon my forehead. and ben
zine in my hand; and if a mad
subscriber came in to kick and
roar, I'd stab him with the towel
that leans against the door,"
Jackson & Co. handle the best
teas and coffees in the city.
Jimmy hurry stopped Billy
Patterson in six rounds in a
glove contest, Sunday afternoon.
This contest was fought at Fon
du Lac Bay, near Duluth, in open
air, the natural snow being used
as a floor. which was tinted with
blood. They were both arrested
on Wednesday by the Duluth au.
thorities on the charge of vic.
lating the Minnesota law against
prize-fghting but the day of
hearing has not as yet been set.
Mrs. M. Delfeld, the milliner,
left on Tuesday for Detroit,
Mich, for the purpose of pur-
chasing a large stock of spring
and summer millinery goods
John T. Hale was elected as
president and @. E. Richardson
was reelected clerk of the Du
luth council at meeting OF
that body on Wednesday eve
ming last. Mayor-elect Truel.
son intends running Duluth on
economical and moral basis and
has already struck the blow in
that direction in many branch
es.
For milk, cream, butter, eggs
or poultry, the finest in the mar.
ket at the lowest prices, call on
e, Dreger's dairy. All orders
delivered promptly; milk deliv
cred twice daily.
| The remains of Jas. G.. Blaine
will be removed from Oak Hill
cemetery, Washington, d.. c.,
to Augusta, Me. 1t is tho re-
quest of Mrs. Blaine.
Have you seen the elegant
new:f..rniture just received by
the Virginia Furniture com.
PAW? Finest stock north Of