Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-12-29
HANCOCK.

The beginning of the New year will
be marked by the establishment in
Hancock, of blacksmith shop OF
marked tensions and efficiency. The
two Helstrom brothers of Cocate will
come to Hancock Immediately after
the holidays and establish shop.
This will be quite an acquisition for
the farmers here; further than being
all round blacksmiths, these two
gentlemen land they are gentlemen
in every sense of the word,) are ex-
pert pillow workers, wood workers, and
horse shoers. The Holstrums are
strikingly good looking and we'll APP
pearing young men such as Hancock
people are always glad to see come
into their midst.
J.P. Meyer. of Blue Earth county,
hearing most favorable reports of
Stevens county, arrived at Hancock
more than a week ago with the view
of buying farm. 1t is understood
that he has completed arrangements
for the purchase of the Baxter farm,
three miles south of this village. Mr..
Never is a man of means and was a
man of prominence in his late home
which honor will no doubt be rein
vested in him as citizen of this
county,
Miss Mary Hunter, assistant prin-
cipal of the Long Prairie public
schools, has recently returned to Han
cock to spend the holidays at her old
home and with many friends that are
always glad to see her.
I. Tollifson gives an account, of a
recent commercial proceeding in his
store that might we'll be known by
everyone in the county, especially
those who are inclined to send to the
cities for purchases with view of get
ting cheaper prices. A man from
Pope county came into Mr.. Tolifson's
store with a sample of wall paper and
border that he had received from S.
E. Olson's big store in Minneapolis
and asked for prices in Hancock. He
wanted IL rolls of paper for which
Mr.. Tollifson's price was cents per
roll while Olson's price was 3 cents,
but when he came to buy border
Olson's price was just double that of
Mr.. Tollifson. In general reckoning
Mr.. Tollifson's price we're quite a
saving for the man. The purchaser
said to the TRIBUNE cores
pondent, "There are tricks in all
trades and Olson is not an except
ion; he was going toreduce his price on
the paper two cents for each roll but
he doubled the price on each yard of
border to get more than even for the
reduction on the paper"
There were two visitors at the pub
lie schools last Friday, the first ones
during the whole year, says Miss
Agness Hunter, the principal. It is
we'll understood that the reason that
there are not more visitors is that the
people interested in the schools have
implicit confidence in the excellence
of the present running system and do
not feel the slightest tendency to
investigate. The last Fridays visi-
tors were surprised beyond belief at
the presentation of industry and Or
der that prevailed in every aspect of
the school. According to the Gus
tom, the grammar department was
turned into general spelling school
and a sharp contest ensued, in which
Miss Clara Wilcox finally came out
the victor.
That the Congregational church is
quietly but surely doing a good work |
can not fail to be recognized by any
one that will give the matter little |
consideration. Rev. Searles, the
much admired pastor, has not the
revivalistic idea very strongly. He
believes in dispensing the gospel to
whomsoever he may; he believes in
engraving in beautiful but sober
words the cherished stories of Christ
ian history upon the hearts of all
within his reach; he shows them the
divine precipts Of his faith; Christi
anity, as he pictures it, is a lovely
picture to behold, its tints are delicate,
pleasing, enchanting. His morning
sermons are masterpieces of phil
osophic religious thoughts carved
from the marble of perfect English
and adorned with most pleasing fig
ures of speech. His evening talks |