Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-13

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will have the pleasure of witnessing
one OF the grandest productions O
''Uncle Toms Cabin" that is possible
to be given, besides there are mum.
Der of Plantation songs, dances, ETC.,
lntersperced between the acts. The
prices are within the reach OF every
body and the Opera House will surely
be packed to Its utmost. Only 20 cts
for the best seat.
The medical examiners say that the
reflections of applicants for enlistment
are large per cent greater than in
the civil war, which they largely at
tribute to the cigarette habit. Appar-
emily robust men in the prime of life
the physicians find are unfit for mill
tary duty from this cause. And yet
every hour of the day youths may be
seen on our streets sucking away at
the nasty, poisonous cigarette.
AT the Cresco Novelty Works they
sharpen Road Grader lays for 75c, and
pound them out with the Trip Hammer
and it is the only way to sharpen them
or any other lay and do it right, and
my experienced Plow man knows just
how to temper them and put them in
shape to work easy, which is the i'm
portant factor. You can pay 81 90 or
$1.25 for some one to thin the edge a
little and in one or two days it is as
dull as ever. A word to the wise is
sufficient.
Farmers and gardeners should plant
Sugar beets and present samples at
the fair. We import annually about
$4,000, 900 worth of sugar. It is
claimed that we have the soil and eli
mate best Situated to the production
OF sugar beets excellent quality. If SO
we have mine of wealth in waiting
Tor developments. Let us test this
matter without delay. Plant at once
and cultivate we'll small bed OF sugar
beets. A good premium will be offer
ed for such an exhibition at our next
county fair.
Right Rev. Bishop rPaery, of the
Episcopal diocese of low, was strick-
en- with paralysis on "Wednesday at
the house of friend at Dubuque
where he had been for several days on
an official visit to that parish. He is
In critical condition and conscious
only at times, and owing to his en-
feebled health and advanced age, any
thing but partial recovery is un-
looked for. The Bishop had but re-
Gently announced his intention to visit
the church at Cresco on July 10th il
his health permitted.
A. Wedel and E. Graetz, of St. Louis,
dealing in shoddy of various kinds,
representing the basest qualities, are
doing the farmers of the county out of
their money in great style. Sheriff
Campbell had been watching their
transactions for some days and get,
ting evidence of their sales, and We'd
nesday evening he made an 1nforma-
tion against them for selling without
license, and arrested them and took
them before Justice Moon. They set
tied the matter by paying the Sheriff
$50 and leaving Is packages of goods
as security for the remaining $50.
These packages they sell to the farm
ers at from $45 to $65, their highest
value being not more than $40. They
propose to take out license now and
declare they will get their money back
from the people of the county, and
they undoubtedly will, if they can find
people who will patronize them by
purchasing. We have the most posi-
tive assurance from men who are
judges of the qualities and values that
not one article in the entire stock held
by the sheriff is anything but the basest
limitation Of what it purports to rep
resent. They are slick ones though,
and can blarney the people in every
known language from pure Sheeney
through the list of Spanish, English,
German, Bohemian, etc., and are good
ones for farmers to kick into the
street.