Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
We want wood.
old papers for sale.

tOhi6ht'
Trade at Bears; good goods and
cheap prices.
IS. Grundeland was over from.Cal-
mar Monday.
Mrs. A. F. Barefoot visited at Cal
mar Saturday.
Ole c. Bye is in Chicago, being
treated for rheumatism.
Willie Siihring arrived home yes
terday from his Clarion visit.
Mrs. M. E. Bones has been visit
ing Cresco friends for several days.
WIN. Leach and daughter, OF
Freeport, are taking in the Omaha Ex-
position.
Mrs. E. E. Cutler went to Albert
Lea, Mimi, Friday, to visit with her
daughter.
Winfield Baker, of Bluffton town
ship, was business visitor in the city
yesterday.
Valentine Barth, of Pleasant town
ship, was transacting business in town
yesterday.
"A handsome lot of shelving and
counters is being put into liver Larsen's
new building.
IF. J. Riley and r. H. Tracy are en-.
joying fishing trip some twenty-five
miles down the river.
Albert Lundgren, of Chicago, was
visiting in the city Friday. He origi.
nally hailed from Calmar.
Rev. A. G. Wilson will preach al
Unity church next Sunday morning
on "Sociability in the church."
Every new subscriber paying us
$3.50 gets this paper from now until
Jan. /, 1900 and a law book free.
James Themes has purchased the
lots on the corner just south of A. Der.
natz' residence, north of the G. NJ. &
ST. P. passenger depot. He will al
once begin the erection of home.
e. j. Curtin, Henry Davidson, G
A. Neufert, Fred Reum, w. e. Mey'
rick, of Waterloo, and A. g. Boyle, Of
McGregor, are enjoying few days a,
the cabin down the river. Ofcourse
they are having "high old time"
Just as we 60 to press an official
notice from the Board of Supervisors
calling for vote on the question off
new court house comes in. We will
print the notice next week, and reserve
editorial discussion until future issues
Our columns are open to anyone who
cares to make his views known. Let
us hear from you.
--"That is the best part of beauty
which picture cannot express" We
may try to illustrate the ''H. S. q M
clothing with fashion plates, but the
grace and charm of the original gar
ment is not there. These goods must
be seen to be appreciated. You may
see them any time at Ben Bears, the
cheapest clothier in Iowa.
Geo. Tyler brought us some apples
and grapes yesterday, which we have
since feasted upon. There were two
varieties of apples, the Mcmahon ant
Haas, the former white and latter red
and they Were as large as double fist
The grapes were of three varieties
Rogers, No. 10, Warden and Delawar'
and are large, juicy and very sweet
Thanks, Mr.. Tyler, till you are bette
paid.
The unknown poet gets in a Maud,
Muller parody as follows: Jake Null
Ter on a summer day raked the mea
dow sweet with hay. The mule will
which he raked the hay was muckl
dull with spots of gray Jake's shir
was hickory, his pants were brown
with patch on the part where Jak
sat down. Jake cussed in way it wa
hard to see, for the mule went hay
when Jake said gee. A humble bee
home in the clover lay, where Jak
and the mule raked the clover hay.
rake tooth ran through that humbl
home and the bees came out and begal
to roam in search of the man tina
summer day who raked the meadow 9
clover hay. The bees swarmed insid
of Jakey's shirt, and quickened tn
mule to lively squirt. 1t was tougl
on the mule and worse for Jake, an
worser still for the sulky rake, for tn
mule turned loose in q promiscuou
way and scattered the rake all owe
the hay.
I'D like to be boy again, withou
a woe or care, with freckles scattere
on my face, and hayseed in my hal
I'd like to rise at four o'clock and do
hundred chores, and saw the wood an
feed the hogs and lock the stable door
and herd the hens and watch the bee
and take the mules to drink; and teac
the turkeys how to swim so that the
wouldn't sink; and milk about hun
dred cows and bring the wood to burr
and stand out In the sun all day an
churn and churn and churn; and wei
my brothers. cast-of clothes and wal
four miles to school, and get lickir