Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-06-23
Albion and Bristol.
She was making her debut
In a bicycle suit,

In bicycle suit,
vision got up to entrance.
1t had rained, all well
In a puddle she fell,
But her ma scraped the mud off her pants
John O. Jones has had erected y
fine pole which will be used for his
phone and Flagstaff.
Mr.. Phippins had a good draft horse
badly cut in the wire fence last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Drummond and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Robinson drove
over Saturday to spend the night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Hank Salisbury. of
Vernon Springs.
Mr.. Jake Cramer Jr. reports that
the last heavy rain injured his corn
badly by overflow and burying it in
the mud.
But of all pleasant things in the world it must be
Most pleasant to drift rnconcerned,
Living always from labors annoyances free
On the money some other has earned.
The animal that was seen going over
the dam during the storm of Tuesday
night no doubt was Il horse that is
missed from Eddie Crowell's pasture.
G. l.. johnson, Il hustling tiller of
the soil from near Harmony, was
doing business at the mill Monday.
John Ludwig lost one of his large
fat hogs by the oppressive heat
Monday.
Miss Ellie Hutchinson, who has
taught at Prairie Queen for the past
year, finished her school last Friday
and is at home enjoying her vacation.
The new machinery is in place at
the Florenceville Roller Mill and the
wheels turned for the first last Satllr-
day. Each double roll complete with
its cast iron frame weighs 1900 pounds
and so perfect is their adjustment
that when in full motion and hand
is placed upon the frame work
scarcely Il tiremor can be felt. Mr..
Privat has demonstrated that he is
not only a first class miller but an eX-
cellent mill-wright as well. and tc see
this handsome machinery in motion
is well worth the time and trouble of
a visit to the mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hutchinson Jr.
were welcome guests under our roof
tree last Sunday.
Miss Grace Privat will close her
school next week with a picnic and as
she is very popular with her pupils no
doubt it will be quite an ENJOYABLE
affair.
We sometimes write doggerel for
pastime and derive our pleasure from
the strenuous efforts some people make
in fitting the garment to their neigh
Dor.
We hear the report that Mr.. Owens
people who live on the Champlin farm
has lost their little child that was
SICK with pneumonia and understand
1T was one of d pair of twins.
George Ludwig had Il horse that was
overcame by the heat Monday while
taking hogs to Cresco.
Mr.. and Mrs Phippins with a party
OF friends. eight in number, have gone
TO Waucoma for an outing visit.
An uncle of Mrs. Geo. Ludwig who
resides at Locust Lane. came to visit
her the latter part of the week, and
Sunday both families went to Cresco
to see relatives there.
The cyclone last Saturday whose
storm center seemed to be near the
blacksmith shop did no great damage,
lncklly 1T being more wind than hail.
A feeble old man drove home his sleek COWS,
Slowly down the long grassy lane,
But smiles as each bovine pokes head through
the fence.
And bites off his neighbors grain.
E. q. Privat'S grip from Chicago
arrived in Cresco and was delivered by
I'll. O. Serlling. We surmise the young
man contemplateS celebrating with us.
Tuesday the Goth, being the ami
versary of the birth of Mrs. Theed
Michel nee Ida Bigalk, large party Of
friends assembled to do honor to the
occasion. The company represented