Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-21

Miss Laura Stone of New York City
is here on visit at G. w. Burdicks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wampler of Ridge
way were DEBORAH visitors Saturday.
quite number of Spring Grove
people were DEBORAH visitors Saturday.
-Thos. Oarolan, of Button town
ship, was Saturday visitor in De-
corah.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Jones came
down from Mabel, Mimi, on Thurs
day.
j. o. Dreng came down from
Hamline Sunday morning for short
DEBORAH visit.
Mrs. Jalmar Larson returned from
Minneapolis last week where she has
bean visiting.
DIR. J. J. Radcliffe was over from
Spillville Thursday, attending to some
business matters.
F. W. Glice was down from Burr
Oak township last Thursday and made
us pleasant call.
Having adjourned court Saturday,
Judge Hobson returned to his home
at West Union.
DIR. and Mrs. J. S. Roome were
over from Calmar last Wednesday
afternoon, calling ON friends.
Mrs. Valentine Barth and daugh-
ter, Lena, and Miss Francis Stoskopf,
were DEBORAH visitors Saturday.
Rev. Seehus and family were down
from Locust Saturday, to take in the
18th of May exercises at Luther college.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will hold bazaar of boxes in the
near future. Watch for particulars
later on.
Mrs. Eliza Brown returned Mon
day to New Hope, S. d., where she
will make her future home with her
daughter.
Mrs. Robt. Stead, Mrs. Will Bal
lentine, Miss Wettmore and mother
were down from Prosper, MIMI, Sat.
urday, shopping.
The w; RIG. social was given last
Saturday evening as advertised, but
was not we'll attended. The heavy
rain of Saturday was the cause of many
disappointments.
Rev. HI. H. Abrams, of the State
Anti-Saloon league will lecture at
Burr Oak Sunday, June LIST, at Hesper
in the afternoon. In the evening he
will preach in the Congregational
church in DEBORAH, at a union meet
ing of the M. E. and Congregational
church.
Rev. Bascome Robbins, of Burling-
ton, Kan. Kansas member of the M.
E. Examining Board, arrived in
DEBORAH yesterday, for as short visit at
the home of his brother, the DEBORAH
pastor. Mr.. Robbins will conduct SER
vices in the M. Z. church tomorrow
evening.
The supper given by the Catholic
ladies in the basement of the st.
Cloud hotel ON last Thursday evening
was enjoyed by a large number, and
over one hundred dollars was realized
thereorom. Some handsome cut flowers
were presented to the ladies for use on
the tables by VIM. Dittmar, the florist.
-"Can we squeeze in here?" asked
the young man with the red necktie,
as he and his lady got into well-fill-
ed car. swell, you can if you want
to, mister" replied the man from the
country, 'but I'm thinking it would
look trifie better if you reserved that
mark of affection till you reached the
girls home"
"A farmer once wrote to a distin-
guished scientific agriculturist, to
whom he felt under obligations for in
Producing a new variety of swine, as
follows: Respected Sir:-I went
yesterday to the cattle fair; l found
several pigs of your species. There
was a great variety of beasts, and
was very much astonished at not see-
ing you there. Exchange.
An Irishman was sitting in a
street car and in his mouth was his
pipe. The conductor came along.
Here, you can't smoke in this car, y
he said. "Shure, and dim not smokin', y
said Pat. "Not smoking" cried the
conductor. "Your pipe is in your
MOUTH" "Shure, and me feet are in
me shoes but Dim not walkin'," re-
piled the Irishman.
Married, at the residence of Rev.
F. @. Bailey, Friday, May 0, 1902,
Mr.. Gust Olson to Mrs. Bertha st.
Clair. The bride has been resident
of Mabel for several years and the
groom is formerly from DEBORAH and
is now employed as foreman at the
blacksmith shop of ]. M. Lein. The