Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-03

A young man at Eldora was arrested
a few nights ago for walking in his
sleep. He begged the night watch not
to lock him up because he was a som,
nambulist. cit don't make any differ.
ence what church you belong to-" said
the officer, you can't walk the streets
of this town in your shirt tail.
Miss Ethel Savoie, of Waukon, was
poisoned a few days ago and died
from the result of taking free samples
of DR.. Miles Pain Pills, it is believed.
Her parents were absent from home,
and she took the same to relieve a
severe headache and was thrown into
! commissions, afterwards falling into
stupor, from which she did not recover.
West Union now boasts the largest
| horse barn in the state. 1t is the barn
of Finch & Chandler, which has re-
Gently been overhauled and extensive
additions built on. 1t is 100 feet long
with go foot front. 1t will stable 1870
head of horses besides the main floor.
Shiek & Farr will use the front part
as livery stable while Finch 81
Chandler will use the rear as a sale
stable. There is city water in both
front and rear. West Union Union.
Not long since young lady at a
social gathering entertained the COM
pany with detailed account of the
first quarrel between herself and
husband, and wound up by saying
that after the reconciliation they
planted tree in commemoration of
the event. A henpecked man, who was
present, leaned over and whispered
to his wife 'Say, Mary, if we had
only started out that way, what a
magnificent grove we would have
now"
A minister was one day walking
along a road, and tc his establishment
he saw crowd of boys sitting around
a ring with small dog in the center
When he came up to them he put the
following question: "What are you
doing to the dog?" One little fellow
spoke up and answered: whoever
tells the biggest lie wins it" "Oh,"
said the minister, l am surprised at
you little boys, for when 1 was like
you did not tell lies. " There was a
silence for while until one of the
boys shouted: Hand him the dog a"
A number of Sioux City families
two months ago formed cooperative
housekeeping association. 1t is now
announced that thus far the plan has
worked successfully. At the close of
two months not only has the weekly
assessment of So % not been increased,
but small dividend been declared
This, with potatoes at 81 bushel and
eggs soc dozen, is certainly an excel
lent showing. The members of the
Sioux City association are besieged
with letters from all over the country
inquiring into the workings of the
| idea and as to its success.
The farmers living just west of Ell
gin are having lots of trouble with a
big black lynx that is killing their
stock. The latter part of last week
Wesley Miller had ten sheep killed by
the beast. A fine two year old colt
belonging to Will Haas was killed and
when found its head was partly eater
and the body was clawed and torn in
a terrible manner. Several people
have run across the animal in the
woods in the day time and they say it
is the largest of it's kind. A ring
hunt is being talked of and it is hoped
the lynx will be killed or trapped. -
Echo.
A lady of fashion at Danville who
was about to make some calls by card,
directed her coachman to go into the
house and get her cards which she had
forgotten. He came out and offered
some cards to her. but she said, "You
keep them and I will direct you where
to leave Them" She stopped at many
places and the coachman left card
at each place. She finally remarked
"We will leave only three more. I"
Imagine her horror when the coach
man replied: 81 have only the Jack
of Spades left He had taken her
euchre deck instead of her case of cal
ling cards. With all those cards out
she evidently called" the coachman.
Chambers, which is essentially a
horse disease, has caused the death of
two brothers in Bremen county. That
the disease is contagious from animals
to men is known, but cases of death
from CHAMBERS are rare among human
beings. DR.. S. b. Brimhall of the
state board of health has Investigated
the deaths and is satisfied that the
diagnosis of the local physicians was
correct. The men were brothers.
One of their horses died from CHAMBERS
and most two weeks later one of the
brothers sickened and died. There
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