Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-23

WEDNESDAY. JULY 90, 1902.
Clerk Georgen was a Dyersvills
visitor Tuesday.
Clarence Lister is a guest of friends
at Webster City.
Mrs. ii. G. Millen of Earlvile war
guest of friends in this city Thursday
Misses Maggie and Eta Sherlock
were Waterloo visitors part of last
week.
Miss Annie Coomer, of Cedar Falls
has been guest at the Henry Popham
home.
Miss Hattie Plat of Central City
was guest of friends in this city last
Thursday.
Quite number from here attended
Ringing Bros. Circus at Cedar Rapids
and Waterloo last week.
Mrs. Chas. Hitchcock of Crookston,
Mimi, is guest at the home of her
father, VIM. Barr, near Thorpe.
Mrs. Mary A. Ram, Miss Edith V.
Ram and Amy Ram were guests of
relatives at Webster City part of last
week.
MIR. and Mrs Chas. Griffin, of
Waterloo, were guests of relatives and
friends here last week. They were
called here by the serious illness of Mrs
Griffin's brother, Roy Trenchard, who
is reported as improving.
The Department of Agriculture
have just issued little booklet telling
all about the 48th Annual Iowa State
Fair to be held at Des Moines, August
22nd to Both. If you haven't received a
copy drop q card to j. G. Simpson, Sec
Rotary, Des Moines.
The Manchester base ball team
went to Earlville last Thursday after
nooH to play against team of that
place. The game was postponed after
four and a half innings had been played,
on account of rain. The score stand
ing to 1 In favor of Esrlville.
Some people know how to be real
mean. A story is going the rounds
about man whose wife had gone visit.
ing and wouldn't listen to his appeals
to come home before her visit was out
He took copy Of his home paper and
carefully clipped out just one item and
sent the paper to her. She wrote and
asked him what the item was about
and he refused to tell her. The scheme
worked admirably and in less than a
week she was home to find out what
her husband did not want her to know
about.
Mics Adsh w. Sias and Il. L.
Moore were united in marriage at the
home of the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Moore, in this city last Fri
ayevening, Rev. II. w. Tuttle per-
forming the ceremony in the presence
of only the near relatives of the con-
tracing parties. Mrs. Moore is well
educated and amiable young lady and
holds high position in both the social
and religious society of the city. Mr..
Moore is the head clerk in Gildner Bros.
clothing store and is an honest and up
right gentleman. MI. and Mrs. Moore
have the best wishes of their numerous
friends for a long and prosperous mar
ried life.
The man in the buggy is now abroad
In the country among the farmers. He
may be taking orders for short weight
and adultersted New York groceries,
or he may be chap with some fine
clothes which his uncle has struggled
from Canada; or he may be slick
schemer with patent right to sell, or
he may be in the lightning rod bust
ness. When they come to your place
always whistle for old Towser, and get
ready for business. These chaps all
have tongues on ball bearings and your
best means of protection from them is
to administer the grand bounce as soon
as they set foot on your premises. Keep
an eye out for the man in the buggy
Oxford Leader.
The w. E. Duncan referred to be.
low was, until he lost his sight a few
years ago while blasting rock in
quarry near this city, resident of this
county, and his acquaintances here will
be glad to know that he is prospecting
Waterloo, says the Des Moines Regis
ter, has blind man who runs broom
factory, and who in various other ways
is illustrating how many opportunities
are open to those who cannot see. His
name is w. Il. Duncan, and he is
piano tuner and net maker as well as
broom manufacturer. He graduated
recently from Iowa college for the blind
at Vinton, after seven years course.
He is more expert in many things than
men who have their sight and is very
successful in his business.
Any town In which the people who
are making money invest all their eur
plus in outside speculations is bound to
be dead town. Tits constant drain
upon the community. And that is ex-
sctly the situation today in a good
many Iowa towns of from 5000 to 5000
population. A place not thousands
miles from Independence has just that
class of money makers. OF course peo
pie cannot be criticised for investing
what belongs to them in foreign propo-
sitions that seem attractive, but history
will bear US out in the prediction that
the net returns from the dollars that