Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22

DR. aud Mrs. Lindsay were las
week visitors in Chicago.
Geo. Lawrence of Edgewood was 6
Sunday visitor in the city.
Landlord Hetherington is recover
ing from two weeks ileness Of the
measles.
MIR and Mrs. Thomas Wesley of
Lamont were Manchester business
visitors Friday.
III. Jackson of Dubuque was Il
Monday visitor between trains with
Manchester friends.
&C. M. Gould has succeeded j. j.
Drunken as president of the school
board of North Fork township.
From the register of the Globe
hotel we laarn B Hnckaday of Oneida
ate Sunday dinner at that hostelry.
S--Postmaster Ruby and Assessor
S,hoeidars of Petersburg ware county
seat visitors Wednesday, We acknow
lege a pleasant call.
Cyrus Kenney has been appointed
and has qualified, under the new road
law. as superintendent of roads in
North Fork township.
Fred Walker and Miss Emma Mes
sing we're married in Chicago last week
Monday. Both of the young people
formerly lived in Manchester and have
q large number of friends here who ex
tend hearty congratulations.
Miss Martha Gilleas, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard. Gilless, was mar
rted last Wednesday at Fort Dodge to
Mr.. John Maurice Sullivan. We have
not the pleasure of personal acquaint-
ance with VI. Sullivan, but the fact
that he has succeeded in winning such
an estimable young woman for q wife,
is proof that he is man of ability and
and sterling character. The bride is
we'll known and we'll liked In Msnches
ter She grew to womsnhood in this
place and will commence her married
life with the best wishes of scores of
Manchester people.
An exchange says:"A county SUI
perintendent in neighboring county
asked every teacher at the institute
who took local or county paper to
hold up their hands, and out of one
hundred only six responded. The su-
pertntendent expressed great surprise
and said: You don't spend dollar q
year with those papers, yet you expect
them to print free of charge all notices
of institutes, insert long programs and
expect them to advertise you, thus as
sisting you to climb the ladder to better
places and better salaries without q
cents postage in return"
"A Kansas man recently sent the fol-
lowing letter to q bicycle firm. der Surs.
live on my farm near Hamilton Kan
sas and sm 81 years and little sporta
My neffew in Indiana bot hisself q
new bissikle, and sent me his hos old
one Sy ffate, and I've learned to ride
sumo. Its pile of fun, but my bissikle
jolts considerable. A Teller com along
yestiddy with bissikle that had holler
injnn rubber tires stuffed with wind. He
let me try hissen and 1t run like kush
en-. He told me you sell injun rubber
just the same as hissen. Mine is all
iron wheels. Do yuo punch the boiler
hole through the ipjure rubber, or will l
have to doit myself If yourlinjur rub
Der is already boiler vii lit come any
cheaper empty. l can get all the wind /
want out here In Kansas free. p. s.
How much do you charge for the doc
dad you stuff the wind into the rubber
with and where do you start Pix.
Fortunate is the young man who lie
literally endowed with the faculty OF
decision. Next to love of work 1t is
the most important element in char
acter that makes things happen II
runs SO counter to q shiftless, nervelest
and purposeless life that 1t should bt
cultivated by every young man who
hopes for success. Barrow says thai
"nothing of worth or weight can bt
achieved with half mind, with fain
heart, and with lame endeavor." i
is better to decide wrongly and possibl!
make great mistake than never de
eide at all. "While you stand deliberat
ing which book your son shall reat
first,' says DR.. Johnson, .'another DO.
has-read- both.' OF the young mel
that can be called to mind any moment
the ones that have promise In them ar
the ones that can see something to d
aud who decide quickly what to do
Monticello Express.
1t seems strange that nature mad
so many mistakes. Itplaced horns O
the heads of cattle, but man saw
chance of improvement and decree
the horns were useless and must 60.
placed tails on horses, but man sgai
said the creator was mistaken and th
tails came off. II placed whiskers o
the face of man, but populism fade
from the face of the earth and ma
babe adieu to the unnecessary appel
dage. 1t placed seeds ia oranges, b.
little children swallowed the seeds ar
miniature orange trees grew In the
stomach, so man said theseeds must f
ever depart from the luscious fruit.
coated chickens with feathers, but no
man declares this coating is not fifth
and the feathers must go the way
the cows horns, the horses tail, Il
mans beard, the oranges seed. Al
now the department of agriculture
looking for pig without hair.-Ex.
Fred w. Long, son of Mr.. and Nj
j. II. Long of this city, has establish
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