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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
County Correspondence.
HARTWIcK.

We've been asleep for long time but
you will hear from US often again.
John Meister spent Thursday and
Saturday last in Manchester.
We have neighbor who has been
getting ahead of US In corresponding
Bailey's Ford. We enjoy his letters.
Mrs. w. Gltspie is very sick at this
writing. We all hope she may recover
soon.
A. Meister has recently purchased
800 acres of land in Price Co., Wis, and
will move there in the fall or not later
than next spring. Mr.. Meister sold his
40 acre farm here to Mr.. Holmes of
of Manchester.
John Hartman was in Delhi Mon.
day.
There are lots of fish in the river this
spring. Come try your luck.
Picnic weather.
Geo. Ellison has returned from
school.
Mrs. John Held was in Delhi Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Crosier's baby is very
sick.
VIII Glispie had business in Delhi
last Tuesday and j.. P. Connolley was
likewise engaged in Manchester on this
day.
Chas Armstrong was in Delaware
last Thursday.
"Our lives are albeums written through
With good or Ill, with false or true,
And as the blessed angels turn
The pages of our years;
God grant they read the good with
y smiles
And blot the Ill with tesrs.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03

In comparative table Of stature, ar
ranged according to nationalites, the
United States Indian stands higher
than any other race Of the world.
though the Patagonian runs him very
close. The white citizen comes next.
The United States negro ranks four
teenth In the scale, and Of all the coun-
tries Of the world considered the Portu-
guese are found to be the shortest. It
has always been proverbial among
anatomists that blond nations are
greater than their darker neighbors.
This is due to the geological positions
Of the blond races. They are charac-
teristic of the north and on account Of
the lower degree of temperature IRE
induced to take more exercise, which
throws them more In the open Dir. At
the top. of the list of countries, ar
ranged in orGer Of stat..e: the first
seven after the United Stntes white
men are Norway, Scotland, British
American, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark
and Holland. NIL northern nations.-
Detroit Tribune.
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Naming q Yacht.

The naming of book is no holiday
task, and authors particularly proud Of
a title are tolerably sure to discover
that 1t has been already used. But the
naming Of yacht is almost greater
perplexity. Plagiarism may in this case
result in practical confusion carrying
the most awkward consequences, and
not all titles to which, in search Of va
-riety, recourse has already been had
are satisfactory from nll points Of
view. Not long ago, for instance, a
very grave British cabinet minister,
perhaps wishing for once to be spright-
ly, called his yacht Flirt. He had not
consulted his family, who were, howev-
er, quite sure, he thought, to delight in
his outburst Of gayety. However. his
daughters naturally remarked how
very disagreeable 1t would be to go
ashore with that label around their
hats.
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What They Have Said.

The following sigh in words was
written by a man, says the Indepen-
dence Conservative, with spring and fish
fever of the malignant sort: ~ only
wish and wish and wish that l could
fish and fish and fish. I'd like to sit
the livelong day down where the river
sadly walls, and fish for suckers and
for whales. TITS shameful that on
this free soil, man must toll and toll
and grunt and sweat and strive and
groan and burst bis msrtingal and
moan, grow old and pale before his
time, in following the festive dime.
Ah. life would be pleasant dream, If
l could sit beside the stream with rod
in hand, at-early dawn, no comrade
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One of the Only "Keps. Plays.


An ancient baseball fan tells this
story to illustrate the Quickness and
thickness of Mike Kelly, the one time
king of the green diamond:
"a game between Boston and Wash
ington was played at Beantown. Char
lie Bennett was catching, and Mike
Kelly was sitting on the bench when
foul which Bennett could not possibly
get goes up in the air toward the
bench, and Kelly, being captain, yells
to the umpire that he will put Bennett
out of the game, and at the same time
he puts on mitt with lightning speed
and catches the ball He then tries to
make the umpire allow the catch, but
the umpire, after wrangling a long
time with Kelly, decides the ball was
in play and Bennett could not be re-
moved from the game until the ball
had been caught by player in the
game, SO he ordered the batsman to
hit over. This was quick thought Of
Kelly, even If it did not work."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-03
COCOON.


l.. e. Crosby is visiting relatives in
Cedar Falls and Parkersburg.
Miss Hannah Dolan of Ryan spent
Sunday with her brother E. C. Dolan,
west OF town.
Mrs. Earl Brazelton, who has been
assisting in caring for Mrs. S. e.
Brszelton for some time returned to
her home in Center Point Saturday.
Mrs. j. j. Field of Enid, Oklahoma,
and Miss Clara Childs of Manchester
spent Sunday with Mrs. NJ. b. Joslyn.
1. S. Hanna and wife visited the
formers brother, Chas. Hanna of Man
chester, Saturday.
Rev. j. H. Schofield, daughter Mary,
and grandson Bradley Schofield of Man
chester, visited with DR.. Schofield and
family Monday.
Prof. w. E. Roe, Cliff Ware and the
Misses Jean Merriam and Fannie Haze
berle drove to AEamoss Saturday and
spent the day taking in the sights at
the Prison city.
Mrs. II. M. Sheldon and daughter,
Sybil left Friday for an extended visit
in Hyannis, Nebraska. They were &C.
companied by David Vinton, who will
spend some time with his brothers in
Whitman Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Leach visited the
formers sister. Mrs. j. L. Blodget of
Central City, Sunday and attended the
Memorial services. On account of the
illness of Miss Carrie Mcleod. Mrs.
Leach remained, returning home Mon
day.-Monitor.
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Glory.

"
Glory is but transient dream that
gives color to sleep bespangled with
illusions Of greatness; mirage, gilt
tering, but unsubstantial, lowering
above the oasis in the desert of life at
whose fountain many weary travel
er would quench his burning thirst
that he may press on to grander
heights. 1t beckons us on to where
the broad light plays on countless
graves of those once called great, but
now forgotten, upon whose gravestone
is chiseled the hooking phrase, "Sic
transit gloria mundi." How often
does the victor, spent and worn, look
around for the laurels and the peace
he has earned, only to find the bubble
bursted, the colors faded.-Roanoke
Times.
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Followed His ADVICE.

One day a couple of girls went to the
Roper livery stable and asked for a
gentle horse, as they wanted to drive
out in the country few miles. The
man gave them one and told them the
horse would be I'LL right If they kept
the rein from his tail. When they re-
turned in the evening he asked them II
they had any trouble. ooh, no." said
one; there was one little shower, but
we had an umbrella and we took turns
ut holding it over the horses tail, 30
that there was not drop of rain
touched 1t, and we got along all right"
That explains the dazed look the liv-
eryman has been wearing.-Hickman
(Ky.) Courier.
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EAD,s GROVE.

Rev. j p. Martindale preached at the
Fitch school house on Sunday, May "a.
and will continue to hold meetings there
every two weeks.
Tom Parkinson and wife visited at j.
U. Rector's last Sunday.
Prof. Joseph of Edgewood, who is a
candidate for nomination for County
Superintendent of schools, visited this
neighborhood on Monday.
Several of our young people were bad
ly disappointed last Tuesday evening
when it rained as they had intended to
attend the Woodmen dance at Edge
wood on that date.
Burt Fowler is working with the
county gang.
Jacob Moser and family visited the
formers brother, Rudolph Moser, who
lives near Delaware Sunday.
o. M. Eaton is delivering rock to A.
b. Holbert of Greeley.
Ezra Cropp of Oneida has moved in
with his son, j Ohm, of this place.
Rev. Dawson of Greeley was making
pastoral visits in this vicinity on Thurs
day.
Mra. a. j. Eaton is quite Ill with
rheumatism.
Grandma Harris visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Parkinson, this week.
j. M. Rutherford is delivering hay to
w. A. Lang of Greeley this week.
Several are planning to see "Teddy'
at Manchester on June2.
We learn that a complaint has beer
sent in to the headquarters of the Inter
State Telephone Co. in regard to the
poor service rendered to its patrons II
this vicinity by its agents.
Harry Ssckett and wife attended the
funeral of Mr.. Sacketts nephew nesl
York on Friday.
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MAsoNvILLE,

Miss Mary McManis of Waterloo who
has been visiting at the home of Sarah
Murtaugh for the past few weeks,
left here for New York Tuesday where
she intends making visit.
News was received here Saturday
telling of the death of Albert Ravens
at Independence. The remains were
brought to the home of Mr.. Isaac Col
son of this place. Funeral services will
be held at the M. Z. church here Sun
day at 1:30 p. m.
The Memorial Services held in the
M. E. church Saturday were very i'm
pressive, although one third of the
program prepared had to be omitted
on account of the inclemency of the
weather. Rev. Caul of Manchester
delivered an address.
Miss May Chenweth OF Wallace,
Idaho, is visiting at the home of May
McGrath this week.
Mrs. F. S. Griffin and daughter, Gene
We've, were callers at Manchester Wed
nesday.
The Ladies' Aid to the cemetery will
give an ice cream socisble at the home
of Mr.. Edd Colson on Friday evening
June s.
Mrs. M. A. Hogan was a caller at
Winthrop Thursday.
Mrs. L. Brenon was Manchester
caller Wednesday.
Father Cooney and Father Harring-
ton were guests at-the home of Father
Murtaugh Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Preston of Collins
Grove moved into town Monday. Mr..
Preston purchased the blacksmith shop
of Mrs. w. M. Moran and commenced
work in 1t Tuesday.
The brick work of the new church
will be completed in few days.
d. Ryan of Monti and Thos. Ryan
were passengers to Dubuque Friday.
While putting down a fence on his
farm west of town Tuesday, Edd Gal
lery got the first finger of his right
hand badly liGft. The finger was SO
crushed that 1t had to be taken off at
the first joint. DR.. Joyce dressed the
wound.
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suit of a general breaking down of the
system. Mrs Baskerville was born in
England in 1884 and moved to this
county in 1858 with her husband, they
having been married in England the
same year. She leaves to mourn her
loss three sons: Lorenza, of Iowa Falls,
Leroy, of Almoral and William of this
place.
A. 7. Reding has resigned his posi-
ton as section foreman of the I, 9. r.
r. at this place and Harry Porter of
Delaware has taken the position and
will move his family here at once. Mr..
Reding has been in the employ of the
l. G. r. r. for the past thirty eight
years and has lost but ten days in the
last twenty years, q remarkable record.
Mr.. Reding will be pensioned by the
road he has 30 long and faithfully la
bored for.
A. LIE Fevre is in Chicago this week.
Mrs. e. A. Dunlap who has been
spending the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. w. S. Cousins at Clemens, Iowa.
is calling on friends here.
Mrs. w. 1. Millen and children expect
to leave this week for Norwood, n. Y.
where they will spend the summer at
Mrs. Millen's former home.
Mrs. j. A. Miller is visiting her par
ents in Monticello.
Announcements have been received
here of the marriage of Guilford Bush
to Elizabeth NJ. Seaman at DeKslb,
ILL.,, on Thursday, May %. They will be
at home at DeKalb after June 10th.
Frank Gillian who has been playing
cornet with the Metropolitan Orchestra
of Manchester was visiting relatives
here Friday.
II. j. Osterhouse who lives near
Petersburg, purchased bill of lumber
of Staehle&Son last week amounting to
$780, Mr.. Osterhouse is to commence u
gransry at once and this amount OF
lumber will be used in its construction
Very few farms have such granary se
this one will be.
The Commencement exercises of the
High School were held Friday evening
each graduate acquitting herself with
great credit. Immediately following
the exercises the Alumni Banquet was
held in the Masonic Hall at which about
eighty were present. roasts were re.
sponded to by Rev. Grossmsn of Lenos
College, Kate Commerford, Leslie
Tietge, a. M. Cloud and Laura Werk.
meister.
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there, Father Roe officiating. He
leaves wife and children. He was
q kind husband, father and neighbor.
RAILFY,s FORD

d. j. Paris and family visited at
Jerry Kaster's Sunday of last week.
j. NJ. Paris, wife and two children
spent Sunday of last week at r. E.
Grommon's.
]. G. Daker and Jay Lillibrldge
bought corn of Fred Austin.
Baker Hersey and wife were Man
chester callers last Thursday.
j. w. Hartman was business caller
in Manchester last Friday.
r. Il. Grommon was in Manchester
last Wednesday.
Jay Lillibridge and wife were Man
chester callers last Friday.
Mr.. Robbins was looking after
phones in this vicinity last Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Raster and daughter
lola, visited at the home of Levi Kastel
of Earlville Sunday of last week.
James Cavanaugh former resident
of this neighborhood visited at M. s
Banta's last Wednesday,.
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line ofpublic carriages. By day you
will sometimes see smartly kept han
SONS, well groomed horses and drivers
In neat livery.
But at night the character Of the line
changes. The carriages are mostly
one horse closed cabs, rickety as to
Wheels with torn and faded cushions,
license numbers obscured by various
devices and rate cards always missing.
The horses are dilapidated, too. and
the drivers, whom you will generally
find nodding on the box or sound
asleep inside their cabs, harmonic
with their rigs.
These are tho night hawkers of tho
Tcnderloin. The name is not IN assur-
ing one, but 1t is suspected that 1t has
been aptly given.-Sewell Ford in
Horses Nine"
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DYERsyIILE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Even of Manches
ter visited in this vicinity couple of
days this week.
Cool Williams of Manchester was In
the city Monday calling on old time
friends and transacting business.
Barney Vsske and Ben NRber, of
New Vienna, were passengers to Du-
buque from this point Friday morning.
Mrs. Charles Bohning went to Du-
buque Tuesday morning, where she
visited with her daughter, Mrs. Theo
dore Holscher, who is In Mercy hospital
Sheriff Flshel, of Manchester, was in
town Tuesday and upon his return he
took along with him Mrs. James
Wright, who lives south of town, and
who has been demented for several
months past. She was taken before
the commissioners of Insanity at Man
chester, who adjudged her insane, and
she WAS then taken to the asylum at
Independence. ---~.----~
Matthew Williams, who lives just
over the Dubuque county line in Jack
son county, was drowned Tuesday even
ing while returning home from Cascade.
He attempted to cross creek with his
team, but the water was much higher
than usual on account of the rains, and
the horses were swept off their feet
oAerturning the wagon, and Mr. WEI
liams was drowned in the rushing
waters. His body was recovered short
distance from the scene of the accident.
The unfortunate mans daughter who
had been at Cascade with him, jumped
out of the wagon before going into the
creek and thereby saved herself from
meeting the same fate as her father.
The barn of Simon Witter, of Sher.
rils, this county, was struck by light
ming during the storm Tuesday even
ing and the corner of the barn was torn
to pieces. The lightning played q
strange freak, tearing the corner off the
barn and then skipping several layers
of brick, again took up its work of dee
truction. The bricks of one side of the
barn were completely torn from the
building, so that in the middle of the
wall there was a hole where the light
ming passed out through the side. Mr..
Witter, an old resident of the place, and
who was in buggy shed about twenty
five feet from the barn, was blinded by
the lightning and for few moments
was dazed. The storm did no further
damage to property.-News Letter.
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HOPKINTON.

Mrs. p. Milroy, of Ryan, visited
among friends here over Sunday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Il. Sill Tuesday afternoon.
Chas. Hoag and wife, of Oneida,
were guests Monday of +. A. Irish and
wife.
Mrs. Chas. Thorpe Of Manchester
visited over Sunday at the home of S.
p. Thorpe.
The little Misses Eva Sherman of
Greeley, and Eva Hoag of Oneida, were
Sunday guests of Myrtle Irish.
Mra. Q. Page of Mort Fork township
was buried at Worthington yesterday.
She was one of the old settlers of the
county.
Mrs. L. G. Perkins, of Delhi, visited
over Sunday with her daughter Gwen
dolen, student at Lenox.
Earl Collar, who is now station agent
for the Milwaukee at Brown, in Gin
ton county, is visiting at home and
among friends here for a couple of
weeks.
The managers of the Manchester
Fourth of July celebration are nego-
tiating with the Hopkinton band for an
engagement to help them out. The
Manchester people are laying QUO for a
big program and nothing but bad
weather will prevent one of the biggest
times in the country.
Some curiosity was aroused here
Monday night by bright light reflect
ed in the sky from the south. 1t prov
ed to be burning barn mile south of
Monticello, and owned by man named
Hosford. 1t was set on fire by light
ming.
Ed. Joseph has been home for q
couple of days and from now until the
primaries will devote his time to his
campaign for the superintendent Office.
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MRS. w. P. MORAN AND FAMILY
EARLvILLE.

Robert Young of Dubuque has been
the guest of his uncle,J ohm Young, the
past few days.
DR.. 9. B. Rogers made business trips
to Dubuque Thursday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Pierce of Man
chester arrived Thursday from Csrls-
bad New Mexico where they went
about three months ago for the benefit
of Mrs. Pierce's health. The trip prov
ed very beneficial and after a short
visit with relatives here they will re-
turn to Manchester.
Herbert Musser of Orangeville, ILL.,,
was in town Tuesday. He and his
father Jas. Musser, formerly owned the
store in Almoral and he was here dis
posing of other property there toward
48O acres of land in Wisconsin.
H. Q. DEMO, who has been conduct
ing barber shop here the past year
left for Muscatine Sunday where he
will work in shop. His family pre-.
coded him few days.
The Outlook Club spent q delightful
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lindsay
at Manchester on Wednesday. A short
program was given, after which an
elaborate supper was served by the
hostess assisted by her daughters, Miss
Margaret Lindsay and Mrs. A. L. Prem
tice, President of the club. This was
the last meeting of the Outlook Club
for the year.
What might have been serious fire
was narrowly averted Tuesday night.
Chas Allen who has been employed by
J. B. Taylor at times for several years
had been on one of his sprees and had
returned late Tuesday night. 1t is not
known exactly how the fire was started
but probably from lantern Charles
had been using, and the first intimation
of the fire was given when Chas. went
to Will Tsylor's house and told him
something was wrong at the barn. Will
found the fire had quite start in the
Office but with liberal supply of water
from the tank he soon extinguished it.
All the summer lap robes and an over
coat were burned and quite hole was
made in the floor.
Work has been commenced on the
waterworks and the pipes are being
laid.
On Tuesday occurred the death of
Mrs. Elizabeth Baskerville at the home
of her son Roy near Almora. Mrs.
Baskerville had been in failing health
since the death of her husband about
two years ago and her death was the re-
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Copper Came rrom cypru..

The word copper is generally admit
ted to be deprived from Cyprus. us 1t
was from that island that the ancient
Romans first procured their supplies.
In those remote days Cyprus and
Rhodes were the great copper districts,
and even in our own day new discov-
cries of copper ore, especially the beau
tiful blue and green ores, from which
the metal is SO much more easily OBJ
tanned than from the copper pyritcs
and other sulphureted ores Of Corn
wall, are made nearly every year in
the islands of the Mediterranean
Chambers Journal.
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GREELEY.

Miss Bessie Thomas has been i'll for
the past week.
Earl Dutfin, of Guttenburg, spent
Sunday at the home of d. Thomas, in
this city.
Born, on Friday May 22, to Mr.. and
Lon Culbertson girl.
Mrs. Capron of Dubuque is guest of
Mrs. John Ocker.
"A. A. Strong has brought to this office
q common hon egg that measures 61s x
81 inches.
Mrs. Holbert of Manchester was a
guest of her son here one day last week.
Born, on Wednesday May 81, to Mr.
and Mrs. 9. d. CorelI, girl.
We are much panied to state that the
condition of Miss Josie Msrtindale has
been pronounced hopeless, by her
physician in New Mexico. She will be
brought home the last of this week OF
the first of next. Home Press
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LAMONT.

j. Merkl was given charge of the
C.G. w. pump house at the depot May
2b.
j. Fuller went to Dubuque Tuesday
and returned Saturday.
VIM. Trumblee bought the old Bush
hotel last week and will fix it up for q
residence.
e. May and wife visited in Man
chester last week.
DR.. Charles Beetle visited friends
here two days last week.
Dave Rule and OBJ. Fowler shipp-
ed So steers and 100 hogs to Chi
cago Tuesday. The largest steer
weighed 1876 lbs. They were very fine
steers.
Dave Rule, oh. Fowler, Ned. Hoyt
and Hugo Won Oven went to Chicago
Tuesday.
The Delaware and Clayton quarterly
meeting will meet at the Free Baptist
church in Lamont, beginning June 5
and close Sunday evening.
Children's Day at the Free Baptist
church Sunday morning June IA.
l.. Bradtield of Epworth takes the
place of Thomas Kelley as section
foreman.
Our school closes Friday June 5th.
There are twelve graduates, IL boys
and girl. They will entertain US
Friday evening at the opera house and
receive diplomas.
It rsined all the forenoon so the peo-
pie could not go to the cemetery to
decorate the graves. Rev. f. G. Smith
of Dubuque did not come. DR.. Shelf
field addressed the people at 2:3O p. m.
In the evening the opera house was
filled to OVERLOOKING to hear Rotations,
songs and an address by Prof. r. NJ
Estes. 1t was all very good.
Thomas Kelley was run over by pas
senger train No. 2, Sunday morning
May "a, 1903, at 3:O6. He and some
comrades were out that night drinking.
He was taken to Strawberry Point Sun.
day afternoon. The funeral was held
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FARM LANDS!

If you are looking for Q home or an
Investment, do not forget that the best
farm lands In the Northwest are along
the line of The Minneapolis 8 st.
Louis r. r. where crop failures are un-
known. Good soil, good climate, good
people there. Farm values are rising
rapidly and the time to buy is NOW.
Low excursion rates from point on
Iowa Central and Minneapolis u st.
Louis Railroads, II you wish to inves-
tigate. For particulars address,
A. b. QUITS,
G. PA, la. Cent, and M.& St. L. r. R,
20tr Minneapolis, MINI.
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TortiIIas,

Tortillas, the Mexican substitute for
wheat bread, are made from selected
corn. The kernels are boiled soft in
limewater and after being thoroughly
washed are rubbed between the hands
to remove the outer husk. They are
then ground while wet to soft mass
with stones or peanut butter mill,
patted into thin cakes, baked ON q dry
griddle and eaten while still hot.