River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-05

ing, anu yet appears TO 90 SO little
work. Go with her to the grocer
when she buys soap, and that will
solve the mystery. Self-Washing
Soap saves time, saves work, saves
money. AT the grocers.
Don't handicap yourself in the
race for success by neglecting to
prepare for future portunities
when the International Correspond
ence Schools of Scranton, Pa, stand
ready as they do to provide the
means to the desired end. See their
announcement elsewhere in this is
sue.
Cabbages are being shipped from
here yet. The price paid is $3.50
a ton. Last year the price, when
there was any sale, was $500 ton.
They get from 10 to 20 tons to the
acre. 1t is claimed that cabbage
heads are light for their size-owing
to the excess of moisture during the
period of growth.
Another instance of the. reckless
ness of hunters nearly caused an &C
cident on Maplewood Farm, two
miles west of this city. Last Sun
day morning as Fred Curriers' fam
lily were entering their carriage to
drive to church two sportsmen, who
were hunting squirrels in the grove
near by, carelessly fired their guns
in the direction of the house. The
charge of shot ratified about the oc-
cupants of the vehicle, frightening
the horse, nearly causing serious
runaway. Fortunately no one was
hurt, but as this is the second time
this fall that Mr.. Curriers' family
have been endangered by hunting
parties, he has been obliged, in
self-defence to post notices forbid
ding hunters the freedom of his
premises.
Deputy Sheriff James F. Mason,
an old and esteemed resident of the
town of Ellsworth, died at his home
on Friday morning, Oct. 80, 1908,
of tuberculosis, at the age of sixty
years. At the breaking out of the
great rebellion, Mr.. Mason respond
ed to his country's call by enlisting
in the 18th Regiment of Wisconsin
Volunteers, with which he served
faithfully throughout the war, re-
ceiving a rebel bullet which passed
through his body. After the war
closed he settled in Ellsworth,
where he continued to reside up to
the time of his death, having held
the position of deputy sheriff dur
ing the last ten or twelve years.
Funeral services were held on Sun
day in the Ellsworth M. E. church,
under the auspices of Ellsworth G.
A. R., and were largely attended.
In their bereavement the widow,
one son, and two daughters, have
the sympathy of the entire COM
munity.
Regular physicians are opposed
to the advertisement Of their work.
They are governed in this by an
unwritten law, a tacit understand
ing that TO exploit their business is
undignifed, a depreciation of the
Importance of their profession, and
the man among them who gives
away his successful cures or an
nounces his ability to cure is
frowned upon as an unworthy prac-
titioner. We cannot see the Wis
dom of this course. We think it is
a mistaken policy. 1t seems to us
this course ignores the best good
of the public and is detrimental to
the financial interests of the doctors
themselves. In the meantime the
itinerant quack comes around and
announces that he can cure every
thing. The sound of his brazen
trumpet attracts the ear of the suf-
fering sucker and he harveSts the
shekels. The local physician gen.
orally knows that the travelling doc
tor is fake and the vender of pat
ent medicines is patent swindler
and circu1ates worthlessness, but
unprofessional people do not know
this. 1t seems to us that physicians
would do the community substan-
tia1 benefit by exposing these shams
and would at the same time secure
patronage they otherwise lose.
A Good Performance.
Ogden's "Ten Nights in Bar
Room which was presented at the
Bessemer opera house Tuesday
evening, was greeted by large
audience. The good old temperance
drama was we'll put on and the
audience went home we'll satisfied
that this had been the best presen-
tation of this play they had ever