Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-11

having raised some money by enter
tainments and subscriptions, they hired
men to cart away the rubbish, grub up
the stumps and prepare the ground for
blue grass and clover The weeds ran
the grass and clover out of existence,
but the women sowed the seed a second
| time. Public interest was aroused, con-
| tributions poured in and the parks be-
| came paradises of beauty, with greens.
| fountains, flowers and rare shrubs The
women then turned their attention to
busy supplying information not only
to other towns in California, but t.
cities all over the United States.
T.. L. Popejoy, a pronin,nt farmer
and feeder near Alden, has inaugurated
a new price scale for stock pasturage.
He takes in considerable numbers
of cattle to pasture the price rate
on which has been 80 cents for year
lings, 20 cents for 2-year-olds and 81 for
Swear olds. Hereafter Mr.. Popeioy will
collect cents for each pound gained
his pastures until taken away by its
owner. The plan is Well received by
cattle owners as tending to prevent
over stocking of pastures and greater
care for the cattle on the part OF the
owner of the land.
1t was commencement day, and Miss
too =.
principal prizes. AT the close of the
exercises her friends crowded around
her to offer their congratulations.
But weren't you awfully afraid you
wouldn't get it?" asked che of them.
"Oh, no." said Miss Eunice, with a
bright smile. Il just knew that when it
came to English composition had 'em
all skinned aliye!"
Youths Compaion.
An itinerant Kansas preacher attrib-
uted the dyspepsia from which he is
suffering to the fact that a preacher
who boards round among his parshion-
ers is too well fed. He is given the best
and urged to eat heartily. To this pro-
cess OF stufflng preachers Rev. Mr.
Heifner is victim and his system has
been ruined by overlooking. His is
serious case, but a little introspection
might convince Mr.. Heifner that he has,
press 1t, simply been making hog of
himself.
Daniel Webster's favcrite arm chair.
the one in which he sat until he was
obliged to take to his death bed in
Marshfield, has for years occupied
corner in the law office of George Fred
Gently Mr.. Williams has had it thor
oughly renovated, SO thae it looks like
a new piece of furniture. Mr.. Williams
settled the estate of Fletcher Webster.
Mrs. Fletcher Webster was so we'll |
pleased with the manner in which the
young attorney discharged his duties
that she gave him the favorite chair of
the great eXpounder of the constitution. !
She also presented him Gilbert Stuart's !
famous oil painting of Daniel Webster. |
The picture hangs in Mr. Williams |
lome in Dedham.
"These shoes, DOCTOR said the cob |
oler, after brief examination, "ain't |
worth mending."
Then. of course" said the doctor,
urning away, Il don't want anything
lone to Them
But charge you so cents just the /
same"
What for?"
WELL sir you charged me IS the
'ther day for telling me there wasn't
the matter with me-
Chicago Tribune.
If you could tell $4,000 people that
TOUR farm is for sale some one Of them
would buy it. The T.-R. will tell them
he story for Is cents invested in For
Sale" ad.
The pope has said that he will be the
'odfather of the ninety three children
'orn at Rome on Marcn 3, which was
he twenty-fif1h anniversary of his sue Il
ession to the papacy. 1t is strange
hat the number of children born on
hat day should be the same as the
lumber of years of the pope's life and
lso that the daily average birth rate n
t Rome is thirtytive. The pope has
90 lire.
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