The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10
From Our Correspondents
Grand River.

4 Grand River.
Julius Guffy, dentist, will be in Grand |
River every fourth week, next date
being Dec. 30 to Jan. inclusive.
Frank Boyd made business trip to
Tingley last week.
Skating is the amusement Of the day. |
Many of our people are enjoying the
fine ice on the river.
Hoyle Gilreath's little baby is quite
sick with cold.
G. w. Fuqua's family have been sick
with colds but are some better.
]. 3. Beard is helping r. r. Trower at
his poultry house. Feed is scarce and
farmers are disposing of their chickens.
Eggs are twenty-six cents now and will
be higher next year if hens are scarce.
The income on the poultry business of
Iowa is more than the income of the
mines of Colorado.
We hope the farmers will not neglect
their orchards and small fruit. There is
never enough fruit in the market to
supply the home demand. Nothing will
yield better profit or do your family
more good than plenty of fruit, and your
neighbors will be glad to buy your sur
plus at good prices.
Walter Case has his shop ready for
the roof and will soon be ready for the
smith.
We have good Samaritan in one of
our farmers living south of town. He
rented his farm to a man for cash rent
but when he saw the renter had bad
luck and the crop was not as good as
was expected, and the lightning had
burned one of his best stacks of hay,
and when the man paid him he immed
lately gave him back one hundred dol
lars, thereby showing his kindness of
heart and generosity of spirit. He is
not much like man in Clarke county
who took renters crop, bought
mortgage on the mans team, took it
and turned the mans family out of
doors. This wet year is hard on cash
renter unless he is renting of man
that has heart that can feel for
anothers woe.
Not forever on your knees
Would Jehovah have thee found,
There burdens thou cans't ease.
Look around!
1t is time to quit the grumbling,
Time TO take hopeful view
Time to drop that foolish notion,
That the world is all askew.
| There are lots of blessings yet
That the world is booked to get,
And the good Lord in his mercy
Is saving some of them for you.
1t is time to quit the fretting
Over trif1es that go wrong,
Think of all the joys you're getting,
All the blessings right along,
Don't sit down disheartened, sad
Over small rebuffs you've had,
Fortune tries our spirits often,
Just to make them good and strong.
Mrs. Fred Conrey, of Leon, was visit
ing over Sunday with Mrs. Hoyle Gil
reath. She had been visiting at the
home of S. A. Miles, near Beaconsfeld,
during the week.
J +, w. B. Howard and wife were visitors
a t the home of Joe Young Sunday, Mrs.
/ Young. taking them home in the evening.
Rev. c. w. Wilkins is holding re-
yival meeting at Hopeville.
Our veteran musician, H. P. Brothers,
isat Hopeville giving the band boys in
best Instructors in the state. Why don't
some of our boys organize band?
4 Sheriff Martin was in town Monday
of the best sheriffs we ever had. Mr..
4
made hit by appointing Mr.. Osborn
his deputy. We hope they will serve
the people faithfully and get the good
will of the public. .,r,e..
4 The w. CT. U. exercises at the Nj. E.
church last Sunday night were we'll at
/ tended. We think much good will come
from such meetings, as any. one who OBJ
serves just little cannot help seeing
that intemperance is the greatest curse
which confronts our people in these
United States. We all have little in
nuence and should use it against the
liquor traffic. 1t is doubtful if it is
within the power Of any one man, how
ever great and gifted, to change this
hellish current in the worlds traffic
But there is certainly very few who
will contend that civilization would not
advance, the world become better, and
! life for us all grow more beautiful, il
each citizen would perform the simple
duty Of voting the prohibition ticket
and see the results when sin will loose
four-fifths Of it's strength. There is one
sure way of reforming the world and
\ that is for each one to contribute his
/ mite.
\ Joe Miller, of Cora, Wyoming, is here
4 on, visit. He also visited his father at
leon last week. lie is much pleased
4 with the west and has taken Il claim and
i intends to make it his permanent home
a Robert Snyder aud wife are rejoicing
4 over a ten pound girl. Bob was sc
Z; elated he made the doctor out a check
4 before he left the house.
I I'll. C. Jennings has been sick but is
:lbettcr at this writing.
| The Masons will have a banquet al
> their hall on New Years eve, for Masons
and their families.
Austin Draper has purchased the Bay
property and taken possession.
Mrs. starks, OF Hopeville, has pur
: chased the Doan property.
Walter Case has put in now butchel