Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20


at Davenport October 9Th.
The annual meeting of the Buchanan
County Veteran association will be
held at Brandon August go.
Ground hogs are so numerous in
Jones county that the supervisors have
offered bounty of 20 cents for every
scalp of the little rodents.
We heard the other day of woman
down in Grundy county who used her
false teeth to make nice little curly
cues on her rolls of butter.
A loud clap of thunder caused the
death of Mrs. Sarah Dwinall at AL
gona, July 3. She had weak heart.
and the physicians said she was liter
ally frightened to death.
Polk county is the cherry district
of Iowa. Between 1000 and 5000
bushels of that fruit will be gathered
there this year. One fruit farm alone
will harvest 5000 bushels.
A Nashua yong woman denied her
engagement for several weeks. but has
finally admitted that it is true. Yes,
I" she confessed, she is mine; l am
his'n, and we are both teaches
William Sholvin a clam fisher resid-
ing at East Dubuque found pearl
one day last week for which he has
been offered $500, in cash. This is
the biggest and most valuable pearl
ever taken in the viciniy of Dubuque.
The value of the live stock of
Chickasaw county has decreased sos. 1874
since June, 1908. The decrease in
Butler during the same time was
s176, 060, Bremen $69.90S, and Floyd
$21, 664. The total decrease in the
state is close to $4,000, 600.
A man in western town hanged
himself to bedpost by his suspenders.
The coroner's jury was some time in
coming to a decision in the case. but
the foreman finally announced that
the deceased came to bis death by
coming hme drunk and mistaking him
self for his pants.
The Karl Fisk trouble with the
city authorities, of Waukon, on &C
count of selling spectacles without
license, which was tried before Judge
Fellows.and verdict given for Fisk,
was appealed by the city. and the
Supreme Court has just rendered a
decision sustaining the lower courts.
Levi p. Talhem. of Hampton. has a
record which probably has no equal.
Talhem is a teacher and has walked
5000 miles to teach nine terms of
school. He never once wore an over
coat during that time and braved any
kind of weather. He is 56-years of
age, enjoys theb est Of health and
believes that the exercise wasbeneficial
to his health.
Perhaps the photographer lied, but
this is the way he told the story: A
woman entered his studio. "Are you
the photographers" Yes, madame. !"
"Do you take children's pictures?"
Eyes" How much do you charger"
"$3 a dozen" "Well," said the
woman sorrowfully. "I'll have to see
you again. I've only got eleven"
Billy Jones wrote on the black
board: BILLY Jones can hug the
girls better than any boy in school. I"
The teacher seeing it, called him up.
William, did you write that?"
Eyes, ma'am," said Billy. well,
you can stay after school," said she.
The children waited for Billy to come
out, when they began to guy him.
Loot licken." didn't YEP" Nope"
said Bill. "Get jawed?" Nope"
What did she do?" they asked.
"Shan't tell" said Billy. but it
pays to advertise. -
A western editor retired from
soOuDyO 10
in these terms: 1.-The undersigned
retires from the editorial chair with
the conviction that all is vanity. From
the hour his paper started to the
present time he has been solicited to
lie upon every given SUBJECT, and can't
remember having told wholesome
truth without diminishing his sub
scription list or making an enemy.
Under these circumstances of trial.
and having thorough contempt for
himself, he retires IN order to recruit
his moral constitution.
A farmer had a dream. He dreamed
that he had raised thousand bushels
of wheat and was happy over the fact.
Then he dreamed he had sold it for
81 bushel and mis- happiness was
complete. But he dreamed now that
he sold it to thousand different
people, bushel to each one, and that
no one had paid him, and he was at
sea. When he awoke it was broad
aoul;obt and laapipo nut of bod