The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-27
Grand river.

interests at Kellerton, and will make
regular visits to Grand River, from the
21st to the 25th of each month.
We have had three weddings in our
town tho past month. The last being
Sidney Walters and Miss Bennett. Mr..
Walters is our genial and gentlemanly
liveryman, who has long been known by
our people. We wish them happiness
and prosperity and extend our congrat-
ulations.
Mrs. ]. w. Robinson and children re-
turned from two months visit in Cali
fornia. The doctor returned about
month since.
Warren Day will be the new rural
route man, succeeding John Hukill, who
resigned some time since. This is
hard job and not very good pay.
Bird Baker bought half interest in
the butcher shop with John Hukill. The
boys are new hands at the business but
are doing well and promise to make us
good shop and serve the public with the
best meat to be had.
Alma Shatfner died last week and was
buried at Terre Haute, where her par
ents and sister were laid to rest, all
having died in the last ten years. Miss
shaffner was very patient and remem-
bered all those who called to see her
in her last sickness.
L. A. Brown was here last week see
ing the boys again before election. Roy
is we'll liked and will, if elected, be one
OF the county's most accommodating
officers the county ever had. Vote for
Brown, you will make no mistake.
b. G. Jennings has had Frank McCon-
nell put concrete walk in for him last
week.
Wood Binning and wife are seeing the
sights at ST. Louis.
Mr.. Sloan, brother of our townsman,
recently came from Oklahoma and
bought farm from Mr.. Bronson and has
taken possession Of it. Mr.. Sloan, like
his brother, is good quiet citizen and
the people Of Elk will have good
neighbor. We congratulate him on re-
turning to Iowa. No one ever begged
or passed the hat for Iowa.
Sometimes we grumble and are cross
when things do not go right. The best
OF us sometimes slip and fall, but there
is not much harm done if we get right
up. Do not stay slipped and down. The
greater harm is in staying down in the
slough. Do not whine and loose your
nerve, but rise with more strength and
knowledge and more determination than
ever. Do not grumble and growl but
look pleasant and smile. People love a
smile. They love to be with you when
you are cheerful. 1t soothes them and
brings contentment.
We cannot of course all be handsome,
And it's hard to always be good
We are sure and then to be lonely
And we don't always do as We should,
10 he patient is not always easy,
To be cheerful is sometime harder still
But at least we can always be cheerful
If we make up our minds that we will.
| And il pays every time to be kindly,
Although you feel worried and blue
II YOU smile at the world and look cheerful,
| The world will soon smile back at you
So try to brace up and look pleasant,
No natter how low you are down.
Good humor is always conta gious
| But you Danish your friends when you frown.
Do not stay down my brother, you
can and must rise you try. Do not let
loose of your integrity and sticktoitive-
ness, and you will win.
We see and hear considerable non
sense about the cabbage snake or worm.
Big stories are told about the cat that
| died. The facts are Fred Bone gave
one Of these hair worms (said to be
deadly poison) to cat. on piece of
meat and the cat died, SO the story goes.
Facts are the cat did not eat the meat
but died because it had been shut up in
small box for three days without
water to see if this harmless hair worm
was poison. Do not fear the small
worms Of nature, but fear rather the
powerful worm of the still that kills one
hundred and eighty, thousand of our
people every year and causes endless
suffering to the whole human family.
This worm man makes is the worst foe
of mankind. Teach your young to shun
it in every form. There were some who
would not eat cabbage or kraut because
of this story, while others here eat as
they did other years and are all alive
and we'll, your scribe among them and
we feel as much alive as usual, notwith-
standing the so-called cabbage snake.
DR.. Robinson procured one of these
horrible cabbage snakes and sent it to
the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington, d. c., where it was turned over
to the chief of the bureau of entomol-
ogy, who writes as follows concerning
this worm which caused the timid 50
much fear and caused some of them to
do away with their cabbage and kraut:
Washington, D. G., Oct. IS, 1904.
DEAR SIR: Yonr letter of the 18th
has been duly received and referred to
this Office for attention. The creature
which you sent taken from head OF
cabbage is a hair worm, (Mermis Abb
cans.) There is absolutely no truth in
the report that it is poisonous. You
will find a short account of this hair
worm on page 90 of Bulletin No. IA, Of
this bureau, a copy of which goes to you
under separate cover.
Yours truly,
| L. O. Howard,
Chief of Bureau.
Wonderful fine weather we have been
having this fall. No frost until last
Saturday night to hurt. Tomatoes and
pumpkins were in bloom and we have
plenty of corn to spare, all kinds of
apples, berries, native nuts, potatoes
etc. What wonderful Thanksgiving
Iowa will have this year and we are
glad other states will have the same
This prosperous year will go down in
history as the most quiet presidential