Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-12-27

Roy Coultherd spent Christmas
with home folks at Benton, Wiscoh-
sin.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Bronson
spent Christmas with relatives in
Spencer.
"A few inches of snow fell here
Wednesday night, but not enough
for sleighing.
Mrs. r. A. Denton left last
Thursday morning for visit with
relatives in Chicago
! Harry Davis, who is student
at the University of Iowa is at home
for the holiday vacation.
John Tierney who is attending
school at st. Marys, Kansas, is home
for the holiday vacation.
Will Lafferty has purchased a
new four drawer National cash re-
gister, and it is beauty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Baumgart-
ner Of Chicago are visiting friends
and relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Carr and
Miss Elizabeth Williston spent
Christmas in Cedar Rapids.
John Trowbridge of Chicago,
! is spending the holidays with rela-
tives and friends in this city.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Briggs of
Minneapolis are guests at the home
of the latters parents in this city.
DIR. and Mrs. @. G. Bradley
leave next Thursday morning for
, North Carolina where they will
spend the winter.
The Manchester Lumber Co.
invites their friends and patrons to
come in and get beautiful art cal
ander and carpenters and contract
ors a carpenters apron.
j. ]. Hawley of Elgin, lowe,
was Manchester business visitor
Saturday. Mr.. Hawlcy has charge
of the HOLSTER Lumber Co.'S. yard
at that place.
Garry Thorpe and Ed Davis
have returned home from Chicago
where they have been employed in
Marshall Field & Co.'s. retail store
for several weeks past.
Will Dick of Chicago was in
this city last Saturday for short
visit with friends. He was on his
way to Waverly to spend Christmas
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
II. Dick.
Among the recent postoffice APP
pointments of interest to Delaware
county people is that of Miss EN-
ma Chapman, sister Of George Chap
man Of Manchester, to be postmis-
tress at Colesburg, to succeed her
father. the late Hon Jos. Chapman.
Miss Chapman is entirely capable Of
handling the office. and her appoint
ment will give general satisfaction
at Colesburg. -Dyersville News-Let-
ter.
The recent egg laying contest
at the Kansas State agricultural col
lege resulted as follows; Seven
different breeds were entered and the
following is the record of eggs pro-
duced in twelve months for each
breed, each contrasting pen consist
ing of one rooster and six hens:
Single Comb White Ieghorns, 1856:
Rose Comb White Leghorns, 82S:
American Reds, 800: White Wyon-
dottes, 100: Buff Wyondottes, 764:
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 6l9: Light
Brahmas, 500.
Captain Merry returned We'd
nesday morning from trip of sever.
al weeks over the southern lines Of
the Central. He was happy to be
home again for, on the quiet, the
/ Captain thinks there is no place on
this planet. all things considered
equal to Iowa, and particularly
i Delaware county. However, there
are those who want change of loca-
ton, and to aid such he offers great
inducements and spares no effort to
4 induce them to locate on the line of
the Old Reliable Illinois Central and
we do not know Of any one upon
whose judgment we would sooner
i rely, in that regard, than the Capt
aims.
DR.. Osler, who gained consid.
4 cradle notoriety by his advocacy Of
: hustling aged.people to the cemetery
has again brought himself before
the public by announcing that
Deathbed Visions" believed in by
thousands and of which there are
scores Of authentic records, are plair
nonsense. He says: "a man dies as
he lived, uninfluenced practically
. by the thought Of a future life.
) have careful records of about five
!. hundred deathbeds. and studied
particularly with reference to tn,
: modes Of death and the sensations
+ of the dying. Ninety suffered bod
9 lily pain and distress of some sort o
; other; eleven showed mental appre
Q hension; two were in positive terror
: one expressed spiritual exaltation
y and one bitter remorse. The grea
8 majority gave no sign one way or tn
o other; like their birth, their. deaf
n was sleep and forgetting. TIL
1t preacher is right; in this matte
1T man hath no prominence over til
g beast-as one dieth, SO dieth til
other
st Considerable interest was man
r tested when the case Of Wandell VI
c. Mystic Toilers was tried in the dir
,r trict court here several months ag
g. as the parties to the action were we