Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-19

'
Madame Fose was in Chicag
during the latter part of the pas
week attending the dressmaker'
convention.
j Mir. and Mrs. L. L, Morse spen
the past week visiting at the hom
Of their daughter, Mrs. Will Crosier
at Coggon.
Mis-. A. b. Carhart left for Chi
cago Monday morning where sh,
will attend the dressmaker's conven
ton being held there.
James Mather, former mem
Der of the firm of Davis q Mather
and at present successful business
man at Eldora, Iowa, was guest Of
relatives in this city over Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Alva johnson Of
Dubuque, Iowa, are in the city for a
short visit at the homes of theil
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j .B. Ruther-
ford and Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ell. John.
son.
q. r. Drew of st. Joansburg,
Vermont, arrived in the city last
week for an extended visit at the
home of his son, w. D. Drew. Mr..
Drew expects to make this city his
permanent home.
Mayor and Mrs. L. Matthews
arrived home Monday from Belvi-
dere, Illinois, where they were at
tending the Golden Wedding of Mr..
Matthews uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cormoell.
w. s. Jones returned Thurs
day from Minneapolis where he went
a month ago to attend the national
meeting of the G. A. r. the remain
der of his time there he spent visit
ing with relatives.
Miss Alma Leroy, Allen Le-
Roy and Harold Durham left last
Monday for Beloit, Wis. Miss Le-
Roy Will be the guest Of Mr.. and
.'r- Hugo Won Oven Tor short
visit, and tie boys will entc., school.
in a recent case in which a
jury awarded verdic, of Sl2,OUl
.gainst railway company in favor
IL a brakeman aged "a years, for an
injury resulting in the loss OF his
lett arm, the supreme court ii this
state held the verdict excessive, and
reduced it to 81, 400.
: Every time young scrapegrace
gets into trouble. his first appeal is,
'.Dont tell mother" S'me youths
should carry picture III mother
around with them tn refresh their
memory that sh, still lives and will
he broken l,eartedif they depart from
llle path OF rectitnde. Eek.
MIR. N. S. Trenchard arrived
last Monday from Pierre. South
Dakota, where he has spent til.
summer on a ranch with his son,
Roy. Mr.. Trenchard states that
this season has been one of the most
bountiful in tile history of South
Dakota, and that land is rapidly
advancing in price.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Leroy de-
parted last Saturday for Toronto,
Canada, where Mr.. Leroy will at
tend the Sovereign Grand Meeting
of the Patriarcll's Militant Of the L.
o. OF. which coayenes at that place
on the 18th Of September Mr. Le-
Roy represents tho |. o. o. +. of the
state of Iowa at this meeting BE
fore returning, Mr.. and Mrs Lee
Roy will make a tour, Of all the
principal cities and points of inter-
est in eastern Canada.
"A Brakeman retired to farm
and started to lead the simple life.
Having piece Of new land to brake,
he hitched up team OF mules,
wrapped the lines around his waist
in farmor fashion and started to
work. He had gone but short dis
lance when he saw a stump ahead
and Immediately began giving the
railroad stop" signal with both
hands. The pillow struck the stump
and the brakeman went head first
over the pillow. Picking himself up,
he ran angrily to the mules and
roared. You flop. cared scoundrels,
don'tyou ever look back for a sig
nal?"
AT a duly called meeting of the
democratic county central committee
held in this city last Friday, to take
measures for selecting nominees to
fill the vacancies on the county ticket,
occasioned by the death OF Thomas
J. Hennessey, nominee for sheriff,
and the resignation, owing to his re-
moval from this state, of H. j.
Kramer, the nominee for clerk of
the district court, the committee
deemed it advisable and unanimous
ly decided to issue call published
| in another column) requesting the
delegates to the county convention
held at Manchester on the LIST inst.
to reassemble and fill said vacancies
Maud Muller on a summer day
with her fellow ran away, in a ben.
zine touring car, scooting to a preach.
or far. Maud's father saw the flee.
ling pair-smelled the benzine scent.
ed air; caught mule whose name
was Jane, and galloped down the
dusty lane; the mobile very swiftly
ran but burned the oil all out of the
can. The motor stopped upon the
hill, but Jane ran on just fit to kill
Alas for maid, alas for man, alas fol
empty benzine can. Maud's dadd,
on the old grey mule, came and tool
her off to school. The mule nigl
wrecked the benzine cart; the felle,
died of a broken heart. The mora
of this tale SO sad: "Don't steal th,