Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-03

--Thos. Clabby of Mont, was a
business visitor to this city yester-
day.
1.-THE snow, the snow, the beau
tiful snow" is gently falling as we
go to press this Tuesday afternoon.
Among the welcome callers at
this office the past few days were A.
w. Mauser, A. S. Coon, VIM. Cook
and 7. ]. King.
The dance liven at the Armory
New Years evening was we'll patron
lied and those in attendance spent a
pleasant social evening.
Hazel Barr. daughter of D. w.
Barr, went to Sinsinawa Mound,
Wisconsin, where she will enter the
school located at that place.
Morris r. Hennessey has pur-
chased the interest of his partner,
I. j. Hennessey in the livery bust
ness here, for many years conducted
under the name of Hennessey Bros.
The jury in the district court
will not be called until tomorrow,
and the indications now are that
then they will be excused for the
term, though possibly one more jury
case may be tried.
The skating rink was we'll
patronized New Years day and even
ing. A large number of the citizens
of this city taking advantage of the
holiday to enjoy themselves with
this popular amusement.
CLERK Bishop reports the follow
ing marriage licenses issued by his
office the past week; Eugene Nc
Elmeel and Lizzie Nichols, Anthony
j. Leper and Florence L. Lister, T..
G. Ingersoll and Elsie Nj. Dunham.
&C. L. Evans is a business visit
or in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr..
Evans is a travelling salesman for
q large tobacco house in that city
and as is his custom he has gone to
that city to prepare himself for this
years work.
Rev. Clyde WI McC Cord, several
| years ago pastor of the NJ. q. church
at Nashville, and later of the Grand
view Avenue Methodist church in
Dubuque has received and accepted
a unanimous call to the pastorate OF
the Presbyterian church at Marshall
town.
The ID club met New Years
evening with Mrs. Joseph Hutchin-
son and its members and few in
vited guests enjoyed rare literary
treat. Doctor Laurence Doggett
was present and favored them with
an admirable paper on the trend Of
modern education. Mr.. Lawrnce is
a ripe scholar, q theologian who be-
lieves in the continuous progress Of
the human race, and go where he
may he will at all times be a credit
to the place of his birth, to the city
of Manchester. At the present Mr.
Doggett is the president of a college
in Springfield, Mass.
There is more truth than poetry
in the following from the Burlington
(Kan.) Republican: did you eve
consider how much trouble and tur.
moil in the world is stirred up b!
loafers? Do it and you will be sur
prised. Investigate carefully ant
you will find that nine Of the tel
fuses and quarrels that you know
of in your town or neighborhooe
were started by loafers who had M
business of their own to attend an,
80 got busy with other peoples at
fairs. The old juvenile proverI
that Satan finds some mischief still
,, for idle hands to dc" is as true a
gospel. There can be no such thin
> as absolute idleness. Activity {
some kind is essential to existence
Men and women have to do some
! thing and when they have no wor
= of their own to occupy their mind
+ they get busy with the affairs c
others and make trouble always.