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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

We are filled up to the top with
the best line of Christmas goods;
such as Handkerchief, Shirts, Suit
Cases, Umbrellas, Walking Sticks
Fancy Vests; complete line of
furnishings. Bears.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
In Everyman's Home.

Funny, isn't it, John-about the
pole?"
'Um-m-m."
do you suppose either Peary or
Cook actually did find it?"
"Of course, my dear"
How did they know when they
found? There's nothing there
"Huh?"
"How did they know"
Instruments, my dear, instru-
ments."
Instruments? What kind of in
struments, John?"
Disabling it, woman, I don't
know! I'm no geodetic survey"
(Silence.)
"Peary's pictures show him to
have an awfully hard face, don't they,
john"
''Um-m-m-m-m."
Probably if we only knew it he
abuses his family, doesn't he?"
Horrible hoot-owls, woman, how
do l know? Anyway just because a
man has heavy eyebrows and a set
chin is no reason to believe he beats
his wife. That's the way with you
women"
(Silence.)
"They had to go north to find
the pole, didn't they, John?"
Jump! Naturally"
(Silence.)
THAT ought to make furs cheap
err, hadn't it, John?'
:! y
well, you know you promised me
last Christmas if I would wait till
this Christmas 1 could have a set of
silver fox and"
(Curtain \
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
(Curtain.)

Olive Oil is more widely used
each year. We sell the purest oil
it is possible to obtain. Brunt &
Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

You get the best electric mes
sage there is to be had at B. e.
Bucknell's Barber Shop. Baths and
cigars in connection. 16tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Christmas bargains at Byrnes
e. Woellstein's; 1-3 of on all plumes,
ribbons, and velvets. 5O-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Christmas Offering.

Friends and Customers:
Remember that we are in line
with the season, for we have a full
supply of Holiday Goods, and we
shall certainly try our best to please
you.
Thanking you one and all. and
hoping you all will enjoy a Merry
Christmas,
Yours to serve,
FRED J. ROSENTHAL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

If you wish to make your wife
or daughter happy, buy a good Sew
ing Machine at F. j. hosenthals.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
THE WITCHES SCREEN.

This makes lots of merrimentJ and
is not very much trouble to prepare.
Make screen-or curtain across
one end or corner of the room-of
yellow cotton material, and decorate
it with black cats, bats, owls, stars,
crescents and a witch riding broom
stick. Sits must be cut in the screen
to allow four couples to put their
hands through, SO they can pass the
following articles from one to an
another: A hot potato, a raw oyster,
a piece of ice, snake made of dough,
potato stuck full of toothpicks, a
sausage skin filed with air and
dipped in water. and such other
things as a lively imagination may
suggest.
The person behind the screen
whose place it is to hand the articles,
one by one, to No. /, who passes them
to No. 2, and so on--must explain
what the object is (not), and what
distant land it comes from, promis-
ing luck to the one who passes it sue
cessfully to his neighbor, and prize
to those who guess what it really is.
--Philadelphia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25

al Warren at least division to hold
the position at Little Round Top"
On the summit where the signal
officer was the musket balls were be-
ginning to fly. He folded up his
flags and was going to leave: but at
this moment Warren came back, and
induced him to keep the flags way
ing. 1T may puzzle those people, =
he said, meaning the enemy, "and
may keep them back for a few min
utes." So the two men waited, watch
ing the puffs of smoke that appeared
at different distances A thick cloud
showed where the action was already
raging at the Peach Orchard; in hot
haste the battle was spreading all
along the field cannonade and mus
kerry crashed and ratified at right,
left and centre of the long battle
lines. A movement Of the mass of
infantry which Warren had detected
on the wooded ridge was plainly visi-
bic. Suppose Meade had delayed in
sending him an army corps!
The moments. of suspense came
suddenly to an end with the arrival
of Hazlett's battery of rihed cannon
Of the Fifth Artillery
The young lieutenant spoke. Cen
eral, what's the matter?"
THE deuce is to pay!Y was the re-
ply. 81 hope you can hold out until
the infantry come up"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
A BALLooNIsT.

I want to tell you about balloon
ascension which saw six years ago.
1t happened in the summer while we
were in the Blue Ridge Mountains
of Virginia, near Lynchburg.
Quite a large crowd gathered at
Riverside Park, sort of miniature
Coney Island, to watch the fun, and
everyone was in high spirits. Even
the balloonist himself, who was to
go up alone. stood near by joking
with a group of friends. He said
that it was a good thing that he had
shaved that morning, because it
would save someone else the trouble
of doing it for him in case anything
happened.
After everything had been pre-
pared for the ascension and the man
had stepped into the wicker basket,
the ropes were cut. The huge bal
loon poised itself for a moment and
then scared upward. Everything
seemed to be all right for few min
utes. until suddenly some one cried
out, and the attention of all was riv-
eted on the man in the basket.
The ropes of the great balloon had
In some manner become entangled in
the branches of a tall tree, and it was
Juggling and pulling with all it's
might to free itself. Helped on by
the wind, 1t was tossed about in the
air for perhaps several minutes, to
The peril of the man in the basket,
when what the crowd feared took
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25

verify this strong suspicion, General
Warren made his way as rapidly as
possible to battery at the foot of the
hill
Captain" he said, fire shot into
those woods
The Captain of the rife battery
did so, and as the shot, whistling,
passed over the wood, it must have
caused everyone of the concealed
Rebels to look in the direction Of the
sound; for simultaneous flash of
musket barrel and bayonet revealed
to the Northern general the presence
of a long line of the enemy far out
fianking the position of the Union
troops. The fact thrilled him; it was
almost appalling. A strong force
should have been intrenched long ago
high up on this hill; perhaps even
now it was not too late. He rushed
off messenger to General Meade
with penciled word to Send Gener-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25

The war council of Federal gener-
ais the night before the second days
battle of Gettysburg became necessar-
lily frantic pretension of scanning
the unknown. Outside, on the length
ening ridges and between the abrupt
hillsides of that intricate battle field,
lay the encampments of the two hos
tile armies, ominous and solemn.
There were few camp fires. At times
could be heard the voice of a sentry
challenging, or the drawn out clatter
of the cemetery.
The night passed, and daybreak
found the cautious General Meade
still listening to the reports of his di
vision commanders, to their stories
of misfortune, and plans for strength
ening the line Of battle. The unpro-
tected North lay at his back; in his
front a general whose resourceful-
ness was unfathomable and who
ranked as military genius To pic
ture in his minds eye the battle
ground that was now obscured and
dim, and to foresee what would be
the thing wanted there, at the given
point, at the given moment, on the
morrow, was the well nigh insuper-
able task ofthe Northern general.
The unexpected was certain to be-
fall both officers and men, and they
must be ready to perform miracles if
need be. An instance Of this kind
was the fight of the Twentieth Maine
on Little Round Top, in memory Of
which the colonel of the regiment,
Joshua L. Chamberlain, for his great
tenacity and his daring heroism, re-
ceived the Medal of Honor.
Little Round Top had escaped the
vigilance of the Federal commanders.
This was the smaller of two rough
hills, strewn with boulders and bare,
slippery rock, rising sharply from
wooded swamp, behind which
stretched the Confederate battle line.
At the foot of Little Round Top a
body of Union troops had been posted.
Only One Man For Defense.
1t was now afternoon. Lees at
tack was expected momentarily, and
every man was waiting intently, with
/ his eyes fixed upon the open space
that separated the two armies. Just
at this time, by fortunate chance,
1t occurred to General Meade to order
General Warren to ride over the field
in the direction of the Round Tops.
Warren did so, and when he came to
the foot of Little Round Top he left
his horse and climbed to the summit.
What was his surprise to find at this
point only one soldier, an officer Of
the signal corps, He no sooner
looked about him that it became in
stantly clear to him that the top of
this hill, where there were no troops,
and. which had been abandoned for
signal station, was in reality the key
to the whole position. His astonish-
ment gave place to CONSERVATION.
With his glass ne noted thickly
wooded ridge beyond the swamp:
there, he surrhised, the enemy was
al eady forming his lines, to burst
suddenly upon the Union troops at
the base. where in the screening
woods nothing could be known of the
movements Of the enemy until the
Confederates were upon them. To
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
cEI1DRENS DEPARTMENT..
THE SHIP-BUILDER.

THE SHlP-BUILDER.
just a little girl was She
Scarcely three
lHalf past two, to be exact,
Very little girl, in fact)
And she saw her brothers sailing
Pretty barks that vered and tackled
Saw them make them, deity mailing.
With skill she lacked
Watched, with yearning unavailing.
So she made little boat Of her own
All alone,
And her hammer was a stone
And she worked too hard to fail),
And the hull was a chip,
And the mast was nail
And she sailed the little ship
In q tub or water pail;
And it weathered every gale,
And returned from every trip.
There she launched the little vessel o'el
and DER,
And she wore
(Such funny little maid,
As she sailed it to and fro,
In the summer sun and shade)
Bonnet of the long ago;
In the attic dim she found it, where for
gotten fashions grow.
Dear, the happy seasons come and pass:
And the busy little lass,
Older now, is building still,
Fairer barks, with DETER Skill
Banks of hope with freight of dreams.
Trusting them to swifter streams
And the worlds capricious will.
And, perhaps, has she forgot---tiny tot,
That boat she built alone,
With the nail and chip and stone,
And the funny hat she wore
q have not). kept the four
On shelf above my door;
There they lie, as years go by,
Blending with the long ago
Where forgotten summers blow
( priceless treasure they, to such as n.
ALBERT Bigelow Paine, in st. Nicholas
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
BY pH1LA BUTLER BOWMAN.

p EhALA d.
And why does my sleeve hang empty?
ANA so you are asking to know
OF the cloud that bent down
With its blackening frown
On our Nation, so little ago.
And why does my sleeve hand empty?
And why, when fold you so tight
Have | only one arm
That shall shield you from harm9
One was laid on the altar of Right.
You know what my Country" means,
Lad,
Your grandfather's country and yours.
You will know, as life thickens,
Why all your blood quickens
AT sight of the flag that endures
You viii, learn what it means to be free,
Lad,
And to honor those sacrificed ones
In a country whose sod
At the altar of God
Was pledged free, in the blood of her sons
You have learned to be glad in the colors
And swell, with your gay little shout,
The song that dead stones
Would cry out should our tones
Wake not, when the flag futters out
The time is so little ago, Lad,
And the valleys grew sweet with corn,
And the grape and the grain;
Forgot hardship and pain
For JOY in Gods country, newborn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
YOUNGSTOWN posToFFIcE.
Open from in the Morning Iatil I
In the Evening.


Open from in the Morning l-atil
In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
Y.soA.M.- For New York and all intermedA
ate stations.
8.l5 A. M.--For Easton. Newton. Chester and
all intermediate stations. Whippany.
6.l5 A. M-For Brookside. Mendham and al,
stations on the RocKaway Valley Railroad
s.l5A. M.-Tor New York and intermediate
stations.
9.l5 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
e.45 A. M.-For Newark, New York and be
yond.
lia5 A. M.-For Newark. New York and he
yond.
1245 p. M-For New York and all interms
date stations.
1915 p. M.-For Roclsaway and Dover.
$50 p. M.-For New York and all inter'se
Giate stations
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
T.0A. M.-Trom New York and intern,edi-
ate stations.
$50 A. M.-From Hackettstown and inte
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt. Freedom.
GA M.-grom Brookside, Mendham and oil
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
1920 A. M.-From New YorS. and intermedi-
ate stations
~ A. M.-From Dover.
lilo p. M..-From New York and intermsd,-
ate stations.
1.28 p. M.--Frum New York.
$50 p M.-From Philadelphia, CASTOR. Now.
ton. Chester and intermediate stations.
$50 P. M.-From Brookside, Mendham and al
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
+AF p. M.-From New York and interlnedi.
ate stations.
ala From Newark and Gsw York.
Delivered by carriers
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25

place. The man was hurled to the
ground from distance Of about fifty
feet, but he had the presence of mind
to turn several somersaults in the
air, having once been an acrobat. as
we afterward heard. He bounded up
about foot from the ground when
he landed on it, so great was the i'm
petus Of his fall
The Mortified crowd gathered
around him, but he was fortunate
enough to have escaped with only a
few internal injuries and broken
leg. Aida L. Miller, in the New
York Tribune
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
SAVED THEIR DOLLARS.


Charlie and Ethel wanted to give
their doctor birthday gift, and after
a great deal of thought they finally
selected something and delivered it
at the doctors house. The doctor
has private entrance to his Office,
which he calls his side door, and on
the children's return to their mother
she asked them which door they went
to, and the little boy replied, ITO the
front door," She asked them why
they did not go to the "side door, .
because that was where they would
be most likely to find the doctor, and
the little fellow said, Because we
dlin't want to pay three dollars. -
Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25


But spirit awoke in the air, Lad,
And Swallowed the light of the bars,
And threatened to tear
From their regal place there
On the blue of our banner-the stars.
The story grows old in the telling,
OF the voice that went ringing afar
That the brave, loyal hand
OF each son of the land
Be pledged for the life Of star.
And something, deep down in the breast,
Leaped up at the voice of that call,
And the tread of host
Rose, as marched to their post
Those heroes, to conquer or fall.
And War rode his terrible charger
Through the valleys that love had made
But God, in His might
Helped the hand raised for right
Crush the spirit that rose in the air.
The story is sad to tell dear,
But-the stars are still shining on high.
Tho the myriad graves
Where the summer grass waves
Are voices to answer us why.
So know what the Union cost, Lad,
And the flag that no spirit can grieve;
And when it shakes out
And | hear your glad shout.
thank God for the empty sleeve
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
MAMMALS INSTRUCTION.

A little girl was at her first even
ing entertainment, and, as she knew
hardly any one, she quickly grew
homesick, and finally asked her host
ess to send her home. AS she started
she smiled through her tears and
said: Goodbye, Mrs Smif Mamma
told me to be sure and tell you that
had enjoyed myself very much!"-
Christian Register.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
A Posta. Tip.

Most people don't know how to
put stamp on letter" said a post
Office official They moisten the
stamp, taking off certain amount
of tho mucilage by the process and
making it hard to stick The proper
way is to moisten the tip of the en-
velope where tie stamp is to go,
then press on the stamp. The paper
snould not be soaked, just moistened
on the surface, however. That stamp
will never drop off in the mail bag"
rush hours. Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
NEVER WATCH THE CLOCK.

Edison never carries watch, and
there is no clock in his workroom.
An admirer took his little son to see
the inventor and begged him to say
something to the lad which would
help to influence his life. Giving the
boy friendly pat on his curly head,
Edison said with smile, my boy,
never watch the clock"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
FISHES IN DRY sTREAMs.

When brooks, streams and ponds
become dry, most fishes die. Some
kinds, however, like cells and cat
fishes, are able to survive for con-
siderable time by burrowing into the
wet or moist bottom, which may be
quite dry at the surface. This Is
particularly true of some tropical
fishes found in regions subject to
drought, where it is matter OF com.
mon observation that a pond depres-
sion that has been baked by the sun 8
rays for days or weeks will, imme-
ditely after heavy rainfall, afford
good fishing. The ability of certain
tropical fishes to endure drought and
to remain out Of the water for long
time in the markets depends on the
possession of an accessory gill on the
under side of each gill cover, by
means of which oxygen may be taken
directly from the atmosphere. Fail
ure to notice dead fish after the dry
ing of brooks or ponds simply means
that birds and four-footed beasts
often night prowlers-have been
there first. One of the most i'm
portant lines of work carried on by
the fisheries branch of the Govern
ment is the rescue of food and game
fishes from the overlooked lands In
the Mississippi Valley. After the
floods subside, shallow pools are left
that are wholly disconnected with the
streams, and in these the fish grad
ually perish as the drying of the pools
progresses. BY sending men to seine
these pools, the Government each
year saves and returns to public
waters hundreds of thousands of val
liable fishes.-From Mature and
Science" in the st. Nicholas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25

in the field by General Grant; and he
so distinguished himself as a briga-
der that he was brevetted a major
general in 1865, "for conspicuous gal.
lantry in action" After the war he
led, and is still leading, highly i'm
portant public career in his native
State of Maine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
To our subscribers.

When you wish to change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present. address as well as the new one.
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
MAKES STARS IN FINGERS.

Little Mabel described graphically
her sensation on striking dimpled
elbow on the bed-carying. @Oh, my! .
she sighed, mamma, I've struck my
arm Just where it makes stars in my
fingers! Christian Register.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
A HORSE THAT LOVED A JOKE.

A HORSE THAT LOVED A JOKE.
I'VE hear lot about horse sense,
said man who stood on the prom.
enade of the Brooklyn Bridge and
watched the crowded roadways,
speaking to a New York Sun re.
porter, "but I'm thinking 1t will soon
become a memory when the automo.
bile holds full sway, as it seems in
fair way to do.
II feel sorry for the horse as see
1t losing its place in the world, for
some of my liveliest recollections
have to do with a horse, with a par.
ticular horse that my boyhood knows.
This horse was a big, black, ugly
tempered brute who went By the
name Of Old Bob. He was old when
I first knew him, and was no Older
apparently when we parted company
after some seven years of more OF
less close companionship. The best
thing about Old Bob was his sense
Of humor.
All horses have ordinary sense in
plenty and once in a while you will
meet horse with sense of humor
| used to ride this horse when was
a youngster, and his sense of humor
cost me many long and weary walk,
He didn't mind my riding him
when l was on his back, with knots
tied in the stirrup lea.hers so that /
could get my feet in the stirrups, but
he did his best to prevent me from
getting in the saddle. OF course, ]
couldn't mount in the orthodox way,
it was too much like mountain climb.
ing, so / would mount him from the
top of fence.
"Old Bob would stand peacefully
by the fence as climbed to the top,
but IL didn't keep tight hold of the
rein he would jerk it from my hand
and start off without ne. Many's
the time he did this when was miles
from home
If you think he'd dash right home
you're mistaken. 1t wasn't that he
objected to being ridden: he simply
wanted to have his joke.
He would run few hundred
yards, then stop and wait for very
angry boy to catch up. Then just as
was about caught up off would &C
Old Bob for another hundred yards.
never lid catch up until home was
reached, and then Old Bob would
allow himself to be unsaddled and
put into his stall, with CLEAN in his
eye that said plainly, Fooled you
that time, didn't IL
HE had another pleasant trick, II
didn't keep tight rein when l was
on his back. of wandering under
trees whose branches were just low
enough to brush me off. II he failed
he would look back at me with a
sardonic grin which had little malice
in it.
"He took my puny beating stolidly
for the most part, but once in while
ne would retaliate with hoofs and
teeth. One Christmas morning as
entered his stable slapped him play
fully on the flank with a Merry
Christmas He responded in kind.
but as his slap had more power in it
| landed some feet away Where
upon he snorted in glee and resumed
his morning meal"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
Plumbing. Timing. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, tele-
phone 284l, or at the store Of William
q. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty nine
years, and his reputation as plumber
is too wen known for any further COM
ment. 253S.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-25
KRONENBERG'S
81 w A SHIN dToN ST.
NOTICEi

JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years,
has been in the firm Of LooNEY & CAR-
RoLL, has formed partnership with
bis son, WILLIAM ]. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-02
DEATHS

Arthur Tingwall, aged Is years,
died at the home of his parents Mr..
and Mrs. John Tingwall, in this city
this morning at 1850 of typhoid
fever. Besides his parents, the de-
ceased is survived by a sister, Miss
Esther Tingwall Of this city, and
two brothers; Charles, of Saskatch-
evan, Canada, and Axe1, who re-
sides on farm near here.
The date for the funeral has not
been definitely set as the family is
waiting for an answer to the tele-
gram sent to the brother in Canada,
but the services will be held either
Sunday or Monday afternoon.