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Decorah public opinion., 1922-08-16
BURR OAK

Burr Oak was well represented at
the Fair on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hill and chill
dren who have been visiting at the
Fred elise home went to Decorah
on Wednesday to take in the fair
and spent a few days at the Geo.
Oak accompanied them and took in
the fair.
Miss Louise Winter spent a few
days last week at the Albert Erick-
, son home.
7 Mr.. and Mrs. Jas Headington made
a business trip to Decorah on Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wanless are
rejoicing over the arrival of boy
born ITO them. Mother and baby
are doing fine.
Rev. Christian Pieper was called to
Postville last Sunday to preach to
the people there.
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Palmer came
Saturday night from Lanesboro,
Minn., for a visit with Mrs. Palmer's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. N. Reed.
Miss Jennie Sanaker and mother
are expected this week and will move
in Mr.. C. A. Reed house.
Miss Irene Murdoch spent a few
days with her cousin Miss Hazel
Morton at Cresco.
Mrs. Bertha Reed spent few
days last week with her brother
Roscoe Wicks and family.
Mrs. Morton and daughter Hazel
called at the Chas. Murdock home
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Ida Heckle and grandson
Geo. Reed moved this week into
their new home. Mrs. Heckle re-
Gently purchased it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Manning and
family spent several days in De-
corah at the Clark Manning home
and took in the fair.
The many friends of Mrs. Josep-
hine Little will be sorry to learn that
She broke two bones in her foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gates. Mrs.
Jas. Headngton and Mrs. Will Mel
son went to Cresco on Tuesday to
attend the funeral of Mr.. Gates
uncle, Mr.. Albert Culbert.
Miss Hazel Glendenning and sis
ter Mrs. Drew and son spent last
week at the John Little home car
ing for Mrs. Little who has hurt
her foot.
Miss Alice and Leona Cox spent
last week with their sister, Mrs.
John Lee.
Mr.. Oscar Reed was calling on
friends in Burr Oak Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hill and
ob;ldrap left for Chatfeld. Minn.,
Saturday afternoon after spending
week with relatives here. They will
visit Mr.. Hills sister there before
returning home.
The NJ. E. Ladies Aid will meet
Aug. "a at the home of Mr. ana
Mrs. Will jacobson for supplies. All
are cordially invited.
Mr.. C. A. Reed and family expect
to move Monday into their new home
they recently purchased of DR.. Em-
mons. The best wishes go to Mr..
Reed and family in their new home.
Mrs. Ven Kimber came Saturday
from Hawarden, Sask., for a visit
with relatives and friends here.
An ice cream sociable for the
benefit of the Burr Oak cemetery as
sociation will be held on Friday,
Aug. 18th, at the home of Merle
Smith. Cake donated will be ap-
preciated. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clem Headington ac-
companied by Victor and Clifford
Headington start for Missouri Tues
dav to visit relatives. They will go
by auto.
St. Paurs United Lutheran church
at Burr Oak, Iowa, Sunday, August
20, 1922.
10 o'clock A. NJ. Sunday school.
Ii o'clock divine worship in Eng
fish.
s P. NJ. Union services. c. F. L..
Pieper. Pastor.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-08-16

daughter Of Spechts-Ferry were en-
tertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Albert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glover and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Geotleman visited at the
Chas. Glover home in Decorah Sun
day and also attended the concert at
the park.
Our neighborhood was well repre-
sented both at the fair anod at the
home coming exercises and every one
spoke highly of it.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-08-16
CONOVER

Mrs. M. Krall has returned home
from Spencer, Iowa, where she visit
ed with her daughter and family the
past several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Cummings
and SON Adolph were n Deco'ah
Tuesday p. NJ. W.,
louis Krall went to Decorah Wed
,asdav evening and took in the tair.'
Mrs B. Kluwe from Calmar came
THURSDAY A. NJ. and visited with her
home folks.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-08-16
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BY HARRY J. GREEN

DEBORAH, IOWA, AUG. is, 1922
Decorah public opinion., 1922-08-16
The Point.

my DEAR" asked Blackstone, fish
ing for compliment. what would
you do if should leave your How
much?" asked Mrs. Blackstone, alb
sent -mindedly American Legion
Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-10-05
5kn1uhrgatt Gnfal Nrma

Mrs. Albra c. Smith has been WISH
mig with her brothers In Athens thls
week.
j. w. Blunt who has been at home
and in this section for few days re-
turned to Boston, Monday.
The Bonnet Shop at Skowhegan will
have their millinery opening next Sat
urday, October 7th. You are invited
to attend
Claude Bouchard, Miss Marion Mer-
riam, Miss Grace Fox and Kenneth
r. Copp were at home for Sunday.
The first three are students at Colby
College and Mr.. Copp is student at
Bowdoin.
Rev. and Mrs. George Merriam left
Monday to visit their son, Frank Mer-
riam and family in Franklin, N. II.
and with Mr.. Merriam's sister, Mrs.
Hattie Eaton at East Weir, N. II. They
will return home Friday.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-10-05

Cool nights demand outing fan
mel gowns. Every season we
have increased the sale of our
outing flannel gowns. We think
the reason for it is because we
sell such we'll made, splendid
fitting gowns for such reason
able prices. We have some of
the best lines in the country. See
them and no argument will be
necessary on our part.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-10-05

Outfit the Children with DR..
Denton's, Tuck them in well,
open up the windows and you
will have healthy children.
These sleeping garments are
doubtless the ideal garments for
this purpose.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

Wonder if this yer fish story's
ever goin' to bust out" said old man
Ketchum.
BUST out in the middle of the night
and 'twould take all Mis- Niggie and
the hired man could do to control
him-them and Chimborazo."
"Chimborazo." said Tunk Whalley
"Yup. Chimborazo was the most
soothin' influence they was. They
said twas wonderful to see Chin
wrap himself in several folds round
Elmer and sort o. rub his tail across
his forehead. Kind of throw him
into q trance and he'd quiet down
and come through all right. There
amt any doubt in my mind that
Elmer'd be alive to-day If Chin
could have lived. But 1t wasn't to
be. One mornin'-I remember 1t
place to get some of their little green
apples that was specially good for
f1avoring apple sauce-noted in the
county them little green apples was.
They was several trees in the door
yard, and you was welcome to all
that dropped. and lot did. When
/ got there that mornin' 1 found
Elmer mournin' over the body of
Chin. not to say carryin' on somp
thing dreadful. The poor blackie had
died in the night, and"
what did he die Off" asked Lafe
Upshaw.
''Well, that I couldn't rightly say
for sure. to be strickly ackrit."
Huh" said old man Ketchum.
"But / always believed the ac-
count Elmer gave come clustest to
the rights of it." said the man from
Longeddy, land though there was
them that pooh-poohed it. still you'll
always find some people constituted
so they won't believe anything
they"
"Huh," said old man Ketchum.
"See, smell or taste. Not even
when it's store cheese that aint bein'
paid for though shaved of abstract
ed like In large size pieces.
well. a. / was sayin'. Elmer said
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

seemed. Somethin like bull pout
would look thro' one O. them comic
mirrors in the city-great wide
mouth. and big. CLASSY. goggly eyes
and little pinched off tail-all head
and mouth and no body. and
"What killed Elmer?" said Lafe
Upshaw.
"Well. sirs," said the man from
Longeddy. some people said one
thing. and some another. but nobody
could be sure. and as a matter of
fact it's a big mystery to this day.
Doc Swartwout o. course had his
opinion: but 1 always thought there
was a lot in what Ermentrout Finch
said"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

proverbial. 1t has no aversion to
fresh chicken. and it is a prolific
breeder.
These points of strength on the
score card of life must oyerbalancs
its weak points or the animal could
not survive.
No other American animal has
given rise TO a proverb which every
child understands. But OF what
benefit this strange trait of rolling
itself up into ball and playing dead
can be to a creature like the opos-
sum it is difficult TO see.
Many insects when disturbed
drop to the ground. and by playing
dead they become invisible. but the
opossum is too large to reap like
benefit. Dogs. boys and men are not
deceived, nor is it likely that wolves
foxes and bears were ever fooled In
this way. IL the creature would
only use its ability 10 run. he very
often could escape. but that is not his
way. When overtalSen and touched
he rolls up. opens his mouth wide
and allows himself to be killed.
Perhaps under conditions that
have now passed away this strange
habit was of benefit to the race, and
II persists as a fixed instinct e2s
though II Is now fatal !. :,
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
chim's death. and would go out OF

Chim's death. aud would go out OF
his way to avoid lettin' anybody
talk to him. Down to the tavern he'd
go. most every day. an get his jug
filled, and then off with his fishin'
rod moonin' along the stream till
late at night. Never seemed to ketch
nothin' and never seemed to want to.
any more. Wouldn't even perk UP
when people twitted him on his luck,
as lots did.
@He seemed to brace up little when
Mis- Niggle hired the big six horse
harvester from over Orange county
way to help with the hayin'. but that
was only temporary. Next day he
was back at his old tricks. The last
day of the harvester Elmer was gone
all day. and he hadn't showed UP
when 1t started home that evening.
Fact. poor Elmer never showed up
again. for next mornin' he was found
lynn crushed to death on the road
at the e'end of Cages wood. Lynn
on his face. he was. and near him
on the ground his rod and the queer
est lookin' fish you ever see. Good
sized fish it was. weighed mebbe five
or six pound, but all head a'E-ost, 1t
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
The Mysterious Opossum

milk of the mother without leaving
their safe and warm incubator.
After that time they begin to ex-
plore the outside world: but they do
it on the back of the mother. cling
ing to her fur and with their tails
coiled around their mothers tail, the
mother presenting now most Curl
Gus aspect of a walking nursery.
How the opossum has survived to
the present day and how it manages
to keep its hold on life is one of the
mysteries of nature.
Deer. elk, wolf, bear and raccoon,
wildcat lynx and panther have had
their range much restricted: but the
dull witted. slow and almost defense
less opossum is still found over much
of its ancient range. which extends
from New York to Texas and from
the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi!
and beyond
1t Is. however. small enough to
find shelter under stones and wood
plies. under roots and In hollow trees,
and 1t eats everything that is edible.
Bulbs and roots. eggs and young
birds. and all kinds OF fruit Its
fondness Of the wild persimmons is
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Auto-Suggestion
and Elmer Niggle
"a Man From Longeddy Talel
CA Man From Longeddy Tale)

what Doc Swartwout said. or not,
Elmer could, would and did consume
red likker like you would 30 much
water. Why, I've saw him-I fist
happened in the tavern once an
see this-I've saw him put away a
half gallon demijohn in a couple Of
hours an be ready for more later
in the day. OF course you could
get it in those days."
A Soothing Influence.
Old man Ketchum breathed deep,
and so did two or three others.
"Well, of course. Elmer couldn't
keep up that sort Of thing for long
and not feel it. In ayear or so he
began seein' things. as the saying is
elephants and idiosyncracies and
such. Sometimes he'd bust out"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

that In the night he'd had one of his
fits. only this one was the worst he'd
ever had. He thought he was at
tackled by a swarm of greenish rats,
he said, kind Of purple eyes they
had, he said, and when they started
to bite him he screamed so loud IL
woke up Chin, who was sleepin' by
his side as usual Well. what did
that faithful snake do, Elmer said.
but come to his rescue. He swal-
lered them rats, one after the other.
as fast as he could gulp 'em down,
but goin' slower and slower. and on
the last one he seemed to choke. and
Elmer said, sure enough, when he
come to. there was Chin lying
s'Huh." said old man Ketchum-
'By his side. stone cold"
Snakes is pretty cold. as a rule.
said old man Ketchum.
"WeIl, the queer part OF 1t was,
said the man from Longeddy. "tnai
as Chin lay there stretched out full
length with Elmer mournin' over
him you could see blobs along his
body from nose Almost to tail, like
a string of sassenges. Seemed kind
o. convincin'. in way"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Had He Only Seeni

"Well," says the man from Long
eddy. "as long as you see what you
catch you're safe. It's when you don't
see 'em and can't be checked up. that
trouble foliers. Now, you take the case
of Elmer Niggle. There was a case
In pint. Why. if he had saw what
he didn't see he'd be alive to-day.
When his father. the Great Ophidias.
or Luke Niggle. to give him his real
name. died. Elmer was about nine
teen. A lcrx. spindle shanked. big
headed boy. who. Mis- Niggle was
always. sayin'. was in sich delicate
state Of health he couldn't do nothin'
but loaf around the place or down at
the tavern or off fishin' with Chin
borazo."
''Chimborazo?" said Lafe Upshaw.
"Yup. Chimborazo was a big black
colored snake. the only one left of
the Great Ophidias's collection. Elmer
had been raised with him from the
cradle and they was just like broth
ers, practically. Great sight to see
'em talking together"
Talking" snorted old man Ket-
chum.
'Chim twined around Elmer's
neck and touchin' his ear with his
long. dartin' tongue. They slept In
the same bed and wherever Elmer
went Chin went. too. If you didn't
find 'em off fishin' Goose Creek or
the Beaverkill. you'd be sure to find
'em at Tomashek's Tavern, leavin'
Mis- Niggle to run the farm. Elmer
got quite n reputation as a fisherman,
but 'twasn't nuthin' to his reputation
as a drinker. 1t was what Doc
Swortwout called an inherited trait.
You see. Elmer's father. the Great
Ophidias. often got bit by snakes in
the course of business. Fact, he
used to say. he'd been bit so many
times he didn't think nothin' of 1t
when he got a bite. but would just
swaIler a quart or so of likker and
go on with the job. He wouldn't feel
the whisky an neither would he feel
the snake bite. They'd kind of
counteract each other, an he'd go on
till the next bite happened.
eWell. anyway. whether twas
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

mer's neck. remember. Well. as I
said before. IL Elmer had saw the
fish it wouldn't have hurt him q
mite, but bein' where the only way
he could see 1t was with his
mind"
Old man Ketchum sat with his
mouth gaping as the man from
Longeddy went out and unhitched
his team. SO II was quite easy for me
to take the wire cheese cover from
his hand and cover up what was
left of the cheese.
No one said anything and began
to blow out the lamps.
"Well." said old man Ketchum at
last, well, III be hornswoggledl"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
BY D. LANCE.

TN the life of the opossum thir-
teen is q lucky number, be-
cause the young opossum
spends its infancy in a baby incu-
bator which is equipped for thirteen
tiny guests, although the number
actually In the incubator is probably
always less than thirteen.
The opossum is in structure a
unique mammal of North America.
1t has. however, several relatives in
South America, and our only species
must have come north long before
the advent OF man on the continent.
1t belongs to the strange, ancient
order of pouch bearing mammals,
now found in large numbers only
on the continent of Australia and
some adjacent islands.
An adult opossum weighs about
twelve pounds, but the young at
birth are not bigger than baby mice.
They are at once transferred to the
pouch of the mother, where they at
tach themselves to the teats, and for
about i've weeks they are fed by the
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

why didn't they cut IL open and
find out?" said Tunk Whalley.
'Twould Be Sacrilege.
ELMER wouldn't hear to that
Somebody did suggest 1t. but Elmer
said 'twould be sacrilege almost, and
Mis- Niggle backed him up. Well.
to make long story short"
Huh" said old man Ketchum.
Like Nevis cheese. there, and no
wonder" said the man from Long
Eddy, ELMER from that time forrard
was a different boy. Old enough to
be a man. O. course. he was. but no.
body ever thought of him as more'n
boy; at least. I didn't. Wouldn't
talk to nobody. Elmer wouldn't, after
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
By h.AURICE MORRIS.

IN VOW you take the case of
M Elmer Niggle," said the
man from Longeddy.
'There is a case in pint. II he had
saw what he didn't see. it wouldn1 t
have hurt him a mite. As twas, not
seein' it, it was the death Of him"
There's things can't see that will
be the death of me-" said old man
Ketchum. but / can hear 'em, amt
no doubt o. that"
Gurus a thing as I ever knowed
happen in Ulster county," said the
man from Longeddy, land I've
knowed some mighty Gurus thing to
happen when was ivin' there"
"Huh!" said old man Ketchum.
"This Elmer Niggle I'm tellin'
about" said the man from Longeddy,
81 knowed from boy. One of these
big headed. gangiing boys, he was,
that was always outgrowing himself.
Consequence was, him bein' an only
child an all. the widder Niggle
wouldn't allow him ever to tire him
self out-that is. from actially doin'
any work. Now. don't you over
exert yourself. Ophidias.' she'd say.
And Ophidias wouldn't"
Thought you said his name was
Elmer" said Tunk Whalley.
$50 twas. Elmer Ophidias Niggle
he was christened. Named after his
father. the Great Ophidias. He was
a snake charmer with Rooney &
Romboid's tent show that Mis- Niggle
-Milly Horton she was then-saw
one time over at the Manor and fell
in love and eloped with. He retired
after that and they set up house
keepin' on the Horton place and he
brought all his snakes with him and
used to give exhibitions, free. of
course. sometimes. but iE course of
time most of the snakes died or got
away. all except one, a big, black
snake. and"
"Say, is this a snake lie or q fish
lie?" said old man Ketchum.
That was always the way with the
old man. starting things and then
spending all the rest of his time try
ing to stop them. If he hadn't come
into the store Dragging about a bass
he'd caught the day before. he
wouldn't have been all of an itch
then. But he did. "Tell you what,
Newt, / caught a black bass yis-
tiddy." he says, biggest L ever see.
Must have weighed"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
what did he say2'' said Lafe Up

w nat ulu ne say sdlu 1<Ie ID
shaw.
"Erm had young cousin in the
city, risiu' doctor. what they call q
fiskiatrists or sompthing-a mind
doctor-and when Erm was in the
city he told him about 1t and this
fisk-the doctor, that is-said Elmer
had undoubtedly been killed by his
own imagination. which was in q
heated condition superinduced by an
excess of alcohol. Said Elmer had
caught this queer fish and slung him
over his shoulder-fish had a string
in its mouth. by the way-and
started for the tavern to show his
catch. and as he staggered along the
road he got more and more boastfuI
and braggy in his mind, and got
thinkin' the fish was bigger and big
ger-remember 1t was where he
couldn't see it, on his back-and the
more he thought. the bigger it grew,
and the heavier 1t got. and finally IL
weighed him down and smashed
him-accordin' to what Erm Finch
told me his cousin told him. Maybe
tried to bite him, too, as he fell. Erm
said-there was queer marks on E1<
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