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r~"> ? *•"' r " *"-'; : r-%"", THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1*20 THX LATEST NEWS IN DAYS OF YORE GAMES IN THE HOME Compiled by Glciui D. Adams 71M Y. M. C. A. of Chka*o Pl&indealer Fifty Years Ago E. M. Owen was attacked by a crazy steer that was being led through our streets towards the slaughter house, one day last week, jftnd had a narrow escape from severe injury, if not death. To save himself he jumped into the Mill Race where the water was up under his arms and where he was followed by the steer. It was only by good luck that he escaped being gored. It was too close a call to bear repeating. We are to have a sidewalk laid to the cemetery within the present week. The amount is already' raised and men are at work grading and preparing the ground to lay the walk. | Col. Palmer, of Nunda, has moved I the saloon building (forme lry owned and occupied by Mr. Arneson) onto j his own lot fronting upon main street ] and near the Nunda drug store. We hear that it has been rented by Caj^. Kelly of Woodstock, who intends to open a wagon and c a r r i a g e s h o p , a t ; an early day. His skill as a workman 1 has preceded him and many are waiting his coming to have their orders ; filled at home. He has also rented a ; dwelling house and will move his family in this week. He will find plenty j of work but greenbacks a little> scarce. - I Our merchants are constantly receiving new goods, and their shelves • are crowded with just such as every; body wants, while the sidewalks and backyards are filled with empty boxes, barrels and every conceivable kind of packages, and if their money drawers are not soon filled, it will be because they sell goods so near cost as to leave nothing but the pleasure of selling the goods for their profits. Late Dairy Markets--The butter market is very quiet, prices ranging at 20 and 23 cents. There will be no grass cheese on the market before the first of June. The storage of new cheese is unusually light for the season, and its quality renders its sale sluggish. The top quotation is about 11^4 cents. Nunda has three cheese v factories now in good working order. The Barreville factory, operated and partly owned by Mr. Hubbard, is taking the lead, and is perhaps one of the best factories in our county, manufacturing both butter and cheese at the present time. He is using some three thousand pounds of milk per day. John King, of the firm of King and Herbes, brewers, lost a valuable cow one day last week. O. W. Owen, of this village, is selling a fine stem winding watch, warranted in every particular, for *15. Call at his store and see, it. Robert Stanley, the noted hunter and fisherman of Nippersink Point, will please accept thanks for three fine pickerel left at our sanctum one day last week. } We learn that Hie east end of the Johnsburg bridge fell on Sunday last. A team that was crossing at the time barely escaped going down with it. The timbers were found to be rotten, and it is a great wonder that some accident has not happened there before. The work of reptriinng^ wilL immediately commence, but it wuHJe some days before teams will be able to cross. ~*'r . Cards and card cases to fit at the Plaindealer office. Ask to see them. Mind Reading A little trick in which you guarantee to tell some one what they are thinking about is short and interesting. You take hold of their hand or wrist and hold your watch in the other hand and watch the watch. After a few moments you solemnly say that this person has been thinking about --ten seconds. Slight of Hand A couple of 9leight of hand tricks make fun. You have three beans under one hat and another hat beside it on the table. You then promise to move the three beans without touching either them or the hat over into the other hat. You go through some fantastic motions and repeat some weird phrase--"Hocus, pocus! Oskewow- wow, skin-ne-wow, salamagundi." The you tell the onlookers that the beans have been moved to the other hat. However, they must not touch or look at them yet because the most difficult part of the trick is yet to come, and that is to move them back again to the first hat. Then quickly you go through your motions again and repeat your incantation and declare that they are back under the first hat again. You lift that hat and sure enough, there they are. Three Candies Under One Hat Another slight of hand trick or joke is to have three small candies, one of which is placed under each of three hats on Hhe.table. After they are placed there,x you solemnly pick up one at a time and eat it, replacing the hat on the table. Then you promise to put all three candies under anyone hat that they select. The people pick one and you then pick up that hat and put it on your head. New York Girl Another game with a slight catch in it, is to say, "(cough) New York girls are very pretty girls but the girls from McHenry or Chicago are prettier." You then go around the table and each one is supposed to say it just as you do. They will doubtless try to bring in all the inflections of the voice that you do and repeat the exact words but they will not have it just right. The catch in it is that you cough or clear your throat just before you say the sentence and the rest do not at first copy you in that, when you tell them to do just what you do. The test goes on aroupd the circle. As fast as any one catches on to the trick, he simply coughs or clears his throat and then says the sentence and is declared correct. You keep up the c i r c l i n g u n t i l p r a c t i c a l l y h a v e guessed it, when you tell the slow ones the trick if necessary. Of course you can say any other sentence that you like. For instance you can say "Evelyn's fudge is very good, but Jennie's fudge is better." Or any other foolish sentence. SLOCUM'S LAKE Harry Matthews was a business caller at McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bonin were business callers at McHenry on last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks spent last Wednesday and Thursday at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell were business callers at McHenry on last Saturday afternoon. " Mrs. Louis Rohm an of Barrington spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. &he was accompanied by her mother to McHenry Saturday afternoon. A full line of BPS Paints at Althoflf's Hardware, West McHenry. 61 Misses Myrtle Darrell and Pearl Laurance, accompanied by Beryl Gilbert of Wauconda, motored to Libertyville Saturday afternoon and saw the baseball game between W. T. H. S. and Antioch H. S. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Pfannenstill of Ivanhoe spent Sunday afternoon at the J. W. Pfannenstill home. Mr. and Mrs. R. McGili and son, Farrell, spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mr. McCabe of Volo was a Sunday supper guest at the Henry Geary home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook of Zion City and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Detrick of Chicago were Sunday afternoon callers at the W. E. Brook home. Arthur Wackerow spent Saturday evening at the Joe Darrell home. Mrs. H. J. Shaffer and Mrs. P. J. Cleary of McHenry were last Friday morning callers at the Henry Geary home. You don't know what real coffee is until you try some of the special brand from Erickson's Dept. Store. Mrs. H. L. Brooks and her daughter, Mrs. Louis Rohman, spent Saturday evening at the G. J. Burnett home. Otis Phillips was a Sunday afternoon caller at the Ed Johnson home on the "Flats." Mr. and Mrs. H. fi. Alverson of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Grantham. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and her daughter, Dorothy, spent last Saturday evening at Grayslake. Mrs. Jack Geary and son returned home last Saturday after spending two weeks Visiting relatives in Chicago. Miss Fern Grantham was a guest of friends at Crystal Lake over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bonin visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Applehoss and Mr. and Mrs. Paesler at Elgin Sunday. Mrs. H. J. Shaffer and Mrs. J. R. Knox, of McHenry, spent Sunday afternoon at the home of their parents here. H. L. Brooks and daughter, Lillian, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R< H. Grantham of Cary spent Sunday afternoon at the home of their son, here. Miss Lillian Brooks left Monday for an extended visit at the home of her sister at Mikelson, North Dakota- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews, Miss Pearl Laurence, Miss Myrtle Darrell, Mildred Hoffman and Frank Dearborn enjoyed a marshmallow and weenie roast and picnic dinner near Dear Grove, Sunday. Lee Larabee of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sunday at the H. L. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith of Elgin spent the week-end at the home of the former's parents here. Mrs. Mabel Litweiler and J. J. Harrington of Round Lake were Sunday supper guests at the G. J. Bur nett home. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. William Oast of Palatine were recent callers at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litweler of Round Lake spent last Tuesday afternoon at the home o£ the latter's par* ents here. Mrs. Sarah Russel and daughter, Alice, and Mr. Ward of Waukegan were Sunday afternoon callers at the Clara Smith home. Emmet Geary of Fremont towsship spent last Friday at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams and son of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with Mrs. William's mother here. Harold and William Brooks of Waukegan spent the week-end with their parents. Week-end visitors at the G. J. Burnett home were Mrs. Almeda Grantham and son, Walter, and Dr. and Mrs. Brunswick, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Litweiler at Round Lake on last Thursday. Chesney Brooks of this community and other members of the typewriting class of W. T. H. S. motored to Arlington Heights last Friday where they entered in the contest. BINGWOOD 1 MfoffUHie Miller spent Saturday afternoon in Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carr of Greenwood spent Saturday evening in Ringwood. You don't know what real coffee is until you try some of the special brand from Erickson's Dept. Store. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Welter and family spent Saturday evening at Johnsburg and McHenry. Miss Ethel Bell spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Bell. Irving Walker was a Saturday afternoon caller in Ringwood. Misses^ Sylvia and Gladys Larsen of Woodstock spent the week-end in the Claus Larsen home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephenson spent Saturday with relatives at Woodstock. Mr.jind Mrs. Clay Rager and family spent Saturday evening at Woodstock. Miss Mildred Clark of Woodstock spent Saturday afternoon in Ringwood. She was accompanied home by Miss Mildred Gibbs, who works in the Lewis Hawley home. Mrs. G. A. Stevens is spending a few days at Springfield. William Beth, Jr., of Chicago spent the week-end with his father, William Beth. A full line of BPS Paints at Althoff's Hardware, West McHenry. 51 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawley of Chicago spent Sunday in the E. C. Hawley home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webster and family of Greenwood spent Sunday in the Emma Merchant home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson of Elgin spent Siittday morning in Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Merchant of Woodstock spent Sunday in the Emma Merchant home. Fred Walker spent Sunday at Janesviile, Wis. ' Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison and family spent Sunday with C. W. Harrison. N Wayne FOBS is quite sick at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Rager and family spent Sunday afternoon in the William Antcliff home. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Allen, of Woodstock, spent Sunday afternoon with friends in Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Merchant and family spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Emma Merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hawley and two daughters, Marian and Shirley, spent Sunday afternoon at Crystal Lake. JVlr. and Mr*. Leroy Neal are entertaining relatives from Chicago for a few days. Mr. Wintering spent the week-end with Wisconsin relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hawley and family attended the show at Woodstock on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Young and son Stanley spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. A full line of BPS Paints at Althoff's Hardware, West McHenry. 51 Mrs. Hazel Thompson and Mrs. Robert Thompson of Chicago spent Sunday with their children at the home of Miss Ellen HalL Mr. and Mrs. Jack McLaughlin and daughter, Julia, were out-of-town callers on Sunday. Mrs. Frances Hall is again able to be out, after being ill with the grippe. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young and their daughter, Adele, spent Sunday morning at McHenry. 1 Mrs. Regina Rauen spent the weekend with Spring Grove relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles, Stephenson spent Sunday morning at Heibron, Richmond and Spring Grove. Elmer Carr is sick at this writing. Helen Laurence, who has been numbered with the sick, is again able to be out. Dick Rossman spent Sunday evening at McHenry. Mrs. Hannah Walker, who is in the hospital at Janesville, Wis., is slowly improving. William B. Tonyan of Johnsburg was a Sunday morning caller in Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepherd and two children spent Saturday evening at. McHenry. Mrs. Charles Stephenson spent Sunday afternoon on the C. H. Carr farm. v,-*? '•< fg&R* #3 SEED CQRNL mPBOVKD LEAIONO FODDER CORN The kind that grows extra tall and is especially good for ] I silage. Buy now. MILLER'S STORE Jos. J. Killer, Prop. Phone 114-R McHenry, DL V $ *>A, mm s One of the ple^sur^s of dining is in knowing that your Diritrig Room Furniture is of the best, lilt us show you^ne or jnore of the new sets we have in our store. LUSTEN $ SON Furniture and Undertaking; K THE SPECIAL SIX *1 11 £ 4-DOOR SEDAN *1^13 f. o. b. factory Full force-feed lubrication, air cleaner, gasoline filter, oil purifier--plus 4»wheel brakes, full balloon tires and 5 disc wheels--included at no extra cost. QUALITY to a degree never before found in a car of this price class; PERFORM* ANCE of extraordinary smoothness, responsiveness and power; and a/PRICE that is the LOWEST ever placed on a Nash 4-Door Sedan* George A, Stilling Garage Phone 28 - McHenry, 111. Efi BB BBS •••••vr: tyhofnesinlO do their washing the em V' o <MU» THE ATTITUDE of a community toward modern equipment in the home, indicates very clearly the progressive spirit which guarantees continued development. In Park Ridge, Illinois, a typical community served by this Company, 00* of all the homes have an electric washer. (Survey^ recently made by the General Federation of Women's Clubs.) The 1926 Year Boofc^- with many new and interesting facts about this Company and the territory it serves--is just off the press. Ask for free copy PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 101 Williams St., Crystal Lake Telephone 280 I. A. Schabeck, District Manager J