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If-"1 - , y. zfi%* V . r ; 4 • A *>- vx^bg^i,' XDOOATIONAt "IKS COLUMN. OORDrCTKD BT S. D. BALDWIW. S>J#£ t Some of Ibe Egyptian mummies are •tifnwd In bandages mora than on* thousand yards long. * There will b« a Teachers* Meeting ^ the school house at Nunda, Saturday, <Vt. 15.1881. All teachers and others Interested are cordially Invited to be ,p»*>Bent. Prof. Rstee made hie salutatory in the Educational Column of the Sen- *' tlnetof last week, and those who read .,|| will look with interest for what he * to My in the fature..^.,W* Wish [Continued from First Page.] Of the 124 schools visited by nie, of them liad not been visited by -fM«n pucoess In all his work, ^ By Inquiry, we learn tne following regard to the Richmond school: Mr. P. Fisk, Jr. is principal, Miss Smith f hlas charge of the Intermediate, and ? ' Hiss Johonnott of the Primary room. | f*h«re are 111 pupils enrolled,of which SK are in the higher department, 33 in $he Intermediate and 63 in the prl- ' ,'4jiiary. The number of pupils Is ftilly /•jjjljb large as In former years at the same Iieason of the year. ' • The Rev. J. G. Wood, of England, in • • l e c t u r e b e f o r e t h e C h e s t e r S o c i e t y o f ^ ITat oral Science, expressed the belie 'that there is no Insect, however Insig- *"<• ttificant it may appear,or however nox. ' - lous we may think it, which is not di- ^"jpBCtly or indirectly a benefit to man ijhe grand object of insect life is to eat , And by eating, insects render the earth for higher creatures to inhabit. A ,< Savage wearing no clothes does not Appreciate the silkworm. He does not #ant its cocoon, but he wants the mul " terries, which it destroys by eating ^ ghe leaves. Nobody likes cockroaches, . ^trhlch is found only where there is . Wasted food to clear away, j f'hey also consnme that smaller and ,, • jret flatter and mora hateful Insect * %hlch musician called MB flat," and \ »Vhich under cover of night takes the boldest liberties with the daintiest „ flesh and blood. J 0f McHenry Schools for the onth ending Sept. 33d, 1881: otal enrollment. . 162 ole No. days attendance 3449 Average daily attendance 129 Number enrolled in higher depart- +. linent, 33; whole No. days attendance, ; average daily attendance, 29; one ^|tanding first In number of credits, jyjifJalJIe Buoklln; one standing seoond in fiumberof Credits, Wm. Mead; one Standing best in written examination, , W. Mead; seoond best, Millard Stod- nmCBMKDIAXB DKPAIWKIT. umber enrolled 81 hole No. days attendance....... 604 rverage daily attendance 27 On Roll of Honor, 11, viz.: Amy JfOwen. Hattle Story, Benny Bonslett, Anna Nordquest, Horace Hill, Percy pllll, Mary Wentworth, Sdith Martin, •v > ^PTIllie Bucklln, Glenn Waite, Katie $'* * tRiKfonum, Tmlw. FRTWART DEPARTMENT. v Numbcrenrolled 3 i - * ^jWbole No. days attendance....... 01 V v '.Average daily atttendance 30 fir1"" On Roll of Honor, 16, viz.: Lois Bald Vin, Lonnle Bishop, Jessie Baldwin, '* Charles Nordquest, Alfred Perry, Katie , • tpenry,Florence Searles, Effle Kennedy \c " ^Electa Kennedy, Nellie Hill, Daisy fV -Hill. Katie Knox, Willie Karges, Peter St4,^ Eogeln, Mat. Engeln. Harry Eldredge j BELLE STODDABD, Teacher WEST SIDE DIVISION. Number enrolled ^Whole No. days attendance..... "pf»CK'Average daily attendance 4?.$ Number on Roll of Honor, 18, " Li llie Bucklin, Lillie McNab, 66 the directors during the proceeding year. Over 50 schools have no dfctlonary of any kind. Many schools are not even supplied with a register which the law makes it the Imperative duties of the directors to supply. Registers are in­ tended to be a permanent record of the school from year to year for nse and reference as occasion requires1. A reg- ester, carefully kept, would assist di­ rectors in making their report*? to the township treasurer and in many other cases. Every school should be sup­ plied with one and teachers required to keep them carefully and correctly. All of which is respectfully submit­ ted. A. W. YOUNG, 06. Snpt. of Schools. of THE WfeST SIDE HARDWARE To the Honorable Hoard of Supervi&ors McHenry conntj. foiptg and expemlitnrsB of y Sup't of Schools for the year commencing July 1, 1380 and. ending June 30. I88L July 11890 Balance on hand 70 83 RECEIPTS. June 90 Total of balance and receipts 1800 45 KXPBNDITVKBS. Total expenditures. ...# 66 43 I>I8TRinCTrON OF SCHOOL FUTO. Mob 15. Amount of school fund die- trilmtccl to town of Riley t 280 78 do do do Marengo 34 do do do Dunham do do do Chemung do do do Coral do do do . 8eneca do do do Startland do dp da AMen do . do do Grafton do . «Jo do Dorr do do do Greenwood do .do do Hebron do do do Algonquin do .. io do Xiinda .do ; do do McHenry do do do Richmond do do Town 43 i;ange 9 do do 44 do do do 45 do do ' Town of Burton Whole ain't distributed to - -- townships $ 77fil 35 Snp'ts com on distribution. 15-* 40 Whole arat ree'd from State Auditor and paid out 7i»19 75 June 30 Total expenditures .i 7986 08 do Balance on hand * 63 37 Total expenditures and balance 8049 45 Respectfully submitted. A. AT. YOUNG, Co Sup't of Schools. do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do' do do do do do 297 36 742 37 :m 70 319 54. S3 307 0<> 521 25 849 12 •253 70 273 10 594 03 410 35 fi73 05 431 83 143 48 84 56 131 10 76 25 T. J. DACT. JOHN DONOVAN. . 60 . 817 . 43 viz.: Grace T. J. Dacy k Co. It is an open secret, well known to the farmers of Mc­ Henry county, that during the last 12 years ours has been the only Agricultural Warehouse in the county where everything in our line needed on the farm, from a pound of the best Barbed ire to a Threshing Machine could be obtained at all times ^ithout notice. It was thought J^y those who knew us least, that he destruction of our Ware­ house by fire a year ago, would cripple us. Instead 01 doing so, it has given us new life and vigor so that we are now better pre­ pared than ever before to under­ sell our (would be) competitors. Our Spring stock is by far the largest and best in the county and we are selling so close that it is a rare thing to see any one looking at our goods and going away without buying. Our present exhibit consists of1 Plows, Harrows, Spring-tooth Parrows, Pulverizers, Rollers, Stalk Cutters, 16 in. Sulky Plows Seeders Diiils, five and six Shovel, orn Cultivators, the best Zegal Bai bed Wire, Lumber Wagons, 3 springMilk Wagons, Platform spring Wagons, and about 300 Carriages An exanii- notion of our stock will fully sustain our claims T.J, DACT & CO. Woodstock, III Has now in Stock, for the Fall and Winter trade as fine a line of Cook and Heating Stoves as can be found in the county, to which he invites the attention of the buying public, confident that he can pl< ase in quality, style and price. More particulars next week. - Barb Wire 81-2 eta. per lb. All knds of Jobbing In my line will receive prompt attention. Please give me a call before purchasing in need of. anything in mj - COLBY £: CO j./ ! V.<Vr„ : \ STORE8, McHenry and Nunda, 'Cjyv*. mm ' 1 THEIR JOHN * Jtre now Offering the Largest Line 1. N. MEAD! Hardware, Stoves, Tinware &c„ ever shdwn in McHenry County, which offer to the buy- tag fiublic w bottom elsewhere when lliie McHenry, Sept. 27th. MEAD. J. W . Cl-isty, --DKALER IIN-- GENERAL RINCWOODILLINOIS, Never will consent'to allow his customers to obtain better bar gains away fiom home than he will give them in Jany goods in his line. Sept 12th, 1881 Golden Star, PS gi^Stevens, Edith C*rpent«r, Hettie Wentworth, Lizzie Baas, Dora Besley, "vMairgie Bonslett, Howard Stevens, | Alvah Mead. Jay Gilbert, John Boss, George McNab. KM. nunc OOLBT, Teaeber. Boys; I want to ask yon how yon i" ' ' think a conqueror would make out who 4', Vs ' went through a country he was trying ¥, ;v > subdue, and when he found a fort hard to take left it alone. Don*t you i think the enemy would buzz wild atR " there, like bees in a hive; and when he JOS. WIEDEMANN, Saloon and Restaurant, NBAS THE DKPOTJ MCHENRY, - ILLINOIS The best Brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on Hand. Good Stabling for Horses. < V I v-x was well into the heart of the country „don't you fancy they would swarm out and harass him terribly? Just so, I want you to remember, will it be with you, if you skip over .n> the hard places in your lessons and leave them unlearned; you have left an enemy in thp rear that will not fail ' to harass you and mortify you times " without number^ "There was just a little bit of my Latin 1 hadn't read," said a vexed atudent to me, "and It was there the Professor had to call upon me at ex< amination. There were juftt two or ^ three examples I had passed over, and V one of those I wan asked to do op the 'fj 'blackboard/' The student who is not thorough is '/v;; never well at his ease; he cannot for- get the skipped problems, and the eon- i; aclou^nePB of his deficiencies makes him nervous and anxious. Never laugh st the slow, plodding ,'L student; the time will surely come * when the laugh will be returned. It takes time to be thorough, but it more than pays. Resolve, when you take up a study, that you you will go through with it like a suTOssful conqueror, taktngeverv strong point. If the inaccurate scholar's difficul- >- ties closed with his school life, it might not be so great a matter for his future sareer. But he has chained to , himself a habit that will be like au ^ Iron ball at his heel all the rest of his *7 life. Whatever he does, he will be ' / lacking somewhere. He has learned to ? ahirk what is hard, and the habit will §|f mw with years.--Examiner. 7 ^WANTED TO EXCHANGE, ' " *€fcuHgnter work for a good Horse or CovJgp&M-soii* wishing Carpenter i work aiM pay in this way should apply ALSO AGENT FOR Franz Falk's •'m' SHLWAUKEE Lager Beer. Beer in Large or Small Kege or Bottles al wnys on hand cheaper than any other, quail tjr conwidered. This licer hag a world wide reputation, and goodjuilgee acknowledge it cannot oe sur­ passed in the world. Orders by mail promptly attended to. JOS. WIEDEMANN. McHenry, 111. Ang. 10th, 1881. Our stock is complete and comprises everything usually kept in ft First Class Hardware Store. Our store is crammed full of Bargains and we offer the best and most goods for the least money of any one in the business. WE INTEND TO KNOCK THE BOTTOM OFT OF HIGH PRICES IN The Best Barb Wire in the Market at 8 cts. per Pound, jgiTCall and see us and learn that we mean business. Store in McHenry, Opposite Bishop's Mill. At Nunda in Palmer's Store. Is selling good TTRNITURE Cheaper than any others dealer in the county.^ ^Oall; and learn prices. •UiftSS Proclamation No. 17 QW and mr THE- Reliable Dealers in THIS NEW AND CORRECT HAP Provos beyond any reasonable question* that the Chicago & N orth. westerti R*y Is by all edds the best road for you to take when traveling in either direction between Chicago anil all tie Principal Points in the Test North & Northwesl Carefully examine this Map. The principal Cities of the West and Northwest are Statioaa on this road. Its through trains make close connections with the trains of all railroads and Junction points, E. M/OWEN & SON, SILVER STAR, And a dozen other patterns ot Coal 8tOve» can be found at our store, THE GOLDEN 8TAR AND RESOLUTE, Parlor Heaters, for Wood or Coal. The finest line of Cottage Stoves la the Market. O. C. COLBY & CO., MeHENRT AND S1IU As Cheap as the Cheapest. JOHNSBURCH / MORTGAGE SALE. BY virtue of a power of sale contained in a Sale Mortgage, executed by Peter Leick- ein and Catherine Leickem his wife, to Stni'l H. Walker, October 28, A. D. 1H75, and record­ ed In the Recorder's Office ot tlio County of MoITftnry, in book 47 of Mortgages, on page 364, to secure tbe pay - ment of tnree certain piomissory notes of even date with said mortgage, for the sum of four hundred dollars due J101) one year after date, $100 two years after date and $200 three years after date, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, said notes payable to said Samuel II. Walker or order. £>e"£ault having been made in the payment of the principal and interest of said notes, thero be­ ing now dneon the game the sum of one hun­ dred and ninety-four dollaro and thirty-three cents, as interest, and said «uin of four hun­ dred dollars as principal, as by the terms of said Mortgage, I shall, as Kxeoutor of the last will and testament of the said Samuel H. Walker, deceased,on Saturday, the 15th day of October A, D„ 1881, at the hour of 1 o'clock. 1*. M., of said day, at tbe east door of the Court House, in Woodstock, in said County of Mc­ Henry and State of Illinois, offer for sale and sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described Ucal Estate, situated in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, tn-wit:--Commencing at the north-west corner of Lot No. 6, Block No. 1H, and running south feet, thwnce east 75 feet, thence north 56 feet, thcnce west 75 feet to the place of beginning, it being the West part of Lot No. 8, in Block 18, in the Village of McHenry on the west side of Fox ttiver, together with all ttie right and equity of redemption of the said Mortgagors, their heirs and assigns. J. W. CRI8TY. "^P" :> Executor of the Ettate of Samuel H. Walker, Mortgagee. September Mli, 1381. i' fit' ~ Marllejirts HENRYflMILLER, -WALKR>K- American and Foreip lartle Monuments, Headstones, ETC., ETC., ETC. American & Scotch Granite, Constantly on Hand. Shop Two miles North of Mc Henry, 111. Johnsburgh, Aug. 80tb, W11 Every man, woman ancj child that pays Cash for their goods, should trade where goods are marked on that basis. Where they can save from 15 to 26 per cent. Where $5 will get them more goods than 97 will at a credit store. SlfcVJKHS * 9CHMOKB. Would give the people of McHenry and Lake Counties to v-. understand that taey are still in \he business, with the largest and --«est stock of Agricultural Machinery Of all kinds, to be found in the market. They have in Stock PLOWS of all kinds, Seeders, Corn Planters, Cultivators, Drills Dra»;s, Pulverizers, Corn Sheilers Feed Milis, Threshing Machines, Foil and Wood Puuips, Wind Irilb, Open and Top Buggies, and in short everything^ usually kept in a first class Agricultural Warehouse, All of which will be sold 1 °%mi FLORENO-" --** Quinne "IPireMfer . Spilil * N ikamerd ZJ.St. Cloud Ordway :v. 8iou* q , Cfigto* '*y rJMBCUy^. V V> St- alena WEST] i p o RAILW CHICAGO NORTH-WESTERN Jc C NORTH-WESTERN THE CHICAGO Over all of its principal lines, runs each way daily from two to four or more Fast Xipres* It is tne only road west of Chicago that uses the Trains. PULLMAN HOTEL DINING CABS, It fs the only road Miat runs Pullman Sleeping Cars Xorth or Northwest of China go. It kM' noarly|3,000 Miles Of Road- In forms tt^fcrtkwing Trunk Lines: . 2c; Council Bluffs, Denver & California Line. Winona, Minnesota ft Central Dakoka Linst Sionx City, Nor Nebraska A Yankton Line. Chicago, St. Paul A Minneapolis Line Northern Illinois, Frccport & Dubuque Llner Milwaukee, Green Bay A Lake Superior Live Tickets over this road are sold by all Coupo® Ticket Agents in the United States A Canada Ueuieinber to ask for Tickets via this road, the sure they read over it, and take none other MAEVIN HUGHITT, tien'l Manager, Chicago W. H. 8 TEN HI TT, Gen Pass Agt Chicago J^"None but the beat of machinery kept, that we mean business. Call and be convinced E. M. McHenry, 4Pr^ 13th, 1881. OWEN & SON. J. ESTEY&COMPANY No. 2SO.--Front VieiFo No. 230 Muck View« BRATTLES30R0, VT. A New Style of Organ, designed for Sunday Schools, Chapels, etc., and Sold at Moderate Price. ry ALL OUR ORGANS ARE WARRANTED, AM) ARE MADE Df THB SAH THOROUGH KAMER AS FOR THE PAST 35 TEARS. t&~8eii to Dlnstratei Catalipe leflm ieciJim vtut taBnr. HOW TO OKV KICK. Expose yourself day and night; eat too much without exercise ; work too bard without rest; doctor ail the time; take all the vile i.o8trums advertised; and then you will want to know. How To Get Welt Which is anawered In these words --Take Hop Bitters! See another col- uniu. 18 XT POSS1BUI That a remedy made of such common simple plantsasHopp, Buchu, Mandrake Dandelion.&«., makes so many ana such wonderful cure's as Hop Bitters do. It must, for when old and young, rich and poor. Pastor and Doctor and Edi­ tor5 all testify to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no lougur. See other eolumu. McHENBY, ILL. DEALER IN Scissors, Shears, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Spades. Shovels, Forks, Corn Knivee, Axes, Grindstc Window Glass* CRANITE-IRON AND TINWARE. J. STORY. GEORGE W. BESLEY, Drniiist ait Aptlecary. McHenry 111. --DEALER IN-- Drugs, Uedcines, Paints, Oils, and Toilet Articles I have added to mv already Large Stock, a Fine Line oi TOILET ARTICLES, LAtfPS, CHOICE CANDIES. To"which he invites the attention oi thebuying*public. Physicians Prescriptiona Carefully Compounded. Give me a Call. C. W.&ESMiY. McHenry, 111, Nov 10th, 1880. 1 Msg'