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W%'1 -** •••-•?*•«- +H$£S' • --. '•' '* «•-,: ** . 'f -;f. • tf! ^v#^- •••5a: • ••/: hKS ' / ' ' 7&. * ** V* ' VOLUME XXXVI. Mchenry, Illinois, thurday, January 2«. 1911. NTJMHER 32. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS HORSE OWNERS DISAPPOINT CROWD mm m sosss or a week n OUR SUSY UTILE VILLAGE. AS SEEM BY PLAINDEALE* REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. E. W. Howe Chieagoeu Wednesday. Russell Turner spent a few days last week at Solon. Mrs. Win. Bonslett was a Chicago visitor Wednesday. Frank Masquelet transacted business in Chicago Monday. , Geo. H. Kaniy boarded the Chicago train Friday morning. Jacob Justen was a business visitor in Chicago Wednesday. Walter Warner of Aurora visited McHenry friends Sunday. Henry Wilie of Crystal Lake passed a recent day in McHenry. Reuben Turner of Solon was a caller in town one day last we«*k, Ous Schoel was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning. F. E. Block of Elgin was entertained by McHenry relatives Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doherty were county seat visitors Wednesday. F. H. Herbes and son, Frank, were * t Chicago visitors last week Friday. Theo. Sehiessle attended to business matters in the windy city Monday. Mrs. G'. W. Stenger passed Friday of last week in the metropolitan city. G. W. Besley was a business trans­ actor in the windy city Wednesday. John Rifke of Chicago is spending a couple of weeks with Adolph Tietz. C. S. Howard and son, Ray, were Chicago visitors last week Saturday. Edward Tetlow of Elgin passed Sun­ day in the home of Mrs. Mary Carey. Mrs. David Payne was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning. L. K. Block transacted business mat­ ters in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Dr. D. G. Wells was a business vis­ itor in the metropolitan city Monday. ,Chris Norager was among the Chi­ cago visitors from this place Monday. Fred Weinschenker was among the Chicago passengers last Friday morn­ ing. Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Mason were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merriman last Satur­ day. D. G. Nellis of Kenosha, Wis., called on friends here Saturday and Sunday last. Mrs. Emma Phillips passed a few days this weejc with friends at Spring Grove. N. N. Weber and John Rarls of Spring Grove were visitors in town Sunday. Mrs. W. D. Phillips of Richmond was a McHenry caller one morning - last week. Miss Elfreida Berner of Chicago passed the Sabbath in the home of her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Will Cowen of Solon passed a recent day as the guests of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. T. Kimball of Palatine passed Sunday as the guests of Mc­ Henry refatives. Miss Edna Hunter of Elgin spent Sunday as a guest in the home of Mrs. Josephine Heimer. Mathias Laures. Emery Hartlette and^Jouis McDonald were over from Woodstock Sunday. Policeman Henry McDonald of North Crystal Lake called on relatives and friends here Sunday. William Simes and daughter, Alice, passed a recent day in the home of Robert Sutton at Solon. Charles Auld of Lake Geneva, Wis., was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger. Miss Florence Howe passed a few days recently as the guest of her sis­ ter, Mrs. H. H. Fay, at Solon. Miss Lillian McGee of Woodstock passed Sunday as the guest of her cousin, Miss Anna McGee, here. Martin J. Stoffel of Elgin was a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Stoffel, Sunday. Q. B. Gilbert came out from Chicago last Sunday morning and passed the day with relatives and friends here. Miss Bertha Schlosser of f'hicago visited at the home of Mrs. Augusta Wolff a few days the first of the week. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago was a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. v and Mrs. T. J. Walsh, the first of the •*) week. Mrs. James Button returned to her home iast Saturday after spending four weeks with her sister, Mrs. Mer­ riman. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest was entertained in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Howe, Sunday. Miss Minnie Dunne of Chicago f• passed a few days the first of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Bonslett. Gilbert McOmber came out from Chicago Saturday evening to be the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber. Sunny Steilen came out from Chica­ go last Saturday evening to be the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Steilen, Sunday. Miss Ella Mollohan went to North Crystal Lake Friday afternoon to be a week end guest in the home of her uncle, Ed Schueneman. • THAT TURNED OUT TO 'WITNESS HORSE RACES SiniSAY AFTERNOON, WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS One of the largest winter crowds liiat has gathered in McHenry in iuauj a moon was attracted to the Fox river speedway last Sunday afternoon where ice races between fast steeds from Mc­ Henry and vicinity were advertised to be pulled off. It was estimated that no less than five hundred people, many of whom were strangers, were present last Sun­ day afternoon to witness races that never materialized. Those who had the event in charge are very indignant over the manner in which they were treated by horse owners who had given th'em their promise to be on hand and enter their horses in the sport. A number of those who had prom­ ised to enter their steeds were in town bright and early Sunday morning, but when the time for the races arrived they were either affected with "cold feet" or otherwise, and failed to enter. When the horses for class A entered the course it was found that there would be only three starters, as fol­ lows: Bourbon C., Freddy B. and N?.™cy F., the other horses that w e re advertised failing to enter. An acci­ dent to Nancy F. in the first heat put her out of the running and this left only two contestants for class A, Bour­ bon C. winning the two heats with the greatest of ease. The time made by the two horses was as follows: FIRST HEAT. Bourbon C.--Steilen 1:15 Freddy B.--Brandt 1:24 SECOND HEAT. Bourbon C.--Steilen 1:1" Freddy B. -Brandt... .. 1:20 Only two horses were entered in the first heat of the class B race, they being owned by Martin Knox and Al­ bert Etten, their respective times for the half mile being 1:39 and 1:42. In the second heat of this race Math. Freund's horse was also entered, the Knox horse winning tlje heat. The finish of the horses and the time for each is as follows: Knox .1:39 Freund 1:41 Etten 1:44 A special race was then pulled off between twenty-seven-year-olds owned by John J. Buch and the McHenry brewery, the race being won by the brewery horse, with nothing to spare. It was hinted after the races that the Wauconda, Solon and Spring Grove horse owners had come to McHenry with the idea of picking up a little easy money, the prizes offered to the winners having no charms for them. Th^Plaindealer representative has heard so many different stories since Sunday that it is hard for us to deter­ mine which one to believe, but we will venture to say that if the different horse owners had given the promoter of these races their word that they would be on hand with their boi-ses and enter them in the races it surely was very unsportsmanlike for them to fall down on their word the very last moment and thus place the McHenry men who had charge of the sport in a bad light in the eyes of the public. SHOW TO TWO PACKED HOUSES. The Empire Stock company present­ ed the "Georgia Minstrels" to two packed houses at the Central opera house on Saturday and Sunday even­ ings and from all that we are able to learn not a soul left the play house dis­ appointed. We feel safe in saying tha t t he show was one o f t he b e s t i l not the very best ever put on by home talent in this village. We also feel safe in saying that the audiences were the largest that have ever attended an entertainment of any nature in in­ consecutive nights in the history of the theatre. That the efforts of the local company were duly appreciated was evidenced from the manner that the two big audiences responded with a hearty applause after each and every number. Manager Smith, who has had charge of the rehearsals and who managed the affairs of the show, is to be complimented for the high-class show he produced, as most of the nuin bers would do credit to any vaudeville stage. Miss Marion Smith of Boston made her first appearance with her undo. John, and is certainly a dancer. The company has been asked to put on the show in a number of towns around McHeary, the manager of the Wood­ stock opera bouse being particularly anxious to secure the attraction for the county seat theatre. The manager has not as yet decided whether or not he will take the show out. AS TAKEN FROM THE CGLUrffiS OF OUR mm EXCHANGES. TAXESi TAXES) Until further notice I will be at the following named places for the purpose of collecting the taxes for the town of McHenry: Mondays- at J. C. Debrecht's Johns burgh. * Tuesdays--at Bradley & Foss', Ring- wood. Thursdays--at M. J. Walsh's, West McHenry. Saturdays--at N. H. Pet^sch's. Mc­ Henry. Balance of the week I may be found at my home near Fox river bridge. 32-tf JOHN NIESKN, Collector. Peteeeh'a for drugs. SECOND ANNUAL MASQUE BALL BY THE McHENRY AERIE OP EAOLES WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 3. NISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. llobins have been reported at Bel vi­ de re and last Wednesday afternoon George King and William Rouse suw four meadow larks, all together, north of Lake Geneva. People who would not think of bath­ ing in water that had already been used by a half do/en others wii! uncon­ cernedly bathe their'lungs in the same air that has washed a hundred other lungs in the same room. Luther Bur bank, the c e l e b r a t e d hor­ ticulturist, has perfected a new straw­ berry, which he calls the "Patagonia." It is said to ripen earlier and last later than any other berry. The berries sometimes weigh an ounce and the seeds are almost imperceptible. Less than thirty years ago Illinois produced over #."».000,000 worth of apples as against *34.000 worth in 11XW. The decrease can lie attributed to in­ roads of insects and fungus pests, par­ ticularly the coddling moth, bitter rot and apple scab, in league the past few years with unfavorable w cat lit r condi­ tions. Harvard Independent: The dairy business pays, as will be shown by re­ ceipts for milk from one larm during the past year, amounting to $*,5^4.50. The lowest month during the year was $575 and the highest. #891. This milk goes to the St. Charles company at ('hemiing and the records will prove the truth of the :»l»ove figures. The membership statement in the Modern Woodmen society lor the mon ths o f November and D e c e m b e r , 1910, has just been completed by Head Clerk C. W. Hawes. The statement show*, a net gain in beneticial members of 7,141. and a net increase in insur­ ance of $9,33<i,000. On Dec. 31 there were 1,128,801 beneticial members in good standing carrying $1.7Sti,0«.»9.000 insurance. Mrs. Lillian Wilson of Joliet was shot and instantly killed by a bullet from an air rille in the hands of her son. Matthew, aged 15, last Thursday. It was the old story of the weapon and the l»oy who didn't know it was loaded. The miniature bullet entered behind and slightly below the base of tin1 right ear. Small as it was and with little driving power behind it, the range was so close that it penetrated her brain. Living typhoid germs have Iteei^ found in a lly stomach six days after the fly had sucked them in, and these g e r m s w e r e i n t he i r " specks" fo r t w o days after the germs were eaten by the My. Consumption germs were taken out of the belly of a lly at a My post­ mor t em. T h e l l y had sucked i n t h e s e par t i cu la r cons i imnt ion ge rms l i f - teen days before. Diphtheria germs live in Hies a week, but cholera germs die out in a couple of day s. Ten thousand bottles of catsup were destroyed on the lake beach at Rucinc the other day, by order of Charles Rein^txly^ deputy I'nited States mar­ shal A c;u '!o:wi of catsup shipped by a manufacturer to the Mueller-Kuehn Grocery Co. of Racine was found by- state chemists to be adulterated. The thousands of bottles were ordered broken and a lield neai'ly half a block long was used in the destruction of a product sup}K>sed to cost $1,200. Crystal Lake Herald: J. L. Tomis- _ky has a line collection of Indian Hints which he has mounted on a framework alwHit two feet square and covered with st assured of e numerous as t lie 2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE Plans for the holding of the second grand prize masque bait are now well under way by the members of the Mc­ Henry Aerie of Kagles and if our pre­ diction does not go astray the event this yeat* will surpass that of last, which was pronounced to have been the biggest event of its kind pulled off in McHenry in many years. Every member of the local "nest" is putting his heart and soul into the work of arranging for this massive event and when the evening for the event arrives those in charge hope to entertain no less than one hundred and fifty couples of meiry dancers. The ball this year w i l l take p l a c e it the Eagle's ball, formerly known as Bueh's hall, near the river bridge. The floor of the plat e will be put in the very best possible condition and those who a t t end m a y l»eing well entertained The prizes t his y eai and well worth cont< sting fo following lnt will verify: Ladies' prizes B> s t costume, $.">.00 West McHenry Stat. Hank: most com­ ical costume, $2.00 bottle perfume, M. M. N'iesen: best Irish maid, plate rack, N. .1. .1 listen: U st Indian maid, carving set, J. J. Vycital: best Gypsy maid, belt pin. N. A. Hu<mann: b< st German lady, siick of tl"iir, N. P. Steilen Son: l>< st How* i girl, pair of gloves, .1. C. Hickler: best Coinese lady. *1.50 box ol candy , W. A. Kislier: Im st covv- l»oy girl, row (toy pillow lop. N. H. lVt- esch: best colored lady. I mule of wine, .1. .). Buch. ('.••ills' p r i z e * B e s t c o s t u m e , $.">.00 cut glass wine set. Tlieo. Sehiessle: most comical c«>*tiiiin-. mttfller, .1. W. Freund: -st fat man, neck scarf. M. .1. Walsh: best tramp. Ikjx cigars,'I II. Weber: cowlioy, Ihjx cigars, (Jus Schoel; Dutchman, $1.50 pipe, Haitian Bros.: colored gentleman, Ih>x cigars, N. K. Barbian: clown, pair $1.50 black auto gloves, Block iV Bethke: Indian? 1k)(tle of wine, John Heimer: China­ man. one year's subscription, The Plaindealer: best costumed couple, pair of gloves for each, F. A. Bohlander. The supper will be served in the dining hall of the McHenry House and will be in charge of Mrs. Bickler, who has already made for herself an excel­ lent reputation in this department since coming to McHenry. The music for the occasion will be furnished by Metzger's orchestra oi Woodstock. Dance tickets. 75 cents: spectators' tickets, 25 cents. All are cordially invited. ANOTHER JANUARY BRIDE. MISS ROSA M. JUSTEN IS UNITED TO MR. FRED HUFF. The i^rriage of Miss Rosa M. Jus- ten to Mr. Fred Hull was solemnized by Rev. A. Rover at St. Mary 's Cath­ olic church in this village on Wednes­ day morning of this week at 9:30 o'clock. The ceremony was a very pretty affair, the couple being accompanied to * lie alUu by Misses Rena Hull and Susie J listen and Messrs. Nick J usten and Walter Huff. Littte Hellen Herljes act+*d as flow er girl and carried her role nicely. The bride was at­ tired in a beautiful gown of cream silk and can ied the usual shower liouquct of bridal roses. The brides­ maids wore lavender colored dresses and carried bouquets of sweet pe:i«. A reception was tendered the young couple at the home of the bride's par- black velvet, with the arrows and | ents here immediately after the cere- spear heads arranged in a very artistic mony. The reception was largely at- inanner uj>on its surface, (hie very | tended by invited relatives and close rare specimen, a spear head of tem- ; friends of the happy pair. Many beau- pered copper and finely fashioned, is tiful gifts were received by the couple worth many times its weight in gold, and then some. John will have the collection framed, when it will be an ornament to lw proud of. Mrs. Jay Kendall, d a u g h t e r of.Mi. and Mrs. F. B. Wilkinson, is in a seri­ ous condition at her home at ( hemiing j during the day. In the evening a wedding dance w as I held at Smith's hall at Johnshurgh. | which was attended by nearly two j hundred young friends of the newly I weds. | The bride is the voungest daughter as a result of blood poison, which she | of Mr. and Mrs. John Justenof this sustained in a peculiar and simple man- ' place. She was Inirn and raised in the ner. To remove a pimple or piu U>il j vicinity of McHenry, where she has on her face she pricked the same with i always made her huine. During the her lingers, not realizing the c.nsc-| past year she has l**en employed in quences until her face became swollen the store of Frank Schumacher of Spring (Irovr, where she has gained many friends. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mi*. Andrew Huff, who reside near Spring Grove. He is a trusted and intense pain set in. Mi's. Kendall is alarmingly il) and the outcome is l ooked u jM>n w i th unce r t a in ty . A n i n ­ f ec t ion fo l lowed t h e open ing <>( t h e eruption on her face, but that so seri­ ous an aspect should ensue seems a I employe at the plant of the Weiland mystery to all conversant with such things. Suffragettes who take ihc oath of office when they vote should take a warn ing f rom the case o f fou r t h o u ­ sand Seattle women. These well mean­ ing women went to the jiolls the other day and made the necessary oath 1h>- fore casting their ballots. It now transpires that the said oath was an old form in which the affiant swears he is a "male person." The ladies are Dairy company of that place and is a young man w ho is held ID the highest esteem by all who know him. Mr. and Mit>. Huff will be at home t<> their friends on and after February 1 at Spring Grove, 111. Their friends wish them happiness and prosperity. NUNDA TOWNSHIP TAXES. I will be at the following places on davs given for the purpose of collect­ ing tikxes for the township of Nunda: ! Tuesdays and Saturdays at Schueneman now in a peculiar predicament. Hither I ^ | iaj in s store. North Crystal Lake: they must stick to their oath and don ^ ̂ n^ays at West McHenry State male attire or else be liable to crim­ inal prosecution for swearing falsely. Their dilemma should serve as a warn­ ing to others who are ambitious to per­ form the duties of the .men folks at election ttyie. Bank. HENRY MCMILLAN, Collector. •March 16, 1911. Hot water bottles, fountain syringes, at Petesch's. OT RURAL SCHOOLS IS ELD AT CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS A. M. SHELTON GIVES OPENING ADDRESS BEFORE BIG AUDIENCE. Superintendent A. M. Shelton, at the second annua! conference of rural schools, gave the oj>ening address last Thursday evening in Agricultural hall, Champaign. 111. The audience was composed of school officers, teachers and representative citi/.eusof our state, who are deeply interested in conditions that have arisen in Ixith city and coun­ try during the past generation. The cities of our nation have been growing at the expense of our rural population. For instance in our own state, Chica­ go grew 2S.7% to the downstate's 8.4%; lift) counties fell back in population, and more than half of the area of Illi­ nois is less densely ]K>pulated than ten veal's ago. Mr. Shelton spoke in be­ half of the rural situation, and said in part: " When the soil was new there was no need to develop a rural school to aid and especially help country life. While nature was taking care of the rural problems, the one-room school could not anticipate present conditions and develop future possibilities studies more educational today for the pupils and advantageous to our present en­ vironment. A foster-school with town books, town methods and town course of study, as a oat ural consequence, was ;tdopted for the country children. Wasteful methods of farming and only- city studies for country schools per­ haps had a place in pioneer days, but they now have outlived their useful­ ness. Direct contact here and there with ,j>artially exhausted soils and occasional experiences with poor seed corn and other farm problems, will ultimately cause the one-room school to come into its own a real country school to look after the welfare of the great majority of its pupils. "This school now has little to offer in a practical way to the great class of pupils that w ill remain upon the farm. The enrollment of our schools illus­ trates this in a striking manner. The number of pupils of the first grade is more than four times as great as the number in the eighth grade. These pupils must drop out in the lower grades because .parents feel that the work in the upper grades does not con­ cern itself largely with pupils that do not expect to enter city activities Thus the training of the real tillers of the soil must be done by the parents without tiie aid of any school or scien­ tific knowledge other than what h# has j licked up in the school of exper­ ience. Our schools, all along the line, have been so busy producing men at the top of every other profession they are failing to give the simplest scien­ tific facts to the actual worker. While the specialist is a benefactor of great value to all, yet to organize our entire educational system from top to bottom, especially for the boftetit without any similar regard to the needs of the actual tillers of the soil, it seems to me. is a positive evil, "The value of the professional man is determined bv the contentment and success of our agricultural and other industrial workers. It is just as im­ portant to teach in the one-room school that the business of the farm is as worthy of study as the business of the city: that the trial balance of feed ra­ tions requires as much skill as the trial balance of l>ookkeeping, and that to work for ^2"> or &J0 a month and call it a wage is more remunerative and just as worth) us it is to stand behind a counter for ten or twelve dollars a week and call it a salary. If our boys when they left the one-room school knew the value of alfalfa and the silo, the satisfaction that arises thru the handling of pure bred seeds and live stock, in fact the exceptional opportu­ nities the (arm offers for the excep­ tional man, the farm might stand as a challenge to the manhood that is dawn­ ing in the boy instead of a hardship or a fate. "A reasonable amount of time spent in school during September and Octo­ ber uj>on the value of the selection of seed corn from the lield; in Noveml>er and December upon the scoring of seed corn and corn judging; in January and February u|>on the testing of corn for its vitality: in March and April up­ on the soil and its improvement, and in May and June upon planting and cultivation of corn would present the subject tliruout its life history on the farm. In the same manner the dairy problems could be carried thru the year. In other words, such studies a half hour a day twice a w eek in the seventh and eighth grades would offer good material for brain development for all, and vocational facts for nearly all. To know more of nature and her laws will supplement most admirably the books taught. To place in our schools some of the principles of agri­ culture will establish a more intimate relation betw een the theory of learn­ ing and actual doing, and givV a prac­ tical outlook to our sphools now so con­ spicuously lacking. It would afford an excellent means by which our children could learn facts from the experimental stations of our country while their minds were in a receptive mood. Our ite university for many years has sent out the results of its investigations the men of the farm. When this ailable material can be presented in suitable form for seventh and eighth grade boys, the rural school will be !e to give direct vocational aid to its pupils that remain upon the farm, and better educational advantages to all. Such leaflets in the rural school would take the force of the university out to the farm before the boy began to plow. The ]>ossibilities and opportunities of the farm might then have a chance ith the boy before the swing of city- conditions captivate him. ^ H'HENRY TOWNSHIP TAXES BKXER ITEFJS OF LOCAL INTEREST TAX COLLECTOR JOHN NIESEN STARTS WORK NEXT MONDAY MORNING. The collectors of the various towns in McHenry county have received their liooks and are now busily engaged in getting things in shape to start the work of collecting the tax money. The total amount of taxes to be col­ lected in McHenry county this year is some lower than last year, which is cause for congratulation, considering that taxes have been on the up grade for so many years past that it has al­ most grown to be a habit to expect them to be higher on each succeeding year. The total tax to be collected this year in this county foots up &tN. r>,- 523.01). This is $1,(112.90 lower| than they were last year, the figures for 1910 being $387,l.'$5.9ti. Of the amount of $385,523.06 to be collected $343,972.90 is on the books of the various collectors, the balance of $41,550. lti being the amount of taxes levied on the railroad, telegraph and telephone companies. Of course the railroads come in for the major share, $39,H44.82, while $204.95 is charged up to the telegraph companies and $1,500.- 39 to the telephone companies. While the total amount to be col­ lected in the county this year is over $1,(300 lower than last year's tax, Mc­ Henry township tax payers lyill be called upon to pay heavier taxes. The total tax to be collected in McHenry this year is $23,051.57, an increase over last year's tax of $251.57. The total sum that each of the sev­ enteen towns of the couty will be called upon to pay is given below: AS PICKED DP IY PLAWDEALOt RE­ PORTERS DURING WEEK. lliley Marengo Dunham.. . . . . _ Chemung. . Alden . _ . .. Hartland . Seneca . Coral Grafton . _ . Dorr . Greenwood Hebron Richmond Burton McHenry. N unda . Algonquin . Collector John Niesen has his books all in shape and will start out after the money next Mpnday morning, so be prejMired to meet him with a smile. WILL CRY AUCTION SALES. 9,974 ... 32,74(I .... 8,819 .... 44,8(58 10,500 7,007 . 10,220 . 12,149 .... 18,()49 ... 03,228 . TO,032 ... 17,391 ... 17,378 .. 3,319 ... 23,051 ... 25,372 ... 28,(S(>1 G. A. SATTEM IS NOW READY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. G. A. Sattem, who for some time has resided in the vicinity of McHenry, has decided to go into the auctioneer­ ing business and with that end in view has inserted a card in the columns of The Plaindealer calling attention to that fact. Mr. Sattem is a graduate of the Jones National School of Auctioneer­ ing, the very; best school of the kind in the United States, and graduated therefrom with high honors. The school is taught by men who have practiced the different lines of auction­ eering from eight to fifty years and enjoy a national reputation. Kutire satisfaction is guaranteed to all who may require his services, and to acquaint himself he offers to auct ion off baskets at school basket socials and church bazaars in McHenry and vicin­ ity free of charge. He disposed of the baskets at the Ostend school last Fri­ day evening and all present declare that he made an excellent job of it. If you are contemplating an auction sale give this man a chance. He sells anything, as will be seen by his card in another part of this paper. SCHOOL NOTES. We are sorry to lose Lola Hoy le, one of the eleventh grade pupils. The ninth and tenth grades will fin­ ish the study of commercial geography this month. The pupils and teachers are having extra work this week on account of ihe examinations. The discussion of current events will be given this week by Letah Page, Edna I'halin, Agnes Conway and Mamie Ibsch. If the public would think mora about the class motto of '09, "Attende Tuuui (Ipus," and think less of the small troubles which come up in school, all would be better. Next Friday night Hebron's fast basket ball teams are coming to Mc­ Henry. The Hebron teams have a good reputation, and, as McHenry has not lost a game this year, interesting games are expected. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS TIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. tyittar Market, Butter took another decline of two cents on the Elgin board of trade Mon­ day, the market being declared firm at 25 cents. All seats 10 cents at the Central Sunday, Jan. 29. Don't forget the moving pictures at the opera house Sunday, Jan. 29, Mrs. John Bonslett, who has been quite seriously ill, fs reported to be on the gain. Have yon seen our five and ten cost counter? If not, better call in and save mon»y- J. J. Vycital. This is the fourth week of the mov- ing pictures at the Central and are giving the best of satisfaction. Horden's Milk company completed stheir work of harvesting their annual supply of ice here Inst Thursday. Will pay ten cents each for pigeons delivered at our store. N. P. Steilen & Son, McHenry, 111., near river bridge. Theo. H. Bethke, of the firm- of' Block A Bethke, was absent from t-h* store several days last week. Illness was the cause. Mrs. E. W. Howe, who has been confined to her home thru sickness for the past few weeks, is again able 1 to be in her millinery shop. A number of miniature lakes have again formed alung our public high­ ways and the nuisance is causing our citizens considerable annoyance and discomfiture. Oliver Moore, a former West Side saloon keeper, and who lost a foot in the canning factory explosion, is agajn a McHenry resident and is now em­ ployed in the E. Hunter boat factory. Crystal Lake Herald: Misses Ann* McGee and Florence Welch of McHen­ ry "visited the Crystal Lake schools Monday. The girls think the walks more icy in Crystal Lake than in Mc­ Henry. . Chamberlain's Cough "Remedy never disap]K>ints those who use it for oIh stinate coughs, colds afld irritations of the throat and lungs. It stands un­ rivalled as a remedy for all throat and lung diseases. Sold by all dealers. Elgin Courier: Laura M. Harrison, formerly of this city, has filed suit for divorce in the circuit court from Roy C. Harrison. Attorneys Ellis and Western represent Mrs. Harrison. Mr. Harrison resides at Woodstock. They have two children. In the personal column last week we said that Miss Dora Stoffel had gone to Chicago to take up a position. We were incorrectly informed and to rec­ tify the error we will state that Miss Stoffel has gone to Chicago to take up a position for a friend who is ill and will return to McHenry just as soon as the young lady is able to resume her duties. There will bfe but two eclipses dur­ ing the year 1911 and both of these will be of the sun. It is an unusual year in that there will be no eclipse of the moon whatever. The first eclipse of the sun, which will take place on April 28, will be visible in this section of the country just before sunset. The second, an annual eclipse oi the sun, will be visible in America. If you are superstitious about the number 13 you had better give us your quarter dollars, for on each one are 13 stars, 13 letters in the scroll of the eagle's beak, 13 leaves on the elive branch, 13 arrow heads and 13 letters in the words "quarter dollar." Now it's not safe to keep them, so just bring them in to us and get credit on your subscription for the full aihount. Millions of pounds of cold storage butter, eggs, cheese and poultry, some v of it as much as five years old, accord­ ing to estimates of dealers, are about to be thrown on the market and sacri- liced at whatever price they will bring :ls the result of the collapse within the last few days of the "food trust," which by steady aggressions has piled prices of provisions up to their present figures. Chicago, as the center of the cold storage industry of the country, to be vortex of the wholesale un­ loading. Just as John R. Knox, the rural mall carrier, left his home on North Green street iast Sunday morning with jk horse and cutter the cutter struck a rut in the highway and was upset. The upsetting of the cutter frightened the horse and the steed started dowyi the road at a 2:40 clip. John was game, however, and clung to the lines until he finally stopped the animal in frond of Block & Bethke's store. As a result of being dragged nearly two blocks the victim of the accident is nursing some very sore spot* about his person, but he is thankful that it wasn't worse* During the excitement Mr. Knox loeH considerable small change thai he carried in his pocket, pert oi has been recovered ainoe.