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TOO BUSY TO DIE - ' By \ LEONARD A. BARRETT "I am too busy to die," so said Cktorge Bernard Shaw upon his eightieth birthday. An intensely interesting statement! Perhaps such an utterance expressed in sincerity and faith, reveals to the reader some of the reasons why the noted writer has arrived . at his eightieth birthday. It was . a great occasiorWri literary circles. Mar. y persons in both tiie^academic a " Old Timers' MORE LETTERS WANTED McHenry, Sept. 8, 1936. Suppose way Jback, say thirty years, your father had. a brother, John, who went to Australia. Uncle John wrote an occasional letter, telling about his prospecting for geld. Time <vent by and then no more letters and, believing him deadrhe was seldom mentioned. Suddenly, all out of a clear sky, and you, down in the dumps, ill perhaps, a long envelope is delivered to you. A glance shows that it came from a firiri of New- York attorneys. „ You hastily open the letter and find a communication that your uncle had passed away and that, upon pro or', his entire fortune- i}v excess, of $1,000^000 had been • • y, . . / , . ... . ..left to you. What effect would it have i}d secular^world joipedjii^tlne ce_- i upon you? Let's look into it. Your general health and -"spirits improvement. Your family would be radiant and; their bodies Would take on a.new eia?tK'itj. -and some members of the family would take on a snootiness and quite likely would soon be looking1 over high-priced cars and planning extensive trips, r^ew clothes and fine furniture for a fine home. Everyone would be happy and hardly a thought of poor uncle John, who could not take Robert Louis Stevenson his wealth with him. Even if the letdid most of his finest work while ter was phoney it would have the same suffering from an incurable disease, effect, don't you think, until you found but he was a rare exception. A out jt was a swindle and then back sluggish mind may be due to patho- deeper into the dumps to go. logical conditions and an uninspired The foregoing is just a simple illussoul, to the absence of beneficent £|.a£jon cf emotions which influinfluences. No, if we want to do ence om. he#Ith and spirits. good work and especially so in ad- 0ne of the fviest things I know, is to vanced age, we nvust see to it that meet; peopie who are aged, maybe in :ies by which we live mm- confined to their house or bed the strength of both soul 'find ^ ^ and gweet Mc_ Henry has many sUch old timers who look forward, they tell me, to each ebration. Doubtless the most fasci Dating person present was Mr. '!• wo'uldt.^show. an immediate himself, hale and hearty at eighty. -Robust health is universally con-. Ceded to be one of the most important requisites for ai ripe old age. If the popular . opinion that our most mature and valuable vvprk .is done after fifty holds true, how important is the task of keeping in healthy condition the instrument through which that work is to be accomplished. Of course, there are exceptions. the realities by which we live minister to and body. Work and plenty of it Heeps the spirit young. - Nothing is more selfdestructive than idleness. "Deprived of .work, people exhaust themselves like . crazed animals beating against their bars, even when the cage is of their own making." A shallow popl is always stagnant. A motionless stream soon becomes the ceriter of miasma. Ac issue of the Plaindealer, hefping to see a letter from some schoolmate or their son or daughter. Most of us have wished to be a help to someone, t© bring joy into a narrowed life. The Old Timers' Page does just that and we must not let them look in vain. Since I have been in town, I have tivity is the secret of contentment, j heard a great many Way BackJWhens A prominent physician wrote that work had cured "that trembling palsy of the squl which results from vacillation, fear and worry." The problem of retirement which confronts us when we reach our three score years and ten gives us serious concern. For well do we know that retirement from active toil predicates an early "passing and had a thrill out of them. The old days when McHenry was a place to be dreaded by outsiders have gone. The Woodstock boys came over to crack heads and have their heads cracked in the bye gone. One old trick, Sox and the gang had a lot of fun out of, was when a stranger walked down the street, Sox would say, "Here you, I want to talk Twice Told Tales : Trim *h« Files of tV Plaladaak* V.. of Year* Ago . SIXTY YEARS AGO It -has rained in this sect ion* Almost constantly for the past week, :and the water, in. Fox river is the , highest known for . many years. John M. Smith, supervisor'-of, this town, is in' Woodstock this week, attending the annual meeting of the board. Hanley and Sons have just finished burning a kiln of their celebrated brick, and are now prepared -to furnish all who desire. Vasey and Holmes is the name of a new firm to be found at the old stand Of E. Vasey, Ringwood. FIFTY YEARS -AGO : Fred Block has opened a meat market in the old central market, formerly occupied by Jas. Walsh. We learn that Captain Walter, Hill has purchased the old Bishop property nefer the iron bridge, and will convert the building into a machine shop this winter. ! Dr. O. J. Howard has moved into part of the residence of Hon. George Gage, where his offce can hereafter be found. ^ . Miss Mattie Smith, Miss Kate Howe and Miss Maud VanSlyke and Chas. Mead commenced school at Nun,da on Monday last. FORTY YEARS AGO on." To grow old grandly may be | to you and feigning «.nger, would walk within the reach of *vefy person j rapidly toward his victim, come up to if work keeps alive the forces of |h im, pass him and stage a mock fight courage, faith and love. Yes, we must love our work if we would continue active to the end. We live as much by ideals, motivating impulses and high purposes as by bread. The physical body needs food; so does the heart and soul. A starved soul cannot reach very far. "Too busy to die." Magnificent! Think what this old world must hold in store for anyone who can say that with all the integrity of his inmost self. Too busy with the glorious task of infusing purpose and spirit into one's life work; too busy with ambitions that call for realization in this world; too busy with' the world's unsolved moral and civic problems; too busy with the problems of life itself to entertain even the thought of death. "Too busy to die": what a slogan for the leader; what a stimulus to the living who would learn the secret of leadership. What a glorious experience: "Too busy to die.'- © Western Newspaper Union. \Says:= ... When making ironholders, put in one layer of le ather from an old glove, as is a nonconductor of .'heat.- ' , ' Scilla grape hyacinth, snow-dri»p crocus, hyacinth, tulip and narcissus 'are some of the bulbs you should now order for early spring garden. They are the first to bloom. Care must be taken to avoid openoven door for five minutes after the cake has been placed in the oven. When removing it or drawing it to the front to see if it is Baked evenly be very careful, as the .least jar may cause the .cake to lose its lightness* . \- At least once a year take down shades, stretch them out on a flat surface, and after dusting them thoroughly, go over them with a wet • (pot dripping) cloth rubbed lightly "With white soap. Clean a portion of the shade at a tj,me, rinsing off the soap with a cloth squeezed out of clear water. Dry thoroughly. © Associated Newspapers,--WNU Servlc*. with a pal who had been in line. The Gagetown boys never went alone or in pairs over to the river nor the Old Town boys over to the West Side, unless in a gang. They fought for the pure joy.of living and many a time my long legs saved me a trimming. Those days are gone, but it's fun to talk about them, so let's write. FRANK BENNETT. rence McGue, of Nunda, the old Original Irish Republican, was a caller on Monday. As usual he is on the right side, for McKinley and sound money. O. N. Owen, H. C. Mead, F. L. Mc- Omber and Walter Besley were. Chicago visitors Monday. Wm. Keefe and wife, of Chicago, are the guests of Frank Cobb arid Wife in this village, this week* Miss Jennie Hendrickson, of Jariesville, was the guest of ' YT, A, Cristy and wife over Sunday. HEADS THE ORIOLES Snowy-haired Mrs. Jack Dunn, widow of the former owner of the Baltimore Orioles who won pennant after pennant in the International league, has assumed the presidency of the club, following the death of Charles H. Knapp, head of the Orioles and president of the. league. Mrs. Dunn, an inveterate baseball fan, sat in a box daily« for years watching her husband develop such stars as Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove, George Earnshaw, Alphonse Thomas, Max Bishop, Joe Boley and numerous others who graduated to the big leagues. THIRTY YEARS AGO Price of butter per pound was made 24 cents last Saturday by the quotation committee of the board of trade. We understand that J. J. Flusky of Cleary farm. The canning season was opened at the local factory last Monday morning. About fifteen hands are employed. The hunting season opened last Saturday and several oi our sportsmen succeeded in bagging a number of the feathered tribe. TWENTY YEARS AGO Miss Clara Frisby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Frisby, residing near Terra Cotta, has been engaged to teach school in the Courtney district,* Lake county, and commenced her duties on Monday morning. Butter on the Elgin board of trade sold at 32 cents per pound last Saturday. , On Friday, Seipt. 8, the officials of the Milk Producers' association and one delegate from each local met in joint conference in Chicago and asked an average price of $2.00 per hundred and $1.60 per can to contract for the ensuing year. Walter J. Walsh was a delegate from the McHenry local. • POTPOURRI Dynamite Can Be Burned In spite of its terrific power as an explosive, dynamite can be burned. Some sort of powerful shock, such as explosion of a blasting cap, is necessary to cause dynamite to detonate. Sych a shock causes the atoms making up dynamite's ingredients to suddenly fly apart from each other; thus causing explosive action. ; © Western Newspaper Union. Hidden Taxes "If the major portion of tfie government's income is obtained from indirect and hidden taxes--taxes upon such JtJiings as food, clothing, gasoline and cigarettes--then the main burden falls upon those of small income and the cost of government is hidden. In this case, it is the wage earner, the salaried worker, the farmer, and the small business^jpan, who have to pay most of the bill."--Alf M. Landon at Buffalo, N. Y„ August 26, 1936. Early Ecclesiastical History The island of Iona, one of the Hebrides, on the west coast of Scotland, teems with mementos of ear- Jy ecclesiastical hstory. It is recarded by historians as the site of fiie Northern Church of the Picts, whose first monastery was built there. Digest Poll Gives Landon 2 to 1 Lead Washington.--Gov. Alf M. Landon leads President Roosevelt by more than 2 to 1 in the first returns from the Literary Digest presidential poll. Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey gave Landon 16,056, President Roosevelt 7,645, William Lemke, third party candidate, 754, and Norman Thomas, socialist candidate, 109 votes. Four other candidates received 125 scattering votes. Of the 24,689 total votes report-, ed, 2,714 for Landon were from persons who had voted Democratic in 1932, while only 1,407 for Roosevelt came from voters who then factored Hoover.; The Lemke candidacy is taking four votes from Roosevelt to one from Landon, returns indicated. I, His Wife Encounters 1,500; • Roosevelt Administration Adds Many. CHICAGO.--With federal indireot ("hidden") taxes increased approximately 25 per cent during the Roosevelt administration, there are now more than 1,200 hidden taxes involved in the daily life of the average man, Robert Kratky, director of the tax division of the Republican National committee here, declared. He said there are 300 more in the daily life of the average wqman. "The man's day begins with the alarm clock, on which there is a luxury tax of ten cents, in addition to 30 other hidden taxes," Mr. Kratky said. "Taxes now take 26 per cent of the cost of underwear, 20 to 40 per cent of the cost of soap and 21 per cent of the cost of razor blades. "There are 44 taxes on a pair of overalls, 62 on a shirt, 63 on a suit, 53 on a hat, 60 on a tie, 62 on a pair of socks and 63 on an overcoat. Taxes take $3.53 on an $18 suit, 59 cents on a $3 hat, 20 cents on a $1 tie, 7 cents irom a 35 cent pair of socks and $5 from a $25 overcoat." At the breakfast table, Mrs. Average Man can help her husband count. "Fifty taxes take 2 cents from, a dime loaf of bread," said Mr. Kratky. "Sugar's 43 taxes represent 23 per cent of the cost.* A 35 cent pound of meat would have cost only 28 cents, but for 38 taxes. "With this drain on the family income, the living struggle has become more burdensome day after day under the Roosevelt administration. There is not much chance of 'The Forgotten Man' getting a raise from his company, for his firm is paying taxes at the rate of more than $1,500. a year per man employed." The British Royal Family Despite the fact that the members of the British royal family are almost always surrounded by a large staff of employees and servants, they have always been able to keep their strictly personal af' fairs to themselves through a secret code which they use in their private communications.--Collier's Weekly, , Early Finland Role The republic of Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire until, war days. Penniless Widows Rented Almost up to the 19th century hi Massachusetts, penniless widows were rented out as servants for a year at a time to the highest bidder, sometimes for as little as 18 cents a year, their only compensation being room and board, because the state could not afford a poorhouse.--R. C. Dickey, Nashua, N. H., Collier's Weekly. If you have Real Estate to sell or if yoq wish to buy property, we will appreciate a phone call or a visit to our office. PHONE 43. EARL R WALSH. n^tf island 80 Per Cent Coal Nishimote Islands, in the Loohoos, has been found to be nearly 80 per cent coal. Swinging Along With Landon "Oh Susanna" has become the official campaign song of the Republican presidential campaign and here is Mabel Ellis of the New York G O.P. headquarters staff as she looked over the words and music. MONEY TO LOAN I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I willbe glad to talk it over with you. Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank Bldg. 4 S. Genesee St., Waukegan, I1L : TEL. MAJESTIC 103 *100.00 REWARD for the nanie of any man living or 4ead that has sold more McHenry County Real Estate than has Dan' Quinlan that's all he does. Farms^ for-Sale and Rent in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Large ones and small ones. I sell farms. DAN QUINLAN \ . Woodstock, 111. ' Long distance private phones •t •V ' i. • < >1 • •V-v.-j-pi.'cf :'-^y DR. B. C. HUNT VETERINARIAN Crystal Lake, Illinois Telephone 452-M West Hillside Road FIRE AUTO INSURANCE EARL R. WALSH Presenting i. Reliable Companies . Wfcen you need insurance of any kind' < Phone 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. - McHenry M Phone 43 When a Fish Catches a Man-- . SHORES^COliNTRY CLUB AMITYVILLEr JL I David T. Smiley, Attorney EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Estate of Joseph. Justen, Deceased. The undersigned, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Justen, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, on the 12th day of October, A; D. 1936, at which time all persons having, claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Date<l this 24th <Jay of August, A. D. 1936. BERNARD JUSTEN, Executor. 14-3 ' : Still Burn Oats Despite Cattle Feed Shortage CHICAGO, ILL.--Despite the fact that cattle raisers are forced to buy expensive foreign oats and other fodder or watch their herds starve, stocks of grain are still being destroyed in the midwest and elsewhere under government direction, according to authenticated reports filed here. These conditions will play an important part in boosting the qost of living another 12 to 15 per cent by spring, latest available estimates show. * Meantime farmers are complaining that their crops are being destroyed on a settlement basis far below the prices commanded by foreign shipments, which are being shipped in to meet the demands. A typical instance is reported by the Erie (Kans.) Record in a despatch reaching here. .The Record says: - 4 "Earl Smith, who . resides six miles west of Chanute and who signed up with the^-government in the soil conservation program, recently was forced to burn two and one-half acres to comply with his agreement, this in spite of the fact the corn crop in his section is a total loss and other feed is very scarce. --"The oats were cut and raked into windro\tfs and Mr. Smith figured op giving the surplus oats_ to some of the neighbors who were badly in need of feed, but he was informed that this was not permissible and that the oats must be burned. "The oats burned represented 15 tier cent of Smith's total acreage and he said he was told that he would receive between five and seven dollars an acre for the reduction, payment of which would probably be made in September. "The oats would _have averaged around 20 bushels t& the acre. "Mr. Smith has been buying feed for his livestock since burning the surplus oats." Wallace Writes for G. O. P. r Chicago.--Daniel A. Wallace, .uncle of the New Deal secretary of agriculture, is writing a series of articles for the farm and lay press, as a member of the farm division of the Republican National committee here. • Lew Lehr, comedian of the newsreels, reversed the order of orthodox fish pictures by posing with a 430 pound tuna fully dressed as a fisherman, with himself hanging by his heels from the fish rack. His unique exhibit, which caused much hilarity, won first prize at Nassau Shores Country club at Amity, L. I, during a recent contest. ' ONE THOUSAND MILLION TO TEXAS Balance in Ear The sense of balance has its seat in the ear. BfA»£FITS 0O,oOO,O° Landon Epigram •'Anything that will promote recovery and restore jobs I am for, and anything that will hinder it I am pcrainst--Alf M I,andnn. THE NEW DEAL has sent more than one billion dollars Into Texas in grants and loans. Appealing to Texans for a 250 thousand dollar fund for Jim Farley, Texas New Deal Campaign HeadquaAters stated: "When this fund of one billion dollars sent to Texas is analyzed, compared an^ contrasted, it presents an unusual picture. "For instance, the Roosevelt-Garner Administration gave to Texas four thousand times the amount sought as a campaign contribution In this State, which is only 250 thousand dollars. Expressed in another way, Texas is asked to give but 1/40th of one per cent of the one billion dollars, toward .the campaign war chest. . . . Another side of the picture the Washington Government gave Texas ten times the total annual expenditures of the State Government." VERNON J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS Tuesdays and Friday's Other Days by Appointment " • IUinoi* Downs Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 , . Telephone No. 300 ; Stoffel A Reihanspergar iaanrance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS S. H. Freuod & Son ; CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience is at Yonr Service in building Your Wants A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor Trucking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building f«L 204-M McHenry, Hi Charlie's Repair Shop Just East of Old Bridge Over Fox River .(Rear Schaefer's Tavern) - RADIATORS REPAIRED BODIES and FENDERS Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIETESSL KENT A COMPANY All Kinds of I N S U R A N C E "^Placed with the most reliable Companies Come in and talk it over "hone McHenry 8 F* eUAKLET SuOHRoB WA,HAUE yToRGortEMS^ WttKr DAY •ms OUR Anniversary OF COURSE IT IS NOT! -xW\S IS IttE DAy VOU P&OMiSHP TO Gleam out iWe cehaeu