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Hwftwww i ^ i ^ 4ff|^w TBI H'SXNKY PLAIHDEALER, THUKSDA . Htmmlj of tho Morning ? • H«v# you knowledge of the mon»- Do you sympathise with that Stasdn of nature? Are you abroad lirljv brushing the dews aside? If (He sua rises on you slumbering, if fOJU do not hear the morning cock 4Mpow, if you do not witness the Mushes of Aurora, if you are not acquainted with Venus as the morning •tar, what relation have you to wisdom and purity? You have then for- '(Otten your Creator Hi'.t$e 4ays of your youth.--Thoreau. Farm Loans *%, 5V4% or 5»/2%, depending v on value of land per acre Prompt Service SAVINGS BANK 0§ KEWANEE Kewanee, Illinois C. W KLONTZ, M. D. Physician and Surgeon _<Also treating all diseases of the Eye, ~.'|Ear,. Nose and Throat and doing Refraction) OiBce Hours--8 to 9 a. m.. 2 to 4 and . 1 to 8 p. m. Sundays by Appointment ' jOlBce 'at Residence--Kent Home--; . South of City iWl, Waukegan St. ittione 181 McHenry, HI. "RE-DISCOVERING ILLINOIS" By LESTER B. COLBY, Illinois Chamber of Commat* WM. M. CARROLL Lawyer K Office with Kent & Company ' Every Wednesday Phone 34 McHenry, HI. Only when we chance upon some unexpected close-up of the rather shadowy past do we begin to realise what our pioneer forbears went through in settling the raw lands of Illinois. I came upon a paragraph or two the other day in an old book in Nashville that serves to illustrate. This book, a sort of history, was published forty-eight years ago. In it I learned that one of the primary reasons why the early settlers built their homes in the woodlands was this-- A large and ferocious green-headed fly, myriad in numbers, inhabited the open prairies. These flies made life miserable for man and beast alike And actually killed horses. Old-timers tell me that the bite of one of these flies would drive a horse to frenzy with pain and where they bit large drops of blood would well out and trickle down. The habitat of these flies was out in the open country where the "pampas pr^s?" grew so rank that a horse or cow, walking into it. would vanish from sight. Another peril was the prairie fire. In the fall this grass would die and dry out. Fires sprang up and swept "with such speed that no one could outrun it. All this is apart from the fevers, typhoid, malaria, ague and kindred Uls"that pursued the settler. We will move a little closer. Nashville is in Washington county. It's approximately fifty miles southeast of St. Louis. I ran across some figures revealing the problems and conditions of fifty years ago. It is recorded that in 1877 In Washington county 10,115 hops died of cholera. That same year 2,127 hogs were marketed. Practically five hogs lost by disease to one hog sold. There are figures, too, on sheep. That same year 4G2 sheep were killed bv does and 536 sheep were sold. And the assessor in 1878 recorded that he found "moneys of ' anks, banker oj- stock jobber" totaling the Telephone No. 108-R. Stoffel & Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. #EST McHENRY, ILLINOIS! amazin^ figuie of S4-020 and "other ^moneys" totaling $43,785. ~ He valued the county's £,194 horses at an average of $31.02 each; 7,810 Cattl^»$10.91, average; 2,142 mules, 131.42; 4,064 sheep. $1.02 each: 10,- J. W. WORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Systems Income and . Inheritance Tax Matters Member of • Public Accountants Association of Illinois McHenry, ID. Aone 126-W. A. H. SCHAEFER Draying -- McHENRY, ILLINOIS hsnre-la Sore-Insurance WITH W m.G. Schreiner Auctioneering OFFICE AT RESIDENCE Hone 93-R - McHENRY, ILL KUNZ BROTHERS Local and Long Distance Hauling JQlraoe 91-R Mchenry, IU. Old Fashioned or Self-Rising Buckwheat We Have Them Both This is,the time of year when bufekwheat cakes are mighty good* Order tod^y. Manufactured by N(itenr) flour Hills Wee McHenry, HI. has also recently organized a Farm Bureau. The Nashville Woman's club sponsors a Christmas celebration each year. It also holds occasional dinners They are good "parties" with merry entertainment, largely of local talent. I know. I attended one of them recently. * Nashville has no vast amount of industrial employment. Outside of the flour milling industry there is a knitting mill which works from 100 to 125 girls and a coal mine employing 125 me& The mine reaches coal at 400 feet and the Louisville and Nashville railroad takes its entire output. In one thing Nashville, is extremely laggard. It has no water and sewer system. It is one of the largest towns in Illinois' still clinging to the archaic wetl-and-pump method and crude Unsanitary disposal. Until its population gets these things it can have no great industrial development and property, values wil* remain restricted. .RAG80K tasmsss Twice T o l d Tales Interesting Bits of News Taken From the Columns of the Plaindealer Fifty and Twenty-five Years V Ago rf- Colds, Grippe, Bilious Fever 290 hogs. $1.11 each Washington county's milk money today is running about $1,200,000 a year. Hogs, and cholera is about as near gone as typhoid, malaria and ague, are a big item. Poultrying is in a prosperous condition. The Reasonable Rates, prairies are in grain. The Meyer Milling Co., grinds about 12,00 barrels Of flour a day and the Huegley Mil- Mng Co., another 800 barrels. A milk company operates glasslined thermos trucks to St. Louis over concrete roads. Farmers bringing milk to Nashville, only one of the county's concentration points, cash milk checks totaling $20,000 a month. Milch cattle are now being tuberculin tested, which means higher prices for milk and better health for the people. I was told that the two banks in Nashville carried deposits of more than $1 £00,000. Livery stables have been turned into garages and nearly every farmer has a motor car<*or two. Much money, I was told on good authority, has been sent out of the county for investment. Yet the countryside complains quite a bit, I was told, of hard times and low prices and this and that. I wonder if the little close-ups of the past will perhaps cheer them somewhat. In the beginning Nashville was named New Nashville. That was because the first settlers came from Tennessee, Some descendents remain. A great change of the type of citizenry has come, however, in the last seventy five years. Following the German rebellion of 1849 there came a great influx of Teutons. The earliest settlers were somewhat restless and migrant by nature. Many of them sold their lands to the German immigrants and moved away. Today Washington county is almost 90 per cent German in ancestry. The remainder are mostly descendents of the original settlers from Tenhessee though th^re is a colony of Poles in one district. In these later years there has been considerable intermarriage between the descendents of the Germans and Tennesseeans. In the beginning slavery was practised in this part of Illinois. Records show that- slaves were taxed at $1.00 each In 1818 and horses fifty cents. At that tim.e many charges were fixed by law. The law provided that a tavern keeper charge 37% cents for a meafj 18% cents for feeding a horse and 12% cents for a pint of whiskey. When there was talk of laying out a town at Nashville and making, it the county seat, which was done in 1830, the promoters learned that sortie one would have to buy the site. The purchase price was put at $100.00. A committee waited on David Put* liam, who was the only man in the vicinity whose financial standing was recognized as strong enough so that he could raise $100 in cash. It is legend that he was annoyed and throwing his old gray hat on the floor cried: "I wouldn't give $100 for all the town you'll ever be able to build there." Here's something else. Written history has it that the Widow Smith bought the first wagon with spokes and iron tires into the county in 11828. The prosperous widow and her | wagon no doubt were much sought for by the unmarried men of the county who saw in them opportunity, Every year now a Farmers' Institute is held in Nashville. It brings about 10,000 people to town for from three to five days. Farm exhibits are on display. Last year a poultry show was added. Speakers do their stuff at the courthouse. It is usually held in October. A three-day homecoming |« held every summer^ One of the three days is arranged to fall on the Fourth of July, These h&ye been worked by file chamber of commerce r* - February, 1877 This paper is kept on file in the office of L. F. Booth, general eastern agent, Chicago & Northwestern railroad, 415 Broadway, New York City. Our friends, when in New York, are cordially invited to call in and read it any time. They will always be welcome. * Steady weather, not very cold but plenty of mud. McHenry market: Butter 23 cents, cheese 12 cents, eggs 14 cents, lard 12% cents. Preparations "are in the making for erection of a number of buildings in this village the coming season, residences, business houses, etc. The prospect now is that the coming summer will be a lively one in McHenry. The energies which have so long lain dormant are aroused and the business men <.f McHenry will no longer take a back seat for any town in the northwest. Dr. J. E. Morrison has removed his office to the photograph gallery over Perry & Martin's store, where those desiring his services will Hereafter find him. F. A. Hebard will accept the thanks of the printers for a pail of very nice cider, left at this office. February, 1902 Charles Lamphere has purchased the express and transfer business of Ben Sherman. The business will run in connection with the west side livery, where Charles will make his headquarters, and can be called up at any time by phone. Ben has not fully decided what business he will take up. Water in the boiler at St. Mary's church froze tight this week, causing one of the sections to burst. It was necessary to send to Milwaukee for repairs. It is likely, however, that everything will be in readiness for the Sunday morning service. J. D. Lodtz has just received a fine line of fancy suits and pants patterns. No need of selecting from samples when you can see the goods in the whole piece. Butter advanced one and one-half cents Monday on the Elgin board of trade. All offerings sold for 27 The Y. P. C. U. will hold a Valentine sociable on Saturday evening of this week, Feb. 15, in the church parlors. A genial optimist over in London, England is offering prizes for the inventions of'the future which will most benefit the human race. We offer the following suggestions to those embryonic Edisons who mfiy wish something on which to exercise their talents. Turkish tobacco cigarets, containing Turkish tobacco. Non-skid bath mats. Wash-bowl stoppers that Dron't get out of order. Automatic theater curtains that will raise at 8:15. Inflammable coal. Feature films that are not "super' and cost less than $1,000,000. v A baseball manager not confident of a pennant. - v Edible artichokes. > : Reliable football game forcasts;' Imagine a bunch of women com plaining because the radio stations all talk at once* It is claimed that man is growing handsomer. Walked along the street in McHenry yesterday and I don't believe it. An Oklahoma'girl advertised. for a husband, and landed one within a very short time. The advertisement cost $3. She paid the wedding expense, $9. In less than a year the husband died, says the Atchison Globe, and left -his widow an $11,000 insurance policy. Now will ywi, admit Ilk pays to advertise ? • - - Undertakers are now morticians. Plumbers are sanitary engineers, A foreman is a director of personnel. A cook is a chef; a boarder is a paying guest; the hired girl is a maid. Paper hangers are interior decorators. We don't repair things any more; w$ recondition them. Billboards are poster panels. You can rent a woodshed if you call it a studio. We seem to be living in an era of names--so much so that business is influenced not only by what things1 are but by what they are called. Sary still is sick abed; I "put an ice pack on her head and rubbed her back with Ifnament, Fve got a bottle that was sent a year ago by Uncle Jake, he says it's guaranteed to take a spavin off of any horse and still Sary Jane gets worse. I fed her Wilson's Liver Pills, and give her quinine for her chills. I let her drink some pieplant wine "and soaked her feet in iodine. I mixed some fresh cod liver oil with calomel, and let it boil and dosed her for awhile with that; T rubbed her chest with mutton fat, put mustard plasters on her neck, but still she's sick abed, by heck! I gave her something of ev'rything that we've got iirr the house, by jlng, and now Fm nearly to the end of things the neighbors recommend. One said that I should rub her pate with extract of permanganate, another said that pepermint would make her stomach do its stint, while still another said by gum, to put some pine tar on her thumb. I've tried sal soda, glycerine. Fve filled her nose with vaseline, in spite of all Fve done for her she's still so sick she cannot stir. If she ain't better soon, by gum, TO have to have the doctor comef Trouble always finds the wise maw to busy to see him. '< 5 Xp Bought "Btillskin'pw Plantation . .i. „ •' ,.£• -f '*** } SI ife.' , ' With 550 acres of land in Frederick County, Virginia, as a st^r, tJiorge Washington built up his real estate holdings to 1558 acres before he was 21 years of age. All this land was paid for with moneV earned as a surveyor. i , No mean achievement in Colonial Pays-r-4ven if, 456 acres cost 112 pounds--or $560.00, v ' /. . V* ' „ "l. V Throughout his life Washington showed ability to" ItandSe Money and property--making the money bring ferni possessions that ' jm&ant added comforts, conveniences, security. V1' i'ivs \ 1 . ' •, : Today *s banking facilities make such care easier thai! ever Moire- ... V - £ ' ambitious men and women. ~ % *' . - : ^ ;:; |^.Iat observance of Washington's ^ : ; f; be open on Tuesday, February 22nd SAK, e'fi ), "The Bank That Helps You Get Ahead T was especially successful or an especially successful man who wasn't unusually funny-looking. The teacher went down yesterday to see Mrs. Slapper about the way Sam were a-acting in school. She told her he wouldn't study an' she says, "The worst of it is," she says "That I can't believe nothing he says," she says. "Yes," says Mrs. Slapper, "h# gets that from his father," she •says. '? Sharp **Oh, doctor." cried a wild-eyed man, "I am dreadfully afflicted. The ghosts of my departed relatives come and perch on the tops of the feiweposts all round my garden when dusk is falling. I can look oat onto the gloaming any evening and see a couple of dozen spooks sitting on top of the posts, waiting, waiting, waiting! What shall I dor Sharpen the tops Of lb* ' posts,* the cool reply. f J • • " XZhangmm in Ffew volcanoes have changed their, danger area In the course of civilized history more than Vesuvius. When Pompeii and Herculaneum were'oblit* em ted In TO A. D.. the path of tha lava was toward the seaboard. Craze Followed Hyateria v A classic example of what popular finaginatlon applied to the common spider carl do is told In Hygeia Magazine. Italy In the Middle' ages was swept by a dancing tnapla or tarantisin. Persons bitten by a spider called \he European tarantula suddenly became extremely sensitive to music, dancing In a frenzy of excitement until they sank to the ground, exhausted and almost lifeless. ^Certain, forms of music were considered good for the affected and bore the name trantella. The cause was not a spider's bite but a hysteria due to the depleted mental and physical condition of the people as a result of the frequent wars and pragues. The same sort of thing was seen In the craze for long-distance dancing in this country a-*few yeara after- the World war. ' ' ^TW of Ncrtitmailip Nationality is the aggregated Individuality of the greatest men of the nation.--Kossuth. V, Exist Without Water The gazelle and llama never swat* low water, according to an answered question In Liberty. - 4 Columbut Promised Much In a letter to Columbus on tli»v discovery (ft America, facsimile edi- 1 tion, 1892, of the four Latin editions t belonging to the Lenox library, Is the* ' following passage :* "Finally, that | may compress In a few words the brief account of our departure and quick 1 return, and the gain, I promise this, that if* I am supported by our most Invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as phey will need, Indeed, asr1 much of spices, of cotton, of chewing gum (which is only found, in Chios), also as much of aleswood, and bs& many Slaves for the navy of theiif*'* majesties will wish to demand." ThellS date of this letter Is Marefe ll, 1493-- more than 400 yqgw ago. ^ , ,\$*Uon Introduce Stykt. Sfteaters, though universally* worit -toow, were unknown to the general World a generation ago. It was th«$. sailors* and fishermen of northern Eu» rope who first introduced sweater! Into society and set the fashion. ^ Cteanin* teUMd To clean celluloi 1 rub with a woolen cloth and a little tripoll, and. polislt With a clean woolen rag. i'-M »»••»•» I'M-»•••••»•»••»» *M 4 »>»»•< »»»•• I» !<»»••» ft II I »»»•»'> »»»»•< Somebody told Ferris Sett that if he'd get him three-four hens he could jest about keep them on his table scraps then he could have nice fresh eggs. So he went out to Tite Wad<Ts to try to buy some. Tite showed him his hens an' says he, "Now them there pallets," he says "had ot The entertainment committee consists ' to lay every day all winter," said he. of the Misses Stella Nordquist and | "On Sundays, too?" Ferris says, Elsie Howe, Messrs. Harry Fay and j which he's a elder in the church. Will Howe. A most cordial invitation ; "Sure," says Tite. "Well, Mr. Wadd is extended to all. Items in the ad of Gilbert Bros.- Extra Mocha and Java, finest 35c per lb. Golden Rio, finest 20c per lb. Rio Arbuckles, 12Vic per lb. Package coffees 10c per lb. Large White Fish, 10c per lb. Fancy Codfish 10c per lb. Large round herring. Baltimore oysters 35c per quart.. Ferris says, a-clasping his hands'and a-rolling up his eyes, *1 wouldn'jt consider buying no chickens that didn't observe the Sabbath," says he. f Natiye distributes her gifts wilk more justice than she sometimes gets credit for, and we have never seen an unusually good-looking man who DENTISTS DBS. McCHESNEY & BROWN (incorporated) - nr. I W. Brown Dr. R. M. Walker Established over 50 years and still doing business at the old stand Pioneers in First Class Dentistry at Moderate Prices Ask your neighbors and Friends about us. 8. E. Cor. Clark and Randolph St. 145 N. 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