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r ' * >'V^ 90-fm WWiw Senator Vance li killetim Vtrgr l*Vge bear. Senator Ran- aom Iwwl killed a very large snake. Secretary Whitney has killed a very targe business industry, and Piesident Cleveland has caught a very large trout. And yet some persons pretend that the country under a Democratic administration is not booming,--Aor- rittown Herald. ' -'to. V.:> fifrm HARDWARE HARDWARE ** 't-\Y • v*^r» • ,,7*As^^ BOOTS SHOES! ' JOHCM Can. U. 8. Grant's Pictures. Do not read this notice, unless you care to read a proposit'on, which, if you fcocept, will cost you something. We have an .engraving made from an oil painting by a celebrated artist of General Grant, for which he sat shortly after his trip around the world. It is, in the opinion of critics the beet pic­ ture of the Dead Hero in existence. The price of the engraving, 21x2S in., on very heavy steel engraving board, is one dollar and twenty-five cents, (91,35), postage paid by us. So thor­ oughly nre we convinced of the value of the engraving as a work of art, and Its appraeiation by the public that we will mail to any address in the U. S., F OR INSPECTION, one copy, packed In a heavy paper box, upon receipt of 24c. In stamps to pay ptstage and pack in?, upon the cundition that the party re­ ceiving same send us ONE I>OLI.,AR (#!) upon >eceipt of engraving, ir it is sat­ isfactory, or return the picture to us if it is not considered worth full the prioe asked, We havo also a very handsome Cabinet Photo of Gen. Grant, hand fin­ ished. which we will mail on receipt of 26c. No album Is complete without one. Liberal arrangements will be made with agents. Write for terms and price list. Enclose stamp. Ad­ dress William Dickson & Co., Publish­ ers, Box 328, Chicago, 111. Y ' •i'A- V My Fall and Wintertock is row coniple^V insisting of Men's,; Women's, Misses and Children's Fine and Staple Shoes in all the latest styles. Mens, Boys, and Youths Stoga Kip, Veal Kip, and Calf Boots, Rubber Boots, Gum Boots, Men's, Women's, Misses' aud Children's Buckle Arc­ tics, Alaskas, Self-Acting Alaskas, Fancy Rnbbers and Arctics in all the latest novelties. Men's Felt Boots, Siberian Boots, Beaver FOJ£ Boots, Wool-liued Boots in Fine, Kip and Grained Leather; in fact everything usually found in a first-class Boot And Shoe store* We make * specialty of Ladies and Gents ^ ne Door West of the Riverside House,. --DEALER IN / „ 'If 1 t>" We Keep the Selz Celebrated HARD-MJLDE GOODS, Th§ best in the market; also the Ludlow, and other standard frtakes We have a tremendous stock , can fit you in any kind of Boot or Shoe, and we know that our way down Low Cash Prices will just please you. Remember the place is at the Old Reliable Cash Store, Cor. Main Street and Public Square, Woodstock, III. t3|F",N. B. --House Established 1865. W. H. DWICHT. Interesting to Both Sexes. Any man or woman making less than $40 weekly should try our easy money making business. We want Agents for our celebrated MADAME DEAN SPINAL SUPPORTING CORSETS; also our SPINAL SUPPORTER, SHOULDER BRACE, AND ABDOMINAL PROTECTOR COMBINED (for men and boys). No experience requir­ ed. Four orders per day give the A&ent •150 monthly. Our Ageuts report four to twenty sales daily. 83 outfit free. Send at once for full particulars. State Sex. LEWIS SCHIKI.K & COW 8wl3 390 BROADWAY, NEW YORK At this season of the year during the heat of summer, every farmer and dairymen should keep In readiness a bottle of Dickinsons Cow Prescription as it will prevent their cow from hav­ ing Milk Fever, causes her to Jo well, cures Garget and all diseases of the cow. For sale by all druggist's For Sale or Exchange. One or two good houses, with good turns and other out-buildings; good orchards, wells, cisterns, etc. Well located near the Depot In West Me Henry, together with land from one acre to 20. Will sell very cheap or trade for a farm, or western wild land Also a good house to rent. s. RAYMOND. West McHenry, Ilia An Immense stock of seasonable merchandise now in. Departmeut full and complete. Prices on many articles lower than ever. We invite a careful inspection of our MIDDLINGS! MIDDLINGS At Bonslett & Staffers. Wauconda, 111., Sept. 5th, 1884. Piekinton <fc Son, Barrington, III: GENTLBMEN.--I find your Russian Liniment the best medicine I have ever used. I am ou the road most all the time and I always carry a bottle of It with me. I find it a sure -:ure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lameness Soreness, etc, and for pain in the stom­ ach and bowels. Diarrhoea and Cholera Morbus one dose always cures me use it also with the beat results for my JmcMM. For sale by all druggists. Advice toMothers- Are you disturbed at night and broken oi your rest by a sick child suf fering and crying with pain of cutting teeth? if so send at once and get bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. Its value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little suffer immediately. De pend upon it mothers, there Is no mis take about It. It cures dysentery and diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic, softens the gums, reduces inflammation and gives tone and energy to the whole system Mr-1. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething is pleasant to the taste, and Is the prescription of one of the oldest and best femile physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout the world. Price 25 cents a bottle. 10 51-12w. 2 PV .t Which we believe contains the Largest Variety Garments ever offered in this market; many of our new lines are in exceptionally neat and beautiful patterns, and no better made or I fitting goods are to be had in America. To give us needed room for handling our new stock we will make special prices on all two-1 piece suits, ages 4 to 9, and also on-all lines where only two or three suits remain • from these lines one can often obtain just what they want at a greatly reduced price; these offerings should com­ mand the careful examination of the closest buyers. Our stock of Pants is now very complete, ranging in price from $1.25 to $7.50 [ jerpair. The Above Cuts Show gmg applied to the common earry-around Gate, or panel of fence. It makes a gate thai is Clicap, Strong and Durable, combining more points of excellence than any other gate, however expensive. Any ordinary" work hand can apply this hanging by looking at the cut. The cost of iron for hanging doas not exceed 15 cents. Give this Gate a careful examination. It is something every xfie largest line evtr offered in ages; call and see them early; oar clothing very lowest uwii price, is nfjuh margins, t McHenry; all sizes and for all has been bought at the ^exceedingly close I former needs. Farm, Town, County aud State right for sale b} |\our Blacksmith, Agent, or %. & J. SHERMAN. l-fim West McHe ry, ILL THOUSANDS GIVEN AWAY IBS |n EVERY t frets a NEW SUBSCRIBER gets a Present valued from 35c.^ to $500. and no favoritism ̂ shown* Our etock was never Wre complete. This is one of lhe most I important branches of our entire business, and one that has received j our very careful attention. We have studied our trade and feel confident we are better than ever prepared to meet their wants. We continue to sell the celebrated Buffalo Boots, Foster's fine shoes) for ladies best wear, and Kedpaths in medium price good|i. Dry Goods & Notions. Our store is full of all the latest styles and novelties; and will be sold at our uniform low prices. = 1 or ®» o a g ; a j} S i - 2- p - 2 > o U . • r- w i S 8 o | i 5 2 oi a: ™ m so H 8.8 ?5 r+ *«i E* •Pjri g i= (r_r3 ̂ re . 5 rr O ft 5»" -9 < <rq o SI c !f cr 2 tu S. 9 <n jj. ^ g-l- S «• 3E 3 p «, ~XD A.00 Hosiery and Knit est intheMfor and your name goes books, and your present^ "will be forwarded. Write for Sample* topy with List of Presents. Everything goes" WITHOUT RESERVATIONS oo 3T «=3 NAIL, ICERINKS TOOLS, CHANDELIERS ' Lamps, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. Aud in short, everything in the Hardware, tove and Tin Line. HE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. Call at liis store before buvmsr elsewhere. Attended To. r . |5gT~REMEMBEli, extra good bargains can a' wars foe omttftteft. / JOHN I. STORY. McHenry, 111., Starch 16th, 1&85. -DEALER IN- Agricultural Implements, Wauconda, Illinois, Keeps always on hand a full stock of the Farm Of All Kinds, To whieli tie invites the attention of those who intend to buyi confident he can please both in QUALITY AND PRICE. Iron and Wood Pumps of all KindM^ Best Steel Barb Wire At Very Low Rates. A Full Stock of BINDINC TWINE Always Found at his Warhouse. WE ALSO SELL THlf . Davis, Luehy & Co.'s Buggies, The best buggy for the money to be found in the market, and see them. Also keep in stock a full line of Shelf and Heavy Hardwari Of all 'kinds, which wiM? &© sold at bottom prices S. U. UUSSELL* Wauconda, May 20th,*188& FLL\£%HE:ARTH TO THE PUBLIC. Rochester, N.Y., Mar. 21,1885. 1 am acquainted with the publishers of the AMERICAN RURAL HOME, and " believe they will fulfil every guarantee they malce to the public. ers (Mayor of Rochttttr for tin ytart patt.) * RURAL HOME CO., Limited, ROCHESTER, N.Y. THE UNIVERSALE FAMILY SCALE IS AB I INDISPENSABLE HoBSBlold Article. I Will last a lifetime, ate, no weights to IOOM, always ready, MlUf on> derstood, occupies llttl* •pace and la the oh scale ever mad*. Mranted W1 VALFBONMORK ROOK icnm TBU5KS AND VALISK, CBOOEIBY, 0LASSWAB1, WOOD m WILLOW WiSl CAmD GOODS, Drugs and Medicines. Etc. Every Department full and prices guaranteed to be as low asgooc goods representing the same values can be obtained in Illinois. Cal I and see for yourselves; wo want your patronage and are doing all in our power to merit it. McHenry, 111., IIty 30th, •' 0B3S FOE 10 PAOB ILLUSTRATED CnoctiJL I.S. SPENCERS SONS, &I7ILFOBD, CONN. NO STO COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE. Light and Strong;, or­ namental and durable. and exceedingly useful in warming dishes, etc FITS 4HH1ZE PIPE Ask your hardware dealer for on* or send to us for Circular. L S. SPENCER'S SONS, GUILFOUU, CONN. i LIT. ® t i c O ' ' " - a i ' - f ; • t f > . e 8 p o M I * of Floor.) ' On the '»• 'Vet li r K) • • - 'v' r«yv>mmendsd br t ..w^lthfuL > . "ie Ammonia *nd a-'iMj'tr. " md togive pt~ sa rnie for trliL ' e " r,r" • F * fc' l.«.' tiiifl v Also > •< ik . ..J I llfuCUi.- ;•< of . *r««i.-Tv- ; Mfnle li, I t -C l 'r i i -11' -* . f t ' CO., i'niile tfauoe, . Flavor- . <*?C . MtJh JUTLT AX vllvB rvn All AWEIV * rim F̂RE GEN. GRANT ByHon. Rr-nPerlrPoor®, Biographer V. S. t'onyresa, mUev. O. H. THfaoy, D.D. Orttt'a own l>ook only covers the Wmr; this crnnpUttihUwonderfullifc*Uiry. CJft thf only ojfi-0UU, reliable, tuAricklf illustrated work. Don't he deceived 5,OOO A«KJiT8 WmWI. Mftrmm HTOBAUD llllwH • Help Wanted.--Males. $150 MONTHLY IaINVD We w«nt Agents for our CK1.KI5H \TKl> DEAN'S 3PINAI, aiTP POUT Kit SHOIT 1,1H. R BRACK. AND ABDOMINAL. PltOTEOTOU COMBINED, for inen anil youtlin. No ex- perinnce required. Four orders >>er day give the Agent S1SO Monthly. Our Agents report from four to twenty sales daily. Send at once for terms ami full paniculars. •3.00 outfit Free. LEWIS SCHIELE & CO J. P. SMITH, WATCHMAKER S JEWELER, McHenry, - Illinois. As Fine a Stock of Wdteftes, Clocks and lewelry, A • CAQ be found In the county, which I offer it prices thai cannot l>e boat. A Fine 8tock.of UBOICE CIOABI. Cull and examine goods and learn ytrices. J. P. SMITH. .-I:1'" STOVES and HEATERS, AIR WARMING GRATES, SCHOOL ROOM BEATERS. Each combining the Radiation and Ventilation of an oru riu with the operation of a WARM AI> runuoi, also Parlor and Cook Stoves, Rang*, UmPERIAL. FURNACES, dec. Olreolan mailed on application. TBS E1YM0ND FURNACE ft XTO. 00. 70 Beekman St. N. Y. City. JOS. SWADISH, WAGON and CARRIAG] MAKER. Having leased the Wagon and Carriage 3ho(i of Henry Simes, o(»V' ,sl te 1 ,l<! I'arker llousfl 1 ain i.ow prepared (.0 do all kinds ol woriii this line ON SHORT NOllCE, And GUARANTEE SATISFACTION To my old friends and customers at Gary, wish to reiurn thanks tor past favors anil patronage, and assure them that if they call on me at niv new shop here I will endeavor tt[ merit a continuance of the same. Repairing of All Kindsl Promptly Attended tO. JOS* SWADISH. iVest McHenry, Aug. 10, 1885. |§f DOWNS' Patent Self-Adjust! ng • UPTON'S • COMBINATION THRESHIR [IMPROVED.] i Is the only perfect fitting, truly com fort ibl and health-preserving Corset made. Has a« Elastic Section above and below a Corueq Centerpiece. Entirely different from other. Kvery Corset is stamped and iibsolutel Iv Guaranteed in every particular. Be sure to get the Downs Patent< ManufHctureil onlj by the Gage-Downs Corset Co-. Chicago, for aale by ilrst-class dry«gooaa »tor®» ev«|yj where. Price $ I ,BO> ; I IS THE LEADINQ MACHINE OF THE WEST. Combines all the advantans of tlM Apron and Vibrator Machines* |be greatest grain »aver, moitrapU In execution, cheapest to run* Vnll of Improvements and tlw MMC WtialMMrjrThmher uuad«> A I.BO inPXON Triple Gear XKorso Power* Traction EnjinM* If yon are eoing to pnrchasa or are tutiHttW, do not fall to send for our handsome new pampn- Utgiving fall information. o UPTON M'F'G CO., O PORT HURON, MICH. A PRESENT! Our readers for 12cents in postasj® stamp' to pay tor mailing and wrapping, and tin names of two book agents, will receive /r, < a Steel Finishing l*nrlor Kngmrtny ot all on PUKSIDENTS. including Cleveland, si/.i 32x2d inches, worth $4.00. Address Elder Pub- Co., Chicago, 111. No preparation coulfl have miule such a reputation as Salvation Oil lias (in so Miort a time) without iutri&t ic merit of the highegt order. , It kills pain. Price 25 eents a bottle. See Ferry tc Owen's Adv«tr - A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS Thousands of Acres Plowed with the Flying Dutchman, and Every Claim Made tor This Wonderful Plow fully Substantiated. Why ts this plow so successful and popular ? lWnmp it nins ONE HORSE LIGHTER tlinn any other plow mndc. Hci aux'the plow is CARRIED, GAUGED AND GUIOEO by the use of three wheels. llecauNC the ylow it IN FRONT ot the driver. ItrcmiRO tho weight of the driver is OVER THE FUFR0W WHEEL, adding but In tie tn tho draft, but keepin* ll»e pluw tV. J wf) foils work. the swivel plate polo PRE­ VENTS At I SID; DRAFT or weight on ll> 'I V H ltecniiKe It in otwplo, strong and dur­ able. and does Hrat-^iass work. llliiNtratud «ircular* (descriptive), Tlu> .Hwiry ol the Flying Dwu'bmnn <sen- stitiooal). The Agricultural I'j.'grim's I'rtigrtfM, with six tiDted tllu»ui«i',M.s (comic), all pent free to any addrtu*. MOLINC PLOW CO., MOUNE. ILLINOIS. ^ ploih, The ceiebraied Cortlatu] Side Spring Buggy is tlie leader. Ask the 200 it thbeounCy what they think of them Always on h&ud at E. M. Owei