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' u • -y . * • •• •wm-a PLAINDEALER. *-~,S>:- YOLLMJfi, iULlVIi, lXJ^iOlS. THURSDAY, MAY18,1»12. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS! rauc.Mmm. NOTES AND GOERS OF A SEEK IN OUR BUSY UTTLE VILLA®. AS SEEM BY nAlMKAUEK REfMIEU AMD HANDED WTO MB PiTiCB BY OUR FRIENDS. C. L. Page was a Chicago visitor Tuesday. \ J. W. Bonslett was a Chicago visitor Tuesday. Rev. D, Lehane spent Monday in the metropolitan city. (J. H. Parks was a Chicago passenger Tuesday morning. Albert Freund is a windy city vis­ itor today (Thursday). Win. Bonslett boarded the Chicago train Monday morning. Dr. N. J. Nye boarded the Chieago train Tuesday morning. Dr. C. H. Fegers was a Chicago pas­ senger Tuesday morning. . Martin Schmitt transacted business in the windy city Monday. - Peter J. Freund was a business vis­ itor at the county Seat Monday. Mrs. J. C. Bickler and son, Carl, were Chicago visitors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bassett were Ringwood visitors Wednesday. Dr. C. H. Fegers boarded the Chica­ go train this (Thursday) morning. . Simon Stoffel attended to business in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Everett Hunter and son, Everett, were Chicago visitors Wednesday. T. L. Grot of Ottawa, III., attended Yo business matters here this week. Mrs. Jos. Leickem and son, Fred, were Chicago visitors last Saturday. J. H. Miller was among the Chicago passengers this (Thursday) morning. Richard Wray of Richmond passed Sunday evening with McHenry friends. Misses Dora and Julia Stoffel were North Crystal Lake visitors Tuesday. Wm. Stoffel was a business visitor in the metropolitan city last Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Buss was a recent guest of her son, Jacob, in Belvidere, 111. Mrs. C. C. Milheam and son, Roy, were Dundee visitors last week Fri­ day. Kenneth Burns of Chicago passed Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends. Mrs. J. E. McAndrews and daughter boarded the Chicago train Wednesday evening. William Bonslett and sons, Francis and Edward, were Chicago visitors last Saturday. N. E. Barbian is attending to mat­ ters of a business nativre in the windy city today. , Paul Burton of North Crystal Lake was a business visitor in town one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Spurling visited the former's parents in Grayslake, 111., last week. * Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Landwer spent a recent day as the guests of relatives at Barrington. Eb. Gaylord of Woodstock spent Sun­ day at the home of his pacents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord. / ' Frank Schumacher of Chicago was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schumacher, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Howard of Chi­ cago spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Matthews here. Mrs. Roy Colby and daughter, Mar­ ion, of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. F. G Spurling recently. SENIOR CLASS TO PRESENT MAY St. CLAM FUY The seniors will now discuss current events. The physiology class was taken in the laboratory last Tuesday to study the different parts of the eye. The game between the McHenry and Dundee teams was postponed from Saturday, May 11, to Saturday, May 25. Mr. Goodman presented the second room with a beautiful painted picture called "Monarchs." This is surely worth seeing. The different rooms are preparing for the exhibition which is to be given Friday, May 17. All are cordially in­ vited to come and see it. The boys will play at Woodstock Saturday. The lineup will be as fol­ lows: Bickler, c; Bonslett, 2d b; Bol- ger, s s; Conway, 3d b; Loom is, c f; Martin, p; Nickels, 1st b; Stilling, 1 f; Petesch, r f. You'll never regret Information you get In seeing when to spoon. The attic's just right When no one's in sight, To commence thehoneymoon. --Saturday, May 25, 1912. "The Ma­ sonic Ring, or The Adventures of a College Bride." An entertainment was given in hon­ or of the class <Jf 1912 at Stoffel's hall last Saturday evening, and in spite of the bad weather a large crowd was present. There was a fine program, after which ice cream and cake were served and the remainder of the even­ ing was spent in dancing. Smith's orchestra furnished the music. The senior class of the McHenry high school will present the class play entitled "The Masonic Ring, or The Adventures of a College Bride," at the Central opera house, McHenry, on Saturday evening, May 15, 1912. Fol­ lowing is given the cast of characters: Roderick York, a jealous husband. Clinton Martin Bartholomew Jeremiah Farebrother, a detective Walter Conway Fred Hall, cousin to Mrs. Roderick - York.. John Bolger Mrs. Roderick York (otherwise known as Flossie), a bride of three weeks and a college graduate :.„_Ella Mollohan Ethel Winn, a college chum of Flos­ sie's Margaret Buss Madame York, mother of Roderick York Florence Knox Peace York, the stern, elderly sister of Roderick York Anna Knox Miss Delancey Jones, a deaf elderly friend of the family..Eleanor Phalin Tildie McCormick, the fourteen year old ward of Miss Delancy Jones Marguerite Knox SYNOPSIS Act I.--Library of Madame York's home. A morning in late September. Act II,--Same, two days later. Act III Garret of Madame York's home. Three days later. Place--A New England town. Time--The present. M. M. Niesen, the Centerville gro- ceryman, can supply you with seed po­ tatoes. He has the Early Rose and Early Ohio varieties. 40-tf DECORATION DAY DANCE. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to attend a Decoration day dance to be held at Smith's hall, Johns- Mr.(and Mrs. Irwin Landwer of Bar- I burgh, 111., Wednesday evening, May NUMBE1? 48. wraiy ExgwifiE ijbis AS .TAKEN FRWF THE COLOWB OF OUR HANY EXCHANGES. rington spent Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer here. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh, the first of the week. Gilbert MoOmbercame out from Chi­ cago Saturday evening to be the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Mo Omber, Sunday. Miss Eflie Gordon returned to her home at Delavan, Wis., Monday, after a two weeks' visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jecks. Misses Alta and Varina Wentworth spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of their aunt, Mrs. C. E. Lamphere, at Carpentersville, 111. Mrs. Lulu Peterson returned lo her home at Ringwood Tuesday morning, after spending a week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Alice Simpson, here., Mrs. Joseph Draper, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Clarence Draper, Mrs. Mason, Masters Joe and Glenn, Misses Vera and Bethel Draper called on Mr. and Mrs. Merriman last Friday. JOHN WALSH DEAD. John Walsh, father of "Jack" and M. J. Walsh, and one of, McHenry county's oldest and most highly re­ spected citizcns, passed away at his home on West Waukegan street at 11 o'clock on Tuesday forenoon of this week. The funeral will take place from St. Patrick's Catholic chur€h here at 11 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) morning. DANCEfAT STOFFEL'S HALL. Another dance will be held at Stofc fel's hall next Saturday evening, May 19. Smith's five-piece orchestra will furnish the music and a big time is in store for those who attend. An elegant line of Staver buggies and Northwestern truck wagons are now being shown by Math. Freund. Call and see him. 43 Chicken feed it M. M. Niessn's. 40tf 29. A committee comjjosed of Messrs. John J. Lay, Jos. J. Freund and Math. Jungen was appointed to secure funds with which to build a sidewalk along the street leading to the Johnsburgh church and after making a canvass among the residents of Johnsburgh it was found that the donations were not sufficient to carry out the good work and it was decided to give this dance in the hope that the balance needed would be realized therefrom. Every­ one who can possibly arrange to get away should attend this dance. Show yourself to be possessed with the prop­ er spirit by doing this. Every fifty cents will help. A fine time is prom­ ised those who attend the dance. Nett's orchestra of Johnsburgh will furnish the music. Tickets, 50 cents. lK>r the latest, up-to-date ideas in buggy construction see our line with patent Ideal tops. Wm. Stoffel. 41-tf WEGENER-BUSS. At nine o'clock on Wednesday morn­ ing of this week at St. Patrick's Cath­ olic church here Miss Katie Buss of Terra Cotta and George Wegener of Voio were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. A reception was tendered the pair at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joa. Buss, at Terra Cotta and a wedding dance was held in the Eagle hall last evening. Particulars next week. NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. McHenry is to have a new business enterprise. The name of the concern is the McHenry Tinning, Plumbing & Heating Co. The proprietors of the place will be Wardlow & Dates, two practical men in that iine of business. They have rented the Bonslett build­ ing in Centerville and expect to be ready for business sometime next week. Staver buggies and Northwestern truck wagons at Math. Freund's 43 MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OP MEWS lttMfi IN CONDENSED WfM FOR BQSY PEOPLE. ' The Wieland Dairy company bit leased the oreamery at Wilmot and as­ sumed charge of the plant May 1,* Tne next tournament of the National Ski association will be held at Iron- wood, Mich., Feb. 15, 16, J7, 1913. Rockford'g church bells will toll for 15 minutes on Memorial day as a mark of respect to the fast thlnningapuaka of G. A. R. ^ The first freight over the new elec­ tric line between Palatine and Lake Zurich was hauled last Wednesday morning. The village of Clinton has passed an ordinance providing for a fine of one dollar for every hen or chicken run­ ning at large. The new liquor law of Michigan, which permits one saloon tot every 500 people, will close up a large num­ ber, 200 in northern Michigan alone. The forty-sixth annual encampment of the Illinois Grand Army of the Re­ public will be held at Peoria on Wed­ nesday, Thursday and Friday, May 22- 24. Rosing Bros., proprietors of the larg­ est general merchandise store in Round Lake, sold out to H. F. Giesekeof Chi­ cago one day the latter part of last week. The Citizens' bank at Rockefeller as blown up early last Thursday morning and the robbers secured about $100. They were frightened away be­ fore they got to the strong box where the bulk of the money was kept. The large hill just east of the village of Fox Lake, situated on the maid road entering Fox Lake on the east, is to be cut down by the Knickerbocker Ice company. They have applied to the Public Service company for current to drive a 150 horse power motor. A branch of the "Big Sisters" will be organized for the protection and assistance of homeless girls in Keno­ sha. Hundreds of girls employed in the factories are living alone, and it is declared that this is responsible for the abnormal condition of delinquency. The sewerage question at Algonquin was discussed at the village board meeting Tuesday evening of last week. The majority of the property owners are in favor of sewers, and at the meet­ ing the board of local improvements was instructed to proceed as rapidly as possible with the matter. "Big Foot Charlie" Ernest, a recluse living in Hebron, died on March 3 of this year without a relative in this country and it is found he left his en­ tire possessions to James Madsen, Jr., a young man of Hebron who was kind and nice to him, as he frequently ex­ pressed it, when other young men bothered and annoyed him. The prop­ erty left is valued at <2,700. It was decided by the board that hereafter the graduates of the Har­ vard high school should wear the gray cap and gown. This eliminates ex­ pensive dresses and suits--puts the children of poor people on the level with those of the rich--and hagjbeen adopted by many high schools in this and other states. Woodstock is one of the high schools in this locality that has adopted the gray cap and gown. The Marengo and Harvard electric railroad will be completed within a few months, according to J. Hamilton Browne, promotor, who is now in New York to complete arrangements for financing the proposition. Delay was caused when capitalists insisted that the stretch between Fontana and Elk- horn be graded before they would agree to finance it. The franchise has expired but the promoters can probably get an extension until Dec. 1, 1912. This road is part of the chain of elec­ trics which will connect Elgin with Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan. In the vicinity of Wilmington, 111., farmers have paid dearly for rushing their horses with the spring work. The season has been late, as it has been here in this section of the state, and many southern farmers urged their horses to the utmost as soon as they could get into the fields at all. Natur­ ally the horses were soft and the strain of overwork was too great. In one day twelve horses dropped dead in the fields within a radius of five miles of Wil­ mington. At the present price of horses this is a mighty expensive plant­ ing, and farmers will do well to heed the experience of the Wilmington men. Crystal Lake Herald: The discolored and partly decomposed body of Edward SchulU, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis SchulU of Crystal Lake, was discovered in John Rose's woods, at the head of the lake, by a boy named Pfeiffer last Sunday afternoon. A 32 calibre revolver, with five loads and one empty shell, lay near the body. The bullet had penetrated the heart and death was probably instantaneous. Unrequited love is presumed the cause of his suicide. His reputation was above reproach and his deportment all that could be required by the most ex­ acting. He held a good position in the offices of the C. B. 4 Q. railway in Chicago. iI¥Ei¥IEW CM! WSY • - r 1 ' " "• TAKES ' • I t ^TUESDAY EVENING. Rlvertlew camp, No. 6818, Royal Neighbors ' of America, took in thirty new members on Tuesday evening of this week, the installation work and banquet that followed taking place at Eagle hall. Some time ago the members of this camp were divided 1rtit6 two aides for the purpose of' obtaining new mem­ bers. The understanding at that time was that the side that would return the most new members would be enter­ tained at a banquet on the night of the initiation. That both sides were on the job is evident from the fact that a class of thirty were initiated' on'Tuesday even­ ing. The initiation work was the very best yet seen in the Rivterview camp and the drill teatn certainly outshone all previous efforts. So pleasing was their work that it was decided to put on a number of fancy drills during the summer months. The banquet as served by the losing side was something pretty swell. Ri fact, the spread was just a little better than any ever served by the society, which is saying a great deal for the losers. After the banquet toasts were given and the midnight hour had passed before the social event came to a close. One of the special features of the evening was the conferring of the third degree upon the male members by the drill team. This was the first time that the camp has ever attempted to give this degree and that it was a big success everyone present will vouch for. The members of the Riverview camp feel highly elated ov4r the success that they have thus far achieved and the good work will not stop here, but will be carried on to still greater activity 4 MY OR OULFOX KIVER RESMTER mt,s or 1 (mm; HERE. DAY'S ARTICLE WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE PLAINDEALER BY ONE WHO HAS EM- JOYED A DAY'S OUTING HERE. Come to the opera house Saturday evening, May 25, and watch Bartholo­ mew Jeremiah Farebrother and his dog, Fido, perform. FRED H. EL0REBGE MAKING GOOD Fred H. Eldredge, youngest son of C. T. Eldredge of this place, who was born and raised in this village and a graduate of the McHenry high school, now holds a fine position with the Chi­ cago Telephone company and is locat­ ed at Chicago Heights, 111. Fred, dur­ ing the past four years, has had all of the construction maintenance and in­ stallation work under him. His terri­ tory covers about twenty square miles with a population of 60,000 people. The Chicago Heights exchange has 1,900 subscribers and is growing at the rate of about twenty subscribers per day. Mr. Eldredge has eighteen men under him in his department and has the assistance of two clerics in his office, together with the wire chief and one clerk who is employed in the traffic department. The McHenry friends will be pleased to learn of Fred's prog­ ress. If you want to see a real jealous hus­ band see Roderick York in "The Ma­ sonic Ring" at the Central Saturday evening, May 25. A JUST DECISION. Judge James Ellison of the Kansas City court of appeals handed down the following decision in the case of O. D. Austin of the Butler (Mo.) Record by Burge, other members concurring, and published in 138 8. W. Reports. 618: "The preparation and publication of a newspaper involves much mental and physical labor as well as an outlay of money. One who accepts the paper by continuously taking it from the post office receives a benefit and pleasure arising from such labor and expendi ture as fully as if he had appropriated any other product of another's labor, and by such act he must be held liable for the subscription price." L. N. LINCOLN INSANE. L. N. Lincoln, former McHenry boy, but who during the past several years has been superintendent of a gas com­ pany at Mauch Chunk, Pa., has been confined in an institution for the in­ sane at Danville, Pa., since the 23rd of last month. A general breakdown in health caused thru overwork is given as the cause of his condition. His many friends in McHenry will be sorry to learn this sad bit of news and all hope that a rest will bring him out all right. Sympathy is extended to his wife and family. COMING. Dr. J. J. Schaefer of Elgin, eye sight specialist, will be in Mc- Henry on Friday, May 24, at Dr. Chamberlin, the dentist'S office. Spec­ tacles and eye glasses accurately fitted. All work guaranteed. GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW HOME. Ground was broken this week for an elegant new home to be erected by John Heimer on his lots on Elm street. Work will be rushed and the building operations will begin at once. TWENTY PER CENT FOR ONE TEAK. All customers buying goods of us after May 18 will get 20* more on the dollar by the use of our new trade check plan. Ask to see our special novelty department. JOHN STOFFEL. Road Tfee~PlaiadoRtar. 'Twas a Friday afternoon ?n June when I locked my office door and with "frazzled" nerves and temper "au grouch" realized that I had reached my limit and that tired nature demand­ ed a respite. But where to go and how to get it in the limited time at my dis­ posal was the question. The hot, stuffy theaters afforded no relief and the aifiusement parks did not appeal to me. At this pyschological moment I chanced upon J. E., a broker friend, who had the reputation of being a ver­ itable "Bradshaw" on weekly outings and on how best to get "near to na­ ture." I told him my quandary and he suggested promptly, "Try a day on the Fox." He kindly posted me on details and made out my itinerary, and at 8:45 next morning I was at the pa­ latial N. W. station, while in my vest pocket reposed a ticket for that quaint old German town with an Irish name, McHenry, 111. During a • pleasant hour's ride I amused myself by studying my fellow passengers. Among them I could pick out ward politicians hieing to the club house for Saturday and Sunday, to strengthen their "fences" and frame up new deals. Here a staid business man fleeing from the madding crowd for a quiet week-end with the wife and "kiddies." There a village born young man who has outgrown his surround­ ings, being employed in the great me­ tropolis but getting home for an occa­ sional Sunday with the "old folks." A couple of dusky musicians, with guitar and banjo, and a vocal repertoire that extended from "Parsifal" to the "Georgia Rag." Rah Rah boys, with their microscopic caps and megaphone voices--but here my musings were in terrupted by the brakeman calling off something that by a great stretch of the imagination might be translated "McHenry." Nearly everyone left the train, and handing my kit to one of the many zealous busmen I climbed aboard. A drive of a mile thru streets lined with noble shade trdes, past velvet lawns and well-kept gardens, brought us to the beautiful Fox river. I leased for the day a trim looking 18-footer and, as my knowledge of ma­ chinery was restricted to wheelbarrows and lawn mowers, I engaged a marine chaffeur, who Answered to the cogno­ men of "Mac." I made myself com­ fortable up forward, lit up "Old Brier and lay back in supreme content. My Hibernian gondolier, after manipulat­ ing levers and oil cups, gave the wheel a twist and we were off. Steaming the current of the tawny Fox, northward1 we glided, passing summer cottages and bungalows, their bright colors gleaming thru nature's verdure, past Howellhurst, with its noble trees, past "Dutch Creek," and ahead looms another imposing bridge, which Mac informs me is the Johns­ burgh bridge. Altho the boat is apparently running smoothly, Mac says there is something wrong with the engine and that we will have to land. After unscrewing a part of the engine he said the car­ buretor was rusted and he would have to get 15c worth of whiskey to fix I strolled up toward the village viewed its rather imposing cathedral. Johnsburgh appears like a typical German village, cut out of the kaiser's domain and set down in Illinois. Mac informed me that any native who could speak English was considered quite a linguist. The carbuertor was repaired by this time and we wer£ again on our way. I asked Mac how was the best way to treat rusted carburetors with whiskey. He said the only way was for the engin­ eer to absorb the whiskey and breathe upon the carburetor. I believed him, for Mac's breath would have out the rust off of anything. We were now passing picturesque "German village," a group erf eight or ten houses, a grouping of colors a Titian would not have dared, yet with the velvet lawns and trim hedges, forming a beautiful and harmonious picture. A few hundred yards farther and we are in Pistakee lake, a widen­ ing of the river, a magnificent sheet of water, some miles in extent, surround­ ed by noble hills and dotted with ver­ dure clad islands. I bade Mac shut off the power and we drifted lazily, rocked by the gentle waves. O you city dwell­ er, join me for a while. The fair southerly breeze ruffles the water into gentle waves which seem to go on and on forever. An opalescent haze faintly veils a sky of which Italy might be proud. Here and there tail boats with their snow white wings drift hither and yon like great swans. Overhead a gull with set pinions dozes in mid air. Yonder, off the bar, a number of disciples of Isaac Walton patiently match their cunning against that of the denizens of the deep, an occasional motor I-oat chugs past in a business like manner. I sit and dream and dream. A bell tolls across thft water. I aenae a near­ by convent and the call to prayers. But Mac has other ideas. "B'gorrS, that's the dinner bell at the hotel, an' if we are agoin' to ate we've got to be moving." So on we go past Bald Knob, which in twenty years "Sven" Mellin has transformed from a bald, bleak hill into a picture that would delight an artist's eye, on into lovely Pistakee Bay, the summer home of many Chi­ cago families. After a hearty dinner at one of the several good hotels located here, we smoked and stretched our legs for half an hour and again embarked. Run­ ning down the other shore we passed beautiful Palm Beach, quiet Cedar Island and after passing Nippersink made a quick run around far famed Fox Lake with its numerous hotels, club houses and summer homes, and then started on the homeward journey, which we made in ample time for my train, thus completing one of the most enjoyable days it has ever been my good fortune to spend. I promised Mac that I would return later and he agreed to take me to the famous lotus beds and thru the chain of lakes to Wilmot, Wis. Mac also suggested that I bring along enough carburetor dope to cut out the stops. When your nerves are run down, and you tire of the town, And the outlook is murky and blue, Neither nostrums nor pills will mend your ills, As a "Day on the Fox" will d9> Get some pointer from the profes­ sional detective, Bartholomew Jere­ miah Farebrother, at "The Masonic Ring" Saturday evening, May 25. A NOTED LECTURER OOIVNG . ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS FKTO UP BY ntrwuiR RE- FORTERS DURING WEEK. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING Df THIS TIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE YKWITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Butter Market. Butter was declared firm at 30 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, on Tuesday, May 14, a son. Go to McAllister's for Dr. Hess' poultry remedies and stock tonic. 48 A carload of new buggies tops, the 1912 sensation, at fel's. DR. THOMAS 8. SULEEBA, THE MAN MESOPOTAMIA. McHenry people will be afforded a very rare treat at the Universalist church here on next Sunday and Tues­ day evenings, when Dr. Thomas S. Suleeba, the man from Mesopotamia, will lecture. Dr. Thomas Suleeba is one of the most eloquent, interesting and useful lecturers on the American platform. He is a man of remarkable power, pos­ sessing talents of unusual degree. In humor, pathos, depth of thought, bril­ liancy of expression and impressive de­ livery his equal Is rarely found. His magnetic, irresistable personality and peculiar force and fiery eloquence are characteristics of the Assy rio-Arabic race. The story of his life is as strange and weird as the most tragic fiction, and he combines in his narrative of facts terrible tragedy, bewitching com­ edy and thrilling romance. Dr. Suleeba is a scholar, a graduate of the University of Minnesota and of Rush Medical college, Chicago. He speaks seven different languages flu­ ently, and has a cultivated tenor voice of fine caliber. The lecture on Sunday evening will be free, but on Tuesday night an ad­ mission of ten and twenty cents will be charged. The lecture on both even­ ings will begin at eight o'clock. Don't miss these rare treats. Don't fail to see Miss Delancey Jones and her ward, Tildie, in "The Masonic Ring" at the Central opera house Sat­ urday evening, May 25. SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBIT or PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK AT BUILDING. SCHOOL The second annual exhibit of public school work will be held at the school building tomorrow (Friday) from ten o'clock in the morning to five in the afternoon. The first exhibit of this kind was given in the school building last spring and, altho a success in point of exhib­ its, the attendance did not come up to expectations. This year the superintendent, teach­ ers and pnpils are working alon^ in a most harmonious manner in an effort to bring the attendance to a point where it rightfully belongs. A hearty invitation is extended to parents and friends to attend the ex­ hibit tomorrow and visit the respective rooms of the building where the school ^work of the past year will be dis­ played. Parents especially are urged to make plans to be there some time during the day to inspect the work of their boys and girls and in this way become better acquainted with the efforts of the teachers. This occasion is presented with the express purpose that it shall serve as a stimulus for future educational work in the community. Get some pointers as to how to pro­ pose. Fred Hall in "The Masonic Ring" will show you. Saturday even­ ing, M»y 25- with Ideal Wm. Stof- 41-tf Spraying solutions, bug killers and insecticides of all kinds at McAllister's drug store. 48 Don't fail to see Sherlock Holmes the second solve the great mystery in "The Masonic Ring." Send your laundry or suit to Mc­ Allister's before Wednesday noon and get it back Saturday noon. 48 Andrew Miller is again employed in the McHenry brewery after being away from the place for some time. You really can't afford to miss see­ ing that mysterious fortune teller and who it turns out to be in "The Masonic Ring." ' FOR RENT FOR CASH--About twenty acres of hay land. Inquire of or write Mrs. E. S. Wheeler, McHen­ ry, 111. 48-lt Bora, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thomas, who reside on the Baird farm south of this village, a daughter, on Sunday, May 12. The Ladies' Aid society of the M., B. church will meet at the home of Mr*. Sarah Sherburne on Friday afternoon of this week. Let me sell you one of the very lat­ est Staver buggies. I believe lean save you money and sell you a buggy that can't be beat. Math. Freund, near river bridge, McHenry. SI Mr. and Mrs. Phil Quigley of Wood­ stock are the parents of a baby boy, born to them on Saturday, May 4. Mr. Quigley is a former McHenry boy, and his many friends here extend con­ gratulations. Math. Bowers will hold a grand opening at Anton Engeln*s old stand in old town next Saturday evening. He has engaged the Johnsburgh brass band for the occasion and a big time is looked forward to. The various towns of the county will pay the usual bounties this year fur the killing of ground hogs and crows, a bounty of 25 cents being provided for each ground hog scalp, 10 cents for each crow's head and 5 cents for each crow's egg. Fox river will again be stocked with a choice variety of game fish during this summer. Deputy Game Warden Orr has been notified that thousands of black bass, pike and rainbow trout will be sent him, most of which will be placed in Fox river. Fred Hall, the new professor of Semitic languages at the Chicago Uni­ versity, who can't yet speak English, "that is, when it comes to saying the .final word, will be at the opera house Saturday evening, May 25, in "The iuasuuic Ring." Don't fail to see bin. Emil Geier, proprietor of the Center^ ville pocket billiard hall and bowling alley, wishes to announce that his bowling alleys are now open to the" ladies every afternoon. Men will be barred from the alleys while the ladies are how ling, unless the ladieS are ac­ companied by gentlemen. John R. Knox, the man who ia sell* ing the Ford, is how nicely located la his new garage on Pearl street, near the river bridge. John has an elegNNfc new 1912 Ford on display at the garage and will be pleased to explain the good points of the car to you if you call. He also has one of the biggest stocks of repairs and supplies ever brought 00 McHenry. H ' * : / I PIANO TUNING. Mr. Mayr, having tuned pianos in McHenry and surrounding country for a number of years, will call regularly from now on during the summer months. Price per tuning, 13.00. Ad­ dress all communications to Frank J. Mayr, Plaindeaier, McHenry, III. 47 An elegant new line of Staver bug­ gies and Northwestern truck wagons at Math. Freund's. 43 Early Ohio and Early Rose seed uo- tatoes at M. M. Niesen's. 4G-tf Simon Stoffel, district agent for Phoenix Insurance company, has be^k ^ i n W i l l c o u n t y f o r a f e w d a y s w h e r e a ; • ' storm recently did such destructive • work in the vicinity of Grant Park. He went there to adjust loses for Ilia company and at the same time succeed-% ed in insuring property to the valne of $388,775 and secured premiums amounting to *389,875. The McHenry agent is a hustler and we doubt if there is a better msa in that line of work in these parts. It ia the custom of the railroad com­ pany, aa soon as a run of any kind la not filled by a "regular," to bulletin it and "put it up for bids," as the'boya say, when the oldest man in the ser­ vice of the ^wpfiny who wants it, ett* take the run. In accord with thai plan the vacancy caused by the retire­ ment of Mr. Furney as conductor on the early mail train will be tilled by Charles Cornwell, who is now on the 'A job. He is a pleasant man and having V had much experience as a g&sstnger conductor will no doubt give satisfa©* • tion to the CMGU^atty the traveling; public. 1 ! M