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»-7 7®* •» J T. 1 ||»I Iiii II Vi.i! • • if -igr..n I "TT.rrmi * * ,7 y> v ^ 4 ^ "v • * ^ ' V ̂ : ' " ' * fL: I? • -k" ' :j- ni :c# | NEW FALL A r Hats, Gloves, Shirts, Gents- Furnishings 4-- ' * JOS, W. FREUND WEST McHENRY, - - PHONE 59-R There was a man by the name of Joe Lovell, Who needed, one day, a snow shove). So he came to where wo have the ra galore, and shoveled the snow from his hovel. ROW IS THE TIME FOR A SHOW SHOVEL And we have one for every able-bodied man and boy in town. Snowdrifts quake and melt away at the sight of our snow shovels pro perly handled. Buy one berore the storm--you might be snowed in. Forewarned--forearmed. John J. Vycita ...TRY... Buffalo Gluten The best and cheapest dairy feed. It makes milk. « Wilbur Lumber Co. WEST McliENRY 'Phone 5 Let Us PRINT YOUR LETTER BtAUS, EN vnurES, NORC HEADS, snifc NENTS, BILL HEADS, POSTERS, HERALDS, WEDDING INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BUSINESS CARDS. OUR WORK WILL PLEASE. The Plaindealer Jilt COUNTRY SCflOOL ! WRESTLING EXHIBITION WAS GOOD N'RENRY FIVE WIN AND LOSE urttKtiiBWi Una wutrfif BY BUT. :. KWHTENDENT B^AOL •• - No oilier school can be so c^ose to the life and work of Its people as the country school. No other teacher can so directly touch and mould the thought, the habits and the customs of her pupils and their parents w the teacher of the country school. First of all, your pupils are all sons and daughters of fartaers. Their home surroundings, their* experience, their work and their play have much in common. They have a like exposure to farm ^wcenditions, to knowledge of horses and cattle, sheep and hogs and chickens, corn and wheat and oats They have seen and understand the work of plows and reapers and mow­ ers. They are familiar with the names of farm iimplements and animals and crops, and can use the figures of speech, the proverbs, the homely saying^ of the farm folks. Here, then, is a back ground of common experience and common sense which the teacher may assume and use, Of course, much of this common experience and ^offimon sense will have to be interpreted and corrected. That is one of the pur­ poses of the country school. Again, the country school is set down in the very heart of the open country. A little corner of the farm is the school yard. All about it and beyond it stretch the farms owned or tilled by the parents of your pupils, so that from the time they leave home in the morning until they return again, they never lose sight of corn fields and hay stacks, horses, and cattle, farm houses and barns. Morning and evening they feed the stock, hunt the eggs, look after the new litter of pigs or run, big-eyed, to the pasture to see if the new colt or calf has arrived. Where else in all the wide world of teacher- dorn has a teacher such a school, with such pupils, with such a body of com­ mon experiences and common inter­ est? All out of doors Is your laboratory, and growing corn, lowing cattle and squealing pigs are members of your faculty and will help you teach and train your pupils if you will let them. Moreover, you are either in your school room or in your laboratory all the blessed time if you live or board in the district, as I assume you do. You are breathing in the country air, soaking up its sunshine as well as the rain. You are sitting at a farm home table and eating of the products of the farm yard and garden and field. City bred tho you may be, how can you avoid being caught up by the realness, the naturalness, the wholesomeness of it all? How can you prevent the con­ tagion of it from rushing into your school room and creating all things over anew into the likeness and spirit of the abundant life around it? If the entire education of a country child could be gotten out of his daily work and play experiences upon the farm, there would be no need of our country schools and country school teachers. However, a small but im­ portant part of his education must be shaped by school room experiences and instruction. His teacher has some­ times made the mistake of assuming that the class-room part of his train­ ing is or should be made a thing wide­ ly separated from his past and present and future experiences upon the farm. There are some teachers who believe that the farmers do not want or would not appreciate a real farm school for real farm children. It may be that when the reborn country school shall come into its own, its owa.will know it not^but it is part of your work to prepare the farmer for the coming of this new school and to see that it comes. The country school teacher will determine the time and the manner of its coming, for the re­ born country school, when it appears, will be little other than the reborn country school teacher. TBFTTE BOOTS AM POIXCD OTP AT RHT* . ; CMIBB HOUSE SATURDAY MMFFIF. . JUMP KILLS BOY LOUIS CARROLL OP HARTLAND FATALLY INJURED AT WOODSTOCK. -- J Wrestling fans to the number of about 125 gathered at the Riverside House last Saturday night where three cracking good bouts were polled off to the delight of those assembled. The first bout was between "Red" O'Brien of Woodstock, who is fast coming to the front among the coun­ try's light weight wrestlers, and Peter Cross of Chicago, also a man of con­ siderable prominence in that class. O'Brien won the bout in two straight falls. The first fall was secured by the pride of the Oliver city in fifteen minutes and six seconds, while the second fall came after six minutes and forty seconds of fast and furious work. The second bout was between "Mys­ terious" Waffles of Russia and Emil Gomez of South America. This was by far the fastest bout ever staged in McHenry county and the fans present were given an exhibition by these two men that was worth the price of ad­ mission. Waffles won the bout in two falls. His first fall was credited to him after eighteen minutes and twen­ ty seconds of hard work. The second fall came in twelve minutes and thirty seconds. Between the first and second bouts Emil Gomez, who is considered one of the strongest men now traveling this country, gave an exhibition of his enormous strength by picking up with one hand two men whose combined weight reached a total of about 215 pounds and carried them around the wrestling ring. The principals olfche third bout were Charley Cutler, conceded to be one of the best heavy weight wrestlers now in the game in this country, and Humid Kala Pasha, the Americanized Turk. Cutler obtained the first fall in five minutes and forty seconds, while he again put his man away for the second fall in a trifle less than a minute. All told, the exhibition was satis­ factory to everyone present and the fans of McHenry sincerely hope that they may have the pleasure of again witnessing an entertainment of this nature in this village in the near fu­ ture. The event was pulled off in the Riv­ erside dining room, where an elevated ring was purposely built for this occa­ sion. Emil Gomez was prevented from giving the best there was in him ow ing to the fact that he was nursing a very sore right arm. This member was bandaged during the entire bout, and with him in shape, we are told, "Mysterious" Waffles would have a hard road to travel to defeat his man. As it was, the loser stayed well with the big fellow. Mr. Gans feels very much put out over the reports that were spread about the village and thruout the sur­ rounding country all last week to the effect that the bouts would all be fakes. These reports no doubt kept many away who would have been pres­ ent had they not listened to the wag­ gling of the "knocking" tongues." Since the exhibition of last Saturday night quite a number of McHenry's citizens have become interested in the sport and a like event would no doubt bring out a packed house. FIFTY WILL SHARE IN ESTATE WW PROW GRAYSLAKE BUT ARE * .YV ' ^#EATBP AT CARY. WILL OF ALFRED M. BARBER OF CRY8TAL LAKE IS FILED. Louis Carroll, a freshman at Wood­ stock high school, was fatally injured in leaping from a passenger train onto the platform at Woodstock when he believed the train was about to carry him past his destination, last Thursday morning. Carroll was thrown with great force and struck head-first onto the plat­ form. His skull was fractured and he sank unconscious. Witnesses of the accident recovered frorp their horror and hurriedly sum­ moned medical assistance. Every ef­ fort was made to save the young man's life. He sank steadily, however, and at 3 o'clock in the afternooh, eight hours after the accident, death re­ lieved his suffering. Carroll, who was^sixteen years of age, took the train at Hartland, his home, with members of his family, who planned to spend the day in Wood­ stock. At Woodstock the passenger train passes the depot at a high rate of speed and then backs into a siding to allow the passengers to alight and let a limited train pass. The young man did not understand the way^of handling the train, it is believed, and had reached the oar step when the train pulled into the depot. When the train did not stop t the depot he thought he was being carried past his destination and leaped. Louis Carroll was the sixteen-year- old son of.Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll, members of one of the oldest and best known families in Hartland township. Both the parents and son are well known thruout McHenry county. A big reducticto in base burners at , J. J. Vycital'B. Adv Fifty persons scattered thruout the world will receive portions of $1,700,000 as a result of the filing for probate Monday of the will of Alfred M. Bar­ ber of Crystal Lake. According to A. A. Worsley, a Chi­ cago attorney, who filed an inventory, this is the largest estate ever offered for probate in McHenry county. The value of the assets is in excess of $2,000,000 and consists largely of stocks and bonds. Mr. Barber leaves $300,000 to charity and the balance to friends and relatives thruout the world. Mr. Barber was an aged widower and was without children. He made Charles W. Kellogg of Crystal Lake the sole executor of his will without bond or security. OfUs licftenry town baskot^llf teiftj engaged in two encounters since our last issue and succeeded, in breaking even. - . On Friday evening of last week the team journeyed to Cary, where they met the locals. It will be remembered by local followers of the sport that McHenry had a comparatively easy time defeating the Caryites on the local floor two weeks ago. It was dif­ ferent last Friday night. The Cary team was out for revenge and this was certainly their reward after a fast and exciting struggle for honors. The score board at the close of the contest showed that Cary had gath­ ered in a total ot 34 points, nhileour boys registered but 18. This makes one each for these two teams and the "rubber" ought to be a hummer. Just when the third game will be pulled off we are unable to say. Last Saturday night, at the local £ym, the McHenry boys met and de­ feated that dandy little team which is out to defend the honors for Grayslake. The game was one of excitement from start to finish. The first half fin­ ished with the score well in McHenry's favor, but in the second half the visit­ ing team braced up and put up a splen­ did article of ball, bringing the score at one time as close as 14 and 15 points. At this stage of the game McHenry also got right down to hard work. With evefy man playing like a hero, the locals managed to close the game with a score of 25 to 21. with McHenry holding the big end. The home boys are fast developing into championship shape. They are putting heart and soul into the game and if they do not land the county championship it will not be for the reason that they did not try. The boys wish to extend tlyMr appre­ ciation to the pul|^c for the encour­ agement extended and also wish to especially thank the girls for their hearty support and unequaled rooting. The line up and score of Saturday's game follow: McHenry Martin Bullock Robison Hunter L G Ii G C R F L F Grayslake Mann Paddock Hook Murray Schank Brands tetter Page Loomis, sub Field throws--Robison, 5: Martin, 2; Page, 1; Bullock, 1: Hook, (»; Brand- stetter, 2; Murray, 1; Mann, 1. Free throws--Page, 3; Hook, 1. Fouls--Mc­ Henry, 3; Grayslake, 8. Referee, Man- ock; umpire, Bonslett. Bl( Double Game Friday Night. Basket ball fans will be given their money's worth at the village hall to­ morrow (Friday) evening, when a big double game will be pulled off. The Dundee team has been greatly strength­ ened since their last struggle with the locals and a lively go may be looked for. The Woodstock town team is composed of former high school stars and the fans can rest assured that they will be there with a good article of ball. You already know what sort of stuff the McHenry teams are made of, so be on hand. This will probably be the biggest ^argain card for local fans this season and it behooves all lovers of the sport to grease up their rooting weapons and turn out. Gaines called at 8:15 p. in. General admission, 25 cents. A FEW DON'TS. are a few of the parcels post try to use ordinary stamps; parcels post stamps Read The Plaindealer. Here don'ts: Don't the distinctive must be used. Don't seal your package: wrap and tie securely. Don't forget that the name of the sender must be an the outside of the package. Djon't forget to mark your package "Perishable" when the contents are perishable. Don't forget to mark your package "Fragile" when it contains breakable articles. Don't forget to buy an insurance stamp for ten cents; it insures up to $50. Don't try to send a package weigh­ ing over eleven pounds or measuring more than seventy-two inches in com­ bined length and girth. JANUARY / fn order to close out our largeline of Sweater will cut the prices one-third and one-half. Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $1.00 to close Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $1.50 and 91.75... Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $2.50 to close % Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $3.00 and 93.50... Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $4.50 and 95.00... Boys' Sweater Coats that sold at $1.00. Boys' Sweater Coats that sold at $1.50 Boys' Sweater Coats that sold at $2.75 and $3.00... Ladies' Sweater Coats that sold at $3.75 and $4.00. Ladies' Sweater Coats that sold at $3.00- --75e -$1.10 -91.75 .92.25 .93.00 ...75c .91.00 .92.00 ,92.50 .92.25 Also a lot of Misses' and Children's UU*t menenry. Illinois. N5: & 59 IAS BEEN A BIG YEAR 1913 «'e llope will be bigger and we solict your valued patronage this year. Our aim in 1913 will be to fur­ nish our customers with the latest and most up-to-date machinery obtainable, Our prompt service is always behind everything vve sel l . : : : : : : WM. STOFFEL Phone*- ofp»CB sso flIUlIC£». RESIDENCE OO.J UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000. Content is worth striving for. Plan something for your life. Save for your plan. Step by step the interest growS and we will help you by paying you inter­ est. The West McHenry State Savings Bank will help you by paying you interest twice a year, and then you will have the satisfaction that comes to those who have a goal in view, and strive for it with all their might. Try an« soe. ;; :? :: I^ETHMTBOXES, $3.00 PER YEAR.... EDWIN L. WAGNER. Prae. --OFFICERS:-- DR. C. H. FECERS. Vic® Praa. CARL W. STENGER, Caahiar. SINON srorm. V4ca l*i M. Clearing Sale \ ON ALL LADIES', MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S COATS You won't find better values anywhere--we doubt if you can equal them anywhere, as these garments were bought from the manufacturer at a big saving, but to save invoicing them we have used a big knife to cut the price. Don't be satisfied by just reading the price, but come to the store and see the garment Ladies' Ooats Consisting of the latest styles and fabrics, to be closed out as listed. All Ladies' Coats sold at $15, to close at $n.oo All Ladies' Coats sold at $12, to close at 9-°° All Ladies' Coats sold at $10, to close at 7*5° All Ladies' Coats sold at $9, to close at .. . . . 6.50 All Ladies' Ooats sold at $8, to close at 3.00 All Ladies' Coats sold at $7, to close at . - 4.50 All Ladies' Coats sold at $5, to close at . . ' 3-75 Mi ' 8c Children's Coat! Nobby styles and a good range of sizes--all exceptionally big values All Misses' Coats sold>at $7, to close at 94*9° All Misses' Coats aold at $6, to close at 4*°® All Misses' Coats sold at $5, to close at. 3*75 All Children's Coats sold at $7, to close at-. 4»5e All Children's Coats sold at $6.50, to close at.- 4*5® All Children's Coats sold at $5, to close at 3.7ft All Children's Coats sold at $4, to close.at --- 2.7ft All Children's Coats sold at $3, to close at 3*2# All Children's Coats sold at $2.75, to close at--'- a.oo These Prices Are FOR CASH ONLY And Will Be Continued Until Sold Out L. F. BLOCK •x Phone 79-J McHENRY f. \