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- ^ •;••• « *r t. *>.y «f» . v „» v i ** "y * **• $f"»!f'- *f /*«R'SS *V H l**; ' ^ r ^ r - v * V- ;i' • 'w^ '•i A .. v X. V>" * *4 * S»?- ^ Vci1 .'• i--r ,,, ., . • ^ ' J y --^ . "Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty *rd Law) No Favors Win ua »nd no Pear Shall Awe." . '•* - r-.-j" v---irr:--r ' "" ,-r .̂ VOL.24. M'HENRY. ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1899. NO. 47. :?rw£ «P^s v1-'* '•% r' % ,f y V^. „ /' j, 1 v£ 1 ' -.<; THEY RODE THE GOAT. riMALE MASONRY ENTERTAIN­ MENT A SUCCESS- They Made a Decided Hit and Went on With the Initiation as if They Knew all About the Mystic Work. The secret work of Masonry was ex­ posed at tbe city ball Wednesday even­ ing and it was in a choice entertainment, given nnder the auspices of the Y. P. C. U. The ladies went through all the mys­ terious work of the different ranks, gave ont the grips, signs and pass words and the whole thitg. They knew it in one way <>r another, but just how they came by it or found it ont no one knows. There was present a fair siz *d audience. Not however as many as the entertain­ ment merited. It takes timo and rffort to arrange for social events, and unless the public give them a liberal patronage there is little remuneration for those who have the burdens to b«ar. The following was the cast o( charac­ ters: ^ Most Illustrious High Mogul Mrs. F. B. Angevine Grand Uigh Pull Hauler Mies Uernice Perry Grand Inner Guard of the Key H »le Miss Roeina Reynolds Bister Mary Yelling Screech Mrs. 8. S, Chapell Sister High Mack a Muck Mrs. W. A. Cristy Sister Panjandrum Mrs. C. C. uhapeil Sister Lineu Draper Miss Elsie Howe Sister Gibble G >bble Miss Julia Story Sinter Hobble de Hoy Mies Florence Sear Is Sister 4. E4 A. M...... .Mies Agnes Perry r» vi <ry (Mrs. L H.Owen Candidate® j LynQ Crigty Miss Kate Ho«e, Organist. Well, more about it. Mrs. Lewis Oven did really ride the goat. But tbe goat went better lik) all other inert bodies on wheels and the Grand High Pull Hauler, Miss Bernice Perry, had to pull on the check to give the candidate the benefit of the initation fee. Mrs. S. S. Chapell made the part Sister PARLOR CONCERT. Mim Kvelyn Stoddard GITM a ClfM* Ka- cltal at the Home of Senator 6na|Mr, A large audience listened to the con­ cert given.by Mias Evelyn Stoddard and her music pupils at the home o! Senator Granger and wife Friday evening. With the exception of four or five selections the musical part was wholly in the hands of the little boys and girls and they dem- onserated that they are clever musi­ cians and the senator aod his wife were good entertainers. * The following are those who took part in tho concert: *" '* Misses-- Vfabel (i ranger Lacy Sutton EvHyn Stoddard Ella Knight Nettie Schiesale Mamie Granger Irene MtO.aber Belle Gallaher Vellie Skinkie . Katie Ward Zae Gallaher Florence Granger Masters-- . Archie Auringer Irving Kull Mrs Wra. G tllaher Chas. Frett. Misses Skinkle and Knight were from Richmond as was also Miss Katie Ward, daughter;of Dr. <Vard and wife of that place. Mr. Frett sang a solo by request and was compelled to repeat it from an anchor./Miss Stoddard 5was very well pleased with tiie result of the con- cart and speaks in the highest terms of her pupils. She i* an able instructor in music and the pupils are fortunate in having such an instructor. PROF. HARRIS' SINGER8. CHILDREN'S DECORATION DAY; J Thinking that it Might be of Much Interest to the Readers of THE PLAINDEARB, the Children of the First, Second and Third Grades of the Public School Have Been Induced to tell w1 we Celebrate Decoration Day. The Letters are Give* He*a Just v>. as Written by the Children. The Conaty Board of Rerlew Has a Duty and the Tax Payers Should Know It. First Grade.' 1%6WBB8 ON THR GHAVBS. Decoration day comes on May SO. We put flowers on the soldiers graves. Oar wldi.ru fought to tee th. sla™. ud "^""brotSrT eaveour country. Oar soldiers wore blue clothes and the soldiers of the south wore gray. We put flags on our -LOVBAITD Rcsrter.: --*?+- Decoratlon-T>ay comes on the STOi of" May. We put flowers on the soldiers graves to ehow our love and respect lor Will *" FOR THE UNKNOWW. ^ %»SCrMtlo n d a y c o m e s o n t h e 8 o f May. We decorate the soldiers graves to show our love. The soldiers of the north were dressed blae and the soldiers of the south were dressed in gray. And ClaxtoD, died down south in the civil war at Georgia. The soldiers of the aft T we decorate the soldiers graves all north were dressed in blue and the sol- t^e flowers that are left they make a houses. The soldiers that are living put diers of the south were drfesed in irwiv. mound of them for the soldiers of which flags on the dead , soldiers graves. We put flags on our houses to show that we remembfr the dead soldiers that saved were driteeed in gray. The people should honor ^>oth old and they do not know of young .lust as much as those that are died. My Uncle Wm Muggett was a sol­ dier in the uivil war. Most of tike' diers that were in the Civil war are crip­ pled now. The south had slaves and the north wanted to free them so they GILBERT MCOUBBBV our country. It took them three years to whip the south. They often bad to sleep on the gronnd. Some of the sol­ diers died for want of care. MYRA MEAD, age, 7 years. THINK OF THE SOLDIERS. May 30 we decorate the soldiers graves. We think of the gojd soldiers. We put the fl jwers on the graven The soldiers march on decoration Day. The soldier fought. We think a grat of the soldiers. We pat the fl^gs on the graves. We put tbe flags on the. houses We march on Decoration day. We put the fiowerd on the soldiers graves. We ®a®y So slavery went on for nearly 250 'fhird Grade. LOVE THE FLAG . Decoration Day is the 30th of May. Decoration Day is a day set apart every , . - year. It is celebrated because of the had war Lasting fouryeais. Thousands bravery of the soldiers of the Civil war. Of men were killed there. PBABL CLAXTOW. CACHE OF THE WAR. The 30th of May is called Decoration Day to keep in memory The soldiers who fought for our union and freed over 4,000,000 slaves. The people in the The eoldiers of the north were dressed in bios and the soldiers of the south in gray. On Decoration Day ws all go to tbe cemetery and decorate the graves with flowers. The flowers that are left they make a mound for the soldiers that are unknown We love those that are south were rich and liked to take things i08' as much as them whom are mi yrj,fur Concert In the City Hall Monday Kvenlng May 29. Prof. M. R. Harris will closs his term in vocal music instruction next Monday by giviDg a class concert and those who miss it will miss one of nicest entertain­ ments given in McHenry this season. This is home talent and should be pa­ tronized. Mr. Harris started his class in vocal • ' *' • * .Tare," and a comlr operetta, "Jameijiogical Pufflngton." Aft^r teaching with unusual success a nnmber of years his career in this di­ rection was suddenly checked bj Amaurosis, or paralysis of the optic nerves, which, although it did not die figure his eves, yet entirely annihilated his vision. During the war he and hi? accomplished wife gave one-third march to the cemetery. The soldiers fought four the fl ig. The soldiers fought four the country. Some soldiers died and some did not die,. WALTER LEE. THEY CARRY FLA OS. Decoration day come on the 30 of May. Some little girU carrys flags. We decorate the solders graves with flowers. The soldiers made our coantry free. The soldier fought for our country, The souldiers of 'he south dress in gray. The aoldiers of the north dress in blue. Re member the good soldiers that fought for our coantry. Ths soldiers got sick and many of them died •toldiers suffered very much. We think very much of the good soldiers. Some got killid at the war. WILLIE NIESEN. RED, WHITE AND BLUE . We decorate the soldiers grave. We feel vary thankfuf to them. On decora­ tion day we go to the graves. Our flag is red white aud blue. We put flowers on the soldiers grave. The soldiers iu the south wore gray. Our soldiers wore blue. Our soldfors fought to free the slaves. Decoration day is the 30 of May. We cover the soldiers grave with flowers. Some . soldiers suffered vary much. Some soldiers did not have enough food. JOE WBEDB. THE CHILDREN SING. We Dccorate the soldiers graves. D ec- oration Day is the 30 of May. We deco­ rate the soldiers graves. The soldiers fought for our country. We decorate the flower on the soldiers graves. We think of the soldiers a great deal. pit Hags on the soldiers graves. The so liers of the south wore gray suits. years. At last the people in the north said it must be etoped That the colored people ought to have rights to be citi­ zens as well as the white people. This the south people were not willing to al­ low so They said They would leave the union and get another president for them selves. Eight states j >ined and did this. This started a war because tbe dead. The soldiers graves are decorated to show how much we love and honor them. Where-ever we go we see our flag floating in our country. The eoldiers of the south were called the confederates. The civil war was about ths slaves. Most of tbe soldiers that are living have some disease. We love our beautiful banner of red, whit\ and blue. On Dec­ oration D*y we all go to the park and Tht county board of review, fa composed of Supervisor, W. A. Cristy, of this place. Chas. S. Robb, of Marengo, and Geo. F. Rushton, of Woodstock. This work will begin about July 1st. It is important that tax payers should know what these gentlemen's da ties are. There is one fact certain and that is they will have plenty to do. The duties of the boaTd are defined by law. They shall asseui all property which has not been assessed by the as­ sessors*, and may make such alterations in the description or assessment of real or personal property as they shall deem necessary. Property owners may make complaint in writing ofany alleged injus­ tice in their afipsment. The board has power to snmaiOD any assessor or tax­ payer to appear «»nd explain any matter relative to the return of taxable proper­ ty, and if the person fails to respond he shall be liable to a fins in any aam not exceeding $500. The board of review supersedes tbe town boards of review and takes the equalization and review of assessments out of the hands of the board of super­ visors. The general revenue law also provides that any fradulant return of property to the assessor shall subject the offender to a flue not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both in the discre­ tion of the court, and makes it the duty of the state's attorney to prosecute all violators. The st »te's attorney shall re­ ceive as a fee for such prosecution $20 for eaeh conviction and ten per cent of all fines collected. STEAM OR ELECTRIC ROAD. » Northern people did not want to see the wng and make speeches about the sol nnion divide. The war lasted 4 years and the soth people had to give np no our northern soldiers saved our nnion and freed the slaves. We decorate with flag* and flowr on the 80 of May. LUCILE BYRD. GATHER FLOWERS. Decoration day we go and gather flow-* ers and then we go to the cemetery and put a few flowers on the graves and them that are left we make a pile That shows that we love them. They decor* *te tbe soldiers graves, we like the sol­ dier as much as we love them that are deied. Tlie soldier in the south were dressed in gray the soldiers /in the north were dressed in bine. FBIDA BERNER. HONOR THE LIVING. diers. Tnose soldiers that went to the war said that they were willing to give np t 'iere lives for on.- flog. It is lovely to think how many people honor the dead soldiers. The eoldiers went to the south to fight. There .is not anouther day celebrated all over. All children/ love to think of Decoiation-Day. MYRTLE WATTLES. -- AN END TO SLAVERY. Decoration Day is celebrated in honor of the dead soldiers who fought bled ami died t) pave t'ie stars and stripes. And also to put an end to slavery. When the soldiers were going away to war they bid good-bye t»their fathers, mothers, wives, sisters and brothers hoping to re­ turn some future day. Living soldiers we should honor just as well as the dead They have Decoration to put flowers But our dear Lord covers them over on the soldiers graves. Decoration with the greenest grass and sweetest of comes on the 30th of May. Decoration fljwers. Tbe soldiers were willing to was made on tbe year of 99. We oner the give up their li^es if they had to. The solders that are living as well as those soldiers in the north were dressed in blue that are dead and we love to put flowers and the soldiers in the south were on the solders graves. Tbe solders were dressed in gray. We decorate the sol- willing to lose their lives to free this diers graves with flowers because they country. Sometimes we put a D ig on f >ught for our country. Decoration PROF. R. D. SCOTT, THE BLIND MUSI Prof. R D. Scott died at his hom3 in ever," "Family this city vesterday at noon. Death was tbe end of many months of suffering of enlargement of the liver and with jaun­ dice. The funeral services will b J held this (Friday) afternoon, at 2 p. m. at the Uoiversalist church, Rev. Dr. traub will be the minister in charge. rof. R. D Scott, the wonderful blind musician, was born in central New York and early displayed a decided taste fjr the proceeds of their concerts to tht music and pot try. His lessons in music, Sanitary Commission. There were two however, were not ample until by bis children in the family. Robt. L. and own exertions he acquired the means of Mrs Geo. Surrick. They both inherited fitting himself for the profession. He the musical abilities of their parents graduated in music under the auspices Mrs. Geo. Surrick has a very effecti/e of tbe Chicago Musical Institute and ffuiehfd contralto voice, and is known commenced teaching at the age of as nature's own elocutionist, while twenty. His musical.. compositions Mrs. Lou Scott, the wife and mother, were always popular, among which were is possessed of a flutelike sympathetic "The Scott Family Greeting," "O Had soprano voice. Robert L., the son, is We Some Bright Little I*le," "Forest a resident of Ubisago and has been here (Sty March," "The Union Now and For- duriug the illness of his father. the solders graves. There are but not a f»w of the old solders living now. On Decoration we go to the hall and hear T ie soldiers of the north wore blue. We them sing and spe«ch. If the old solders mefrch on Decoration D*y. The chil- are dead we put flower* on their graves, dren sing pretty songs. We march to HOWARD WATTLES. the cemetery. BERTHA WOLF. NATIONAL HOLIDAY. May the 30th Decoration day is a day Second Grade. SOLDIELTD FOUGHT BRAVELY. Decoration Day comes May 30th put flowers on the soldiers graves. The soldiers who fought so bravely for the old soldiers were crippled. We put a flag nor»h during the war of the rebellion on the soldiers graves. Just as long as 186t to 1865. It is now a national hoi- we live we'll have Decoration Day. Wt iday on which all people who have any love our red white and blue. We speak respect for tbe boys in blue should turn pieces at the hall. The soldiers fought, out and see that the old soldiers who bravely. We must remember Decoration have pa»sed a*ay are remembered by Day come 30th of May. The soldiers that were in the souf) wis called the con­ federates. It won't be very many yea»e till all the old soldiers will be dead then we will be glad to decorate their graves, and we will have Decoration Day all while we live. On that day we all match to tbe cemetery and w J will go to the hall and speak pieces. After we all get through we march to the cemetery. set aside by the goverment for the pur We pose of the decorating the graves^ of tbe There a"re not many soldiers living no* that were in the civil war. Yes, dear friends it is a kindly thought to scattsr fl twnrs upon the graves where the na­ tion dead are sleeping. ELLEN CLEARY. HOME FOR OLD SOLDIERS. IK coration-day comes on the 30th of Day. All tbe people come to tbe hall, strewing fl iwers on or otherwise Decor- May- The southern women first decor- and all the children come, we honor loth ating there graves. It is becoming cus- ated lhe Bravus of the lNo^th au° thf old and young. We must honor thoee tomary on that day for people who have 8o«th now all the North and the that are dead than those that are live- lost any love one to show there respect ^ woa ma<^e a national ho i- Telling Screech a most interesting one aad also demoustrated her clever ability as a re-iter Mrs. Angevine performed her part with exceptional ability, as did the other: namely, Misses Florance Searles, Agaes Perry, Julia A. Story, Elsie Howe, Roeiaa Reynolds, and Kate Howd, and Meedames W. A. Cristy and 0. C. Chapell. /' Lynn Cristy, as the little man, or Arthur Pryer, m^de consid»rable-apiupe- meut for the audieuce and performied bis part nicely. At the conclusion of the entertainment ice cream and cake was served and a most happy time enjoyed by allt Proceeds, $28. ^ It May Cost Yon f lOO If you have a Tip or Fido, see that the Assessor saw him when he was at yonr houfle. The tax is just a dollar and if your wondering dog is not taxed it may v Qoet you $l0u. Under the new law the penalty f >r neglecting or refusing to list Ik dog is a fine of not lets than $50 nor more than $100. ^ Sneak Thieves. Parties who had the mrve to take . powers off the lots in St Mary's ceme- fory will please call on Mrs, Geo. Schrei- - per and she will show them how to plant music ten weeks ago and the amount of beneflcicial instruction be has given them duripg this time is indeed verv commendable. He has demonstrated one fact and that is that he is a vocal instructor of great ability and at the same time he commends a high salary for his singing in one of the leading churches in Chicago^- Mr. Harris has consented to return next fall if a strong class can be organized, but he is not li­ able to come unless a large class is se­ cured. So it rests with each individual member ta sea that a larj?*cla3S is raised. Remember that the entertainment oc­ curs next Monday evening in the city hall. Choral Class Concert. The Mc Henry Choral Society of 50 voices under]direction of Milon R. Har­ ris, of Chicago, will give a grand concert Monday night, May 29th, in the town hall. This is the close of Prof. Harris's work here for this spring and all should attend this concert and thereby see the result's of the class work, sutos, duets and quartets, comic and sentimental. Tickets are for sale by all members of tbe class. Admission, ?0 cts. Concert at 8 p. m. Advertise LA THS PLAIN DEALER. that ing. We go round and round looking for flowers. EMMA CONWAY. THE BLUK AND THE GRAY. Decoration Day comes on May 30th. We go to the cemetery and decorate the eoldiera graves. ~ The soldiers of the show love Decoration day South were dressed in gray. The sol- 30th 1899 whnn they have put flowers there for them by going to the cemeterys and ^e South dressed in gray and the placing fl »wers on there graves. North in blur. We march to the ceme RAY PAGC. t-jry AND PUT flowers on the soldiers' OAVK TRRIM T >*** «RAVES ABD WITH THE FL°WERE THAT FTR® ,6FT they make a mound that ia for tbe sol They put flowers on the graves to miknrwn i f f Then comm May Iuen make addresses and speeches We ought to hoaor the souldiers that diers of the North*were dressed in blue, ou tbe grave* they tase tbe rest and pile are ijvjDg j;iat as much as those that are The soldiers of the South were called con tbi rn up in a pile that is to sh >w love to dea(j because they all said that they federates. They put flegs on the sol- the soldiers they love tbe soldiers that wouid cjVe up their lives for freedom, diers graves so they can tell where they are alive more than we love ths soldiers The soldiers of the South were called the are. It was almost six months before that are deai they all said they would confederates. It will not be long before give up there lives for our country. LEONARD PHILLIPS they came home attain. We like the sol­ diers who are living as well as the ones who are dead. We go to the Hall and speak pieces and songs and talk. We like to see our flag float wherever we go. We decorate the soldiers just as long as they live and think very much of oar soldiers. JULIA STOFFEL. KINDNESS TO CRIPPLED SOLDIERS Decoration day comes on the 30 th of May. We decorate the soldiers to show our love. The children like to march with ths soldiers. The soldier.* in the north were dressed in blue. The soldiers in the south were dressrd in gray. We like to see our flag float wherever we go. We show our love to the dead soldiers and celebrate Decoration day in honor of the soldiers. Slavery was one of tbe causes of tbe war and by hard fighting the northern soldiers gained freedom of the slaves of United States. We think very much of our soldiers. When the soldiers are all dead the children decor- OOR DUTY. The children celebrate to the cemetery Because the soldiers are dead. When the soldiem are all dead then it is our dntv. We love their memory and honor those that are liveing just as much as we honor those that are dead. They are. going to Rpeaks piesess to tbe cemeterv. We put fl iwer on the graves.to i-bow our love and we s^e the eoldiers when they march- though great cities ALICE OLSON. ' RESPECT FOB TBE BOYS. tbe old soldiere will all be dead. As long as we live we will all keep decoration day. In some places they have a home for the old souldiers. After tbe soldierr are all dead we will remember them just tbe same. It is a lovely thing to think that eo many people love and honor onr dead eouldiers enough to scatter fl iwere on their graves. LILLIAN W HEELER. ( >IIIOIN OF SLAVERY. Decoration day i- a day set apart oat of the year, to show that we remember and love the polders that fought to free tbe slaves of tbe UUIt >d States, and to keep our U-iion one. In 1619 twenty soldi rs in the south was dressted in gray. The soldiers of the north was olored people were brought here and D^omtioM day comeg may ^Oth. Tbe 8old M slttre8 to northern planters who set them at work cultivating tobacco and sugar-cane and a little la*er cotton. Soon more slaves were brought and sold to tbe northern people as well as tbe southern. But the northern states were not so well suited for plantations, as the climate was so much colder. And as the WHAT IT MEANS* JURY SAYS ITS MURDER RICHARD GAINOR INDICTED BY GRAND JURY. Fox Lake People Are Agitated Over Railroad Prqjeet. r* Property owners at Fox Lake and Pistakee Bay are rejoicing over the pro­ ject of a pew railroad, which ia to ran from Libertyville, Lake county, to Fox Lake. Now whether this is to be a steam or an electric road is not as yet settled. The first impression was that the St. Paul intended to extend their line from Libertyville to Springfield, Wis. The road was to pass through Hainesville and Nipersink Point, ths outlet of Fox Lake. Gray's Lake became mors or ISM agi­ tated over not going through there and offered the St. Paul inducements to come that way, but were informed that the 0. M. & St. Paul Ry. Co. had no survey­ ors in the field. So the people are puz­ zled as to who are tbe promoters of tbe road, and also whsther it will be an electric road or a steam road. There is a reason to beleive that something will be done as land is being purchased in that vicinity for that purpose. Fly FUhlng In Fox River. I give you a list of the varieties of fish which I have caught in Fox river at MC- Henry, III., The largest catch duriog any one day, the fly^alone being u*ed, was 180 fish, weighing 62 pounds, the date being about July ltt, 1898. I have today spent eight hours on the river without catching a single fish. The list is as follows. CAUGHT WITH 1IAIT. J. W. CRISTY Wan Chosen Chairman and J, W. Metsger, Secretary--Several Indictments. Richard Gainor has been found gniltjr of murder by the grand jury, which ended its dnties Thursday evening. J. W. Cristy, of Ringwood, was chosen fore* man and John W. Metzger, of Wood­ stock, secretary. It is probable that ths criminal docket will be called next week. Dr. Koehler and Joseph Held were in­ dicted for manslaughter, Fraak Kelle^ for larceny and embezzlement, Fred Ford assault with intent to kill, and L. Bennett lareeny. RUNS SIXTY MILES. Chas. Im Bnel Goes on Foot frox WU., to Chicago. Sixty miles in 13 hours ann 35 mhraisa and then do it with your feet isn't aa every day occurence. This is what Chas. L. Buel, of Chicago, did Saturday, while thousands of people wandered. He left Trevor, Wie., at 3:30 a. m. Saturday morning and was in Chicago at ths Un­ ion Stock yards, a distance of sixty miles, at exactly 5:05 p. m. that Saturday evening. He did this and a wagar of #500. The race come about in this way. Bosl is a sheep buyer at the Chicago stock yards. He became mad over the non- arrival of a carload nf sheep from Trev­ or, Wis., and on their asrival he figured np that they had been eighteen hours on the road. He made a wager of $500 with a man named Kleman that ha could make the distance on foot in less than eighteen hours. It took him 13 hours and 35 minatea to^make the distance, bat in that time ha rested an hoar and one minute. ' red horse catfish gar / large-mouth bass pickerel peich german carp I catfish Eel i »iack sucker bullhead leather-back turtle muscaiunge pike mud turtle CAUGHT IN A STOVE PIPE. bullhead CAUGHT WITH THE FLY. small-mouth bass yellow peroh blue-gill chab black chub sunfleh rock bass silver baas red fin minnow I purpose with your consent to submit several subsequent notes of the vicisei- tudes and shipwrek to which any one' fishing in a clinker, roand-bottom-madq boat is liable. J. R. S, dressted in blue. We put flowers on the soldiers grave to show our love. The soldiers was very brave. They treated the people like cattle. The soldiers fought I >r freedom. It is now a nation- ate the graves ahd decorate the soldiers al h°llday^n_ slaves couldn't do much elss slavery was soon given up, But some of the slave owners whipped them terribly and treat­ ed them worse than they did their d< gs. jutt as long as we live. Mr. Mead wai any respect f jr the boys. The flowers one of the soldiers. Decoration day is t'at are left tbey put in a mound for the one of our best days. We must be kind others. Ws must honor the soldiers to the soldiers if they are crippled, that are living just as much as ths sol- MAUDE GBAHOBH. diers that are dead. PAUL AUHINGEB. 6(included on Last Page. Sands, the Butter King. An exchange says: "When the cowi come home" means something t<r Obadiah Sands, of Elgin, for it requires the coming home o| 120,000 cows to supply the milk with which he makes his annual output of butter. He made and sold 15,000,000 pounds of butter last ysar, and received $2,500,000 for it. Of course he didn't stand and agitate the churn dasher that thrashed all that butter out; but the employee of the 160 creameries that he owns and controls managed to cihurn it. Obadiah Sands is the largest butter producer in the world, and twelve years ago he began with one small creamery. Now it re­ quires twenty carloads or more than 600 tons of salt to salt the butter he turns out every year and 6,000 farms to support the cows that furnish the mi[k. Obadiah Sands is only a hayseed citizen bnt he is doing quite well. Tend to Your Poultry. It may be an item not generally known that the Udlted States supreme coart re­ cently handed down an opinion to the effect that poultry running at large is wild game and persona on whom chick ens may trespass have a legal right to kill them. If your neighbor's hens per­ sist in scratching np yonr spring garden the law n ill uphold yoa in killing them while they an on yonr property .--Auro­ ra News. School Notes. Decoration Day, Tuesday, there will ba no school. Practice for the Promotion Exerriaaa has already began. School people are bnsy wi iting storiss, the best of which will be published in THE PLAINDEALER. Grover Kimball has been compelled to be absent from echool on account ot the illness of his brothsr. Several of the McHenry boys are xoiag to attend the meeting of the McHenry county uthletic association oa Saturday next. onday was the 17th anniversary toi Miss Jennie Walton's birthday an#- he had a hard time to get away from hool that day without several whip- There is so ass talk of a high school «•» ception at the end of the term; at which, besides the pupils of that room, then will be the teachers and Mr. Brents. Pupils who have been absent from school and intend to be absent the last two or three weeks m \y not find their names written there when it comes to promotion. • | Win Honors. ; The following are the names of thoM who stood highest in scholarship in their reepective classes and they will appear on the program at the commencement _ exercises, June t> Myra Mead, first grade; Ray Page, second grade; Lillian Wheeler, third grade; Irene McOmber, fourth grade; Frank E. Block, fifth grade; Martin Stoffel sixth grade; Ethel Owen, seventh grade; Mabel Granger, eight grade; Mamie Knox, ninth grade; Jennie Smith, tenth grade. • w '^1 • following are entitled to hona*> « t^ble mention: Willie Neisen, first grade; Julia Stoffel, and Pearl Claxton, second grade; Myrtle Wattles, third grade; Zue Gallaher, fourth grade; Frank Block, fifth grade; Chas. Heiuier, Florenea Howe and Willie Feltz, sixth grade; Lizzie Bolton, seventh grade; Nina Colby, Edna Story and Dora Stoffel, eight gratia; Winnie Grimoldhy, ninth grade; Fay Small and Jennie Wal­ ton, tenth grade. Libertyville Fair; The Lake County Fair Association offer s stake race for three year old or under to be trotted Thursday, Sept. 14. Entries to closs with $3 00 entrance money, June 1st., with accompanying conditions. For any information and entry blanks adress O. E. CHU RCHILL, 1 Secretary. PROGRAM. WSDBISDAT, 2:25C ass t -otli&r (356 00 3/0 Minute class tiottltg 3000» 2;85 Clsss pacing --US OS 2;90 Glass, trotting (or Lake Oo,1Q& 00 THURSDAY. 3:35 Class, trott.ng tfSBOS Free-tor all. pacing ......8000# Thrse-ysar-olil and under. •take trottert,added mosey..MOO# No P, One and a loartb mile bardie raoe '"a FBIDAY. < s So, 9. > :30 Olas#, trotting 1*0<» Ko. 10, Free-tor all, trotting....- 10000 No. II, 2:45 Class trotting #0OS No. 14. \Mllerunning 1»00 •No. 7. Stake for three-year-olds and under trotters. Entrance fee, $19.00, Payments: $3 00 with entry, which eljpa- es June 1st; $5.00 July 15th, and #7.00 night before ths race, Wsdassday sight.. Sept. 1st. , Advertise in Tas PLAIKD*AUH|, H ' $ h • H V " :• : ... •»$ • '*! v M - 'if 1 •11 No. No. HO. No. No, No. 6 •No, 7, mils. - M. iA\ .. fci. J