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^OUMB XXIXfets *; ? v McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903, NUMBER 9 ^EXCHANGE GLEANINGS |^APPENINGS IN M'HENRY 1M ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND A fctiMllan«OM Assortment of Mew* Item* In Condensed Form For Conven tenee of Busy People. Jacob Haish, millionaire manufactur­ er of barb wire in De Kalb, offers to build, at bis ovm expense, a $100,000 court house, to be located in De Kalb in place of Sycamore.^ Nun da Herald: Nnnda and Crystal Lake Union school opened Monday with a total enrolment of 264 pnpils. An nnnsual number of new pupils from Terra Cotta started. Arrangements t will soon be made by which these chil dren may play about the school grounds nnder the supervision of a teacher, or remain in the school building in bad weather until train time. ' Marengo Republican: Ten dollars each for one thousand laboring men is the price Rockford contractors are will­ ing to pay for laborers, is the statement of the Morning Star. In an interview with a contractor in that city the gen tleman is quoted as saying that it is practically impossible to secure laborers at any price and that he is willing to pay a bonus of ten dollars for every man brought to him and that Le is con­ fident that there are places in the city for a thousand men. Farmers should beware of a new scheme that is being worked by some smooth men with success in different parts of the state. They claim to rep resent a "non-freezirig" stock-tank agency, and those who have been un­ fortunate enough to get taken in have found the patent tanks rather expens­ ive propositions. It is worked in this way: A man appears who has a pat ent non-freezing tank for sale. If the farmer makes the mistake of listening to the slippery agent and buys one of the tanks, he is given the exclusive agency of several townships for their sale, and that, too, without extra qharge. The simple request is made however, that he sign three papers The farmer signs, and the papers in a few days turn into notes. Huntley Journal: The commenda tion by President Roosevelt of those who rear large families has brought out announcements from newspapers all over the country of parents who have a large number of children. We have Aoted a number of such, but so far as We have seen, Huntley can claim the distinction of being the home of a fam­ ily that breaks the record and which iB entitled to the thanks of the President. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ehorn, living two miles east of Huntley, are the proud parents of twenty children--thirteen boys and seven girls--seventeen of Whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Ehorn Mre two of our most estimable people, •till in the prime of life, Mr. Ehorn be­ ing 57 years old and Mrs. Ehorn 52. They were married at the ages of 20 15 respectively. The children are hearty and vigorous, exemplary in ev­ ery way, forming a family to be proud of. Mr. Ehorn is a veteran of the civil war, having entered in Co. I, 52nd Illi­ nois infantry, when 18 years of age, and served until the close of the war. Council Proceedings. Regular meeting. Present Trustees Block, Chapell, Engeln, Eldredge, Lau- res and Rothermel. President Story presiding. The minutes of the last regular meet­ ing were read and approved. Ttfe following bills were read and ap­ proved by the finance committee: J. F. Wisner, recoating walks $75 92 M. M. Niesen, police service. . . . .. 50 00 J. Walsh, same 50 00 Plaindealer Co., pub ordinance... 2 70 Geo. Meyers, graveling 88 85 P Thelen, gravel 6 25 Wilbur Lumber Co., lumber, tils. 10 42 III. Engeln & Son, oil 2 79 Gilbert Bros., oil v 11 45 Osmun Bros., oil *. 1 89 John Walsh, acct M. Sugareau, lbr 1 75 A. Engeln, acct C. Swadish, labor A. Engeln, acct G, Engeln, labor. C. Smith, labor. :... Neptune Meter Co., meters Motion by Eldredge seconded by Block that the bills be accepted and warrants drawn on the treasurer for the same. Motion carried. Motion by Rothermel seconded by Chapell that the streets be graveled where needed. Motion carried. Motion by Eldredge seconded by En­ geln that the street committee purchase a car of paving brick for street crossings. Carried. Motion by Engeln seconded by El­ dredge that the tar walk on the we t •ide of court street be extended from Washington street to the Catholic church. Motion earned. On paotion duly seconded and .carried flie board adjourned. JOHN STOFFEL, J. L STORY, Clerk. President 3 50 4 37 5 25 87 60 Bodies Mot Yet Found. The bodies of Miss Jessie Brown and Lawrence Doty of Chicago, who were frowned in Geneva lake three weeks u»»o uui iweii iuuuu »xiu the prolh abilities are that they never will be re­ covered. ' The water at the point where the unfortunate young people went down is very deep and cold, being at •bout 36 degrees temperature efen in Jfaly and August The Plaindealer is adding new names to ite list every day. Is your name on( the rap o* honor? Don't bono#.: CATTLE ARE DYING. MystoHoas Illness Attacks Herd Owned Sooth of Marengo. A strange disease attacked a drove of cattle belonging to Henry Driver, who lives five miles south of Marengo, Sat­ urday. Fourteen out of a herd of forty died within 24 hours, and fears are enter­ tained that the whole herd may go, The symytoms are thought to be the same as anthrax. The yictim begins to droop and steadily fails to the end, the time being from 24 to 36 hours, state veterinary surgeon from Marengo inspected the cattle yesterday and upon opening the stomach of one found no indication of'poisoning. No other cat tie in the vicinity are yet affected. There are cases of anthrax in Kane county, but none are known nearer, nor is any other epidemic prevailing In the vicinity. AN AGED GROOM. J OR I all G. tor man of Woodstock Weds AT A^e of 85 Year*. The Chicago Record-Herald yester day contained the following article con­ cerning the marriage of a Woodstock citizen: "Eighty-five years of living have not dissipated the romantic illusions of Jo- siah G. Forman of Woodstock, 111. With as youthful a heart as in the days when he was one-and-twenty, he placed a wedding ring on the finger of Mrs Helen M. Gates of this city last night, and took her away on a honey-moon trip, heedless of the pounds of rice showered upon him by the grandchil­ dren of his bride of 48. "The wedding, which occurred at the home of Mrs. Frankie Cole, 408 Alma street, Austin, was a symphony in the national colors. The bride is active in the woman's auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, and chose to promise to love, honor and obey her patriarchal sweetheart under a red- white-and-blue wedding bell. Godfrey Weitzel Corps No. 81, of the Woman's Relief, of which Mrs. Gates has- been president, was present in -a body and intensified the. patriotic atmosphera The bride was attended by her son and daughter, and a little granddaughter, ^lerle Notman was flower girl. ^"Mr. Forman is a gentleman farmer, owning a large estate near Woodstock, to which he will retire after the honey­ moon. ' There, with their dogs and their tulip bulbs, they will live happily ever afterward, just as it is in fairy tales." AN ACCIDENT. Horse Buns Away and Throws Sclinildt to >Ground. Chris In a runaway Tuesday noon Chris Schmidt was thrown from bis wagon sustaining severe injuries, and as a consequence is on the shelf for a few days at least. He was driving up Main street with considerable speed, being in a hurry to finish a job of plumbing, when the shafts became detached from the wagon al­ lowing the horsa to go free. The wagon swerved to one side of the street and the sudden stop threw Chris to the ground with some force, tie was carried to his ro6m at the Northwestern hotel and Dr. Beebe hastily summoned. Provokingly Funny. Have you ever had a long, weary Sun­ day before you-apparently a never- ending day when nothing imaginable would provoke one of those full, hearty, whole-souled laughs from which "Is de­ rived the old, favorite adage, "Laugh and grow fat"? If such a day comes to you again and you want a merry laugh for the pleasure it gives, turn to the Comic Colored Supplement of The Chi­ cago Record-Herald's Sunday edition. It is certainly an exterminator of the 'blues." Filled completely with fresh, breezy jokes and irresistibly comic il­ lustrations in colors, sparkling with wit and humor of an entertaining as well as instructive nature, it is a paper to amuse all who see it. Four pages in colors and four in black-and-white, this --the best colored supplement issued by any metropolitan newspaper--makes of that newspaper a combination of a modern Sunday newspaper and a hu­ morous weekly periodical in colors. The mechanical work involved in the making of this colored supplement is a marvel of skill. The harmonious ar­ rangements and perfect blending of the many colors used in its make-up portray artistic taste of the highest order. In Honor of Oklahomaltes. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pallaher enter­ tained a number of friends at their home last Friday evening in honor- of the visitors from Oklahoma, Messrs. and Mesdames C. C. Chapell and L. H. Owen. Tables were arranged for pro­ gressive cinch, prizes being won by S. S. Chapell and Miss Nina Colby. For refreshments delicious ice cream was served on the half shell, or, to make it more explicit, each guest was served WlliU O 1IOAL U»UMI1UU|I^ uilOU WtWH tdV cream, making a tempting dish. The following were present: Messrs. and Mesdames-- F. L. McOmber S. S. Chapell C. C. Chapell 1«. H. Owen G. W. Besley 0. D. Schoonmaker John I. Story v v Mrs TJ. M. Owen f Miss Nina Colby Mr. Goodwin of Nnnda and (X N. o*i* r QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY 1WEN- TY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Items Clipped from The Plaindealer Pub­ lished September 11 1878--Particularly Interesting to Old Residents. The first frost of the season Tuesday night Sam Carey, the great Greenback ora­ tor, will be %t Woodstock on Thursday of this week, the 12th. The. meeting will be held at 2 o'clock. We learn that the diphtheria is rag­ ing to some extent in the northeast part of the town of Nunda. Owen Courtney has lost one daughter, abont 18 years old, and another is not expected to live at the time of this writing. A fashion paper has an artiole on "the coming bonnet" The country has had enough of the "coming bonnet" stuck on the back hair and coming at a distance of several inches in the rear of the head. What this generation wants is a bonnet right up with and covering the head of its owner. Jos. Draper is the "boss" cabbage raiser of this town. This is a settled fact. He left one at this office one day last week that weighed, after being trimmed up nicely, 13£ pounds. The firm of Walsh & Howard, batch­ ers, has been dissolved, Jas. Walsh re­ tiring from the business. R. A. How­ ard will continue the business at the old stand, where at all times may be fonnd meats of all kinds, of the very best quality. Our attention was called on Sunday last to one of the most dastardly pro­ ceedings that it has been our lot to re cord for many a day. C. Stegeman who makes a business of raising vege tables of all kinds, had a large patch of melons which he was raising for the purpose of sealing and thereby turning an honest penny. But on Saturday night some sneaking thieves entered the patch, and not satisfied with taking what they wanted to eat, wantonly de stroyed nearly 400 melons, thus damag ing Mr. Stegeman to the am nut of some $40 or $50. DILLON-WALTON NUPTIALS. & Win. C. Dillon and Miss Jennie Walton of Volo Wed. At. high noon yesterday, the ninth, occurred the marriage of Mr. William C. Dillon and Miss Jennie Walton at the home of the bride's parents in Yolo. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Walton and is well known and loved by a large circle of friends in McHenry. She graduated from the Mc­ Henry high school with the class of 1900 and for several terms has taught the Volo school with marked success. The Plaindealer can testify to the fact that she has a sweet and amiable disposition as she has been correspondent for this paper dnring the past few years. The groom is an industrious young man who has the esteem of all his ac­ quaintances. The Plaindealer thus loses a good cor­ respondent, but we do not hesitate to extend heartiest congratulations and best wishes. SUN EDITOR IS ON. But Should Not Have Given Away. UM Snap VACATION TIME IS OVER. MANY PEOPLE HAVE CLOSED COTTAGES AND GONE HOME. T^E 8MITH JER8EY8. K. A. 8mlth of King wood has MM Win. nlnjc Herd. E. A. Smith of Ringwood has one of the finest herds of Jersey cattle in the country and certainly has the finest in the county. He won everything at the McHenry county and at the Beloit inter-state fairs, there being no competitors in the field. But at the Minnesota state fair, at St. Paul, the herd won greater honors owing to the fact that competition was keen. Mr. Smith captured six blue rib­ bons, five red and three white. Be got first in herd, first in breeders' young herd, first in get of one sire, second in produce of one cow,'junior champion heifer and junior champion male. Every fall Mr. Smith makes a circuit of the most important fairs and has never failed to return home with prizes galore. He will enter his herd at the Illinois state fair. Ladle* 'Who Vore Knives. In ^arjy English days knives were worn by Englishwomen In Imitation of the anelace, a dagger carried at the girdle. Chaucer sj>enks of them in the prologue to his "Canterbury Tales:" Hlr knives were y-chaped not with brass. But all with silver wrought, full clean and well. In Ross church, Herefordshire, is a monument to a lady of the Ruddle fam­ ily, temp. Henry VIII., who wears a purse and a knife. Brand tells us that knives were formerly part of the ac- couterments of a bride. In a play, temp. "Edward III.," occurs the pas­ sage: Hero by my side do hang my wedding knives. In the "Arctuectogla" Mr. Douce, the antiquary, wrote a paper on this prac­ tice of wearing knives by European ladies in the sixteenth century, and an engraving shows a specimen of a case of these wedding knives, dated 1610, which are described as having amber handles and cases of purple velvet em­ broidered with gold. Soine Pygmy Animals. A species of dwarf elephant used to live on the island of Malta and in vari­ ous parts of Italy. Judging from the bpnes which remain, these animals, about the size of a large sheep, were somewhat numerous. A dwarf elephant Is a rarity now and no longer forms a distinct species, but Is considered rath­ er a freak. A very beautiful species of pygmy deer Is found on the Sunda islands. These little creatures are not much lar-» ger than a cat, but haye *1} the points of a "well bred" deer. Among horses Shetland ponies are the pygmies. The ordinary musk of central Africa Is a pygmy, or dwarf, of only about twenty inches in height at the shoulder and three feet in length. •siting Snre of Him. "I think," said the thoughtful moth­ er, "that you ought to object to young Brown paying so much attention to our daughter." "Why?" demanded the thoughtless father. "He Impresses me very favor­ ably." "Thafs Just It," returned the thought­ ful mother. "We must do something to make his ambitious mother think we regard ourselves a little above them so­ cially if we are to make sure of him." The Waiikegan Sun has discovered our real motive for stating that the ap­ ple crop was short this season and the editor was mean enough to publish the following item, thus spoiling our chanc es of feasting on apple pie this winter "The editor of the McHenry Plain dealer, through ignorance or design, stated that the apple crop thereabouts was short This caused his office to be deluged with samples and stories of the big loads borne by some trees. As the editor sits and munches a sweet one he says he is still open to further proof Next we expect to hear from him that the potato crop is short, too." As regards the potato crop, they say it is bountiful in Wisconsih, bnt we have no substantial authority to state that Mchenry county is so blessed We have no garden of our own and have paid 8pot cash for all the tubers used this season". We have heard several potato stories but the actual proof has been lacking. WILLIAM BROOKS. Well Known Wauconda Resident Passes Away, Aged 75 Years. William Brooks, a pioneer of Wan conda township, died at 9 o'clock Tues­ day morning of last week. The funeral was held at two o'clock Thursday from the home near Slocnm Lake. Mr. Brooks came from England and settled in Wauconda township at an early day, and was identified with its development from near the beginning, and his marked characteristics of in­ domitable energy, indefatigable indus­ try and sterling integrity won him not only respect but a large measure of sue cess, for he became one ot the largest land owners of western Lake county. Mr. Brooks was about 75 years of age. He leaves his widow and a large fami­ ly of children, all of whom are married except William, the youngest son, who lives on the homestead. WIRELESS PICTURE SERVICE- Enterprl*^ of New York Evening Journal During Yacht Races. Job work Qf all kinds {Man*!*-, •vr ;.it -v. .». ; Newspaper men know all about pict­ ures drawn from telegraphic descrip­ tions, pictures prepared and held ready for release and even pictures sent by telegraph, but the quick'W-orlt done un­ der most trying circumstances by the newspaper photographers at the yacht races holds the record. When the excursionists who had been to the course last Saturday got back to the city the New York Evening Journal was on the street with pictures of the yachts actually taken at the scene of the • race. The negatives were devel­ oped on board one of the press boats in the newly patented apparatus for field work and were attached to carrier pigeons and borne back to New York in time to get reproductions that could be used in the evening editions. It was indeed a wireless picture service,- and it proved a complete success. Forgot His Wife. They tell a capital story on a good- natured, prosperous farmer residing a few miles from Volo, who came to town to do his shopping. On his way ^ome the thought came to him that he had forgotten something. He took out bis notebook, went over the items, checked them off and saw that he had made all the purchases intended. As he drove along it was utterly impossible for him to put aside the feeling that something was mjjisteg. ~>He took out his notebook and again checked off every item, but still found no mistake. He did this several times, but could not dismiss the idea that he must have forgotten some­ thing. When he Arrived home and drove up to the door the boys came out to meet him and with a look of surprise asked, "Why! Where'is maw?" Will Have Larger Cars. v The Chicago & North-Western rail­ road \vill immediately retire from fcr- vice all freight cars with a capacity of 28,000 pounds and a number of 80,000- pound cars. A total of about 400 cars will be destroyed within the next sixty days. During that time a larger num­ ber of cars of greater capacity will b% put in service. The company last year' bought 2,500 freight cars, ranging in capacity from 40.000 to 100,000 pounds, |md will buy a larger number this year. Large Crowds Entertained at Hotels on Labor Way--Pfetakee Bay and Fox River Resorts are Popular. The busy season for the hotels and clubs at Pistakee Bay and on Fox river came to a close this week, labor day be­ ing a record breaker in point of business done. And that it has been a busy season for everyone no one can deny. Every hotel has been crowded during the entire summer months and not a few hay lofts have been utilized. Despite the fact that John J. Buch, Jos. Heimer, Ben Stilling, S. J. Mellin and H. H. Caunon had prepared for large crowds by adding new rooms, they were all compelled at times to turn people away. The Rosedale Pleasure Club has also enjoyed a good run. There is no secret to this sudden boom for the Fox River and Pistakee Bay re­ sorts. By spending one day at any ot the places a iters®n will find the cause of the growing popularity of the places. It is all due to the absolute freedom with which the guests can move about and enjoy the balmy breezes, throwing conventionality to the winds. When a person comes to these resorts he dis­ cards boiled shirts, high collars, patent leather shoes and all other necessities of a Geneva lake dress parade. Most of them come with a desire to forget swallow tail coats, opera hats and other THE WAY THEY LOOK AT IT. The Wauconda Base Ball Team Take* Pitcher's Credit. The Wauconda correspondent to the Waukegan Gazette had the following to say last week regarding the ball game played here between the McHenry and Wauconda teams: "On Saturday last the Wauconda baseball team went to McHenry for tie purpose of demonstrating unto the bail-tossers representing that city that they needed not the umpire to help them defeat McHenry, as was stated after the previous game between the two teams on the locals' grounds. Waucon­ da went first to bat and the way they started in on Walsh was enongh to make that veteran long for the 'Good Old Summer Time'of many years ago, when his shoots and benders had a de­ moralizing effect on the terrified slug­ gers who faced him. Two runs came in the first inning and one followed in the second. The next was a blank, but the fourth added one more. Then two innings were fruitless, but two tallies were registered in the seventh, the eighth producing one. This brought the total up to 7, which number was considered enough, and, consequently, no runs were made in the ninth. "Meantime Seger was enlarging his reputation as a pitcher, aud inning aft­ er inning he blanked his opponents, they being able to get the ball outside the diamond but once, when an easy fly was sent to Potter in right field. But with this explanation, and despite the facit that Umpire Gallaher had to strain his eyes watching the queer shoots the ball took after leaving Soger's hands, the McHenry boys are still unable to discover the reason why they were un able to cross home plate and thus place BEGIN THE YEAR'S WORK SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY WITH II GOOD ATTENDANCE. RPlMsk McHervry Pumping Station. masks necessary to recognition in met ropolitan society. They like to don a ten-cent straw hat, a fifty-cent shirt and a pair of overalls, forget the world and enjoy real life for a few weeks. By this we do not mean that there are no social events at the Bay, There have been several pleasant social gath­ erings of the highest order, but they in no way interfered with the everyday freedom Every cottage on the river has been occupied during the summer and all the tenants have remained as long as possi­ ble. The river was never more beauti­ ful than this season, and, altho fishing has not been the best owing to the ex­ tremely high water, still many fine specimens and large strings have been brought in. Not only have the hotels and clubs enjoyed a rushing business, the village of McHenry has come in for a good share of the prosperity. All the mer­ chants (especially those who ufee the adyertisi g columns of this paper) re­ port an excellent business this summer. Many people who have not traded in McHenry for years have done their shopping here. This is due to the fact that the merchants are carrying an un­ usually large stock of goods, to the fact that they advertise their wares, and the most important, to the wide circula­ tion of The Plaindealer, which has in­ creased wonderfully dnring the past few months. We feel confident that McHenry will do an unprecedented business this fall. Family Reunion. All the family of the late Edwin M. Owen, with the exception of one son, Edwin W., who resides at Oakland, Calif., gathered around the table at the old home in this village Saturday even­ ing and partook of the excellent supper which the hostess, Mrs. E. M. Owen, had prepared. On Sunday the p^rty took dinner at the home of Q. 1?. Qwen, The following were present at the gathering: Geo. W. Owen and wife, Elgin, 111.; Mary Owen Schnorr, Ashton, S. D.; Chas. S. Owen, wife and sons, Norton and Harold, Chicago; Lewis H. Owen, wife and sons, Ed win and Charles, Cush ing, Oklahoma; Mrs. Amy Owen Chapell and husband, C. C. Chapell, Asher, Ok­ lahoma; O. N. Owen and daughters, Ethetamd Jennie; Mrs. Edwin M. Owen. Mrs; H. Geake. Mrs. H. Geske died Monday evening last, after a lingering illness, aged sev­ enty-six years. The fnneraf was held at the German Lutheran church on Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock. The remains were laid to rest in Wood- lawn cemetery beside those of her hus­ band, who preceded her to the other world some years ago. John at least one mark on their score card. Can anyone help them out of their be­ wilderment?" The above sounds good from ^Wau­ conda standpoint and is possiMJ^Jquite consoling to the Wauconda ball tossers We will acknowledge that Seger had the McHenry boys at his mercy, but it is also a fact that Walsh allowed no more hits than did Seger. He pitched an excellent game and the Waucondas got in only two earned runs. We must also concede that Dick is a veteran. He is actually eighteen years of age and has probably pitched as many as six real games during his time. No WOE der the Waucondas feel elated over those three or four hits. We might al so add that Umpire Gallaher stood up before queer shoots and curves while Seger was still playing marbles. Marshall of Nnnda died last week of softening of the brain. , An ad in The Plaindealer "wttfc" ool- imm wfll bring rwull*; % Advertising That Doesn't Pay. What would we say of a manufactur­ er who who built a fire under his boiler and then went off and let the fire die out, expecting his mill to run all day on that one fire? And yet there are adver­ tisers who make "one time" splurges or take "trial advertisement," then be­ cause business does not keep him up nights, say "advertising does not pay. ' How about the farmer who plants corn and then sits down to wait for the crop? He wonld be expected to say that "farm­ ing does not pay." And yet there are advertisers who plant the seed of an advertisement and think their work is done. For such people advertising does not pay and never will, and money spent in such advertising would better be placed in the poor box at church Advertising is the fire under the busi­ ness toiler, which must be tended and kept hot to produce the result sought. It is the seed planted, which, if properly nurtured and tended, will spring up and tear fruit, "some thirty, some sixty and some a hundred fold."--Ex. Prospects Bright for Better Work and More Interest than Brer the Coming School Tear. Many of onr exchangee have headed their articles on the opening of school with words pertaining to the "merry chime of the school bells." We cannot start there as the sound that is wafted down from the beifry is far from being a "merry chime," sounding more like a Chinese tom-tom. The bell was struck by lightning and cracked last year, which accounts for its cracked tone. In all probabilities the boa d of educa­ tion will order a new bell as soon as a meeting can be called. The old# bell is far too small, anyway, as the belfry is constructed for one three times as large. Bnt one should not judge the school by the sound of the belL Just step in­ side and note the deep interest that the teache: s and about 200 pupils are taking in the work of organization. The work last year was the most progressive and the ultimate results were better than in any previous period, but there is every indication of still more improvement during the next nine months. Twenty- nine pupils are now enrolled in the high school and more may enter the classes during the month. There are twelve students in the senior class, as follows: Cassie Eldredge, Florence Howe, Katie Knox, Lillie McGee, Ethel Owen, Bes­ sie Smith. Hazel Osmnn, Mae Welch, Helen Raymond, Loren Lauck, Carleton Ross and Dick Walsh. This will make the largest graduating class in the his­ tory of the school. There were four­ teen in the class when school closed last spring, but two will not return. That people in the surrounding dls- tricts are aware of the superiority ot . the McHenry School is evidenced in the fact that seventeen tuition pupils have entered their names, eight of whom are in tne high school. The high school lacks only a few points necessary in being accredited to the State university and it is the desire of Prof. Fisher, and students as well, that another year be added to the high school course, thus giving time for fur­ ther study in the necessary branches. Altho the student spends one more year in the nigh school he has one year lees at college, and thus escapes that much tuition and board bill. And if the stu­ dent does not enter college he goes out into the world with a good academic education. The city schools and many country schools are conducted on this plan and there is no reason why Mo- Henry should not be up to the highest standard. The expense would be nom- . inal when the good to be derived is tak­ en into consideration. A representative of the Illinois University at Champaign will visit the McHenry high school soon and inspect the methods employed. This is as it should be. The only reason that our school is not now accredited to* the university is that recognition has never been sought afte^ before. Armour Institute has given the 'A'm high Mr. aud Mrs. Besley Entertain. Ifr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Besley enter­ tained a number of friends at their home Saturday evening at progressive cinch.- Prizes were won by Mrs C. C. Chapell and W. F. Gallaher. Refresh­ ments, consisting of ice cream, peaches and cream, and cake, were served. The following were present: Messrs. and Mesdames-- W. F. Gallaher C. D. Schoonmalter F. L. McOmber D. F. Hanly J. C. Parks S. S. Chapell C. C. Chapell L. H. Owen John I. Story Mrs. Euiuia Phillips Mrs. E. L. Dal ton Notice to Dairymen. Borden's Condensed Milk Co., will open their books for their winter's sup­ ply of milk, at their office in Wsfc Mc­ Henry, on Tuesday, September 15, 1908. Books will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. unless the oontract school credit in all studies except solid geometry, trigonometry, chemistry. M mechanical drawing and German. This certainly speaks well for the work that was done last year. In a four years' course the studies mentioned above can not be taken up and given sufficient time, besides, a chemical laib» ratory would be a necessary addition. , > Another thing needed at the school building is an assembly hall. By rais­ ing th3 roof a few feet the third floor could be utilized for the purpose nicely. It has been suggested by some that, money to defray the expense of such ant improvement might be raised by sntK scription if the district could not see ita. way clear to make the investment. The board of education was fortunate, in being able to secure the same corpa. of teachers that had charge of the school* last year, as follows: % Superintendent--R C« Fishew ,1^ 1 ,.v Eigth Grade - Miss Agnes A. Ptonijyl. Fourth Room--3ire. Mary Cobtx, ; .-w,* Third Room--Miss Dora Beeley. ~ Steoond Room -Miss Ethel M. SmtBh. First Room--Bliss Kate F. Howe. And last, but by no means the least,. for the welfare of the school property* John Brents will continue to act as jan­ itor. When the doors were thrown open Monday morning every room and the halls were found in a perfect state of cleanliness, and they are kept in that, condition the entire year. Woe nnte the boy who carves his name in the woodwork or writes the name of hte sweetheart on the wall. ^ Public A action of Beat . f'. , ^ h There will be sold, without ieeerv% / on Saturday* Sept. 12, commencing at two o'clock p. m., on the respective premises, commencing at the houses and lots in the village of McHenry, tht Stegman property, consisting of the tw© * houses and lots opposite St Mary1* I Catholic church, in McHenry, and tha piece of land on the east side of Fa* river, adjoining Rosedale, containing about thirteen acres. The, sale will ft* . lor cash. The interest of all parties l» ! interest will be conveyed in this sale, 1 . they having mutually agreed to the same. The sale will be in parcels and then in gross amount That whioh nets the largest sum will be declared tha sale. F. K. GRAKGEK, Auctioneer.' rf y • ; ' • - V ' v > • A- M