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Bouslett attended to business in • .Qtdcago Taenday. ' , & * M.. 3. W ateh was ft bosineas visitor its """'•^ieago Tuesday. ' .;•• »• • .^Mr. ana Mm. U.-Umt>^\W^0in- i^go visitors Monday. • ;..';',: 0. 8. Howard was a bminwe vWf(or , li Chicftgo last Friday. Miss Cassie Eldredge was a recent * '*• niftiest of Elgin friends. •" 'Herbert. Morien spent New Year's «ay ;.. v.fpitb MrHeary friends. Mr. and Mrs. Del Noonan were Ohi- fi»go visifcore Friday last. ^ Chas. B. Harrison attended to tapi- .ai^ss lo. Onc^go Tuesday. , - . Fred Schoorr was the goeet of Dm- friends last Thnrsday., • "> Mrs. Lonis Wrede was a Chicago pie- ^(gnger last Friday morning. " R, W. Inness of Chicago was a bnsi- 0ss caller in town Tuesday. ,";Mrs. Martin Thelen was a reewt .. ."^aeat of Waaaonda relatives. j" -Mrs. Frank Ward is in Chicago this .. Hwek caring for sick relatives. , ^ Harry Dnffy of Chicago spent New ; fear's day with McHenry friends.' ! •' , Joe Kftppler of Woodstock spent New :t^sar's day with McHenry friend®. E. C. Joslyn of Woodstock spent New i^uJlaar's day with McHenry friendi, Glenn Thomas of Woodstock was the I •_,v- y of friends here New Year's day. Miss Fannie Dodge oi Ringwood was JlrgnestatB. Sherborne'* on Christmas - John E. Hnnter was the guest of his IJpothwr and sister here on New Year's -fey. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Howard of Elgin J ?ip?© gaaate of relatiree the arst of the ^*isek, . ^ ^MissesPearl and &ttt>y Claiton «re vbiting Elgin relatives and friends this Week. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ott spent sever- aidays this week with Chicago rela- .jj|res. ItMiss t«n» Stoffel spent several days $BBt week with Chicago relatives and :i||ends. Mm. A. C. Sparling and daughter, Jprs. Roy Colby, sprat Saturday last in ^ %• •: Chicago, "f* ,. :Mr. ^nd Mrs, Fr*d Kmrvea w«re goMt« I! oI relatives in Kenoehft several days " i 111is week. ̂ Miss Clara Stoffel spent a few days £k the latter part of last week with Don* • „... j||0 frisads. 1 ' Mr. and Mrs. 3. 3. Bille and children J .-linre gneets of Chicago relatives on New / 'M '• / "Sear's day. * f|( . .Miss Iva Richardson of Richmond jtoent Thursday last at the home of Mrs f1. fm. Carey. > -T . : Miss Marie Buel of Elgin spent sever | J i al days last week at the home of Mrs. a :| fm. Carey. _ \' ;^red nadredge of Chicago Heights •pent New Year's day with his father and. sister here. Miss Florence Mueller of Chicago ̂̂ ~ Igent a few days this week at the home ki.J> of C. E. Lamphere. Mrs. Thomas Riley of Chicago was .-lie gnest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Mey- «rs. the past week. •!'. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kimball of Ridge- fiald spent a few days last week with McHenry relatives. Miss Lizzie Meyers of Belvidere spent holiday week with her parents, Mr. and ||rs. Henry Meyers. Mim Mildred Hicks of Palatine spent iik^few days this week with her sister, ISIrs. W. C. Evanson. Miss Mae Goldthwaite of Chicago , spent a few days of this Week at the /home of S. McDonald. V Walter Frisby and siate ̂ Kathryn, d( Havana, N. D., spent Christmas --'iVith their parents here. Miss Lucie Carey returned to Elgin liednesday afternoon after a week's vis- (ft with houue folks here. ' ̂:>•' - . Mrs. Henry Mentser of Woodstock • " inent Sunday at the home of her sister, M ilrs. Henry Meyers, here. M Q. W. Besley was a Chicago visitor IF ' . i|st Friday. He was accompanied by H i tds clerk, Walter Krause. M y. sMrs. W. D. Ford of Hort«» ̂Mich., ^pt a few days this wegk at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K S Wneeler. yi Mr. a»nj sjwft';a M. Jensen of Wood Christmas with the latter'a Wr ̂ :.,ts, Mr. and Mrs. John Frisby. < Mesdames C. E.Sherman and B. G. ^term&n and the latter's daughter, Vil­ la, were Chicago visitors last Saturday. wMr. and Mrs. W. R. Marshall of Mo- 4f« spent Christmas day with the lat- ilr'a patents, Mr. and Mrs. Qea Mey- efa. • ^E. Hunter is now making his lie»<3- ^artei-H at the Coliseum in Chicaigo, l|h«re the power boat show is being #*• iGlenn Q. Wait* and finally of West fjalluaan were gnests of his parents, Mr. Mid Mza, R. Waite, several days this W. X. I FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA. Mr. Patrick Cl«*ry Favors PMaitalw Bwlm With Intervatlair Latter. Los Angeles, CaL, Deo. 21, }807. Editor Piaindealer, McHenry, I1L Dear Editor: I thought 1 would write a few lines to The Piaindealer and itB readers, especially those of my friends, to let them know that my wife and my­ self arriyed at Los Angeles safe and all right, and to wish The Piaindealer, its readers and my friends a merry Christ- $W' As this is my Srst experience In TU- ing to a newspaper and finding the tafik more than I had anticipated perhaps I ought to make some forehanded apology, and in that respect it will suffice to ssy that I hope that what this letter will lack in interest will -be made hp in amusement, eo here it goes. We reached Chicago on the 11th ihst. about 0 o'clock, p. m.. and having to wait ab3ut font hours for our train to start west we went out on the west side to visit some friends. Got back about 9:80 and boarded our train and went to "blanket street," but didn't sleep much that night; that old bunk would punch a person's ribs worse than old "Bob" FttzsimmOns. Thursday morning we found onrselves in Iowa. We rode all day thru Iowa and Nebraska, a most beatuiful and rich looking country. Saw many fine look­ ing benches of cattle and hogs in the feed lots. We were a little bit late to arrive at North Platte, Neb., in day­ light; the porter had informed us that that was the finest part of Nebraska All day Friday and Saturday we road thru mountains and deserts, arriving in LOS Angeles at 10 (/clock Saturday even­ ing. Our train was about two hours late, being due in Los Angeles a^out 8 o'clock. Taken all in all we had a very pleasant trip. We became pretty well acquainted before we reached. Los An* geles. There were three in our car from Wisconsin--just over the Illinois line, and one couple from Pawpaw, 111. We felt as tho those people were pretty near neighbors. "Five of us went to the same hotel together when we reached Los Angeles. Sunday morning we went to church as usual. The rest of the day and all day Monday we laid off to recuperate. K On Tuesday morning we started out on what we called a "balloon" trip, and just before starting we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Colby. After I had purchased our tickets I left my wife in the waiting room and went out on the street to "rubber" a little. I saw Mr. Colby and went up to him and had a friendly handshake with him and Mrs. Colby called my wife out and w« had a nice little visit. They decid­ ed to take the trip with us. There was an experienced guide on the car to de­ scribe the things and places along the route. He was a jolly, happy-go-lucky sort of fellow and bis description was spiced with wit and humor, mingled with comical sayings. It was a 70 mile trip, visiting 10 beaches, 8 cities besides a 28 mile journey along the surf. It was a continual round of pleasure. As we were returning onr guide called our attention to a strawberry patch which he told ns was owned by a Mr. Bur- bank. He added by way of explanation that Mr. Burbank had grafted the milk­ weed and the strawberry plants !-o sue cessfully that he obtained as a vasnlt a good quality of strawberry and cream; bat a neighbor had gone him one better and grafted the milkweed-strawberry plant onto a sugar beet and secured a strawberry-sugar- and cream result. On farther we raw peas about three inches high and on^of the largest bean fields in California. On the other side of the car we saw men planting potatoes. A little way farther on we came to the National Soldiers' home where there are 2500 of the old boys in blue. They were to have $90,000 distributed among them that da3r. On returning home about 4:80 o'clock p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Colby decided to stop over another day and visit the ostrich farm and Pasadena. So next morning we met as agreed and started ont on the trip. Arriving at the ostrich farm abont 10 o'clock we saw about 150 of the gigantic birds. The guide at the farm showed us thru and explained, about the birds. He said the average grown ostrich weighs about 280 pounds and that they are full trrown when two years old. We saw one pair named Major and Mrs. McKinley. The Major weighs 300 pounds. We also saw a nest of eggs. They were abont 4}x5i inches in diameters. It takee forty days to hatch the eggs. The female sits on the eggs from four to eight hours every day during the hatching period and the male sits on them the balance of the day and all night. The male thns cov­ ers the eggs for from 16 to 20 hours out of the 24. After seeing what we could at the oetrieh farm we took a trip up to Pasadena, looked around there awhile, pronounced it a beautiful city and took a different route home. We bode Mr. and Mrs. Colby good bye as they were going to start for San Francisco £hat evening. Thursday Mrs. Cleary and I started ont to look for some rooms where we could do light housekeeping, and finally found furnished rooms this morn­ ing. So we will be at home now for a month at least at 737 South Spring St., Los Angeles, California. ; : P. J. CLJSAKYi Hjblt VlataftealMf ' EXCHANGE GLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY * ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND A Miscellaneous Assortment ef N«*i Items In Condensed Form For C«»v«n- iuesof Busy P«opl«. Five employes of the Borden Milk company at Hebron have been laid off for an indefinite period* eaasad thru the shortage of city orders. * The Oliver Typewriter company re* •nmed ope?«»ioas last Monday after a week's shut dove a for tLe uau&i inven tory. The employes are Bow putting in 8* hours per day. Jacob ftt'itansa, a fans hand smyloyed by D. M. Weterof Hebron, vomtwitted suicide by hanging himself in the hay­ mow on the farm whsrts be was em­ ployed. The deed was committed on Saturday, Dec. 21." The reason for the sad deed is unknown. An Illinois editor bad a bad night re­ cently because the foreman mixed t make up of the newspaper and followed an obituary with a near poem from a patent medicine advertisement reading, "The pain in ma's head is gone," etc. While the editor realizes that the pain is gone, he fears that the daughter who wrote the obituary notice may give him one the next time she calls. Harvard Hejrald: The last lew years have not been profitable for assemblies and chantauqnaa thruont the country. Those at Rock ford and Janesville have disbanded and the Delavan Lake assem­ bly is in hard financial lines, as it owes $3,000 and sees its only hope in placing a mortgage on itw property, tho it will then be in debt. Whether it is because these assemblies have become too nn merous or because there has been too many muck rakers and sensational fakirs talking for so much per talk, we do not know, but it is certain that finan­ cial losses have been the result at the end of each season. A schoolboy assigned to prepare an essay on '"DuekB** wrote: "The duck is a low, heavy set bird, composed mostly of meat and feathers. * He ie a poor singer, having • hoarse voice, caused by getting too many frogs in his neck. He likes the water and carries a toy bal­ loon in his stomach to keep him from sinking. The duck has only two legs, and they are set so far back on his run ning gear that they come pretty near missing hie body. Some ducks, when thqy get big, bave curls on their tails and are called drakes. Drakes don't have to set or batch, bnt inst loaf; go swimming and eat. If I was to be a duck, I'd rather^e a drake every time." Richmond Gazette: The records of the county clerk's office at Woodstock show that 268 marriage licenses were isssed during the fiscal year that dosed Dec. 1. Dnring the previous fiscal year there were 240 licenses issued.' This shows an increase of twenty-three coup les who were united for better or worse The records also show the number of deaths during the past year to be 109 as compared with 188 the previous year, .The number of births reported from Dec. 1, 1906, to Dec. 1, 1907, is 298. This shows a decrease of 260 over the year 1906, when S25 births were record­ ed. The large decrease showa in the birth report is probably dub to the fact that the records are not complete for the past year, many physicians, no doubt, having neglected to file their birth certificates with the county clerk. c . - s » i •Nfes- 'f if <•' * A Cm* OR Blackmail. The case of Dr. F. E. Wadham vs. Thos. Morgan, after several postpone- mente by the prosecuting attorney, wm thrown out of the courts a few days for failure, of the prosecution to apgfpp in court when the case was called. Out readers will remember that Dr. Wad- ham was accused by Morgan of per­ forming an operation of a serious na­ ture on Morgan's wife. Morgan caused a wariant to be sworn oat for the doc­ tor's arrest. During the last six weeks the case has been called for hearing a number of times, but each time the at­ torney for the prosecution asked for a postponement. It has become known that the sole object of the accusation was a desire on Morgan's part to black­ mail Dr. Wadham. When this fact became known the Morgan faction fail­ ed to appear in court and consequently the case was thrown out. Dr, Wadham is known to onr people thru the pur­ chase of Sunny Bide Beach cottage, for­ merly owned by Dr. F. C. Ross. M*tiiodist Sunday School and Church. A corilal invitation is extended to all who attend no other Sunday school to attend, next Sunday, the Methodist Sunday school. Suitable classes are provided for all ages. The Sunday school is in a prosperous condition and will make all welcome. A system of rewards has been inaugurated. Oome next Sunday and hear about it. Ev­ eryone present next Sunday will receive a souvenir. Come the first Sunday of the year--begin the new year aright. A New Year's sermon will be given by the pastor after Sunday school and the choir will render special music. E. H. HEAL, Pastor. We have arranged with The Weekly Inter-Ocean so that our patrons can se­ cure that sterling paper, together with our own, at the exceedingly low rate of $1.75 for one year. This is a rare op­ portunity and should be taken advant- - W: J* » . MRS. MARTIN WELCH. la ' Kilkenny, Ireland, Aag. lass, and DIM H«re. ^ * Sll#liSsSlri •tsmmmn " * I- t I ** * Mt( i .h " i. *.*' < f i » ! M'HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS. • . Mrs. Martin Welch, who passed away st fh" home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Knox on Friday, Dec. 20, was torn in Kilkenny, Ireland, Aug. 13, 1882. At the age of eighteen years she, in company With her mother, two sisters and two brothers (which at that time composed the family, the father having passed away many years before), came to America, first settling in Buffalo, N. Y. A period of six years was spent in Buftalo, at the expiration of which time the subject or* onr sketch came West, settling in Ohic.fcgo and after wards coining to McHsm-y. Miss Bridget Dunn (th« deceased's maiden name) in 1802 chose for htar life •x>ut{?»uioa Mr, Martin Wslefa, who died some y.mH ago. The union was| never blessed wtth children. The deceased was a grand old woman, having dnring the many years while a resident in our midst proved herself a true wife and a loving- friend to all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was a devout Christian Catholic, always ready to lend a helping hand in the performance of duties connected with the church, • The fnneral was held from dt Pat­ rick's Catholic cb tilth en Sun Ay morn­ ing, Dec. 22, Rev. P. Botirke perform­ ing the last pad rites. Interment was In li» cemetery adjoining; QOLD WATCH IN PL A IN DEALER'S POPULARITY CONTESt• k Mies Theresa BarMa* Ranks S#eoBd' and Miss Maude Sch reiser "Witrd--Oanteet a Most JUvely One. The Piaindeaier's popularity contest, conducted during the past two months, came to a close last Tuesday evening. Tbs contest proved, just as we pre­ dicted from th« start, one of the most interesting as well as. sg&rited eveats of this kind over attempted in McHenry. .. Daring the contest a. total of 77,076 votes were cast, which **ere divided the eight follows • Happenings of at Varkms ©e**ty Educational Inetltattea*. Mrs, Mayme ijamtdme..--.. . . Miss The res* Barbia®, McHenry .31U8 ®atatu' p ^aa for K. of t\ a* »m Twenty-eix members of ,1ft* local council of Knights of Columfras went to Harvard last Sunday to be the guests of the local council. A blass of seventy were given their first three degrees of the order, which was followed hv an elaborate banquet. Those from here who attended were: Messrs. Walter Walsh, Wm. Walsh, M. 3. Walsh, C. W. Stenger, N. E. Barbian, J. N. Gil­ bert, James Frisby, J. H. Miller, Ed. Sutton, J. W. Freund, W. G. Scbreiner, P. M. Justen, F. V. Cobb, J. P. Weber, N. J. Justen, F. P. Bishop, V. Meyers, Q. Meyers, J. J. Barbian, John Kaiser, N. A. Hnemanu, Martin Knox. James Doherty, John Phalin, F.- G. Scbreiner, The gentlemen are loud in their praise of the treatment received at the hands of their Harvard fri«nds and hope to be able to go there again in the near future. Mia oSttiide Scfareieer, Meiiewy. .11858 J Mm Julia M Fmrnd, W, M^f 91*5 j ^ "i-lf ** Mtts Mayme Heimer, McHenry.., .4*42' Marcb 2*'WL Mi« Lydia Riordan of {iistrict 94 in the town of Alden held avsfj ful social recently. She is purchase some of the pupils' circle boobs for the school library. Tfete is a wise move and Miss Riordau is to he commended for her spirit. The meeting of the exeGUtive com- mitt.ee of the county federation will b& held »t the court house on Saturday. January 4, at 2 o'clock p. m. The ex­ ecutive committee consists of the presi­ dents of the various county ©?f$,niza- tioa*, but u general ismf.«r.km is extead- | ed fee all mterssted persons to he {>ree- he biggest, and ssg of th© J8M. The anneal Earvstrd on Miss Rnde Pi teen, Pistake# Bay... .8550 Miss Katie Bneh. McHenry........ 183S Miss Angels Petench, McHenry.... 1067 The greatest gain made dnring the last four days of the contest was made by Miss Barbian, who annexed a total of 9,981 votes during this period. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere made the second best gain, with a total of 7,508 votes. The third largest gain goes to Miss Freund, who came up with 5,458 votes, while Mies Scbreiner added 4,948 votes; The contest, financially, is most high If satisfactory to us, but we are sorry lor one thing, and that is that we were not able to give prizes to each and every contestant, as we heartily appreciate the interest taken by all. We hope that at some future time we may inaugurate another contest and that these who have failed in this will then head the list and h« giveu their r««?srds. Thru the conteet we have gained what we bad sought--a general advertisement thruont the county. Our name has come before people who probably here­ tofore had been unaware oi the fact that there was a paper published in McHenry. - We vristrto tb|uik the contestants, each and every one, who so willingly allowed their names to be placed oa the list and who, thru their great interest and enthusiasm have made the contest what it was. Without these names the contest would have been naught, and again we say, we thank you and assure Said the substitution editor to the consumer: "Now do«*t let anyone tell yon what you want. It's your own money you are spending and you ought to be allowed to spaptd'0k' Ig>; $ yon please. Do as I tell you. Get what you want. " ? *f l$aid th« consumer to the substitution .editor: "Good adv Vice, altho I don't really Want 1L Of course I'm going to «** what I want if I pay for it with my own money, and I'm not '; going to concern myself whether what I buy has gone thru an advertising miii or noi. If I don't like what I think in like and my grocer or druggist thinks I'll , tike something better, I think I'll take their advice, for I think they know , more about the goods on.their -shelves than ! do. Beride^€ ; know that lots of subatituted articles are better value thali the advertised article is, and that lots of theas need the ad-- ffvtitiiig had to flit & • . ^ ; v.':..,.. "• i . v.;.'. ~ • 5^/." ;^ ,T i\ ^s," i The trip to Harvard also revealed the fact that tie local Knights hive amoiis? their number a.real "Walking Wesson" in the person of Wm. Welch. When the MoHenry delegation reached Crys­ tal Lake a telegram wasawaiting them, the contents of which made known the fact that the gentleman in question had missed the train at McBenry by about thirty second® and was on his way to Crystal Lake via the ties. Welch ar­ rived about an bonr and a half later and bis arrival was hailed with enthus­ iasm and delight by htawSIW^y await­ ing friends. The com­ pliments on hie ability '«g^|ybBr were being hande^Nf^|^MH|w --that he did not cottaider the d^JPp^ipg won­ derful, .as he f 'nn| l>i/ii«SHM^r the en­ tire journey. A fmmMMr %ral presi­ dents who saw "Wmj^P^last Sunday morning say that. alL times he was within hailing4|9h^ «' the rap­ idly speeding trainf^u'lat the time that be was about K^jttVe the train crew the high sign it"^|B»lao time for him to wipe the perapwpou from his face. Mr. Welch hffl^not a- yet an­ nounced himself as beii^ in the walking game, bnt if he should make up his mind to this effect it ie a foregone con­ clusion that he will be in a class by him­ self in this neck o" the woods. Croup and Wfaooplif The mothers of young children have no need to fear these disease, if they keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at hand. Mr. M. Davenpor^ ley, Ind. Ter., writes. Chamberlain's Congh family for several years it especially effective f whooping cough." For druggiata. '• ^ Nnttee? 't', To insure publication in The Plain- dealer copy must be in the office no later than Wednesday noon of each week. Advertisers, especially, are asked aula Val­ ve used v in my hv© found >np and sale 19*11 you that it has been heartily appreciat ed. Also do we wish^l^pink eral public 'for the taken, -fak the way it has respmdid^ tv tSie • «lib> scription, advertising •and'.", jol * 00.k. statements we have sent out. We thus start th*vfi«W year under brighter eircumstan<Te*||i|to ever before and hope thru strict Wmta to busi buss, by which we may be able to give all the news all the time, we will retain your earnest n n f been ten­ dered ns during the closed. to«HENRY §€MJfCrY FAIR. •Sit JL »• f!*.', -«, .....» J*. i As. £*-e*6xa«4 at the dan. il.-% t^ ! . ( s- » ' 6 . * J f k r . ' ' ' ' * mlent 'entertaiM^aC Mc­ Henry County Fair, to be given in the opera house Jan. 17 for the benefit of the school, will be the finest and most interesting entertainment ever given in McHenry. This will be a real county fair with pumpkins, potatoes and cab­ bage on display and real bicycle races, horse races and pig races. Plenty of fakirs will be there with their gold bricks and side shows. A raal wild man and fat lady. In fact, there will be attractions finer and greater than any­ thing ever before seen in McHenry county. Advertisements have been sent to all the neighboring towns and counties and it is likely there will be an unusual crowd in attendance. At any rate, Jake Sprucely and his wife have sent word they will be on hand, and as they are related to half the* people in the county the Sprucely family will likely have a reunion right in th§ fair grounds. Parson Brjggs will be out to look after his flock and keep them away frOm the temptations which are bound to lie in their paths on an occasion of this kind. . F. O. Guns the auctioneer. Ha gnar< antees satisfaction. The highest prioe pftM lor faOflicwJMBl MfHanrv uull« •, . •• rV^, The sentiment for manual training seems to be growing in McHenry cot® ty. Marengo is now agitating the question with a bright prospect of get ting some results. Supt. Folk of Harvard, Supt. Shelton of Nnnda and Supt, Douglass of Wood­ stock were among the teachers in at­ tendance at the State Teachers* associa­ tion at Springfield during the holidays. The teachers' and farmers' meeting at Alden was one of the most successful local meetings ever held in the county. The exhibit was excellent and the at­ tendance both in the afternoon and evening taxed the capacity of the build­ ing. Supt, Deignan of the Borden's condensing factory is to be commended for the spirit of cooperation that be manifested. The superintendent and all employes attended both sessions in a body. The Ladiee' Aid society provid­ ed excellent entertainment for the vis­ iting people, Mr Harry Coonrad, who teaches In district 53, was taken suddenly with an attack of appendicitis and was removed to a Chicago hospital to undergo an op­ eration, At the present time ha la gat ting along nicely. Prin, Beal of the Greenwood school has been planning an instructive enter­ tainment for his pupils in the way of a stereopticon entertainment. Supt, Mae of McHenry will give the lecture. The teachers of section 1 will meet? at Richmond on Thursday of next weak. Jan, 9. This is the second day of the County Farmers' institute and the meet­ ing is planned in such a way that the teachers can meet in conjunction the^farmers. The teachers who this meeting are entitled to do so with­ out any loss of time. The law gives the teachers the right to attend any in­ stitute or meeting held under the aus­ pices of tiie county superintendent with­ out loss of time or pay, provided the number of days is not more thsa five during the year or three in any one term. The teachers' program for the Richmond meeting is as follows: "How to Get Better Results in Reading," by Supt. W. F. Rice; "Agriculture In the Country Schoolby Miss Avice Wright; *lThe Teacher's Salary--The Teacher's Side df-the Question," by Supt. C. E, Lowman; "The Teacher's Salary--The Tax-payer's Side of the Question," by Theodane Hamer, circuit cle^t.. AJbLLYPARTY. Oak Jparl( Kotel Soene •f Ksrn Hw Tenr Farty. ' . W1II8 .PICKED UP 0Uf?iM0 THE Wm&L. Wltal People are Doing In o«r)tuy &Stta* City--Hews aaSeen fey f>atwj«a}« Kepreeentattves. Batteir Watte*. \ Th«r» ware »o offeris^p their" ; ter wt«: .A;-fgrmt deal ©f say owr Milage at tfcia iisre, Block Bethke away ladies' wafeta. Oak Park hotel at Pis takee Bay was tile scene of one of the jollieet gather­ ings that has taken place in the lake re­ gion during the winter months on last Tuesday evening, when Mr. L. A. Bar­ nard, a Chicagoan, who has a summer home at the popular resort, acted as a host at a New Year party. The one bright and glowing feature of the event was the serving of the ele» gant banquet at the midnight hour. Mr. Barnard acted as toastmaster and each and every one present was called upon to make a few remarks in keeping with the occasion. We will refrain from going into the details in regard to the orations delivered but will venture to assert that ail were thoroly enjoyed. Those in attendance were: Messrs. and Mesdames Jacob Justen, Joe Heim­ er, John H. Miller. Wm. Stoffel, Anton Schneider, Nick Barbian, all of McHen­ ry; Messrs. and Mesdames Joe J. Mich- els, Joe Thelen, Jolm Pitzen, Pbil Shraif- fel, Jacob R. Jos ten, all of Johnsbnrgh; Misses Lizzie and Anna Miller, Mc­ Henry; Miss Maggie Smith and Mjware. Frank Smith, Store Justen, J. B.ltan- son and John Pitzen of Johnaburgh. and Frank J. Miller and Geo. Miller of Chi­ cago. The Fare Food Law. Secretary Wilson says, "One of the, objects of the law is to inform the con­ sumer of the presence of certain harm­ ful drugs in medicines." The law re­ quires that the amount of chloroform, opium, morphine and other habit form­ ing drugs be stated on the label of each bottle. The manufacturers of Cham­ berlain's Cough Remedy have always claimed that their remedy did not con­ tain any of theee drugs, and the truth of this claim is now fully proven, as no mention of them is made on the label This remedy is not only one of the saf­ est, but one of the beet for coughs and colds. Its value has been proven be yond question during the many years it has been in general use. For sale by all druggists. Before baying a oook stove or hsatnr 'Bm itotfti Bssra to Mr. ami Rtehsswwl, oat New Ye&'f "a iaorair^, a bsfey gfelj host eMldfea's cloaks geftigfl slaughter prices at Block ft B«l&k»;a|| Rumor has IS; that McHenry is to hi a new business enterprise in th« future. the new city lights are not being in*; stalled- : " ' Ladies' skirts have been given a ing price at Block & Bethke'e. See i ad. Mis. Fred Matthew# lies quite ill at ? her home here. Her many friends I for a speedy recovery. > 82-inch long black and bhte kena? and broadcloth coats--$10 value, now going at 17.78 at Block & Bethke's. See our ad. _______ Dr. ». D. Clippingar believes thati strain often produces all tb< of an old so-called afcronic g^citia. The general practiitaMr j8 apt. Ift- look the eyes. SM TV RARHA* days at the Park hotel. The Christmas services at th® M. JE. church Christmas e%*e W#M a • depwtaac® from tha usual ordar of such. airvfces. Each reoitation » sa^, given ̂ cthe children, was illustrated bya'0r^i:on Picture# a. the song or recitation pro­ ceeded. . Over sixty coupies attended the New Year's d&xtug at Stofiel's hall last Tuee- das' eveniag and * delightful enjoyed by all. rha a«sk as: by Shpnaaa's ordaatla of Wc iwe of a high order, as was also 1 per served by Mrs. Stoffel. On Tuesday morning while _ lag .the duties assigned to hits £$l' hwal kiordafi phu2t^ F. G. Spurling jtsd from the platform onto the icy «•»*- Eiea below, sastaining internal injuriai and bruises about the body that wfflB kaep him in bed for several days. Twenty-three porkers wereawgMMmd to death on the farm of Henry WUMtms, who resides near Ringwood, last Mon- day, when a straw stack was blo«m over onto them. The combined waiRht - of the porkers was 5500 pauni^ ma& the loss is indeed a heavy one to oeagr. The Hunter-Wsckler Boat wmpMSf have on exhibition at the Power Boa* •how, now being held in the Colieessn in Chicago, three power boats, repe* ssntative models of their 1908 line, I# would pay our readers to attend thia show as it is both i»tfaijA in­ structive. James Fitasimmone, a well ksom resident of this vi!!«««. «t his V. • ^ , V- ' *fe Vk, .fe'.VjilV/y m&t * *M\. ri! in this village last Saturday afternoon after a long illness. The funeral servic­ es were held in St. Patrick's church on Monday, after which the rwrnairni |vacs conveyed to Woodatoeklor iMiiaL Qii^ oary next week. The holiday dance held at the Mo- Henry House hall last Friday evening proved a most enjoyable event. A time prevailed among the jolly gather- ing and none went away disappointed. The supper was quite up to the stand­ ard, as was also the music, which rras furnished by the McHenry orchestra. yt Beginning next Sunday and oontinfu* ing dnring the winter memtha, the two meat markets, Matthews' and Frett'a, will make no Sunday deliveries. Ba* trons of the two markets should hsav this in mind and order their Sunday'a meat on Saturday so that the deliver!* may be made on Saturday afteraooaa. Tha guessing contest conducted by Block & Bethke during the holidafa came to a close last Thursday, the priae, * beautiful doll, going to Will Fiahar. his guess as to the number of beans In the jar exhibited being within on# of the acf\al number. Will's guess mm?- 8»45t>, while the count hy the judged N. H. Peteech, J. 3. Bishop, T. jf. Walsh and John Heimer, proved the beans numbered one teas tha wlaubir had g assed. , Cto Wedneeday evening, D»a 96. Wm: Lake people celebrated at their Smt public Christmas tree. The affair oo» curred at Muehreke's hall, which WM beautifully decorated in holly and ap-r propriate Christmas decorations, with .a ; large Christiuas tree loaded with hen- J dreds of gifts for the merry children. § The entertainment was gotten up by I the principal, Harry Decker, and thai children, ably assisted by Phil fieeaiar and others. The older people took spa* cial interest in the affair and the busi­ ness men of the town all took an active part in preparing gifts and decor&tioaa for the tree. The liall was crowded to the uirnoet. Tha entertainment waa . fine and everyone reported a gaaaaral| «;.v. /: Hvf* I •JL