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Mi ft-1 - ' \ ' ' J ' ;* " ' " : • • - W ^ ' - V ' ' /. ' . • - : "• m r.v • " ; -. ' ? ' *m •'£.> ',' • iffi:- Twice T o l d Items of Interest Taken Proa theFilea of the Plaindealer f- - «f Tear* Af* ' V .** T"v, 'r , 7IK 16,1933 ^_r;„ ",7* ** f'T>4i .-n v*< w V - >' "•• V* iV FGP*... ;i - ;v • ™ FIFTY YEARS AGO Jafhes Gallagher, who formerly Icept a newsroom in this village, was found dead in his bed one morning Ipy last week. We have not learned the p" . cause. . "fh. Married--At the home of the bride's ' parents in this village on Thursday evening, Feb. 15, by the Rev. J. I. >\;" - Bigelow, Julius J. Vasey, of Ringwood, ^ , *nd Miss Eloise Waite of this village. Neil Donnelly, an .old and highly jf-Y , respected citizen of this county and H ' leading merchant of Woodstock, died £•"" . / at his home in that city on Monday fcr.U **»*• ' * P. A, Hebard las Sold the building N'* >, irccently erected by him opposite the • . trick yar4 to Ftied Block airf, purchased frproi E. 'Lawlus the lot next. t<> 'ftlh store, and will jts soon as the leather will permft, ewt, another building thereon. : * » ' FORTY YEARS AGO been driving to Mid from work, is now making the trips by train as his machine was destroyed by fir® while making/ the trip between the two towns one day recently. « Eight members of th« McHenry county board of supervlsofs met at the Northwestern hotel here on Monday of this week for the purpose of going over the route 20 proposition. The board we are told, came here upon solicitation of A. S. Parks, one of McHenry's public spirited citizens. Wm. J. FYett and rf. E. Buch are very recent additions to the radio fans in McHenry, receiving sets having been installed into-their homes recently. John P. Weber, local contractor and builder has completed the blue prints for the proposed new bank building to !>e erected by the Spring Grove State bank in that village this summer. George :: First President of the United States WMON CROSSES : Me DFIAWAPE i December. 1776 I Sy CLINTON SCOLLARD BINGWOOD ;•*)'? V:' •;\y John' Ballenger and wife, of Mattoon, 111., celebrated the 76th anniversary of their marriage on Friday last. The aged groom is 101 years old and t h k b r i d e 9 4 . - ' i | : • ' Married, --At the residence of E. SWheeler, the home of the bride, Feb. 22d, 1893, by Rev. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church, Richmond, 111., William Mollohan and Miss Anna G. Schueneman, both of McHenry. T. M. Cook, a prominent citizen of McHenry county, died suddenly at Woodstock, Monday evening of apoplexy. He was the father- of Coroner Cook, of Huntley, and Dr. . W. W. Cook of Woodstock. Heimer & Engelen last w^k sold tteir property at Pistaqua Bay to Chicago parties, We did not team the considerations, but yriderstar.d they realized a handsome profit. The Democrats of Woodstock have announced their second Inaugural Reception and Ball, to take place at Murphy's Hall, Woodstock, 111., on the evening of Friday, March 3, 1893. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - Butter was declared firm at 32 -Mttts on the Elgin board of trade Monday, a drop of 1% cents from last week's price. Peter Moritz of the McHenry pouse will this summer travel the waters «>f the beautiful Fox in an eighteen foot power motor boat. His order for a craft of the nature has already been placed with the local boat builders and will be ready when the season opens. While at work on a circular saw at the local boat works last Monday morning Will Fisher had the misfortune to get his hand caught in the saw while it was in operation, with the result that he is now minus the little finger on his left hand. The National Pickle and Canning company propose to open their pickle factory here this season provided a sufficient number of persons will interest themselves in planting cucumbers. The price, 60 cents for Vat run, will prove quite profitable and should secure a large acreage. There was no school on Wednesday and Thursday, due to the severe weather and snow. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Kitchens entertained the Five Hundred club at their home Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mr, and Mrs, C, J. Jepson ami Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Can- and family spent Sunday with the tatter's parents, Mr. and Jitrs. V'red Wiedrich. Harold Jepsop of Winnebago spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. aiKi Mrs. ;C.: X Jepsonti . Fred and Roy Wiedrich Were.-,*ttt& erg in Chicago Sunday evening. • ^,y Mr. and Mrs. Josepr Weber and children of McHenry spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mri and Mrs- Nick Young. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiedrich and. family spent Saturday-with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard „and family spent Sunday with the latter's parents at McHenry. James Conway of Libertyville 's spending a few days in the Mrs. Jfcnnio Bacon home. Mr. and Mrs. George Young spent Sunday afternoon with relatives at McHenry. The Ladies' Aid Society will hold a dinner at the M. W. A. hall Wednesday, Feb. 22. Ralph, Clay and Lucille Peet visited Dorothy Peet near Ridgefield Sunday. Miss Edna Peet of McHenry spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. aijd Mrs. Ed. Peet. " . . Clay Rager of Chicago spent .Sunday night and Monday here with his family. * - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peet of Rich-, mond spent Sunday in the home of the former's brother, Ed. Peet, and family. n m Six* of the Earth The earth has a superficial area of 196,950,000 square miles of which 139,. 440,000 are water and 57,510,000 are %'• ' ssrt.--- sf; i TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at R5 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Mathias Heimer will $rect a house on his Waukegan street property this spring. Work on the new residence will begin just as soon as the weather will permit. Fisherman are quite* numerous at the lakes these days. A number of elegant pickerel have been caught during the past few weeks, while large catches of small perch are reported almost daily. The city of Elgin has recently passed an ordinance compelling all vehicles to cary lights at night. Mrs, Fij^nk Schnabel has rented the building formerly occupied by the West Side postoffice and will open a first class millinery establishment therein on or about the first of March. TEN YEARS AGO ' • E. J. Krambeer of Crystal--Lake, employed in the office of the Fox River Realty company, and who has _v„ Nature's Air Ae* The one creature in the world that moves about more exclusively by flying than any other living thing is not a bird, bat • matiamal--the bat--Collier's. Stjri Uncle Ebeat "De world is gittin* better," raid Uncle Eben, "but some parts of it Is reportin' progress faster dan others." Dictators People who feel the need of a dictator always envision him as dictating to somebody else.--Detroit Free Press. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES "Soul" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon In all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,' February 12. The Golden Text was, "O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be beard: which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved" (Psalms 60: 8, 9). _ Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "For we know that if our earthly house of this taix?rnaole were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (II Corinthians 5:1). The Lesson-Sermon also Included the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "Man is harmonious when governed by Soul. Ilence the inij)ortance of understanding the truth of being, which reveals the laws #! spiritual existence" (p. 273). REAL SPORT r •K* Mi '4 •,- rE moment a steamship drops into the ' harbor ot Honolulu from the West Coast of the United States or from the Far East, the traveller is treated to some extraordinary swimming exhibitions a8 natives dive for coins. Likewise, he is always impressed with the muscular development ot the natives. [ - A When the traveller visits the I beaches of the city he is amazed I 1 ' «t the skill of natives in riding the aurf on flat boards. Again he is impressed with the fine bodies of Hawaiian swimmers. The combination of life in the open air with plenty of invigorating aunshine, swimming and generous consumption of canned pineapple Juts played its part in upbuilding [of the native swimmers. There are few places In the jUnited States where swimming Is {possible the year 'round but in all 'places canned pineapple is available. Now that exhaustive food 'research has proved that canned [pineapple contains more health [values than any other fruit which has been subjected to similar study, ifans of thousands of American lu)usewives are today making it a Jtabit of serving canned pineapple Silly to the member* of thelr tam*l ifs n^sreat trick to fall off oiw «l then «urf boards. ' Nature and Fortune Never Made A Better Man Thomas J. WbMmIw a Curmri History N t >\K of tlie recent biograjtbers of Washington" has given us o Just and true a picture of i»e man as that drawn by lefferson more than a century ago. "I think I' knew General Washington Intimately and thoroughly," he said. "His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon or Locke, and, as far as he saw, no Judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or in* agination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common-remark of his offl cers^f the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was b e s t . . . . "He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely Hearing All Suggestions, He Selected Whatever Was Beat. weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt but, when once decided, going through with his purpose,,whatever obstacles o p p o s e d , . . . He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned, biut. reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. "His heart vias not warm in Its »fr fections, but he exactly calculated «*- ery man's value and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to It. . . . II may truly be said that never did nar ture and fortune combine more perfectly to make a great man and place him In the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man everlasting remembrance." After all has been said, it was Washington's character which was supremely great, which was responsible for the greatness of his achievements. In the Revolution it was the trust in Washington which held together a faltering i and ' discouraged people, which tided the country over the darkest hours, which was responsible for the eventful victory. After peace had been won It" was this trust in Washington which made It possible for a disunited people to attain enduring strength and unity. There have been greater generals than Washington, greater statesmen; there has been no greater character. When the writings ot his detractors have passed into obscurity his memory will remain, what it has always been, a sacred legacy to the American people. WASHINGTON'S FAMILY George Washington's mother was Mary Ball, said to have been a lineal descendant from John Ball, medieval champion of the rights of -man. Her mother was Mary Montague, who, as "the widow John- -son," was married to Colonel Joseph Ball. Her grandfather was Colonel William Ball, who emigrated to Virginia in 1650, and settled in Lancaster county. George Washington's father was Augustine Washington, the grandson of Lawence Washington and the greatgrandson of John Washington, who came from England about 1650 and settled in Westmoreland county, Virginia. The English ancestry has been traced back through Laurentia! Washington, father of Lawrence, several generations to" the Sulgrave branch of the family. Lord Cornwallis' Army Disorderly on Surrender At the surrender of Lord Cornwallis his British soldiers presented a brilliant contrast to the Americans. Cornwallis had ordered that a new uniform be issued to each man and that in marching out of the spacious field at Yorktown each company conduct itself In strictest order, even to the humiliating end when the arms were to be grounded. Doctor Thatcher, a surgeon In Washington's army, who gave a complete account of the surrender in his journal, wrote of that October 19, 1781: "But in their line of march we remarked a disorderly and unsoldierly conduct; their step was Irregular and their ranks frequently broken. But It was in the last act of the drama that the spirit and pride of the British soldiers were put to the severest test--here their mortification could not be concealed. Some of the nla toon officers appeared to be exceedingly chagrined when giving the word, 'Ground arms,' and I am witness that they performed that duty In a very Unotticer-llke manner, and that many of the soldiers manifested a sullen temper, throwing their arms on the pile with violence, as if determined to render them useless. This irregularity was checked by or der of General Lincoln." (The lat ter had been delegated by Washington as the American In charge of the capitulation.) "The Americans," Doctor Thatcher related, "though not all in uniform, nor their dress so neat, yet exhibited an erect soldiery air and every countenance beajned with satisfaction and Joy." v Washington Memorial National Carillon The photo shows the Star Spangled Banner national peace chimes, known as the Washington Memorial National Carillon--first large American carillon made in America by American bellmakers. On the extreme right is the latest addition to the shrine being installed. : - * Science in the Orient "The supreme achievement of science In the Orient was Babylonian astronomy," asserts Dr. James Henry Breasted, director of the Oriental inptltute. . Paid $25 for Rescue of Cai In gratitude for the rescue of the ship's cat from the barge Shamrock before It went down, a woman sent to tve Royal National lifeboat Institution of Britain. y;i ' Oldest Lend Animal* The oldest land animals known are the stegocephalians In Greenland. These armored animals represent a successful effort of the fish to acquire and lungs. THAT night upon the Delaware Their horns the wild Valkyries blew As though the legions of despair Swept the impending heavens through. The Fates and Furies rode the air That night upon the Delaware.' The ice-pack gnawed the sodden banks, Sundered and rocked the middle stream; There ran a murmuring through the ranks As at some dread, foreboding dream. Amid the crunch of splintering planks The ice-pack gnawed the sodden banks. The trees seemed wan and wizened Y: ghosts, And groped the mists witlr shriveled : V • hands; . Weird was that gathering of hosts. The mar-ing of those tattered hands. On those inhospitable coasts Tfc* trees seemed wan and wizened ghosts.' Yet valorous their, .victory That gray and grim December dawn; What quenchless fires of destiny Burned in his breast who led them - onl For us, and for futurity, How valorous their victory! --New York American. Internal Dissension an Annoyance to Washington On August 23, 1792, President Washington wrote a long letter to Thomas Jefferson, his secretary of state, dealing with* certain intrigues between the Spaniards and several southern Indian tribes, and he added this thought: "How unfortunate and how much tq be regretted is It then, that, while we are encompassed*on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious friends, Internal dissensions should be harrowing and tearing our vitals." He expressed the fear that party politics, which then was rearing Its head for the lirst time in our history, would weaken and wreck the Union. Three days'Tater he wrote to Alexander Hamilton, his secretary of the treasury, pointing out the destructive character of party feelings: "Differences In political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain extent, they may perhaps be necessary; but It* is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted-jto without having the motives which led to them improperly implicated <}n the bther; and this regret borders on ohagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots having the same general object In view and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity In deciding on the opinions and actions of one another." The occasion for this advice was the fact that Hamilton and Jefferson had disagreed.--American Journal Washington Statuette Presented by Austria The equestrian statuette of Cearg# Washington, fashioned of Austriaii porcelain, which was presented to President Hoover recently as a gift from the Austrian government t® tli^ U. S. government in commemoration of the first President's 200th anniversary. JOIXSBUEf Lilliam Miller of Lily Lake spent Sunday evening with Miss Helen Michels. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff were Woodstock shoppers Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thies "of McHenry were callers here one day this week. The school children did not have any school all jweek on account of the roads and the terrible weather. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smith and daughter Marilyn of Ringwood were Visitors in the home of Mr.'and Mrs. Frank Miohels Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff of McHenry were visitors in the home of there parents Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff Monday. The ladies of the Community club met at the home of Mrs. William J. Meyers. Prizes being awarded to Mm. Joe King first; Mrs. John A. Miller second and Mrs. Steve May 'consolation. Lunch was servfed at the close. Steve Freund, Miss Helen Michels and Mra. William May and daughter Katharine were visitors at Des- Plaines Saturday. Peter Pitzen visited a feW days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoffel at Volo. Mr. and Mrs. John Raven of Spring Grove and Miss Emma Freund of McHenry were visitors in the home of Johh IF. Freund Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund and Mr. and Mrs. George Hiller motored to Chicago Monday to visit a few days with relatives. Miss Delma Lay entertained a number of her school friends in honor of her ninth birthday. Those present we*e; Miss Evelyn Michels, Miss Mary Jane Moony, Miss Violet Stilling, Miss Dorothy Freund, Miss Anna Schaefer, Miss Lorraine Freund, Miss Rita Freund, Miss Ethel Nell, Miss Laverna Freund, Miss Eleanor King and Miss Henrietta Nell. Games were played and a prize was won by Miss Lorraine Freund and Miss Eleanor King won two prizes. She received many beautiful presents. Mr. and Mrs. Steve May, William Smith, Miss Marie Miller and Miss Mabel King motored to Burlington Saturday. _ Bernard Althoff and Edward Tonyan visited with Bill Tonyan at McHenry Saturday evening*. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoffel and daughter Marie of Volo called in the home of her father John Pitzen Saturday afternoon. ' Mrs. Joe King entertained the iSun day evening club. Prizes being awarded to Mrs. Peter Smith first, Mrs. Joe King second and Mrs. Fred Smith consolation. Lunch was served at the close. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers and family spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John King at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. John Lay and Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove were callers here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Peter Smith visited with her sister Mrs. Joe Freund at McHenry Saturday afternoon. ., Dr. Leo Gerlaeh DENTIST _ -"cm.. Johnsburg, Illinois Hours: 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. on Mondays^ Wedqu&d&y& and Fridays.. ; Sunday "by appointment W: J. WYE, M. D. W. A. NYE, M. D. I-Ray, Laboratory and *• Physio Therapy v **>: *-: OFFICE HOURS Daily--9-10; 3-5; v Phone *2-1* V J; ' -'it CONNEL M. McDERMOTT '(i ATTORN E Y-AT- L AW . Hour*- Z** to 11 a. «n.; 1:30 V ; 1; ' ! JSveuingB, 7 ta i - : <V Phone 268 Pries ftuilding McHenry, Phone Richmond 1§ Or. JOHN DUCET VETERINARIAN TB and Blood Testing RICHMOND* ILLINOIS Washington Was One of Country's Richest Men George Washington accumulated little of his wealth himself, lie was a planter, whose estates came to him chiefly through others. His greatgrandfather developed a large area of land. His parents opened a considerable tract on the Rappahannock. By the time of George's birth the Wash- Ingtons owned much of the land In the peninsula betweeu the Potomac and the Rappahannock. Mount Vernon and Its surroundings became his upon the death of his half-brother, Lawrence, in 1752. Martha Washington, wealthy in her own right, and the widow of a wealthy planter, brought her husband additional lands. Owning 70,000 acres in Virginia (and after the Revolution 40,000 acres in the West, which congress gave him for his services), General Washington was in his day one of the richest men fair the country. . '* ; Your Weakness If jrott let someone lead fm into diofng wrong you pot only are guilty, btrt you prove you haven't much sense. Without Working "Each man desires to live without werking," said HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "but an intricate condition must develop when everybody demands the same privilege at the same time." • . EENf COMPANf ^ All Kinds of .. *7 fl'tfiwd with the most reHaMt . Companies '• Ceiqe in and talk it over *M»one McHenry 8 Telephone No. 108-R Stoffel ft Reihanspergtr - Insurance agents for all classes of property in the beat companies. WEST McHENRY . ILLINOIS A* P< Freund Sxbavating Contractor rrccking, Hydraulic and Crane Service Road Building ; fir 304-M McHenry, XH Ed Vogel GENERAL AUCTIONEER FARM SALES A SPECIALTY P. O. Solon Mills, 111. Reference Past Sales SATISFACTION GUARANTEED S. H. Freund & Son , CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience is at Your Service in building Your Wants Wins First Prize in National Contest Early Pictorial StMBpe Canada issued its first pictorial stamps in 1908. This set was known as the Quebec Tercentary series and commemorated the ^foundinfc of Quebec in 1608. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tucker of Spokane, Wash., and tligVock garden which won them first prize In the national yard and garden contest (amateur class.) Other features which caused the grounds surrounding the Tucker home to be adjudged the most beautiful among several hundred entries were a rose garden containing many rare varieties, aa outdoor living r^om created by trees and flowers, and a large collection of. wild flowers. > ^ • V* ' t