Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1901 — Page 12

West Root. Hello, here we are again. Candidates are liecoming quite numerous. Jess Singleton Sundaj’ed with Del ma Buckman. Wm. Cook returned home from near Chicago last Wednesday. Howard Shackley and wife Sundaved with Edward Spangler and wife. Frank Jackson and family of Ossian,|spent Thursday with J. A. Fuhrman and family. Albert Butler and wife spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Vance, of Blue Creek township. Sav, Dave; you had better look out for two fellow from up south. Say, they are going to give you a few rounds in a prize fight. Well, Dave, train up your muscle and we believe you will bo successful. Monmouth. Reuben Lord butchered last Monday. Jake Franks and and Jack Kemp are making ties. Several of our sportsmen were out hunting last Thursday. L. N. Grandstaff was a business visitor at Decatur Monday. George Schiferstein was a business caller at Decatur last Saturday. Vesta Brokaw and lady attended church at Mt. Pleasant last Sunday night. John Waggonerjand Harry Bowers attended church at Mt. Pleasant last Sunday night. Several from this place attended teacher’s institute at Decatur last Friday and Saturday. W. A. Fonner, our crack sportsman, was out hunting one day last week and reports good success. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff and wife of Preble, spent Wednesdav afternoon with L.N. Grandstaff and wife. Eastern Dispatch. Jan. 10th. will tell the tale of Adams county’s most popular can didates. A. D, Artman and family of Deca tur visited friends in this vicinitv last Sunday. A series of revival meetings have commenced at Union church in Blue Creek township. Arrests have been made in Willshire for thieving. Some of its popular citizens are implicated. An entertainment entitled “Cecellion Quartette” was given at Will-, shire M. E. church last Monday evening by a traveling company.

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T. B. Everett and Ferm Burkhart have entered upon the sea of matrimony. They have our congratulations. Funeral of Nelsou Bailey took place last Sunday at Pleasant Mills M. E. church. He was 24 years. 9mo. and 13 days old and leaves many friends and relatives to mourn his loss. Interment was made at the Decatur cemetery. Rev. E. H. Peters officiated. Linn Grove. Mrs. Catharine Slawson is having her residence repaired. F. (). Lindsey and family Sundayed with Fred Lindsey of Geneva. Joseph Moser, of Wayne county Ohio, visited his people at this place. Abraham Biberstein of French township is seriously ill with dropsy. B. F. Kizer, and wife of Decatur, spent Thanksgiving in our village. J. A. French and Henry Gentis each hauled a load of hay to Decatur for Fred Hoffman last Friday. Mrs. Daniel Eckroat was at the bed side of her sister Mary Mosser east of Berne who is very ill with dropsy. Aaron Orick of Honduras has bought J. Liddy’s property and will establish a meat market at this place. Amos Augesburger who moved here from Columbns Grove. Ohio, about one year ago moved back again leaving here Monday. David Runyon so far is the big Indian among our hunters in camp in Louisiana he having killed one deer and one wild cat the later measuring over four feet in length. Pleasant Mills. Preaching at the U. B. church next Sunday evening. Homer Faust apd family Sundayed in the village with friends? Mrs. D. McLeod is confined to her bed on account of sickness. Bob Peterson and family|Sundayed with ’Squire Noll and family. Charles Peterson and wife of Decatur. Sundayed with A. M. Fuller and family. Ira Steele and family of Wells county, Sundayed here with Samuel Steele and wife Henry Stetler and Clint Cloud candidate for recorder, gave us a pleasant call Monday. Miss Maude Thompson of Monroe, attended the funeral of Nelson Rawley here Suuday. Mrs. H. Botthoff of Peterson, visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong a few days last week. Robert Smith met with a painful

accident Tuesday morning while assisting in shredding fodder at the home of Samuel Gulick north of town, by getting his left hand mangled in a horrible manner in the cogs of the shredder. He was brought to the office of Dr. Vizard, and finding it necessary for amputation he was assisted by Dr. Miller of Decatur. He is getting along as well as can be expected at this writing. Nelson Rawley died at the home of his father, Jacob Rawley, last Friday morning, after a few week's illness. The funeral was held here Sunday morning at the M. E. church, conducted by his pastor, Rev. Peters, and assisted by Rev. Scherick of the Baptist church and Rev. Schenck of the U. B. church. His remains were taken to Decatur for interment. The funeral was largely attended. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family. Berne. Dr. Franz was a caller at Decatur Monday. Miss Minnie Braun returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Martz Sundayed at Vera Cruz. E. D. Engler and Noah Zehr Sundayed at home. Cora Hower of Decatur, was a caller in Berne Thursday. Millard Ray of Monroe, wa.‘ a caller here Sunday. Todd Linn and Frank Kern spent Sunday evening here. Miss Ruby Miller was the guest of Jesse Simison Sunday. Chris Stengel and wife were callers at Fort Wayne Tuesday. J. W. Craig and Marcus Yager were callers at Decatur Sunday. Miss Cora Gottschalk of Anderson, spent Thanksgiving at home. The teachers of Berne attended the institute at Decatur last week. Miss Nellie Neaderhouser spent Sunday at her home at Linn Grove. Miss Danner of Salem, was the guest of Mrs. Charles Braun Sunday. Wilda Gottschalk and Clara Soldner were callers at Linn Grove Saturday. Miss Hattie Moore of Decatur, was the guest of Miss Lena Riesen Sunday. Rufus Stuckey and Chris Martz called on friends at Linn Grove Sun day. Samuel Simison and Rudolph Lehwere business callers at Decatur Monday. B. F. Welty of Lima, Ohio, was the guest of Miss Cora Gottschalk Sunday.

James Haetling and Clem Macklin were here Friday evening attending I club meeting. Clyde Jones returned home Mon ' day from a visit with his parents and I friends near Larwell. The Misses Della and Anna Sellemeyer of Decatur, were the guests of D. L. Shalley and family Sunday. The Misses Grace and Ruby Miller, Harriet Burns, Eva Acker and Frank Cook spent Thanksgiving in Berne. Mrs. Mike Zehr returned home Monday from the Hope hospital where she has had an operation per- ! formed. Mrs. Della Sheets entertained the Mrs. Glendening and Beadell of Geneva, and Mrs. Berry of Dunkirk, last Thursday The photographs taken of the Chris Egley and Emil Ehart residences are very nice and shows that we have some very nice homes. Andrew Gottschalk and wife. Mrs. Mont Rose and Della Sheets were | callers at Bodkins, Ohio, to see their sick brother who is very low with paralysis. The Misses Gusta Cramer and Sophia Mangold, two popular telephone operators of Decatur, were guests of Chris Stengel and family last Sunday. The Democratic Club called their meeting to order last Friday evening, having several candidates with them from the northern section. They report a nice time. Miss Bertha Eglv died Sunday morning and was buried on Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Mennonite church, aged 15 years, 8 months and 1 day. She was a type setter in the Mennonite Publishing House, and her many friends pre sented her with a beautiful anchor. She was also a graduate in a class of twenty in the class of 1900, and in loving remembrance the class attended the funeral in a body and presented a beautiful wreath. SElad fating Good Sense, Even ißen are progressing gastronomically. Scientific dietetics has at last revealed to us the fact that the woman who cats salad on a hot day in July, August or September is displaying i sound gastronomic sense, srys What to Eat. The long haired dreamer in the restaurant may have been nineteen different kinds of a fool upon every other proposition in life, but he knew what to eat on a hot day. The human animal needs grass or its equivalent in summer. With their oil the salads supply everything a man physically needs in hot weather. All the civilized races of the world are salad eaters, but Americans eat less than do any other people. It is not a sign of mental decay or moral degeneracy for a man to eat salad; it is gastronomic sense. Harper* Ferry. Harpers Ferry was named after Robert Harper, an architect and mill builder, born in 1703 in the town of Oxford, England. He came to America in 1735 with bis brother Joseph and located in Philadelphia, where for a time he prospered but. failing later, concluded to join the Friends of Loudoun county, Va. En route to his newhome he came upon the gap in the Blue Ridge mountains, where he made bis home. The Color ot Wood. A simple way to restore color to wood is to mix the color with oil and turpentine, applying with a soft cloth and rubbing in well. Either the powdered pigment or colors ground in oil may be used. For light oak use raw umber, for dark oak burnt umber. If it is very dark, add a mere shade of lampblack. For mahogany use burnt sienna, chrome yellow and bismarck brown, and for cherry use burnt sienna. Hr Wan Too Slow. Magistrate —Your husband charges you with assault. Madam—Yes, your honor. I asked him if he would always love me, and 1 he was so slow in answering that I hit | him with a mop. I’m only a woman, judge, and a woman’s life without love is a mere blight.—lllustn .ed Bits. Quite Reallaiic. “This,” said the eminent artist, "is my famous study of the ‘Cows In the Clover.’ ” “But where is the clover?" was asked, none appearing in the picture. “Oh, the cows have eaten it, yon know."- Baltimore American. MARKETS. CORRECTED BT E. L. CARROLL, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new | 72 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 80 Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... 76 Oats, new 40 Rye 50 Barley (fy 50 Clover «eed 4 50 @ 5 00 Alsyke 6 50 Timothy 2 25 Buckwheat 70 Flax need 1 30 Potatoes, per bu 80 Eggs, fresh 24 l Butter 12 Chickens 06 Ducks 06 Turkeys 08 Geese 06 Wool, unwashed 13 to 16 Wool, washed 20 and 22 Hugs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS DEC. 4, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash....s 77 May wheat Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 84 > May corn 54 j

CUPID S ODD PRANKS. WWf SOME WOMEN FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR HUSBANDS. Tccrllnr Reason* Thnt n< Time* lallncuce the Fair Sri In Matter* ot j the Heart—The Woman Who Won ] and Wedded a Woman Hater. If there is one question more than I another to which it is difficult to get or give a satisfactory answer it is surely this: “Why did you fall in love with ‘ your husband?” In 19 cases out of 20 I woman would probably confess candidly that she did not know or else she 1 would declare conclusively that she did because site did, and that ought to end the matter. In the rare cases where the lady condescends to declare her reason the answers are both interesting and instructive. "Whatever made you marry the prisoner?” a London magistrate asked a woman whose face bore “striking” evij deuce of her husband’s affection. "Because he punched all the other fellows’ heads,” she answered, “and nobody else dared make love to me.” Another good lady confessed that she fell in love with her husband because he was the “only man who ever dared to snub her.” While other men were stumbling over each other to pay her court aud attention, he always treated her witli absolute indifference aud even rudeness. The consequence was that she determined to bring him to her feet aud his knees. She succeeded, but lost her heart in the attempt. “I fell In love with my husband,” one lady recently declared, "because he was the only man about whom no one was ever heard to say an unkind word. Even the women, although he paid them no special attention, were agreed that be was darling;’ and, although he was plain, almost to ugliness, and old enough almost to be my father, 1 loved him and determined to marry him long before be bad any such thought of me.” Not long ago a Yorkshire lady of wealth and beauty shocked her friends by marrying a poor cripple. It had come to bcr ears that be bad iong loved her in silence and had counted each day happy i£ be only caught a distant glimpse of her. She discovered that he was n devoted son and brother and a man of unusual gifts and culture for his bumble position, and. moved by one of those sudden, generous impulses to which some women are liable. she sought an interview with him, told him that she bad learned bis secret and offered him her band and fortune. This may appear a strange and improbable thing, but thousands know that it is literally true. Another lady whose nmrriage resulted from a similar impulse gives this explanation of it. Among the friends of her family was an old bachelor with a reputation for crustiness who had known her from a child and bad often nursed her in early days. To her lie hud always been gentle and kind, and she had loved him "In away” as long as she could remember. One day she said, “Why have you never jnarried. Mr. ?” “Marry, my dear? Why. no one would ever marry a grumpy old man like me!” “Os course they would!” she answered indignantly. •'Why, I would marry you myself!” “Thank you, my dear!" came the unexpected answer. “Then we’ll consider the matter ended." In spite of her surprise and misgivings the girl loyally kept her promise, and she lias never bad reason to regret her “moment’s Indiscretion."

A lady friend of the writer married her busband for the very Illogical reason that he was an avowed woman hater. He made no secret of bls aversion to the fair sex and declared it so constantly that, as she says, "I vowed 1 would convert him and make him change his mind, at least so far as one of my sex was concerned." He was not difficult to convert, for within 12 months be had forsworn bis creed so far as to conduct one of the “hated sex” to the altar, and now be declares that he “loves them all.”—Tit-Bits. The Home of Echoes. Many valleys described in guidebooks as “whispering valleys” are favorite resorts for tourists In all partq. of the world. Few. however, exceed In wonder a valley at Stansfield In Essex, England. The rector of this parish in giving a careful account of bis owfi experiences states that bls bouse stands on a hill 288 feet above sea level, rising in rear to 300 feet, while in front the ground slopes away to a stream 100 feet below nnd again ilmib 180 feet on the opposite side. From the rectory the bells of 14 or 15 villages may be distinguished, while across the valley footsteps and voices in conversational tone may be heard at half a mile. Homestle Joyi. Meeks—My wife prefers coffee for breakfast and I prefer tea. Weeks— Then 1 suppose you bare both? Meeks—Oh. no. We compromise. Weeks—ln what way? Meeks—W» compromise on coffee — Chicago News. Milk nnd Water. “Pa," said little Willie, “why do they sponk of the ‘milk In the cocoanut?' It’s more like water." "Exactly," replied Mr. Cltlman. "And that’s why they call It milk, very probably.”—Philadelphia Record. What has become of the old fashioned child that cried so hard that it held its breatb?—Atchison Globe. Whales (ire never found in the gulf stream.

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