Chesterton Tribune - December 31, 1885
Rubber Boots only $2.25 at P.A. Johnson's.
Go to P.A. Johnson's for a fur cap. From $2 to $2.50.
Mr. Jno McGillicuddy was in town last Monday on business.
Think of it. A good umbrella for 20 cts. at P.A. Johnson's.
Mr. Wm. Muldoon, of Chicago, spent Christmas with his parents.
Post-master Taylor is slowly recovering. He is able to be about his
room.
Don't forget that H. Dabbert has a large line of Holiday goods. His
store is at Hageman.
Gust Johnson wears his face in mourning now. He says he fell against a
picket.
Cordelia Cornell transferred to John L. Anderson 80 acres of land in
Liberty township for $1,300.
Mr. Charles Rothmiller, Plymouth, is visiting his children Mrs. E. Way
and Charles Rothmiller, jr.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc. for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Ernest E. Shepard, of Rochester, N.Y. is spending the holidays at Mr. Ed
Quick's with his little brother Allie.
Mr. Cassler, who has been spending a few weeks past with his son David,
returned to his home in Ohio, last Tuesday.
Charles Johnson and sister from Chicago, spent Christmas with their
mother and brother Frank in old Porter.
Insure your property with Niles Highwood. He represents several of the
best companies in the world. Office, Taylor Bros. store.
We understand that Homer W. Porter, county superintendent, openly
declares his intention of running for the office Recorder next fall.
Dr. R.E. Miller has added to his already well-appointed office, a Harris
Faradic Electric Battery. It is a beauty, and the only one in town.
The Sheriff of Kalamazoo, Mich. Wants two men bad enough to pay $150 for
them. The best description he can give of them is that one is a large
man and the other a small man. They robbed the store of W.H. Snyder,
Schoolcraft, Mich. Christmas night, taking away a large quantity of
clothing, jewelry and some cash.
The supper at Johnson's Hall, last Saturday evening, given by the
Swedish Lutheran church people, was financially and socially a success.
The net proceeds turned over for the benefit of the church was $68.84.
Those who had charge of the affair feel well pleased with their efforts,
and thank the people for turning out so generally to the supper.
From reports made to State Statistician Peel, the dairy and poultry
products of Indiana for the last year were as follows: Pounds of
butter, 31,322,617; pounds of cheese, 479,878; gallons of milk,
150,576,994; dozens of chickens sold and used, 542,976; turkeys, 41,220;
geese, 22,740; ducks, 20, 869; eggs, 19,212,348; pounds of feathers,
183,011.
Louis Miller, the new saloon-keeper was touched up slightly last Monday.
It appears that Brucker, the fellow who kept a grocery in town a short
time, owed Louis $1.10 for liquor. When Brucker was about to town
Miller attached his goods. This enraged Brucker, who retaliated by
arresting Miller for selling liquor on Sunday. The result was $10 and
costs against Miller. The costs alone amounted to $10.
Last Monday evening, Dr. A.J. Mullen and Chas. Hauser, of Michigan City,
while on their return trip home, met with what narrowly escaped being a
serious accident. They drove a spirited team, and the night was very
dark.
Just at the old mill about half a mile north of town, the rig left the
narrow roadway and was hurled down the embankment. The horses and
carriage lodged on some timbers while the men went on down. The horses
were badly tangled, but were finally extricated. Dr. Mullen and Mr.
Hauser then returned to Chesterton, leaving the team, and took the train
home. The buggy was damaged considerably, and one of the horses seems
to be injured internally. Neither one of the occupants of the buggy was
injured. The team was sent home Wednesday.
Parents, or those who have sons who attend saloons, if you want your
boys to quit drinking, we will tell you what to do. The first time you
catch him drinking. Go and procure a raw hide. Get at the business end
of it, with the boy in reach of the tickler and set the whole concern in
motion. Let it run with plenty of steam for, anyway, half an hour.
Then sit down with the boy, and tell him that this thing of sneaking
into a salon, trying to get liquor, in order to have the saloon-keeper
indicted, for the sake of getting a chance to have a big bum in
Valparaiso, is played out. Then interview the saloon keeper. Tell him
to quit selling liquor to your boy, and give him the privilege to fire
him out in the street if he ever comes into his place again. You may
just wager all you have got that there will be a coldness spring up
between the boy and saloon keeper that will not melt until the one
attains the right to vote.
The editor of the Vidette, Judge Talcott, was 70 years old last
Christmas day. The Daily Vidette of Christmas contains the following:
The editor of the Vidette this Christmas day is 70 years old, but yet
feels young. In boyhood he would often read and sing with horror that
pathetic song: "Behold the man three score and ten, upon a dying bed,
has run his race and got no grace - an awful sight indeed! Poor man, he
lies, in sore surprise and this he doth complain "No grace I've got, and
I cannot recall my time again." The case of such a dying person
certainly is pitiable whether the foreboding is well grounded or but
visionary. But for many years we have sought with hope of success to
make those verses applicable to our own case only by a paraphrase
somewhat like this: "Behold the man three score and ten, about his
daily work, to serve his race with truth and grace, with no desire to
shirk. Blest man, he deems himself, and seems to ills of life resigned,
but for the dead his fears have led and left him peace of mind."
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