Spirit Lake Beacon (Newspaper) - May 18, 1876, Spirit Lake, Iowa Cate VI led Every Thursday 4 FAV SPIRIT LAKE DICKINSON 1876 one for which your correspondent forgive Ihe of the Declaration of Independence and that Is the inhumanity of locating the Fourth ol July in the middle of tho summer How ever we we not discussing thai point now for he rind of visitors lo the Exhibition are very complete and extensive Nothing that Ingenuity suggest lias bet omitted yet with nil this people cann which ar to uU A inseparable from large It human nature to go with crowd IVo 34 u In ly fll fruud tender ihu J delivered In the county Un all out iff tlie county We nhall miOte no difference In tho price lut In d of the ly one ildo of imper UN the know your 3 hut lie publisher a knowl r preferable to poor at a lu Hist LETTER our regular May 8tti i fugit Nobody better 1 much too fast does fugit human plans Kven stealing from the of sleep turning night into day suffice to overtake the flying and keep wilh the rising sun So with all their those Centennial people scratch nnd wish they hail like the lo be hung a n little time Hut the day U almost here morning Uncle Sain kc hU Centennial break ml pick his teeth with a rusty old 78 ct At noon the American Eugle will upon the peak of ckv mountains and with the lips of t in the for lo drop H or two in the ami Liko survey of his own greatness sympathize with the proud old even when on occasions he i K the character of a this period apt it might nobody will of quoting i tinea in worldly affairs rt he timl put on airs ft bj aw up youre in i nil whenever it grows to Initiation le lor the opening completed and hai already ex I to tho President Cabinet officers ne Court Judges Diplomatic Corps n Centennial Hoard Foreign Governors of States and their stuffs the i city authorities of chief officers of the army nnd mi National Centennial Com ce Centennial of Finance In and official witli the Exhibition The grounds and buildings will be neil lo the nt 0 A x nt Memorial building and machinery 1 will fur Invited guests uu Tho will tuke to In the open air on the side of Hall TUe music consisting of orchestra of 150 pieces and a chorus of f voices will be given under the of Th Thomas assisted by Key will be M eil to Ihe grounds by Governor Ifl anil a division of troops The fol JnS the program me Inauguration March by hy John i music by John K Paine of lias accom words by of Georgia by Huck orchestral organ menu Ex by the of the Centen of the United Stales Tiie Hut the Exhibition ii open will be lowed by the customary firing of sa raising of ringing of chimes Hallelujah Chorus with and accompaniment The pign will be placed op sections in Die main The President and invited will march through the Main build K and foreign upon g by the President wil join the when the whole body will to Machinery Hall President mid the larger Hit alien tlie more anxious people will he to the of them ne cease to complain of being Jostled and ii in ihe general Tne department of public comfort has commodious ilie main entrance which includes a True reading room f for writing and correspondence tc with lavatories and closets and ani room TiU will undertake ihe car of umbrellas clonks shawls ft which checks are given and when ih visitor U ready to kuve hU traps wiU U found al a station of he may designate Hollin Chair Company have provided 300 chair on wheels and so constructed to be almost noisiest which fora modern charge by the hour may be employed I lake persona they like th The luxury of ibis provisio will bo better appreciated when It is undei according u ihc latest estimate lour through thp aisles of the exhibition buildings comprises a walk o foi ly miles A bank on the grounds untie the management of solid will receive cash drafts am furnish exchange A narrow guage makes a circuit of the grounds and con with all the principle buildings It is provided wilh cars and furn b various manufactures as ci advertisement Telegraph and messenger arc provided a about the grounds By an Ingenious contrivance of Mr W 8 Philips of the Telegraph ever one ol the turnstiles set at the scv eral of iht grounds will be con by wiru viii a in this main of the Commission When a person enters through a In is registered on thin dial At any of the day therefore it will be possible lo know by glancing a the the exact number of people win have tlie gates ami nrc tht grounds and buildings The of tlie to close b ith buildings mill grounds on Banda provokes u deal nf discussion and i Ls certainly a lo which there j two though on the probably a majority of the public will approve the of the There is no able of visitors of ihc downtown bouls are tolerably full bu there is plenty of In thu many new in the vicinity Park Um is here and has taken i house in fur he pays in gohl This calls t mind incident re in me A card To lei furnished on the door of a fine in i of the city the of n New York gentleman who wus prospecting here Tht price was agreed lo and when guarantee of good the lessee drew his check on Ihc for the amount in gold A few later thirty French ladies just from Parts were domiciled within and the is tiled will eel la the engine machinery connected therewith A by the President in the a Pavilion wiy the formal ob of the dar i accepted the Invitation in a body Some people p a u lead to lo i solons of these times with hundred ago What a up a tree I auld tttn that at this time we could tot the oaf No UM dW wiU but nil the revival work of Messrs Moody and one song which has not only proved popular but the menns nf good hits rendered daily Thu song referred lo is Hold the ForL Thu Chicago Alliance gives the origin of song Shortly before General Sherman started on hU march to the oca he stood upon tho heights of Mountain in watching she progress of the The rebels determined attack upon the works and it was feared the Union forces would be compelled to re treat Just at juncture however Sherman signalled across Hold the fort I am coming T Sherman Major Whittle the present evangelist was stand ing beside General Sherman the message was signaled and the panoramic thu terseness of tho order and the momentous result made a lasting sion hix afterwards he related tho incident to Prof P P Bliss of thU city and ihe song Hold he Fort was the result Now for the point of the story Saturday the 15th Messrs Whittle and after closing their re rival ni tho South took a bricl trip U the Identical rock which had once held ilic commander and wilh distant earthworks in view they sang Hold the Fort as only Whit tie aud can sing it The incident U in itself but it forcibly Illustrates the which accrue front small matters cimu home late the other night and looking aiu of I be bedroom So tipping you u hie K word Ukc off ihe g and ii you my iWw Mrs R 11 The Aim of Fellowship The following Is an extract from un hy Hon John the Fellows sury in Council UlulU un the tilt is but the of these higher and nobler of our nail U designed to a Entertaining the 1anon Tho preacher wus stopping over night at their house was quite an mon event for their household and Swipes was on her good behavior While she was so precise prim that butter would hardly melt in her in the presence of hU reverence she tmd to cul of doctrines vigilant wilch over her husland uy eUe they would kick over ihc truces anil breeding It was while she was in this mind that a y day life and our with each to dls pl the clouda uf and hatred which so often engenders knocked at the door asked cord and bloodshed among men nnd in fur eat Now it is their lo llm gentle influ al sie turns a cold shoulder ences of lovo pence so to hut bhe on her they shull bent into spread shares and into pruning hooks After every What a moil impressive commentary up on these diverse views does thu history of Greece Homo France Italy Prussia and other powers furnish Tom and distracted by internal feuds and Inter struggles their treasuries impover ished thuir soil crimsoned with the best their sturdy yeomanry their edit interests ignored churches dedi lo Iho worship of the Gotl laid waste and the houses of affluence and comfort made desolate the sobs and of orphans and widows lend thu satiate tlm unhallowed ambition and bru tal appetites of some renegade despot and place a crown upon his brow This is i faint picture of these scenes where bruta force is the sll prevailing power Every where sec symptoms of this depravity everywhere men laws to it every statute every gib bet every prison every on our doors testify to mans belief that his man is prone to hale man and his neighbor But when tlie gentle Influences of love sup ihe weapons In tlie warfare oil vice in all its forms how great the change Everywhere plenty peace abound Schools colleges and universities on every hillside and beautify every valley churches rise like magic and the music oi heir bells falls on the ear of the traveler whereer he wanders inviting him to en er in and swell the multitude of devout worshippers lhat wait the altars of he of the world commerce whitens every sea manufacturers flourish grows in the hearts tif the citi zens the Industrial pursuits of life are filled with cheerful active and happy vo the treasuries are full to ng and the temporal government is strong u the of ihe subjects and in the respect and of foreign powers How true it U lhat ex n nation but sin ia a reproach to any Let us work unceasingly to ush er in the gulden When the chains of human bondage shall be broken anil he tears ami of this world be sub hy tint healing liJe that shall rom lite fountains of benevolence i ace Then one shall bind nil un ions kindreds and tongues uf Ihe earth aud thai law he the law of It is our fixed destiny to embrace all nf the earth in the of and brotherly t will not do for n of ur lo say that there arc n our government and therefore we will not cheerfully obey its laws and support It n limes uf public danger insure us lhat there ure numerous on lie surface of ihc which jire perfectly lo them as they gaze into ihe titys cries of Ihe starry realms by id and still for over sixty centuries the jn lias radiated heut atul light ng and vivifying all animate and in nature and fullness is nut one diminished So it is and shall he vilh the principles of of nJ charity until every Ration tribe and shall yield u willing Odd in ils very essence is ue of the most powerful auxiliaries ever in the bruin of man lo peace on earth and will men 4tnd U truly a to In every change in all its and there runs c of charily and the pearl of benevolence sheds a eudy and refulgent light in every room It makes no undue display iu myriads of of aud bc but steadily and pcr educates lUe orphan sustains aud the widow away the fall tg tears whispers peace and the afflicted watches night and day by e couch of the nick brother his head giving water to his fevered ps and in the solemn hour of death tlay nnd his sorrowing family These are but a tithing if the kindly Ihc drops before the lower which we perform and who ia so as to dare say that these of order do not wilh and run parallel lo the spirit nl latter lo Iho type of nd Christianity Divine an that Pure mid is this To visit the widows and fatherless in and lo eep yourself unspotted from the world body hail hft the house and she was ing she found minus two napkin 0 i the return of her has band from work she said to him of my silver napkin have been stolen You dont say so Yes my two best ones Well well you ought to know belter than to leave tilings around loose Swipes after reading all of that business It wasnt the preacher It was thai dii tramp Serves Mrs Swipes for try ing to show your kindlier before thai preacher Why you make the loafer saw wood for his breakfast know well enough all tramps will steal I dont know any such thing Id let you know that I wasnt raised a tramp if you was old Swipes You neednt put on airs over if my parents were poor Mrs Swipes Jly pa rents didnt have to go to the foundling asylum to pick out a Jran u s i n o s s t a v d s AND KKAL 11 G jAV Law Attorney and Em met E B Attorney at und liert Iowa t J A SMITH Clerk of Hie Courts of county will out and Ire nnd itli Hie Slum City anil sold un Corres r O luke luwa HOTELS HOUSE 0 Proprietor Iale loira attached HOUSE O M comity 4 iy An Arkansas Opinion of Iowa Folks Gazette Judge Grant was in Little Rock Ark a couple of weeks ago in attendance at the IT S Court One morning he saw a farmer with a slouch hat and genuine but suit trying to sell a cow in the market there Ii was a large animal the planter was informing man Hint the cow would give four quarts of milk a day if fed well Up stepped tho Judge What do you ask for the cow About thirty give five quarts of milk if you feed her well replied the planter and he proceeded to describe her good qualities the Judge I have cows on my farm not more than as big as your cow which give twenty lo quarts of milk a tiny The planter eyed he Judge sharply for a n if Tying re member lie had ever seen him be fore mno and then Stranger where do you live My home is in Iowa Yes stranger I dont dispute it Stranger there was heaps of soldiers from down here during the war and stranger they was the liars in tho Yankee army Stranger may be you mought have been aa officer in some of them regiments The slut fur the court house Of all things in the world he didnt want lo be set down in hat strange land as a Yankee liar i UHO take off Ihe I aud jli you the window A BOOK agent who hag retired from ac ve upon the lion of a life of industrious says Ihe great of hU was hen he lo a house where lite female ad oT the family he way opened by paying I bol it was your to That always aot book themselves but told we coold find more Is a reply of Baron Rothschild as otd by Arsene of his riends of the third degree a sort r came to borrow It is aid baron but remember that as a rule I only lend to crowned heads M c never dreamed of seeing lU money again but wonderful to relate i the end of a month the borrower back with ItU The baron could scarcely believe his eyes but he forc that this was not the end enough a month the borrower reap asking fur tlie loan of 00 Xi no said the you me once by paying me tmt money I tlu not want tu be disappointed again II C Physician nnd Surgeon e Smith may be Inund a BI f tie Ail tuct calls promptly E A BEEVES H D Spirit Lake Iowa re lo for vicinity and duor west uf AUCTIONEERS SI and lon attend In Dick Uar 1 O A J WELCH Licensed Auctioneer Will Attend in Dick inson Will Spirit Luke on thu or each hud thirty years In till anil charges II 1 HICK Bice Owens ATTORNEYS AT LAW Loan Apts OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE SPIRIT LAKE IOWA All business entrusted tu their cure will re and careful attention The German Freeport Illinois or damage by Ore ASSETS Or Kit Losses Adjusted and Promptly pau at this Agency 3y an economical nnd man lo offer illy to in the issued in both thu English and 1IKXRY X 3IORSE LAKE IOWA W CORY W A n We Src meo aad women Business that will Pay from 31 per dar Can In your own neighborhood PAH Tr or worth several dollar that will you to fft to work al w III b cent on receipt of O j LATHAM v Co 413 St Mima Box SIM CHOICE BARGAINS In Palp Alto and ow 10 per cent i tott y or Jo hc for ten yearn pnr c ort tune It cm e be pi Xu one need go w out a farm at these ratta BURNHAM Co Blacksmith ng D E CHISHOLM Would the are prepared to do all ol work la Ik The Very Best Style la warra Jem in attention wilt be to iss c Ii o o i 11 itf ur al ii the mom i Edie tooli and tempered with care n all itf ii mid tended o hy a workman of i A SCOTCH minister thus discoursed en the carelessness of liia when you lunve the church just look down at the swans they nre swans anthey b2 aye doon lUcir nn laving wi the water till theyre n then youll sec them sooming to the shore uu gie wings a bit and Now my you conio here every I lave you a the gospel till wit Hut yo I just an sit loon hy your gie your wings a bit Hup an ai dry ns over get for ny t Shun delays breed remorse Take Ihy time while time is lent Creeping snails have furce Fly thy fault lesl Ihou Good is best soonest wrought labors come lo naught tip sale while gale dost last Tide and wind pleasure Seek nol time when time is past Sober is leisure are benght Let Ihy guide thy MEV of Iho world IvoM lhat it is action except an tor lh mVc if admiration if fir to mem tangible they arc thai when the tun light UM IM ia them o C A gency Office in tlie Court STATE DCS Moines Iowa 51087243 W Mutual Life Ins Co Life aie re quested to the of thU n Itic riute that protects hy law all low from forfeiture nit v C REAL ESTATE Loan Collection Agent Spirit Lake Iowa Has a complete Abstract or Title make collection negotiate real entile attend promptly to entrusted A A County Deputy Real Estate Collection Fire and Life Insurance Agents LAKE IOWA ost rcn LA HUE TRACTS Of elected land offered for snlc on the Abstracts of Title at notice Will psv nil or dnd promptly lo 11 II A nnd in Guns Revolvers TACKLE Hunters Supplies SIOUX CITY IOWA TO T II E Minne Waukon O TT 353 Spirit Lake Iowa first cliss hold entirely new throughout mil well fur The wants of Summer Win be supplied popsicle Will Sni an excellent WAUKON II will he the desire and aim of tle to perfect Imping thereby to deserve tic pro to every 1ficcs Seasonable J Propr fall The in town for Choice Cigars and Tobacco Confectioneries Oysters Canned Fish etc In good assortment ce Cream Lemonade and Tropical Fruits in their Season The Star is supplied wilh THREE TABLES nd no effort will be spared to render it a place of resort and thus patronage y Proprietor IN Boots Shoes LEATHER FINDINGS Spirit loua as just opened ntn and well o tf SPENCER TO SPIRIT LAKE Loaves 7 A ond at Spirit ake at JJ x Leave Spirit nt 1 r M and at fl I x Connects at er for Storm laks and Algona and at Lake with for newly filled up with pood teams attended 11 with cure and r EDMUNDS t Proprietor Chicago Sf Northwestern frr Detroit Toledo Buffalo Niagara Cin Albany Toronto tiia St LOUIJ Cairo n Halt Lake i prepared to meet the the trade in this direction In a that will to nil IlSs stock lins SELECTED WITH CARE And the view io Ihc at this locality To conform itc re lias ii at the with n safe CASH OE hs Terms PiT will dill do ail o In which he French Calf Sewed Boota a Specialty DONE NEATLY nni but the hcst hti will WA SA TISlA C 1 ION Spirit 1675 BARS S A WJ AN D averaged per day with ALT v them can make pci day wilh inga For a sample foi or The Kav you read acd K S HAKNES Co 111 W AVERAGED PEH DAY Mo I lti III 1 110 frits for trade for and 15 In tiret two diri one who liae the ar life haw it the t have been twelve have dune alt my shop work yo r machine Inco I hive palit for except for which Three I my attention lo fret work I pur dy to at the above Vour lightly and It hot tho man a lu fact I your Machine l any however hli ar run the little fl la for hU pile and make la week to mnf M RKII A Kxl du r In wv Vry truly for I W buy their tickets vln the Railway nrc made at Chicago the Lake Shore t Southern Michigan Cen tral i Port t Line and Pun Handle for EAST and SOUTHEAST and with thu Alt nind for point SOUTH connections ac aim made Union n It at for tlie Inr Uest CloR nrc made nt of all crossroads PALACE OAKS epe cirt ire run oa nil night trains ll the liner of road Th on al LINE r St Panl or Chicago and Mil with the Over on Ihe Union tor points west of River Running through Five Greit States and of road Coro lhat AKE NOT C AN NOT by can null you thin jour route and win no other Rint Vf n Agt r Brine in Your Grists SMITH CO 6 Mill Is now in to io Rnt r Milling or O O 1 1 o 1 Guaranteed when GOOD GRAIN Mill one mile