Prairieland Talk—
1880 Gazette Restored to Owner
By ROMAINE SAINUERS. 4110 South Sint St., Lincoln fi, Nchr.
LJNOOLN I feel indebted to Mrs. Nellie Fau
quier who with her husband and children make
their home on a ranch five miles east of Cham
bers, their pleasant home a few rods to the left as
you come to the turn that takes you into Cham
bers as you travel south.
That wife and mother 45 years ago was Nellie
Burtwhistle, who taught in our district school house
that then stood two miles south
on the county line as you step
across into Wheeler county.
No school house there now
and no kids to go to school.
One of ours took to school
for the teacher to read the ac
count of the death and funeral
of George Washington as it ap
peared in the Ulster County
(New Yorki Gazette. My son
neglected to bring the paper
home from school, but Mrs.
Fauquier has taken care of it Itomaine
through the years. Saunders
Stopping at her home on a ijpcent trip to Holt
county she extended a hand and said, I have some
thing of yours! Now I have my Ulster County
Gazette bearing date of January, 1800, and read
tgain of "Washington the great, the father of his
country and the friend of man, the unclouded bright
ness of his glory to illuminate the future ages!”
• • •
Morning comes this September day grey and
gloomly, the midnight rain still pouring out tubs
full. The flashes of lightning, the crash of thunder,
most of the night, now no more, that which floats
about in the air above to oppress and bring dis
comfort on a hot day now burned by lightning
flashes and washed away by the downpour. The
southeast prairieland is washed and cleaned as mild
autumn days come to us again; and robed in rich
green the landscape is nature’s picture spread for
miles around. Next the autumn brown touched on
frosty nights by a diamond studded hand. The pro
ducts of prairieland’s fruitful season now in barn
and bin and on store room shelf; march on, world
trouble-makers, prairieland dads and mothers, kids
at school, bachelor and maid go on their way re
joicing.
• • •
The wise ones say to be ready soon to travel
the trackless space from earth to moon; and there
to park our winged wagon until frightened away by
ghostly elf and horned dragon. Then back to earth
again where Tom and Mary, Ruth and Joe still
make their berth. Centuries along the highway of
eternity we may go from starry world to starry world
clothed in the robe of immortality. But now as calm
September nights are here we bask in the moon
light right here below and await another winter
and the winds that blow.
It was a week in September. 1905 C. E Stout
took in the tri-state fair over at Sioux City . . .
Word came from Omaha that Tom Tierney, an O'
Neill young man. at work on a building fell some
50 feet to his death. . . Mr. and Mrs, O. O, Snyder
and two daughters departed on a trip to Philadel
phia. Pa., Mr. Snyder, a delegate to an Odd Fel
low lodge gathering. . , Sam Howard took a job of
looking at figures at the county treasurer’s office.
. . . Casper Englehaupt, who had recently sold his
Holt county ranch, was looking over prospects in
central Iowa. ..PC. Corrigan was in Sioux City
for a day or two on business. . . Mrs. Francis
Staham of Omaha, a sister of J. C. Harnish. spent
a few days in O’Neill. . . A daughter was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard. . . Miss Zink of Cleve
land township w'as nominated for county superinten
dent at the republican county convention, and was
elected in November. . . Mrs. T. P. Mullen went to
Omaha for medical care. . . Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Kelly left for a visit at their former home commu
nity in Michigan.
* • *
The 279-million-dollar measure voted by con
gress to aid some hardup folks in Yankeeland was
tossed aside by President Eisenhower unsigned,
another dead dog from federal congressional halls.
‘Unsound,’’ says our chief executive. Doubtless
Mr. Eisenhow’er has a clearer view of depression's
picture than this prairie W'olf, but if assisting needy
citizens in the homeland is unsound wherein is
foreign aid sound? He was sitting the cold Janu
ary night through in a railroad station, not waiting
a train as I was but there because it gave him shel
ter from the cold, hoping next day to hitchhike his
way to other parts. Penniless and hungry. I have
wondered what has become of him, and did he re
gard that dollar and a half I placed in his hand an
"unsound” act?
• • •
Those who set up our human gods and goddes
ses have placed the laurels of Miss America on a
Mississippi beauty. A pretty face, a graceful form,
a cultured mind and ambition to become a televi
sion performer—is that the ideal set before our
daughters? Miss America—some maiden lady here
on prairieland, her once auburn tresses now whit
ened, her once calm features now crowned by a
furrowed brow, a slightly bent form denoting a life
of usefulness in the community, of helpfulness to
many. Who says amen!
• • •
Mrs. Den Hunt handed me a letter to read she
recently received from Mary L. McGee, a daugh
ter in the Early family, pioneers of the historic and
beautiful Eagle creek region of northern Holt coun
ty. Now in the 86th year Mrs. McGee lives life’s
golden years in a home for the aged in Hyattsville,
Md., and cherishes memories of her life among
friends and neighbors in Holt county. Another from
this community now far away.
Editorial—
Talking About People
People are Interesting subects of conversation,
and all of us talk about other people—some much
more than others. If you’ll niotce there are some
among us who spend most of their conversational
time talking about other people.
This is good, perhaps, if we are sympathetic
and say good things about our neighbors and fel
low men. But some of us are inclined to gossip a
bout practically anyone and spread all sorts of
‘ales, even exaggerating them as we go. This can
cause, and does cause, untold harm in every com
munity.
One bad thing About tearing down people is
that one’s time is wasted on a non-productive pur
suit. Did you ever notice that the man or woman
who is busy doing things, planning things, and
thinking ahead, has little time to sit around talking
about menial things and other people?
lie or she who is not idle, will usually spend
less time in the art of gossip than do the idle, the
envious, and those who want to attract attention
above all else. A good rule to follow, as much as
possible, is to arrange to say nothing if you can’t
say something good about a friend or neighbor. It
is surprising how much damage can be quickly
done to the reputations of those who are on the re
ceiving end of unfounded, untrue gossip—some of
which is always malicious and bom of envy.
Another thing we might all keep in mind, in
making our contribution to community life (and
all of us have this obligation to society) is that any
one who does something different is sure to come
jnder the fire of the old order, the stand-patters,
the jealous, and the envious. So inevitably, it
seems, the persons who strives to push ahead, or
who is different, or who achieves more than his
fellows, will be the object of petty talk and gossip.
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‘Average’—for Better or Worse
Someone has said that the most abused person
in America is the “average” man. He is used to
prove almost everything, and yet, when analyzed
he melts away into nothingness. Who is this “aver
age" American we hear so much about, then? Gov
ernment sources figure him out this way:
Mr "Average” American is slightly over 30
years old, stands 5 feet 8V* inches high. He is \Vz
inches taller than his wife. He weighs 156 pounds
and his wife tips the scales at a secretive 133
pounds. Mr. Average inhales 13 times every min
ute. and exhales the same, we suppose.
If you are a man and have reached the age of
35, you are at the exact mid-point of your life, and
according to the statisticians, you have exactly 35
more years to accomplish all the things you want to
do. Mrs. Average doesn’t reach the mid point of her
life until 37.1 years, regardless of what she may
claim on her birthday. The average couple is mar
ried when the man reaches 23.8 and the bride
reaches a blushing 21.4. In the average community,
one out of every 10 will go to the hospital this year.
He will stav an average of 8.3 days.
If you disregard the mortgage, about 55 per
cent of all American families own their own
homes. During the year 1953, one person in fi\e
moved to a different home. Approximately half of
the homes in the country are mortgaged to the
average tune of $4,800. If you are "average.” you
probably spend $250 a year for home repairs and
improvements, received 305 pieces of mail in youi ^
box during the year and make 438 phone calls.
In one year Mr. Average manages to consume
more than 150 pounds of red meat, 33 dozen eggs,
717 pounds of cheese, 109.3 pounds of fresh fruits,
114 pounds of fresh vegetables and 16.5 pounds of
coffee. Just in case you think you are underfed, it
all totals up to 3,200 calories a day. Based on na
tional averages, food tops the list of expenses in
the budget, taking about 30 per cent of the total.
Houses consume another 12 per cent and 11 per cent
goes for clothing. The average family spends 5 per
cent of income on medical care.
Next time someone talks about the “‘average”
man, ask him if he means all these things.
Good Request . . . Better Answer
A group of businessmen in a flourishing com
munity in New York State grew dissatisfied with
the appearance of one of city's two railroad stations.
It thought a new station in order and delegat
ed a small committee to call upon the railroad’s
president to tell him so.
The president was interested at once.
"I heartily agree,” he said. “We’ll go along
with you gentlemen. How much money will your
county put into it?”
The committee was not at all sure that the
county would contribute anything.
"That’s interesting,” noted the president.
"Your county just handed the airport about a half
million dollars. Some of it was taxes paid by the
railroads in your city and county. By the way, can
you tell me how much in taxes the airport paid
last year?”
The committee knew, of course.
So did the railroad president.
The city still has its old railroad station.
Rural Mail Improved
More than 300,000 farm families are benefiting
from the August extension of rural delivery ser
vice. The ,post office department extended routes
where there are two families per mile. The prev
ious requirement for route extension was three
families per mile.
A happy life is to laugh often and to love much,
to win the respect of intelligent persons and the af
fection of children, to earn the approbation of hon
est critics and to endure the betrayal of friends,
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in everything,
to give one's self, to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a
redeemed social condition, to have played and
laughed with enthusiasm and to have sung with ex
altation, to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I, for one . . . am convinced that leaving young
sters on their own, to cook and do other things, is
well worth the minor calamities that sometimes
result. This view of child-raising is one my parents
held. "There are four things a child needs,” my
father used to say. "He needs an abundance of
love, plenty of good nourishing food, lots of soap
and water and, after that some good healthy ne
glect.”—Ivy Baker Priest, United State treasurer.
§|heFrontier
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When Yon & I Was Young . . .
Prairie Fire
Gobbles Up Hay
McNichols, Ernst Are
Big Losers
.50 Ycar*. Ago
Joe McNichols and J. K Ernst
lost all their hay while other hea
vy losers were William Gray, A
H. Poe. Michael Gastello and
William Wall in a prairie fire
northwest of town. . . James Cans,
Inman and Miss Martha Bemt of
Stuart were granted a marriage
license. Married at the home of
Mr and Mrs. Henry Madison were
their son, Harry and Miss Etta
Bigler, daughter of Charles Big
ler of O'Neill. . . A boy is repor
ted at the C. O Tenborg home in
Emmet . . Mrs. Mary McNichols,
75, died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. E. Haley, in Valen
tine. She was the mother of nine
children.
20 Years Ago
Rev. A. J. May will be trans
ferred to the Methodist church in
Tekamah. . . An Inman youth,
Lowell Fraka, 18, was killed by
suffocation when a gravel truck
he was driving overturned. . .
Jack Vincent is a second year stu
dent at the University of Nebras
ka. . . Guy Cole, Harry Werner,
Milt Lawrence, John Conard and
Pat McGinnis spent the weekend
fishing at the Niobrara river.
. . . R. R. Morrison opened up for
business in his old location after
the fire Everything has been re
painted and repaired.
10 Years Ago
Legal interference and lack of
entries are blamed for the can
cellation of the endurance horse
race from Valentine to Clear
water. . . A new rollerdome will
open Saturday. . . Atkinson copped
the league title when it won from
O'Neill, 16 to 12. . . Deaths: Mrs
F. H. Griffith, 71, a longtime resi
dent of the county
One Year Ago
Deaths: Jennifer M. Kellogg,
9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard Kellogg, who live 2V4 miles
northeast of Orchard, in an auto
accident; Peter Engler, 92, of
Ctun. IVAnc T io Uamman 60
who died three weeks after her
husband; Mrs. Agnes M. Ziska,
76, of Atkinson; John A. Lans
worth, 67. . . A fish-killing toxin
was put in Van Horn’s lake to rid
it of rough fish. Many people
took advantage of the “free” fish.
Burlington Now
Twice Weekly
The Chicago Burlington & Quin
cy railroad last Thursday reduced
mixed train service from three
times a week to twice a week be
tween Osmond and O'Neill.
Authority for the cutback in
service was granted CB&Q about
two months ago by the Nebraska 1
state railway commission, but
Burlington continued three times
a week service due to the volume
of freight service.
Daily Sioux City-O’Neill service
was offered until about 15 years
ago when it was reduced to three
times per week. Sioux City-Os
mond will continue to have ser
vice three times per week.
Under the new schedule freights
will arrive in O’Neill Mondays and
Thursdays.
DELOIT— Lambert L. Bartak,
government weather observor in
Wheeler county, recently received
a commendation for his 10 years
of service. The commendation
was from the department of com
merce. “You have added valuable
data to the store of climatogical
information by keeping accurate
records in all kinds of weather”.
Mr. and Mrs. George Beatty of
Madison stopped overnight last
Monday at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. William W. McIn
tosh, on their way to the Black
Hills. They planned to stop in on
their return trip.
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Hall
O’NEILL
Sat., Sept. 20th
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Bazaar, Festival
INMAN The Women's Society
of Christian Service of the Metho
dist church met Thursday after
noon for their regular meeting,
Mrs, Woodrow Gaughenbaugh,
president, had charge of the bus
iness meeting Mrs. Mary Mew
maw was in charge of the devo
tions. Plans were made for the
bazaar to t>e held in conjunction
with the annual fall festival that
will !>e held early in October.
The members of the society
whose birthdays occurred during
June, July. August and Septemlier
were honored at a birthday party.
All enjoyed a covered dish lunch
eon at the close of the meeting.
Eighteen memers were present^
Tuesday afternoon the group
headed by Mrs. H. L>. Snyder, met
at the church annex and turned in
the articles they had made for the
bazaar. Plans were made to try
and finish some unfinished articles
before the fall festival. Mrs. Sny
der) served lunch to her group.
107th Anniversary
of Rebekahs Noted
INMAN—Arbutus Rebekah lodge
met Wednesday evening, Septem
ber 10, at the IOOF hall for their
regular session. Mrs. Elsie Keyes,
noble grand, was in charge.
Mrs. Hazel Lorenz was in
charge of the program in obser
vance of the 107th anniversary of
the Re tie1,ah degree.
The group enjoyed a covered
dish lunch following the meeting.
Other Inman News
Mr. and Mrs. James M Mc
Mahan. James Coventry. Mrss.
Ray Siders and daughter. Marilyn,
were Omaha visitors on Tuesday.
Leslie Tompkins of Kelso,
Wash., arrived here Wednesday,
September 10 and spent the re
mainder of the week visiting in
the home of his brother and sis
ter-in-law, Mr and Mrs. L, R.
Tompkins and also in the H. P.
Tompkins home.
Miss Kay Coventry of Omaha
spent the weekend here in the
home of her parents, Mr. and
James R. Coventry and Bill.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Colman
drove to Omaha Friday to get
their daughter, Miss Brenda, who
attends school there. Miss Brenda
spent the weekend in the home of
her parents.
Mrs. C. Zimbleman of Gregory,
S. D., came Thursday and spent
the remainder of the week visit
ing in the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Moore and also in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gallagher
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seasteadt
have returned to their home in
Largo, Fla., after spending a
month in the home of their broth
er-in-lavv and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Young.
Ned and Neal Kelley and Dick
Coventry of Norfolk spent the
weekend in the home of their par_
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kelley
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and Mr .and Mrs. Kenneth Cov
entry.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Holmes of
San Diego .Calif., were Saturday
afternoon guests in the liome of
Mr. and Mrs James M McMahan.
They also called on Sir. and Mrs.
W. C. Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coventry
and son. Joe, of Norfolk came
Saturday evening and sj>ent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Coventry and Boh.
Bob Retke came Thursday af
ternoon from Omaha and is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Retke.
Mr and Mrs I. L. Watson drove
to Valentine Saturday evening
ami si>ent Sunday in the home of
their son-in-law and daughter,
; Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Slusher. and
| boys.
Mrs. James McMahon attended
a stated meeting of Symphony
| chapter OKS in O'Neill Thursday
I evening.
Mr and Mas 11. D. Snyder, Mr
ami Mrs. L F. Kopecky and
Dickie and Mrs. Josie Kopecky
spent Sunday in Newman Grove
| where they were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ardeen Sawyer and Mrs.
Anna Sawyer and girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Vitt of O'
Neill were Sunday evening guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Coventry and Bill.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
— 1:30 P.M. —
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This Is mostly hoards picked out individually by cabinet
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short lengths, however.
t Outside Neon Sign
Original cost $340.00
• 28 Finest Chrome Finish Chairs
lifetime upholstery can be washed like a dish. Original cost
$20.93 each.
• Several Chrome Fitting Stools
• Plastic Window Fixtures
• 4 Tables
• 1—X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine
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• Numerous Other Items As Used In a
Retail Store
Must be removed from premises same day.
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