The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-02-22

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 3.
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no. :;<;
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Tl e Farn ers Instil I in      The city of New Dim   is mak-
Pierz Last   Tu   day,   conducted  ing* preparations to commemor-
by J.   J.    S of   Zumbro  ate   the   fiftieth  anniversary   of
Palls, Frank Gibbs oi    M  rriam   the Indian Massacre.    It  was in
Park, and Ta. 1). Staples   of  St.  the summer   of   1862   when   the
Cloud, was a good one. . "Indian Outbreak" occured and
The attendance was not as hundreds of unsuspecting and
large as it might have been, but unprotected pale faces fell vic-
the enthusiasm and interest dis- tiins to the redmen's tomahawk.
played by those present, and Al that time there was a small
the number of discussions which settlement of whites opposite P.
followed tlie sp '■<■   it J. Oau's place   in   the   town  of
certain that the institute was Granite. A man by the name of
successful. The institute was Elwell had built a Hotel, saw-
attended largely by a class of mill and a number of other build-
farmers, who, in poll lie I par- ings in the fifties. During the
e, would be called "progres- general hostility of the Indians
sixes." • As a rule, men beyond in 1862, these early settlers
middle aye do not easily adapt feared an attack from the Mille
themselves to changing condi- Lacs Chippewas, and fled to a
ls. Their ideas, habits and , more densely populated country.
modes of thought are so firmly | Those of the abandoned build-
fixed that tl.ey  cannot   be   dis-  ings which were   not   destroyed
HAD THEY BUT KNOWN.
A fanner  from  the  west  side
S. A
FRITZ-30LLIi
Frit/, of Little Palls
and
recently brought a load of timo-  Sophia Bollig, daughter of   Mr.
thy to  Little Falls,  which,   be-  and Mrs. P.J.  Bollig   of    Pier;*
cause it was cut a little late, he *«"«  married   by   Rev.   J.   G.
offered to sell for the  low  price   Stiegler last   Monday   morning.
of $6.00.    As tlie hay was a  tri-      Mr. Fritz recently bought the
fie faded and was hard, he found  Mueller   restaurant    in     Little
no buyers.    On   his   way   home   palls   where   the     couple    will
with his  load  of  poor timothy,   make their home.
he stopped   long   enough a;   _-----------_-------------------_-------------■
neighbor's place to tell him his'
hard luck   story.    Only   in   his;
SCHOOL  REPORT
by forest fires, were torn down
and made use of by our early
settlers about 1h7(). The cellar
of the Granite City Hotel can
still be seen across tlie road
from P. J. Gau's place.
placed   by   new    C and
methods.    They are like til
low from   Missouri,   who   said;
"You'll have to show* mi
The speakers left on the ;■ I
noon train   for   Wahkon   where
they held an   institute   Wed
*ay. |     Karl Wetzel.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     and Alfred M.
E. .1 Gust   Sine' Palls were in Pierz last Tuesday
hit Thursday morning for John- jon business
son. Minn.
ed <a farm.
Monthly school report of Dis
neighbor did he find a man kind  trict 92 ending February 16.
enough to take the stuff off  his No. of days taught   20
hands.    "Dump it   off   here   at  No. of pupils enrolled	
the gate, I may be able to make Average daily attendance 17
use of it", said farmer No. 2, j Pupils being perfect lu atten-
Who, it is reported, threshed dance are: Adam Hohn. Edward
$64.00 worth of seed out of the Thielen, Philip Thielen, Anna
load. The story goes that farmer c Boser, Olivia Poser. Alfred
No. 1, is still turning the pages Bose|._ Jo)m HappkC) Henry
of his catalogues in the hope of Faust) j()Sl.pi, Paust) ij0retta
finding illustrations and prices ptLUsti Willie Froelich.
of powerful kicking machines. j Absent a day or less: There-
When Louis Steinkugler cut sia Boser. Minnie Froelich,
his patch of timothy last sum- Theresia Hohn, Anna Hohn.
mer, he left a small corner to Helena Thielen, Christina
ripen for seed.    This was    done   Valentine.
NUMBER OF WOLVES KILLED 572        POWERiTI   IMAGINATION.
Four hundred and seventy Christ Schlegel the Lastrup
two full grown wolves ami 100 joker was in the village Monday,
cubs have been killed in   Minnc       11'-  said   lr Little
sota and state    bounty   claimed   Falls several   weeks   ago   when
on them, within the   past    three   the mercury  was   in   the
months.    Warrants aggregating  borhood of   40   h 0      the
s:;.-a*o in payment of   the   boun-   way home the harsh  north wind
ti.-.,   were   sent   out    by    State' blew with   bitter   breath   aci
Auditor S. G. Iverson Saturday,   the moonlit prairie.    The wolfs
I .eltrami county leads the list. I long   howl   from   the pine
with 79 full grown wolves and
22 cubs. Koochiching is second
with 71 full grown wolves: Polk
county is third with H wolves
and 28 cubs, and Stevens fourth
with 21 wolves and   12 cubs.
where E. J. has
SOUTH GRAM IE
Nick Gross and wife were visitor . at tlie John Gross' home
Sunday.
Mr. Charles Niss is a visitor
at John Dahmen's place.
Mr. Paul. Fred and Ursula
Dahmen, and Charles Niss
called on John Gross Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mike Preiglmeier visited Ursula Dahmen Thursday.
Miss Mary Nespore from Pier*.
visited at the home of Mike
Preiglmeier Saturday.
Charles Lust from Center Valley was a Pierz caller Monday.
Louis Schabel was a visitor at
Charles Lust's Friday.
Ed. Stuckmeyer and wife,
Ludwig, Annie and Lucy Cross
were visitors at Peter Wei den-
bach's last Tuesday evening.
Joe Kramer drove to Pierz
Tuesday.
State of Ohio, Oily of Toledo. J
Lucas County. \
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney .v Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County ami State afore-
! said, and that said firm will pay the
sua, of ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR'S
for ea;h and every case of catarrh tiial
cannot lie cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure.    FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before m<' and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASOK,
Seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ami apt* dire.tly on tlie blood
and mucous   surface;   of   the   system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.O.
Sold by all Drvi^^ists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-
paton.
more to make a square cut   with
the mower, than with the expect-;
L.   W.    Vasaly I ation of making any profit from1
Stoll    of   Little! the seed.    The   seed   from   tins
small patch   brought   him   over
$100.00.    Judging by the in
from this small patch, Louis estimates that his loss by  cutting
his timothy for hay amounts   to
nearly $1300.    Louis, too,   feels
like investing   in   a   high-speed
kicking machine   with   gasoline
power attachment
DOEOTHY M. Hiff, Teacher.
For your Job  Printing
call at the Journal.
WEST BUH.
C. H. Proper, the world's
medicine agent, was in this vicinity Monday.
First Financial Center.
The Bank of Venice, established in
1157, was the financial center of the
world; and when the Revival of Letters came, followed almost immediately by the invention of printing, it was
Venice that led the world in the output of books and the spread of intelligence.
Inference There Somewhere.
"I don't think my husband loves me
any  more."    "Why  not?"  "The  other
day I said to him:   'John, if I  should
^^H ^^^^^H ,-  ,,     I die would you get married again?' and
A large crowd ol young   folks; he gajd he wo*ldn.t-   ..-._* that all
LANE'S ACCiDcNT.
E.G. Lane of Little Falls last
Friday morning upset with a
load of pop just west of the village on the Little Falls road.
Many were the reports and
thundering,-; with accents terrible and 'tis said "the earth was
feverous and did shake,"   while
Rsally Interesting Item.
"A newspaper receives dally foi
publication," says, the Berliner Tage-
blatt, "a lot of stuff which has about
as much literary value as a laundry
slip. But occasionally something
comes along which, unknown to the
writer, is so funny that it sees the
light of publicity. Thus, a corres-
spondent calls attention to the fact
that the drama 'Royal Love,' which
was seen for the first time at the Gira
Theater, ls by Baron Rosenkranz,
who is a direct descendant of Rosenkranz and Guildenstern, known to the
world through Shakespeare."
Neglected Utopia.
Why is the earthly paradise unattractive? Everything that human ingenuity can do to make an ideal
dwelling place out of Australia haa
been done. It Is the Utopia from
which reformers drew their suggestions for improvements, and It exports to other lands more fads for
betterment than any    other    product
FOR SALE
The lots and house and
blacksmith shop in upper
town owned by the Nespori estate.jj
A. E. MACHO,
Administrator.
___________________________________________________Yet Australia, the source of plans for
a blue   sulphurous    vapor    hung happiness to all the  world, is sadly
over the scene of  the   calamity.; neglected by seekers after happiness,
It so happened that the writer
happened by on the New Pierz
road a short time after the
accident   occurred,      but    from
—Detroit Free Press.
Wanted   Harmony.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mrs. de Style—"Marie, I shall take
our distance it was impossible to' one of the  children  to church with
say whether the    terrible   com
motion was caused   by   the   explosion   of pop or by   pure   unadulterated irish oaths.
me." The Maid—"Yes'm." Mrs. de
Style—"Which orie will go best with
my new purple gown?"—Boston Transcript.
NOTICE
The new Institute An =
nual No. 24 can be had
free of charge by calling
at the Journal office.
Virtue Little Thought Of.
The whole world admires and applauds physical courage, but moral
courage, which is ten times harder to
display, excites no plaudits, but rather scorn.
spent Wednesday evening at
Weiland's.
James and Charlie Johnson attended the dance at George
Swanson's Saturday.
A dance was given at Emil
Zimbrick's last Saturday.
H. Weiland was at the county
seat Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Weiland   and
filter   Ella,    were     Sui
visitors at H. Timm's   of    Belle
Prairie.
H. | right?" "Yes. but I wish you could
have heard the positive way he said
it."
Authors Interested?
A new society has been organized
In France under the title "The League
Against the Lending of Books." It
is asserted that the movement is really in the interest of authors, as every
borrower may be considered  as  one
W^SMS^S^SMS^S^S^S^S^S^S^^S^S^S^^M
  I strange land.    He is locomotive
Theo. Kobilka and wife of
Taconite, Minn, visited relatives in Pierz and Little Fails
during the past week. He is a
son of Mr, and Mrs. John Kobilka of South Pierz; his wife is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Medved of Little Kalis.
Theodore spent his childhood
days in Pierz, but says he is almost   a    stranger    here    in    a
Be Comprehensive.
"Talk to the point, and stop when
you have reached it. Be comprehensive in all you say or write. To
fill a volume about nothing is a credit
to nobody."—John Neal.
Severe Indictment.
Callous greed of certain Individuals
ls responsible for the loss of more
lives in Great Britain than its enemies have ever inflicted in the sever-
sst war.—Lloyd-George.
Gil >n called    ai
land's Tuesday morning.
\V, i -
THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
he t. >>n. I, old	
Statesmen and Politicians.
A statesman is merely a politician
with whom we agree. Neither is necessarily a leader of progress. Both
are flies on the wheel, and we honor
them in direct proportion to their riding ability.—Life.
Only   True   Nobility.
There ls nothing noble in being su-
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      perior to some other men.    The true
engineer on the Duluth, Mesaba   nobility is being superior to your pre-
I'lix	
1'aiiey  ....
live   	
Oats,	
Fat- i it-i,...
ilav    	
I!;: ler, Orel
-I
','4
 1.90
     9.1
     80
  40
 £0
    s.e io
mery      37
Obvious.
We do not pretend to be much of
a mind-reader, but when we see a lady
hurrying downtown with a $10 bill in
one hand and an advertisement in the
other we know that she is thinking of
doing some shopping.
Dairy      25
        25
Flour, Rest J.00
, ,    Straight       2.90
Pototi C6  SO
s          2 40
Hogs  5 50
Cows       3.00
Calves          fie
s    ers      '■>'•■.
Union.....         75. to $.00
Only Occasionally.
Occasionally one meets a man who
is so sure of his own importance that
he can, without feeling the slightest
embarrassment, wear a tall hat in
the presence of his employer.
and Northern Railway.
Eller   went    Lo
id Thursday to visit h *r
brother Paul, and friends.
The deep frost has put a number of   the   pipes   leading   from
tlie village mains, out of use.
Jake  Neisius,    Prank   Paust,
Hoheisel, Hernia-! Koering
; he Columbia   Hotel,   have
using weli water for  several weeks.    The village is   making an attempt to thaw   the   ice
out with steam. I
vious   self.—Hindoo   Proverb.
Always  There  Ahead  of Time.
"I  owe  all  my  success  in   life   to
having  been  always  a  quarter  of an
hour beforehand."—Lord Nelson.
South Agram
A surprise party was held   at
the    home     of   Fred    Sporlein.
Those who were   present    are:
J.J. Brummer and family. Jos.
Gruber and family, Prank Kan-
del, Thomas  Tneser  and   wife,
Hary Vorath, Mary Kastanek,
John, Lily and Anna Hesch. Peter Thommes and family, John
Eidenshink and family, August
Meyer and family, Anton Meyer,
John Nagel and family, John
Neisius and family, John Kippley and family, Theresa Meier,
John Stumpf, Mary Molitor,
Prank Boehm and son Frank,
and Frank Otremba boys. At
j midnight a good supper was
served to all. All enjoyed a
a good time.
Pred Sporlein was in Pierz
Wednesday.
Carl Rastetter and family,
Math and Walter Sporlein, and
Casper Thommes called at the
J. J. Brummer home Sunday.
Mr.John Kippley and wife
called at the Herman Froelich
home Friday.
Frank Boehm was in Pierz
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kippley
and son Frank were in Little
Falls Thursday.
We are now getting pretty
lively in this corner of Agram.
RUCKER
Wesley Waller spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday with
friends in Oramia.
Lawrence Kramer writes, that
he will be back so< n.
The Leap year dance at Adkins' Saturday night, was very
well attended. A big time was
reported. Mr. Adkins always
shows us a good time, but this
time, the Llcl that the girls did
the ushering, helped quite a bit.
H. Ferguson went to Onamia
Friday, returning Saturday.
G. W. Waller and family,
Miss Lewis. Mrs. J. R. Taylor
and Donald, attended the dance
at Adkins'. The party took
supper with the Martin family,
at Sullivan Lake.
Mrs. Hans Johnson, who has*
been on the sick list, is now
much better.
"Professor"     Waller,
nee.
NGiFE.
  Dr.   E.   L.   fiawes   the
Romance and Fiction. Dentist will be at BUCK =
When a very rich man marries   a «.»■ «-.   . _a,,
very poor girl, that's romance. When J lA1N    on   reoruary    -.Ot.1.
a very rich girl marries a   very poor        A_t PIERZ   Oil   February
man, that's fiction.—Galveston News. _ _ ,, ,  „ _    .    .
29th, and flarch 'st.
Had  a  Practical   Mind.
An English Sabbath school teacher
was laboring away on the subject of
eternal  punishment.    One  small  girl
sat so entranced by her lurid descrip- . ,<_■_---------------------------------------■
tiona  of fire  and  brimstone  that the-'/G. W. ), made a trip to Onamia
teacher   w-as   much  encouraged   until 'Friday.    He talks of purchasing
transfixed by the explanatory question ' an automobile,    from    a    gentle-
of: "Please, teacher, what becomes of
all the smoke?" man at that place.
 ■ George   and    Jim      Johnson
Frohman   Knew. drove to Pierz Monday.
It   was   reported   to   Charles   Froh- : 	
man that one of his most prosperous
male stars was in a fair way of get- j
ting   married.     "I   don't   believe   it,"
answered   the  manager,  who  is   him
FOR SALE
thicket made  him   shudder
grow sick at   heart.   The   n
drifted that driving
slow, and   death    stared   him in
the face with both c
He knew oi that   d<
in hi- meant   a   sure   and
ly heating up. but he
dreaded the thought that his
young and fair farm should In-
found in a snowdrift. The
Kic welkin spirit        coursing
through his veins finally made
him imagine it was the fourth
of July: and so real did this
Fourth appear, that when he a-
woke at Math Thommes' bridge,
he was so warmed up that be
had '■ iff his ir
Buckman
John Tetiva and Hill Benevita
of Royalton transacted business
in our village Monday.
Frank Heigl drove to Rice on
business Monday.
<'has. Windier was a visitor
at the Wei ling home Sunday.
Peter Denzen and wife visited
at the A-A. Hesch home Sunday.
Mrs. Martin Bechtel of St.
Joseph and Mrs. John Waltz of
Graham were visitors at the
John Dehler home Tuesday.
Those that were at the party
held at Peter Mueller's Sunday
evening are: Ed. Hortch, Anna,
Nick*, Peter and Paul Mueller,
Alois Weissbrich, Frank and
Wm. Sitzman, Peter and Henry
Brausen and John Holm. The
evening was spent in playing
card ; and other games.
John Vosen left lor Devils
Lake, N. D., where In* will rent
a farm for next summer.
Joseph Hortsch was a   county
seat visitor Thursday.
Lena Windier of Little Palls
is out here in Buckman on a two
weeks' visit with her brothers
Chas. and John.
Olivie and Jane Foster, who
are employed in Royalton, were
here on a short visit with their
mother, Mrs. Math Poster, the
first part of the week.
Emil Ka' 1 is employed at Sam
Dubial's this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kelzenber
were visitors at Mrs. John Sitzman's home Sunday.
Annie   Kelzenberg,  who |
visiting with her uncle in New
Pierz, returned home Prid
Ig.    Ronellenfitsch     made   al
business trip   to Royalton  Sunday.
turned from Little Falls Sunday. They had been there on a
short visit with their daughter
Mrs. Jos. Seifert.
John Mueller made a  busi
trip to the Twin Cities Wednesday.    	
Shocking Sounds
fore a terribl. earthquake,    that
of the coaling peril.      Nature's   warn
ings are kind.That dull pain   or
in the back   warns   yo
'1
those   dangerous    maladies.    Di
Diabetes or Bright's   disease.       Ta.lv
I
ache fly and all your be-
"My  son '*!il
One   Mare 7    years    Old, ! from their use for Kidney and bl I
sell* a confirmed single man; "he will  weight        1500 pounds. itrout>,e-" wri,es Peter  Bondy .
escape;   he was always a good fight-   _-,.   .. .. | Ro.kwood,   Mich.,"It   is  certainly
er." j Write Or Cali. great kidney medicine."    Tryil
 , 34=2 IM. A. Ziegler'-B-** Kaliher-