Iowa Old Press
Sioux County Herald
December 24, 1874
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
~To-morrow is Christmas.
~Butter is 22 ½ cents per pound.
~Read the prospectus of Scientific American.
~The girls in Lincoln are learning to walk on stilts.
~Treasurer Betten was on the sick list last week.
~The Herald will not be issued during the holidays.
~Geo. Hardell, of Rock, gave us a pleasant call Monday.
~John Langford and James Griffin were in town Monday.
~Sam Bellisfield and wife will spend Christmas on the Rock.
~A good teacher wanted in this township. Apply to A. van Steenwyk.
~Mr. Gerritt Bolks returns to his home in Zeeland, Mich., next Monday.
~The school “marms” of Plymouth county make it red-hot for their unruly
pupils.
~While on his way to town yesterday J.W. Greattrax saw deer, wolf, and mink
tracks.
~The attention of District Secretaries is called to a notice from the Co.
Supt. in another column.
~Stephen Reeves, a member of the Board of Supervisors of Plymouth Co., was
in town Monday.
~Dingemans is on the lookout for the person that store his rum-straps and
pitchfork Tuesday night.
~County Superintendent’s notes on schools in different parts of the county
will be found in this issue.
~Theodore DeLong has erected a blacksmith shop on Sec. 8-07-43. Give Mr.
DeLong your patronage.
~Rock Township intends to have three more school houses. See notice to
builders in another column.
~Mr. Menning, who lives a few miles from here was offered $900 for his 50
acre homestead, but like a sensible man refused to accept the offer.
~We understand some dissatisfaction is felt on account of a certain X roads
P. M. reading postal cards that are sent to his office for delivery.
~Roy Okey and Ben Mouw have returned from their deer hunting excursion with
nary a deer. Judging from the appearance of the boys on their return we
imagine it will be some time before they again go deer hunting.
~Messrs. Davidson and Calkins left on Friday last for Algona, and will not
return to Sioux county until about March 1st. Should any of our citizens
wish to purchase lands of them during their absence they can do so by
calling on Mr. Henry Hospers, as he has charge of their land holdings.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT’S NOTES.
School in Reading Township, Miss Mattie Sherman, teacher. Enrolled 8,
present, 6. All legal branches taught; order good; methods good; condition
of school creditable.
School in Buncombe Township, D.M. Kersey, teacher. Enrolled 18, present, 14.
All legal branches taught except history of the U.S. and physiology; order
and recitations good; progress fair.
School in Settler, Mrs. H.M. Bond, teacher. On register, 14; present, 9.
Order good; recitations above the average; those in mental arithmetic and
spelling deserve special mention; legal branches taught except physiology.
We were both pleased and interested with our visit.
School in Nassau, Miss Mary Dowd, teacher. Enrolled, 16, present 13. Order
good, recitations fair. Branches taught: reading, spelling, writing,
geography and arithmetic. School-house new and comfortable, but lacks even a
blackboard and register.
It is strange that some district townships are so extremely negligent about
furnishing even the most necessary convenience for school houses.
Edward O. Plumbe, Co. Supt. of Schools.