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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1889)
THE TELEPHONE-REGISTER. M c M innville , July - O regon . - - - 26, 1889. DRUMMED TO SLEEP. An Ohio Woman Who Marches Into the I^ind of Nod to the Rataplan. Among the queer people in thia part of the world, says the Findley (O.) cor respondent of the St. fxiuis Republic, is Mrs. Ann Shaffer, familiarly known as “Aunt Ann.” She liyes on a farm with her husband about ten miles from this city, is almost seventy years old, and in full possession of all her faculties. Her • chief peculiarity—for she has a number— is that she cannot sleep unless her hus band beats a drum in front of the house for at least an hour; and summer and winter, night after night, the roll of old Jacob Shafter’s drum can be heaid by the neighbors for miles around, as he leads the charge which his wife is mak ing into dreamland. He has a snaie drum which he made for himself, during the early years of the war, ami as lie was incapacitated from going into the army by reason of physical disabilities, he did what he could for the country by acting as the drummer for a company of “Home Guards” that drilled in the neighbor hood. It was during this period that his wife first developed her strange mania. Be ing of a highly neryious temperment, and much wrought up over the war, she could not sleep at night unless her hus band was awake. As he was not per mitted to sleep until liis wife bad first journeyed into the realms of slumber, he put in the time practising on his drum. In this way “Auut Ann” grew into the habit of falling into sleep to the systema tic music of the drum, and soon it be came a necessity. She could not sleep without its solacing sound, and thus the years have gone on every night the same. About 8 o’clock Uncle Jacob gets out his drum and goes to work as if he was lead ing the charge on a battery, and then gradually drops into slower and more soothing music until at the end of an hour’s steady beating he feels convinced that his wife is sound asleep. Then he puts aside his sleep-producer and joins the partner of his joys and sorrows on her excursion into slumberland This peculiarity of Mrs. Shaffer is now so old a thing that it no longer excites comment from any one but strangers. The old couple have but one child, a daughter, who is married ami lives in Indiana. A year or two ago Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer paid her a visit, and took the drum along, and it is said that they created a great sensation in the quiet neighborhood in which the daughter lives the first night or two after they ar rived through this craze of the old lady. The neighbors heard someone beating the long roll on the drum and other start ling measures, and imagined a new war had suddenly broken out, and that the call to arms had come. There was much excitement until the matter was explain ed, and then the Hoosiers who were get ting ready “to put down rebellion again,” quieted themselves and accepted the situation. The Shaffers have a nice farm, and are in good circumstances, and barring this drum peculiarity, are quiet people and good neighdors, lxotli husband and wife belonging to the church. Personal and Pertinent. Whenever a friend of Wm. D. Howells the novelist, marries, he receives as a wedding present from the novelist a copy of “Their Wedding Joumev” bonnd in white velvet. Roswell G. llorr, the funny man of Michigan,'who has been appointed Con sul at Valparaiso, wanted to be Minister to Mexico. It is sad to see a stump ora tor up a stump. M A R T1N Their Pitman Connections are the Best in Use 0A Even so able a writer as George Tick- nor Curtis writes about “that bourne whence no traveller returns.” William Shakespeare spoke of “that undiscover country, from whose bourn no traveller returns.” People who try to improve on Shakespeare usually find themselves overtaxed. Just About the Size of It. I see in a local paper that «ay young friend B has “accepted a position” with X Z & Co., a hardware firm doing busi ness in a neighboring town. I also hear from a neighlior that D, another young friend, has “hired out” to a farmer in an adjoining township. I learn that B re ceives $22 a month nnd lioards himself, and I> receives $1S per month and board. B has “accepted a position,” which fact is chronicled in the local paper, and commented upon by bis friends, who re gard him as a lucky fellow with a bril liant future open to him. D has merely “hired out” which fact is not chronicled anywhere, or commented upon by a doz en people, all told. No brilliant future is open to him; he is not a lucky fellow; he delves among the dirt. If he places $100 in the bank at the end of eight months, and his wages are raised to $20, nobody will make auy fuss about it. If at the end of two years he has $300 to his credit, he will be looked U|>on as a sober, steady hand. If B’s salary is raised to $30 at the end of eight months, congratu lations will pour in upon him. If at the end of two years he still retains his posi tion and is out of debt, he will be regard ed as a very promising young business man, and his salary may be increased to $50, out of which he can, if economical, save $10 per month. Young man, if you want to be some body go to town and “accept a position.” If you want to lay up something substan tial for the future, go to the country and “hire out.”—-Rural New Yorker. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. SANDERS We have a machine quite unlike anything else. New Principles, New Ideas. It is the New High Ann “ DAVIS.” It is new patem; A New Model. Did you ever see a sewing machine with Only Six Working Parts? • If not you never saw this new ma chine. The old method of feeding from below is entirely done away, and all the complicated machinery con nected therewith taken out and dispensed with. No Machinery Underneath to clean or oil. This New Feed method does not Stop at seems, but Steps evenly over them. There is Only One Tension to regulate. No holes to thread through. It is a Mechanical Wonder, yet no more interest ing for what It Is, than what it will do. It is the only machine having Steel Roll Bearings for its needle bar. The only machine having a Support for the Needle after it leaves the needle bar. This “ New Davis ” is as far ahead of the old ma chines as the Telephone is ahead of the speaking tube. Come and See for Yourself. It will pay you From Curiosity. We are so much interested in this ourselves that we are anxious you should see, know, tell and help us get these facts before the people. Ladies, come; Tailors, come; Mechanics, come; Experts, come; Everybody Come and See this new model machine and learn what it will do. 1 Y Ki F P ARK Lv 1 5 A K JO ÿxj HAVE SOLD NEARLY 30 A ]) xv DI Tl [() N !! THE FINEST PROPERTY IN McMINNVILLE! STRICTLY "INSIDE" PROPERTY, BUT ALSO ---------- _ " SUBURBAN! A publishing house in London has of fered William E. Gladstone a large sum if he will writs a i>olitical romance. He has again proved that he is a grand old man by refusing. Warner Miller the wounded martyr, who still lies deserted outside the breast works, solemnly asserts that he is •‘not out of politics.” He savs that he will take the stump as usual when his party calls for his services. Gen. Boulanger has been cornjielled to confine his diet to fruits and cereals. He is allowed to drink milk, but is rigorous ly denied wine. His complexion is very pale and he looks far from well. He is now obliged to pay more attention to his own constitution than to that of France. t .......... THE PREMIUM LOCATION ELEVATED! WELL DRAINED! tf'OR RESIDENCES.^ SIGHTLY! LEVEL! PURE AIR! TITLE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. TERMS LIBERAL! EASY INSTALLMENTS ! This magnificent property comprises 460 lots and lies in the very heart of the residence portion of McMinnville. It is high, commanding a beautiful view of the valley. Many of the most prom inent residents of McMinnville are now purchasing property in “Oak Park Addition,” and many elegant and substantial residences will be constructed there during the coming year. Water works and electric lights will be put in this summer, giving all the comforts of the choicest villa property. Lots are from 50x100 to 50x150, and blocks 200x215, with a 15-foot alley down the center of each. The advantages of having an alley in each block are obvious. “Oak Park Addition’ adjoins the depot of the Southern Pacific Railroad, the new county court house, the elegant public school building, and is three blocks from Third street, the business thoroughfare of McMinnville. “Oak Park Addition ” offers superior inducements to investors, the settled policy of its proprietors being to steadily advance prices with its growth, rendering investments absolutely safe and profitable. “Oak Park Addition’ will be planted in shade trees; cross and sidewalks constructed and streets graded. The proprietors are turning in 10 pireiait of all sales as a fund for this purpose. This property is being offered for from to 25 to 50 per cent less than any other property in McMinnville of half 1 ho advan tages. Prices of lots range from 825 up and are sold either on the cash or installment plan. A plat of this growing addition can be seenat Jas. Fletcher & Co.’s and J. 1. Knight & Co., where all further information and price of lots and blocks will be furnished. Also at office of Barnekoff & Co., McMinnville Flouring Mills. PORTLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. F. BARNEKOFF, LOCAL MANAGER.