The Waterloo Republican
Thursday, March 8, 1900

BURKSVILLE

Mrs. E. Anhart was visited by a friend Miss Perman of St. Louis last week.

Sleigh riding was quite good last week and many rides and slides were had.

Mrs. J.H. Jaenke attended the funeral of William Trost’s youngest child Monday at Maeystown.

David Kurtz is here on a visit to his parents.  He intends to visit Old Monroe Missouri today.

We hear that two are going to housekeeping in the near future, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson in Mrs. Schultheis’ house and Dr. W. Wessel and Mrs. or Miss, well I don’t know, in Wm. Bushman’s house.

An enjoyable evening was spent at Wm. Susewind’s lately.  By invitation he and his wife had gathered around them their friends to celebrate the 35th birthday of Mr. Susewind.  By wine, music and dancing all were jolly until early morn, and left with best wished that many more birthdays may be granted the couple.

The ice did quite a deal of damage to fruit and other trees.  Some orchards look like they were struck by a tornado.  To the Telephone Co. the damage is large.  We are not yet able to talk to anyone outside of town.  Between here and Waterloo about a dozen poles are down and wires are strung in every direction.  The suspended ice was a grand sight.  Feldmeier’s lawn and the Moore graveyard looked like fairy land, now, I guess, they look like the blown up Maine.  Well, that was aristocratic ice, it was beautiful and haughty and kept itself elevated as long as possible above the vulgar feet of the small and large.  It did not brook anyone to slide on its glossy back, but itself did the sliding.  With giggle and laughter it broke loose from above and took a slide down the head and back of the terrified creature below.  I really hope it did not eat our fruit this year.  I would not care so much for the “bellerache” the ice might have from eating so much green fruit, but for the nice ripe fruit I could not eat.