Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1939 — Page 31

M QUINN Jells of sam I RUGG’S LIFE lid Word Picture Os founder ■ Brought To Light Ip-, tkecTTd cele- ■ ■ lu first lk*«*lW A r ulr .i« **»• >" '■■'”±2, f „ lh the Homecoming- TIM ■ L._ u ,.ii qutnn, noted ■ . a nj authority al early Bor the >ny • | " 1 • ~ttntr . *° II write . Story of the life fincwrihtlc. Os Samuel fl th* found' r , ’ 1 1 from r.— Lw of knowledge. |*7„written by M- Qu'™ I r»eutly again brought «• K .nd proved interesting readfl Hpwislly '» "* mo '*‘ **" L. Dwaturitw. because of '«» ■j word picture of the city's BTuuiuti’ story fO>ioW»: ■ By French Gumn Lmp« a philosopher. pblloao

1’? t»sn I ■BBBVwFMiniflQrs I A fine, modern and convenient eat ins place I aka)* ready to nerve you the finest foods. I Stop in Fair Week — — day or night — — I toe'll like our service. I UNCHES SANDWICHES DIN NEILS Peoples Restaurant I Opposite Court House

W Lehman’s Milk... > \/ ~ for healths sake AAAAAAAAAAMW The milk that is delivered to your home each morning is taken from one of the largest and finest dairy herds of Guernsey tattle in Adams County. Extra precaution is taken as to the cleanliness of our dairy and the care of our cows. For your own satisfaction we welcome your inspection of our splendid dairy and equipment at any time. We know a visit from you will add your home to our hundreds of Decatur patrons. aVEjjM) Serve your family the of i lh / host milk you can buy. 5J I** 1 ** Ms W W Deliveries made to your ,h » favorite of V ft ft <l<M>r each m <’ rnin «- !) *atur moth- > ' ,rb and child- I W 11 > I Peter B. Lehman . DAIRY . j Phone 875-C • Decatur R. 4

phltthtg ss la his want, might res-’ won thus "man in of few days and full of trouble." and add — "what do tolka amount to any ways" A babe ta born and yearn are added to hia little history, he diea grey bearded and 'tla aa a atone cart into a placid pool, the tiny wavelets noon dlaappaar and all la quiet again. We humbly do not aubacrlbc to such reasoning. I The quotation outed, that be might 1 have phlloewphlcally used, meant oom-thhig else altogether Man la of eom» cousequeoi e On August 2h. m the Year 1805 One hundred and twenty-three yearn ago, four short yearn before Abraham Lincoln a birth — and he wan of some consequence -one Samuel L. Rugg wan born Down in Oneida county in the auto of New York thia event happened and then and there started something that has bad a profound Influence on some of ua and ethers of ua who live in the capital of Adams county, Indiana. Samuel waa a genius lie waa ambittoua, a worker and a aludent and he waa moat certainly one with a vialou Until 1*32. Samuel did one thing and another but in 1932 Indiana claimed him aa her | own. Samuel had grit, individuality, persuasion and great execu-

Ttlve ability. He could out slug the blrda aud , talk all mutation into poaiuvenvaa Ha waa irrwaiaiabie and uaieelatod. He had viaion and hia favorite sentoner waa. "Come on boys." He landed In Allen county, Intending ! there to stay, but that county waa too crowded To the south of him I was a st rat ch of territory that waa without, home or tame or mother, i That appealed to Samuel. Forth with hr waded streams, forded inland lakes, traversed the wilderHess and reached Indianapolis. Indianapolis had authority those days like unto that of thia day. He told thoae fellows there convincingly that hr wanted to mother, name and inhabit certain territory -and as advance information he wanted that county named Adama county. They agreed. He got hia county. He journeyed back and marked , bin responsibility by length and . breath and put up hia stake. Now. he had a county. natm-d to be sure but no more capital than a rab | bit. Confidently he picked a spot, | felt satisfied with the location. Others felt satisfied also because you know, Samuel waa satisfied. What to name the blamed thing i might have puttied some. Not Samuel, however, it was easy aa easy could be tor him. Was he not born in 1806, that gallant year when Stephen Decatur made bls ' brilliant exploit in tar off Tripoli?” ! Who dared be forced ahead of ' Stephen tn heroic lore, less it be i John Haul Jones' Be it remember* ; rd that Samuel in company with II al) of America for three decades J'from 1806 rated Decatur far ahead 11 of that John Paul, ahead of Caesar or Napoleon and felt perhaps j that he rushed the ‘ Father of his i country' tor firet place. Samuel waa a Slephen Decatur euthuaiaal. Decatur to him was a magic word. ' that had power within itself. DeI catur was the kind of red-blooded [ American that Samuel insisted than who none better had esiated or , would salat and whose name was a first class complete and endurable synonym for everything that waa the last word in all the virtues Samuel ail along had said , so. The welkin rang with the i knowledge of hts preference. With'out the slightest besiatlon then he , named the baby, spanked it too, perhaps bet wet-n times, for his ; love was of a sternem. it may be said. For eighteen long years Sam- ' uel dtd double duty as hla county's 1 clerk and recorder and then to some extent be weaned the youngster and branched ,out a little in helping Indiana find herself. He * waa a state senator, was the first superintendent of public instruc(tloa and did wonderful work those j years. He found time to promote the Cincinnati. Richmond and Fort

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JULY 27, T 939.

AUTHOR'S HOME I IS INTERESTING Gene Stratton • Porter Residence Drawn Many Tourists The home of Gens Stratton-Por-ter in the town of Genova, in southern Adams county, while generally accepted by the people of Adams county aa a ptao, of interest but not unusual attraction, haa proven a great drawing oa-d A survey of the number of tourists attracted to the home each year would prove this statement. | Each summer, especially scores aud stores of tourists plan a trip to the home or arrange their Itinerary to include a visit at the little spot In the Liniberlost. ,• Federal highway 27, which pass- ' es through Geneva, half a block from the Porter home haa often been referred to an "The’Limber lost Trail." It waa within the cabin near thia highway where Mrs. Porter wrote her first and beet books, which proved to be great contributions to natural science. The “lob" country that borders! the Wabash river to the east of Geneva, gave to Mrs. Porter tor 26 years the Information that she in turn gave to the world. A movement has been started by the people of Geneva to have the "lob" , converted Into a public park and a large lake formed in the swamp territory. The "lob" is not the marshy low j land, the haunt of many unusual blrda. animals and insecta that Mrs. Porter found it. but baa been drained and made into prosperous crop acreage. It was thia development of the land that waa the greatest factor tn determining Mrs. Porter to seek new fields of Information and In 1913 she left. Limberkwt cabin and went to Rome City to live. The cabin was vacant save for specimens and odd pieces of furniture the had left, until 1920. when Dr. C. R Price, graduate of the old Fort Wayne medical school and a practicing physician in Geneva alnce 1906, bought the cabin of Mrs Porter. He has restored the grounds to the beauty and grandeur of their original landscaping and with the exception of a basement, modern furnace and motor plumbing, the cabin is as Mrs. Porter left IL Cabin Built In 1893 Mrs. Porter procured the exterior designing of the cabin from the Forester's building at the World's fair in 1893. The exterior I Is of red cedar logs, from Wiscon-■ tin. stained the natural color, mitered at the comers and the chinks filled with cement. The upper story and roof is of red-wood shingles stained in the same natural color. A spacious porch graces the front of the cabin and from it op-’ ens a reception hall. The exterior reflecta the unuaual precision of her taste. The hall aud library are i done In minute panels of quarter | sawed oak and intricate In ita de- > sigu. The library is walled with] specimen caaes with adjustable j shelves and racks thst yet display some of the collection that waa intimate with her years of writiug there.

Private Room* in Cabin Mr*. Porter wrote In thia library near the fireplace, her firat 10 novela and the contribution* of nat» nral aclence 'hat »he made to !<<■<• real lon. Outl.'u end other period! cala. The white r -otn. Mu. Portor'a private living room aim the dining room with ila built-in oak cupboard* lead away from the library. A conaervatory. often the scene of mauy romantic incident* in her novela, vweep* the west wing ot the house. In her bedroom Ibero atilt remain* in a glaaa specimen cax« the moth* and butterfliea that aha collected over a period ot many year* and one in particular, a moth of great site. "The Kmperor." that la a link tn the plot of "The Girl of the Llmbevloat." Above a fire place in the bedroom bang* her oil painting of Iriaea that grew in the f awamp country, for Mr*. Porter. waa an artlat and poet as well aa sciential and novelist. Her neighbor* and friend* recall that she wax * splendid cook and housekeeper. Owned Many Honea In duplicate of the cabin I* a barn, now used aa a garage, for ; Mra. Porter owned many horara and made her expedition* into the awamp country in a surrey drawn by a black pony, much to the cou- i aternation of her friend* ati’l neighbor*. Llmbcrloat cabin waa thrown op-1 cn to the public by the doctor find ( Wayne railroad, to promote the , Decatur and Fort Wayne plank road, and be It remembered that In bl* gimeroalty. ba gave Decatur It* public building sites, whooped up and claimed always that Deca* tur wax right, now and forever.] amen. Hainml passed away after all this life of Intense activity on the J 3*th day of March in the year 1871.1 the lather of the comity of Adam* I In the alate of Indiana and of Its capital. Samuel L. Rugg wax a worthy , titan, oue wbom ft la not only * duty but a grateful joy to honor I and remember.

hla wife two yeara ago and It la i estimated that more than 10.000 persona have visited there lu that , time. More have come thia sum mer than heretofore, because the public haa grown to aaaociate Gene ; Stratton Porter's fruitful years with Geneva. That town holds the I romance of her own life and the source of her scientific studies. The register shows guests from ' every state In the Union and from China, England, Scotland, Germany. France and India. Bluebirds Respect Matts Rutte, Mont. <U.R) •— The postoffice department and Charles Bessette are entertains their annual tourist visitors here. The guests are a family of bluebirds who for the past 10 years have built their neet in the rural poetoffice box at Bessette's farm. The blrda occupy only one side of the box and leave sufficient room on the other side for mall.

jgrt -JBcv A THE BEST IRHk rv Vtett the Free ■ > ■ % H Street Fair —and ■K I visit Fricklsa for J I a gists of the finiMB ■■■ ■ ▼ 1 art boor tn the /N I city. Our new (j IN TOWN! I Kool » rK *o \J I tem which refl quires no coils i ♦ M draws the beer L . I direct from ths Bi and the ONLY J keg and gives k' “ Place Servinir jB your ■ Mir ctcrvinK U bter , Uit , yeu ■kN will rcslly like KA ratMiur HCg Try N! EveryQne W-Fl (No Coils) likes it snd so wNi JmW SANDWICHES — I.KHORS — TOBACCOS | Frickle’s Place

Mr *> Dtt.niii I F „ pasv to keep M I it t+’q so ea=>j n„«v?’ i I”•X Jt „ Mißtt Cle I @ GAS range Wign 1 GAS is the cleanest for cooking ■E‘-r' - J-l |. H »•>> t f It is no longer a minor kitchen tragedy when something "boils over’’ we a - - ipills on the range. You simply remove the sanitary spillover tray . p® of the new "CP" ga» range and wipe it clean. The burner* won’t K clog, cither, becauae they are smaller than even the *mallc»t pan and K| HE all opening* are protected. « ,3See the new "CP" ga» range* now on display at your favorite store ■[ ~~' •—* - — or the ga* company. When you examine them, you’ll agree that they • are as easy to clean a* a china plate. !■ I- Tke GAS Compaiui- -s

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GIRLS DO SAVE MORE TRAN MEN So Say* A Survey By Spokane, Washington Banker* KlMikrtifi, Wssh.. — (U.R) — It's the man who |my» and paya and you can inks the word us Spokane t bankera tor that. An inveatigatton luto the credit of young men and women of Spokane brought out the fact that the average working girl savwa more than the average young man who earns 26 per cent more money. **A girl with a monthly aalary of 1 lai per month la able to save more

C. A. STAPLETON, Manager

than the av-ragr boy whuae month-1 ly income is |IOO. M M M MacLeod j of the Hpokane'a Credit Men a rat tug bureau, said. "However, It doean t seem fair," j explained MacLeod. "When m thia • modern age the woman la placed' on an equal beats with man. and ahs still t-xpei ig mau to do the ; providing while ahe receives her i snUry mid puts II away tor the

SHOE REPAIRING We pride ourselves on the fine work we do. Old shoes made to look like new and at very reasonable prices. elcome To The Fortney Repair Shop 8. Second St. Harry Fortney hMMWAaMAMWMMAAMmWWWWWWWVWWUWI ? Lose s Barber Shop T Decatur’n RgOßt popular Barber Shop. n Welcome to the Fair. We’ll be triad to I be of service to you. il East of Court House on Madison

future The investigation brought out the fact that whereas msny young men are required to contribute to the aupport of the family, women usually are not expected to do more than support themselves. Hume of them have a difficult time dohig that, but in the end. the report revealed, the woman has the money and man la sttfl paying.