Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1893 — Page 4

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©he democrat ». BLACKBURN, Proprietor. FRIDAY, JULY, 14, 1893. Rate, of Subscription. One Year, 1n advance fl 50 Six Months 7R Four Montne f> o All subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of 12.00. Olßce In Democrat Hulldlng, east side of Second Street—ground floor By-ths-way, when,will the Court House be painted? Who said any thing about painting the Adams County court house? Who of our -farmer friends will name a date for a meeting at the Court House, to talk Gravel Roads? Gov. Matthews says he has no intention of calling an extra session of the Legislature. ’Tis well. When all other nuisances in Decatur have been abated, we would respectfully cite the 11. 0. to Court street. Why not forma junction midway between Decatur and Wilshire, Ojiio, and build gravel roads into these respective towns. The Indianapolis Journal is improving somewhat in its feelings towards the Democratic party. It now admits that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Mow that Indiana's buildings at Jackson Park are completed, and a small space therein yet untaken, wouldn’t it be well to have that space allotted to the City of .Decatur, in order that Second street, from Monroe to the Old ElnffTree be properly exhibited? Thebe are yet enough Union exsoldiers of the late war living to dethrone either the Democratic or Republican party when their pensions are tampered with. 'Spaulding’s glue never possessed more adhesive properties than do the soldiers of the late war for one another. And don’t you forget it. Oub “contempo,” the Journal, has “switched off” into single management, Bro. Douglass withdrawing as part proprietor July 1. Mr. Porter will continue to deal out Journals at the old stand with the same political hand as though nothing had happened. Success, gentlemen, in your change is the wish of the Democrat. The project spokent of by the Democbat last week regards the building of a gravel road from Decatur to Willshire, Ohio, should be encouraged by every enterprising citizen in Decatur. With an abundance of gravel at both ends of this road, —Coverdale’s and the “Imp’s Back Bone” we see no reason why an early commencement should not be inaugurated. Adams County should not remain in mud any longer with a bounteous quantity of the very best of gravel that can be had any where to build roads with, in sight. Adjoining Counties in and out of “this State are building them with less facilities than we have. Possibly our neighbors have in their “craw” a little more of the gravelly substance than we possess, is why they get jj there more rapidly. ■ What’s the matter with this government, anyhow? Is it penurious, or has reckless expenditure rendered it hard up? In Washington it haa been working hundreds of cjjerks in three notoriously insecure structures, the government building in Chicago was so insecure that no one dare cough in it - lest the shock should make it fall down, and in Indian- J spoils people have to go next door to the postdffice to post a letter, and in case more than six witnesses are summoned to the office of the U. S. ' Commissioner, they haye to bang : on 'their eyelids Or stand Out in the hall and await their turn. ' ,

1 DROPPED PENSIONERS. PiTtsnußG, Penn., July 9. - Four G. A. R. Posts in this city met last night and decided to take up the cases of the dropped pensioners in this district. At the quarterly payment of pensions here last week, j 125 pensioners were dropped from , the rolls in accordance with orders j from Washington. It is the intenr tion of the G. A. R. Posts to test the matter in the courts, and Congressman William A. A. Stone has ■ been retained as counsel. : While the pension rolls may need purging so that the roll may be a roll of honor, such indiscriminate action on the part of the Govern- - ment will meet with the disapproval 1 if not the condemnation of every patriotic citizen of this country. 1 The howl of indignation will be i such that will cause all politicians to feel that the “ground is slipping from underneath them.” i ~ A Great amount of newspaper . talk has been indulged in of late by Democratic papers all over the land, ■ regards to purging the pension rolls. The Democrat has on all '■ occasions advocated the paying of pensions to all deserving Union soldiers, sailors and marines of the " late war, and to the widows and orphans of the deceased of the above naming. It is our opinion that every man who served ninety days or more during the late unpleasantness and was honorably discharged from the service is entitled to a pension. It is also our opinion that every man who bore arms in defense of his country and went to the front was injured in health to some extent, if not wounded by rebel bullets. The sacrifices that were made by them cannot be too well paid, in the way of pensions. This Summer’s crop of grain and hay is about all harvested. From every section in the County the reports as to a No. I yield have been universal. That Adams County has few equals in the State as to rich and productive soil, reports will verify. That the majority of the farmers in Adams County are not compelled to sell their wheat and other grain as soon as it leaves the thresher in order to meet an obligation at the bank or some where else, is also proof of this fact. If the market price for grain at threshing time is not that which he deems sufficient, he may store it away in his bin until the market improves. Should this change occur, however, when our "muddy roads are in bloom, the farmer would be no better situated, financially, than if he had sold immediately after threshing time, when the market price was lower. That this state of affairs could be improved and the farming industry of Adams County made more profitable by building gravel roads, no one dare dispute. Therefore, with an abundance of the very best gravel that can be had anywhere at our door to build with, we see no excus-e in defering this very necessary enterprise. Let our farmers set a day for a meeting at thg Court House, for the exclusive purpose of “Talking Gravel Roads.” The Democrat will assist this meeting in any work called upon to perform. Send in dale for convening of ’this meeting, and we will publish it. Lrzzie Borden's Experience. , The experience which Lizzis Bor-, j den, c f Fall Hi ver, is having goes a I long • way toward relieving women rom on-? of reproaches to which she ihas been subjected these many yean i, It has long been commented on as discreditable to the gentler sex th at its members were so ready to shi ower attention on those suspeetec ' or accused of crime; and a good many highly moral lessons * have J been Vead them as to the impropriety—not to say shamelessness •—of tl letr sending bouquets and t other i aarks of tender consideration to accti sed or condemned murderers. The exj lerience of Miss Borden, does not aW olutely free woman from this eftu rge; but it does go to show that a&t >is no bigger fool in such

matters than members of the sex to which her accuser* belong; Since Miss Borden’s acquittal she has received, on the average, halt a dozen offers of marriage a day, Sundays included. Ihese have come to her solely on account of the notoriety gained through her recent very unpleasant experience. Such, at least, is the fair inference, inasmuch as notwithstanding the death of her father she is not heiress enough to attract so much attention of a matrimonial character. It is undoubtedlybccause she exercises some of the same faoination on silly men that a male murderer, accused or convicted, does on silly women that she has been made the recipient of these offers. It is to her credit and to the credit of her sex that she is annoyed by the attention instead of being flattered by it as so many of the murderers referred to are by the bouquets and other gilts which' silly women send them. There is a moral in the facts which has special application in New England if the people of that section will only see it. It is one of-the griefs of that section that so many of its marriageable young women are doomed to spinsterhood because of a lack of young men. Miss Borden’s case presents a solution of the difficulty. Let the surplus young women of New England get themselves suspected of murder and if possible tried and acquitted. They will then find whelmed, as Lizzie Borden has been, with offers of marriage. It is said that Secretary of the Treasury, Carlisle is calling up all the Clerks in his department and questioning them about the relatives they have in the department. If he discovers’that they have relatives there, they are decapitated at once. While we do not believe in “nepotism,” we believe the. Secretary will render the country better service if he attends to the duties of his office, and apply the old Jeffersonian principles to those under him, of “is he honest and qualified.” Let this be the test instead of “has he relatives in the government employ.” With such qualifications the department will not suffer. —— .. — Every day or so some of our citizens report having had their houses entered by thieves. If all of this work is done by home talent, isn’t it about time that our' vigilant police force get onto some of the aforesaid people and put a stop to work in this line. But if the work is done by the outside or traveling vagabond, who only inhabits a town or city long enough to get acquainted to engage in his profession, then possibly every man had best be bis own detective. In either case, stand by your guns! A convention of colored editors was recently held in the South, and among other things they decided that they would rather be called negroes than Afro-Americans. In this they displayed their good sense, The latter designation sounds as though it had been originated by some dude who parted his hair in the middle, wore, patent-leather shoes to breakfast and posed as a modern statesman in some ward where the quality of the true article was a thing unknown.

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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. Mr. Wii.i.ard Btkki.e, who owns a beautiful tract of land, 150 acres just east of the city, made the Democrat Office a pleasant business visit last Monday evening. Ho said that ho had heard a great deat of talk about Decatur going to have a Fair this Fall, and he concluded to find out Where the aforesaid Fair was going to be held. He had interviewed the President of the Ad ams County Commissioners, the Honorable Conrad Brake, and from him had learned that there Wouldn’t be any Fair hold in Decatur this Fall, as the old Fair Grounds would not be sold, &0., &c. As Mr. Steele’s mission in the City was to get information on the Fair Question, and not getting it from the Honorable President of the Board of Commissioners, of Ad. ams County, the Honorable Conrad Brake, he hied himself to the Democrat Office. , After making known Ins business to us, .and receiving no encouragement that Adams County would have a Fair this Fall on account of the dilatoriness of the Adams County in not selling the old grounds and buying hew ground, Mr. Steele took the cue and said: “I have as fine a location as there is anywhere in Adams County for Fair Grounds. There is 150 acres in the tract, and within sight of the City. There is a fine grbye of several thousand young trees on the north east part of it, which will afford plenty of shade. A beautiful artificial lake and drove well which will furnish all the waterjnecessary for all purposes. A splendid grayel driye-way forty feet wide, running east and west and north and south across the entire tract, beside other drive ways on the outside. I will lease the same to the County or any responsible association that may desire it tor Fair holding purposes, for any period of five, six or more years, if so desired.” The above proposition, appears to us to be a very Fair one. Our acquaintance with Mr. Steele warrants us in saying that a more liberal dealer in a business sense, cannot be found anywhere in the neighborhood. There is but one question in chancery to make the above proposition complete, and that is, will our citizens do their part? Here’s our chance for a Fair Fround. The snobs who run after royalty have sustained a terrible shock. They have discovered that the duke of Veragua of Spain, whom they were worshipping so short a time and that while they were falling over each other Co do him honor the sheriff in his native bailiwick was attaching his library for debt. The purse-proud among the duke’s admirers are filled with disgust but the true lovers of royalty are imbued with pity and some of the Chicago snobs have begun to raise a purse for bis benefit. They ought to do nothing of the kind. The fact that he chances to be a descendant of Columbus places none of the citizens of this country under obligations to him. He has been sporting a title without the necessary income to back his pretentions. True, the etiquette of his country debars him from earning a living by honest

toil, but there’s away out of his dilemma, lie might start a rival to the establishment of prince, who runs the joint at Monte Carlo, but it would involve the outlay of more capital than ho has and the loss of more self-respect than he’s willing to Ipse. Wo venture to make thia suggestion to the duke. His ancestor discovered, not for himself, but for Spa':’, who absolutely bartered or lost her rights in the enterprise, a country where laoor is king and every man is supposed to work, lie can come here and labor as Garibaldi did at the humblest calling without the loss ol i» I- dignity. He can get 100 acres of lauu dirt cheap out west, make enough to give hia boy a start in the world and enjoy himself a great deal better than he can at sporting the plumage of royalty over the aching breast of poverty in Spain. In this connection we wish to commend to all nations whose rulers dispense such gew gaws as titles the wisdom of Mrs. Guelph. She had a batch of knighthoods to confer this session but she firmly refused to invest with the title anyone who hadn’t sufficient income to support the dignity of the station, placing $20,000 as the minimum limit. According to some reports half the pensioners are frauds. If this interpetation of affairs could have been predicted before 1861, possibly there would be no quabbling on this point at this late day. The Governor has issued a proclamation declaring in force the contract with the Indiana School Board Company to furnish intermediate grammars to the public schools of the State. When people speak of gold as “honest money” they are guilty of misrepresentation. No money can be “honest” that gets at least one half of its value by destroying silver as currency. It is cruelly intimated that the attendance at the World’s Fair on Sunday is not as large as it would be were there not so many of the wealthy church members taking their vacation. It won’t require a very “strong pull” on the part of our people to convince the County Commissioners that the Fair Ground question is a long while exploding. Another fuse would probably be the proper thing to apply. But a few days will pass until Congress will assemble in extra session. Every Democrat should be there and ready to assist in any measure that will bring relief to the Co untry in this “panicy” situation. Something that will restore confidence in all branches of business is what we want just now. Gas City, that sprung up from a corn-field within the last six months, is going to have a Fair this Fall. We knew all the ‘‘while that there was a cause for Decatur’s failure to have a Fair this Fill, but never dreamed ot age having anything to do with it. By all means let’s turn back to our first love, if it’s too old we’re getting.

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