Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1901 — Growth of Spotless Town. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Growth of Spotless Town.

Near Brilliant Hill a city’* found, Where Washing Biver meets Scrubbing Sound, And Gleaming Falls sing loud and late, In Sparkling County, Shining State. They call It Spotless Town, you know, And guide-posts read BAPOLIO. Of course so bright n place could not long escape public notice, and as the advantages of Spotless Town became known, it dawned upon the whole country at once that, for so attractive a town,, the population was decidedly slim, and with one accord men, women and children sent in by every mail applications for citizenship. To give an idea of the widespread appreciation of Spotless Town as a residence, we repeat one day’s list. From Kansas City came a minister; from Brooklyn new married couples and aome tradesmen; from Chicago more ministers, drummers, a milkman, a sil-ver-plater, and a bugler who was accompanied by his cat; St. Louis, Middletown, Ohio, and Louisville increased the population by druggists and lawyers; a town crier and a sheriff came

from Toledo in company; a drug clerk and a street cleaner, the latter not disposed to work, came from Minneapolis; a Judge and a priest, the latter sent by a Rabbi, came from Richmond, and the Borough of Bronx sent a cobbler and a painter; an alderman and a golfing crank came respectively from Nashville and Pittsburg, and Cincinnati contributed a poet. ’ The Golf Expert of Spotless Town Is always “Up” and never “Down.” His Drives are long, his Puts are true, H did the eighteenth hole in two. He tees a bail that’s white as snow. And cleans it with SAPOLIO. Indeed, It would be difficult to find a corner of the United States from which people did not flock to Spotless Town. The most beautiful parts of the South and the forbidding North alike furnished citizens.

Of course, as is the case with settlers in a strange land, there was at flrst more or less trouble. There were invasions of evilly disposed persons from Smoky Range, but a militia was soon formed, drills instituted, and the invaders repulse!. This Captain bold, from Spotless Town, Is now with laurels weighted down. He headed mea so strangely bright. That dazzled foes sought instant flight. This brilliant c-harge you've guessed, 1 know. Was due to old SAPOLIO. In the course of a f?w months Spotless Town has passed from the conditions of a boom town to a thoroughly settled municipality, one in which happiness thrives for all and domestic troubles are minimized. This Husband lives in Spotless Town; Come Spring, Come Fall, he wears no frown. By charwoman ne’er put to flight— His home is clean, his smiles are bright; Housecleaning terrors stand no show Where housewives use SAPOLIO. The servant question is unknown, housework is a delight Down on our knees we merrily go, We maids of Spotless Town, To scrub the boards that long ago Gave our good town renown. Tables a6d floors are as white as snow, And the magic alljies in SAPOLIO.

Arts and sciences have followed, pleasured of various types are eujoyed. and a good stock company has been organized. These are the actors of Spotless Town, Whose plays are the cleanest that can be found. They’re “all the rage,” foT both acting and plot Are bright and sparkling, without a blot. A stranger once wanted to see “Sapho,” But they cleaned hla mind with BAPOLIO. Of course we have our own troubles—notoriety seekers cannot always be kept away. It once happened that A western woman of great renown. One day did come to Spotless Town. With glistening axe ahe 1 d clean and clear The town of liquor, wine and beer. They promptly told her. "You are alow; Don t use an axe, but SAPOHO.”

Immigration, of coarse, does not cease, but is less commented upon than before; people are too busy being happy to pay much attention to the unloading of furniture trucks. The babies as much as any one benefit by the conditions, and are freed from the restrictions usually Inseparable from city life. Here are the bablee of Spotless Town, Of the purest white is each tiny gown. They can pl«g in the street* Without soil or hurt. For this wonderful town Is quit* free troir dirt.