Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Gentle spring may not be quite so gentle, if our guns begin to pop. Plant to the limit —and then plant some more. It seems to be a race to see which will arrive first—war or spring. There is no comparison between the high cost of living and the high cost of investigating the high cost of living. The town knocker, we note, never thinks of changing his place of residence as a cure for the ills of which he complains. A fashion note says the prevailing style for the spmimer will probably be shorter skirts and lower necked dresses. G-o-o-d-b-y-e! Indications point to the fact that the back yard will be about the most valuable part of the premises this year. About, face! The output of manganese ore In this country in 1916 amounted to 27,000 tons, which was - three times the production in 1915. At last the confederate slogan, “On to Washington,” is to be carried out. Funds have been provided for their reunion in that city in June, and none will bid them a more—hearty welcome than the “Yanks” of the North.