Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — Page 6

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THE COUNTRY EDITOR

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■who raises the biggest'pumpkin and takes up three hours of the editor’s 1 time and “pies” two sticks of type telling about it; the i»an who butchered two hogs and didn’t see anything in the paper about it; the party who drops in at the sanctum daily and reports every mean thing he hears said about the tired editor; the advertiser who is always late With his copy; the advertiser who orders his ad taken out two seconds before the paper goes to press; the sweet society bud who calls the editor a mean old thing because he refuses to unlock the forms in order to make mention of her gentleman caller; the grinning idiot who marks all of the typographical errors in the paper; old subscriber who feels privileged to-lean on the editor’s shoulder and read the article which the scribe is trying feverishly to finish; the parent of a precocious child, who “drops in” daily and regales the hard-pushed editor with fervid accounts of the almost uncanny wis-, dom of said offspring; the woman who hurries in two hours after the paper is printed and wants to insert a notice of the next meeting of the sewing society—all are alive and vigorous yet and show the same untiring energy in their chosen wort of 'driving the country editor to a suicide’s grave or into the madhouse, that characterized their species in the time of Amalek Ahumda. Even now, in the afternoon of life, when, we sit by our lowly fireside in lhe gloaming and recall how, as a country editor, fourteen of what should have been our best years, were transformed into a ballfaced, seal-brown- nightmare by this unholy crew, we are prone to take a cynical view of things in general and to indulge in language which, we feel assured, would be bluepenciled by the presiding genius of the sanctum. With our wealth of experience, if we had it all to go through again we would go about it differently. Firstly we should fashion for our own exclusive use and behoof a large, lithe club, the length of which should be six feet, with the business end thereof eight inches round-about, richly bestum ded with spike nails. Then When Vox Populi came in to demand a retraction or- to recount the horrors of the cold New Year back in yiander, we would drive the base of his devoted spine up into the neighborhood of his midriff and hang his remains at half-mast out of the window as a warning to old Epluribusunum, Constant Reader and other* members of the gang. Secondly, we should hand out some of the same to those other frequenters of the country newspaper offices of this broad land of freedom, namely, the bonehead who reads copy on the hook, the snitch who paid his subscription last woodchuck day or j thereabout, but lost his receipt,

and the Jake who requires the attention of the entire office force in order to keep him from maiming himself on the paper cutter or having a leg jerked off by a pulley. Just why so many otherwise good people should regard it as their duty apparently to. contribute their mite towards making lift) miserable for the country editor is a problem that has puzzled many of our most profound thinkers. Why should man’s inhumanity to man center on this class of men in , particular? No one ever thinks of meddling with the business affairs of the banker. The lawyer, the 1 doctor and the merchant pursue their respective callings undisturbed, as a rule; but let a well-mean-ing. round-shouldered journalist proceed to unload a Washington press in of a vacant building and he at once becomes a prey to the curiosity of th’e multitude —an object of the gravest interest. The “old gang” appears as if by magic; it girds up its loins for battle, it smiles craftily, and what it does to that poor quill pusher in the next two or three years will be i amply sufficient, with a little to spare. Then, after years of unrequitted toil —after years of recording births, deaths and marriages, of laughing witfi the joyful and weeping with the sorrowful, of speaking of the splay-footed, lop-shouldered, squinteyed offspring of the town’s leading citizen as the “beautiful and gifted daughter,’ etc,, of referring to old “ten per cent,” the oppress|or of the poor, as “our Worthy fel- : low townsman” —after years of wearing the same plug hat and the same three-button cutaway, the weary, storm-tossed country editor turns aside and seeks a convenient place to lie down and die. And the choir siings “Old Aunt Phoeba Died A-Laffin’ ” or something, equally appropriate, the minister a,sks the same question . propounded by gop,d ,nld Job Esq.—“lf a man die shall he live again?” and all that remains of the old quill pusher is borne obt to some southern exposure and there consigned to its narrow home. And the Summer j night winds sing a requiem to tho dead and the mule-eared rabbit ex- ; ecutes the crane dance on the new--made mound in the dim light of - the declining moon. We wish to remark in conclusion ' that the indiscriminate abuse qf country journalism, in our opinion. ;is largely a matter of habit. A ’ great many people speak contempt- : uously of the home' paper and of the over-burdened editor because their fathers and uncles and aunts I did before jhem and for no other '■ reason whatever. \ They do not really, mean to be unkind to the country editor, but, seemingly, they havq just about so much •‘little meanness to work out of their system each year and the country editor is made the goat because' he stands for these petty slights and I knocks, as a rule, with the least I amount of ‘'back talk!”

There are few professions, in the writer’s humble- opinion, that contribute so largely to the well-being of the world in general journalism, and country journalism isl particular. And there is no profession perhaps more exacting in the matter of arduous labor required, mentally and physically, from day to day and from year. to year, as the “printing’ business. The lawyer not infrequently takes a day off and goes .fishing or joy riding, the doctor has time now and then to talk politics, the minister has an hour or so occasionally for recreation, but who. ever •saw a country editor idle unless he was asleep or dead? Echo, answers “who?” The country editor is always pressed for time; always trying to, catch ub with his work and never quite making it—like the wandering Jew, eternally on the move. In a word, and not to run this jewel of thought over into next week, the country editor, considering the amount of prunes and other cheap and unwholesome truck that his system is called upon to - absorb while sojourning in this vale, is a remarkable example of human attainment under adverse conditions, and the public should respect and honor him 1 accordingly. Therefore, with glasses filled to the brim with clear, sparkling water, we invite one and all to join us in drinking to this: “The country editor, may he live long in the land and prosper, and may the clouds over his moral skies be just few enough to temper the heat of the noonday sun. May he- triumph over every foe, including the office devil and the “foreign” advertiser, j and may the little home paper, with all its faults and imperfections, continue to arrive on schedule time. | Ah, the little home paper—if you ! have tears prepare •to shed them 'now while we devote a few words lto the home paper. How could we live without the home paper? How would we know how Aunt Libby Heminway was coming on with that misery in her side, whether or not Mrs. Hackberry’s baby had fully recovered from the measles, when to sow our oats, plant our corn and paj r our taxes if the home paper did not keep us posted? The home paper is meat and bread and drink, it is the shadow of a rock in a weary land, a spring of cool; sweet water in the parched desert, a pillar of support when the leprous city daily refuses to accept perfectly good turnips on renewal and eradicates our name from its steadily growing list of subscribers. Some of the little home papers are several other things, but a decent respect for the feelings of the reader forbid mentioning them; Matters about the home may be rn.il awry—mother may be having trouble with the poultry, the best cow may be refusing- to give down her milk, father indulging in a fit of the blues, with the skies dark and lowering; but •with the coming of the home paper all is Little worries vanish like mists at morn, the sun shines out Once more, the birds

sing and life and joy abound. Father can hardly take time to eat his supper, so eager is he to get at the home .paper, and, finally, when he is seated in his armchair with the little sheet spread out before him one would scarcely wish to see. a more striking picture of peace and contentment. Father reads, and as his eyes travel from one news item to another he manifests his surprise or delight in short, sharp exclamations about as follows: “Well, now! do tell! by geminy crouts! purty blame slick,” etc., and soon and oh until mother, who has finished the supper dishes, begins to polish her spectacles, a never-fail-ing sign that it is her turn to read the news; and father surrenders the. little paper reluctantly and again turns to his “daily” to see if by any possible chance it . might contain something that would interest a plain, blunt, corn and hograising citizen.

A LAWYER’S FUNERAL

A lawyer who. for many years had shocked a large number of his friends by his rather liberal views on religion, recently died. A friend of the deceased, who cut short a trip to hurry back to town for the purpose of attending the last rites of his colleague, entered the late lawyer’s home some minutes after the beginning of the service, . “What part of the service is this?’’ he inquired in a whisper of another legal' friend standing in the crowded hallway. “I’ve just come myself,” said the other, “but I believe they have opened for the defense.” The unexpected has happened in Vermillion county, Illinois. Danville, the) county seat, with sixtyeight saloons, voted “dry” last Tuesday and the saloons will go out of business May 1. Several other towns also went dry in Tuesday’s election and a total of 142 saloons are put out of business as a result. Danville was supposed to be one of the impregnable “wet” fortifications of our sister state, but the drys carried it Tuesday by nearly 300 majority. The liquor forces retained twelve wet towns and gained the only three dry towns when the, local option elections were held.’ Covers have been patented to protect men’s collars from being soiled by their overcoats.

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CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT Sound GRADE Stallion —No. 91918 ( Laws of Indiana,. 1913, ChaptevfiS) The pedigree of the grade Belgian Stallion Dandy, owned by William F. Hays, P. O. Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. 1, county Jasper, described as, follows: Color and _ marks, roan, ’-- foaled in the y® ar 1 9 14sire Rio des I Beiges, Stud Book No. 6,04 7, has been examined in t p e o ffi ce o f (Not exact, likeness) the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it. is hereby certified that the said stallion IS NOT OF PURE BREEDING and is, therefore, NOT ELIGIBLE TO ISTRY in any Stud Book recognized by the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. The above named Stallion has been examined by Dr. H. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and-'is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundness specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. C. M. McCONNELL, Pres. (Seal) (’. H. ANTHONY, V.-Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, April 11, 1917. Void after January 1, 1918.STAND FOR 1917 Dandv will make the season of 1917 at the W. F. Hays’ farm in Barkley township. TERMS—-$12.50 to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. W. F. HAYS, Owner. CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT. Unsound PURE-BRED Stallion No. 8950 AA (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion Kleber No. 1 6589 American. Owned by Dennis Marquie and Oscar Paquette, P. 0., Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. 4, County. Jasper, described as follows: Color and marks: Gtay, w^’te s P°t on riose. ——- French Draft. Foaled in the year 1905: has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion .Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said Stallion is of Pure Breeding and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or company recogifized as standard in accordance with. Section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. G. W. Turley, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be unsound .from the transmissible unsoundnesse’s, side bones, specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. (Seal) C. M. McConnell, Pres. C. H. Anthony, V.-Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Sec’y. Renewed in 1917 within the time specified in Section 8 of the Indiana

Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1, 1918. STAND FOR 1917 Kleber will stand for the season of 1917: Monday, Tuesday and. Wednesday at the farm of Dennis Marquie, 5% miles north and 1 mile east of Remington, 6 miles south and 1 mile east of Rensselaer; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at farm of Oscar Paquette, 6 miles north and 5 2 miles east of Remington, and will answer calls within a radius of several miles. TERMS—SI2.OO to insure colt to tand and suck. Moving from county or disposing of mare, service fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be'* taken io prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. Phone, Remington Line. OSCAR PAQUETTE, . DENNIS MARQUIE, Owners. CALIX PAQUETTE, Manager.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT Sound GRADE STALLION No. 6328 (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Grade Percheron Stallion Gabon Jr.’, owned by Arthur Watson and John Borntrager, P. O. Rensselaer, Ind-, R. F. D. 3, county Jasper, described as follows: Color and . ')r marks, black: white snip. Foale d in the “fw year 1913, sire (Not exact likeness) Gabon, Stud Book No. 61994, has been examined in the office of the Secretary'of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion IS NOT OF PURE BREEDING and is, therefore, NOT ELIGIBLE TO REGISTRY in any Stud Book recognized by the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. 11. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment La w. . C. M. McConnell. Pr.es. C H. Anthony, V.-Pres. Not .good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, this 6th day of Mareh, 1915. Renewed March 12 th. 1917. Void after January 1. 1918. STAND FOR 1917 Gabon Jr. will stand for the season 1917: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the John Martindale farm, 1 mile north and 3 miles west of Rensselaer and 4 miles east of ML Ayr. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the John Borntrager farm, 1 mile north of the Martindale farm. . Terms: $lO to insure colt to stand and suck. Moving from the county or disposing Of mare, service fee becomes dub and payable at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should anv occur. ARTHUR WATSON. Phone 915-C. JOHN BORNTRAGER. Phone 915-J.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT I have purchased from Lon Colton the horse and jack described below and they xyill make the season at the old stand, H mile west of Pleasant Ridge, Indiana. Artificial breeding at your barn. BONILLIANT Hound PURE BRED Stallion No. 1554 (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion Bonilliant', No. 27158 American, owned by I. L. Jones, P. O. Rensselaer, Indiana, county Jasper, described as follows: Color and marks, red roan: breed. draft: foaled in the year r ' r '"- has been examined i n (Not exact likeness) 111 f . ° ffi e e of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or company recognized as standard in accordance with Section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law, The above named Stallion has been examined by Dr. H. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment laW. C. M. McCONNELL, Pres. C. H. ANTHONY, V,-Pres. ’ (Seal) Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Renewed in 1917 within the time specified in Section 8 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1, 1918. TERMS—SI2.SO to insure a mare in foal. Service fee due when mare is known to be in foal and same being a lien on mare and colt until paid. Breeding hours, 5 to 7 a. m. and 6 to 8 p. m.

JACK HIGH ROLLER Sound PURE BRED Jack No. 1059 (Laws of Indiana, 1913. Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Jack High Roller, No. 2336, o’wned by I. L. Jones, P. O. Rensselaer, Indiana, county Jasper, described as follows: Color and marks, black with mealy points; breed, .Tack: in the year has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the In(Not exact likeness) diana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said Jack is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or company recognized as standard in ao-

cOrdance with Section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. f The above named Jack has been examined by Dr. H. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the v transmissible uns.oundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment law. c. m. McConnell. Pres. C. H. ANTHONY, V.-Pres. (Seal) Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Renewed in 1917 within the time specified in Section § of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1, 1918. TERMS—SIS to insure a mare in foal. Service fee due when mare is known to be in foal and same being a lien on mare and colt until paid. Breeding hours, 5 to 7 a. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. Care wiß be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. I. L. JONES, - Phone 908-B.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT Sound, PURE BRED Stallion No. 3153 (Laws of Indiana. 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion Magellan d’Hondzocht, No. 5636 American, . Vol. XVII, P. 543, foreign; owned by North Union Belgian Horse Co., P. O. Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. 2, County Jasper, des cri be d as follows: Color and mark s Bay, star in forehead; breed Belgian; foaled the year April 7, 1908, has been examined in the office of (Not exact likeness! the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses Stud Book. The above Stallion has been examined by Dr. Johan Hansson, Rensselaer, Ind., a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Examined in 1916 by Dr. J. Hansson and certified by affidavit to be sound. Charles W. Hickman, Pres. C. M. McConnell, Vice-Pres. (Seal) Not good unless countersigned by D. O. Thompson, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, thia 31st day of March, 1914. ( Renewed February 6, 1917. Signed by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Void after January 1, 1918. Magellan was ‘ foaled April 7, 1908, and was imported from Belgium Feb. 6, 1911. by the Maywood Stock Farm Importing Co. of Indianapolis, Ind. He has good bone and action and will weigh 1900 pounds. ° Magellan is owned by the North Union Belgian Horse Co., and will make the season of 1917 at the farm of Pjul Schultz, 2 miles east and 2% miles north of Parr, 4 miles east and % mile south of Fair Oaks, 1% miles west and 1% miles north of Aix, 4 miles south of Virgie on main gravel road, at sls to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at oncd Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but. will not be responsible should any occur. PAUL SCHULTZ, Keeper. Phone 953-M, Rensselaer, Ind.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT. Sound PURE BRED Stallion No. 7386 (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) - The pedigree of the stallion Black Prince, No. 101172, owned by August C. Schultz, P. 0., Ind., county Jasper, described at follows: Color and marks, black; star; hind feet pasterns White; ibreed, Percheron; foaled in the year 1913, has been examined in the retary In- . diana Stallion EnIprfcJWbiligiaMfe, roll me nt Board, and it is hereby certified that the Not exact likeness said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or company recognized as standard in accordance with Section 4'of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. I The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. J. Hansson, a duly qualified veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. (Seal) C. M. McConnell, Pres. C. H. Anthony, V—Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Renewed in 1917 within the time specified in Section 8 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1, 1918. Black Prince was bred by Thomas Turner of Hebron, Ind. He is of good style and action and .weighs 1950 pounds. STAND FOR 1917. Black Prince will make the season of 1917 at my farm, 1 % miles north and 1 mile east of Parr, miles west, % mile north and 1 miie west of Aix (1 mile west of B. D. Comer’s residence); 3 miles east and 1 mile south of Fair Oaks, at $12.00 to insure colt to stand and suck. "Parting with mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. AUGUST C. SCHULTZ, Owner. Phone 953-R. Parr, R-R-l CHICHESTER S PILLS W Tne DIAMOND BRAND. A Lad lea I Aak year Bi.arla for A\ fcfal «'til-eke*-ter • l>lnmor>4Br»»d/jnk\ Ifllla Red and <«al4 *K. boxes, sealed with Utue Ribbon. \/ lA wl Take Wo other. Bay of yaar [ J “ flf BhjoM. AskforOHTl4:WEß.*ms IU Jr BIAIONO BRAND PILL*, farts 19* IB yeaeslcnownaellrtr, Safrsr, r SO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE