Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 September 1908 — Page 1

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FROM THE HILLS OF NEW 0. f - Judge Ely Writes Entertainingly of the Southwest. i

Tuesday, Sept 22, 1908.

The followin letter of Judge Ely to the Petersburg Press was published in that paper last week, and is re-produced'

here because we oeneve many people ui uns county win enjoy reading it. Editor of the Pmjs:

Wife and I have been now about four week in the Rocky mountains of Arizona and New Mexico, spending one' week at Grand Canyon and the rest of the time at Albu-j querqne. We are ät an alvitude that would be above the; clouds in Old Pike. We struck Grand Canon where Bright; Angel Trail enters the Canon and where Bright Angel, Hotel stands upon the rim. At this point the altitude is 7000 feet and is about the center of immense pine forests for more than 100 miles in every direction. The air is

cool, pure and sweet, good for everything and bad for nothing. Here the only communication with the outside world is .a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad to Williams 60 miles south on the main line. Here the air is laden with the resonance of the pine and absolutely free from dust and polen of the rag weed, golden rod and other disease and trouble making vegetation. Here the delightful solitude is broken only at regularintervals by the arrival and departure of said branch railroad trains and the tourists which the same bring and take awav.

Here, in respects, one is like Selkirk on his famous island HON "Monarch of all he survevs whose right there is none to,

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no pouti-1 ucmocracys ontea atanaaru, nearer win speaK ul i

Dubois county should be

rernor a royal welcome, a genuine old time

w st violations oi tne law nor sympathizing wan .."-Z : u, .i i i. ,,.1,

f h wmlnfnvc Horn nnSnmne finmnßrs. nor Kufrene uauicuili Ui Wl "wuiauu nust wuu m.cw i.uw tu mcuu,

Debs, nor Taft ncy Bryan devotees weaving subtle webs f earlessly to victory. Everybody should come and hear Here the sun shines brightly and isseldom obscured save .the political issues of the day discussed by one of the finby the shades of night when the moon and multiplied bil-jest orators in the State of Indiana, lions of stars shine hrightly. Here one who is so disposed People from the North, and East can go on regular

can enjoy Close wen wiui nature auu bweet cummumun , . , . evßninff. Extra coaches fur-

jA ÄxjA j&Ljtb. stkt lit S ß JU. j mm mIk 3 ZZZ j IBs 3 THOMAS R. MARSHALL. &

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THOMAS R. MARSHALL,

with his Maker

ill ui iuiici 'nJcliorl Here one car read from the viewpoint of a man up amsneu-

' mountain the speech s surprising Taft, Bryan, Hisgen and

other candidates Dy i otuymg tnem tnat tney nau oeen nominated for President by their respective parties and their responses showing how totally unprepared they were for such news. . .

Also the discussions from press and stump ot the tern

A. LANGE, Secretary.

BOMAR TRAYLOR, County Chairman.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

ÄlTSÄbS' C isfrwo Old Gentlemen Get Together and the difference between "tweedledum and tweedledee." Inj Fvphn-nova fnvipc some localities the county unit will achieve the most tor jjauicuil oluiiuö. temperance and in others the township unit will serve thej oh yes i piayed in those days Baseball was basebetter end. For instance in Dubois county the larger unit ban then an th0 0ld gentleman sighed over what he would be an entire failure, while the smaller will close the evidently regarded as the decadence, of the great national

saioons in nve cownsmps. ahu m um i me icaaei unit framc savs tne Detroit r-ree Press. "Now ?tl 1 '1 X IT 1.:.,.-. .l-lllly-v linrlnlt flirt0 . 1 . . . .

win oe a lanure in wasui uytun luwnaia ttuuc uiiuci u iC men togetner and make a macnine ot them, lamer unit no saLjoi: can be establrshed in any part oi the iur.r nnf-.hinir mmv nnv loc than nnimnfnri

they get nine

The whole mnnliorncsm

county. And so it m all over the state; the larger unit Then we iad a jve bSL, and I used to sling a hickory bat works best in some localities, the lesser best in others. pretty noariy as Qng as a rake handle. You can imagine This fact suggests the thought that all voters loya to the what came off wnen i macie a hit. The crowd would hear temperance caue should vote for the men who mil best something like the shriek of a shell, and then the umpire serve that cause without regard to the politics of the can-uid toss out a new ball, while I chased two or three didates. Until the voters are loyal enough to temperance ,runs jn aiead 0f me to do that there is no hope of success for any cause butj Now, just to illustrate," and the retired veteran of that of the brewers and saloons. This is the absolute tie diamond began making a diagram, while his hearers truth; there is no getting around it. Until this is doncigrom ef ab0ut him. "Here's where we played at Newit will be the old, old story of talking temperance and vot-UnSli pn. . with the old Neshannocks. Charlev Rennfitt

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FISHED WITH A SNAKE. You May Believe the Yarn op oot, but ii is Vouched Fop. Fairlev Truthful, who everybody knows goes to church

ecularly and hasn't told a lie in thirty years, relates the

following remarkable fishing adventures. He was out shooting on Patoka and, while eating his

lunch he carelessly tossed a prece ot bread into the water at his feet, when he was surprised to see a perfect swarm

)t trout lighting lor the bread, bearching eagerly through all his pockets he was greatly disappointed that he had

notning in tne way oi nsmng tacKie, as me u-oui was evidently liungry, and if only had a hook and line, he could easily catch all he wanted

vV.hr le trying to evolve a plan lor tne capture oi some of the trout, the gentleman noticed an rmmense black snake lying on a stump sunning itself and immediately he

recalled tnau nis lacner nau toiu mm, a gooa many years atro, how expert blacksnakes were in catching trout. Af-

ter a nine tnougnt on tne suojecL mi, iruimui uetermined to try it, and picking his way cautiously to the stump, he grabbed the snake by the tail. The black snake evidently didn't understand at first just

what was wanted of him, and tor some time alter he had been soused into the water he continued to twist and squirm and tried to get away. But finally the snake spied a big trout peeping out from behind a stone, and like a flash, the reptile darted out and seized the fish in its mouth. The instant the snake grabbed the fish Mr. T.

who held the snake by the tarl, pulled and landed Ins trout the snake letting go as soon as it was hauled out on the bank. The next time he stuck the snake into the water it seemed to understand better what was wanted and very soon grabbed another trout. By the time half a dozen trout had been taken the snake had entered into the sport in real earnest, and in the course of an hour Fairley had captured with his queer tackle over forty fine trout, and, not caring for more, he let the snake go, gathered up his fish and went home. It was about a week later that Mr. Truthful passed by the spot where he had captured the trout and while he was standing on the bank looking at the speckled beauties as they darted through the clear water he felt something rubbing his leg. Looking down he was surprised to see his old friend the blacksnake. The snake had seen and recognized him, and, backing up to him had stuck about a foot of his tail up against his leg as an invitation for him to go fishing again.

His Original Idea. I don't see why they didn't regulate things differently," said the positive man who complains about the heat. "Those people who fixed up the calendar made a mighty poor job of it, it seems to me." "ou couldn't make any difference in the weather." "I couldn't. Tfiat shows just how thoughtless the world is. There's about one man in 200 who really has ideas, and the other 199 generally put in most of their time making fun of him. They let the short months like February and November and April come in cool weather, when we could stand the temperature. Why didn't they 'em all put in a bunch in summer time, so that we get through with it? Here we are compelled to drag along with the longest months and the longest days and the hottest weather at the same time. No wonder so many people get disgusted with the way things are run!" Washington Star.

ing for the brewer. Enough on this subject, more anonJwas etching. Here runs the Ohio river, way to the rear The man or the naper that talks or writes for temper-0f the grounds, which lay open to the high bluff which ance and then works and votes consistently therewith, pos-!marjs jie nmt Now, Bennett was doing some mighty sesses a moral worth to the community that can never bejoaUjngt ami l fell0w from a college nine was giving him

estimated in dollars and cents. fa tight race. Each one of them rolled a ball over the Such men and papers constitute the very salt of the'hlnil nnd 1 hetran to fear for mv laurels. Rut. Dip fhirrl

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eartn and Dackbone oi tne great moral wave ' i . i i ii i i i.

ing wicn majesty ana giory cue en

great moral wave continue to sw

Chickens Know a Thing op Two.

until there is not n distil er or saloon lert to mar or im

pede the morals ur cast a shadow upon a single individual or home in all this great land of ours. May the Press continue to stand nat on all these great moral questions

and the better element of the people will stand pat by the Press. Will write you again soon. E. .A. ELY. Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 5th, 1908.

llOW SWGGlrimn mi T pour nrwi nrMYinirr thnr inc- ?inf--l I eni 4-lnrl

xr iT,; 1 Oct?? vi Winnie juoi, ouacu, i ccilicu vvt--i H n isn vn-inflnt

irre country, xuay uiib:on my feet, concentrated all my strength lor one supreme L rank growth of w

eep as witn a new orooin PfT0rL swuncr o d nckorv. and when the ha emit, froinn- it. wnwia iiinnm nnriorl

Chickens are not generally supposed to possess any great amount of inte ligence, but a Kensington man tells a story which seems to show that occasionally they are up to a

trick or two. JNext to his house

covered with eeds. These

ically, bear-

Wh v. thev ing yellow flower. At such times . .i i i ...:ii. e...i

whun tne lot is ciowuuu wiui iuwi, winiii , . , , n. i.i . iii..

wmcn devour uie uiuumsgruuuny

ne afternoon a short time ago

the Kensinctonian saw two

struck water nau-way across tne river, i.i i i . i

stopped tne game to try ana take measurements,

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proiessionai managers were ouering me an kincis or mon- q ey. I was the hero of the hour, the king of batters, uv

tlie-neiio, tnere, juciKin; uengntea to see you. it's more

than twenty years "Yes, the last time we met was at the game you just described."

The old gentleman turned ' a little white about thereason 0f its height, mouth, but rallied with infinite generalship. ''Yes, of 'few vain attempts to rer ' . i . .i i if i . ; 1.1. ,1

course you were tnere, anci it was a a ay ot mira:ie,

How to Weigh Without Scales. Tnose who would like to test some new recipe not infrequently find themselves perplexed to accurately do the measuring and weighing required. This schedule of equivalents will in such cases be found very helpful: Wheat flour, one pound is one quart; Indian, meal, one pound two ounces are one quart; butter, when soft, one pound is one quart; loaf sugar, when broken, one pound is one quart; ten eggs are one pound; flour, four necks are one bushel; sixteen

Because He Went Too Far. Hans, the ruralist. of Madison Tp., was in search of a

horse. y0U went down to the river an 1 caught a ten pjund "I ve cot the verv thimr voir want." said Perdie theit l-mt . wns served that nicht at the hotel."

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staoie man, "a thorough going road horse. Five years' What fisherman could resi.?

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What hsherman couici resi.a such temptation with the s(aik and

b CaSn down. ;mn hn ovincs Inn milnc; wir.hnnr. Rr.rtnnino. I Tnrllm fiimlmrl nnrl infhiff. with ninHn Thn i ure in kr of

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i ii Vi V1 Ilim- 1 "ve eight nines out in ac country t o c ur.l v ..yonu the river, ana mat oass was luceen the

unu i u naL to walk back two miles." nounds strung. T

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enicKons enter me ioc, uviuenuy iuiuu a-aaijuuiuuia ui uuu imn, looking: for something to eat. , eight large teaspoonfulsare one There was nothing in sight 1 gill: four large teaspoonfuls are save a solitary blossom, which half a gill; two gills are one pint;

had withstood the onslaught by two pints are one quart; lour

After a quarts are one gallon; one 20m-

reach it bv mon-sized tumbler holds half a

for jumping, the birds desisted and pint; a common meA wineglass

hnc I appeared to noia aieupiug noius nau a gui; a w mu;j noius

consuiauon. iiiuii liiu hil, um m, . mist i"'-' '

caught a leaf on the one gill; a tamespoontui is nai: nnd nulled it down, thus an ounce; ten drop? are equal to

bringing the flower withon reach 0 v t.easpoonful; four teaspoonful

its comrade. Hie intter ap- nrn oquai to one laoicspoomiu;

iched, ate what it consuloptjcl - lioston Transcript.

fair share, and then relieved

, which immediately hnishod

remainder of the blossom -

hiladclphia Record.

Tho iniin who ia n fool today will li 11 foul üniijrrow-iinlüSä he does h ouiu ihing for it.