New Richmond Record, Volume 19, Number 32, New Richmond, Montgomery County, 18 February 1915 — Page 2

NEW RICHMOND RECORD.

lOlt SIDE OF IUDEHMIIE

a place near schools and churches where bis children can have advantages. I have awakened to the fact that in helping to pull the town down it has cost me $5,600 in nine years.”

Jas. L. Withrow Commission Co’s Live Stock Report.

Cattle. Best heavy shipping cattle, 1,300 to 1,500 pounds $7 50 @ 8 00 Light butcher steers 1,000to 1,250 lbs. 6 25 @ 7 50 Common to medium steers, 800 to 1000 lbs G 50 @ 7 5C Choice butchr heifrs G 75 @ 7 50 Fair butcher heifers 5 50 % 6 60 Choice butcher cows, (heavy) 6 00 @ 6 50 Fair to good butcher cows 4 50 @ 5 75 Oanners and cutters 2 50 @ 4 00 Choice bulls 6 00 @ 6 75 Fair bologna bulls.. 5 00 @ 6 25 Good to choice veal,

DeVault-Goddard

WORLD MIGHT BE WORSE

Entered at the Postffice at New ' tnond, Ind., as second class matter.

The homo of Mrs. Eva Goddard in the south part of town was the scene of a very pretty and impressive wedding on. Wednesday evening, February 10, when Miss Della Florence Goddard, her only daughter, and Mr. Marion Kay DeVault, second son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas W. DeVauit were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. Rev. H. C. Riley of Newtown performsd the ceremony. The bride’s wedding gown was a handsome one of white crepe-de-chine over silk, trimmed in minnlure rosebuds, and long bridal veil. The home was prettily decorated for the occasion, the living room in white and pink, the dining room in red. Following the ceremony the bridal couple led the way to the dining room where refreshments of Ice cream, cake and coffee were served.

Opie Read Optimistic in His View of Conditions of the Present and Future.

Edgab Walts, Publisher

Opie Read thinks this would be a dreary-old world if everybody in it' had a million dollars.

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How Is Your Boiler?

Story of How A German Farmer in Iowa Lost More Than

It has been stated that a man’s stomach is his boiler, his body his engine and his mouth the fire box. Is your boiler (siomach) in good working order or is it so weak that it will not stand a full load and not able to supply the needed energy to your engine (body)? If you have any trouble with your stomach, Chamberlain’s Tablets will do you good. They strengthen and invigorate the stomach and enable it to do its work naturally. Many very remarkable cures of stomach trouble have been effected by them. For sale by all dealers. Adv.

“Think of it, just think of it,” he asserted at the Auditorium at Omaha. “If everybody was worth $1,000,000 and a man asked another to do some work, he would just put on a high-up air and tell him to change climates.

“Too much money cripples good fellowship. There was never a falser belief than that money and ignorance can make a man happy. I would like to impress this on the young man who hasn’t got a dollar. “Poverty doesn’t mean virtue, any more than ignorance means righteousness.”

$5,600.

Advertising Bates made known on application.

Hans Garbos, n German farmer of Iowa, has discovered that the benefits which appear on the surface as attaching to the mail order plan sometimes spell disaster and has written a very interesting story of his views in a certain farm paper. Here is a part of his story:

Thursday, Feb. 18, 1916.

Lots of people who wouldn’t work for you for $2 per day are perfectly willing to attend to your business for nothing.

140 to 180 pounds. 7 25 @ 8 00 Heavy calves, 250 to 400 lbs 5 00 @ 7 50 Common veal calves 4 00 @ 6 50

Hogs.

There may be some reason why a college or high schqol boy should comb his hair back to resemble a sea lion, but thus far it is not apparent.

“We farmers need awakening to the fact that we have unmistakably reached the period where we must think and plan I am one of the slow German farmers that had to be shown, and am now giving my experience and others my profit, for knowledge is more expensive now than ten years ago. “Twenty-nine years ago I began my farm career. I had an old team and $50. Our furniture was mostly home made—chairs, cupboard and lounge made from dry goods boxes, neatly covered with ten-cent cretonne by my girl wife. We rented eighty acres. Being a Being a boy of good habits I got all needed machinery and groceries of our home merchants on credit, until fall crops were sold. The first year was a wet season and I did not make enough to pay my creditors. I went to eaoli one of them on date of promise and explained conditions, paying as much as possible, and they all carried the balance over another year. They .continued to accommodate me until I was able to boy a forty-acre piece of my own.

The world isn’t nearly so bad as most of the “God help us, we’re going to pieces” lecturers would have us believe, according to Mr. Read. “When we’re beginning to hear about evils they are more likely to be going than coming,” he said. “In pessimism there can be nothing but stagnation and death.”

Mixed and butchers 6 25 @ 6 70 Good to choice heavy 6 50 @ 6 70 Rough heavy 5 50 @ 6 25 Light 6 00 @ 6 80 Pigs 4 60 @ G 00 Market 5c to 10c higher.

Sheep.

Shawnee Mound.

The guests included Mr. find Mrs. Thomas DeVnult, parents of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and Mr. Roland DeYault, grandparents of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. Edward DeVault, Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Chadwick, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bronnenberg, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snyder and baby Marv Marguerite, Mr. and Mrs. J, F. Chadwick, daughters Madge and Majory and son Maurice, Mr. and Mrs, John W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mort Allman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Goddard and baby Mary Evelyn. Misses Avanelle and Ruth Carter, Opal Wilson, Byrl and Eula Smith, Gaylord Tribby and Harold Wilson.

The great fire of London in 1666 started in a House in Pudding Lane and ended at Piecrust Alley. 13,200 houses were burned, including 89 churches.

All the foxes got by Saturday. E. E. Miller in on the sick list. Harry Julian and son George are reported convalescent. Judd and Ira Meharry shipped a car load of sheep and hogs Tuesday. Protracted meeting all this week and so long as an interest is manifested.

Choice fat ewes .... 3 75 @ 4 50 Common to fair sheep 2 50 @ 3 75 Yearlings, good to choice 4 25 @ 5 00 Bucks 2 75 @ 8 50 Spring lambs 5 25 @ 7 50

CONCERNING POSTERITY.

Arkansas became a dry state Saturday, when the governor signed a state wide prohibition measure. Under its provisions saloons continue in business till their licenses expire, and many licenses were issued for Little Rock within a few minutes before the law was signed. Most of the southern states are now dry.

“We want posterity to feel that it owes a great deal to us,” said the statesman.

“I don’t know about its owing much to us,” replied the politician. “But after we get through piling up debts, posterity is going to feel that it owes a great deal to somebody.”

The basket ball games and supper at the new Central school Saturday night were well patronized, as the receipts were $83.00, expenses $33.00, giving a total of $50.00 to be applied on the piano fund.

Elmdale.

Wm. Todd and family moved from near New Richmond to their property Here last week. Mrs Sarah Cowan and daughter Grace and Miss Anna Brown of Crawfordsville spent Saturday night with James Quick and family, Arthur Larew of Kansas was here last week to attend his father’s funeral.

OUR OPULENT HELP.

Applicant—I’m afraid, mum, I can’t take the place. Lady of House—But the wages are liberal and the work is not hard.

A hundred years ago the Methodist circuit riders and ministers in Indiana had a much harder time of it, physically, in fulfilling their duties than do the ministers of this denomination today. Practically all of the early circuit riders traveling in the country were single men, for Bishop Asbury •discouraged marriage among his preachers, knowing that the increased hardships marriage would bring to the preachers wuuld make it only more difficult for the preachers to perform their duties but would also make great hardships for the wives. At this at this early time $64 to $80 was the amount allowed a traveling preacher and he must provide his own horse and equipment, such as saddle and saddlebags. At the beginning of Indiana Methodism, there were no meeting houses. In the winter time the meeting were held in the log cabins of the settlers and in the spring, as soon as it became warm enough, the meetings were held out of doors. It was not long, however, before meeting houses began to be erected, and these structures, although roughly put together and without the comforts of the present day, were felt to be a great advance by those who had the progress of Methodism at heart.

J. L. Linville and family Sundayed with relatives at Mellott. J. A. Meharry, wife and son L. Carter were Sunday guests of Mark Maddux and family.

Applicant—That’s all right, mum, but you haven’t any garage for me runabout.—Boston Evening Transcript.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hibbs celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary last Wednesday. Their out-of-state guests were Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan of Dayton, Ohio.

Miss Pearl Swank of Wingate and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dazey were Sunday guests of John Hayes and family, The young men’s class of the Sunday School entertained the young ladies at a Valentine party Saturday night at the home of James Quick and family. Over forty were present and spent a most enjoyable evening playing games and listening to music. Refreshmehts were served.

Samuel Savage of LaFayette Monday received by parcel post a package containing the ashes of Dr. James Barnes, who died at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., several days ago. The body was cremated and sent back to Indiana. Mr. Savage took the ashes to Oxford for interment in the Oxford cemetery. Dr. Barnes was a resident of Oxford in the early fifties and was 90 years old at the time of his death. He was the first Noble Grand of Oxford lodge No. 169, I. 0. O, F., which was instituted in 1857.

Don’t You Believe it.

“As soon as I owned these few acres the mail order houses begun sending me catalogues, and gradually I began sending my loose change to them, letting my accounts stand in my home town where I bad gotten my accommodation when I needed it. “We then had one of the thriftiest little villages in the state — good line of business in all the branches, merchants who were willing to help an honest fellow over a bad year, and a town full of of people who came twice a week to trade and visit. Our little country town supported a library, high school, ball team and wediad big celebrations every year.

Some say that chronic constipation cannot be cured. Don’t you believe it. Chamberlain’s Tablets have cured others—why uot you? Give them a trial. They cost only a quarter. For sale by all dealers. —Adv.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Wingate spent Sunday with her sister and family Mrs. Van Ingram. W, W. Black is having some tile put in through the old slough.

To Legalize Prize Fights.

A button famine is esid to be threatening this country on account of the war, but the buttons, the supyly of which is threatened, are mostly of the ornamental kind. If the worst should happen, people could again use wooden buttons, covering them with cloth for the sake of appearances.

Representative Waltz of Evansville introduced a bill in the house of representatives Saturday, providing for the establishment of au athletic commission in Indiana, at a salary of §2,000 a year, to be appointed by the governor. The bill, Representative Waltz said, is au exact copy of the Wisconsin law, legalizing boxing bouts in that state, with the exception that a single commissioner is provided for instead of a commission, as in Wisconsin, and the Indiana commissioner’s salary would be only $2,000 annually, while the Wisconsin law provides a salary of $5,400 a year. The proposed Waltz bill would legalize prize fights in Indiana.

Clay Stonebraker, GeorgeBrown and Claude and Roscoe Fouts visited Homer Goff Sunday.

Mrs. Amelia Utterback and daughter Clara of Crawfordsville visited relatives here last week. The teachers attended institute at Wingate Saturday, Laudy Axsom and family were Sunday guests of Merve Shelton and family.

The Cicero basket ball team after suffering a most fatal blow in the loss of their first game in twenty played this season, last Saturday night, were so very anxious to kick the mud of New Richmond off their boots that they not only failed to treat proffered hospitality civilly, but they neglected even to take the time to gather together their belongings. A lap robe and a coat were found at the school building which are believed to belong to the quickly vanishing foe. With the very ugly remarks of a Kokomo paper tendered our people who accompanied the New Richmond basket ball five to Kokomo, an extra effort had been put forth by everybody to show the Cicero visitors, who come from a near-neck of the woods of Kokomo, that we are white and our hearts right. Every member of the ball team and many others of our citizens were at the railroad station to greet the Cicero visitors, though the latter came through by autos and arrived later. Miss Elizabeth Gerhard and her domestic science cooks had arranged a spread for the visitors to follow the game, but at the close of the game the visitors very ungraciously snubbed the young ladies by refusing to accept even their tempting eats. Failure of an audience at table from Cicero, the young banqueted the New Richmond ball boys and several members of the Wingate team who were present. New Richmond never lays claim to being all-wise nor perfect, nor that she can’t be beaten at basketball, but she does lay claim to a sense of hospitality and the faculty of knowing it when proffered.

The quarantine in New Richmond was last week declared at an end, Carl Flaugher and wife, our smallpox victims being released Saturday, that of the Marshall home, quarantined for scarlet fever, having been raised Thursday. Our people are very grateful that the scare came to be no worse.

“A farm near a live town soon doubles in value. J sold my forty acres at a big advance and bought an eighty gradually adding to it until I hud 200 acres of the best land in Iowa. I then felt no need of asking favors, and found it easy to patronize the mail order agents that came almost weekly to our door. I regret to say that I was the first in the county to make op a neighborhood bill and send it to a mail order house. Though we got bit every once in a while, we got in the habit of sending away for stuff. “Gradually our merchants lessened their stock of goods—for lack of patronage. Finally we began to realize that when we needed a bolt quickly for machinery, or clothing for sickness or death, we had to wait and send away for it, which wasn’t so pleasant. One by one our merchants moved to places where they were appreciated, and men of less energy moved in. Gradually our town has gone down; our business houses are “tacky” in appearance, a number are empty; our schools, churches walks are going down, we have no band no library, nor ball team. There is no business done in the town and therefore no taxes to keep things up, Hotel is closed for lack of travel, Go down to the depot when the freight pulls in and you will see the sequel in mail order packages. “Nine years ago my farm was worth S195 an acre; today I’d have a hard matter to sell it at 1167 an acre, It is “too far from a live town”—so every farmer has said that wants to buy. He wants

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fowler returned home Saturday from a visit with her parents and other relatives in the southern part of the state.

Barnum Dazey and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dazey. John Merritt and family, Scott Cowan and family and Mr. and Mrs. Charley Kennedy took Sunday dinner with Virgil Merritt and family. Roy Crowder returned to his home in North Dakota last week after a visit with his mother, Mrs. Melissa Crowder and family.

A little girl receiving her first religious teaching was much impressed by the unique character and omnipotence of the Almighty. Saying her prayers at night, she added a peculiar and earnest petition: “And, O Lord, please take good care of yourself, for if anything happens tojyou, O Lord, what are the rest of us going to do?”

There never was a newspaper

published that many heople in the community could not do a better job of it than the fellow who was trying to make it the best paper in the world but it takes Charley Miller of the Cannelton Enquirer to tell just how a fellow feels when he is told by his nonsupporters how his paper should be conducted. The following is his article: “Every day or so we meet the fellow who is not pleased with the way we are .running this paper. For twenty years we’ve been at this job and in that time we’ve pleased one half the people by successfully displeasing the other half. And that’s the reason we don’t run around in an automobile or a Ford. If we pleased them all some of the wise ones would get it iri their noodles that this paper is the only money

More sugar is consumed by the American people per capUa than by any other people in the world and they .are each year eating more. Government res show that this year, taking every man, woman and child and baby in arms into the calculation, per capita consumption of sugar was a little under eighty-seven pounds. That makes the average annual sugar bill about $4 for each inhabitant of the United States.

Let us put you onto the scent of some information, Indiana produces apples and onions in proportion of two to one-balf ns many onions as apples. And what is more surprising, the onion crop from 6,665 acres is 2,166,125 bushels, or 325 bushels an acre. At a dollar a bushel this smells of a handsome profit. Most of these aromatic bulbs were grown up in the north part of the state.

Getting married in Burma is not entirely n pleasant operation. Cusiom warrants the practice of throwing stones at the house of the newly wedded, but not blackmail, and when recently a band of Burma youths demanded money before they would depart the law stepped in and sentenced the leaders to heavy imprisonment and corporal punishment.

The Habermel liquor bill, designated to regulate 1 he sale of liquor by retail druggists, was defeated in the house of the Indiana legislature Tuesday when the minority report for indefinite postponement of the measure was adopted by a vote of 51 to 84. Habermel made a bard fight for his measure and accused the wholesale druggists of Indianapolis with being behind the fight against it. He said 60 per cent of one wholesale drug company’s business consisted of liquor sales to retail stores in Indiana. Opposition to the bill ns voiced by several representatives was on the ground that the present law on the subject is adequate.

The word automobile comes from two words; one Greek and the other Latin. The two words are auto and mobile. The former is derived from the Greek autos, meaning self, and the latter from the Latin mobilis. adverd,movable. This is originally derived from the Latin verb, raoveo, movero, movi, raotus, meaning to move. We are unable to say tflio first suggested the name for self-propelled vehicles.

We have just received information that the First National Nurseries of Rochester, N, Y. wants lady or gentlemen representatives in tin's section to sell all kinds of Roses, Shrubs, Trees and Seeds. They inform us that without previous experience it is possible to make good every week. Any one out of employment write them for terms and enclose this notice. 8t8

making establishment in town and they’d urge our creditors to foreclose on us so that they could buy our junk at a bargain at sheriff's sale. It’s a discouraging daily grind for us. Bnt we can’t quit just to hlense the fellow who knows how to “run this paper as

it should be ran” nnd who knows that it isn’t “ran like it should be ran.”—-Winslow Despatch.