People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

OBSERVER OBSERVES. Some Wise Conclusions By An Old Philosopher. I went around to one of the churches a few Sunday evenings ago, and while there, heard something remarkable, to say the least. And to think that a man who claims to be educated should make them. They sounded more to me like the blowings of some ignorant, uneducated, prejudiced fool. You shall see. Our community is made up of several religious denominations, among them being the Catholic denomination. They are law abiding, honest, good, upright, and above all, mind their own business, and rank on a level, if not higher, in every way, mentally and morally, than the other denominations. Yet in the face of this, this upstart, this prejudiced, unsophisticated creature presumes to say that “the Catholics, not only here, but abroad, everywhere, are unenlightened, ignorant, low down and “accursed/’ These are his exact words. “This (referring to the place) is over-run and accursed with Catholics. We have them here with us. We must go down to them. We must lend them a helping hand. Help them to become elevated.” I suppose he means elevate them to his level. Well, you would not be very high up if only on an equality with him. Please, dear Brother, don’t mind the Catholics. If they need any elevating they are fully able to do it themselves. They thank you kindly for the interest shown by you in their behalf, and add that you might begin on some of your own congregation. Elevate them before you seek newer and broader fields in your good work (seemingly). This denouncing another religious denomination from a pulpit is becoming quite common among Protestant churches. No one with any sense likes this plan. It is wrong. They like to “rip each other up the back’ and in turn get ripped. No one can say that they ever heard any religious denomination denounced from the catholic pulpit. They may have said that Protestants were mistaken, but as for saying that they were “accursed” that has never occurred. They have too much sense. Withal, we can sum up our young friend who made these remarks in the fact that “he has a diarrhea of words and a constipation of ideas.”

• • • A BOY of ten in school the other day was given as a subjet for an essay “Kissing”. His essay following, on that subject shows that he knows what he is talking about. It shows a judgement beyond his years. It would be well for all girls to take his advice and be very careful where they bestow these marks of favor. Here it is: “Any girl that will let one boy kiss her will let any other one tnat wants to. So with :> drunkard—after he takes his first drink he L sure to take his second. The other day there were two young people about 12 or 13 years of age; they were what people call sweethearts and were having a nice time in an innocent way, until the boy intruded on her bits bv asking her to let him kiss her. She consented, and to-day any bey that wants to can kiss her. Girls, don't let any boy kiss you. If my girl would let me kiss her I would not have have her any more. A Bor.”

•• • ' THAT was a right good time everybody had last Saturday night. Good feeling prevaded everybody except few, and the gloom hung around them in large irregular' gobs, and they were Democrats. Well, they ought not feel so sore about it. It was a fair and square fight, the last election was, and they were beaten by men who deserve the honors shown them by the thousands of voters. If we can have good times under, Republican rule, or Populist rule,«or Prohibition, why for goodness sake lets have it.

Milk Church Picnic. On Saturday Nov., 25th, 1893 the patrons and stockholders and all that are interested and friendly to building up dairy interests of the Rensselaer Separated Butter Co., are invited to attend a picnic at the Court House at 12 o’clock sharp. The sisters are cordially invited and requested to be present, also are requested to bring one or more cooked chickens, turkeys, or roats pig not rejected. Will have plenty of hot coffee, buttermilk and creamery butter also roast beef and mutton. Prof. Strong, a practical dairy man, and manager of the creamery will deliver an address and other speeches by home talent. A present of a $5 dress pattern will be given to the sister bringing.the greatest weight of cooked chicken or turkey. By Order of Directors. A. McCoy, Pres,