Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — Page 3

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RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1903.

Our Man About Town

Discourses on Many Subjects and Relates Sundry and Other Incidents.

rpHIS might have happened in Rensx selaer, but it didn’t: There was an interesting discussion down street the other day upon the part of a minister and a scribe of a newspaper. Fortunately it was a bloodless battle and the points were given and taken in good part. It illustrated among other things the not infrequent failure of wise and holy men to see that errors in the attitudes and lives of others exist in their own, and that the false conventionalities frequently subject ministers as well as editors to the charge of mild hypocrisy. The question came up over an article that had appeared in the paper. The writer had given the best possible view to a matter which was highly favored when considered in its favorable aspect and had endeavored to tame down the flaring edges of in* hospitable criticism. To this the minister objected. “You* seem ever intent upon painting over acts of indignity. You show up the most glaring defects of life with the tones softened down and tints harmonized. You paint out the crimson—yOu even falsify about the characters of the men about whom you write, ascribing good motives and superior talents where none are to be found. *■ One man you find to be ‘well-connected,’another an ‘amiable and genial good citizen’; the first is a man of no ancestry, the second a crabbed irascible tyrant.” Then the scribe energized himself with a chew of J. T. add spake thus. “So the editor is a hypocrite, is he? Well, may be; but how about the clergy? How about the preacher who calls around and wags his paw and says ‘good fellow, pleased to meet you’ when he isn’t? How about the Mineral oration over the body of a man Whose soul the minister has just got to send to heaven? How about the tenets and dogmas youhave outgrown, if you are honest and thoughtfhl? How about the deeds of spite? How about the clerical sham—the homage to the ‘doth’ which you require as much as did the ecclesiastic despots of the dark ages who gave you your start? How about praising the Lord when you’d rather be doing something else? How about smiling at a ‘brother’ when all you want is one of his hard earned dollars? Why do you stand in the pulpit Sunday after Sunday afraid to speak out on burning, important questions, lest some ‘brother’ or ‘sister’ withdraw support? Friend, preacher, you are as big a hypocrite in as many places as we are. The fact is that both editor and minister are in the whitewash business, and if they desire support there is nothing to be done but coat over the truth, or give it out in installments that wont injure. People like to know that they are all right. Business is business. You won’t make a sinner happy if you tell him he is a backsliding fake. Go back to your books and when Mr. Tire-you-to death

comes to call tell him how glad you are to see him.” Then they both laughed good naturedlyand parted. The scribe to tell how an eminently respectable fellow-citizen was honored in some trivial town happening; the parson to call on a man whom deep in his heart he would .prefer not to recognize on the street. A very good aphoriam.might be written upon this subject which would overturn all tradition: “If you wish to die friendless tell the truth—as you see it.” **» ~ TT ABOR saving devices are always in demand and the man who thought of rubber stamping outfits had a head that should have made him secretary of the U. S. treasury. However, rubber stamps have their places and Occasions for use. If a business man sees fit to daub his letter heads and envelopes with a rubber stamp, thus leading strangers to think there are no printers in his town, he ought to be ostracised.

Such a man, when be comes to die,, ought to have his funeral notice and the usual resolutions of his fraternity printed on a fence board with a rubber stamp. And when he has a baby at his house, or a party, or a son or daughter gets married, or when the neighbors Oring in a wedding anniversary donation, a full account of the important events might be printed on packing paper and tacked on the front door. And when he is a candidate for office he might stamp a label to that effect and paste it on the bosom of his trousers. If he has an important advertisement to set before the people he could stamp up a display on some paper which would read, “I have for sale at cheaper rates the very same things other folks are advertising In the Journal. Oome to study it over there is no end to the use a rubber stamp might be put to in the hands of an energetic, enterprising, up-to-date, economical man.

ITIHERE is nothing hum-drum about x the socials that obtain in Rensselaer; they are something as splendid as dreams and a whole lot ftmnier. To attend one gives a person more solid seven toot enjoyment than looking through Montgomery Ward’s catalogue or at a Rensselaer foot ball game. The social usually begins in the afternoon with the right hand of fellowship— at the ice cream freezer; and it ends, we have been told, by the left arm going to waist. Two or three good ladies and a gentleman or two usually manage the opening operation while the latter is attended to by every visitor who can seize the opportunity—the main part of the social happens between times and isn’t so interesting. The internal operations of the occasion are looked after by wise and good persons who are used t? the details, such as carrying planks to make

tables on the lawn and smashing fingers crashing the ice. There are other persons who are entrusted with eating cream but this is done at stipulated hours, under the light of Chinese lanterns, by people who do not really figure in the amusement of the hour. In fact those who simply pay their money and take the cool receipt during the middle of the evening have no knowledge of the real delights, unless through chance they may be permitted to carry their own chairs, or help wash the dishes directly after they have gotten what they came for. One way to get a portion of the bliss that circulates around the freezer where two or three are scooping congealed cow, is to put on an apron and carry cake and water and the “money dish” around to people who are reluctantly (?) preparing to promenade up and down “Lover’s Lane.” It is also interesting to be the quartette that stands on the veranda and sings “O mother dear, Jerusalem!” to attract and retain the crowd. If the town band has offered its services and one can obtain permission t<f hold a kerosene lamp near the base drum in order,to light up the strains of “Always,” “Coon, Coon, Coon,” and “You are my Honeysuckle,” the situation will be found to be interesting and instructive.

Perhaps the climax of the occasion is the removing of the debris and children after the last freezer has been emptied and the last person has spent the last ten cents. It will be found educational to observe the exact moment when the tired feeling sets in and everybody “goes away back” etc, in a hurry—in an unseemly hurry, be it understood, leaving the hostess, who was kind enough to offer her premises for the occasion, the unmixed hilarity of setting things to rights once more.

Road Will Be Built from Indianapolis to Evansville. It has been known for some months that the Monon railroad was planning to build a road from Indianapolis to the southwest, crossing the main line and passing through the best coal fields of Indiana to Evansville. It is now stated that the plans for such an enterprise have been perfected and that the bonds to build the road and most of the right of way have been secured for what is practically an air line from Indianapolis to Evansville. Work will begin with the coming of spring, it being the Intention to have the line in operation before January 1, 1904. While the road will pass through a good farming country and a considerable portion of the distance through timber lands,. Its chief aim will be to reach the coal fields of southwestern Indiana, shipping coal not only to Indianapolis and Chicago, but to the southwest also. The product of the mines reached by the proposed line is of the best quality to be found in the territory. It will be the shortline between Indianapolis and Evansville and will be free from heavy grades and curves.

MONON’S NEW LINE.

DETAINED THE COLORED LADY.

Until About $4,000 Worth of Diamonds Were Recovered. Bessie Massey, a colored girt until last Friday in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. MoOoy, was detained an she was about to board the train for Chicago, on suspicion of having stolen the family diamonds. The girl had packed her trunk and gone to the depot, when Mrs. McOpy noticed that a box containing abopt |4,090 worth of diamonds was misring. The matter was placed in the hands of Constable Vick and the girl was compelled to return to the McCoy residence until an investigation was made. At the MoOoy residence a search of her trunk revealed a quantity of canned goods, some bottles ofwlaa from the McCoy cellar end a silk umbrella belonging to Mr. MoOoy but no tr&pe of the diamonds. The girl insisted she knew nothing of the missing diamonds and a search of her son failed to bring them to light. Th# girl suggested that a search of the room be made, and acting upon Aar advice the missing box of diamonds was found in a bureau against which she bad been leaning during the search. The box was under other articles in the drawer, and whether the girl placed them there or net could not be told for certain. After the recovery of the diammrihi the Massey girl was allowed to depart for Chicago.

When a Man Buys a Thing.

He wants value received. If it pays him in return. If it saves him money he wants it. Our wisest and most careful feeder*., know by experience and say without being asked that it pays them to feed Acme Food because by using Food four ears of corn will do th* work of six. Four bushels of cans will furnish the same nutriment that six bushels did without Acme Food. 400 bushels will do the work of KB bushels. It pays to feed Acme Food 866 days in the year.

Why Have Dyspepsia?

When a quick relief and permanent cure is right at hand ata low priest and very agreeable. Mayor Baumgarten, Freeport, 01., says: “I haw used Bailey’s Dyspepsia Tablets and am much benefitted. I certainly believe that they will do all you claim for them.” They cure indigestion, belching, distress after eating, nauaest loss of appetite and all other dyspeptic complaints. Price 26c. Lakeside Med. Co., Chicago. Samples free. Sold to A. F. Long.

Bucklen's Arnica Salve

The best and most famous compound in the world to conquer aches and kid pains. Cures Cuts, heals Burns and Bruises, subdues Inflammation, masters Piles. Millions of boxes sold yearly. Works wonders in BoOg, Ulcers, Felons, Skin Eruptions. * cures or no pay. 26c at A. P. Loag> drugs tore. Wall paper and housepaints at Lan and Poole’s, McOoysburg.

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