Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1901 — Growth of Spotless Town. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Growth of Spotless Town.

Near Brilliant Hill a city’s found, Where Washing River meets Scrubbing <■ Sound, And Gleaming Falls sing loud and late, in Sparkling County, Shining State. They call it Spotless Tiwn. you know, And guide-posts read SAPOLIO. Of course so bright a place could not long escape public notice, and as the advantages of Spotless Town became known, it dawned upon the whole country at once that, for so attractive a town, the population was decidedly slim, and with one accord men, women and children sent In by every mail applications for citizenship. To give an idea of the widespread appreciation of Spotless Town as a residence, we repeat one day’s list. From Kansas City came a minister; from Brooklyn new married couples and some tradesmen; from Chicago more ministers, drummers, a milkman, a sil-ver-plater, and a bugler who was accompanied by his eat; St. Louis, Middletown, Ohio, and Louisville increased the population by druggists and lawyers; a town crier and a sheriff came

from Toledo in company; a drug clerk and a street cleaner, the latter not disposed to work, came from Minneapolis; a judge and a priest, the latter sent by a Rabbi, came from Richmond, and the Borough of Bronx sent a cobbler and a painter; an aiderman and a golfing crank came respectively from Nashville and Pittsburg, and Cincinnati contributed a poet. The Golf Expert of Spotless Town Is always “Up” and never “Down.” His Drives are long', his Puts are true, H did the eighteenth hole in two. He tees a ball that’s white as snow, And cleans it with SAPOLIO. Indeed, it would be difficult to And a corner of the United States from which people did not flock to Spotless Town. The most beautiful parts of the South and the forbidding North alike furnished citizens.

Of course, as is the case with settlers in a strange land, there was at first more or less trouble. There were invasions of evilly disposed persons from Smoky Range, but a militia was soon formed, drills instituted, and the invaders repulsed. This Captain bold, from Spotless Town, Is now with laurels weighted down. He headed men so strangely bright, That dszzled foes sought instant flight. This brilliant charge you’ve guessed, 1 know. Was due to old SAPOLIO. In the course of a few’ months Spotless Town has passed from the conditions of a boom town to a thoroughly settled municipality, one in which happiness thrives for all and domestic troubles are minimized. This Husband lives in Spotless Town; Come Spring, Come Fall, he wears no frown. By charwoman ne’er put to flight— His home is clean, his smiles are bright; .Housecleaning terrors stand no show Where housewives use SAPOLIO. The servant question is unknown, housework is a delight. Down on our knees we merrily go. We maids of Spotless Town, To scrub the boards that long ago Gave our good town renown. Tables and floors are as white as snow. And the magic all lies in SAPOLIO.

Arts and sciences nave followed, pleasures of various types are and a good stock Company has been Wr ganized. These are the actors of Spotless Town. Whose plays are the cleanest that cun be found. They’re “all the rage,” for both acting and plot Are bright and sparkling, without a blot ; A stranger once wanted to see “Sapho,” But they cleaned his mind with SAPOLIO. Of course we have our own troubles—notoriety seekers cannot always be kept away. It once happened that A western woman of great renown, One day did come to Spotless Tojvn. With glistening axe she'd clean and clear The town of liquor, wine and beer. They promptly told her. “You are slow; Don’t use an axe. but SzV POLIO.”

Immigration, of course, does not cease, but is less commented upon than before: people are too busy being happy *6 pay much attention to the unloading of furniture trucks. The babies as mucir as any one benefit by the conditions, and are freed from the restrictions usually inseparable from city life. Here are the babies of Spotless Town, Of the purest white is each tiny gown. They can plsy in the streets without soli or hurt, , , „ For this wonderful town Is quite freo from dirt.

With gleesome laughter and prattle slow. They shout “Hurray for SAPOLIO!”