Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1908 — Every Voter Should Read It. [ARTICLE]

Every Voter Should Read It.

In a leading editorial emanating from the democratic State committee and now going the rounds of the country press it is asserted that “everyone who Is not a congenial idiot knows or ought to know that Mr. Taggart has no more connection with the reputed gambling establishments at French Lick and West Baden than he has with the management of the battleship fleet on the Pacific.” Elsewhere in this issue of the Republican is an article from the Martinsville Republican which deals with the subject without calling anyone a “congenial idiot.” and yet In, a way that shows Mr. Taggart to be one of the leading issues of this campaign. We commend its careful reading to every voter. Talk about raisin’ things, my 11mburger cheese is coming up very strong this spring. It’s hard to keep a good thing down. The homelier a man is, the more anxious he seems to be to prove it by having his picture taken every time he gets a chance. Many a financier has found it a costly Job to finance a fiancee.

When a woman canno t tel! the difference between her husband’s fault finding and the dog's growling, it is time some lawyer got a divorce fee. The Rensselaer cook book pubi lished by the ladies of the Presbyterian church, are now on sale at A. F. Long’s drug store, where the 1 ladles selling them can also be supI lied. Picnic Goods —Home Grocery. . . Miss Mae Pettet, who spent the Fourth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I John Pettet, of Walker township, returned to Terre Haute where she is attending the Indiana State Normal It is worthy—Home Grocery. An inventor claims to have discovered a method of making gold dollars from ten-cent pieces. I suppose the game is to get the ten cents. Fruit Jars—Home Grocery. A diplomat is a man who can ’’kid" his wife into keeping the garden free from weeds by bragging about what a fine agriculturist she is. Stained glass In a residence Is all right If the stain stops there.