St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 March 1891 — Page 1

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VOLUME XVL MOSES’ MEEKNESS. Moses, we are 'told in all candor, w r as a very meek mfm, the meekest of all men. If we remember correctly, we read somewhere words to that effect; not only that, but that Moses wrote them himself. To say nothing of the egotism of an individual who writes in high terms of laudation of himself, we pass on to examine into his meekness. We understand meekness to mean: Mild of temper; not easily provoked or irritated; gentle; yielding. Specifically, submissive to the divine will; patient and gentle from moral and religious motives. Webster’s definition of meekness. Moses was the meekest of all men. Moses, it seems, was called up on Mount Siuai by the Almighty that he might give to him the law and the commandments, all of which required a space of forty days and forty nights, and, without bread or water. Aaron had been left in the valley below in charge of the Israelites, several thousand. On account of the long air sense of Moses the Israelites thought that he bad died and therefore requested Aaron, Moses’ brother and a priest, to make them an image that they might worship. Aaron complied by melting their jewelery and moulding it into a calf. This was done just about the time that Moses was ready to descend from the mount with the tables of stone on which were written the ten commandments with the finger of God. At this time the Lord saw that the people below were worshiping a golden calf, and he grew angry and said to Moses, "Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them: and, I will make of thee a great nation.” Now there was a promise made to Moses by the Almighty that if he (Moses) would let him alone he would make a great nation of him. The Lord was angry and wanted to consume the people. Moses, however, agreeably to his disposition, wanted his own way about the matter’ and gave the Lord quite a lecfarte in the emrxke.’’trPMhmlm. ' iTie"'' following serifencc occurred: “Turn from thy tierce wrath, and repent of this evil (as if the Lord would do evil) against thy people. At the end of which instructions we find the following sentence: “And the Lord repented of the EVIL which he thought to do unto the people.” Then Moses started down from the mount with the tables of stone, which the Bible says: “Were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables.” • Moses, having dictated to the Lord until he succeeded in getting him to repent of his intention to do evil unto the people, went down into the valley, and when he saw the golden calf which his brother bad constructed, grew angry: “Moses’anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his bands, and brake them beneath the mount.” Is that a manifestation of meekness? What more? “And he took the calf which they bad made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, (meekness) and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel to diink or it!” What else? “Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, who is on the Lord’s side? let HIM comeunto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from every gate throughout the camp, and slay every 7 man bis brother, and -every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.” And the children of Levi and there fell of the people that dav about three thousand men. ” Here we have the meekness of Moses manifested in a superlative degree. After persuading God to abandon the idea of the wholesale slaughter of these poor, ignorantJsraelites, Moses goes down, smashes the tables of stone and then sacrifices the lives of three thousand men to appease his—meekness! Numbers, chap, xii., ver.3: “Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.” Now this verse occurs in the part of the Bible called the Pentateuch, and which it is firmly maintained was written by Moses himself. Suppose that in seven hundred years after the death of the writer, when -he i is happy in receiving his reward at the | right hand of the lAm for the many I good things he did while in the flesh, a manuscript should be found said to ■ have been written by himself, and in Which copy would occur the following, “Now the man Endley was very meek, above all the men which were upon the

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face of the earth!” and in the same copy it should appear that among the first things he did after arriving at the age of maturity was to commit a foul murder, bury his victim in thousand and run away from the counti • in which he had been reared, and that he had carried sway’ up and down the land for ninety years leading hundreds of ignorant followers, yea, even forcing them to commit wholesale slaughter of thousands upon thousands of his countrymen, and not only that, but carrying bis depredations, without a ghost of an excuse, to the extent of murdering thousands of infants, what would be thought of his statement that he was the meekest of men ! Why don’t we bear something from that wonderful Walkerton coal mine?— Plymouth Republican. Can’t you never be satisfied? Didn’t you hear enough about it last fall? It has been said that wonders would never cease, and it begins to look as if the statement was a truism. Some of the papers in Indiana have actually begun to talk favorably of Dave Turpie for the p resid ency! The fight of ’92 will be Blaine vs. Cleveland.—Macy Monitor. Thanks. That very thing has been worrying us like smoke. Now that we know just how it’ll be removes a great weight from our massive brain. We find the following in the South Bend Times. “Now examine your young trees carefully and see what insects have tucked themselves away for the winter.” The Times must be turned tother end to; thinks it’s the fall of the year, and so on. Bless you, insects don’t tuck themselves away in the spring of the year. You don’t know anymore about farming than Horace Greely did. One of our valued exchanges, the St. Peter (Minn.) Tribune, has been telling all along about the sleighing parties out I <re. We haven't seen a sleigh o» THrrr of-bobs this wlhlorl^WKat kindof a.country have you? Later.—Since the above was put in type sleds have made their appearance. You needn’t answer the question. A backbiter will do a vast amount of injury in any community. Somehow there is a peculiar degree of boiled down wickedness about this class of people. They love to fabricate. They are usually cowards and always untruthful. One such mischievous busybody can do more harm in one day than ten good men can do good in a month —Westville Indicator. A man named West was hanged last Friday at Washington, Pa., having been convicted of murder solely on circumstantial evidence. He was carried to the gallows strapped on a plank. The rope broke in the first attempt, and he fell to the ground. He was again carried to the scaffold, the rope re-adjust-ed, all of which required three, minutes time, and the drop again sprung, the rope this time stretching six inches. But they managed to worry the life out of him finally. Don’t be foolish enough to drive to competing towns for your hardware, tinware, stoves, etc., now because the William-s-& Henderson store burned down. Walkerton has two-tuffemlid-hardware stores left, and both conducted by men who know the wants of the people. You can get anything in Walkqnd at prices just as satisfactory as in any town within twenty-two miles of here, now mind that. So you are perfectly safe in keeping right on coming to Walkerton to buy your hardware. We will take almost anything except contumely, cussing or the opinions of two-fer men on subscription. Corn, cabbage, cotton, cattle or crackers; potatoes, parsnips or peanuts; hams, hen fruit or horses; lands, lumber or town lots; milk, mush or merchandise. Come in and see us whether you want to subscribe or not. We are worth looking at for pastime. Then you might give us some valuable points about running a paper. ’Now we are done, and you can go ahead with your rat-killing, but don’t forget that the Enquirer is $1,50 per year and is your friend and will love you when you are old and ugly and everybody else hates you.—Bremen Enquirer. It would seem from the above that Cal Sinninger, editor of the above paper, is a pleasant gentleman with whom to do business, and that everbody in that vicinity who likes a racy newspaper certainly ought to be able to raise town lots enough to pay for at least one year’s subscription to the Enquirer.

LOCAL BRIEFS. The Stephens Store Co. took in 1,600 bushels of wheat on Monday, March v. Dr. M. A. Schutt, of LaPorte, is to open dental parlors in this city—Michigan City Appeal. The firm of Brubaker & Grider is! in the procession. As an evidence of-the truth of the statement, see the fiuff’s large advertisement in this issue Independent. ’ ,■- c Come to Walkerton to trade. ^e : have excellent merchants who carry complete stocks, and who are pleasant gentlemen with whom to do business. See their advertisements in this paper. The jingle of sleigh-bells was heard in this place on last Tuesday for the first time this winter. The sleighing was not very extra, but a few cutters were brought into service, nevertheless. Eggs are getting down where a feller can afford to use one once in a while to settle his coffee. —Middlebury Independent. What worries ns is to get the cmTee. Our nearest neighbor has very industrious hens. It is amusing to every now and then hear one who has taken a cold, with all seriousness remark that they have the “grip,” look wise and imagine that they have well and truly defined their malady. Those very individuals, previous to the epidemic of la grippe last winter and before they had ever beard of such a disease, under the same circumstances, would just as positively assure you that they were “bilious.” After two disastrous fires Walkerton begins to think of securing some system of water works. Come up ami examine the New Carlisle system. It is the best in the world for villages.—New Carlisle Gazette. Many th^aks for your kindly*offer. - We respect fully deeG^v, inasmuch as your system woitld not answer our purpose. When yo^i come to talking about “villages” Walkerton s awav, way out of sight. The grip is getting in its work in serious fashion at Jas. C. Eberhar t’s house, where four members are down with it. Numerous other eases are reported around town. —Mishawaka Enterprise. Don’t you believe it, so’’. La Grippe is essentially an epidemic disease. Isolated cases of true la grippe do not occur. Its true name is Epidemic Bronchitis, due to a special cause, which affects whole communities simultaneously,or in quick succession. There are many cases of ordinary bronchitis which so closely simulate the epidemic variety that many are led to cry “lagrippe.” Don’t let them fool you that way, Brother Jernegan. A terrible cutting affray took place in the northern prison one day last week in wtiich a convict, John Stambaugh from Legal sport, nearly cut to pieces Edward Carroll from Peru. Stumbaugh was locked up to await the result of his cowardly attack. It was thought at the time that Carroll would die, in which event, Stumbaugh would be pardoned and tried for murder. The affray occurred while the convicts "Tvere marching in a row to their work, and what seems strange io the balance of the convicts Mood by powerless to interfere, which Seems to We snot as we understamf V from reading the Appeal. , „ . Bremen is all aglow with the idea of starting a beet sugar factory. Last Saturday the town issued a four page four column circular devoted almost entirely to the discussion of beet culture. A meeting was called which appears to have been quite largely attended by farmers all of whom expressed a willingness to take stock and engage in the business. An enterprising farmer not long since wrote an article for this paper setting forth the advantages in this locality in favor of beet culture, and urging that steps be taken to at least investigate the matter and see if enough could be interested in the enterprise to make a move in that direction. But the matter fell flatter than a buckwheat pancake made of shorts, (which Walkerton has been compelled to use this winter.) We don't believe ■ that two out of every temwho read the article could have told in twenty minutes afterwards whether it was the sugar beet or dead-beat that they had been reading about. Brace up and have some life about you.

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY ENTERTAINMENT. The annual Washington’s Birthday entertainment of the Grammar department of the Walkerton schools was given on last Saturday evening at Benders Hall to a crowded house, and if one may judge by the generous applause following each number, the entertainment was grertly enjoyed. The hall and stage were appropriately decorated F m ilic national emblems and the G. A. R. boys attended in a body. Praise is due each member of the youthful committee and especially to the chairman, Miss Maud Ewing, who announced the numbers in a graceful, self-posessed manner, besides charming all by her pure contralto voice in the several vocal numbers which she rendered. Maud Rensberger, Vesta Leibole, May McDaniel, Wilson Groshans and others sang well while some of the recitations were exceptionally good. The closing number was the cantata, Fairy-Land, which was given with good effect by a whole stage full of pretty girls in appropriate costume. The following is the program in full: PROGRAM. Opening Song, America, By School Biography of Washington, Maude Moore When the Old Flag was New, Effie Beall Instrumental Music, Vesta Leibole Song, Down the Shadowed Lane She Goes, Maude Ewing A Legend of Bregenz, Anna Quirk Instrumental Music, Dora Conrad Song, An Old Ruled Picture, Mande Rensberger, Laura Groshans Kentucky Bell, Mary Mason Song, Sweet Alpine Roses, Mande Rensberger Instrumental Music, Laura Groshans Song, Marching Through Georgia, By School Song, When the Golden Morn will Dawn, Mande Moore Carmelita, Ella Holliday Song, Maggie the Cows are in the Corr, Maude Ewing Instrumental Music, Maude Rensberger & S. ug r Ah There, Stay There Jn«ie Robbins Song. Dreaming, Vesta Leibole Driving Home the Cows, Maude Brown Grandma's Beau, Irena lachholtz Song, I Whistle and Wait for Katie, Vesta Leibole What a Woman Can Do^ Wilsbr^.G. >shans Song, When the Whippoorwill m Singing, Maude Ewing John Burns of Gettysburg, Loula Braden Instrumental Music, Maude Ewing Remarks, Chairman of Committee Fairy Land, a Cantata, By School BOTH PRACTICE IT. The Post has been amused considerably of late, in reading the spasms of virtuous indignation with which the republican papers of Indiana are so freely sprinkled. And, it is all about the redistricting of the State, too. They charge the democrats with having “gerrymandered” the State in such an outrageous manner that a republican will not be permitted to take anything, unless it be the privilege of taking to the swamp, at a congressional election. 1 This is refreshing, considering that ’ the democrats charged the republicans ■ with a similar “outrageous gerrymand--1 er” ten years ago. That the republicans I endeavored to “fix” the districts then t so that their democratic brethren would • have permanent headquarters “in the 5 soup,” cannot be questioned, but the > trouble was that the uncertain quantity ^Railed a voter, would not stayq “fixed,” unless in “bToLI-r- 'oTT^y^d'd mo-s yeum * the case it seems to the Post th|f^| 1 republican brethren of the press qy ■ to partake of their own medicine with more composure. 'lhe fact of the matter is, that one party is about as fond of the gerrvmandering legerdemain as the other, and they both practice it whenever they get opportunities to do so. The democrats happen to be “on top” in Indiana, but in other states the republicans are floor managers, and dancing a similar political jig to that which is giving their Indiana brethren such a severe attack of the colic.—South Bend Post. Ely Shuttle Rag Carpet Loom. ' Having purchased one of Newcomb's patent looms I am prepared to do weaving on short notice. Guarantee as good work as can be done on any rag carpet. Loom can weave 75 yds or more in one piece. One-fourth mile north of B. & O. depot. Mrs. Madge Strother. Wait!. Don’t buy nursery stock until you see me. I will be in Welkerton some time in April with a car-load of first-class warranted stock, which will be sold at greatly reduced prices. J. H. Buck.

W Closing Out Sale Being over-loaded with inter Goods, and wishing to convert same into money I offer until MARCH 1, 1891, 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT, FOR CWT - * Ou all Goods, in my stock, except A.... Rubber Goods, Knit Boots and Worsted Suits, and on those 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT. I mean just what I say, come and see for ' ourselves. The above discount will be given Regardless of Cost I Which will reduce many goods to COST, and some to less than COST. T. J. WOLFE. Fifteen Different styles of Heating Stoves! Can now be seen in stock at ROSS & BOSE’S HARDWARE STORE. Chief among onr large and splendid assortment is the Radiant, Home and Splendid coal stoves, and the Splendid base heater wood stove. . Gur line of Cooh Stoves consist of the very best grades in 1 the market. .Among these is the ! PRIZE STANDARD! ’ We carry a fall and complete line of Hardware, Taints, Oil ( 1 and brushes, Oil Cloth Tugs, carpenter's tools, cutlery and 3 GUMS AND AMMUNITION. ■v Hoping to be favored uhth a share of your patronag ivs nectfu I ly, Ml 6ue-j Qfuoiuv S u» ..., . ! • ‘ u qwotf P^ußj-q Jq3 m p W B siuiod jo > — n/pMOMstAiauMnu-nc bim biuiSjia oqu e FRY-DOUGHERTY BLOCK. Jnoj ' - - —T -‘ ’ At ENDLY’S DRUG STORE. Books, fi Stationery, ■ Notions, &c. ff JeWm at J. HOLY'S DRUG STORE, ft 'ft

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