Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 26, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 October 1883 — Page 7
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FOR Remember the Place. 1 g . 1 Southwest the S.t., i 'ol. Ave. VA1 ESTABLISHED, The Most Extensive l!AN0 AND ORGAN DEALER la Southern Indian. CATALOGUES FREE. S. V. If you wish to drive hoys from the farm, semi them out to cut green wood at the buck door and tell them they must get up at five o'clock and make a iire for it. Send them to miik ' y lantern light in -the dead of winter" when the cold winds are blowing through the cracks of the barn. Have them drive the cattle to water, and be obliged to chop a hole trough the tee in order to let them drink. Let them carry water the year round up hill from the spring. Have them turn the grindstone for hours "Send them out to pull wool from the dead careas of a sheep when they have to hold the nose with one hand and pull with the other." Make them do all the drugery and disagreeable work fouud to be done on a farm, giving the pleasant work to the hired man. Tell them there is no time to go fishing or hunting. And when you come to your meals, when everthing should be pleasantjend you should have a smile on your face, cry out and say. "We are going: to have a drouth, and we will have to go to the poor house and, '-The season is so wet there will be a failure of crops and I will not be able to pay my' taxes." Fret and scold about every thing that does not go just right. These, and many other things that eonld be mentioned, are driving the sons from the farm The report of First Assistant Postmaster General Ilatton of the operations of the bereau under his charge, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883, has been submitted to the Postmaster General. The report is Tery voluminous, covering 110 pages of foolscap. Mr. Ilatton sta es at the outset, that in no preceeding year have fewer complaints been made concerning the incompetency or dishonesty of postmasters, or delay and confussion in the . delivery and dispatch of mail matter. During the year 3,253 postoffices were established, an increase of 87, and 1,621 were d scontinued; 47,863 postoffices in operation on June 30, an incseasc of 1.632 over the previous year; 8,43 of these offices were filled by Presidental appointments and 45,720 by the Postmaster General. The editor of the Roc kville Tribune, Mr. J. 1 1. Beadle, who visited Iowa during the campaign, makes the following statement: j, ;We observe that temperance papers are assuming that prohibition has carried in Iowa. This is a great mistake. The nominations were made with an ingenious trickery to insure the defeat of prohibit ion, no matter which party carried the State. The republican state canvass was made on a prohiblition platform; but in the an ti -prohibition counties they nominated anti's for the legislature. The democrats took exactly the opposite course, in prohibition counties, to hold prohibition democrats. And both parties quietly assured the Dutch that, happen what might, their wine and beer should not be moldested. Taking a summary of all counties, it was plain before the election that in any event the legislature would either be antiprohibition, or non-committal. Moung's patent heel plates, at W. T. Blairs's. The Bee Hive has a fine line of cashmeres and French worsted diagonals finer than they have ever carried. The cosy Ice Cream Parlor of George Benckert, south of the square, is the place to refresh yourself. "Benekert's ice cream" everybody cats it.
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Gov. Porter recently addressed the following letter to n gentleman pardoned by him from the Southern Prison, that besides sh wing the moral position, is sound advice from his Excellency. After introduction the Gdvernov says: "All your misfortunes have conic from your imprudent indulgence in drink, and none, I am sure, will be fall you in the future, if you shall have firmness to avoid that indulgence. Some men can drink without harm; others cannot do po without being rendered quite nearly insane. You belong, like many other kind gentlemen, to the latter clasSj and your only safety is in total abi stinance. It is hard, wjaen one is in convivial company, wholly to avoid wines and other liquors, when others indulge in them; but where there is a conscious weakness one must be heroic enough to withstand all en treaty. 1 hope you will pass many j happy days with your children, and will constantly be surrounded with true, faithful and helpful friends." Lafavette comes to the front with a prayer cure this week that is calcu lated to make old-time mireaies ; mighty dull reading. Agnes Baiter had been paralized tor eight years, from an attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis, and had become blind. Recently a young lady returned from Jbnrope and brought her tome water from the fountain of our lady of Lourdes 1 hi she has been apply ing and drinking. A nine days' session of praver was inaugurated by i herself and other members of the church. This terminated Saturday morning, when she was removed in an unconscious condition to the i church. She at leugth revived, took communion and instantly she could the and walk unaided. She believes seat prayer did it. It pays to advertise. A Justice of the Peace at Aberdeen, O., has sup ported himself tor many years by marrying runaway couples from Kentucky, and the runaway couples have been gathered in by theSquire's peisistency in keeping his name in the newspapers. Perhaps no adver tisement publ shed in this country is more unique than this, found in the Maysville Republican: "Ho! for Gretna Green. Massie Beasley Matrimonialist, Aberdeen, Ohio. "Persons desiring the nuptial knot tied in the most binding and approved manner will call on the above." In these d:ys when there are so many pension agents, that are frauds and seek only to get the poor soldiers money, whether hi- case is worthy or not, soldiers can not be too careful who they deal with. It is always best to act with a home agent, unless well acquainted with foreign parties. .Joseph Hunter, of Washington, D C is a fafo person for any body to entrust business with. He is a son of our esteemed fellow townsman, Gen. ilunter, and it is said always takes pride in '"workinir 'up" the interests of old veterans ifrom his old home Aionroa county. Two Mormon preachers have made their appearance in Fran1 lin County, the location where two of the same faith were tarred and feathered, and say they have come to stay, and propose to take away with them twenty of the best looking girls in that section who have been partially converted to their faith. They asked to stop over night with a Mr. De Armond. Mr. De Arraond objected and they presisted so in their request that he went out and brought in a corn-knife and told them he would behead them if they did not leave at once. They reluctantly departed.
Last week's Salem Democrat contained the following, evidently written for Bloomington, judging from the way it reades: In the last issue of the Democrat I noticed the following item: "The president of the 'Salem Gossip Club' never looked better than she does just now. She has fire in her eye, and gall upon her tongue, and is evidently intending to make it warm for somebody." There is food for reflection in that statement. The item has reference, I presume, to that social character known throughout the land as Mrs. Busybody. The name is one that has attained considerable celebrity in almost every community. A short sketch of this remarkable lady and her remarkable doings may be of intercut to some. The chief business of Mrs. Busybody is to defame character, to wound the feelings of good people, and to work any and all kinds of mischief against her neighbors. That she is attentive to her
business may be attested by the name she bears. She is indefatigable in her efforts to secure victims, and ! usually very select in her choice. J Portions of little worth and no im : portance are passed by. Ivut let j those who have made a just reputa tion tor truth and veracity; let those who have the friendship and esteem of their neighbors; let those who are rising to positions of honor or trust, be upon their guard. It will hardlv be. possible for anv of these to eseane the venom of her tonsrue. : Mail)" a prouo ucau juls oeen icveieu to the dust, many a noble heart i:; been pierced to the red when lea.-a j expecting anything of that' kind. ; And so it is well to be on guard. ! This work of defamation i all the i more dangerous because it is done us secret. - W hen its progress 1b first i discovered it is then often too hue to check the flame, and one must, stand helpless and see the whole structure go down. The young as well as the old, the weak as well as the strong, arc iu danger. Ifc thus becomes a matter of great importance that we should acquaint ourselves with this character S e should spare no pains to countera t this baneful influence, and if possible exterminate these "busybodies" from the land. It will not be a bard matter to find them. 'I hey have too many traits of character peculiar to themselves for any one to mistake them, 'ihey tell you that if Mr. A., who is supposed to be a wealthy man, would pay his debts, he would not be able to buy a suit of clothes. You are told that Mr. B., Avho treat his wife so kindly out in society, is a regular brute to her at home. If any one Is heard to praise a young lady, it is Mrs. Busybody who shakes her head knowingly and says, "Ah! you don't know what I do; I would hate to tell what I know." It is through her you learn that a certain nice young man in town drinks and gambles. No one else has been able to find it out. If you are a stranger in town you had better let this lady know it, and she will come t you and give you a complete report of the social, financial and moral standing of all the inhabitants. In speaking to her you must say just the opposite of what you mean. She was never known to repeat a conversati n without placing a construction on it entirely different from the original. But perhaps her worst characteristic, after all, is her disposition of trying to. convert others to the faith. Even in small towns there is generally to be found a band of her disciples, of both sexes and of all ages. With careful training these became people after her own heart, and thus the wicked seed is strewn rife all around There are many other traits of character which would serve as a further introduction to the entire society of Busybodies, but it is not necessary to give more. Suffice it to say that among their number are often found those who arc genteel, handsome, and even educated. Some are bold in their nefarious practice, while others "steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil in." Prof. Ho i combe, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has reversed the decisions of his predecessors on an important school law, which provides that only those children whose parents, guardians, of heads of families reside in the school district shall be admitted to any school. The former decission of State Superintendents seemed to ignore the last term, "heads of families," as having a distinctive meaning aside from a legally appointed guardian. Under Professor Holcombe's decision all those children whose parents arc living out of the State, or who have to support themselves here, are now admitted to free schools. There are many cases of worthy ch'ldren who have neither parents nor legal guardians in the State who heretofore have been denied the right of free schools on a mere technicality of law. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Worley & May will close their partnership in the livery business on the 1st of November, 1883, All persons indebted to us will please call and settle up. All creditors will present their claims before the above date.
GROCERY The Cream Flour is the Finest Flour made. The Cream Flour make the Whitest Bread. The Cream Flour makes the Lightest Bread. The Cream Flour makes the Bestest Breod. Buy the Cream Flour. Try the Cream Flour. You will be satisfied and buy no other. For sale at the Bee Hive Grocery. Extra Family Flour, 65 cents per sack. Try it.
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