The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, January 11, 1909, Image 3

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"TEMPERANCE IN
LOUISVILLE"
Young Man Badly Injured at Weep
ing Water
Weeping Water, Neb., Jan. 8.
A frightful accident happened here to
day to Albert Carter, adopted sou of
W. W. Carter. Albert was engaged
In throwing out several sticks of
dymanlte when in some unexplained
W"WSSHHHHM;H-H way the dynamite exploded 1th tre-
Poem Written by Miss Dupie
Frater for W. C. T. U.
DYNAMITE
EXPLOSION
ill
Aro Always
fho Cheapest!
The following poem wa3 written for the.W. C. T. U. enter
tainment given at the A. O. U. W. hall on December 4, 1908, and
read to a large and appreciative audience by the author, Miss Dulcia
Frater. We, the members of the W. C. T. U., wish to say that
every word of it is true, that we believe that every town or city that
tries Louisville's plan will Join with her in saying that It is far bet
ter, both financially and morally, and we believe our voters will see
to It that Louisville stays dry. Will other papers please copy.
TKMl'EKAXCE IX LOUISVILLE.
A great deal of the product of the still
Was once dispensed In Louisville.
Street scenes were vile and rough.
Loafers on the corners, most always tough;
A lady passing down the street,
Many drunken men had to meet.
The unscreened doors disclosed
Men seated at tables, at cards disposed.
Some lounging and tippling, night and day,
An offense to all who passed that way.
Our boys learned to gaze without surprise,
At scenes not fit for youthful eyes.
The things they witnessed upon the street,
To their friends they hastened to repeat,
Then sought a convenient and secluded lot,
And practiced these things upon the spot,
And the boy who could' not hold his own,
The others, his friendship would disown.
To smoke, to swear, to drink, to chew,
These were the things they learned to do.
Unknown to those to whom they were dear,
But well known to others far and near.
In lying and deceiving they also were wise,
Though they seemed dear Innocents in their mother's eyes.
But therre came a time when all was revealed,
Misdemeanors could no longer be concealed;
And, though dad scolded, and mother shed tears,
Convinced not their youth of tender years..
They considered dad a fogy, and mother a dear,
While as for themselves there was nothing to fear.
Then we elected a board on election day,
And an ordinance was passed without delay,
That every saloon must close up tight Its door
And keep It closed for ever more.
Drunken brawls and hoodlums our streets must disappear
That our children become not Imbibers of ale and beer. . . '
And so many Louisville families rejoice today,
That father now brings home his pay,
That he walks the streets with head held high
And greets his friends as he passes them by
With the old fearless manhood as of yore,
E'er he had entered a bar room door
There is food In the pantry, store room and cave,
Everyone Is happy and helping to save,
To pay off the debt as fast as they can,
On the house they bought on the installment plan;
And though cold winds may blow and tempests roar,
The wolf troubles no more that house door.
mendous force. The calf of the left
leg was torn away, the right leg badly
cut by splinters of wood and pieces of
tin, and the right arm badly lacer
ated. He is In a critical condition.
Physicians were at once called and
the wounds dressed. Such was the
force of the explosion that the win
dows on two sides of the house were
completely shattered and doors
thrown from their places. The shock
was felt for a distance of half a mile
from the scene. Mr. Carter stood but
a few feet away. He was thrown to
the ground and his face cut by fly
ing splinters. Mrs. Carter was at
the well about fifteen feet away but
was uninjured. Friends are giving
such assistance as they can. Mr,
Carter is about twenty-two years old.
"BUCKS IN
TIMBER"
ill
Copytil.l 1907
The Houae o I Kuppc jeunec
Chicago
Buy an Overcoat
Ml
We are selling all our fine new
Overcoats at 10 and 20 percent
discount. These are bonifide
reductions from prices that are
marked in plain figures on the
tickets. No jewing, no jockey
ingstrictly first-class goods at
less than you can buy them any
where. Warm Mittens, Gloves,
Caps and Underwear at invit
ing prices.
0 EE.
WESCOTTS
SONS
"Where Quality Counts."
Correct in every particular.
Correct in Weave; Correct in
Workmanship: Correct in
es. and always Correct in
.. .lab - - .
Prices. Such are the goods 4 Sons have reformed and are buying nomes ioo,
' - - IT Unnnirlntr O n1 f VinV inpm II II IIHH IIHW.
van hP tnnnrt at our store. - .
-w " ' I I t I nManmllra onri vartl
r,veryminK m ucius auu r Buylng potatoes, flour and lard,
iSOy S Keaay-tO- Wear lOin- f Laying In cord after cord of wood,
t TS ' LVJ IT . .1 1.. A nnt
Proving wunoui liquor mey cu ouicij uioc guuu.
There is work to do, and though In numbers we are few,
You can replace evil conditions by those good and new.
Make temperance your object; strive to dash down the cup,
From each and every hand that seeks to lift it up.
Do away with the grog shop, brewery and still,
And redeem your town as we have Louisville.
ing ana r urnisnings.
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PUTTSMOUTH, - NEBRASKA
'MjW1 i1 '1' i '1' 1' '1"'"
Drank Embalming Fluid.
From Saturday' Dally.
Last Friday a crowa una gmucicu
at the raffling room In the back part
of W. L. Hobson'a under taking
Make Merry at Celebration at Rock
Bluffs Christmas
King Hill, Jan. 6, 1909.
Mr. Editor: The Bucks in the
Timber were disappointed because
your paper did not give an account
of the Christmas entertainment at
Rock Bluffs. We think it should be
mentioned In the best paper In the
I county.
Miss Porter of Mynard is the
teacher and in the absence of a Sun
day school she drilled the public
school children and gave a fine en
tertalnment. The tree wa.t.flne and
well filled with presents for all the
children and some of the older ones
Our Worthy King Snipe, George
Smith was chosen to act as Santa
Claus and he did himself proud. For
his trouble he received a stocking
supposed to have been worn by Gov
ernor Sheldon the day before election
(It was very large), well filled. For
lack of space we cannot mention the
contents except a goat, a female goat,
to all appearances In fine condition to
furnish the milk for the next oyster
supper.
Miss Nettle Smith, the Queen of
the lodge, gave an account of the
meeting at Louie Kohrells for the
benefit of anxious people. Among
other things she said: "It was a
high toned party, all the Bucks of
the Timber being there. There was
Mary Bennett and Wess, Bud Fitch
and Jess, from Coon Hollow, Mrs.
Splott and Bill from the cross
roads; Mrs. and Mrs. Patterson and
a good many others. Mrs. Patterson
had her hair done up In scrambled
eggs and wore a dress of plain
corded bed tick. Mark White wore
a new second hand swallow-head
coat; Fred Patterson wore a watch
chain made of the tall of the cow
that kicked Chicago. They had
dances, squawdrllls, blind man's
snuff. Wess Bennett got up to make
..1.1 ,,; ,;, i,i,l.,i1jl.(.l,,H,ii,,l m a apcech and said: "I am here,"
then he walked off on his ear. Mrs
Mark White brought her baby; the
WORK ON
CROSSING
Progress Slow on Account of Spring
and Cold Weather
WHEN THE KETTLE SINGS
it'a i atari of coal satisfaction. ; Want
la hear, the music In your kitchen?! rooms and among the crowd was Del
Kmt order com irom idu omce ana Augtin who had been Indulging quite
riArMfthm. it! Mual In few thought It was full of whiskey and so
, , . Int.lfAH
Placet . . . jiook a anna,. ,n w ui.cu
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tne jug coniainea sumo vi .mi.
. .. ti m
son s embalming iiuiqb, . iurminuc-
hyde. , Will Austin, a brother, was
present and when he saw what his
brother had done be Immediately
summoned Dr. Dlhel who adminis
tered a hypodermic and strychnine.
It took some hard work to bring him
through but after a time he came out
of it and la now feeling all right. No
doubt Del will be more careful In the
future what he drinks. Eagle Beacon.
J. V. EGEtlBERGEIt,
rUTOKOUTH. - KBWSW
DostTimotoSoo
tho Southvost
Every first and third Tues
day of each month, low-priced
homeseeker'a excursions are
run over the lines of the : : :
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Into the rich and resourceful
farming regions of the Sout h
west It is a splendid chance
for the Northern and Eas
tern farmer, after his wheat
is cathered. to combine a
pleasure and propecting trip.
Write for rates and literature to
HUGH NORTON, Agent
M. P. Ry., riattamouth, Neb.
A Hudden Change.
From Saturday'! Dally.
Rev. J. II. Salsbury was this morn
Ing relating to the reporter an In
stance of the remarkable change of
temperature which are Incident to
different sections of the country, clt
Ing as an Instance the recent cold
snap, lie was in receipt or a leuer
from his father-ln-law, Mr. Downing,
mention of whoHe recent visit was
made In the Journal, from Missouri
In which that gentleman states that
one day the farmers were ploughing
In their fields and the air wus like
spring and tho next day the ther
mometer registered fourteen degrees
below zero. This is a radical change
and ono calculated to discourage
man with the climate but the same
thing was true in many sections of
the country.
Saloon Changes Hands.
Wm. Barclay has disposed of his I sweetest little baby with a hose like
saloon business at Cedar Creek to a chestnut (the baby can't help that)
Andrew Thompson who has been for Its head was as large as a baseball
some time past bartender for him I (the baby cannot help that) ,it
there. Thompson Is now In posses-1 crawled to the slop pall and fell in
slon and Mr. Barclay is no longer in-1 and choked on a potato akin. At
tcreatcd In the concern. , The new! supper they had cakes and pigfeet,
proprietor la quite well known both onion pic, etc. Mrs. Hunger at so
I In that locality and In this city and I hearty she got sick and Louie said
bears an excellent reputation as a she had the colic. She tried to eat a
business man and a saloon man. The I mince pie with a tooth brush in It.
consideration for the transfer Is not I We understand that Roy Hutche-
stated. This leaves Mr. Barclay I son wanted to become a member of
with the saloon in this city as his the Bucks of the Timber. He is wll
only business Interest, he having re-ling to be the official pass bearer
cently disposed of his restaurant bus-1 After Miss Wattle's speech a con
lness here. I versatlon was overheard between her
and Carl Hunger. "Carl," she raur
mercd, with a tremor In her voice
"didn't you tell me once that you
would be willing to do any act of
heroism for my sake?" "Yes, Mat
tie, and I gladly reiterate that Btate
ment now," he exclaimed In confident
tones. "Well, Carl, I want you to
do something really heroic for mo.'
"Speak, darling, what Is It?" "Ask
Work on the undergrade crossing
of the Burlington at the foot of Main
street is progressing as well as could
be expected, considering the unfav
orauio circumstances which sur
round the workers. Some time since
the presence of a large spring under
the ground was spoken of and this
spring Is giving the workmen no end
of trouble. It has broken out afresh
and as a result, the men are compel
led to wade about In a mixture of
water and dirt bIx or eight inches In
depth. This is not very pleasant
weather to have to handle such
mess but it must be done. This is
one of the things which are holding
the work back. This morning teams
with slip scrapers were engaged try
ing to get ooze out of the hole but
were not succeeding very fast. This
puddle Is at the bottom of the exca
vatlon where the floor of the crossing
Is to go and there will doubtless
have to be piling driven there to af
ford a foundation. On the incline to
the crossing the ground is frozen and
this has to be chopped out with axes,
making this part of the work slow
and tedious. On the whole the work
men are doing the best they can with
conditions as they are. It had been
hoped to have the work done before
teams began . crossing the tracks,
hauling Ice this winter but .this is
now manifestly impossible. Ice haul
ing has begun and the crossing Is
very far from completion. With so
many working around the crossing,
however, there is little llkllhood of a
team being caught on it, however.
From present Indications It will be
several months before the work. Is
finished. It must be said for the
Burlington that they are doing a good
ob and the concrete which is being
put into the place Is of high grade
and will stand the test of time. The
true value of this crossing will pot
fully be realized by the people of this
city until It is finished and In opera
tion.. It Is valuable to the railroad
company but more so to the people of
the city who have been risking their
lives and property over it for many
years.
Ho Hiin Kneads.
The following from a leading news
paper In North Dakota will bo appre
ciated Just at this time: "It is re
ported that ono of the fastidious la
dles In a neighborhood town kneads
bread with her gloves on. This In
cident may be somewhat peculiar but
there are others. Tho editor of this
paper needs bread with his shoes on.
he needs bread with his Bhlrt on. He
also needs bread w ith his pants on and
unless some of his delinquent sub
scribers to this "OUlRag of Freedom"
pay up before long he will need
bread without a blamed thing oh
and North Dakota is no Garden of
Eden in the winter time.
CRAZY BY
DRINK
nosarth to Penitentiary.
From Saturday's Dally.
Sheriff Quinton this morning
departed for Lincoln having In charge
Matt Bozarth, recently sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for tho mur
der of James Dyer at Greenwood.
Bozarth was handcuffed but seemed
to evince no particular interest in
tho proceedings aside from a gener-1 me to be your wife, we have been
al nervousness. He looks very poor- fooling long enough."
ly, being very thin and emaciated,
the natural sallowness of his face be
ing accentuated by several months'
growth of heavy black beard.
Mrs. W. M. Wiley from east of
Murray was In the city today looking
after business and while here called
at the Journal office and renewed her
subscription for the paper for an
other year. In addition to her own
Mrs. Wiley paid tho subscription of
Mr. F. M. Jenkins at Hamburg.
Okla., for a year. Mrs. Wiley bad
a very cold ride to the city from her
farm.
'Tin True,
Some of the pnpers are awakenln
to the rotten facilities In vogue at
Pacific Junction, and are protestln
against tho distance between tho de
pot and tho actual Junction. They
might go further and protest agalnHt
tho lack of accommodation between
the K. C. and tho Burlington trains
Red Oak Express.
For Kent.
An excellent 4 room cottage. 8ee
Johnnlo Halt, at the meat market
A Close Shave.
A funny Incident . occurred this
morning at the depot before the
crowd which was waiting for No. 19
to leave. . As la usual No, 6 had
come In and done Its work at the
depot, backing up In the yards for
19 to clear. No. 19 ran past the
crossing and the dopot and onto the
westbound main track to let No.
out. One of the men engaged in
scraping the mud from the new cross
Ing bclloved that he had plenty of
time after No, 6 pasBcd to cross the
tracks before No. 19 backed up. He
got along all right until he reached
the track wheu his scraper caught In
the rail. As No. 19 was backing up
at a pretty good gait, the driver be
canio alarmed for his horses which
were standing on the track and began
shouting and dancing around them
llko a real live, red man. Fortu
nately ono of tho men working on the
crossing saw his predicament and
running to his aid, dumped the
scraper, letting the team clear the
train. It was really a close shav
for both the man and the team, but It
was funny nevertheless.
Alleged Insane Man Mostly Troubled
By Tremens
Geo. Bueltcon, the alleged Insane
man. whom Sheriff Quinton appre
hended a few days since at Geo,
Hlld'B west of the city, has been
languishing In Jail ever since. Sher
iff Quinton got into communication
with his relatives, he having a broth
er at a small town out In the state,,
and found that the real trouble with
the man-was an excess of John Bar
leycorn. His brother telephoned the
sheriff that he did not care to do
anything with him as he had at vari
ous times, done everything In his
power to break him of the booze habit
but without success, and he asked the
sheriff to send him to the Asylum
where he could be Keeieyized. As the
man was not a resident of the county,
the sheriff replied that would not be
done as the county did not care to
take the expense upon Itself which,
that meant. The brother told him
to let Buelteon lie In jail until he
sobered up and came to. He said
that drinking had always affected
George that way, he never could un
derstand it, but it was a fact that
after a prolonged drinking bout
George always saw things and had
fits and he had usually come out
all right after the its wore off. II
was at a loss to know why It was but
this was always so. In view of tk
brother's statement , the sheriff
decided , to, let., the gentleman
occupy a couch 'in the Hotel de Man-
speaker until such a time as his de
lusions bad vanished. It might be
added that George the other evening
became cbsessed of the Idea that
was a man In thetsgotGeotbteSraher
there was a man In the stovepipe, and
that he needed help. To aid the un
fortunate George tore the pipe dowa.
He was eventually convinced that his
Idea was wrong but It required some
hard talk.
For Kent.
A six room house In good repal
to rent. Inquire of John II. Decker,
Getting The Host of Them.
It Is evident that the country mer
chants are getting the best of the
mall order situation. The merchanta
saw their trade going from them
gradually and began looking around
for some way to counteract It. And
they have discovered a way by let
ting the people know that they can
Bell with Just as much, If not more
advantage to tho customer, than any
mail order house on earth. In other
words, the country merchants found
out that tho mall order houses could
not exist without the liberal uso ot
printer's Ink, and when the country
merchant's began the same uso of
printer's Ink, he met the mall order
house on Its own ground and floored
him. Ex.
Eat at Hatt & Osborn's restaurant,
the best place In town.