The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, January 11, 1909, Image 3
J 4 I I ' "V IhePIantbehindtheSuif ii MBml MSI A-.TT III T I -- L i vrsw rjar i- v.:.v.wy f :i';'.V' ' "'''V r ?-'-v-J ;;.V,.,,.'-'.,;.': M'. t. on ni 1 "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. UHn nn nn 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 i I . . . . . wm m I J nn 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.