The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-25
LETTER FROM NEWTON.
Pod Augers-IwPrOvememts-NeWR Bank
"A Party in the Community, etc.
NEWToN. july 2l. 1873

NEWTON, July Z1s 1910.
EDITOR NEWS: In the "good old
times" when you were very small
boy and wore nankeen trowsers
buttoned on to a waist, and tripped
through the woods sans coat, sans
shoes, and sans almost everything
else except health apd good humor;
in those haioyon days-I believe
that is what they call 'em-if man
wanted to bore two-inch hole in a
board or post or anything of the
kind he first took ten-penny nail
and drove it though the board and
then taking a "Pod Anger" he
went through q twisting and boring
process until he finally succeeded in
getting his hole as large as he want
ed it, That was the "pod anger
system" Most people have quit
making two inch holes in this man.
ner, and would call the t'old way"
pokey; but there are few of the
cold timers" left. The "pod anger,
system still has its adoocates even in
the live town of Newton.
These pod augers are the chaps
who don't believe in progress, and
who sigh for the good old days, etc.
The trouble is that they were born
about tive geperatinna too late.
They were evidently intended Cor
the times of Cromwell. The broad
ness and thickness of their skulls
eminently fits them for the whack-
ing his soldiers used to get, These
fellows always frown down upon
all movements towards the making
of public improvements, opening
graded schools, etc. The sooner
the whsle "kit and bilin" Is gather
ed unto the fathers the better it will
be for the country.
A lot of these seventy-sixers de-
feated mill proposition here a few
weeks since, and the result is that
we pay six dollars per hundred for
-four, when if we had a mill we
could get 1t for about four. Another
shining example of the beauty
of keeping a close watch at
the spigot while the bunghole
is wide open and spflliEg at a
fearful rate. Good business men
generally invest their loose capital
where they see prospect of realiz-
ing two or three hundred per cent.
These anti quated fossils bury it
away where it yields no return
Whate yer. If you have any of
these remnants of long past age
in your beautiful young city, it
would be good plan to organize
few quiet and respectable funerals
and have these take the leading
characters. Despite the efforts of
these croakers to throw cold water
on every scheme to enhance the |
prospects of our town and county,
we are surely and rapidly improv-
ing; new buildings are being erect
ed; streets being graded, and on
every hand evidences of prosperity
can be seen. Main street has lately
been graded fir I'm end to end, gut
tiers have been constructed on all |
the streets, the streets them selves
cleaned up and everything looks as
tidy as you please. Ground has
been broken on the corner of Main
and Fifth streets preparatory to the
speedy erection of two-story brick
block. The lower floors will be
used for business purposes, and the
upper story viii be made into a
arge and handsome hall, and will
be occupied by the Odd + Fellows and
Afasons as q lodge room. John
Reese, Esq, Lite of D Ellington, Wis
sonsin, Is The wide awake gentle
nan who has made purchase of the
ground and proposes to put up the
building. He is gentleman of /
considerable means and is chuck .
lull of vim aud go-ahead-itiYeness.
We gladly welcome him to our
hFivlng Yong city in the great Ar
,aDsas valley, and will endeavor TO !
Ise him so kindly that he will make
very effort to induce other Badgers
0 come 10 the Great West and help
IS make Kansas what she was in
ended by he great maker of the
niYerse 10 be, THE State of the
Union.
Muse 4 Spiyey, the live agents +
Or the sale of the railroa! COM ].
any's lands here, lately built q very
omnodious dining hall on Main !,
rect at tie railroad crossing. It
III be occupied by CoIgrove Y
.usseli, who viii giKe .hs travelling 4
qblic such delightful and plentiful 3
Gals that those who eat AZ their q
aslsery will do nothing for the e.