Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-16

Rev. Il. Ill. Warning. ofwhnse poetic
talent we might never have known
had IL not been called forth hy our
railroad. Tonight with glad hearts
we repeat his most appropriate poem
i which SAYS:
! Here Willie repeated i'm very
crediiahle manner the poem referred
10, which has already been publish
ed in these columns.
1.-THE merchants Of Knoxville
may their boots need tn be half
soled more frequently than their
| pants"
The merchants being more accus-
| toned to chalkingn than talking,
delegated Rev. Will S. Fraekleton
to respond.
" The A. X. & ID. Company and its
otiicers.n
| Response by the Hon. Manly Gift
ford, President of the Company.
The newspaper--like medicine
|. must be taken sometimes
Mr.. c. L. Nelson, of the Abba
ChtUf, III ISSpoHce Stih
If the President thinks the news-
paper too thin to withstand such n
sentiment rs that without being torn
to pieces, methinks he will find him
self mistaken-the newspaper is too
tough for that. The newspaper like
medicine, must be taken some
times,n indeed 1t seems to me il
| would be nearer correct To say that
the newspaper like the air of heaven
we breathe, is requisite to exist
ence, that is tdke,, As such n matter Of
course, that its blessings are not APP
preciated. | admit, for the sake of
truth-that jewel so highly priced
among newspaper men-that news
paper articles, like the air we breathe,
may sometimes be little Thin. |
admit further that, like the air, the
paper may carry corrupting poison
| far and wide throughout the land--as
for example, when IA great preacher
| is on trial for alleged naughtiness.
Or, like the air, newspaper articles,
may be cloudy and misty, 80 that the
reader may become befogged. Or,
the reader, as when looking into the
sky, may be unable to tell whether
ii is clouds or the clear etheral depths
that battle his VISION.
Whether am correct or not In the
idea that people do not appreciate
newspapers, | am very positive that
they have no Fairbanks scales, half
bushel, yard stick, or Gunter's chain,
or any other standard by which they
ever attempt to ascertain the value
of complimentary newspaper arti-
Gle. 1t l. only when the article is
damaging, and they want the editor
TO pay for It,, that they pretend to
compute its value. Then they readily
compute the value of n half column
article to be from $4,000 to 500, 900.
II they would only measure conpli-
mentary notices with the same
string, what nillionaires newspaper
men would soon become
The welI-fed men of Albia.n
B. +. Yocum responded.
"Perry & Townsend's Opera House
May it often be- filled BIZ as iovial
company of the people of Knox
willie and Atbia.a'
Resp5nse by Judge Townsend.
Col. d. Anderson, President Of the
! meeting made brief address.
The excursionists having failed to
select Committee on Resolutions,
+. G.. Barker, ofthe JOURNAL, offered
the following voluntary resolution in
behalf Of those present from Knox
vile:
hesolced, That we, citizens of
Knoxville, are placed under sach
obligations as We cannot express, To
the people of Abba for the great
pleasures this day and this evening
enjoyed May our future intercourse
with our generous hosts, he a. happy
rs this our first social meeting has
been in every feature. May this be-
the beginning Of friendships which
shall be as lasting as the permanent
line OF comm unication which has
rendered this meeting possible. The
people Of Abba will always find the
latch string out when they visit
Knoxville.
This resolution was adopted with
an unanimous AYE
Mai. G. B. Boydston proposed three
cheers for Abba. They were Justify
given, and responded to by our hosts
with three hearty cheers for Knox
vile.
The meeting then adjourned.
Good -byes" were hastily but cor
daily said, and at 1890 the excur-
sionists repaired to the depot. There
was some delay in getting started,
but in good time they disembarked
at home. In column of resolutions
they could not have given adequate
utterance to the good will they felt
toward the Abba people, and to the
happiness they had experienced with
ihreir generous hosts. All agreed
that the compliment must be re-
turned In kind ~ an early day.
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