Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-07

n a"Sh AUVut ouh ViSitViS snis Ucchs
The first man to pay us this week
was Isaiah Hess, OF Argos. and al
though We know that it will make
some OF our delinquent subscribers,
who are about two years behind with
their subscription, feel bad. we shall
have TO chronicle the fact that his
subscription did not expire until Feb.
1879, yet, seeing our announcement
in the REPUBLICAN that We needed
money. he came In and handed us a
two dollar greenback, and now stands
paid until Feb. "a. 1880. II there
were two thousand such men in Mar
shall county, we should not need TO
ask any one for money. We could
make the REPUBLICAN the best county
paper in the United States. Our
county would be noted throughout
the Union for intelligence. morality
and prosperity, aud every man would
feel happier even than the editor.
| Yet we have almost twice that mum
Der OF men In this county who would
be repaid tenfold by paying for their
paper in advance.
Just while we were wondering IL
there were any more such men in the
county, John W. Thomas, one of the
best men and best Republicans in the
United States, walked in, threw down
a greenback md told us he wanted to
pay for another year. When we
opened the subscription book, we
saw that two dollars would pay his
subscription till 1880. "Oh, its all
right he said; Il want to try and
keep my subscription paid in ad-
vance, We hope ere another year
rolls round that we shall have at least
a hundred such subscribers in old,
! benigtted North township. We have
in that township to-day a number OF
the best paying and most intelligent
subscribers in the county. But there
Is another class OF men there-and we
are sorry to say that they are numer-
ous-who have never tried to inform
themselves in regard to the questions
at issue before the country day,
and they were led astray by the
greenback fallacy.
Next comes j. NJ. Cummings, one
OF our prompt paying subscribers
who resides in North township. 1t is
not necessary to say that he Is one of
the fifty who voted the straight Re-
publican ticket in that township,
when we tell you that he set his SUBJ
scrip.ion forward to Jan. /, 1880.
Cummings and Hess and Thomas OF
course stand at the head of the roll OF
| honor for this week.
Then follows A. Wirtz, who resides
down near that town where the larg-
est bundle of@REpUBLIcASs go-the
little town of Argos, where are found
so many nice farms. and such pleas
ant, Intelligent men and women that
it is IA wonder the few exceptions to
this general rule can live there-and
sets the figures opposite his name a
year ahead, and Is gone so quickly
that we hardly realize, but for the
two bright silver dollars In our hand,
! that he bas haap hare
Then for while we write away and
wish that this could be kept up all
week, when fine looking young man
steps into the Office and asks US to
make out the account OF Norman s.
Woodward. 1t Is done, we are sixty
five cents richer, and are informed
that Mr. Woodward wishes his paper
discontinued. Norman will perhaps
never forgive so many OF the people
OF Marshall county for reading the
REPUBLICAN, for we'll he knows that
not one in twenty OF our subscribers
voted the greenback ticket.
Tuesday we had come from dinner,
aud were just getting ready for work,
when a man with slvery locks, a
pleasant face and sparkling eye. en-
tiers the room. He has wo-doller
greenback 10 his hand, which he
handed US. simply saying. "credit me
with this" To US be was a stranger,
but Howard says. Mr.. Halsey," and
we know that We stand ia the pres
ence OF L b. Halsey. an old citizen oil
the county, one or the-best historians
IN the country. and printer OF more
than thirty years ago. Mr.. Halsey
walked to case. took up stick and
rule-something. he Informed US, hs
had done but once before in thirty
years-and set up rapidly and accu.
rately paragraph from copy on the
case. remarking. when he had finished
it. Il have set up the last slickful o
type that 1 shall ever SET Mr.. Hal
: sey recollects wildly the burning oil
|: mill that occurred when he wa'
only two years old, aud can relate the
circumstances attending the life ant
death OF every noted MIN who hal
lived since he was ten years old
Aud while the almost three score
years aud ten that he has lived seen
to him sometimes but short, We
when he rocollects that since tha
time Napoleon, the first. won some o
his most brilliant victories. and think
OF the long list OF kings, emperors, war
riors and statesmen that have LIVED
and passed away. he feels that he ha
seen and known more than falls I,
the lot OF most men. We were fiat
, tered when Mr.. Halsey told US tina
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