Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-19
4 Church Member who Objected TO.
"Yankee Doodle" Tunes.
New Albany dnd Ledger standard.


yankee Doodle" Tunes.
New Albany (lnd Ledger standard
For some time past the Park Chris,
tian Church people have been arranging
to have placed in their building nice,
well-toued, beautiful organ. The young
folks would have it, and, strange To say,
there were few of the older members
who objected The organ was pur-
chased, placed in the church. and last
Sunday 1t gave forth It's first musical
tones to full congregation.
There WAS one old member, however,
who thought that that sort of music
was the devils work, and he determined
to shake the dust from his sandals and
never darken the doors of that taber-
nace again AS long rs he lived, and
when he dies he does not wish his
friends to haul his remains There to
have screeching at his funeral. His
name might as well be given TO the
public, for he is we'll known TO many of
our readers, and he is universally re-
spected, even with his faults and &C.
centricities.
The moment the organ shriekei Mr..
Jesse Thurman deliberately and reso-
lntely arose III his pew and made q bee
line for the pulpit, and, then and there,
in the presence OF church full Of peo-
pie, he laid hold to 4 S25 Bible that his
wife, Mrs. Nancy Thurman, presented
to the church some five years ago, and
with military tactics and precision he
made straight chute for the door,
never to enter again. OF course there
was . scene, but what was to be done.
Every beholder was much nonplussed,
until the first shock was over. Every.
body present looked queerly at one an
other, and soon the countenanees Of all
were wreathed with smiles, which in
creased until many wanted to ha, ha,
and halloo. But the services went ON
until the dismissing hour, when the
universal talk was about Mr.. VS. &c.
ton. Some censured him severely,
while others took the matter good
naturedly and laughed heartily at his
pranEs.
Mr. L. marched home with his gospel
book, laid it on the table, and said To
his good wife that has Bible should not
be disgraced by any Yankee Doodle
tunes on Sunday in the house of God.
The wife said that she did not order
him to do any such thing, but really
she didn't care much. as she aid not
approve of Yankee Doodle tunes herself
in church.
CENTRAL Asia bids fair to become a
formidable rival with our southern states
in the production of cotton. The Lon
don Times publishes statistics showing
that the annual product Of cotton in
Central Asia now amounts TO about
l30,000000 pounds, Of which over 100,-
100000 pounds is produced i'll the Rus
sian provinces. This raw material is
partly utilized in local industries, and
partly finds its way to Russia, which
again returns considerable proportion
i'll the shape of cotton fabrics. The
London Times says
From the active trade Of these regions
with Russia, and from the circumstance
that Russian agents interested in cotton
production have settled in several dis
Of Central Asia, and, further, that Rus
sian industry has learned to make use
Of Central Asiatic cotton, We may look
for considerable extension OF the pro-
duction in the near future. Only the
long and expensive land carriage neces-
saIy to bring this cotton 70 the places
where il can be utilized prevents sud
den expansion Of this branch Of in
dustry, which, however, must occur as
soon as st. Petersburg is placed ID rail
way communication with Central
Aslatic Russia.
TIE income tax of Great Britain,
according to parliamentary return
Just issued. was changed last year on
i total of $S60000,000. This shows an
increase Of S5,775,000 over the previous
year. The number of persons paying
tax was 397, 100, being an increase of
1918 over the number in 1877. II
would seem that there are ,4s7 persons
whose incomes are assessed between 81
500 and So, 600. while between 50 900 aud
$4,000 there are l2,403; under $4,000,
$500; under $4,000, .S24; under So
600. $50; under $4,000, $50; under
$4,000, 9a4; over $50, 600, 90