The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-29
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Editor PLAIN DEALER:

Editor PLAIN DEALER:
Permit me once more to provoke
the gratuitons advertising pleasant
rics OF the hood!ebug Of the Howard
county Times for tho Palace drug
store. In 1877, Robert Pollok. one
OF the most remarkable men Of the
century passed away; possessed OF y
brilliant intellect, with liberal cul-
turc, and keen prophetic ken he
looked down through the dim vista.
OF hali u century and gave tho fol-
lowing truthful and graphic des-
cription Of cx-dcacon Ananias editor
OF the Times:
'.Ile was A man
Who stole the livery OF the court Of heaven
TO servc the devil In; In virtues guise,
Dcvoured the widows house md orphans bread.
In holy phrase transacted villanicS
That common sinners burst not NEEDLE with.
Al sacred feast, he sat among the saints,
And with his guilty hands touched hottest
things:
And memo or sin iamcntcd more, or sighed
Moro deeply; Or with graycr countenancc.
Or longer prayer, wept Ger the dying man,
" -
Planned how TO rob: IN sermon style, he bought,
And sold, and He'd; and salntations made
In scripture terms: he prayed by quantity;
And with his rrIe,itions, long and loud,
All knees were weary: with one hand, he pus
4 penny In the urn Of poverty
And with the other took shilling out
land this for hereAfter.)
Detected wretch! OF oil the reprobatee
None seemed maturcr for the flames u he'll:
Where SIN his face from ancient custom. wear
A holy Air, which says TO all that pass
Him by, II was q hypocrlte on Garth"
In illustration OF the truthfulness
Of the poets portrait Of the deacon
We publish the following facts. Once
on Il time u pious Wclshman, above
repronch, poor, with y large family to
support. member ofthe same church
with deacon Smith, q carpenter by
trade, was q resident OF Cresco. His
name was Howell u. Howclls. The
elements IN tho dcacon's character
SO lilly described by Pollok above
induced him to call this honest
Welshman into his Office. whercnp-
on he was told by the deacon that
he wanted just u plain, cheap water.
closet built aud he desired to know
for what Mr.. Howells would do the
work, both being OF the same relig.
ious faith the deacon feeling inclined
to aid him with his work. Howells
gratefully replied that he would &c
the work for S2.6O, on such q closet
as he named. The deacon closed
the contract. procured his materials
and notified Howells. who came t.
do the work when the deacon in
formed him that it was to be con
structcd with two windows, ventiln
tor. shingled roof, cornice, door caset
fully, seat with covers hung viii
hinges. Howells told him that i
was not such q building us hi
agreed to make for the price fixed
Smith insisted uEon his fulfilling
the contract and as work was dull
and his family In need Howells wen
on with the job. Toward the clos
OF the third day on the Job. Smitl
told Howells-"You ought to TAX
my paper Eowells said he was to,
poor, Smith told him he could pa,
in work he should have more that h
wanted done, Howells told him h,
might send 1t. At the end OF fou
days the water closet was completed
and Howells went for his pay. hi
family being nearly destitute OF ever,
thing. when this pious william Of til
Times handed him 81 and Il reccip
for the Times one year.
/ And this is tho fraud who presume
to sit in judgment upon those VIII
unlike Howells decline to take hi
Matchmaking sheet.
| L. Is. Raymond had better Civ
his testimony Of this transaction,
would be quite rs valuable as wha
he gave. Raymond 10 u mice man
without doubt, hut Its an awful pit
he drinks. A few other little inc
dents In the life and history OF tn
deacon will be- reserved for futuI
use.
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