Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-23
The Steady, Substantial Growth
Of the Town HketCh6d in
Words and Figures.
Pious and Profane institutions
Equalize the Temperature.
The Ministers OF the City Inter-
viewed on Important Questions

well known to the readers OF THR BEE
one of The prettiest little towns that
raise their roofs and church steeples
toward the (of lste) somewhat cloudy
skies of Nebrasks2 Well, yes, since
II Ia the privilege of a good writer to
present old parts In a new way. Be-
sidee, there are two things that will
always bear repetition: the happiness
of human beings and the growth of
young cities and In speaking of Blair
l speak of both.
First of all, let me give you a dcse
of statistics which, unlike men, are
said never to lie. According to the
last census, the town Of Blair has
over 1000 Inhabitants who are more
or less evenly divided bet tween xix
churches, elk saloons, ak doctors,
three schools and one jail. Foremost
among public improvements stands
the bridge which is being built across
the Big Muddy, and the cost of which
Is estimated at 81 250 000. The pitrs
are already completed. Several brisk
blocks will In no distant tims adorn
the town and tell their mute but elo.
quent tale of tho energy and enter
prise of the business men Of B air,
such 81 Halter Bros, Plercs g. Bad
ley, etc G. @. Croweli's new resi-
denoe, when completed, will cost
$40, coo.
Mr.. Miner, the gantlemanly super.
tka-Ia~t " hU -
Viewed, and he expressed his salts
faction with the present standing II
the schools la Blair district, which
counts 932 pupils and twelve teach
ers.
The psople of Blair were unani
mous In their praise Ct The OMAHA
BEE with the exception of some
Germans and Danes, whose ignor
apcs of tbs English language has
shut them off from that fountain of
sprightly news and strong minded
editorials, Bat eve they had heard
of 1t and appreciated LIS general ten.
dency. A stroll among the farmers
rdoiug business In town brought out
the same fact. Nine tenths If that
honorable class-the bone and alnews
of the country-either had The BEE,
or meant to have 1t at their earliest
convenience. To use the express
words of n farmer, They liked II
because 1t was so id independent
When your correspondent had heard
this and similar u%tterarces a q, z n of
times he felt the need OF variety ; he
wanted to find someone who was op
posed to The BEE, aud i. occurred to
him that his best chance to have this
wish fulfilled Was bS going o good way
off from the crowded thoroughfare, the
busy mart If men. Acting upon this
Impulse he allied forth to a part OF
Blair whers the voice of the auc .ionee,
and the clicking of glasses are neve
heard, and where, In the shade of leafy
tres,, q rural %stillness prevails. For
tune favored him, bringing him face
to face with two servants of the Cos
pei and the wife of a third one.
Minister No. 1 was in his shiri
sleeves trying, and, as Il Is to be hoped:
succeeding In fixing up" q buggy
which was out Of gear.
Here 1t was that your c%orrssponG-
emit received the irst intimatlon thai
THE BEE lscks the true inwardnss'
which would make 1t congeuili to
classical minds, 1t took the shape Of
a respectful but firm refusal to give
said paper a place on the reading desk
among tracas and oyclopedlas. The
excuse, hard times.
Encouraged by this sign of oppost
tion, your correspondent next betool
himself to psrsonsgs No. 2, the In
oumbent whereof was absent, bu
ably represented by his wife, q youn,
lady of good looks n winning ways
In the brief conversation that fol
lowed, mention was made of the pre-
miums that go with The WEEKL'
BEE. Aud here the gentle breeze o
clerical opposition gained Ia strength
though as yet several degrees distan
from the gale that Was to burst fort
ut parsonage No, 3.
"Tnat Is lottery" exclaimed tn
young lady with puritan fervor hardl
to be expected of a Chlcsgoan, fo
Chicago was her birthplace,
SIT may be called lottery" was tn
respectful Nj wer of The BEE man,
but please remember that the newspi
pers have rot invented that game; tn
churches In this most Christian coul
try have set the example.
But that does not make 1t right,
replied the absent olergymsn's wit
upon which your correspondent, yiel'
Ing to the combined force of beau
and logic, admitted that he was In ii
wrong and left with a bow.
Parsonage No. 3 was inhabited by
representative of the Emotion
church. Cordially invited to take
seat, your correspondent after hsvir
made his errand known threw out
f%eeler" by alluiing to the firm ar
fearless stand takea by The OMAE
BEE In regard to the evil of monop
lies. Alas! 1t would have been be
ter for his peace of mind II he hi
spoken of the evil Of intemperance
something of that aort, for no soon
had the word monopoly dropped o
of his mouth than q torrent of wor
struck him right abreast aud made /
head swim.
81 admit" said the clergyman
parsonage No. 3, shat THE BEE Is
newsy paper, a bright paper, a go
paper In the worldly sense of 4
word, bat as to ~monopolies, why, N
Z. r. Is himself the greatest mon
polist, or would be If he had I
power. He'd ~monopolize everythi
II he could ETC., etc.
"Dsar sir" replica THE BEE ms
unconsclously adopting the st!
of letter writing, "Whst you say
simply impossible! There is nc SC
q thing as q newspaper monopoly. I
only thing approaching to 1t are
Aasnciatad Presa dlapatches, and Z