The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-27

We understand that the Inter State
has changed its views on the land
question. and will this week begin
light against the Leaguers. We
thought that the arguments Of The
REGISTER would at last have some eff
feet. and we are glad that friend Smith
has finally seen the error of his ways
aud has decided to come out on the
RIGHT side. Smith is seldom right,
but when he is right, he Is as right as
any body. He has undoubtedly taken
the right stop" this time and we hope
he will remain steadfast unto the end.
It becomes our sad duty to chronicle
the disarmament of the Ladies' Cornet
Band. They met, they blew, they
parted, never to meet again-ln the
capacity Of a cornet band. 1t was
nice, the music was, but it took too
much blowing. They blew the tears
into their eyes, and the blood into their
heads, while their lips were unrecog-
nizable. They even blew the lamps
out every minute or two, Prof. Brasier
said, until they got the hang OF 1t.
We are sorry, seriously, that the ladies
did not persevere longer. They would
undoubtedly have developed rapidly
into a good band.
Our friend George Ashford and his
wife and child came near meeting with
a fatal mishap last Saturday. In
crossing one Of the streams between
here and Blue Mound, one of his hors-
es got off the ford and, the stream be-
ling swollen with the heavy rains, found
himself at once beyond his depth.
His struggles pulled the buggy also
Into deep water. But fortunately the
horse which yet remained on the ford,
stuck to his work valiantly and sue
ceeded in pulling his mate back onto
the crossing, when the buggy was
pulled out without any further acci-
dent. As it was top buggy, with all
the curtains closed down, some OF the
party would almost inevitably have
been drowned If it had upset in the
deep water. The escape was . narrow
one.
lola is noted, and justly, for her
strong temperance sentiment. Even
under the local option system, we did
not have q saloon here more than one
wear In three, while no one has been
BILE to violate the prohibitory law for
lany length Of time with impunity. 1t
strained this sentiment to its utmost
however, to endure the lectures" to
which we were treated last week and
] the first of this. THE REGISTER will
not be accused of wishing to say any
thing that would tend to discourage In
anyway the promotion Of temperance
and it certainly has nothing to say
personally against Mr.. and Mrs. An.
, derson. So far as we know they ART
, working from purely disinterestec
motives, and with an eye single Il
, the good of the cause. But this single
! ness of purpose and purity Of motive
does not make poor lecture GOOD
And both Mr.. Anderson's lectures anC
p those of his wife are essentially poor
3 In the first place, they are trite. No
: a new idea, not new expression, ont
: dead level of commonplaces. In tn
8 second place, the speakers do not con
o fine themselves to the truth. VIII
believes for instance, that the wardel
of the Missouri penitentiary has cor
. yicts, guilty of no offense, Stripe
and dashed to barrel, then sits dow
Z on a cushioned chair, lights his PIP
= and calmly smokes while he lashe
o the bare back of the poor victim unit
3 the floor is slippery with blood?
may be true, but it is more likely NJ
y to be. What did he mean agaiI
I when he said that he saw woman
: Sc, ,tland join Falstaff's brigade wit
y no we apon but a broom? Has jolly Of
v lack eo,ue to life again, and is /
: again having round with the "Merl
wives of Win. dsor"? Imagination
a a good quality in an orator, but the
e is such a thing as " working it too bar
$ In the fourth place, the lecturers al
= contradictory. The LADY devote
e nearly half an hour one evening
Il warning the young ladies against pc
mitting the attentions of young mt
q who drank, conjuring them to "nre
r them at once. Then she turned diret
r " round and devoted The rest OF u
e. hour to illustrating the great infiuen
= a pure young lady might have by
IL manning faithful to young man WI
had formed the drinking habit.
70 Of course both of the lecturers ga
10 some good things. We understal
g that the lecture on "Sharp Teetl
y. ~ Monday night was very good. But
r. the whole we don't believe the tel
is perance cause is forwarded to any q
r probable degree by their labors, al
lin a state as we'll organized for temp
+ ance work as Kansas is, we don't
y Heve that temperance people ought
le allow themselves to be imposed up
s, by irresponsible, unauthorized partl
= HIGH SCHOOL JorrMGs.
OF The school b,1ard, thinking that
scholars would need mere tnan
day in which to be thankful 1or
new school house, have given o'
C. Thursday and Friday as holidays.
in A pamphlet, entitled cart Studie'
o. with an II prefixed to Art, was p
y sented by a young gentleman of
lis sth grade to a young lady of the
be grade. Though the spelling was {
fective the studies were accepted.
do Miss Kate Fisher, Of Humbol
'es made the school a pleasant call Tu
ew day.
,od We are sorry to see 30 few of
70 sobool hox,s wearing the hlue ribhOr