The Columbus journal., 1884-07-16
July 7th, 1884.

JULY 7th, 1854.
Our lumber man, Mr.. Phillips, has
com menced the building Oft business
house on his lot on 4th street near the
bridge, and also Mr.. l. Neimoller
con'emplates building IN the near
future business building to front on
4th street. So let Platte Center boom
and come to the front.
o my! Give rs . cooler, and .
nom de plume. "Logsn the Chief" 10
. terror to . tender-foot Republican.
Now Mr.. Editor want to say this,
(be my position exalted or not), that
there is not one word or sentence in
my communication of June 25th that
can be construed, twisted or stretched
to mean mud or blood; 1t was all
said a. q makeup Of items from this
place, and for little fun, and l sm
sure that no Democrat, business man,
Insurance Agent, lawyer, doctor or
any other man will take offence at
what was said, and it is only ten
der-foot who would belittle himself
SO much as to write a half column
denouncing the same. Is this a free
country? Must Logan shut his
mouth and close his eyes and say
nothing for fear of hurting some
ones feelings? Must Logan say to
his Democratic friends you are all
right and that am only Republican
skin deep? Must Logan give DEM
ocrsts taffy? Democrats are too old
to be fed and Mr.. Editor you will
find thousands of Democrats voting
for Blaine and Logan this fall from
principle and for pure men. No,
Logan is too old coon for that !;
Logan feels proud of the men who
are nominated and Logan must speak !;
and another thing Logan has the
record of not losing his vote for "a
years and Logan wants the young
men of this country who will cast
their first vote this fall to stOp aud
consider well before they deposit that
ballot and be sure and cast it with
that party who has preserved the
honor of the patton and with that
party which has done more for the
poor men of all nationalities than
any other party of the world. So,
"Republicsn," let "Logan the Chief"
"nave one good hurrah for Blaine
and the 4th of July or any other
man.
Well, Mr.. Editor, tell it in your
excellent paper that we, the people of
Platte Center, had a glorious old
fashioned 4th. Everybody was on
hand and everybody was happy. The
day was salubrious, no fights, no
drunks, everything went of like hot
cakes with homemade molasses. The
reading of the Declaration by Mr..
Tedrow was excellent. The oration
was good. fhe music by the Glee
Club was magnificent, and the mar.
tial music and music by Wsshenber-
gers brass band, and the Cslithum-
plan parade was stupendious. There
were over fifteen hundred people in
the grove. And God in his infinite
mercy sent US a splendid rain the day
before which made the people hold
up their heads and bless him for his
goodness. o, let us remember him
for he is SO good to US. The most
fun was the fat mans race entered
into by David Carrig, Jr., and
Ernest Myers, and l fancy, Mr..
Editor, with all your sanctimonious-
ness, had you seen this race there
would have been perceptable emile
upon your face, their fat sides shak-
ing, their huge feet making the dust
fly put one in mind of Romeo when
he got on the war path; the earth
fairly quaked under their heavy tired.
The fire works at night was beyond
conception the best that has ever
been displayed in Platte Center; the
heavens were ablaze with myriads Of
rockets and roman candles, and the
small boy was not unmindful of his
duty to his country and never en-
joyed go much fun in his life; but by
some hook or crook fire got into one
of the sky rocket boxes which con-
tanned great many rockets, and
ignited which came very near being
sad affair and only for the end of
the box being left in might have been
disastrous; but no one was seriously
hurt, but scared out of one years
growth; all fell back in good order
except-one Polander who undertook
to climb the liberty pole and got
tangled in the flag rope, but he was
finally rescued from his perilous
position by the Hook and Ladder
brigade. So all honor to whom
honor is due.
"LoGAN THE CHIEF"
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