Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-13

bago Indian begging among the legislators
this winter at Madison, and Chief Clerk
E. ID Coe does mp the aborigine chieftain
In an editorial correspondence to The
Whitewater Register of last week. in the
! following fragrant fashion, which is too
good to keep:
And still another lobbyist, patient and
persistent, ia "1ndian John" accompapied
sometimes by his wife. His claim ia for
! all that ne can get out of good-natured
individual Legislators. 1t is one that no
paying can lay upon the table; it comes
up fresh every morning and is renewed
every evening. He gives NO receipt in
full, and, it he should, would doubtless
turn up the next day with hand out,
blandly demanding, euarter-ten cents.''
Indian John is anyt hing but q picturesque
creature these days. The romantic abo-
riginal garb of the novels and of our early
recollections has been supplanted by civ
lllzed but very dirty clothes, worn iu a
sort of Indian way. John is Winneba-
go, from Portage; AMI it is said that his
race ls dying out, but the fading remnants
seem to be able to preserve the entire
tribal odor IN concentrated form. Nv in
fantile nose used to be tormented with
the smell of The occasional ahorigine who
Wnuid land his canoe i'm front of nv fa-
thers house on Rock river, and make
call; but that was balmy dilution COM
pared with the causic, aggressive vigor
OF the present article. Like the lye from
an od-fashioned leech, which could be
bOIed uown into cUrroding solid that
would eat hole into zinc bath tub, or
restaurant steak, SO is the un wasted and
condensed perfume which saturates the
air that surrounds Indian Johns classic
person. 1t has burned deep cavities into
my recollection, the scars whereof [ shall
pever lose.
you will,
Butthe scent of the roses will hang round itstill"
Truly, John is stroug lobbyist, and if
Baxter, Sackett, Pump Carpenter, Morgan
l. Martin and other famous claimants
had adopted his methods their demands
might have been satisfied long since.
On April 80, 1889. at O'Clock A. NJ.
it bias been arranged that the church bells
all over the United States shall ring to
celebrate the centennial anniversary of
an event of 100 years ago. when the
church bells throughout the thirteen orig
inal states rang ont to call the people to
pray tor the success and prosperity of the
nation under Gen. w Washington, who was
that day inaugurated president of the
United States
Arrangements are about completed
for an educational convention. comprising
Jefferson, Walworth and Waukesha ceun-
ties, to be held at Palmyra commencing
March 20 and continuing four DAYS.
Among those who rave been secured to
deliver addresses are President Whitford.
of Milton college; Col. J. A. Watreus, of
Milwaukee; "A. 0. Wright, of Madison,
Mrs. Eva Q Griffith. of Whitewater; Miss
Eta Carrie. of East Troy, and Prof. Hum
phrey, of the Whitewater Normal.
The farmers institute at Lake Mills.
March q and p, is the only one to be
held in Jefferson county during the sea-
son just closing. A most interesting pro-
gramme has been arranged Tor the occa-
sion. Supt. Morrison will conduct the
meetings. Amoug the Jefferson county
people who will deliver addresses are W.
F. Phillips, R. Fargo, Prof. Ell. l.. Terry.
j. A. Sheridan and Gov. Hoard. The
citizens of Lake Mills are doing all in
their power to render the institute a grand
success.