Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-08
JOSLIN

JOSLlN, aug. q.
Campes are frequently coming to en-
JOY the salubrious climate of Joslin and
vicinity.
John Osborn boasts of being colleges
bred, therefore he can afford to call his
neighbors ignorant"
There is vast amount of grass that
has been overlooked and sanded, which
has been made worthless for hay.
John Osborn says. talk is cheap, but
| it takes money to buy whisky" Has
John been trying to get some ont ick2
On Saturday last the Red Caps went to
Rock Island to play ball, but the weather
was not suitable, therefore they had a
lost journey.
John Donnahoo, who fell from his
barn. a distance of eighteen feet is recov
ering slowly, but it is not supposed he
will ever be the man he was.
On Friday last Mrs. John Scarf pre-
sented her husband with fine girl baby
which weighed 81 pounds. We noticed
peculiar smile upon Johns counten-
ance.
Quite number of farm residences are
being built in our neighborhood. Mr..
Swlnni has his completed, Mr.. Adams
and MIR. Sheppard's are approaching COM
pletion.
Charlie Blackman fell distance of
thirty feet from the top of hay barn.
which is in course of erection on his
fathers premises. Fortunately no bones
were broken.
There is heavy crop of blackberries
this year. A large number of farmers
from the bottoms are picking on the
bluffs and paying two cents and half
per quart.
If there is one place on the face of the
earth where the Australian system
of voting ought to be adopted, that
place is Yuma, Rock Island county. Hi
nois, U. 5. A.
John Osborn says. mo dispute was
ever settled by newspaper assertion" and
yet John is continually disputing in the
newspapers; consequently John never
settles anything.
Mrs. Blsckmsn and daughter Daisy.
were out blsckbeTryiug and on returning
home the team ran away with them twice.
The buggy was upset and the seat broken,
but the occupsnts luckily escaped with
few scratches and bruises
Mr.. A. q. Brewster with his family are
spending the heated term upon his farm
in the suburbs He drives 10 town in his
buggy. There is nothing beats putting
on a little style.
The Rev. McCord said in his sermon on
Sunday last, IF George Washington was
living today. what do you suppose he
would think of the way partisan politics
are rum" Yes indeed. what would
4 kad he haa l.,
lin on July 16. when the polls were
closed7
When our first report of the election at
Joslin appeared in print, John Osborn
professed TO be very indignant and claimed
that the election had been conducted in a
lawful manner, and that the polls had
been closed on time. and that they could
back it up by proof. But in his last he
has shifted ground somewhat and claims
now that they are not going to be gov.
erned either by homeopathic time or
standard railway, but it is to be settled by
true time according to the meridian of
Joslin, which is q virtual admission that
the polls were closed before O'Clock by
standard railroad time. 1t is an old say
ing that "a drowning man will catch
90 " S"o"' ouu III hetCu pbius ~ prove
that the polls were not closed before :
O'Clock by true time from the meridian of
Joslin. John Osborn simply Jumps out
of the frying pan into the fiie" Stand
ard railroad time for this locality is true
time upon the meridian which runs
through Prophetstown, and which runs
about ten miles east of Joslin; therefore,
any ten-year old backwoods school boy
would tell you John that when it was
noon by standard railway time it wants
"a seconds and 56 hundredths of being
noon upon the meridian of Joslin
When the polls were closed, therefore.
on July 18th, two minutes before by
standard railway time. they were closed
two minutes, thirty four seconds and fif-
ty>six hundredths before : by true tine |
upon the meridian OF Joslin. Now. |
John, you pays your "money, take your
choice" Which will you hsve7 In con
clusion | would say, that | have not the |
least doubt that if there was any admis-
sion on the part of the Judges that they |
did any great wrong in closing the polls
so hastily. that these three men, who |
were so wrongfully prevented from vot-
ing, would be willing TO look over the |
matter and say no more about it. ITO |
forgive is divine" The thief upon the |
CROSS was forgiven; but then he did not |
glory in his shame-he showed some |
signs of repentance.
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