The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-01
YOUNGSTERS RUN THE TOWN.
IN 4 LITELY sTRUGGLE THEY TAKE
JJiE REINS FROM THE Bald HEADS.
A Learned BARRIERS Successful Reform
Movement Young Richards victory nj
the ron. over Ills Dnddy-A Deadlock.

OswEGo. ILL.,. May 25-Down here in Kendall
county we have what the schoolmaster Calls Is, an
are running Emporia The boys are govern
luz Oswego We are having h9p9e ,on IlmS
than the girls out West had but kendH, ,s e9Tht
that II Gus Noss, the bOrber' Gan kegp o,I9
constables away from 9ur I've INV a rt
OF use Tor other peotle TO look for the Job. Inc
! boys are going to steer this town lor ye eur
nnd meantime their pauns and their uncles ana
! tGeir prnndpapns can sit on the cracker bar
| re.s over at the store and WONDER What 'his
| country is coming to anyhow - ~
II has been Il long tine since young man mn
| had anything 10 say about OsweRo. ne W.
lage Board has always been compoSeu 0a gu ~
! them had licked us Tor stealing hnples ilVi ~
| long ago, and when one OF us suggested Inat
n c TTT1% 10 nj ths government Mr. Richards
! would say: 'Sho, bub. run away home ana
w WON Isagh and Marshal George lnman would
! resume his story OF how lie won the sheep.
shearing contest At YorkviIle in the spring Of
Now. rs ali right TO be old, and ago is emit.
tied TO respect, but we never could SEQ nov
bald head gave II man monopoly On in nj III
leisure eIsG SV Moment me Club The Leisure Moment
Club was Tor ed by, fourteen Of the select 'ii.
hops TO which people game from Montgomery
md iorkville and gu thS nc, Sou socsty eVents
of tho season but we have dore away with
them as too frivolous. and for n year we have
good deal about the local government 9ues-
ton how the three taverns were running loose
81 nGht selling Wh lake DOWN 1Ras last to the
farmers boys and delying tue laws anu opu,o
nances. And ufter awhile we stirred up some
As a matter Of course it, centred about the
barber shop. The barber shop IS me me, natS Sa
urday night with bay rum. and pomade anu
things SO you can 90 to meeting Sabbath morn
Ing smelling as sweet as "A lilac bush
And who fills you SO full of red LIQUOR that
when the meeting house bell rings OUT IN Inc Inc
morning 1t wakes you up only to the WISH that
you had put the pump in your bedroom Wheh
You built the house!
The saloon keeper. ~,
So 1t was most natural that the opposition to
the taverns should revoive about the barber
shop. and as the only barber shop IN town Is
pected that Gus Noss and Charley Hebert-sgn
Of Oliver HeDert, the wheelyright-wh WORKS rs
prominent figures. Gus Voss is about the most
learned barber in this county. lie taxes an
the papers and reads them and he can MAKE !, 4
speech that no lawyer can get arounu. no IL
young Gus is-cast his first vote for Harrison
but he is u natural politician and seeing that
nothing he de de,ermiHei to lay hold himself in
earnest. About a week before electioI arson
han Gm bg IN S s bossn a c
hum is an awful curse" said Gus.
1T is II is" sighed the ParsG?n; ,,ro,o,
1t should. indeed: but how"
I'VE might begin at home ,,,,.
Begin at home Why. we prohibitioniStS
haven't a bakers dozen in the town"
Opportunity makes mon, anu this oppHrtu,
nifty made Gus Noss President Is Of ne i,t hoT WI
SIR" as usual and rarson Ambrose h AL made St9
his usual reply OF Not any. thanks; Gus rus, mad
eXtorted a promise from the parson that no
church ticket should be put up and pledge Of
the support of the church to a young mems
ticket on odfe Platform lat .suro Moment
Club was what the fellows call cuckoo. 1t is
true there WAS some opposition TO the 10, 10
license platform because few OF the boys IKE
their glass OF beer but it ali ceased when Gus
Noss made his speech: Gus; he said Gen
comes necessary to sacrifice principles to eX-
pediency and one of the sometimes is right
with us now Will you rise, M TO free yourself
or will you suffer servitude Tor the sake OF
lager beer that they make ont OF plug tobacco
and tan chips. or will YOU hit the cobwebs IN
gin mills and buy. your beer at lYrkyilie'
where they do say is better anvh"w;'
e0 to Unite Sn Win the church peoo
was unanimously adopted. Then the Gues-
ton came: Who would go on the tcket 70 , Gns
was a license hOld-over member OF the Eoard
and Charley didnt want TO run. lie SAID be
had mentioned the matter to bis ma, and she
asked him not to cause trouble in the family:
Charley nominated Gus Noss for President OF
the Board; and Gus accented. sam Jesslip'
whose father owns n hog ranch up the coun-
try. and VIII kennedy. a carpenter. we're
dded to the list II. $. richards was named
"Your nap is going to run on the license
ticket" Charley Febert said.
Il don't care said Richards.
"Can YOU beat him."
Can beat him. Can | beat dad; Why,
I'll make him think he never started
So the ticket was made NJ Of four boys whose
ages added up don't make more than hun
The next week was one of quet work. Secret
meetings were held by both sides. The oppo-
sition named four OLD gentlemen Geo. Wayne,
saloon keeper Sanford Chase, CARPENTER, and
II. C. lIichards, our man s father hey pleaded
mon THY oy viii Hqp RUM he SWn
Whatli you do for the $l,j0D license paid IN
by tho saloons every year r. our richards
rant. and the boy bet his wages he would out
run the old gentleman AZ The p9i!S' George
Burkhardt. Fred hunk, and Tom Belchnur tho
three saloon Keepers. sent down to Aurora and
had their tickets printed on glossy paEer SO the
election clerk, would know exactly nov every
They said they would let the r boards grow SO
long they would have to put them IN nets be-
io 10 'd dIdn ND saw anything. 10 Just humped
and when election day came. April -. how we
eFsIs a aass the qSw
sent their husbands down TO vote Tor us mo
Young men from al around IE trampeId up IN
when the polls closed the enemy WAS buried
tHs Voss had IS votes to a Tor Wayne for
father shamefully. Tie had almost twice as
many votes and when tho polls closed he built
n bonfire ia the front yard and danced around
1t till the defeated candidate came out and
chased him away with table leg.
The three old fellows still in the Board did
not think the boys would carry out their plan
OF no license. and when Onyer llelert had
fred FuIks application for license LAID oyer
Tor a week the tavern keeLerS reloiced. Tho
noXt meeting stunned them. When tho license
came w tho three boys voted against renew
ing It. Tho three Old monitors Henry
Ilelle. who owns the shoe store, James Il.
leHlce, Il farmeT and oliver iteOelt, tie
whcelwTight voted yea Tho President voted
nay, and down went Funk.
viii Kennedy moved that no dram Snop
licenses 10 granted for year. m
Henry lieile claimed point or order. some
Of this Kindergarten may die within year.
The President Knocked him out with 2
heQyy slice Of CushnG's Manual, and
Wills motion was carricd-4 TO 3. JeS-
sup, who Is a PrOhibitonist moved the Rboll-
tion OF billiard tables aud nine hin alleys
Sans down on all those things and tho mo-
ton was carried by Il score OF TO u. -
The old members refused to vote. Ihgy con-
suited In corner for moment ana Then
ruso aid stalled angrily AWAY. Mr.. Hello
paused at the door and shook his list at the
President.
since then there haven't been any moo ings:
The three old members refused 70 attend and
they broke the quorum, The boys want TO
rRI-e $500, but they cant do II. Gus Noss has
written down TO man he knows IN tho hgil-
cultural Department asking him To get Mr..
Reed advice aud the first thing the old