The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-10-11
REVISING TIE CENSUS.
Bill Nye Gives Some Re-
suits of His ExpurgatO-
NV Inhnrs
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My thanks are due to the printer
for advance sheets, promptly re-
ceived, of little brochure entitled
"The Literary Side of the Census
the receipt, or recipe, rather, OF
which is hereby gratefully acknowl.
edged.
1t is a little volume of less than
200 pages, neatly printed by the
government, think. II is going to
be u rapid seller and a great boon
1t is compiled from answers on file
at the Census bureau mainly re-
garding the interrogatories issued
by consent and connivance of gov
ernment relating to membranes
on property and other private mat.
ters. The publication of the book
reveals for the first time the true
reason for these compulsory an
,swers. Acting upon the hint al
ready given by thrifty publishers
and syndicates, who write to
eminent people occasionally ask
ing them how they earned their
first money and whether they
have it yet, and if so, whether they
would be willing to loan some of it,
etc, the bureau has its drawers
now full of statistics, as one might
say, and with no cost at all is going
to issue this book as soon as have
looked it over carefully and done
some expurgating. Mr.. Wanamak-
er says he will cheerfully put it on
his bargain counter if I will 60
through it carefully and see that it
is pure.
My esteemed contemporary, the
editor of The Congressional Rec
ord, has gone through it, but in a
slightly cursory manner, l think,
and quite Il number of impure
thoughts have escaped his eagle
,eye-thoughts which of course
might be permitted in delibera-
tive body, but not in the mails.
Those who have happened to be in
the postal car on hot day when
an impure thought was in transit
will agree with the writer that it
ought to be stopped, especially
during the crowded seasons, when
the mails are already overtaxed
with their burden of lottery busi-
ness.
If could have my way 1 would
have appointed by the president
large committee of mind readers,
to have general supervision of the
United States, and the moment
any person was detected having
an impure thought the committee
should have power to hit him back
of the ear with club and take him
before the cadi. The time is surely
coming when the now lawless
think retort of the great thinking
world will have to become subser-
yient to the laws of the land. This
will be general at that time. Peo-
who have surreptitiously thought
damn for centuries will be brought
up and exposed. 1t will astonish a
good many, / think. 1t will create
a complete panic. No one but the
dignified and non-committal idiot
will be safe. But / fear that 1 am
depressing.
The book above referred to en-
bodies some odd information re-
garding Indebtedness, and sheds
light at times incidentally on some
points not embodied in the census
regulations and not contemplated
by the act authorizing the taking of
the census. 1 will give a few of
these replies bearing on the mort
gagged condition of property and
the reasons therefor, carefully
eliminating names and residences.
One man who writes very poor
hand says: "I have mortgaged my
place for 5000 to neighbor of mine
in order to give my daughter good
schooling and accomplish her so
she could do well. She learnt to
eat pie with fork and play "The
Maiden's Prayer on the piano, and
then married Whats called an
eronaut. He made an ascension
last spring, and they didn't find
him till Fourth of July, when a
brother of his'n made an ascension
at the same place, and when he
discovered my son-in-law in tree.
He reconized him before he seen
him, he said. The widow and chill
.dren are stopping at home now
along with me and mother. / will
lift the mortgage as soon as l can
If you will keep this to yourself. 1t
galded Martha a good deal when
this here misalliance with the bal
loon feller, and If it should all get
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