The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-22

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VI u the speech Of NJ. Frank e Gavin I
4 the unveiling Of the statue erected bv u
P Chicago Herald, near Creensburg. h
marx The centre OF population OF ID
! ;luoited States, occurs The following pars
graph Of interest to all Indianisns:
As We place here shis monumen
'lupon Hoosier soil we are glad 70 remem
Der that not - : center or population
s!alone has oOr beloved state been ID
lvancing towards . prominent place Il
the unlon- The time wss. and that no
beyond the memory Of the man Of mid
ole sge. when the mention OF The EIoosiel
abroad brought 20 mind the picture o
an individual long. lean and lsDk, IN I
lcoon-skin cap, With his pants IN bic boots
snd : cadaverous looking counienanc<
suggestive Of chiIls and quinine, hoor
poles and Posey county. However
much 0fsfurdy worth aud hOnesl merit
there may have been about the Hoosies
q home, there can be no doubt but that
abroad the general conception OF the
lioosier was groes caricsture. To-day.
however. when be goes abroad how
quickly does be proclaim bic nafivity.
lsnd wherever be may 60 be is greeted
with respect because he is Hooeier.
This change In the status Of the Hoosier
hss been brought about By numerous
causes- One prime cause has been the
material advancement OF the state. Her
forests have been cleared away until her
feIds excel 10 fertility those OF the far
famed Nile and Danube. Her barren
bills have proved 10 be rich in inexhaus-
tibIe mines. which compete with those
Of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Other bar
rem bills which rear their rough and
rugged sides to the sky rival the grantee
and marbles Of Massachusetts, and Ten.
Dessee. Within the borders OF iIoosier-
dom The volcanoes mighty power has
been harne ssed, for the bowels OF the
earth hsve been pierced. and she has
been compelled TO give forth for mans
uses those pent-up forces stored 10 from
the beginning Of time. which had here
tofore served but 10 light the fires OF Ve-
suvius or PopocatepsiI or to rock the
earth from its foundations. @ Lisbon or.
Quito fell beneath the earthquakes ire
sistible power. The Indiana gss belt
has become the Mecca Of al msnufactu-
rers and is fast becoming the workshop
of the nation. 8o0sier genius q Last,
afier many yearD Of toll and discourage
ment. solved the problem of Amsrican
plate Glsss for tbe Unieed etatss and
built tho most Uagni0cooe p1ane g ehoi
Tho tnDeoe q ~ 6eo6ohakors'
hoG oooaolIohod o. or oof1 ~ mnoe -
looo1vo woGoo works e. eho worD1. II
|oc1ogo 10 8o0r1or q oo-dav oakco -
pecood pIaco. Ridpoah rivals ne bssa 81,
our later historians. while % author Oh
recent times bee attained higher repu.I
issicn upon more .assing and solid foun-
dsti0n than the euthor OF Ben Hur.S
James Whiicomb Riley's poems are
gems. Jewels bright. fitsed 20 adorn
lhe richest cor0net. they are bits OF na-
lure coming fresh and fragrant from tho
fields With the glow Of morning sun and
parly dew upon them. Ii was Hoo<ier
lrsining that gave IN Henry Ward
and Edward Egglesion their
for wider fields Of labor.
When the great University Of Califcrnia
desired president to upbuild IL. II sent
10 Indisna's State University for the
man. Neither 10 works OF philanthropy
bee the Ho0sier been found wanting.
No more noble and generous instance Of
veil choscr OenevoIence can Be found
han The endowment Of . sturdy college
Sy Washington c. DePauw. Her Judi.
:iary has also reflected honor upon the
Hoosier usme. Pure and incorrupfibIe.
lnheeding public cIsmor. uDswerved By
,artissn feeling, steadily pursuing the
light, their honesty. ability spd learning
rave made them respected al over the
and H0osier stasesmen have given
ldded honor to her name. The genial
,olfax, Horton. the great var governor. I
Nth bic bulldog tenscity and courags n
the statesman and gentle I
nan. sane peur q sans reproche, c0m- /
handed the sdmiSsiiou OF the nation I
vhilc In the United States Senate. Z
ioosier stsnds to-day -facile princeps.-
nd - Hoosiers we are proud regardless I
4 political preferences that Indiana fur 4
ishes The Chief msgisirste OF the nation, 4
nd that be u one Who holds the honor!
nd dignity Of our country against the
rrcg ant assumptions Of European pow Z
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