The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-03-17
Wards Words.

While the admirers of Col. Robert lnger-
soil may not all be atheists, it is safe to call
them BOb-arians without the slightest tinge
of joke on heathens. The illustrlous Bob,
by the way, is no summer coon. He is q
living reality and any attempt to sit down
on him only intensifeS the perfume of bis
language which many good people wish to
be rid Of
If Corunna is dead it is a lively corpse
according to reports from racket at the
Hotel Downey in Lansing the other night in
furtherance of its plan of holding down the
situation. Its operatives evidently know
how to get at the legislative heartily the
way of the stomach. There is another way
to-wt-the pocket, but it costs more. Ii
would seem as though the little city gave
itself unnecessary distress. They even
want to pull up the street car franchise and
would fain lock themselves i'm from all out
siders, but we can't have 1t that way The
townships are the ones interested in this
matter and we must be allowed to 90 to the
county capitol whether they want us or not
They remind me of what an English show
man once said of stuffed crocodile, "Tbis
h'eccentric h'animal, ladies and gentlemen, ,"
said he, 'in'abits desert h'iSland seventy
five miles from Neither land or water" At
present writing the pleasant little burg has
horse on the balance of the county, and
if they should repeat that junket, those
of the opposition who have teeth to gnash
prepare 10 gnash them soon.
The Grand Rapids Democrat short time
ago had sharp criticism on 1.-The Rev. l..
Morgan Wood, Of Detroit-tne only parson
in that city who wears bfurcated name,"
because, forsOoth he dscountenanced the
excessive display of flowers at funerals by
poor people-very properly toO-in a city
where such trifles are costly. The Demo-
crat probably has forgotten that ''tbis hy-
phenated Wood as it calls him, occupies
much the same position in Detroit as GER
tain young minister did who some years ago
died in the second city and of whom they
were were justly proud, although he had a
bifurcated name, viz, the lamented Rev. j.
Morgan Smith, very much such a man in
many respects too, as L have it from slight
acquaintance with both.
An attempted enactment relative to pro-
hibiting passes for legislators fell to the
floor the other day at Lansing with sick
ening thud. When average legislators re-
| fuse railroad passes, ducks will wander
away from water and scratch gravel for a
| living, aud all the sophiStry, Dhilanthrophy,
| morality, propriety, policy and sense Of
decency you can pour into their ears don't
affect them in the least, because their heads
are not nearly as hollow as some of their
| transactions would seem to indicate. There
is something there they can't comb out.
Our village election passed off very quietly
and most of the old officers were reelected,
including Mr.. Tillotson, our estimable pres
dent, who is gentleman above and beyond
reproach, and only allowed my name to
gallop alongside of his in order to hold him
steady, as horesmen say, without the slight
est desire, hope or expectation OF being
elected. What amused me however was
the very strenuous and anxious effort made
by some of my political friends to kick me
from behind when wasn't in it. 1t strains
one awfully to kick and not hit anything.
Now, have some slight idea of political
honesty even, and propose to play fair, but
we have daisy or two here who can give
pointers to anyone on political tricksterism.
And l like 'em. If we had skunk,
should want it to be the stinkenist skunk IN
the whole county. believe in standing ny
for home institutions.
The officers elect are as follows: Fol
president, w. j. Tillotson; clerk, Seymour
Piatt; trustees, j. V. ID. Wyckoff, Jr., Geo
Dowding, G. r. Bailey; street commissioner
Asa Sweet. The ticket was nOn-partisan.
| Laingsburg. March ID.