The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-02
THE RIVAL EDITORS.

vexation. He it was, who bought nm
half OF the marsh land beyond Bogr-
vile, filed it in, cut it up and adyer-
tised 1t as "The most desirable alto
for suburban homes ever opened To
the public.
A company Oh, yes; he formed
the Happyton Land Improvement
company Twenty gentlemen with
more wealth than wisdom, furnished
the capital; and L. Jefferson Peters
furnished the brain. This was very
kind OF L. Jefferson, Another noble
act OF his was to let tho other mem-
bers hold all of the offices and sign
all OF the checks; then, if a crash
should come. he could slip out unin-
jured. II not, of course he would
share the profits. So, on all the
maps and advertisements of Happy
ton, one read the name of the Hon.
A. b. &. Denton, whose check book
was most often open for the benefit
of tho company.
just when liappyton was begin
ming to grow, a seeming calamity be-
fell it. Some unknown man quietly
bought the other half of the marsh
land and adopting the tactics of Mr..
Peters, filled the surrounding coun.
try with alluring statements con-
corning the beauties and advantages
OF Joyville.
Then the other company sent out
books telling tho most wonderful
things about Happyton. illustrated
by six views OF the only finished
house in the place These views
were taken from six different points.
and made to look us much as possible
like six houses.
The Joyville company then got up
similar book and enclosed free rail
road passes to Joyville; and this was
followed by the Happyton people
sending dinner-checks in their book
So it went on. When a man ar
rived at Happyton, he was met at The
station by a glib agent and driven
about the town" in handsome dog
cart. The agent pointed out where
"Mr. Jones of your city was going
to build, and employed all his power
of word-painting to impress the
stranger with the certainty of q bril-
liant future for Happyton.
Often. however, the stranger failed
to DO impressed with the airy pictures,
and started for home; but he was
always captured by the Joyville
agent, and told what a narrow escape
he had made in not buying of .those
Happyton people, who are regular
swindlcrs my dear SIR" And one
who was dissatisfied with Joyville,
usually bought land in Happyton.
In year. thanks to wellworded
pamphlets and opposition, both viii
lagos had grown to a very respecta-
bic size; but, sad to say. the enmity
that once existed between the land
Improvement companies was now
shared by the villages. When one
built brick church the other
sneered and built stone one. When
one started a fire department tn
other started an academy. If yol
should ask Happyton man the way
to Joyville he would declare that he
had never heard of the place; and u
Joyville man would go five miles out
OF his way rather than drive through
Happyton.
Nevertheless, the people of both
villages kept IL sharp watch OH each
other.
One day the Happytonites were
thrown into a fever of anxiety and
Indignation by the news that their
enemies were going to have a Village
paper.
They're mean enough to fill their
little sheet with lies about us, too"
exclaimed the postmaster, and before
night it was decided that Happyton
also should have paper and an adj
vertisement of ian opening for an
enterprising journalist" was put in
the city papers.
A few days after, tall, slim man
came on the morning train and spent
the day wandering around the two
villages. At night he went to the
address named in the advertisement
and accepted the position OF editor
and publisher OF q paper, to be run
solely IN the interests of Happyton.
During the next few weeks little
was discussed except the coming
papers. Each village wanted the OPP
position paper to come out first, SO
as to profit by its mistakes; but In
some way it was mutually agreed
that both should be issued on the
same day at noon.
At precisely ~ o'clock on the day
appointed the crowds before the
newspaper Offices got their respective
papers. When the people OF JOY
Vile saw the inviting appearance OF
the "Joyvllle Drum with its motto:
always in the lead where duty
calls" they cheered and shook
hands and subscribed to man. And
when the people of Happyton saw
the "Happyton Drumstick." with its
motto: 1--WE always beat the Drum"
they yelled, and carried the slim
editor around on their shoulders.
That each village should be so
we'll pleased with its journal was de-
ri