The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-14
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that "a man i'm Colony was slaughter
ing quail and shipping them to the
market Isn't there anyone up there
who cares enough about having the
game protected to put stop to such
an outrageous violation of the law?
The expense of the Young Mems
reading room for this year, amounting
to something over two hundred dol
lars, has been borne chiefly by Mr..
Squier. Prof. Picken conceived the
idea the other day that the privilege
of C arrying on this good work ought
to be somewhat more distributed, and
with his characteristic promptness
and directness he is offering every
body who is willing to contribute %
a quarter an opportunity TO do so. 1t
would seem as if every man in lola
who has boy, or who is interested i'm
other peoples boys, ought to be glad
Of this opportunity to contribute "a
dollar year to the support of an in
stitution which offers free to every
boy i'm town the privilege of instruc-
tive reading and wholesome enter
tainment.
The "Open meeting" of the Young
Mems Guild at the Reading Room
last Friday evening afforded about
hundred young people and good
many older ones an occasion of much
ente rtainment and instruction. The
formal program consisted of descrip-
ton by Maynard Bush and Adlai Ew-
ing of things they saw at the Missouri
lead mines last summer, recitatiOns
and imprOmptu speeches by several
of the boys, an address by III. Nj.
Miller upon the value of reliability
and faithfullness. Light refresh
ments were then served under the Ill
rsction of Mrs. Ewing, and tho re-
mainder of the evening was spent in
the usual social way. 1t is the inten-
ton of the Guild to give entertain
ments such as this every two weeks
during the winter, and anyone who
has an opportunity to attend and fails
to do so, rObs himself of much enjoy
ment.
Parsons Peterkin And so, my
son, you sent TO Kansas City last
week for something to drink. And
when it came you and the other fell
lows drank it, did you? and got drunk
and had a great time. You went up
into the Opera House, believe you
said, and made a spectacle of yourself
there, so that everybody would see
that while you were only a very
young man, on q very small salary,
vet you could get Gag on" and
"paint Ter red" the same as full grown
men with lots of money. And after
awhile you got noisy and the police
had to threaten you with the cooler
before you would quiet down. And
little later, when the room got
warm, you didn't feel well and went
down stairs-fast-and only the tree
you leaned against, and the polluted
earth and you know how sick you
were. And still later some good
friend took you to your room and put
you to bed. And all the next day
you had a. splitting headache and
were glum and wretched. l believe
that is about what you said. Well,
as you look back over it all now
when a week has passed, what do
you really think about it? Are you
very certain you had fine time?
Honest Injun now, are you proud
that you went to the Opera House
and gave public notice that yon were
drunk? Are you real glad that two
or three nice girls that you think
about pretty often happened to pass
by while you were leaning against
the tree? Are you quite sure that
you stand higher than you did in the
esteem of the people whose good Opin-
ion you desire to have? Suppose, for
example, that you should apply to
some business man for employment,
would he be likely to say, why.
yes, of course, you are just the boy L
want. / like young fellow that ism
tied to his mothers apron strings,
that has spirit enough to get out and
get roaring drunk whenever he feels
| like it, whether it breaks his mothers
heart or not. Here is the combina-
ton to my safe and the key to my
money drawer. Come right in" DC
you really think, my son, that the
merchant would say something like
that? And suppose your father, who
has no other ambition in life than tC
see you established in business and
honored and esteemed, or your moth
er, who has prayed every night since
you were born that you might grow
up a good, pure man, suppose one
them or both, should hear some ru
NOR of all this and ask you about it
Would you rejoice to tell them all tn,
truth, and would they praise you anC
thank God that all their prayers wer
being answered? No, my dear boy
, YOU needn't try to answer all tines
questions ON the spur of the moment
But suppose you ponder over then
day or two and then tell me VIVA
| Won really think