Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-18

and no good is ever accomplished for
any cause by the washing of private and
personal dirty linen before the public.
When humanity is subject tc so many
weaknesses and failings and the most
of us are tarred with the same stick.
personal backbiting is of no avail. More
over, the people are not interested in the
jealous chickering's of newspaper editors.
1t is still mOOted question whether
or no the devil is totally depraved. The
general belief tends to the certainty OF
his depravity, and also to him being so
totally deprayed as to be known as the
prince of darkness. But as judicial de-
cisiOns nowadays are sometimes made
from comparisons, it is very certain that
the devil is entitled to certain amount
of credit to his account, from the certain
total depravity of some persons now liv-
ing, who have not yet been transformed
into the shape and form of devils.
The prospect fOran active spring work
: hand. This is not only in the commercial.
but also in the mechanical world We
learn from creditable sources that there
are under contemplation, the erection Of
some twenty-five to thirty buildings in
Plymouth some of which will be com
menced as soon as the weather will per
NIT.
One pushing, advertising merchant
says the Lawrencebury Register, will do
more to bring thrift into a community
than fifty who huddle by their stoves
and wait for business to be brought to
them by the energy of some one else. a
dozen live business men reaching out
into the highways and hedges for bust
ness can make any town hum for pros
perity.
An exchange says: If doctor makes
mistake, he buries it; if a merchant
makes mistake he never tells it; if
lawyer makes mistake he crawls out
of it; but if an editor makes a mistake
he puts it on sheet of paper for the
world to look at and in every community
there are cranks who think they are
models of wisdom because they occasion
ally discover them
YES" said one Of the captivating
girls who was skating on the river the
other night to her fellow, II do so love
to skate while you are sailing around
your soul seems floating away toward
heaven, and''-Just at that time both of
her ''soles" foated away toward heaven,
and the rest of her, belonging to the
earth earthly, came down on a solid
foundation of ice, with a dull but
mighty thud.
, The report that has been circulated in
regard to the glove contest that is to
take place here next month, has caused
a great deal of comment. The mayor
wishes it to be distinctly understood
that no smuggling" match will be toler-
, ated. That the sheriff and other officials
, will be present, and at the first indica
ton that more than a friendly glove
) contest is on tap the whole affair will
| be brought to a close.
An editor in the sucker state is surely
on to his position when he remarked:
"Most of us have SO far waited patiently
for winter to come, but our hopes are
unavailing. There can be no such thing
as genuine winter without sleigh rides,
and pretty girls, and frozen kisses, and
: two hands in one end Of the muff, and
: church oyster stews, and grippe and
plumbers, at 40 cents an hour, and lots
of other good things
\ young lady one day while leaning
, over the dry goods counter, commenced
: to deliver wonderful and pathetic lee
5 ture about the cruelty and barbariSm of
slaughtering the poor, pretty sparrows,
/ by the wicked, heartless and miserable
t boys. Her touching remarks brought
tears to the eyes of her hearers, until a
little six-year-old fellow cried out, "Oh
, auntie, what boy killed all those six
pretty birds you wear on your hat
The grocery firm of Houghton x
lIoughton is no more, having sold out
their stock to Mr.. Geo. w. Ninall. The
=. latter gentleman has been in the employ
of l.. A. Kloepfer for the past seven
years, and during that time has built up
f an excellent reputation In his resign
ing his position Mr.. Kloepfer looses a
{ trusty and efficient clerk. But the city
: of Plymouth secures another addition
to its large list of competent business
f men.
The meeting of the medical society
4 held in this city one week ago yes
terday was well attended. Drs. Mont
gomery and Sawyer, of South Bend, and
DIR. Annis, of LaPorte, were present DIR.
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