The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-05-23
SIDE OBSERVATIONS.

1t is remarkable how some writ
ers can adorn the most common.
place subject with the flowers of
poesy, and make it joy forever.
We read in a contemporary that
,highly-esteemed citizen, "who has
dwelt upon this sublunary sphere
for the term of seventy winters,
and in that time had the mingled
grief and pleasure tc lay three
wives where the flowers of spring
could grow over them, and the
dews of summer sparkle like a
robe of diamonds about them, re-
Gently took to himself fourth
partner of his joys and sorrows in
the person of a charming widow,
who has deposited two matrimon-
ial ventures in a, place of perpetual
security, and gazed on the blush
ing roses of ofseventy-fve summers.
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All small cities contain a num-
Der of individuals who suffer with
a chronic case of "big head
Worthington has one of these
freaks, who for some mythology
cal reason has fostered and devel-
oped an idea that he knows more
and is a little bit better than his
neighbors, especially the neighbors
who do not possess such ''gift
of gab." What this young man
thinks he knows, if put in book
form, would make nearly as large
book as one containing what the
people think of this all-wise and
powerful being. The Observer
took the trouble to investigate the
cause Of Lis condition, and we
must admit that the mystery
grows greater, because he comes
from a family occupying the most
common walks in life. We're this.
a plague period the mission of =.
this individual might be easily
accounted for, as the Almi ig hty in
his greatness would not care to
condemn his people to a more
severe punishment than to place
this supercilliou ass among them.
Possessing neither brains nor IN
fluence, his head >has puffed up
like soap bubble, and will not !
stand touching for fear it might
burst and its contents be waited
away by gentle zephyr into the
"ambient atmosphere
*x*
Thursday next is sacred to the
martyred soldiery of the republic
to those who hazarded or sur
rended their lives that the. Union
might endure unimpaired and
triumphant. Unforgotten graves
will be freshly decorated and adj
miring memories of the brave
boys whose bones are mouldering
in the soil of the south are recalled.
A generation has sprung up since
the great contention that formed
an epoch in the history of our
country and vindicated the vital
ity of our government. Every
truly patriotic address will be an
argument for the permanency
of peace Many of the gray
haired and care worn, but
warm hearted decorators rivive
memories of war times and re-
open wounds that even the mellow
influence of intervening years have
not entirely obliterated. Memoir
ial day! Let us join in its cere-
monies and be instructed by its
fruitful lessons. Let US, indeed,
do what we may to perpetuate
the sovereignty of white-winged
peace, and cultivate sentiment
that shall convent all the horrible
enginery of war into handmaids
of industry.
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The '.aspiring amateur" charges
the Observer with plagiarism.
Such charge is humorous CON-
ing from a patent sheet whose ed
itorials are written by a bank Of
fetal aud it's "roasts" and society
items sound like the utterances Of
family physician. How the