Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-16

was a pitiful sight. He was large
robust man who had been stricken with
the regular old fashioned fever and
ague and any one who lived in this part
of the country before the days of drive
wells and good drainage could not help
but sympathize with him. Al day yes
/ terday he lay under pile of bed cloth
ing under which he could hardly turn
and shook with chills. Medical assist
ance was given him and last night he
was transferred to the County Poor
House.
The other day we noticed a man
coming out OF a saloon, with a good
sized jag OF" whose wife has been
doing washing for years to assist in
maintaining the family. Men who can
not support their families without the
aid of their wives at the washboard,
should be compelled TO keep from
spending their money in saloons, and a
majority of saloon keepers prefer their
absence to their presence. Warsaw
Union. We heartily agree with the
Union in the above, and believe a law
should be passed to the above effect.
The Indiana weather crop bulletin
issued Monday says: "The dry wealth
er of the last week Kindred the growth
of all crop, especially corn, potatoes,
pastures and tobacco. General rain
would add greatly to their value. Oc-
casional rains have fallen, but have
been badly distributed. Corn generally
is in very good condition, and the pros
pect was fine for an unusually large
and excellent crop until the dry weather
of the last week, which was not bene-
fetal to Its development. 1t has stuff
cred somewhat on good land, and is
beyond hope of recovery on thin land
where the dry weather has been con-
tinuous. Pastures are short and drying
up in many localities. Apples, peaches
and pears promise a good yield
The practical joke played by drug
gist of Alamo, Ind, on farmer friend
failed greatly in humor when it was
perpetrated, and now seems likely to be
inconveniently expensive to the would
be funny man. The druggist had re-
ceived fresh case of beer and offered
to treat the farmer. The latter was
not accustomed to intOxicants, and the
facetious druggist thought it would be
too funny for anything to mix his
drinks. lie did SO, the farmer went
home drunk and died next day, his wife
says, from the effects of the liquor given
him. She has sued the humorous drug
gist for $1,000, and even if that gentle
man succeeds in evading payment his
bubbling fun will probably receive such
a check from the unexpected outcome
of the affair that he will forever refrain
from trying to make a sober man
drunk.-Indianapolis Journal.
The South Bend Daily Times shows
the spirit of generosity when it states
the following: "Baths, with not and
cold water and clean towels and great
big, clean, transparent swimming tanks,
are what is wanted in every city and
village in this land. There is no town
so poor that it cannot afford bath
house, with clean, white tiled floors of
baked and enameled clay. The baths
should not be altogether free, but
cents should be charged for the use of
tenn to each person, or 10 cents with the
use of the swimming tank Then
everybody would feel as though he
were paying his way like gentleman:
everybody would Use the baths and
bless the name of civilization which
enabled just plain laboring men and
women to be as clean as labOring men
and women were in the old heather
Roman times. If such baths were eS-
tablished, we should be astonished To
find how clean and handsome even the
commonest sort of scrub people are
If you want TO know the people who
sustain a town carry around subscrib-
ton paper, or be church treasurer.
You will find that it is not those who
dress in purble and fine linen, but that
it is the people of moderate incomes,
the tOllers in the various avocatioIs
, who are dependent upon their daily
labor OF business. They build our
schools and churches and carry on
puflic Enterprises. Whena subscription
paper IS presented they respond cheer
: fully. What they get from the public
they give back to il, and thus keep up
the prosperity of town. The com
munity which overlOoks the common
? people makes grave mistake. The
+. people who contribute To the public de
serve its honor not those who receive
7 from it. Society owes nothing tn those
who acknowledge no debt To it. Those
, who spend all their money upon them
, selves, however ricl they may be are
; the most selfish and valueless OF