The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-08

natives would come out anu bdIh
at us he had half believed me.
You will understand that ! was
justified in losing my temper. IN
as much as | could not reach him
by sarcasm or convince him by "a
plain statement of facts, tried "a
more satisfactory method. ! abused
him.
| said: "You belong to that
large class OF Americans who live in
flat buildings in crowded cities, and
ride on the street cars, and know
some eight or ten people and gradu-
ally narrow themselves r~'' each
man comes to believe tina city
lis, if you will pardon the ence,
the hub of the universe. ., esn't
know anything about his -, oun-
try, and his opinion of aion
or that region is based L, ~, the
chance reading of book " tn re-
memberance of an old story. You
probably read The Hoosier School
ma ter at one time, and since then
YOU have heard an occasional refer
ence to Posey county and you have
been serene in the belief that In
diana is Jungle, with here and
there q log cabin. Only a few
minutes ago you seemed TO be sur
Iprised that here in Ind ana yo'i
would continue to find Jeag.. ful
fields and big white farlihcrses,
and all the other signs OF n pros
porous civilization. No, you Cug|'
Ito have sufficient Intelligent to
know that states are divided by ar
bitrary lines. If Indiana is differ
ent from its neighbors it is not be-
cause of differences in soil, climate,
vegetation or natural opportunities
but differences in the making and
administration of laws. A part o.
the state is the tapping over OF the
great corn belt of Illinois. In th'
east we have the oil and gas fields
similar to those of Ohio and Pennsyl
vania. To the south the STATE
ranges into the rugged and pictur
esque regions mating those OF Ken
'ltucky on the other side OF the river
: In the northwest we share the sane
!, and the swamps with Chicago. In
: diana is a versatile state, and ye
= there is no part Of the state whic
, has not counterpart in neigh
;. boring state. In what respect, then
= is Indiana different? Well, it ha
! more colleges and a better schoc
system and more renowned litera
!. : ture than any of its neighbors. 70
6 see, it is living in the present, Will
= Massachusetts, and other states
g might name, have nothing to sho'
but tombstones.
at is fortunate in not having an
large cities to dominate the politica
machines, and so the people hav
= elected line of governors and ser
eators noted for their honesty an
ability. As it has been close
astate politically, there has tee
J more agitation and discussion i
! Indiana than in any other state {
the union, and, inevitably, IA bette
= general knowledge of our govern
ment and the issues which divid
! parties. T"
. The Boston man seemed to b
impressed and remarked that b
y had not intended to cast any re
Election on the state.
;. .sIf YOU are so fond Of Indiana
'Iwhy d. at you i E here?" he asked
: 81 can make more money b
having my headquarters a. Chi
u cago." | replied. That's tn
;, plain and simple reason. Besides
after man has been in Chi.ago {
: on the road awhile a stationery Lii
y in Indiana may be too tame fc
: him. But that's no reason why h
= = should change his opinion OF tn
! state. Indiana's all right. l.
'11never go back on it"
.'In regard to indianapolis sal
!. the Boston man, "you were reall
= chatting"
q Certainly, You needn't TAX
= any reading matter with you, b'
= cause you'll find a news stand rigf
= in the Bates house. and as for ge
: ting from place to place, there's
good board walk leading from tn
- depot right up Main street. AS yo
90 into town you will notice a hous
le on the left. That's where Gen
I, Harrison lives"
= "Really.'
:, "What towns are you going
= make?"
81 "Kokomo and Peru"
y clock out for the White Cap
~ " at Peru. They're very active
= present. Oh, by the way, you 70
rIe 3 got to ask me if the farmers in II
y diana buy gold bricks. Yes, son
u of them do. Others, up towal
. IChicago, buy wheat. The on
~ difference between Indiana and Ill
}" oois is that over here we buy o