The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-03-25

To "Observer" in the w. c. 7.
U. Column:
Yours of Feb. 25th, 1898, has
been received and contents noted.
viii say in reply, while meaning
well, | love to see my fellow men
do well. You say reply to sob
server 1st, ;" is due the friends of
the "CouRIER," who are the best
people in town by the way. There
you give yourself away; we do not
wish to give any one black eye,
for we think well of the people of
Portersville, and respect those re-
siding in town or vicinity, especially
those who respect themselves; those
who do not we do not sympathlze
with, neither for them in regard to
the boys from Daviess getting full
ard riding up and down the streets
and shooting. Now, "Observer"
second, you were mistaken when you
had your observation camera set !;
you perhaps was full otherwise you
could have told foot man from
one on horse back; it is invariably a
rule when a man is drunk he thinks
every body else is in the same con
ldition.
We did not mean to mar the feel
Iings of any christians, for you are
aware there is vast difference be
tween christian and a church
member. We have gatling gun
that shoots in all directions, and if
any christian has got in range and
got crippled we are truly sorry; we
hope there is none of that class In
range. Yet the garments ale cut
out and mape, and # any person
has put one on, and it pinches. or
lifts too tight, we would advise them
o take it oil quicker than they
put it on. You say your town
has one saloon, aud will soon have
another, and you say you are sorry.
Do you really mean it? Does any
one more than yourself know it?
does your Maker know that to be a
fact? and you say they are "run in
accordance with the law, and you
are not sympathizer with the sa-
looms, and you believe that the sa-
loon keepers are willing, yes, even
anxious, to obey the letter OF the
law" And yet you are not a sym
pathizerl that sounds very thin, in
deed. Have you asked your Maker
to forgive you for making that ex-
preston? il you have not our belief
is that you had better; delays are
dangerous. You say, ''when al
young man says he is of legal age,
and is not, and buys whisky, who is
to blame you say the question an
swers itself " Not if one under
ands what legal means. In our
state legal means lawful, or over
twenty-one, when speaking OF age.
Yes, you think the question Isl
solved. You have taken the saloonI
side, and we have taken the oppo'
.ite. Legal, if we understand you,
in your domain is any age fromI
twenty-one down to fifteen or six
teen, and if the truth was known mol
doubt younger than that. But III
can't be proven, for saloon keepers
have their pimps to testify in their
behalf. You say your town hasI
good people in it. Yes, we believe
that, and we respect them, too. lnI
regard to scoring your town, youI
have admitted to some parties that
almost every word was true in re-
gard to morality. "Man is prone to
wander; he will chose the bad when
it is kept in sight, ratherthan chose
the good" You don't observe
close enough. We reformed when
young; we have taught temperance
and virtue, and we want our neigh
bors to join with us in the good
work. "Woe unto him that giveth
his neighbor drink, that putteth the
bottle to his mouth, and maketh
him drunken, also" You say, will
he come again; Yes, he will
''the June bug disappears in June
the tightening bug in May; the bed
bug takes her bonnet off, and says,
I've come to stay" We have, too.
OBSERVER 1st.
Portersville, March, 1898.