Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-30
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I.edyard, Dec. 29.-That four and four
only make seven, one of the landlords
in Manning claims. and proves ii by
saying that some time ago he married a
widow. She has four children and he
has four, and yet the united families
Ionly have seven children for the census.
taker. All this happened in the nine
Iteenth century, which does not end until
-
President Gates Forthcoming resigna-
lion naturally brings out much discus
sion as 10 his successor II the students
of the college had the Selection of the
imam ii would be easy 10 name him. but
they have little Voice in the matter ex-
,9cept in this. no president Will be forced
on them personally obnoxious. Outside
iof G;riilneli one often nears the wish
| that he will be an 'up-to- date man.
| not an old fossil This is an implied
compliment To President Gates, for he
certainly is not Of the old school of in
lsstructers or managers. Curiousiy
l.en0ugh there seems to be little desire on
1.-THE part of those the LookerOn has
talked with for q man particularly
,pious'' Yale's selection of a president.
| who is not a Clergyman. is often spoken
4 of as a precedent which Iowa College
4 can we'll bear in mind. This. not so
mlch ii feeling against the reverend
/ gentlemen as that this title frequently
/ carries With 1t opinions concerning the
lstudent life necessary in a theological
1 seminary rather than that inevitable in
/ the ranks of students getting an educa-
4 ton necessary for other walks in life.
4 Perhaps the writer would haze heard
i more in favor of Il religious president
4 II he had been thrown more in contact
1 with church people. Unfortunately he
meets worldly people.
4 Near one Of our Iowa towns Ives a
very economical farmer. Recently his
4 wife added to the population of Iowa.
siIlWhen the child was four days old the
mother was afflicted with toothaehe,
and this Of the jumping kind. No need
4 to explain TO any one who mas SUFFERED
with "a jumping tootnache. II WAS de-
cided that two teeth must be pulled.
Dentists have q Way of charging foi
A their services. So do doctors who oc-
Il casionally operate as dentists Neither
doctor nor dentist would drive out to
1.-The farm and pull these Jumpers un-
Hess they We're paid for it. So the farm
er borrowed from a neighboring veter-
iinary pair of horse forceps. delicate
little instruments a foot long, and pro-
coded TO operate on the sick Wife Re-
suit two broken teeth, a tortured Won
an and old economy finally had To so IL
itown after the doctor. All this happens
to be true. and names and town arr
only omitted to avoid locating the
Il meanest man in Iowa.
4 Now there is no hahn in locating thi.
lother story in Nevada. for it happened
there 1t shows the days of miracle!
have rot passed 1t should encourage
our ministers to keep on preaching 4
seems on recent Sunday one of thu
/ able clergymen OF Nevada preached e
. plain sermon, A certain gentleman wal
!, there with his wife. On the way HON,
! from church said citizen told his wifi
that was the last time he should go t
church He didn't object when min
lister preached to everybody, but whei
! he was picked out of a congregation o
: 200 men, and talked to directly, 1T wa
too much. He had faults, probabl.
committed sin. but didn't propose I
! Ihaye a minister mention such things il
the pulpit All this is SO different iron
thegeneral sermon, which we easily un
derstand applies to our neighbor. tina
said sermon ought to be printed. 1
must be out of the ordinary. And again
while the judge tells this story on tn
deacon, and further both the judge
and the deacon's wives are non-com
initial still the fact remains some ma
e did fell his wife in regard to that ser
: mon what has been mentioned here an
Z all this is mentioned here so that it ma
encourage one minister in Nevada I
!, continue this style of sermon.
Again the calamity bowler has com
: to the front. Once more ne is pityin
e the poor farmer. Everything the far