The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-31
MAYOR WAS ORIGINAL
KEPT AN OHIO TOWN GUESSING
Chief Executive Campbell, of Bowling
Green, Ohio. Displayed His Originality
in Many Ways.

EX-Mayor Campbell of Bowling
| Green, Ohio, was unique officer. He
made one of the best all-around Off.
cials that the city ever had, though his
| eccentricities have made him famed far
and wide.
Among the first acts by the mayor
was the punishment of himself. Some
time after he had been elected to the
office and had taken his seat he got
out with some friends one day and be-
fore he was aware of the fact disgraced
the dignity of the office. So soon as he
recovered sufficiently to know what he
mad done he issued a warrant for him.
self, had himself arrested and fined a
self-imposed fine, which he paid.
IT was not long after this that the
Official had to exercise his ingenuity in
the punishment of youngster about
fourteen years of age, who played
hookey from school, committed petty
thefts and terrOriZed the neighborhood.
FINALLY after the mayor had had his
patience tried time and again, and after
ne mad iectured the youngster ON many
occasions, he hit upon a new sort of
punishment Jimmy Firsden, the boy.
was to take his choice of ten Sundays
at Sunday school or ten days in jail
Tor stealing fruit from a neighbor's
nursery. Jimmy took the Sunday
school sentence, and the mayor rigged
him out in new suit of clothes, that
he might appear as well as the rest of
the youngsters.
This seemed to work well, at least
In the mind of the mayor and he had
half dozen boys attending Sunday
school who had never before set foot
inside church. Finally this became
chestnut with the boys, as they formed
habit of sleeping throughout the SER
vices. Mayor Campbell then racked
his brain for some other method of pun
ishlng the pests of the town. Jimmy
stole peaches and other fruit with the
same hard-heartedness and with the
same skill as of yore.
The next time Jimmy failed to eyade
the officers he was brought up before
his honor and heard the stern eNecu-
tive say:
Jimmy, l have tried to make good
boy of you. l have bought you new
clothes rigged you out like other boys
and sent you to Sunday school, but it
does not seem to have done you any
good. You shall go to jail for ten days
Or be fogged by your father" Jimmy
mad been logged n great many times
by his father and remembered that the
rod was laid on rather lightly, so he
chose the whipping. Jimmy supposed
that he would be released to go to his
father to get the administration OF lus-
tice, but the mayor had another idea
he sent for the father, had him doff his
coat and lay on the birch vigorously
TIL his honor announced that Justice
had been satisfied.
1t was not long before Jimmy was
again before the tribunal for carrying
on n bushel of peaches. The peaches
could not be returned, as the lad, with
what help he invited to assist, had de-
voured the entire busheI The Ynayor
concluded that since peaches were so
good more would be better He bought
a bushel and sat Jimmy down before
them with orders to eat every one of
them within two days or stay in Jail !
till he did. Jimmy became sick before |
he had the bushel disposed of but the !
proved effectual, and jim |
my has not had any craving for |
peaches since
Another perplexing problem which |
racked the brain of the mayor was |
what to do with man who was
brought before him every week or two
IN the charge of drunkenness. He /
lned him time and again and then sus-
pended the same that the wife would
lot have to pay it. Finally he sen
.enced him TO years total abstinence
agreeing to fine himself $50 providing
he offender did not violate the condi-
ions of the sentence. He gave the
mans wife n check for $50 payable in
me year. provided the husband re-
NAMED sober that long, and IL the
nan perseveres he will compel the OF
icial TO pay the fine. He has been So
'er three months and VOWS he will
ontnue nine months longer.
Lately the mayor successfully carried
'ut style of punishment on tramps
hat drop into town that promises to
i'd this section of the alleged work
He makes every one who
SKIS assistance about town 20 to the
ity building and work for an hour
a ton of coal from one side
f the basement to the other The coal
as been worn smooth by frequent
andlings, but it still answers the pur-
ose. As result of one of his latest
ccentricities he settled hotel bill of
80. He owns a farm in the southern
nd of the county and while the farm
RS in that neighborhood posted mo
uniting allowed signs, he put up no.
ices requesting everybody to hunt on |
is place and then get their dinner at
hotel in North Baltimore, charging
he same to him. {