The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-02


money, have good clothes, joined the
church and now none of the girls will go
with me and they can go straight to h
SO they can" Young man you are too
easy. Don't get discouraged but take
Byton's advice, he says:
Why Thomas complain
Of this maiden's disdain?
Why thus in despair do you fret?
For months you may try,
Yet, believe me sigh
Will never obtain coquette.
= Monld you teach her to love?
For time seems to rove
At first she may frown in a pet;
But leave her awhile,
She shortly will smile,
And then you may have The coquette.
For such are the airs
u Of these tanciful fairs,
They think all our homage debt
Z, Yet partial neglect
Soon takes an effect
And humbles the proudest coquette.
- Dissemble your pain,
And lengthen your chain,
aAnd seem her hauteur to regret;
y If again you shall sigh,
She no more will denigh
That yours is the rosy coquette.
The Yeoman organized last week with
twenty-four charter members and more
coming. Prof. Sullivan was elected
Foreman. This seems to be good
order somewhat on the principle of the
NJ. w. A. but they take in men up to
fftyafive years of age while the limit in
the, w oodmen is f6lty-five. Every mar
ried man should carty;a an insurance for
his loved onesin case he should be sud.
denly called away. 1t costs but little
and always comes in a time when most
needed. They thus help carry the bur
dens of the state by providing for the
widow and orphan. The Woodman car
A aa aa, war and md paid losses sRP6an
ing to $4,000 thereby helping the
country as well as the widows and or
phans.
I. Sam Acton, who has been lingering
long time with consumption died last
week and was buried in the Camden
cemetery. Rev. +. Edwards, Of Osceola,
officiating.
Rev. +. Edwards passed through here
on his way to Leon where he filled an
appointment Sunday. Rev. +. Edwards
knows most of the old settlers IN this
part of the country.
Rev. Mcclure, of Humeston, filled the
Presbyterian pulpit last Sunday morn.
ing and evening. He is very fluent
speaker who handles his subject with
skill and earnestness that holds the at.
tention of his audience. In the morn
ing he spoke of the future punishment
and seems to have the old orthodox idea
Of hell. Some think because our heav-
emily father loves us better than we do
our own children and we never would
send them to everlasting torment
neither would the Almighty but he GER
tainly will. He said you might think
that God would not allow Gen. Wyler
to carry on his depredations in Cuba the
way he did but the facts are it was done;
or that God would not allow the famine
stricken of India to suffer so; or the
awful massacres to go on in China but
the facts are that he does allow it to be
done; we do not know why,so there was
place of future punishment. Men did
not like to deny God but they would
attack the Bible for teaching that there
isa place Of everlasting torment. In
Adam ye die in Christ We live. All this
to an unconverted man or woman is
vague, indefinite and uncertain;it seems
to us as if they look with earthly eyes
and understanding but to the converted
who see with spiritual as well as earthly
understanding 1t is perhaps all plain.
In everything else we are encouraged
and told we will learn and soon reach
the ideal but in religion we are told We
must repent or be lost forever. Christ
his mission was failure He taught
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we may all have for the asking. So do
right and fear not but:
Travel onward working, hoping,
Cast no lingering look behind
At the trials once encountered,
Look ahead and never mind.
Fate may threaten, clouds may lower,
Enemies may be combined,
If your trust in God is steadfast
He will help you, never mind.
w. B. Howard is on the sick list but
keeps the church in good shape. He is
the best sexton the church has had.
We were reminded of our school days
and how we used to try to steal a march
had too much of those three cases of
beer that certain man got Saturday or
something else. One of them wanted to
90 home. The other said there was no
use to be in hurry Pat had gone home
and the marshal was not around. There
is no doubt but that they were feeling
like the sea sick man who said:
: Mr.. Captain stop the ship,
l want to get off and walk,
feel so flipity.fop-te.flip,
I'll never see New York.
The railroad men are putting in new
iron culverts in place of the old wooden
ones now in use.
Attorney d. q. Jennings, Of Bedford,
10 home on vacation and is helping
his father on his new house.
Mrs. j. P. Kline, of Weldon WAS Wis
iting with r. w. Boeger and< family last
week. Two of her daughterJR Gerta and
Neva will attend college at Ind ianoia the
coming term.
John Boyd was delivering sone 6na
hay in townlast week.
Richard Bros. have sold a
posts to some parties west
g. w. Mathers, of Eair1