Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-02
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
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Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Differeut Towns
and Communities.
NEW FISH COMMISSIONER.
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The appointment OF George A. Linz
coin for fish commissioners Will please
the people down this way, where the
deal of fishing. Mr. Lincoln is vet
eran OF the civil war, an ex-mayor and
a mighty good fellow. Mr.. Delevan
has made an excellent official, but he
is serving hie fourth term, and natur-
ally could not expect a reappointment.
The Herald does not believe that fish
stocking is practicable az now conduct
ed, but the laws require a commissioner
and there 10 need of fish protection, and
as the state proposes to pay somebody
for the job, II could not find more de-
serving man than Mr. Lincoln.
SAVED HIS PENNIES AND WON
SUCCESS.
LAlden Times.l
Thirty years ago a. 12-year-old boy
was peddling milk in London on a sail
airy barely rufiicient to buy two meals
day and keep himself in ragged
clothes. One day an old gentleman ac-
costed him on the street and asked him
how much money he had saved up. The
& boy had four shillings-all his own and
his ALL Well, said the old gentleman,
when you have five shillings bring it
to me and / will tell you sonnet thing !"
The boy was not mistaken in the man
and did as requested. The gentleman
took him to O. savings bank andSput five
more sbIllings with 1t, and lad the ten
shillings deposited to the boys credit.
That was the beginning. Inatwo years,
by careful management. a sIal sufR-
/. Gent had been saved and donated ny
the friend to buy a ticket to America
and the rest was easier. About two
months ago the little English kid,
grown considerably taller, sold his farm
west OF Alden for $4,000 and cleared up
$4,000 and over at the sale of stock and
implements held but q few days ago.
This reads more like romance than
truth, but it is verifiable in every de-
tail. Possibly when he and his good
wife are over in England this summer.
as they expect to be, the right kind of
inducement may lead us to tell who he
is. Until then we Will only say that one
Of his names is Dick, and better man
never had the name.
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PAINS FOR HIS TROUBLE.
Newton Journal.l
editorial woes are not unlike the
woes of others. Notwithstanding we find
them more frequently mentioned, and
the average man ought to know and
appreciate the fact that the return of
favors are those which are expected
end not those which have been received.
lit is sometimes said that IL you want O
man to respect you kick him. you
want man to despitefully use you, dc
him substantial favor. That may be
true of small bored. contemplate indi-
viduals,-it can not be true of true
nan, but rather the reverse. We have
known cases where the circumstances
made one feel as tho the first PROPOSE
ton IN the above sentence was entirely
true For instance: We knew an editor
once who for a score of years never los
an opportunity to do man favor
never failed to compliment him on al
possible occasions. who stood by hin
whenever he was a candidate for office
and defended as best he knew his Off
cial acts when they had been attacked
Who when reverses came to him turned
70 his account and marked 1t balanced
when II took three figures to express tn,
amount BY misconception of fact,
he one day published short item re
fiecting somewhat on his acts. or a
least ne thought it did. Does the reade
suppose he remembered the hundreds
OF favors he had received from tn
hands of the editor, and overlooked an,
forgave the one error made? Not much
Tut ever after was the editors mos
persistent and bitter enemy. Such i
life In the far west.