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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-16
MORE ABOUT THE STOGY.
1t Originated in the Conestoga Region
of Pennsylvania.

" N''''SJ NSA'''e's
You may spell it stogy or 'stogie."
In the latter case you follow the ex-
ample of Mr.. John Farmer, who is so
often wrong in his "DiCtiOnary of
Americanisms." Mr.. Farmer, finding
and quoting a sentence with the word
in the plural, chose his singular form
in. defiance of the advice of other die
tionary makers. You may be brave
enough to make stOgies; you surely
have spelled them; and you know that
there has of late been newspaper con-
troversy over the respective merits
of the Wheeling and Pittsburg brands.
We therefore publish with pleasure
an exhaustive essay by our valued cor
respondent, c. w. f.
At home they call it rat tail. Its
birthplace is COnestoga county, about
Lancaster Pa, once famous as the
chief highway from tidewater to the
Ohio country For many years, it will
be remembered, Lancaster was the
greatest town of the interior, away
from salt water and navigation. The
country about Lancaster and the Cones
toga, highly productive, used to carry
its -four, iron and provisions to PhiIa.
delphia in huge wagons drawn by four
six or eight horses, and when poor
BraddoCk started on his expedition to
the Ohio. Franklin, the illustrious, sup
piled him with $50 of these noble out
fits. The armies of the revolution
nd
made them everywhere familiar.
When the famous turnpike from Ian
caster to Philadelphia was built more
than n century ago. it was to accom-.
modata these Conestogas. They
crowded the still more famous Cum
berland road built by Uncle Sam, to
! Wheeling, across the state of Ohio,
and through Indiana and Illinois.
The Conestoga teamsters liked their
tobacco, and preferred the native
weed Some genius along the road
invented the rough cigar, made Of
Pennsylvania or similar tobacco, and
we'll adapted in price and vigor to the
sturdy wagOners. They liked il, the
demand increased and only Edward
Atkinson can compute how many mil.
lions were produced in tie Conestoga
country. Wheeling, T--tsburg and
along the old pixies Like the big
wagons. a very vigorous cigar, made
after the pattern OF a rat tail, came to
be known as the Conestoga, soon alb.
breviated into the more familiar
Stogy.
Conestoga wagons preceded the rev,
olution, but the brave stogy came with
the more enlightened nineteenth cen.
furry and should have Mr.. Atkinson's
attention. He can compute the horse
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power represented by this stunning
smoke, the clouds it has produced,
and how the stogy compares with the
Oceanic or Great Eastern. Pennsyl.
vania has ever been a champion OF
home products, and the stogy is such.
Nor is it in need of tariff protection,
perhaps, since no tobacco will do for
the stOgy save the vigorous growth
of the Allegheny mountain farms. Por-
to Rico and Manila can do much, but
they cannot hope to match the power,
the all-pervading energy of the true
Pennsylvania stogy. 1t proves that we
are the strongest nation on earth
And really no army or navy is irwin
chile save that which smokes stogies.
1t is all owing to the stogies, perhaps,
that Pennsylvania is so strong and its
pig iron so potent, and every poet in
Wheeling or Pittsburg will readily see
the idyllic resemblance between sto-
gies and the tallest chimneys.-Bos-
ton Journal.
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His Adventure.

The numbering old stage coach, with
four horses attached, pulled out from
Randsburg and started for .Mohave,
forty miles away. On the seat with the
driver was young man who had
made his pile" as they say in
Randsburg, and was now on his way
back to his New England home.
Hugh Gordon had left Brockton four
years ago for California, where he
intended to find situation as book
keeper, but did not get employment as
soon as he expected, and falling in
with prOspectOr who was about to
return to the mountains, he Joined
him in the search for gold. For three
years and half, in company with his
partner, he searched the hills and
streams for the yellow metal, making
a living at all times, but never strik-
ing any rich fields. At last, when al
most discouraged and about to give
up his hopeless task, he heard of the
new diggings at Randsburg, and he
and his partner hurried there. They
were fortunate in getting a good claim
and after taking about $4,000 apiece
in gold dust, Hugh sold out his share
of the claim to his partner for $10-
600 more. This he exchanged for bills
and then took the stage for Mohave,
the nearest railroad station.
He was thinking what surprise he
would give his old mother when he
walked in and aid his fortune on the
table. Yes, he would buy an interest
in one of the large shoe factories, and
his future would be assured. Perhaps
he would marry, and he was wonder
ing whether he preferred a blonde or
a brunette, when suddenly four mask
ed men appeared in front of the stage,
and, with leyeled rifles, commanded
the driver to halt or die Resistance
was useless and the driver pulled up.
In ten minutes the passengers were
plucked and the robbers disappeared,
and with them Hugh Gordon's roll of
bills.
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A Ducal Homo moon.

Tanderageo castle is en- rcte and the
inhabitants of the picturesque little
town which halls the duke of Man
chester as it's lord and master gave
their Graces a true Irish welcome
home The castle, which is one of the
Oldest of Irish strongholds, contains
some very charming rooms and the
dukes mother, Consuelo, duchess Of
Manchester, is said to have been far
fonder of Tanderagee than of Kimbol-
ton, the suite of rooms which was once
hers and which has now passed into
the possession of another American
duchess, being particularly bright and
pretty. Many newly made benedicts
would have felt somewhat annoyed at
being interrupted in the midst OF a
prolonged honeymoon by the threat OF
a breach ofpromise action, but the
duke of Manchester seems to have ac-
cepted the situation with the greatest
to have dropped. The good folk of
Tanderagee have been much inter
ested in the fine pug dog that served.
according to popular Tumor, as engage
ment ring to the duke of Manchester
and his fair American fiancee. The
duchess, who'is very original, thought
the ordinary betrothal token too com
monplace to meet her own and the
dukes romantic taste Accordingly
she persuaded him to present her with
an engagement dog, and it is said in
this matter the young duchess may
have set fashion-London Sketch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-16

Hurry the baby as fast as you can.
Hurry, him, worry him, make him a
man.
OFF with his baby clothes, get hiE in
pants,
Feed him on brain-food and make him
advance.
Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk,
Into a grammar school; cram him with
talk.
Fill his poor head full of figures and
facts
Keep on a-jamming them till it cracks.
Once boys grew up at a rational rate;
Now we develop a man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him
to grab
Of every known subject a dip and
dab.
Get him in business and after the
cash.
All by the time he can grow a nous
tache;
Let him forget he was ever a boy,
Make gold his god and its jingle his
joy.
Keep him a-hustling and clear out Of
breath.
Until he wins-nervous prostration
and death.
Nixon Waterman.
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ducing the capitol force in accordance
with the governors recommendation
placing the inspector of illuminating
oils on a 81 800 salary and for an as.
sistant bank examiner at $1,000 year.
Senator Mills bill for a statistician at
81 500 a year in the railroad com
missioner's office caused Mr.. Hall 10
declare that the Office had nothing
TO do and the commission had no
power and also that all the work of
the office could be done in three
months by one man. The bill was
cOnCurrcd in. Mr.. Spratt spoke
against Senator Martins bill for a
woman factory inspector at 81 900 a
year, saying such work was unfit
for women-that they might work in
millinery, dressmaking, drygoods
stores and cooking schools with
propriety but not inspect factories
properly. 1t was concurrod in, AZ to
%. The railroad committee reported
an original bill for an anti-pass con
stltutional amendment and was
passed The senate bill making the
recent increase in judicial salaries
apply to the judges elected this spring
was concurred in. The increase for
supreme court Judges is $1,000 year
and for circuit judges $500. MI
orion spoke briefly against the Roe
bill requiring private bankers to keep
on hand assets to cover the deposits
Of patrons and it was rejected, 81
to q.
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Their Sentimental Nalue.

Brown-''Did the burglars carry
away anything Of value?"
Stout-"No. They took my best
suit OF clothes. but only regret that
because 1t broke up a close association
of more than six years standing.
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the machine owners paylnS tn
charge.

Madison, May 8.-The congressional
apportionment bill will become law
as soon as the governor afXes his
signature. It passed the senate with
out amendment by vote of 2G to 3.
On motion Of Senator Green the as
sembly amendments to the Green fish
and game law were adopted. The blli
providing for central system OF
public accounting upon motion OF
Senator Mosher was passed. If the
assembly stands by lie action Of the
senate the state land office will be
resuscitated The bill introduced
by the committee on state affairs was
passed The bill amending the
caucus law was also passed. us
principal provisions are to do away
with proxies and provide for an open
ballot and plurality nominations. Biils
concurred In were: o, toms, approprl'
ating $4,000 for monuments IN Ma
tional park at Shiloh; Dahl's, appro'
priating $40 500 for repairs and i'm
provemGnts at the state charitable,
penal and reformatory institutions;
Steiger's, approprlating 100000 to pay
Indebtedness incurred in the enlarge
ment Of the Wisconsin Veterans
home and Durrewaechter's, rcguat'
ing artesian water supply
In the assembly Senator Eatons
bill for the inspection Of boilers
brought forth a vigorous fight but 1t
was finally concurred in; but later re-
called and killed by big majority.
Mr.. orion moved reconsideration
Of the vote by which the Rossman bill
"lcgalizing betting on horse races as
he put It, was passed He thought
the members should pause before go.
ing on record in favor Of such meas
urc Mr.. ROssman defended the bill,
saying horse breeders wanted 1t, and
reconsideration was refused. Al to ~.
The senate, however, killed the bill
later. The bill relating to uniform
system Of bookkeeping in state az
fairs came from the committee on
claims with an amendment auLhorl2-
Ing the secretary Of state to employ
any help needed as consequence or
enforcing the new order. Mr.. Hall,
Mr. SMrdcvant. Mr.. Kcene and Mr..
Rossman opposed the amendment,
while Mr.. Collins, Mr.. Barker and Mr..
Iartung favored 1t. Mr., Hall said
the expense Of the state government
was twice as great, he thought, as 1t
should be, and he deemed 1t a duty OF
this legislature to appoint a com
mittcc to thoroughly investigate
every Office in the capitol The
amendment was lost, % to 49, then
the bill was ordered cngrOSScd. The
fight was between the governors
friends aud the secretary Of state S
Office. The formc" won Assembly
bills passed were: TO create the of.
fee of county supervisor of assoSs-
mCnt TO watch the assessors; exempt
ing beet sugar factories from taxa
ton tin 1907 and creating a live
stock sanitary board whose members
gct %3 Il day. Supervisors of assess
mcnt are to be paid by county boards
and be subject to direction by the
tax commission. The Barker bill
recurring registration for electors to
be In consecutive order by street num-
Dor In cities Of the lsl, ID and 81
classes was passed. A senate bill was
concurrcd in approprintlng $4,000 an
nually to the geological survey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-16

Madison, May 9.-Thc anti-pass res
omtiOn was cOnCurrod In the senate,
the vote being 2 to 8. Senator Nc
Donough strcnuously opposed the
proposition. He thought 1t the height
of folly to pass a law forbidding the
issuing or use of franks and then
follow that up with constitutional
amendment SO that law could never
be repealed Governor La Toilette
sent to the senate veto OF the biil
fixing the salary of the chiefs OF the
Milwaukee police and fire depart
ments. He withholds his approval on
| the ground that the measure inter.
! fCrCa with homo government. The
senate killed three important bills
! They were the Overlook ice bill i'm
| posing a tax of ten cents Il ton upon
all ICo cut from the mcandcrCd lakes
of Wisconsin and shipped out of the
| state. the Torrens land title bill and
| the Galloway measure preventing the
| running of doublc-hCadCr trains. An
unlocked for increase In the school
tax may be the result of the scn0to'S
! killing tho bill to limit the amount Of
money to be raised under the one
mill tax to $S50,00O Thorc Is muCn
| apprehension lest this action Will
seriously Cmbnrrass the tax commits
sion In It's work the next two years,
Making the state assessment at fun
value ms required by law will result
In nm increase In school taxes Of about
I$t,73O0O The tax commission
acting az the state board of assess
mont would be unable to prevent such
increase and that amount is beyond all
school needs.
The assembly compulsory yacciua
ton law camo back from the senate
with an amendment providing that
one may escape vaccination if he oN
press religious scruplcs about the
matter. by vote OF &c to Is the as
somhly cuucurrcd i'm the amendment
Senate hill 500, permitting the gov,
cruOr to pass upon bills incurred hy
the state board of control, was amend
ed by AIR. orion SO nv to apply the
measure to the university and normal
schools and also require all income
of those institutions to first 80 into thy
state treasury, Senator Natton'a bin
increasing the annual tcacho}s in
atitutc fund from $4,000 to $4,000
was declared by MIR, Surdeyant e.
show much too great an increase. am
it was non-coucurrod in, IS t. e, al
though an assembly bill was passed
for commission to pass the merts @,
voting machines. A senate hin w.s
coucurred IN making the normal
school income S225,Oo instead Of
100000; also making the fiscal gear
end June 80 instead Of Sept so; re.
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wardens also fire wardens, permitting
an annual extra school levy of mills
in all cities except Milwaukee and re-
ducing the compensation for publish
ing the official ballot bin pre-
pa@ed and presented by the committee
on rules was az once passed by the
assembly. 1t makes a complete re-
vision of the employee list of the legis-
Iature and will effect a saving during
each session Of between $4,000 and
! $4,000. The senate Concurred in the
measure. A big diamond stud was
presented to the speaker, Mr.. Karel
doing the honors for the donors in re-
marks of a graceful turn. The speaker
made a feeling response. The gift
was from the assemblymen.
Madison, May 1.-THE Legislative
session for 1901 is as at an end all but
nomnally. Adjournment sine die
occurs May IS, and the intervening
period is merely to permit the COVER
nor to make return Of bills POSSIBLY
of vetoes) and for other formalities
! Actual work was really concluded at
noon today The session will go on
record as of uncommon length, about
1876 days. Two years ago the duration
was 1T while, to go back few
years, it is found that in 1891 the
solons were in session i01 days and in
1893 some 1912 days. 1t was cyclonic
finish, such as the state has never be
fore witnessed. The senate formally
placed itself on record as protesting
against language the governor had
employed in speaking Of the legis-
used constitute a censure of the eX-
ecutiye. A tempestuous scene occurred
in the senate. Senator ROehr, a stall
wart started the whirlwind by rising
to question of personal privilege.
He said he felt that he owed a duty
to the republican party, to the legis-
lature and to himself to protest
against the statements made in Gov.
La Follette's veto of the Hagemeister
primary election substitute. Those
charges, he declared, were "unprece-
donted unwarranted and uniustif.
ahle" Among other things the gov
ernor had said that IAN array of
federal OfiiCe-holders, joining with
certain corporation agents and the
representatives of the machine in
the regular Legislative lobby, moved
unou tha canitoI took DOsspssiOn Of its
corridors intruded into the legisla-
five halls followed members TO their
hotels. tcmpted many with alluring
forms of vice and in some instances
brought them into the capitol in a
state of fntoyication. to vote against
thn urinary election bill" Sen
Roobr introduced a resolution re2iting
tho povornors words. The resolution
continues. eve therefore claim our
priytlcgc as senators to have it appear
upon the record of our proceedings
that we do not allow these statements
of the governor to pass unchallenged,
and that upon any view of his con
stitutional prcrogativc we deny that
he is justified in thus addressing the
legislature. We hold that no sense
of obligation on the part of the gov
emOr can excuse such grave retleC-
lions upon the members of the legis-
laturc as are contained in the por-
tions of the message above quoted.
We recognize the constitutional right
of the governor freely to express his
views upon the policy and validity of
INV Inpic1otinn GuhmittpI TO him for
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Madison, May 1S.-BOth houses of
the legislature met to receive mes
sages from the governor as to bills
signed or disapproved. No message
was sent to the senate, so shat body
adjourned without so much as calliIa
the roll. Fourteen senators Wer"
present Whitehead, Jones' Harris,
Willy, Miller, Bissell, Weed, Mosher.
Gavency, Burns, Hatton, Mills, Nun
son and Green.
In the assembly the governors ve.O
of the Frost mortgage bill was real
Those present were, Anderson,
Andrew, Barker, Brunson, Cady, Coap-
man, Einc, Ilsau Henry, Keenr, Len.
root, Mccormick, McGill Manuel, Roe.
Silllworth, Soltwedel, Stevens and
Young, 10 in all. In the veto tie
governor says that in his opinion the
measure violates that section of the
constitution which prescribes that the
rule of taxation shall be uniform.
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bill requiring private bankers to keel
on hand assets to cover the deposits
Of patrons and it was rejected, 81
! to q.
Madison, May 10.-Veto submitted
pened in the senate. Wisconsin
will have no primary election at pres
ent. The socalled Hagemeister plan
has been negatiyed by executive will.
Gov La Toilette transmitted 1000
word message defining his reasons for
withholding approval In part the
governor says Of the Hagemeistcr
measure: This bin is defective and
faulty in its frame. 1t attempts to
supply important, necessary, and
vital provisions nowhere contained in
its context by reference to and incor-
poration into its body of portions Of
the general election laws of the state,
1t would seem to be not only i'm
portant but absolutely necessary in
order to determine the result that the
votes under this bill should be duly
Canvassed by the county and state
boards Of canyassers The provisions
Of the bill require county canvass to
be made by the county board of can
VaSScrs in the same manner as the
result Of a general election is can
vassed. There is no time fixed for
the canvass, no duty imposed upon
the county board to make it, and no
provision by which it can be compelled
to act He also points out many
other features which he says are in
conflict with laws or are wholly
uncertain or indefinite character. by
the provisions Of this bill the board
either Of county or Of state canvass
crs could annul the entire vote by
either refusing or noglCcting to meet
and to canvass it, he says, While
double registration Of voters is re-
quircd under this bill, it answers no
apparent purpose. The added expense
necessarily incurred in making this
extra registry is uncalled for and
without Justification" The stalWarts
voted solidly to pass the bill over the
governors veto, but as there were
only 2S senators present, II of whom
| voted aye and / no, the tWOthirds
necessary to that action was not OBJ
tanned, The roll call stood; Ayes
| Senators BissclI, DCyos, Eaton Gave
ncy, Green, Harris, Jones, Kreutzer,
McDonough, Morse, Mosher O'NciL
Reynolds, Riordan, Roehr, Whitehead,
| willy II. Nocs-Anson, Burns,
Hatton, Knudson, McGilIiyray, Martin,
Miller, Mills, Munson Stcbbins, Stout
N. Administration Jacobs. Weed
and Wolff The senate cOncurrcd in
Asscmblyman Overbeck's bill putting
an export duty of 10 cents on ice ship
ped out Of the state and also in the
! bin yNompting beet sugar factories
from taxation till 1907 Other bills
cOnCurrod in were: Millors', creating
the county of Gates out of part of
! Chippewa and providing that an
agent of each party may be present
at the polling place at all times dur
ing any election Several bills were
uun-coucurrcd in: Relating to the
weight of steam engines ON roads;
rcfunding to certain life insurance
companies some $4,000 as taxes. pro.
yiding for state text books and pro-
Nidlng for the submission of the mcs-
ton Of uniform text books to the
voters. The Hail bill providing that
poison shall bo sold only in three
Curncrvd containers was killed II to
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as he may deem necessary to
effectively establish a central system
of state accounting so that the sy2tem
when established shall apply to all de
partments of the state and to all
charitable, penal reformatory and
educational institutions, and to the
state board of control, the board of
regents of the university, historical
society and to every state beard,
society or commission. The con-
ference report in favor of biennial
elections in cities was adopt q. 1t
provides that in cities of the second,
third and fourth classes the terms OF
office of all city officers hereafter
chosen by the electors, except alder
men in cities governed by special
charters. shall be two years; prOvid-
ed this act shall not affect the term
of office of any city officer which ex-
ceeds two years. Assemblyman
Stevens made an heroic endeavor to
save the forestry bill but failed
through lack of a quorum. 1t p"oyid-
ed for a $500 secretary and two
other members.
The conference report on the caucus
bill suppressing proxies and providing
for roll call at all except state conven-
tions failed for lack of quorum. The
assembly clock had been twice turned
back half an hour and at last adjourn.
ment was taken till Monday evening
when probably not half dozen mem-
bers will be present.
The senate did a little more than
Censure the governor and save tho au-
diting bill. It concurred in the assem-.
bly, bill which authorizes a commission
to investigate the voting machine.
Other bills COncurred in were Els
tablishing a live stock sanitary board;
for county supervisors of assessment;
and providing the manner of sub
hitting the anti-pass constitutional
amendment to a vote of the people.
Two senate bills were passed: Pro-
viding that deputy game wardens shall
also perform the duties of fire
wardens and limiting the expenses
for clerical help in the land Office to
$4,000 per year.
Herman GrOtophorst, of BarGJoo,
lawyer and democrat, was appointed
to the state board of control for six
years at $4,000 a year, succeeding z.
r. Petherick, and the senate con
firmed the appointment.