The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-05

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JASPER, Ind July Lit seems
strang5 indeed that people living in
community noted for it, Baseball
club and its "Yaller Junnelln -hould
believe III reading such stuff On Sun
days as the staff correspond snt of
the Evansville Scooper dishes up
about Ferdinand.
II cannot be denied that some Of
the people of Evansville regard the
Evansville Scoopei as paper worth
reading
Let it be understood that all Of the
people of Evansville have not been
led off in this surerstiiious belief,
for the writer talked to dozens of
good citizens of Evansville who pre-
fer to read Ayers Almanac and the
Police Gazette rather than their own
dear 'Scooper."
Evansville is center OF learning
and enlightenment and beer brew
cries. 1t is composed of German
citizsns, Irish people, Egli-hmen,
Frenchmen, Negroes, Americans,
and sprinkling Of Chinese laun-
drymen. (No charge for this ad
vertisement.) They pay their hon
est debts, some of them, and some of
them do not, and obey the laws, and
play the machine and bet on
their base ball club. The city of
Evansville has $4,000 people. 1t is
thriving place. 1t is noted for its
"Yaller Junnell," 7" and other things
too numerous to mention them all .
Some Of their noted things are dog
poisoners, faith doctors, ciairvoy-
ants, suckers and sucker catchers,
witches, and staff correspondents
These staff corresp )ndents are
frequently sent out 10 neighboring
towns to write up stuff for the Su =
day edition Of the great and only
Evansville Scooper.
(. So one of these staff correspond
ents came to Dubois county recently.
and wrote Up a column or two OF
rotten stuff about witcheraft in Fer
dnand. He seems TO have nailed
the witchcraft story to the rafters.
Listen To this:
Frank Roos would not talk about
witchcraft. but he would not saw
anything in behalf Of Mrs. Ferry" |"
Nos, that is proof positive to the
little slot machine brain OF the hired
quill driver who poses as a special
staff correspondent of the Evans
vile Scpoper that the good people
Of Ferdinand believe in witchcraft.
Here is more proof:
Matt Olingtr, a saloonkeeper OF
Ferdinand, one Of the oldest citi-
zens Of the village said: 81 will
not say she is a witch, but she il
certainly a mean woman, and do
not desire to sir the matter up, for
it has gone too far already"
For the staff correspondent OF the
great and only Evansville Scooper
that is enou-h. Witches should
say so. And snakes! Why did
the staff correspondent mostly inter
view the saloonkeepers, fpr Frank
Roos has a saloon also. Was it to
keep up his courage to hunt up the
witches, or was II To get up enough
courage to look that old bulldog at
the front Of the alleged witch :
door squarely in the ever And
frogs and iron kettles! and little
devils! how did the staff CORE
spondent ever get away from Ferdi
nand with MS sweet life in order to
write up that rotten stuff about the
alleged witchcraft?
II the staff correspondent Of the
Evansville Scooper will drink gal
lon of beer seasoned with witch-tea,
and sprinkled with sensationalism,
he may work up lough energy to
write up another scoop for next
Sund .y's edition of the Evansville
Scooper about that faith doctor Of
Evansville who cheated that farmer
OF Ferdinand out Of three hundred
dollars.
Shades OF Moses and his seven
books! Just think Of il! the great
and ealighien, a city of Evansville.
with its Scooper thrown in, has u
faith dpct ,r. Where does she re-