Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-24
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Gilman. June ga great many
| knotty questions are presented to the
writer for settlement, and so when he
iinds one answered as it We're officially
1t is a pleasure to repeat it in this col
umn. The Kansas City Journal recent
L. had the following, which explains it
self:
Waterloo, Iowa, June 11.-What en-
titles an auctioneer to the prefix colo
lei before his name was the principal
question of discussion in the conNen-
ton of the State Auctioneers' Associa-
ton here today. There has been much
lCoseness in the application of the title
Of late and the association decided to
place definite limit on colonies. The
motion that an auctioneer must cry
900 sales before he is entitled to be
called colonel was at once adopted. This
it was argued would restrict the title to
the better class of auctloneers.
Since NigneauX, formerly of Grin
nell. has repeated his performance at
! Muskegon, Mich, many stories are be-
ing told of him. Here's one, vouched
for by those present where it occurred
1t seems that l.. w. Shear, alias Wig
neaux was waiting in drug store to
talk insurance TO the proprietor. In
came knight of the grip and asked
for the owner of the store. AS a joke
the proprietor pointed out Vigneaux as
the boss" yigneaux caught on and
took the travelling agents card. The
| all linz
| etc, and commenced to tell his story.
| NigneauX politely listened, and then
talked back. No use to tell him such
stuff. Strawberry extract was a prod
uct of petroleum. No such thing as
getting a favoring extract from rasp-
berries. Vanilla was never 100 per cent
pure. Such and such perfumery was
made from so and so. The market
rrice was only so cents an ounce in
stead of IS cents, the price asked by the
| agent. And NigneauX, by his knowl-
| edge of extracts and perfumes, so. over
whelmed the travelling man that he
owned up it was his first trip out and
| thanked Nigneaux for posting him
up!" Then Vigneaux consulted with
his clerk" (the proprietor) 'if we We're
cut of Balm of a Thousand Flowers,
how much vanilla extract we had on
hand" etc. bought a nice little bill,
which the owner of the drug store actu-
ally received and paid for. Then just
as easily got after that proprietor and
wrote him up for $4,000"
|
The recent death of the young man
at Geneva caused by n companions
shooting him after going to dance,
| and both helping to drink key of beer,
| has brought out in that vicinity at
| least more than the usual comment IN
such cases. 1t gives such good chance
| to condemn the practice of all dancing
| and all beer drinking. The logic is good.
| II these two young men had not gona
| to the dance one would not have killed
the other If these two young men had
not filed themselves with beer there
would have been no shooting. Sure it
is that If dancing and beer We're I'M
known to the inhabitants of this world
there would have been no murder done
en- that day and in that place. But the
logic is lame because all dancing and
beer drinking does not end in murder
III Geneva or elsewhere. All this might
have occurred at debating society at
the country school house and home
made (old) currant wine or nara clder
as the impelling motive
But there is bit of morallZing the
writer and some others can indulge IN
which fits the case and others OF a SIM
liar tragical ending. It's this the lone
someness of the average country boy
and girls life. It's the all work ana no
play kind of existence that mas more TO
do with bringing the country dance INTO
disrepute than any one other 1actor.
IFS the lack Of amusement Tin country
,ifal that amuses In town the sexes
min ole al the postof1ice; they "go down
20 600 the cars come in" Entertain
oants are common and frequent. The
,.onng man in town sees his best girl
ovarv day. Frequently oftener The
sex attraction more assumes the acute
form, because of the everyday part VI
il. On the contrary, in the country lnese
meetings are fewer and far between.
To appear at his best, the country-preu
Young man thinks and finds WHISKY
tongue loosener 1t gives MN courage
To walk up to crowd OF nlceiy
dressed young women. And So "hen
many of these young men are gong 10
PRAYER meeting, they take a drink OF
whisky, that is, if the object OF going
is not prayer but to see and talk to the
Young women. This explains why there
are so many rows at country revival
meetings. 1t explains so many church
disturbances. Somehow these country
boys seem to think if they are going
anywhere pint of whisky Is neces-
sary. The writer has seen this many
times. where the boys, arrayed in their
best clothes, are only going to the next
town on the cars. Out comes the
whisky bottle and 1t is passed around.
So IT is not altogether the dance that
e, responsible for the frequent shoot
nrs and knifings. The trouble lies back
Of that First comes the social instinct,
then the sex attraction, then the desire
of being entertaining in word and deed,
end finally the whisky bottle as sup
posed helper to brilliancy All this is
the same in spelling bees, school house
debating societies, revival meetings and
camp meetings. Remedy? Well, there
isn't room in this column this time.
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Filthy Temples in India.