Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-03-17
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

If Art Limric would pickle that
fish joke it would probably turn up
next year stronger than ever.
Council meets tonight for the trans
action of business, not for the celebra-
ton of st. Patrick's day.
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Now that those eight candidates for
Recorder have all put mp their money,
there will probably be something
"didding."
Over IN Youngstown the newspaper
men have formed club. based on
Behold. how good and how pleas
ant il Is for brethren to dwell togcth-
er in unity" and the Tale Teller of
the Telegram remarks, that the club
was organized without gun being
fired, a sword drawn, or a man killed,
wounded or missing on either side"
From this it would seem that the "late
unpleasantness" between the Telegram
and the Vindicator was merely the
storm which precedes a calm; or has
the Mayor put the billigerants under
bond to keep the peace?
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The Palatka (Fla.) News relates n
story of an error made by Gov. len
nings in filling out a warrant for the
execution of j. b. Brown, negro muir
derer. BY some unexplained blunder
lA ,f
Brown from the document and insert
ed in It's place that of Noah j. Tilgb-
man, Of Palatka Il Methodist minister,
II white man and one of the
most respected citizens of
the town. The Sheriff was
directed in the warrant to hang Rev
Mr.. Tilghman Oh January %. OF
course he did not do so, but the min
lister is very much annoyed over the
incident and feels that an apology is
due hima view which, strangely
enough, the Governor refuses to take.
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The local option Issue is to come UP
at Newton Falls soon, and Editor
Green Is chnmpioning the cause of the
''drys" This week Editor Green re-
ceiycd letter like this:
Mr.. Greeney: If you publish your
paper once more like the one this
week, all for such noncence, nothing
but closing the saloons, don't pay
YOU for the paper to read such darn
trash II you can't leave that out, just
publish 1t once more, and you can stop
my paper, and they are as many
more the same way as you see dots
here .......,...... that win never give you
another dollar,and if you would spend
your time in cleaning your face instead
of writing other stuff, you would he
more thought off, you hipocrit. This
town would be IA good deal better off
lf YOU would go and see the bottom of
the river. Maybe that would soak the
black off your face. You make n stink
once every year, get the people all
stirred up like you would stir up a
hornets nest Go clean your self be
fore you NEEDLE with other folks bust
ness.
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Look here" said the Caustlc Indi.
vidual when st. Patrick drove all
the snakes and other pests out of Ire
land, why didn't he include the horse
fly? was in Ireland once, and III
tell you, l would rather meet u dozen
reptiles than be stung just once by tina,
horrible insect
'Well,' said the Listener 1T hap
pened like this. When ST. Patrick
Heaven rest his soul was busy driv.
ing the procession of reptiles. bugs
and all such obnoxious creatures out
of Ireland into the sea, he was might
lily pestered by the devil who would
make sen ntterment of the lot as, fast
as the Saint could get them together
The horse dy. being an obseryant lit.
tie creature, saw what Il predicament
the good old Saint was In and seeing
n chance to do him II good turn and ner.
haps save his own hide, flew away
and with buzz settled In the devils
ear and do what he would, the gen.
Lleman of the scarlet robe could moi
dislodge 1t, and finally so uncomfortable
became his agony that he fled from
Ireland and has never been able to gu
a foothold In the place since. In ap-
preciation Of this service, st. Patrick
allowed the horse fly to remain"
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They We're half dozen young ladies
aud the sprngtlme's touch of sun had
set their blood to dancing, They were
eager for good time and decided ia
have party. They didn't propose to
have the regulation stcrcotyped affair
with music and dancing and supper
No, they were going to have something
novel, something different, and only
ladies' were to he there Their mascu
line friends were strictly barred.
The night came and the girls were
all there In costumes that In many in
stances We're highly becoming. but
were meant for feminine eyes alone
The boys, however, had noticed sun
dry whispered conferences and know
ing glances, and came to the conclu
sion that there was something brew
ing, Developing certain characteristic:
usually accredited 10 the opposite Sc,
they set themselves to work to fint
out what was going on. They dlscoy
cred that the party was to be given oil
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