Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-05-13

his own country" Perhaps he's after
little of the honor. which has not
been Forthcoming here.
Warren citizens will please not em-
barrass Gen. Dick by asking him to
choose the site for the proposed gov
ernment building there. The Barber
ton postoffice row is still on his hands
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Five persons were indicted by the
Grand Jury for selling liquor OH Sun
day. Is this small list to be accepted
as an indication that the great ma
jority of saloonists in Summit county
are strict observers of the law, or does
it mean that the investigators have
eyes and ears only for the iniquities
of the smaller fry?
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The ministers who publicly denoun-
ced public evils Sunday are deserving
of credit for their courage. 1t was
their duty, Of course, but the manner
in which they handled the subjects
was genuinely courageous. there being
no attempt to administer farcical
chastisement with leafy branch.
They struck right out from the shoul-
der. And there is something about
this which should not be under-rated.
1t is no easy task for man to stand
before an audience of a thousand peo-
pie and forcibly denounce another
man for incompetency and vacillating
conduct. 1t requires courage OF the
purest quality.
| Shortly after the death OF President
Mckinley, DR.. Milton B. Pratt, pastor
of the First Nj. r. church, preached a
sermon in which he denounced some
of the comic caricatures of Mckinley
that appeared in the newspapers prior
to his death. In concluding the SER
mon. DR.. Pratt used climax which
ended with "'Down with the cartoon!'
A few weeks later he was surprised by
receiving a copy of newspaper print.
ed in the north of Georgia. in which,
was an editorial criticising him SER
iously for swearing in the pulpit. The
editor started his editorial by saying
that "Dr. Milton Butler Pratt, pastor
! of the First M. T.. church, of Akron,
had said in his pulpit D the car
toon.'" " The paper had been sent to
DR.. Pratt by good Methodist brother
who added his. disapproval to that OF
the editor.
Mr.. John =. Kepler's fish pond at the
intersection of South Main st. and
Coburn ST.. is but a memory in the
minds of South Akron citizens, since
the Legislature tabooed bass and blue
gill fishing, and incidentally since dry
weather set in. At the aforesaid inter
section there Is rather a deep hole and
this was wont 10 fill with water, caus-
ing what Is commonly known as a
mud puddle" but what was known
to South End citizens as Kepler's fish
pond. Mr.. Kepler complained long
and loud to the City Commissioners
to have the hole filled up. but his
cries We're as the cries Of a babe in the
wilderness. Shortly after heavy
rain recently. Mr.. Kepler got wind OF
the fact that two of the Commission
ers would shortly pass by in buggy
He brought out his fish pole, attached
n ''blind robin to the hook cast 1t ir
the puddle, and tished for few min
utes with varying success.
Finally the Commissioners hove il
sight. As they drove through the pud
die, Mr. Kepler noticed bobbing Of
the cork and drew forth blind robin
Get out Of my fish pond" he thun
dered at the Commissioners. wht
whipped up their horse and drove from
the scene as precipitately as the.
would have done had they, Hamlet
like, seen the ghost Of new City gov
ernment, Mr.. Kepler was about t,
put out the sign, No fishing allowed,
but the Legislature has saved him tina
; trouble.