The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-11-19
AS VIEWED BY A SOJOURNER
Doctor luckc, and the Corn Show Some
Ianey County People.

DR.. d. +. Luckcy, state veterinarian
who was here In company with Hon.
Matt Hall IN connection with the corn
Show. gives his impressions of Tnncy
county, her people ard institutions, In
very entertaining article IN the Colum-
bia, Missouri, Herald, Of which we here.
with reproduce as much ~ our space
will justify, and regret that space Is
limited:
The county has been misrcprcscn,cd
TO the outside world and people have
II wrong impression Of the resources Of
the courtyard Of the -stimblc charac.
ter Of her citizens,
Why should one have peculiar feel
ing when starting on Il trip 10 Tancy
county? II IL almost impossible To tell
why but ] doubt whether ever n wander
or started tina, way without harboring
in his breast some strange sort Of feeling
that he would moi have II going TO amy
other county In the state.
Ofcoursc things have happened In Ia
ncy county In the pas, TO cause one who
il going there 10 have n sense OF curios'
i,y fear and apprehension. So many
ugly things have been said Of Tancy
county, by those who have never been
there, that the general public seem to
picture this county in the imagination
as sort Of den. entirely separate from
the rest Of the world; den where IT,.
norancc and vice aid crime abound, and
from whence thc inhabitants seldom
issue 10 minglc with the open world.
But have not crimes been committed In
other good counties Of the state and
, mussacres cnactedg What about Jack
son and surrounding counties during the
war: What about Ccntralia In Boone
county? AZ sure rs the people 10 Jack
son and Boone counties are now pcacca'
bic, intelligent and well governed, 50
they are in Tancy county.
Located on the banks Of the beautiful
White river is Forsyth, the county seal
l. Of Tancy county. This town Is different
from any other in this state hut is moi
worse. II is no, noted for line dwelling,
, and business houses but all these nv
Z eragc up we'll with other towns Of th'
> state. The peculiarly OF the town i
) tha, there is only one OF almost every
: thing. There is one bnnk, one dry good
: store, one saloon. one livery stable, ON
! barber shop, one 'pos,oilice, one cour
: house and, think, one church. kuo'
: there l. one fisherman. He Is the onl
: Uncle John liilsabcck, proprietor OF th
/. Hotel Hilsabcck, advertised as 9Th
+ old reliable" "Thc home Of strnng
= fishermen, which his wife runs Will
4 uuclc John fishes day in and day on
: II the story were not so long it woul
Z be interesting 10 relate here how Uncl
z John once stopped n pistol duel betwce
= man standing in his hotel door an
X another In the courthouse yard Whc
D every body else had sought cover Uncl
John came down the street with roc
in either hand aud nccosted the fighter
as follows: al say, | say, II you dc
durn fellcrs don't stop this foolishne
I'll knock you both in the head with
rock. You'llruin my hotel"
THE CORN SHOW.
The first corn show held under u
auspices of the Missouri Worlds Fla
commission was held In Taney count
\ The quality Of the corn exhibited almo
challenges belief. The perfection
! the ears indicated that the corn mu
\ have been carefully bred for years
the scientific selection Of seed, as taug
u, the Missouri Agricultural colleg
The exhibit Of corn exccls
quality any other corn exhibit | ha
~. ever seen in this state. That Is sayi
cs, u good deal, but II is the truth.
m. TANEY COUNTY CHARACTERS
10. While almost every citizen Of Tan
Dm county has strong individual traits n
90 differs In almost every respect from
ns. neighbor, taken as whole the popu
,ou tion differs from group OF people fr'
any other county in the state. II is
=, possible for one who is not portra!
OF character In words 20 represent
"a people as they are, but II does not Ia
,.a much Of Judge Of human nature
,rs promptly discover something very
tractive about them. They ARE cord
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