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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
LIVE ON9CANAL. BOATS.
Colony Of contted People Which the March Of Improve
Ga ment Has Forced From Their Homes--Interview
sI JIs With One of the Women Members oa.

their shoulders and at the same time
look down to avoid the holes. ri. -
|, The rotting pier Is the boardwalk
Of the colony. 1t Is also the common
source of fuel supply. There, are spur
plank walks leading from Il to the
deck OF each wreck. go. 50 -
OF course, horses and q hearse could
never get down there, SO when the end
comes for any member Of the colony
the neighbours volunteer to board up
enough holes to make q reasonably
safe path and then guide walks
ahead Of the bearers to the waiting
hearse Q quarter Of mile away on
solid ground, ... .,........ .,., 'N'
"That rotten old wharf amt SO bad
as you might think" said one Of the
women members OF the colony. You
see, it's SO full Of holes that thieves
don't dare come down here at night.
and the missionaries and folks like
that botherin people with fool notions
are too sQueamish to come down her
days. -" u '7,,
THE last missioner that came down
here fell half way through hole, And
II she hadn't weighed nigh onto a6o
pounds she'd gone way through into
the mud. There's some Of her tracts
now, stunsd In that crack over the
window. " '"'' 80" tow
"But you mustn't think that We are
sinful folks just because we don't like
to have busybodies pokin' around
aboard the boats and actin as II they
thought we were heather. We aint
sinful In particular. and we Amt so
all powerful ignorant a. you might
think, an we amt what you'd call
| slums. .,,,, sc,y
There's old Cap'n Holly on the bull.
head boat over there with the green
and, blue cabin, that's probably got
more book learnin' than half the folks
on shore. We call him the hermit
cause he's lived 1elone oyer there foI
fifteen years and don't do nothin' but
do sums and read the, Bible and old
4 sermoas. is 3dj no uwrl aia9nlub .9b
1 '".'Tain't all fggers, that he does
sums in either, but he has letters. eHe
says, Let Z equal somethin' and
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
Child nfs The Colony.


equal somethirp else, ssnda before yer
know It he can tell now long his old
boat WIN hold together II the tide
amt more SO high 8 times, o winter
ana there ain't more'n Qvrats a-gnawin'l
OF the Null. ,nffiI Bgiiiah 1Hoh@i" .aor
: Srhs cap'n's got aaiddie., too. and
he plays for the parties we have yis.
itinhrouudl to; one auother's decks In
1.-THE summer. u guess II none Of the
rest pc Ms didn't, know enough to write
oounbMn name, which Amt Ho,i Csp'n
lHolly,sssot enough leaFnin. fora big
gBE feet Of gscows than thiaas9w
honest, too and don't steal
,noal ifathe Erie does back their trains
full Of itIright, down here before oul
face and eyes on o cold night. We
don't touch It. We Just chop away at
our, own bows and get an the fuel we
need. "l3hIiq sat sAH ,bowe5a bGA eli
go Then the mistress Of the laker. to
point her speech In the morals of the
colony, Ldtistetf on one Of those big
family Bibles. which, placed on top Of
q. coil, OF tarred rope make con.
venient and comfortable stool. ,,i,
The family Bible not only contained
the, family record, but the more i'm
portant dates OF launching, profitable
voyages and flnal, stranding on the
fats Of the houseboat. 100 -oo.
But we've got to get out" groaned
a caller from aoboat beached along.
side, as she unfolded her dispossess
notice and compared 1t once more
with that Of her hostess. J"That Erie
man amt got any common sense.
Hasn't every one Of us paid 81 month
for years for the privilege of being
aground here? , = . 80 's.' ,... ~
"And now he comes round and calls
US fool things like the party of the
second part; he's the first part, and he
thinks the whole thing. An, as II II
wasn't enough to turn us out of house
and home, he charges US all for court
that we amt never been to and on
top of that chucks 80, cents more fol
what he calls mileage to Jersey City
You can go to Jersey City for. nickel
"But that amt the worst Of It
We've all got to turn to ard live Il
houses and pay rent and buy coal
cause you can't chop up piece Of
your, house for, kindling." .rf
| YES" interrupted the hostess, with
a sigh. "and there's them janitors.
called on cousin Of mine once tina
lived in house and she was havini
such a row with man that though
he must be her husband, and up ant
told her that she ought to get = d
Iyorce. She just laughed and says: Il
"Lor', me, that's the janitor.'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
I'VE Amt Sinful Folks"

get a cargo, SO I gave towboat man
Is to shove me In here on this mud fiat
and I've lived here ever since. I was
the founder Of this colony. All hands
came over on my boat three years ago
TO my wife's funeral" DOM
From his cabin Capt. Wade has q
good view of the open river, and the
neiEhbors say that sincA his wife died
he hasn't done anything but cit on
deck with spyglass, looking at the
long strings of canal boats and barges
towing up and down stream. yl.
Funerals in the colony are frequent,
and they always meanra lot Of work
esfs the men folk They have TO SC
out before the day Of the service and
make patches on the old wharf. be
d sauss four men can't carry q conf On
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
! re art u rorpe.tlno.m

PlutarchS records that when Simon.
ides ofRered-fr=.each-Th emistocles the
art Of memory the latter, said: Teach
me, rather the art Of forgetting How
much the world needs to learn that
art. Paul spoke OF forgetting the
things that are behind J we should
forget our mistakes ana failures. 80
far b az these cause ddisceurass cement.
We should forget our successes. II
they cause pride or fprsoccupy the
mind, We should forget the sights
that have been put upon. VS., or the
insults that have been given us. To
remember these=is to be weak and
vulnerable III. not worse. He who says
he can forgive but he cannot forget
u deceived hy the sound Of, words.
forgiveness that, 10 genuine involves
'forgetiulpess Of the Injury, True
forgiveness means . putting away Of
the wrong behind the back and re-
I memberins u no more. q That 10 what
God does when He forgives. and that
IL what we all must do u We truly
fcggtvAgu0D tail obi yi fIGd
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
George elss ert.

George BIoeert.
lm 10 IN Cwhen He Was Relsassd.)
alive. He whispered It isavagely in
Bis tl ssFFa while als tAe en- men were in
z7TAis xas the nst cruelty. Others
followed thick and fest. --.....-.
At the end Of Bissert's first week in
lAihgs Alnga lid ciatherf ssme to visit
him. The older man scarcely recog
nized his boy. seven days of prison
life hadfchsngsd1him NJ. pniEr
Tho 4ext day thisg& Wife, aurderer
watfad, Sftllst tho skuArdA hack wa
turned and then kicked Bissert saw
agely In the groin.
Bissert cried out in pain, but the
guard, 1t Is asserted, merely turned
around and ordered him TO shut mp
h, The inventive genfyA Of the convict
gang exhausted itselfsln the iinAiction
Of insult, indignity SAnh bodily Injury
upon the Anfortunste convict ward
man. s,$t% VIII ~ W
p What those tnrturaa were must 70
some extent 10 imagined. ssome Soi
t'them cannot be. told. ,sl3'
ff1 One methodjof visiting hatred upon
fellow convict by the prison gang
ItH to accuskShim Of despicabie actions
and then ttpassa the GnnlaA kStou alpng
until the vtHtims areE Apurned and re-
yiled by allExhe priso11rs. Under this
and kindreE system4gaof torture the
Is9ictims soYS hines 6stome insane.
II, First the are merely morose and
Sullen. hafEr, II they succeed In get
ting opium into their cells by thu
underground" and take enough Of 1t
they grow wild, violent and looney
Then over they 30 to the dope house.
4 where many tof them stay till the,
Ego up the escape and are buried. N
Bissert was convicted of ,briber,
Aug. 1, 1901. s7Ci72i13or'1 ,c.AlFl|
1T was proved at his trial that HI
I took $3.50 from Lena Schmidt. Sept
80. 1900 promising to protect he
place at No. 81 Stuyvesant street,
Josiah Fiynt In New YORK World. F.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

For real contentment there u only
one thing that beats living on a canal
boat afoat and that Is living in a
canal boat that will never float again,
that has gone out Of commission and
become . houseboat on I fn,idfiat, says
q writer in the New York Sun. 49,,
There 10 an abode that Is neither
taxed at real estate nor levied on for
tonnage dues. 1t is Just q wreck, but
Q wreck with lace curtains 1t the
windows. canary birds singing in the
cabin, and the old cook stove still
blazing In the galley. e-. ILL
But there IL cause for worry on the
part Of the boatmen and their families
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
WHALERs AND THEIR PREY.
Responsibility y0evoIylns on Mep Who
sSr a 9, andIs tho 0un;a x 4

Responsibility; ,DevoIylns on Mep Who
,!5gasa;HandIs the 0uEa 4
Tho S&l 1sssolid. 9cR hbrS.s EAxair of
abonN Ahr@-iHch ,Saliber. III swung
arodnd 30 that thu, muzzle points in.
board. and then the chamber Ia swab.
bed. OUT BY the skinner ,hlmssif, who
] Slk&lE rsgsids ey$t blsp !bt this pre-.
PAHh1E work al III tHes gr4if i'm.
Apoftancea The NUMBER Of times that
this man has missed his whale is 80
small that he takes pride in his rec.
ord; and, IN addition to his reputation,
there is the value of the whale "a
good,sized whale means 81, 200 or 80 to
Ihim4elf.iiNh sbeaides being skipper
and 'harpooner, 10 also owner OF the
ship and Of the trying.out plant
ashore. So,l after inspecting the har-
poon and wadding brought from be-
low, he swabs out the gun a second
time. and then takes apodndsof quiclc
burning powder. in a. little White cot.
ton bag. and rams 1t home A big flst-
full of rope ends Is stuffed in after the
powder, and following the rope-ends .
thick rubber disk; after that another
batch Of rope-ends. ''' ''''"
Then ensues a most critical exami-
nation Of the comb lance, q heavy
piece Of cast iron, perhaps eighteen
inches in length, sharp pointed for.
ward, but enlarged toward the rear,
where Is enclosed grenade that Is
timed to explode few seconds after
1t is shot into the whale and deal the
mortal wound,w=Harper's Weekly ~
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
After enthusiasm Is Gone.

There are times in every life when
the soul stands on the clear heights,
and no task seems to be too difficult
to the bouudless enthusiasm of the
moment. But what is to be done when
the soul has descended into the plains
and the enthusiasm is gone. and the
task remains? Only to go on bravely.
trusting to the clearer vision on the
mountain top, and making faithful per-
Torrance MI the place of enthusiasm.
The mountain and the plain has each
It's place In Christian life-the noun.
tain for the clear vision ahead. the
lowly road along the plain for tho
actual performance OF the journey.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
Congress Gets Curious Claim.

Representative Grosvenor has pre-.
sented in congress a., very, curious
claim preferred by Jacob Rittersbach,
who wants pay for kit Of carpenters
tools lost or stolen in 1865, The claim
ant says he was stage carpenter at
Ford's theater, Washington, on the
night when Lincoln was shot, and
that he was arrested as a witness
and held thirty days. during which
time his tools disappeared. %" osiHil
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

When Bissert reached Sing Sing the
professional" ana others, among
them some men whom Bissert had
helped to imprison, Immediately be,
gan to carry out their program Of
hatred and revenge.
The first day wife murderer, arnan
whom Bissert is reported to have
given the third degree" told him
that he would never ieave the prison
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
Hard on the Lawyer.

81 tcongressman,s Moon OF Tennessee
was once a Judge in that state. The
states attorney Of his district was
lax. In attention to duty, but endsav-
-ored to make It up In talk and i'm.
pressiveness of manner. One day the
q district attorney arose to speak 90 q
collateral question. ''"Your honor"
said he, 81 should like careful atten-
80 ton, for am going to talk hard. com
: mon sense Judge Moon tuinsd to
the sheriff and said:t. Mr. Sheriff.
please preserve the strictest order so
the bar and the spectators may hear
o. rsyerythipg, the district attorney says.
a fox be promises TO give " Nest
radical innovation" oy,D .aa,} -
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

Six Little WORDS. gsIT..er. 7
Six little words lay claim 70 me each
ought, must. can. I WILL dare. I
may.,-g .pe '..ri .t.tit ytgrit .,tenltfI
ought-that is the law God on my
heart has written, ....-=.--
The mark for which my soul 10 with
3 W !strons yearnins smitten. 100 III 'Qnr
! Must-Tthst is the bound set either side
the way, ~
BY nature and the world. 80 that shall
not stray,UIush ri al VuiIt Apui
I Can-that measures out the power ip,
20 '' trusted me '.''.'- 'I. tl'f"I nIi
OF action. knowledge. art skill, and dex-
Id, terity. Do .,ttr.#I.. t,,.,.,,..,
I wni-no higher crown on human head
3.ii can rest. juui 1901 llIt hu Lliy
It's freedoms signet-seal upon, the soul
Impressed. 70 w aN4'
I Dare Is the device which on the seal
loo you read 10 aTg1Iqy 1.If ut
By freedoms open door o bolt for tfrne
',.-F OF need. -''-toh III t''"I''tN > nWl
Z May among them all hovers uncer-
The moment must at last decide what Il
y 300 shall be. "l.lf "l'l quih,yuTl
ought. ! must. can, I viii. dare,
may;
The six lay claim to me each hour Of
.y. every day. 1li! las .sluuMrl tu
Teach me. o God! and then, then shall
'' know each day ~" IA" 80" .,,.,
That which ] ought to do must. can.
b.. win, dare, may .u..,ii. -..ait .Ioy
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

Happiness Is the greatest paradox
In nature. IT can grow In any soil.
live under any conditions. 1t dehes
environment. It comes from within:
1t 10 the revelation of the depths Of
the inner life. as light and heat pro.
claim the sun, from which they radiats.
Happiness consists not Of having. but
Of being; not Of possessing. but Of
enjoying. It, Is the warm glow Of the
heart at peace within itself. A
martyr at the stake may have happi.
ness that king on his throne might
snvyil Man Is the creator Of his own
happiness; It is the aroma Of life
lived in harmony with high ideals.
For what a man has, he may be de.
pendent on others, what he is, rests
with him alone. What he obtains In
life u but acquisition, what be attains
isu growth. q Happiness is the souls
Joy In the possession OF the intang'
ible,-William George Jordan.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
. 'charra;,c,Aeer RiIp,esnrIInroI..

%. Not all Christian people bear loss.
sorrow and sickness in q victorious
way. Too often DO we see men yield.
Ing to trouble, not growing more beau.
tifuliin soul, hut losing their spiritual
beauty In lifeis trials. This is not the
way It should be, however. Our char.
acter should ripen in life's weather.
whatever the weather may be. "Trib.
ulation worketh patience" The OBJ.
ject Of life 10 to learn to live" We are
at school here, and shall always be at
school until we are dismissed from
earth % classes to be promoted into
heaven 1t is pity II We do not learn
our lessons. s. 1t Is a pity II we grow
no gentler, no kindlier, no more
Thoughtful, no more unselfish, no more
unworldly, as the years pass over US.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
Sue nlcIpallty Of Paris.

One result of the underground rail.
way lines already In operation In the
city Of Paris Ia that several omnibus
and tramway lines have been given
up for went Of tradic. and that the
cdopRYAs haye Instituted an action
against the municipality for allowing
the breaking up or monopoly for
xh!ch they PAY A considerable sum,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
STRESS OF BUSINESS LIFE.
0reetsst Strain Mot. .Alwsys Found IN
o,nc,usni blohest Positions. t.N

orsetsst Strain Mot. Alwsys Found In
ooue1usnH lshsst Positions. Gb
When AqmYanI; standingoa the head;
of q vast business breaks down, The
papers begin to talk Of the enormous
pressure Iofimoderni life especially In
the lines Of finance. and industrial &C.
tivity. There are railway presidents
saXhi sttS srssA amoystsei su1fine IS
s,s sat rs s3D:Fi +: e .h s
would hold their own in these busy
1E'0 wine great business involves
large responsibilities, strong man AZ
ths,hesdSptft.will he found to have
younger, men with greater power Of
resisting strain. The railway mana.
ger, bank manager, or head Of q, trust
or combine, has his staff; his business
ODDS systematized, and q large partSof
his worth to his corporation consists
q an his ability TO pick good men for
...- responsible plac -------: Jqi
v-,-, -, When. one, comes to look over the
/ list of men BROKEN down IN business,
It Is among those having small bust,
nesses that the greatest number will
be found. The man in small way
,9a rarely can afford to have capable as
sistants; he must do 1t all himself"
and hence worry and OVERRIDING. There
p, ia more OF q chance Tor, brain-fag in
"a small shop or agency than fl" a big
business. 1t is. therefore. of the ut
most Importance to the latter that
they reserve themselves sufficiently to
81 cone with the evergrowing strain Of
"a small Increasing business.-Detroit
Free Press. .li.1 q ~ 1IlD iN
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
PatIenos.

Patience is the guardian OF faith.
the preserver OF peace the cherisher
Of love, the teacher Of humility, Pa.
thence governs the flesh. strengt hons
the spirit. sweetens the temper, stines
anger extinguishss envy, subduss
pride; she brides the tongue, rsfrains
the hand, tramples upon temptations.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

Qx9C Y t4tq hey Cgd back
1yto Sing Sing. Irwodld
81, xSS1sS lratbesfs& tIat1ts
TEE~ II the courts should de
RO eide that must rethfn
TO prison I think ma
Ein myself" n
What, 10 the secret of this, desperate
n T. rdsterminationf why should d nan
.TAGclafd. With Absolute sarnestnsss I'm
every word, that he would rather stn.
dure the tortures Of the Internal re-
gtons than to be ,reipprisonedr In the
nfh.1ssw YYSfk stats cpsSatentia4y4N
Because know the truth Of the mat.
Itsr J. can Sngwer These questions One
morning several years asoII awokS Ito
And myself arrested. The experience
which I -aftsrward. had with my fellow.
prisoners taught me bitter lesson
4 II y George Bissert hasI been tol Sins
SmgTthat ID the basis of his desper.
ste resolve. He has suffered from The
-cruelties which have been permitted
there. He would rather ny to any MD
XII an an that TIA '1magtnl Alton 'caA Con-
'h ~sits than 70 Nts Sfhs FIJI horrorsl Of
,reipcarceration IN that prison., =
Nh fWafdman BfsSert has been the We.
tim not so much Of the active enmity
of the prison ofacfals as of the vin6lc.
tive and heartless hatred Of ring u
bozlIprisop ,5eonxicts who have taken ad'
N "A vantage OF ofnciali neglisenceoor &C.
" Quiescence to wreaks their vengeance
Upon him. 6i'1 ,n9hao
Gas a rule, convicts hate polfcemen
. detectives and "squealers." The pro
50 fessfonai thief hates them -, iparticu
" lar. He believes that the majority Of
them are quite as corrupt Is he 10, and
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
0uiet Thouqhte.

Those who sell the truth make Q
bad bargain.
The mos. upright Christian life
leans most on Christ. Hl''.'e
The shortest route to heaven IL By
itreading "in his steps," tHlHg
n The opportunity 10 always ready for
the man who Is ready for the oppors
tunity. .Iss.a,,ii oh ,,,.s a,ol..l.i
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

(At the time OF his tr1aIJ
he asserts that they are, too cowardly
to take the chances that men Of his
stamp have to take. An old bank bur.
;slar once said to . chief Of police:s -
thief. and I'd am l. but 4
wouldn't be the thief that you are for
all the money in this town." .==,,;
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10

ARDMAN BISSEHT,
York police 10 fo1ce,
makes this declasetiph:
e Siq lhst1 Osd blbk
70 Sing Sing. Irwduld
ratb@fs& W heft1 tself.
II the courts should de-
eide that I must rethfn
to prison I think nd
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-10
HORRoRSrOF SING SING. =.
II assp4 P.slaaA W. Eil Hm..,, Bs,,,. '1 II. va,
l9ni i10Ipf1, Con. e.. :, , a :
ARDMAN

EUaHsb-~nn.l fr.s s 3HT vi T239 3HT /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-09

She felt almost sure that Deacon Good
hue said "by gum" and devil" and
'old crank" but she wouldn't be posi-
tive of it. She was almost as sure that
her husband started to sing a hvmn
and made some scriptural quotation,
but she might have been mistaken. She
was not sure who grabbed the other
first. but she could swear on the living
Bible that they had trodden all the
cucumbers into the earth and broken
down most of her tiger lilies. She end
ed by saying that she had had rheu-
matism for twenty-six years. and that
whenever she returned a cup of Dor
rowed sugar she always heaped the
measure ITO.
1t took two days to try the case, and
meanwhile all business. including the
, sawmill' was suspended. There was no
jury, and when almost everybody in
known had sworn on one side or the
other, Justice Somerfield put on his most
dignified look and said:
This case seems to go back to the
hoe and to Deacon Goodhue's garden
Was there any need of the deacon
working in his garden that day? What
had become of his own hoe? Was the
borrowed hoe rusty in the shank or was
it not? If Deacon Goodhue had not hit
stone with it. would it have broken !?
He offered to buy new hoe to reDl ace
the old one, but wasn't he hoping that
Deacon Eardman would refuse it? Dea-
con Hardman had had that hoe for
ten long years, ana was ne SlaQ mat II
was broken and that he, had a chance
to get new one in it's place? -f e'-s-
"Then there was the hogs. Any man
who had ever set out to drive one hog
along the road, to say nothing about
five. knew that the animal wouldn't go
straight for rod at time. He couldn' t
spy hole in the fence without wanting
to see if it was a fit. He wouldn't be a
hog to pass an open gate without MAX
ing rush for the opening.
Then the deacons confronted each
other. They We're feeling edgewise about
the hoe, and it was to be inferred that
it didn't take much to get their backs
up. AS to whether the lie was actually
given, and who gave it first, is matter
in doubt. The same is true as to who
| grabbed first. but there can be no pos
sible doubt that many cucumbers and
tiger lilies We're destroyed, and that Dea-
con Hardman emerged from the con-
| fict with a skinned nose. Taken full
| and by and back and forth, it was about
an even thing. The costs will be divid-
ed between them, business resumed at
/ clock tomorrow morning, and if either
has any hard cider in the cellar he will
! be expected to treat the other and both
make I'D and let hoes and hogs go TO
grass forever more.''-(Copyright 1908,
| by c. B. Lewis).