Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Among Club Circles.

Among Club Circles.
The NORTH MANCHESTER WoMAN's
CLUB was entertained at the pleasant
home of Mrs. Fay French on Friday
OF last week, and now want to re-
mark right here that this is one of
the most pleasant organizations that
one could wish to be member of as
they always have such sumptuous
and wholesome dinners at the noon
hour and then, after that, comes the
sensible and interesting programs.
For the last meeting or two Christie
pher Columbus and his wonderful
discoveries have been the topic of
the whole afternoons, and let me as
sure you, he has been discussed pro.
and con, and since my meeting with
them, have been soliloquising to
myself whether or no, Christopher
jJiD 1dosuth awandsrfnl thing when
he discovered this beautiful land OF
ours. We OF the club feel sure that
he never would have had the energy
to have made such. discovery, with
out the aid of his wife who had ia
keep him enthused on the subject
for long time before he would I'M
dertake the enterprise. And taking
everything into consideration
sometimes think he had better have
| left il undiscovered
Of course as Christopher was such
a hero we suppose the republicans
today through more than one orator
claim that if he were alive now he
would be a republican, and the
Democrats on their part would claim
that Columbus would be democrat
but as he was never naturalized in
the country which he discovered
the questisn is not particularly {
profitable one and l verify believe
could he return again for a shor
time during the present campaign
and note the deception which vii
undoubtedly be practiced by tn
American people we fancy he nigh
be sorry that he had discovered
America, or if he entered politica
rally and learned there that one hal
the country are pledged to principle
which are sure ultimately. to over
throw the government and leopard
ize the liberties of man, and then i
i he entered a Tally of q differen
political complexion and Their
i, learned that the other half of tn
country was engaged in the sam
8 nefarious business he would surel
repent the part he had taken i
bringing this continent to the motto
Of the world.
Now, do wonder if Christophe
Q was really the goody good man tha
3 John Fisk and Washington Irwin
: have painted him. If he was th
: man that Justice Winsor has painte
f him he would rot like us at all b,
" cause we would not be half ba
}. enough for him, still / do not thin
n we could come to any definite col
e clusion whether he was bad or
it good man, but we believe it is a we
d established fact that he was n,
d faultlessly GOOD or hopelessly BA
IL 1t isl evident enough, according
r history, that he was no saint, Meth,
l. was he the chief Of sinners, only
j. was in possession of the one unpa
W donable sin, that of being power
# stricken or,lin other words, POI
g man, hence he died neglected by h
" friends and neighbors just as
y would in these present times we
he sojourner here and witho
O. means or wealth.
ID The question came up at the clu
10 what actuated him to make the di
r covery? Well we think it W
It. chance and it was also accidental
ID his part, which would never ha
is happened without eighteen years
al perseverance. He was actuated
w the love of gain or rather the no
or of gain, but the people of today W
are NOT actuated by the hope Of ga
he in doing such deeds are not SO nul
'r- erous that there are many who cou
X throw stones at him on that accou
sw We do believe that he was bra
of earnest man who nnwittingly did
rg greater thing than he intended
'e- and we feel that he was christi
is gentleman, for when he was
is alone to die because he was poor,
'he did not murmur or complain,
re-, when the moment came for him
for depart from hence, he folded
'ad hands and exclaimed, Unto I
to hand Oh God l commend my spil
ler and then / am wondering if Il
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