The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-29

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II seems that Albert u. Pllls,,ury ex-
attorney general Of Massachusetts, on Wis Wis
iting. the birthplace of Horace Greeiy IN
Amherst, N H., few days ago, noticed
tint there was lo5plachrd about the pace
To inform the public Of its historic in-l
terest. Accordingly he himself tackled a1ss',d.
Oh tho house u card which read' This \
is tho birthplace Of Horace Greeley,
While he was engaged at this task pass
Ing native paused to read tho card, and
turning To A1r. Plllsbury, l1e remarked
with some ncitlity ",rhe gall Of some OF
YOU fellcrs that hev made money IN
Tho cityis fairly sscR' min. What do you
suppose folks here care whether yo, was
born on this farm or some other old
farm? Thcm's my sentiments, Mr.. Gree
ley, and don't you forgit IT."
Mrs. Clarence Fl. Ntnckny has written
IA letter OF peculiarly snubbcry to
young lady who asked her for 9 contri-
button toward furnishing n Catholic pnro-
cbal school. Mrs. Mhckny wrote back
that she was not Il "Romanist"; would
rot help; dsapproycd OF parochin.l
schools, and considered them n menace
TO the country. rlie latter phrase sug-55
gests that she has dipped into Father
Sttrwley's recent book, but we decline
10 press the charge. Fired byt Mrs. Mack
ays warmncss, the local priest wrote
back that it was evident that Mrs. Mack
ny disapprovcd of3parochnl schools, be-
cause these schools taught people the
ordinary courtcsics or life; thnt Roman
ist'' was word which nice. Intelligent
people did not use etc, etc. Father
oubigg states that he did not show his
letter to the bishop before sending It 10
Mrs tNiackny, and VIC wonder how the
bishop liked ii when he read It in the
papers. The correspondence struck us
as being animated throughout.
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New York; in moving along reform lines
in the matter of conducting It's public
schools is getting right down to the. orig
Einal idea. 1t is announced BY the powers
+ that be that hereafter boys in the public
schools of that State will have to spend
moro time on pcnmanship and less on
sewing, that music will be taught with
more stress on singing, and less on theory,
that arithmetic will be retained i'll the
seventh year, that history will be taught
on the theory that memorizing history is
not learning history, and that the young
er pupils will not be worried with topics
it is impossible for them to comprehend.
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Just how 1t happens we know not. hut
the fact is that pig iron is on the jump.
In Pittsbulg. yesterday an offer cquva-
liant to sl5.S5 per ton for 1000 tons deliv-
cred atPittsburg was refused. The indie
pendent producers Of pig are putting
lip The price It may be worthy Of pass
Ing notice that .it is generally accepted
as a fact that iron Is the business barom-
eter, and according to accepted theory.
when iron boonls, good times are still
with us.
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We wish to congratulate the citizens
or Nottoway upon the fact t.<xs at least
our election has been held untaintcd by
fraud or wrongloing Of any nature. We
do not believe there is a man in the
county who docs not think the primary
of Tuesday was honestly and fairly
conducted and honestly returned. Now
let II be thus always, whether in pri-
mary orgfnal elections We pledge our
energies to this end.-Nottoway News.
4 noble report and noble resolve.
And let all the people say amen.
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An Indiana fnrmer boasts that he has
corn that stands Oh the hill seventeen
and half feet from sprout to tussel. We
suspect that the Staunton River bottoms
in Charlotte and Halifax counties can
beat this an inch or two and the far
nlers up there do not consider 1t such
an unusual thing as to 80 boastingly
into print about 1t.
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Elk Senator John L. McLaurin is go
ing to give Senator rillman y tilt for the
United States Senate, The Virginia pri-
mary and its result furnish the evidence
needed to show to Mr. MGLaurn that
an "out" is up against a hard PROPOSE
ton when he runs against an IN"
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+ Cable dispatches announce that Secre-
,tary Taft has busted himsclf Dancing the
#lancers With tho wives of Filipino gov
errors. This incident happily exempli-
files tho government motto:3"A square
deal for every man and II square dance
for every lady" s
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Pockhan Hass and Holmes have been
Indicted for Conspiracy to defrahd tho
government" infthe cotton report leaks.
1t looks moro like d conspiracy Ia, de-
fraud tho "lambsn in Wall Street and