Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-20
.ama- ran1hlica,r Observation-Disclosures anua, ugrstl 20 1906

! fetish and barney stone our bump OF
| reverence became hole in the grouna
| The nearest thing to the alleged hois
| thing was a beer saloon, and two o.
| our llnpoetic and unsanctifed compan-'
| ions went into sample the juice, anu
| said 1t was vile stuff. We OWNED az
much and did not imbide. But we saw
a million flies in the windows of tha
| concern trying TO butt their brains
| out against the dirty, cob-Webpe3
panes Had that saloon been there
when the Pilgrims landed, they would
| have made a wild break for 1t, for
| there is not a bit of doubt that they
| were guzzlers like all the rest of the
world 800 years ago. Long need not
blame them for wetting their whistles
early and often-don't we do that. ev-
en- at this late and enlightened day?
And as for the other vices. they were
no worse than men nowadays why
need Lomg heave stones at them?
There are plenty of glass houses mere.
everywhere. and now, to be endangered
by reckless throwing.
But after seeing Plymouth Rock, one
wonders why chicken fanciers insulted
hens and cockerels by calling them
plymouth Rocks" The idea of those
old fellows rowing all round that pay
to get a chance to disembark on such
measly stone as that!
Without doubt, the Pilgrims were
in morals way above par in their time
A per cent, large or small, We're hypo-
critics, just as we find hypocrites pien-
ty now They lived in a profligate era.
England was a sink-hole, and SO was
Holland, and it would have been re-
narlsable IL Puritan garments mad not
acquired more or less mud, dung ana
grease. Their professed Ideals ana
moral code were way above the aver
age. Let us hope that we stand
trihe, higher on the moral scale IMAM
did they. But ii was natural for them
to value other things more than mere
morals" They thought 1T was wick
eder to doubt and disbelieve doctrines
and tenents than to lie, steal and MUIR
der.
ARE. YOU BUILDING OR TEARING
DOWN?
TAuburn Record.1
We watch the shingles on the root
of our buildings decay and we heave
a sigh; it is a sign that deterioration
worth as much today as it was yes
terday. The paint is fading and seal
ing from the boards; it signifies that
the elements are steadily at work ana
destruction is going on. and that we
must constantly work and plan TO cope
with these never ceasing agencies. we
pay out so much money annually 10
protect against the ravages OF flre ana
wird. 1t is our home and we feel an
interest in 1t. You have made your
home in this particular town because
YOU had confidence in the growth OF II.
You are anxious to see the business
firms thrive and the town become
good trading point, it is beneficial TO
your interest. These things we would
all like to see, but alas, how many OF
us are building up? We get out our
department store catalog, Hi out an
order and send it away accompanied
by the cash, SIS, $40, and perhaps 800.
The home merchant does not get II.
How about the shingles on your house,
the weather boards and the paint
You are assisting the elements In their
work of destruction. More money TO
the department stores each year and
the result is noticeable. Empty store
buildings and empty residences. Pro-
perty is not worth what it was a year
ago. Houses which rented then for IS
ard $40 month now go begging for
SIS. Property which was then worth
81, 800 to $4,000 cannot find ready buy
Ell sFnt $1,000 and $1,000. We say, what's
the matter with our town? Well,
reader IL you will stop to reason
moment it will appear to you what the
trouble is. The town is dying death
from strangulation and you may be
pulling one of the strings that is doing
the deadly work. Large sums are sent
each year from this town, to say moth
ing of the surrounding country, to as
sst these million dollar corporations in
the work of squeezing the life out of
the small towns. Look at it from
sensible standpoint, and ask yourself
the question, "Am / helping to build
or am helping to tear DOWN."
FrightfuI Loss Of Life
results from throat and lung diseases
DR.. Kings New Discovery for coughs
and colds is sure cure. SOC and $1.00.
Mcbride s. Will Drug Co.
Piaymates.
Oh, cottage meath the naples, have you
seen those girls and boys
That but for little while ago made, oh,
such pleasant noise?
Oh, trees and hills and brooks and lanes
and meadows, do you know
Where / shall find my little friends OF
forty years ago?
You see I'm old and weary, and I've trav-
eled long and far.
am looking for my playmates. wonder
where they are.
Are You Tired, Nervous
and Claen1eSs ?