Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-25
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.KPpl1hlt team, sjlarahall1 n
any more than to shoot at a split shin
/ gle 1t can drink out of quart jar
on account of its long thin head. rms
/ type of raZorback is known as the
| stone hog, because its head is so heavy
| and its nose so long that it balances
| up behind The owner of this type OF
| hog usually ties a stone to his tan 10
keep him from overbalancing and so
| break his neck while running. If the
stone is too heavy 1t will pull the ska
over its eyes and 1t will go blind.
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IN THE SAME BOAT
| Davenport Democrat
| While going about the state max
| ing political speeches Governor Cum
minis has, of course. neglected the
business he was elected to look af-
ter. The Des Moines Capital makes
the most of the fact. and rubs it into
the governor This, however, Is not
playing fair. 1t commends Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw for going about
the country and talking wherever he
Moines paper named thinks that
Shaws coming to Davenport was Il
piece of patriotism Shaw and Cum
minis are III the same boat Each is
pulling for himself. and he is using
the party machinery so far as possi-
BILE. to accomplish his own ends. Shaw
is working just as hard to capture the
presidential nomination as CummnS
is to have his own name placed at the
head of the republican state ticket,
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THE REGENER ALTON OF REITB EN-
TWinnebago County Republican,
1T Is hard to conceive what would
happen to the jokesmiths and comic ar
lists of the metropolitan press If they
were suddenly deprived of those time
worn and overdrawn characters which
have furnished them with inspiration
for 10, these many years. The Irishman,
the Dutchman, the Jew, the negro and
the country jake" types constitute the
American humorist's stock In trade just
as the cockney, the cabby and Tommy
Atkins are regarded as legitimate prey
by the British contemporaries
OF the foregoing types the "Rube" in
PAL tlCuldI has Deell ldiHpoOuSu anu
caricatured to ragged edge And at
such pains have these punsters and
charcoal manipulators been to impress
upon the public their own distorted
ideas of the rural regions that their
exaggerations are generally accepted
as faithful and true TO life by that vast
portion of their readers who live in the
cities.
The great majority of this urban
population take their daily dose of
news and nonsense without protest or
question, and have no time to do either
If they wished. Their mental horizon
is bounded by the four walls of a fiat
or business office: their ideas of men
and of places they have never seen are
CLEANED from the columns Of the pub
lie print, and 1t is not strange, there
fore, that their conception of the great
west, or tall grass" which means all
that region west Of Broadway to
New Yorker, and of State street TO
Chicagoan) is Influenced largely by the
of the Sunday supple
ments. These generally take the form
of an old weather beaten farmer,
equipped with carpet bag, chin whts-
kers and vacant smile, with few
wisps of straw in his hair, and pants
stored away in his boots. This guile
less creature is always pictured in thu
tolls of confidence man or making an
ass of himself generally. 1t would be
contrary to. tradition and professional
ethics TO credit him with a gleam of
intelligence now and then. His role is
that of the easy mark" the come on
ic t1,a hriey bt ial of h.a
big city crook.
This is a big country, and 1t may be
that in out of the way places, far re-
from the highways of travel,
may still be found the prototype of
The funny mans imagination. But GER
-ainiy not in any community which is
within ten miles of a railway station.
Forest City is an average country
Town in many respects but we have so
Ear. failed to observe any radical dill
ference between the dress, customs and
Of her citizens and those |
VI the bigger towns. II there be any !
hey are distinctly in our favor.
The city man is swindled easily and |
by the beef trust and pur-
seyors of the staff of life, while we are
touched by neither. He submits to
being bossed around by policemen
street car hirelings and elevator boys |
md is herded back and forth from |
nome to work with other human cat
lie, while we of "the provinces" are at
he mercy of no corporation, have no |
,ital transportation problems, and with |
hoses in the air we tap the untainted |
ozone free of charge and acknowledge |
10 man or set of men as our super
ors. Our clothing is cut the same
md is just as good; our food is better
md cheaper; our hearthstone and roof
rec is not a hollow sham, as 1t is to
he cliff dweller in a big city fiat; we
'eceive the daily, weekly and monthly |
promptly when the NJ. &
St.. L. is on time; and if we feel that
way we can turn loose and paint up
he town as bright "a red as any of |
hose hide bound, Brussels carpet |
viseacres who would discount our |
merits.
1t is high time the old country
lake" chestnut was laid on the shelf |
It has seen better days and the type
which inspired it's creation will soon
De as extinct as the dodo and the