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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21
SOME SUNDAY LAWS
How the Puritan Sabbath Was Enforced Years
Ago-When the "Tything Man" Was the Whole
Thing and Men Were Put into Prison
For Using tobacco.

AS the District of Columbia has no
Sunday law, a large proportion OF its
more sober-minded people feel that
there is a constantly growing disre-
gard of the day in the national capt.
tai. They are the more offended be-
cause much of the work transacted on
the day set aside for rest is govern
ment work. Eager to remedy this
state of affairs, a large mass meeting
was recently held by those in favor OF
strlcter observance of the day. A
committee was appointed to appeal to
the president for his help in the move
ment. The depth and character of the
sentiment was exemplified by the men
delegated to interpret it-Justice Har-
Ian, President Needham, OF George
Washington University; President
O'Connell, Of the Catholic University;
Presiding Elder sumwalt, OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church; s. W. Wood
ward, George Otis Smith, Admiral En-
dicott and DR.. Wallace Radcliffe.
The president assured the committee
that he would, as far as lay in his
power, discourage unnecessary Sunday
work in governmental departments,
but added that he did not believe It ad-
visable to return to the Puritan Sab
bath.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21
CAMPBELL GAINING
IN SENATORIAL RACE

Columbus, O.. April Cover
nor James e Campbell has made ma
terial gains in his active campaign
for the senatorial Endorsement By the
Democratic state eOnyentjOn- His ear
didaey ~as indOrssd By the Democrats
Of Hancock. Defiance. Green, Warren
and Fulton eountiss- He has nos bssn
indoTsed BY more than twenty enun-
ties, With a total Of more than 20
votes in the state conyentiOn-
Campbell Is taking zdEantags Of the
fact that 10 candidate Is In the EsId
with the backing of Mayor JohnsOn
and his friends and that Secretary
Finley Of the state executive commit
tee wants the eonyentiOn 20 remain
silent On the senatorial qlssgion- Ths
prospects are ssill bright for = nEhE
on the aoor Of the eonyentioE O. tie
qusstioa os indoFsensnt-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21
Try Royal Java Blend Coffee.
LOUISVILLE NEWS

Louisville, o.. April I7.-Rev. LEIGH.
~ is assisting in the Louisville Mill.
Ing & Elevator company.
Miss Amanda SawyeI. teacher OF the
first grade OF the public schools OF
this place, Is sick. Mrs Eva PIckens
is substituting.
Arbor Day exercises will be given
In several departments Of the schools
this afternoon.
Sickness is keeping Estella Mooth
from school.
Miss Mary Grise, OF this years
graduating class. received a certificate
at the last teachers examination
held at Canton, April 4.
Ruth Sluss, daughter Of w. III. Sluss.
Is Improving from a siege Of spinal
meningitis.
j. II. Dickson, OF Pittsburg, was In
town on business yesterday.
A nice lot OF over thirty books
have been presented TO the publIe
school library By the lecture course
committee. The library now has IO0a
volumes
The Central Novelty eompany's
plant here will be operated By cleo
trie motors entirely. The large boiler
viii be dispensed with.
DIR. Merriman has gone 10 Loratn
where he has located for the practice
of medicine.
Robert Hartzell, Of FTeeburg, was In
Louisville on business yesterday.
Fred Myers. OF Youngstown. IL
spending a few weeks at home with
his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Myers on
Washington avenue.
Bessie Sluss has been compelled 10
withdraw from school by sickness.
The Country Squire" will be given
by local parties in the Empire opera
house on Tuesday evening. April q
The participants are persons Of ex-
perience in dramatic work, and the
event will be a sueeess-
T. q. Sluss Is making an addition
to his residence on East GoEEas I
street
Rev. Alvin ByeFs. Of Cleveland, viii 4
deliver q lecture in the Empire opera 4
house on the theme, ~ExeeIsiO-." The
late Of the lecture Is "Wednesday.
April - Tickets az COy's store and
Gladieux's restaurant.
The communion services az the Re-
'Ormsd church Sunday mOrninx viii
'e in charge Of DIR. C. Z. Miller. pres
dent Of Heidelberg University.
Probably no part Of our village has
'1peFieneed n greater Improvement
han Washington avenue. The euun-
II started the good work BY OpsninS.
md grading the street The resi-
ents have Just pride in their,wsH
Iept lawns. cement walks and vel
ppsartng homes This Is another e.
mple OF the tact that real estate al
rays advances IN yaIns In sections
here improvements are made
The Reformed church parsonage
ill soon be repaired BY papering. {
ainting and laying OF concrete walks.
The taxpayers Of Louisville are
realty agftating the sswsrags uru,-
,et- Many villages with greater uz4-I
ieipal debts than Louisville are en-
wing the benefits Of good sewerage a
rsteEss. Our village has sxeeu=nt
ater and lighting systems A sew
age seems the Esxs logical In
rOVemsnt.
The Louisville hoard of edueattcu j.
the last meeting changed the tine \
meetings from the drst 20 the
81 Tuesday Of the mOnsh AZ the a
ut session on April -. a supexta- !,
ndent will be cAcsea and the eorps D
teachers Win be ehcssa
Miss Ethnl IuStus Is Nookkssn<r =
? the Louisville MAeklas Co a a
escent Meteor Co ~
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21
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headache AID biIio1sn@ss and the POI
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Kings NeE Life Pils. the reliable
purifiers hat % The SoEk Without
grinding or ETipirg- Sc AZ TIE Dur
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

by recourse TO the creature called
tobacko." Even during the week days
In Connecticut he was permitted but
one smoke per day, and its use on the
Sabbath day was absolutely forbidden
within two miles OF the meeting house.
At that time, as all the houses we're
clustered around the meeting house,
this was equivalent to not smoking at
all. Nevertheless, some broke the law
and were fined 10 shillings for each
ofense. In Portsmouth the lovers OF
Lady Nicotine were not only fined, but
sent to jail for their too ardent ale
glance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

Perhaps he had in mind the story OF
the first presidents arrest by the tyth-
ing man. To the terrible tything man
was granted greater power than wax
Ing sleepy little boys by rap on the
head. He could arrest anyone who
walked or rode unnecessarily on the
Sabbath. President George Washing
ton WIS one OF those who fell into his
clutches.
In a paper Of the time, the Colum-
bian Centinel, OF December. 1889, ap
peared news story entitled The
President and the Tything Man"
THE president on his return to New
York, from his late tour through
Connecticut, having missed his way on
Saturday, was obliged TO ride a few
miles on Sunday morning in order to
gain the town at which he had pre-
viously proposed 10 have attended d.
vine service. Before he arrived, how
ever, he was met by a tything man.
who, commanding him TO stop, de-
manded the occasion of his riding: AMI
IL was not until the president had in
formed him of every circumstance and
promised to go no farther than the
town intended that the tything man
would permit him TO proceed on his
journey"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

The observance OF Saturday night
fingered long in modified form. In a
negative fashion II is still followed in
small New England towns, inasmuch
as Saturday night is seldom chosen as
the time for any festlvlty. A certain
reproach is conveyed even in larger
towns in the phrase Saturday night
dance"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

A poem entitled The Connecticut
Sabbath" which appeared in the
American Museum for February, 1887
gives fair idea of the Puritan sun
day, though written by one who, like
President Roosevelt, was not in SYM
pathy with its austerity:
And let 1t be enacted further still
That all our people strict observe our
will;
Five days and a half shall men, and
women, too.
Attend their business and their mirth
pursue,
But after that no man without a fine
Shall walk the streets or at a tavern
dine.
One day and half tbs requisite to rest
From toilsome labor and a tempting
feast.
Henceforth let none on peril OF their
lives
Attempt a journey or embrace their
wives;
No barber. foreign or domestic bred,
Shall e'er presume TO dress a lady's
head;
No shop shall spare half the proceed
ing day
A yard OF riband or an ounce OF tea.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

Throughout the New England states
in the colonial days, a strict and de-
corous observance OF the day OF rest
prevailed, though the so-called false
blue laws" OF Connecticut published by
Rev. Samuel Peters have been de-
scribed as not correct. Among them
we're these three laws:
mo one shall travel. cook victuals.
make beds, sweep house. cut hair or
shave OIL the Sabbath day"
mo woman shall kiss her child on
the Sabbath or fasting day"
mo one shall ride on the Sabbath
day. or walk In his garden, or else
where, exceptly reyerently to and from
the meeting"
In Vermont anyone guilty OF rude,
profane or unlawful conduct on the
Lords day, by shouting hallooing. run
ming. riding. dancing OF jumping was
fined 40 shillings and whipped on the
naked back not to exceed ten stripes.
The New Haven code ordered that
PROCLAMATION Of the Lords day shall
be punished by fne, Imprisonment or
corporal punishment; and IL proudly
and with high hand against the
authority of God-with death"
In 1856 Captain Kemble. Of Boston,
a wealthy and influential man, sat for
two hours in tina public stocks for his
"lewd and unseemly behaviour in
kissing his wife ''publiquely" on the
day. on the doorstep of his
house. when he had Just returned from
a three years voyage.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

Secretary Taft, whose automobile
was stopped by a policeman for break
ing the speed limits on his Sunday ride
through the Chicago parks, can sym
psthize with the father Of his country.
though his excuse that he was in haste
to catch a train would not have satis-
fed the ancient tything man.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-04-21

As late as 1881. lady was arrested
In Lebanon. Conn, for travelling on
Sunday. A long law suit followed and
damages were finally given for false
Imprisonment.
In the early colonial years Saturday
evening was included in the holy day.
and the New England Plantation Com
pany received instructions from Gov
ernor Endicott that all should cease
labor at O'Clock Saturday afternoon
and spend the rest OF the day in prepa-
ration for the Sabbath
Archibald Henderson. master Of a
vessel which entered the port Of Bos-
ton. complained that as he innoeently
walked abroad Saturday evening he
was seized by a constable and dragged
to prison. The captain claimed esoO
damages for the detention Of his vessel
during his prosecution
This Saturday night observance
aroused much Eidieule among those
not OF New England. and many satir-
ical poems were written Of the I'M
proyement OF the biblical command
that men should rest one day.
Absence nom the meeting house Was
a most serious Olfense. fol-
lowed by both fine and punishment.
William Blagden. who lived In New
Haven In 164T. was brossht up for :
this crime. He pleaded thai he had
allen into the water late SATURDAY. /
night. could light no fire on Ssnday 4
10 dry his clothes. and so had stayed
n bed 20 keep warm while his oaly
NIT OF garments was drying. De-
'pite this seemingly reasonable expla-
latioR Blagden was found guilty Of
and ssnseneed 70 he
'puhliqaeiy whipped
And woe he 10 The man Who tried
0 and sol&ss during the tsdioas heafs
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-23
Term Applied Only To The Foibles Of So
called Men of Genius But Called
Insanity in Others.
(By NJ. Grier Kidder.)

No one knows where eccentricity ends and
insanity begins, any more than where
monkey stops and man starts; there is moth
ing abrupt in nature; nothing jerky about
evolution. None of us think ourselves lacking
in mentality, though several own to few
idiosyncrasies of genius. Everybody seems
too busy diagnosing everybody else's mental
symptoms to spare judgment for his own.
Strangers are crazy; friends peculiar; our
selves, original. We laugh at strange actions
till greatness follows, then ape them; scott
at the insanities of mediocrity, worship the
eccentricties of greatness.
Genius is rarely affected; the artificial be-
longs to the shallow; the natural, to the pro-
found. The eccentroities of the great
generally due to the fact that few great men
have time to be conventional. | hope this
explains my Indifference to details.
From ordinary folks nothing heterodox is
tolerated and pronounced individuality in the
average man in social sacrilege. Nobody can
afford to be crank unless he be reinforced
with prestige L know of no more pitiful
object than an unrecognized genius trying to
teach a community something he doesn't want
rest of us, forgetful. Webster consulted
his watch to see if he had time to go home
to get it. If a "ngger" displayed so much
preoccupation, he would be called a lunatc.
Which goes to prove that an ignorant mans
reputation, like poor mans or womans,
is very delicate thing.
The great DR.. johnson couldn't pass fence
without touching every tenth picket with his
cane. Stonewall Jackson thought of his
legs was getting shorter than the other.
Both of these gentlemen could have been cured
with Christian Science. So when your in
tellectual grandeur finds relaxation in tally
ing fence pckets or making a darby pull
your leg to counterfeit its fancied shrnkage,
without risking your reputation for sanity,
you are great. But first achieve the sense
that breeds tho non sense Don't, like too
many of us, turn dam fool to advertise your
wisdom
The mind below mediocrity has no more
patience with the mediocre mind than the
mediocrity. We as naturally consider what
is mentally below stupidity what is men
tally above us extravaganza. The laborer
can't believe that professional men work.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-23
HUMAN ECCENTRICITIES

TO him, there is no exertion unmarried to
shovel; nothing arduous divorced from
pick axe; nothing productive implanted in
dirt and watered with sweat Don't the
Socialists tell us 'the working man produces
the wealth." OF what use is the engineer,
doesen't the enginCr do the work? That the
brain can be harnessed to achieve the real,
the mind geared up to produce the substantial
is beyond the faith of those who believe what
they imagine and doubt wha, Others think
So it is with those of average intelligence
who sees brutality in the great unwashed
who grovel beneath them and insanity in the
genius whose originality invites him to soar
above them rather than to crawl with the
mob or walk with the crowd. I don't claim
that eccentricity is an unfallible sign of
genius tho lunatic asylum, the Scheme of
Salvation and the Socialist party would
flute that. Two-thirds of the eccentricties are
born of affectation married to self concet.
Every great man or woman is ever dup-
Gated in some mad house. No body ever did
anything extraordinary who wasn't aped by
extraordinary fools. When Lord Salisbury
oHce Nislteu an lnsane asylum. tne alteiluaHl
glanced at his card and said "You will have
to wait for vacancy. We are over stocked
with Lord Salsburies" Joanna Southcote
said she was to be the second mother of
Christ, who, when you think of all the Vir-
gin Mary emulators, seems to atone by his
surplus mothers for his lack of father. De-
fusion is nothing but over grown eccentricity.
fool initiates the unconscious absurdities
of the wise because it is his only way of APP
pearng wise. Sometimes his imitation con-
denses into speciality and, by the way it
takes mighty smart specialist to keep sane.
When you meet a man in whom wish fathers
belief or hope begets expectation, watch him.
Variety is the spice of mind as well as of
life. Speciaties prone to grow into run
ally head for congenial company.
Thousands outside of Bedlam ape the
pecuarities of their mental betters natural
asses exploiting artificial assinity. know
q man who thinks he looks like Napoleon
because his head resembles a prize pumpkin
in size as much as it does an exhausted re-
polywog like Lord Thurlow '1ooks wiser than
any man can be-" He simply out Napoleons
Napoleon in his posings and escapes free
board in lunatic asylum solely on account
of his appetite" Then there is my friend G.
who persists in digging me in the ribs with
Blue-grass blade., 1908-02-23

his elbow to punctuate his remarks; every
punctuation feeling like exclamation point
made with pick axe. l wish c. would quit
that. He can't understand that his inter
costal tattoo instead of inviting my attention
to what he says; anchors it to what he does.
| am not his special prey. Several other
estimablc citizens have been seriously I'M
paired. Yet kinder husband and father than
this FORMULATING pile driver, does not walk
upon the earth. If this were not so 1 should
have killed him long ere this.
Did you ever offer a chair to any one who
did not move it before sitting in it? This
comes natural to man before sitting down,
as turning round to dog before lying down.
The dog turns round because his wild ances-
tors turned round to crush down the grass
The origin of this chair moving must have
been the shaking of bush by unpanted
progenitors who naturally objected to sitting
on harnets nest snake. To test my
theory, try to sit down on a bush without
your pants on before investigating your seat.
You can't do it; you feel instinctively there
is too much at stake. man never feels so
hypothetical as when he sits down suddenly
on something foreign without his pants.
Pants, like health, can't be appreciated till
you have none.
When a man looks at his watch and re-
turns it to his pocket, instantly ask him tor
the time He can't tell you without looking
at it again. Delay your question for min
ute and he can; but while the mind is absorb
ing the knowledge the question seems to
elface it from the memory. The greater the
mind, the greater the neglect of non essential
details. Great men write bad hands" is a
maxim. How, many bookkeepers write bad
hands, About many as get above book
keeping There is little in a tread mill to
inspire originality. Did you ever see an &C.
centric bookkeeper? The nearest ever knew
one to get to eccentricity was an expert ac-
countant who went to church and never got
drunk.
Many of these pecuarites are perhaps
rudimentary eenoes' of normal actions. 1t
seems impossible to escape wholly from what
once an essential and ancestral char
acteristic. They are of no practical use, but
like the vermiform appendix aborted ear
wagging muscles and silent letters in or
biography, linger memory of what was
formerly functional. The Empress Marie
Louise could flap her ears, can l. so can
another individual In us three the gift
seems to be derived from ancestors without
environment notifications. . presume. there
fore, that transcending mentality is not es-
sential to the generating and fostering of this
popularity 1t appears to be an abnormal
trait in which an ignoramu' can indulge with
20 10 Il, So
ton presumptuous emulation
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-01-22

Mrs. Grace Sprecher was at Arion
Wednesday calling on friends.
Mrs. Hart is very sick with pneu-
monia at her home in North Denison.
A good show "The Hidden Hand
at Opera House Friday night. Jan.
"a.
Mrs. Joe Pearsoll of Dow City was
Sunday guest at the Schwartzen-
baugh home.
Mrs. U. G. johnson very pleasantly
entertained the Penelope club on Tues
day afternoon.
Special Carnations so and 60 cents
dozen. for short time only at
Barcher Bros.
The German Verein will give a
public dance at the Opera House Feb.
IA. Music by the Hover Wheeler
Bond Orchestra.
Married at Presbyterian manse by
Rev. DePree Tuesday morning Jan.
10 John P. Evans and Della T.
Terwillgar of Woodbine.
Mrs. Bessie Simmons Ayres and
two children of Council Bluffs have
been visitors among her many Deni-
son friends for some days. Mrs.
Ayres is most favorably remembered
by our people.
Stephen Thew. who so recently
married Miss Silletto took his depar
ture with his wife on Tuesday TO
their home out in Washington. TIL,
best wishes of host of friends ant
relatives go with the young people.
There were two small fires on las
Thursday morning in town. The frs
came from bundle of okum in tn
cellar of the Menagh & Co. store O
Broadway. The fire alarm rang a
about seven thirty and promtpl
brought the firemen. They threw GU
the burning bundle and did not US
the apparatus. Later the roof of tn
building owned by Saracbon Sister
caught fire from defective chime
but the flame was put out. the alarr
not being turn i'll. With our goc
fire company and water supply it wi
be hard for any but an extraordinar
fire to get beyond control in Denison
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-01-22

Miss Pearl Burlington spent a few ,
days last week visiting relatives in
Vail.
Mr.. Boylan and wife spent last
Sunday with friends at Odebolt.
They took advantage of the fine roads
to make the trip by automobile.
Miss Ella Fink entertained few
of her friends Wednesday evening. 1t
was spent in playing finch. and
various other games. All report a
fine time.
A. M. Conyne who lives with is
people just east of town. has con-
sented to go down to Clarinda for
treatment. He had been there before
coming home much improved.
If you want mattress of quality
get a Stems & Foster cotton felt
mattress at Bartcher Bros. They
i will show you what is inside the
mattress you buy. Sent out on so
nights trial.
Letters have been received from
Mr.. Carter out in New Mexico. but
there were no particulars as to the
cause of the death of his wife. He
gave the relatives the impression that
he might bring the casket here for
final resting place.
Mr.. Boylan took a party of his
friends over in his auto to Charter
Oak on Tuesday. He went to do
some expert work for DR.. McWilliams
on his machine. He was accompan-
, led by Messrs Charley Hanna. jim
Mcclellan and Nab Rouiiliard.
+ The Never bag bed springs il
i woven wire springs made for comfor
! as we'll as wear. They are entirel.
different from the bed springs and are
guaranteed for 2 years. Get one Of
Bartcher Bros. Sleep on it 80 nights
and if you are not satisfied you ge,
your money back. That's fair ism
it?
On last Thursday evening the Mise.
Sarachon entertained about thirty o.
their friends at cards. The Mise!
. Nachtmann and Ann Hooley enter
: tanned the company with several fin,
: vocal and instrumental selections
Dainty refreshments were served b,
Y the Misses Sarachon and Ann Hooley
c At a late hour the guests departed
f feeling that they had spent delight
: full evening.
. The special meetings at the German
= M. E. church will continue over mex
Sunday. The interest is growing
Rev. Helm from Sioux City. who ha
a been with us during the last week
e returned home on Wednesday. Rev
/. w. H. Rolling. our Presiding Elder o
e Charles City is expected to be will
s US on Wednesday evening to remain
: over next Sunday. Next Sunda,
a morning Communion services will b
h held. All are cordially invited t
t attend all of these services.
G. E. Kienle. Pastor.