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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
sim Choose Tithinamen.

Still Choose 1ithingmen.
There is at least one town in New
England where the sleepy church mem
Der may be rudely awakened during
service by a rap on the head and yet
can take no offense at such a pro-
cedure, for officers are elected for this.
Tithingmen these officers are called,
and if they adhere to the duties set
down for them more than a century
ago the girls and boys will not dare
to play pranks in church.
Ludlow, a mill village eight miles
east of Springfield. is the town where
tithingmen still survive and three are
chosen annually. George Elpinstone,
ST., E. j. Streeter and D. ]. Wilson
have just been honored for the coming
year.
Tithingmen were common in England
more than century ago, and their
duties consisted largely in collecting
the parish tithes, or in other words the
parish taxes. In the early New England
settlements the tithingman became
more of a constable and he was ex-
pected to keep order in the parish
church. From an old book of records
in Ludlow the duties of the tithing-
man are referred to as follows:
| He shall watch over the youths of
disorderly carriage and see that they
behave eomelie and he shall use such
raps and blows as are in his discre-
ton meet.
| From an old resident of the town
it was learned that the tithingmen
worked overtime on Sundays keeping
a.
ing things unseemly in church such
as nudging each other or creating
smiles by nischievous pranks. Any of
the grownups who by chance dropped
off to slumber during the pastors SER
mon was sure to receive sharp tap
to awaken him.
If the tithingman of the olden times
wished to show his authority he was
entitled to visit the keeper of the tay-
ern and compel the bartender to limit
the amount of liquor sold to men
whom he thought were overindulgent
One after another of the New Eng
land towns has discarded the office
but Ludlow still retains it and is like
ly to for many years to come. The
| present board has stood for the last
, ten years, but it has not been over.
J active. In fact Mr.. Streeter alone o.
the three is sworn in following the
. election each year. 1t has been hi!
} custom in town meeting to thank hi
fellow townsmen for electing him tt
office, altho he himself is very mucl
in the dark as to what his duties are
r Ludlow already has won fame be
cause of the fund established in its be
half less than a year ago by Charlie
D. Rood, president of a large watcl
concern in Lancaster, Pa. Mr.. Roo
was born in Ludlow and he has place,
several thousand dollars at interest t
f be distributed in 1874, the towns 200t
n anniversary. Special prizes will go t
V the young men who do not smok
g cigarets and who attend church regu
q larry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
USE FOR THE BY-PRopUcTs.
ICatholic CitiZen.1

lCatholic Citizen.
The profits Of some modern forms
of business are gotten out OF the by
products. Packers utilize every part
of the hog except the squeal.
All our cities have big public school
buildings, which usually are vacant
and idle every evening and on Sat-
urday and Sunday Attention has
been directed to using these buildings
for. night schools and public lectures.
for form of social settlement work,
for civic and uplift movements, etc.
1t is possible that we church people
are not using our church buildings
for all that we might. Would lectures
and sacred concerts profane the House
of God? We are getting far along in
adopting and adapting some of the
program Of "the institutional church."
so-called. We have actually come to
| the inclusion Of bowling alleys and
kitchen ranges in our conception Of
a modern church plant. There are
pros and cons to making the church
a social center; but we must observe
that the tendency of Catholic congre-
cations is to fall in line with the
fashion of the day herein.
What of our vacant college build
ings and grounds during the vacation
season? Might we not utilize these
for our limping and emaciated sum-
mer schools? The summer colony
plan Is expensive and a trifle luxurious.
Warren Il. Mosher said to us the last
time we met him at Cliff Haven, which
was then finally an achieved success:
THE same results might have been
reached with a far less burden Of TOLL
A great task it was financing and
collecting, incorporating and building
It is the sort of church work we know
best how to do-brick and mortar
work. Since 1t is so. let US make the
best Of it; let US work out all the
by products possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
Dr.. Patton Admits Row.

The reported crisis in the Princeton
Theological Seminary as to whether
there shall be more modern curri-
culum does not amount to much, ac-
cording to DIR. Francis L. Patton, pres
ident of the seminary.
SIT is true" said DR.. Patton, chat
the students desire some modification
in the curriculum. But it is not my
duty, my right or my privilege either
to accede to or deny their requests. ]
could not interfere IL I would. am a
member of the board Of directors, a
member of the faculty and a trustee
and can vote in but not dictate tc
those bodies"
Concerning the purpose Of his lee.
lures here this week DR.. Patton said:
"The world today is facing two
lproblems: Whether there is a per.
sonal God, and whether He has spok.
en- in the incarnation Of Jesus Christ
Around these two questions all tn,
controversy Of our time centers. Liber.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
Jesus-A Fact.

[Prof George Burman Foster.1
To deny that Jesus lived amounts to
historical insanity, but to found our
faith upon the conclusions of histori-
cal science upon Jesus is .unreligious
and disastrous. No fact Of history
which is known to US only thru ira
dition is the basis Of saving faith-it
is the eternal in the historical that the
religious nature OF man Graves. The
pathway into the eternal is moral
obedience and not historical criticism
lis doing the will of God and not
testing credibility Of tradition from out
hoary past.
A billion years hence the spiritual
condition of the race may be con-
ceivably as far above ours as ours is
above the status OF the savages that
roamed the primeval forests. And Jesus
of Nazareth? Is it inconceivable that
billion years hence the human be-
ings then alive will know as little
about Him and our specific form OF
religion as we know about the religion
of the dwellers in Atlantis, or any 9TH
er submerged land?
Is it inconceivable that the very
name of christianity shall have passed
away! And yet may not the world be
more christian than now, have more
of faith, hope and love; be more sure
Of the fatherly God, of a brotherly
man, Of an eternal life?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08

"a delightful story" The teapot tells
1t when you use "salada" Tea; deli
cious, healthful and refreshing; in
fact, "Salada" is tea perfection.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08

Judging from the row they had in
Washington it would be appropriate
to call them the Daughters of the an
nual Revolution" suggests the Ida
Grove Pioneer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08


the same as the farmer makes his liv-
ing in the field. If he is awake the
farmer who finds his land bad will try
to improve it. It is for the same reason
that the men who make their living
on the roads are pushing the King
drag"
Judging from the row they had in
Washington it would be appropriate
to call them the Daughters Of the an
nual Revolution" suggests the Ida
Grove Pioneer.
The Brooklyn Chronicle says, Eve
have not received any direct advices
from President Taft, but we should not
be in the least surprised if he should
veto the tariff bill when it reaches him.
1t is at least doubtful whether such a
veto would not add to rather than take
practically certain that the tariff bill
when passed will contain features
which will give Taft a fair excuse to
veto it. We personally believe that at
most any bill is better than no bill,
a pretty good law"
"The King drag seems to be the king
of all contraptions to level the roads
into passable shape. The road i'm
provement proposition has just begun
in the west, and Wifi continue to be
more or less to the front till good roads
are the real thing and not paper
dreams" predicts the oelwein Reg
1 lister.
Senator Delivers ability is con-
ceded,' says the Odebolt Chronicle.
Hitherto his constituents have be-
lieved him lacking in moral coura ge
and devotion to principle. He has been
a trimmer of the trimmers since he en-
tered public life. The abuses he as
sailed in his speech on Tuesday have
been known to him for years, yet he
assailed Cummins for attacking them
and threw his influence to the monopo-
lists. Let US hope that he has finally
burned his bridges and enlisted for the
war with the forces which are battling
for honest revision of the tariff"
The users of King road drags ma,
well be termed public ebenefactors
This simple road drag has been in
evidence in town and country the
past few weeks and it is marvellous
the excellent roads they make This
King drag is as welcome as the flow.
ers in May. and it's continuous use il
growing pride to decent roads, &C.
claims the Stratford Courier
! The Manson Democrat excitedly de
clares. every time a fellow rides owe
a road that has been dragged with
road drag he feels like dragging GU
the fellow who did the dragging t
give him drag from a big bottle an
when the same fellow is forced to rid
over a road that has not been dragge'
with a road drag he feels like drag
ging himself together and going afte
l the party who did not do the drag
ging with drag and dragging hir
over the place that should have bee
D dragged until he is completely drag
2 ged out"
"Just a word with you. young man
demands the Tama Herald. Don
get too foxy. If you happen to com
into possession of a few dolla,
act just as you did before you got Their
y Don't swell up and burst! If you hay
a fair amount of brains you won't d
this"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08

Gust a word with you, young man.
demands the Tama Herald. Don't
get too foxy. If you happen to come
into possession of few dollars
act just as you did before you got them
Don't swell up and burst! If you have
a fair amount of brains you won't do
this"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08

"The King drag seems to be the king
of all contraptions to level the roads
into passable shape The road i'm
provement proposition has just begun
in the west, and Wifi continue to be
more or less TO the front till good roads
are the real thing and not paper
dreams" predicts the Oelwein Reg
lister.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31

and Little Boy Brown thought it might
end there. But the other road ran on
for a long, long way, growing so mar
row that it seemed to turn into a mere
dark thread, traceable through the
snow.
So the choice was made and Little
Boy Brown stalked on, not going quite
as rapidly, however, as at first. The
fact was he was getting a bit tired. He
felt that he must be almost at the big
town, for he had come such a long,
long way. At least, he thought he had
come long way.
He reached the top of a very long
hill, one he had unconsciousIy climbed.
Then he looked into a deep valley be-
low, one traversed by a river. broad
and deep and by a thread which Little
Boy Brown knew to be q railroad Yes,
it was sure enough railroad, for there,
coming around a wooded hill in the
distance, was a putting engine and a
train of cars. But at the distance they
engine and traln-Were like mere
toys. Little Boy Brown stood spell
bound at the vast scene before him in
that great valley, which spread on and
on for miles and miles. And way down
in it's very center the hedgeroWs, which
ran every which way, crossing each
other so frequently that the ground
looked ike a vast checkerbOard. But
nowhere could Little Boy Brown sea
the big town where Gertrude and Fred
were attending the high school,
The disappointed little fellow was on
the point of crying when he saw COM
ing UP the long, sloping hill a top
buggy drawn by a black horse He
batted back the tears and determined
to remain where he was till the buggy
should come up to him. Then he
would ask the driver to direct him to
the big town. Undoubtedly he had
turned into the wrong road at the
bridge.
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him for little while), they had hurried
away, calling out to Jane that they
would not return till in the afternoon
All day alone!" Thus thought Lit
tie Boy Brown. Then his mind flew to
the big town, where Gertrude and
Fred were in the high school. All,
what a day to go there
Half an hour after the parents of
Little Boy Brown had taken their
leave from home their youngest child
was getting into his overcoat and cap
and mittens, preparatory for a journey.
And just as Jane was fixing the fire
in the big kitchen range for baking
the bread Little Boy Brown was going
out at the front door and running down
the lane that led to the big public road.
Once on that road he turned in the
direction of the big town. He had seen
Gertrude and Fred going that way the
day his papa took them in the buggy
to the big town. So he knew he was
on the right road and going in the
right direction. After walking briskly
for half an hour Little Boy Brown
came to bridge, and after crossing
the bridge he was surprised to see two
plain roads leading from it at the far
he t,rn to the right or to the left? For
one road led almost directly east, while
the other turned toward the west. For
minute he stood irresoiute. Then he
decided to take the road which he
could trace to the farthest point. The
road to the right dropped over a HILL
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Slowly, very slowly, so thought the
waiting Little Boy Brown, came the
black horse and buggy to the top of
the hill, and soon the little wayfarer
discerned that the vehicle held two oc-
cupants. One was woman, the other
a man. And a few seconds later he
saw to his sudden joy that the woman
was his own dear mother and the man
was his own dear father.
With a cry Of delight Little Boy
Brown ran to meet the approaching
vehicle, waving his arms in ecstasy.
"Oh, papa!-mamma! It's your little
boy!" he cried.
Then the buggy stopped, and in an
other second Little Boy Browns moth
er had him on her lap, and both father
and mother were questioning him re-
garding his being picked up away out
there on that lonely hill three miles
from home.
ooh, 1 thought I'd CONC a hundred
miles!" cried Little Boy Brown. Il
got lonely at home and thought I'd 60
to the big town and find Gertrude and
Fred at the high school. But-Tm
glad to be going home again"
why dear child" said the mother.
wrapping the warm fur laprobe about
Little Boy Browns feet and legs, you
would have been lost. You were going
Ill Tic NIOn5 OlI0CLIOIl W I0dCn LOW IL
And just think of what might have
happened to you had not papa and I
come along at this minute. Why, my
Little Boy Brown might have wan
dered so far away that we never would
have found him. And what would
have become of him them"
Little Boy Brown became very seri-
Gus as the truth of the situation was
thus presented to him, and he was
thankful in his heart that his parents
had come in time to save him from
being forever lost. He shuddered at
the thought, declaring fervently: 'Tll
never, never go off to hunt for the big
town again less l have papa or~1nam-
ma with me-
I'll take you to the big town next
Saturday, son. promised papa. I've
got to go there to look after Gertie and
Fred, and you may bear me company"
'Ah, and then I'll get to see the high
school," cried Little Boy Brown, clap
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If | WERE A FAIRY

l wish I were fairy,
a weeny, tiny fairy,
A dear Ertla fairy.
1 tell you what l. do.
I'd guard all childrenI could see,
And close beside them ever be;
Their little eyes would ne'er see me-
Oh, that's what I'd do.
I'd watch DER them when they slept
Id comfort them when e'er they wept;
I'd follow them where dangers crept.
Yes, that's what I'd do.
I'd teach them the right path to tread
That leads to happiness, instead
OF that where Turk tempta tons dread
oh, that's what Id do.
I'd have them good each girl and boy
Would be at home a very joy,
Doing nothing that would annoy
Oh, that's what I'd do.
I'd make them loving, kind and true,
Gentle, humane and tender, too;
Ready gracious deeds to do
Yes, that's what I'd do!
Fanny Alricks Shugart
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JUNIORS APPRECIATE
THE HERALD PRIZES
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
L received 1.-TWO Royal Foes" by Eva
Madden, this morning. l was very
glad to get it, and though / have not
read very far in it as yet I think I
shall like it.
If l continue as l have begun I shall
soon have a Junior library" won't I.
Aunt Laurie? 1 should surely like to
have one like that.
l thank you very much for the book,
Aunt Laurie, and wish you every sue
cess with the Junior.
1 am glad that you have introduced
the drawing contest, for l like to draw
From your niece,
FERN BROWNING.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
L thank you very much for splendid
book. "Old Man Coyote" by Clara K.
Bayliss.
I shall always prize it very much, not
for the stories alone. but for the way
III which l received it.
/ remain your loving niece,
GLADYS GERVAIS,
Anaheim, California
Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 received the check for one dollar as
first prize in writer's contest, and wish
to thank you for it. Wishing success
to The Herald Junior I remain your
niece, CECILIA G. BISCH,
1l5 East Seventeenth street.
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books. Gertrude studied Latin and
Fred meant to do so in a very short
time. SO, of course. being SO old and
big and advanced, Gertrude and Fred
were sent to the big town to further
their education.
And that left Little Boy Brown the
only child on the farm. Not that he
ever thought of big sister and big
brother as being children. No; to Little
Roy Brown they were quite as big and
smart as papa and mamma. -3ut they
often condescended to come down from
their high dignity and play with baby
brother. So when they went away
from home to attend the high school
Little Boy Brown felt very, very lonely
And then came his great desire to see
the big town and the high school, the
latter place a mystery to the mind of
Little Boy Brown. Owing to its being
called the thigh school, Little Boy
Brown supposed it was a house in the
air somehow, high above the other
houses. Just how it was held thus sus-
pended in midair Little Boy Brown
had no idea. That was the mystery
you see, that he had to solve. And it
could not be solved until Little Boy
Brown visited the big town and the
high school. Then he would know All
this was in Little Boy Browns mind as
he sat by the window one delightful
January day. Although the weather
was pretty cold the sun Shone glorious
ly bright and to Little Boy Brown,
who sat in a warm room, the day
seemed to be almost summer. The
chickens were running about the yard,
the old turkey gobbler was strutting
with spread wings, clarifying the bright
day with his gobble, gobble, gobble Gn
fact, the whole out Of doors aspect
was most pleasing And so Little Boy
Brown decided it would be a good day
on which to visit the big town.
And everything was in his favor,
too, for no one was there to say him
nay. His papa and mamma had gone
to a neighbours farm to see the neigh
bors wife, who was i'll, and they would
not return till in the afternoon. Jane.
the woman of all work, was busy
churning in the kitchen. and as soon
as she was through with that work
she would attend to baking some bread
which Little Boy Brown had seen her
molding into loaves for baking And
Little Boy Brown remembered that not
one word had his parents said to Jane
about keeping an eye on baby during
their absence from home" Usually
jams was thus instructed when her
master and mistress left the place 20
her and Little Boy Brown. But on the
morning of this story they had merely
said 10 Little Boy Brown at parting:
BE a good boy, baby, till mamma AMI
para get back" Then, kissing him
(they always did that when leaving
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Little Boy Brown
Ventures from Home
Country Boy Hears So Much About the City, High
Schools Electric Cars and Many Mysteries That He
Starts Out in Midwinter to See All These
Also to Visit Big Brother Sister Who Were
There Attending School

TITLE BOY BROWN lived in the
4 country, ever so far from town.
- But Little Boy Brown had heard
Of the wonders of the town, which was
really quite a city, for in its streets
We're numerous electric street cars, run
ming everywhere and never stopping
anywhere. And many, many thousands
of people walked up and down the
payements, forever walking and walk
ing, but never seeming to reach their
places of destination.
Now, Little Boy Brown had been in
another town, a town in a state far
from the one where he now lived, but
that town was tiny place, having only
a few streets and few people. And
for that reason Little Boy Brown was
very, very anxious to visit the big town.
of which he had heard so much since
he had come with his mamma and papa
to live in their new home.
Gertrude and Fred Brown, sister and
brother to Little Boy Brown, had told
him about the wonders of the big town,
but hearing was not seeing. So Little
Boy Brown thought. And Gertrude and
Fred had gone to the big town to spend
the winter attending school there, for
the little district school near to tine
farm where they lived hardly met with
their requirements. The fact is Ger
trude was 16 and Fred Ia, and botn
were in the high school in the big town.
The little district country school had
no high grade, and both Gertrude and
Fred were very, very far advanced in
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BIRTHDAY LETTERS CONTEST

One prize-a boo-wl be given the Junior years
OF who submits the best letter describing his birthday ami
All Juniors from 10 will birthday present
from Aunt Laurie upon notifying her that the birthday
ton has occurred within the month
juniors who small to write the may have their
mother or big brother or sister write to Aunt Laurie
Letters be from 100 to 80 words length must be writ
ten side Of the paper only and signed with name address,
age and school, and grade any.
Address all letters to Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior The
Herald Los Angeles Cal and that they reach this not
later than Saturday afternoon, February O. 1900