Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-23
Stories Of CurbStOne and
Corridor

lie Sdu pllSAl Ill AASu WV. O'e~A
ence Virgil Thompson Richison finds
himself is not all due to his name,
but rather to too many sWeethearts.
The reverend Clarence had one he ex-
pected to marry and one for loving
purposes. AS pastor Of the Emmanuel
Baptist church, of Cambridge. Mass,
he had social advantages over the
hack drivers of the town, but unlike
that popular class he was handicap
ped in a way which gave them no con-
Germ The driver of the hack kills a
sweetheart occasionally, to be sure,
but he has for motive jealous insan-
ity. No such motive was back OF the
Reverend Clarence when he fed the
unfavored one poisoned candy. His
tory is silent as to the exact number
of sweethearts Rev. Clarence had on
his staff, but there were probably a
great number for in Cambridge. Mass.
the young and unmarried ladies are
plentiful. while the eligible young
men are few. Clarence made the mis-
take of permitting the day to be fixed
for his marriage--always a fatal err
ror in the life of a Iothario, and now
instead of brilliant wedding on the
very day the nuptials were advertised
to take place he will be tried for muir
der. OF course there is great scan-
dial and Clarence seems deserted by
all except the eccentric females who
usually carry flowers to the men who
commit the most heinous crimes.
There is no class of young men who
have better opportunities for starting
girls on the road to ruin unless 1t be
the family physician. AS spiritual
adviser the minister meets the female
portion of his flock on terms OF open
intimacy, and if he happens to be
possessed of the human passions his
position at once becomes delicate.
They approach him with divine trust
and if he is at all worldly he has a
good deal to contend with. 1t seems
that the Rev. Clarence Virgil Thomp-
son Richison was indiscreet enough
to play favorites. This in itself
fatal error in minister and too often
an element of undoing was further
augmented by the desire to wager his
future against first and second cholc'
es. The hazard of chance sent the
books against him and he was too
weak to meet his defeat like man.
His craven spirit weakened under the
test and he became murderer. ne
may not be responsible for his deed.
He is weak. but courts and juries DO
not recognize human weaknesses in
melting out punishment for the crime
of murder, a particularly cold-blooded
and premeditated one like this seems
to be. The act of the Rev. Clarence
is no blot on Christianity. 1t has
withstood many such blows and Will
conquer many more. AS an advocate
of the divine teaching Rev. Clarence
seems to have been failure, but the
defect is in the operator and not the
machine. OF course this thought IS
poor consolation to the bereaved fam
ily of Miss Avis Linell, who ended
her earthly career at the tender age
of nineteen years. Invitations were
out for the marriage of Rev. Richlson
to Miss Violet Edmunds on october
81. the date now set for the beginning
of his trial on the charge OF murder.
There are many more people of BIS
marck familiar with the interior OF
the Hoskins greenhouses tnan
there were Saturday. Mr. Hosklns
held a sort of informal reception yes
terday afternoon and threw his big
plant open to visitors. There is more
of it than appears on the surface-a
good deal more. The first feeling IS
one of establishment on entering the
boiler room and heating plant and this
feeling gradually gives place to won
der and delight as the visitor is con-
Quoted through the great glass Gov
cred tunnels filled with the choicest
flowers. It is useless to attempt 9
description of the wonderful plants
and blooming shrubs which meet the
eye, for this is the work OF a botan'
list, but the lay mind can grasp the
magnitude and beauty of the scene.
By his process of cultivating plants
and flowers Mr.. Hoskins is enabled
to overcome the seasons, making sum-
mer in one spot and winter in another
to suit the exigencies of the business.
Seven miles of pipe to furnish heat
is a part of the equipment and day
and night attendants. skilled in the
business and proficient, in the knowl-
edge of plant life, are employed. Their
mometers and registers have to be
watched as temperatures exert an all
powerful influence in the culture OF
the different flowers. Plants from
the tropics are made to bloom in the
dead of a North Dakota winter and
the winter blossoms occupy their
place. Carnations, chrysanthemums
and roses, seem to be the seasons
favorites now, and they are gathered
each day in profusion and fastened
to the foreign markets. Seven thous-
and rose bushes occupy one house and
their life is but a year. Each recurr'
ing June they have to be replaced and
even the earth in which they live and
grow changed.
The cultivation of flowers entails an
endless amount of labor, and with
Mr.. Hoskins flower growing is a pas
sion. 1t also has the pleasing virtue
of being financially profitable. There
were many visitors yesterday who
took advantage of the situation to
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