Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-11-01
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persons recently joined the Meth
odist church at Burlington june
ton. Thirty others cast their for
tunes with the Christian church.
A big revival at the Junction ac-
oomplished this good work.
In his frontier "reminiscences in
the Amsterdam Enterprise, j. W.
Sage tells Of an incident wherein
Gen. U. 8. Grant, after he be-
came president, showed real graf
itude to friend. Grant, when
a lieutenant in the army in the
early sos, had made the acquaint-
ance of George Brlnt, a noted
freighter. The two had gone
through dangerous experiences
on the plains. During Grants
first term Brint went to Washing
ton to push his claim against the
government for mules that had
been stolen from him by The In
dians. He chanced to meet Grant
on the street and told him of his
mission. The court of claims was
to pass on Brint's case that after
nocn. When court had been in
session a short time President
Grant walked in and asked to be
permitted to testify. "Those
mules" said the president, "be-
longed to Brint; never to the gov
ernmenk. | know the facts in
this case, aud :he claim is a just
one" Within thirty minutes the
court of claims allowed Brint's
claim of $4,000.
Small towns that encourage
their manufacturing industries
add TO the growth and general
prosperity of community. A
manufacturing concern in Mexico
prospered to 81 point where it was
necessary to expand. This ex-
pansion necessitated the employ
ment Of additional help. AS a
result thirty-three families have
been added to Mexico's popula-
ton and more are on the way.
Tn the meantime small homes will
have to be found for these new
residents Of the city. Many
dwellings are to be built, thereby
increasing the activities in other
Hines. The retail merchants nat
lurally will be benefited, and in n
Imanner that is at ONCE striklngly
apparent. there is a fine lesson
in the smoke that pours from the
factory chimneys.
A Boone county farmer offers
apples at twenty cents a bushel
to those who will come to the Or
chard and pick them off the trees,
The Wholesale quotation on ap-
pies in Kansas City is from &c
cents to 81 bushel. The lesson
we learn here, children, is that
when you go to the grocery store
and buy peck Of apples you pay
! little or nothing for tue apples
! What you pay for is the barrel
the labor in filling it, the hau
over the country roads, the freigh
rate to town, and the necessary
profits to two dealers. Moral
Go to the country and raise you
own apples.
In good many instances, say
! the Joplin Blade, the winner 0
the first prizes are to be pitied
, For instance, in the corn shoS
; over at Carthage the first prize j
: a S100 loving cup, while the lesse
prizes include a $50 pig, a So
I tool case, two wire cultivators,
! section of wire fence and 81
i White Orpington rooster. "A
s between a rooster and the lovinI
cup" concludes the Blade, 18th
average man in this commsrcis
/, age would grab the rooster wit
: his eyes shut"