Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-12

Of his children won in this contes;
No other family made such a showing.
The Gossard children who won were
Margaret E., IS, who is sophomore
at Wittenberg university, Springfield;
Robert, 16, and Jay, IA. Margaret
raised 80 bushels and rs pounds of
corn on her acre. Robert raised 99.l1
bushels and Jay 921h bushels. There
were no happier children than they
on the trip. The Madison County
Corn Improvement association offered
the prizes won by Margaret and Rob
ert and the Stokes Township Corn I'M
provement association gave the prize
won by young Jay. In each case the
prize was a free trip to Washington
on the corn special.
Girl Is Good Farmer.
Margaret is every inch farmer, but
to look at her you would never sus-
pect it. She plowed, narrowed, hoed
and everything else that must be
done in corn raising. She also husked
and then loaded the corn in wagon
and drove of to town with 1t. "I sold
it for go cents bushel, but believe /
could have gotten more II / had held
OF until later" said she. Il love
farming, and it does not seem to hurt
me any" And from her appearance 1t
would seem that this statement was
very true. Her hands show no evi-
dence Of the hard work they have
done. They are soft and shapely and
her fingers taper. She has COM
plexion that any queen would envy.
When she reached Columbus in COM
pany with her brothers she was at
tired in a modish travelling habit that
looked as If it came from Paris.
81 think every girl in the state
should give attention to farming, /"
said Miss Gossard. "If they would !
am sure it would help a great deal
towards solving the cost of living 1t
would also accomplish another thing
Just as important, II not more so. 1t
would make them more robust and
give them an added interest in life. !
intend to farm all my life"
Find Love Letters In Pen.
One would imagine that in the heart
of those confined within the walls of
the penitentiary there wuold be little
place for amorous poetic fancies. But
not so. Clandestine love notes have
been passing between the men and
women prisoners for some time. A lot
Of them have just been confscated by
the prison officials, and never did
more overweening sentiment flow from
the pen of callow, unbridled youth
than may be found in the scrawled
notes that have been ruthlessly read
by others than those for whom they
were intended. incidentally, 1t has
been found that trusted penitentiary
couriers have been the carriers of the
secret mail In the letters and the
! replies the terms of utmost affection
/, are employed. Undying devotion il
pledged and promised And in mos
cases the sole basis for the romance
has been merely glance furtively ex
changed during chapel service on Sun
day. These occasions are about the
only ones when male and female pris
oners ever are brought in contact Blu
they give rise to epistles whose au
thors VOW faithful and undying pas
sion. The upshot of the whole dis
covery will be great espionage botl
over the chapel services and over th'
clever postal system that has beel
operating behind the walls.
/ Become Detectives vigilant.
The newly licensed saloonkeepers o
the state have become detectives vigi
liant. In many cities they have cor
stituted themselves as spies upon al
sellers of intoxicants that do. not hol
the coveted license In some localitie
they have perfected organizations t
employ sleuths to spy upon dru
stores and other places suspected @
selling unlawfully. Up in Toledo tn
licensees have banded together in
close corporation. They have thei
laws and bylaws and their variou
mutual understandings. And one G
the agreements is that the law pre-
venting free lunches, which up to thi
time has been dead letter, shall
future be rigidly enforced.
Plant From DiIIonvilIe.
: List to the plant from Dillonval'
Located in the hills Of Jefferson coul
: ty surrounded by score of minin
camps and hamlets, most of which ar
in dry territory, the saloons of Dillol
vale are unable to find rooms larg
enough to accommodate their thirst
patrons. They have appealed to tn
state board. In the old days Dillol
: vale, with 1000 population, and 300
: more within patronizing distance, SUI
ported 81 saloons. Under the law
has four. Bars have been lengthene,
. more bartenders employed, but recen
i ly the rooms were SO packed ths
many patrons had to go out in th
} street to sip their foaming drinks, gil
: ing others their places near the ba
Criticism Is Heard.
;: Not little criticism is being hear
here regarding the action of the court
at Ironton in reinstating Former Stat
Senator L. E. Andrews, who served
| sentence in the penitentiary fl
: bribery, into the good graces of th
? legal profession. In view of the har
} time that Charles Thatcher of Toled
} experienced in securing readmittanc
r to the bar, despite the comparatiy
smallness of his offense, it is bein
contended that the alertness of th
: court in reinstating Andrews wi
[ cause even greater bitterness in th
f public mind against the attitude {
: the judiciary.
Urges Merging of Interests.
) The state administration plan
} make Ohio State university help
| +ba s+ato do1orfr,ontc and institution