The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-12-11

OF his children won In this contest.
No other family made such showing.
The Gossard children who won were
Margaret f., Is, who is a sophomore
at Wittenberg university, Springfield;
Robert, 16, and Jay, II. Margaret
raised 80 bushels and % pounds Of
corn on her acre. Robert raised 99.1T
bushels and Jay 921s 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-
ent 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 a farmer, but
to look at her you would never sus'
pect 1t. She plowed, narrowed, hoed
and everything else that must be
dore in corn raising. She also husked
and then loaded the corn in wagon
and drove off to town with 1t. II sold
it for 60 cents bushel, but believe
could have gotten more if had held
off until later" said she. II 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 evil
dence of the hard work they have
done. They are soft and shapely and
her fingers taper. She has a 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, if not more so. It
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 fhnnn hoUn inot hnay nI NV
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, it 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 is
pledged and promised. And in most
cases the sole basis for the romance
has been merely glance furtively eX-
changed during chapel service on Sun
I day. These occasions are about the
only ones when male and female pris-
oners ever are brought in contact But
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 both
over the chapel services and over the
clever postal system that has been
operating behind the walls.
Become Detectives VieiIant.
The newly licensed saloonkeepers OF
| the state have become detectives vigi
liant. In many cities they have con.
| stituted themselves as spies upon all
sellers Of intoXicants that do not hold
the coveted license. In some localities
they have perfected organizations to
employ sleuths to spy upon drug
stores and other places suspected of
selling unlawfully. Up in Toledo the
licensees have banded together in a
close corporation. They have their
laws and bylaws and their various
mutual understandings. And one of
the agreements is that the law pre-
| venting free lunches, which up to this
time has been dead letter, shall in
future be rigidly enforced.
Plant From DiIIonviIIe.
List to the plant from Dillonvale.
Located in the hills of Jefferson coun.
! ty surrounded by a score of mining
camps and hamlets, most of which are
in dry territory, the saloons Of Dillon,
vale are unable to find rooms large
enough to accommodate their thirsty
patrons. They have appealed to the
state board. In the old days Dillon
vale, with 1000 population, and 5000
more within patronizing distance, sup.
ported q saloons. Under the law it
has four. Bars have been heightened,
more bartenders employed, but recent.
I ly the rooms were so packed that
many patrons had to go out in the
! street to sip their foaming drinks, Civ.
, ing others their places near the bar,
Criticism Is Heard.
: Not little criticism Is being heard
here regarding the action of the courts
at Ironton in reinstating Former State
; Senator L. Il. Andrews, who served a
! sentence in the penitentiary for
bribery, into the good graces of the
legal profession. In view of the hard
time that Charles Thatcher of Toledo
experienced in securing readmittance
to the bar, despite the comparative
smallness CT his offense, it is being
contended that the alertness of the
court in reinstating Andrews will
cause even greater bitterness in tho
public mind against the attitude OF
the judiciary.