Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-23
Looker-On In Iona

Ackley. Dec PA big dealer In
| democratic tariff law has knocked him
out Of one eastern market. He does
not say horses arc worth SIS less now
than previously to the new law. but
does say in town in New York state,
where he has been shipping Iowa
horses for many years. now the dealers
Of that city wrdte him they can go
! over into Canada. buy a certain grade
Of horses. lead or drive them across
the boundry lin and put them in their
barns at 355 head Less than they
have been paying him for that grade Of
horses. Political comment does not
| appear in this column. The reader can
do that on this horse business.
As q rule the town clocks Of Iowa
are nearly correct In. There's a few
exceptions and these exceptions make
moro trouble for the travelling public
than the men ia charge Of these clocks
have any idea Of. The bus man who
sets his watch at tho depot. leaves the
hotel twenty minutes before train time.
stops at the store for a travelling man.
and is asked what he 10 ahead Of time
for. look at the town clock" The
woman with two grips and four
bundles Isn't ready when the bus calls
for her look at the town clock" She
tells the driver a. we 60 by the court
! house. Or II the bus driver goes by
the town clock" then the travelling
men who have correct time in their
pocket Jump on to the bus man for
being late. SO does the railroad agent
who says the baggaEe must be here
twenty minutes before train time or I
won't check It" Then ada to this the
trouble at meal time. A man can eat
considerable In five minutes or go
without much more. II the tcwnc lock
is five minutes slow. And Ave min
utes slow by the town clock makes
many people miss the ION time train.
And there's some Of these new bank
outdoor clocks that spend much time
in striking every fifteen minutes that
need lacking Up" And one corrected
hourly Western Union hotel clock got
ten minutes off and stuck to its error
for weeks. Curious isn't 1t, my watch
is exactly right"
Political economy Is not the name
Tor 1t. False economy doesn't EXPIRE SO
it. But 1t comes under the head OF
economy. for that's what they said
when they started to walk eight blocks
TO the depot carrying two heavy grips.
Must save bus fare" said one travel
ing man, lost $3.50 at rum before
dinner" I'm with YOU" said another.
i went in the hole $40 last night and
sat Up I'll 2 this morning trying 10
get 1t back" Even at penny a point
rum" both liquid and card game,
takes many a bus fare. For that
matter it viii amount to much more
than the laundry bill few men fail to
pay. So does the slo, machine, or did
before Cosson intefered So does
smear at 10 cents set up and cents
a corner. But then the boys mus,
have some amusement. Query, when
Plunger Gates lost $1,000 at a game OF
poker with some other millionaire, and
John Smith, travelling man, lost so
cents playing rum" with Henry Jones.
travelling man. Smith working for SIS
month and expenses, and Jones earn
ing s12o month, VINO were the gamb-
lers and who We're playing for fun, lie.
amusement?
Our laws are sometimes blessings in
disguise. A certain hotel keeper had
three years lease and couldn't Re.
the owner OF the property to do
thing in the way Of repairs. The old
boiler leaked. wouldn't make steam.
wouldn't warm the hotel tuildinx. The
hotel keeper wanted a new one, owner
said it will do for this year The hotel
Keeper sent to Des Moines for the state
inspector OF boilers. He came. he saw,
and the hotel keeper conquered. The
owner was ordered to put in a new
boiler or the hotel would be closed in
ten days. Dangerous to life and prop
erty and pursit OF happiness to guests
and dajoinins store buildings.
j. H. Bales. Of Eldora, row with the
majority. fifteen years ago as bank
president, started in on Christmas eve
to give all the children in town a sack
containing an apple an orange, some
peanuts and some candy. The First
n auona! Bank, his successor keeps I'D
the practice and will this year. The
mum Der OF children in Eldora have In
creased but SO have the number Of
bags. And il you think 1t a small lob
Try the experiment Of putting up 500
bags, each containing the articles men
TONED You Will also then know how
many apples in barrel, how MANY
oranges in box. how far a sack Of
peanuts and a barrel Of candy will po
in 500 sacks,
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