The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-08-19
GOOD THINGS
From the Good viii Record.

George w. Hinckley, editor, and we
want our readers to enjoy some OF the
good things from the current issue, as
follows:
In Defence of the 'Old Farmer"
Said Boston editorial in June: zap
ply early and avoid the rush. Not bit
too early to write to that old farmer up
in Maine or New Hampshire to secure
chat front room overlooking the country
IN and wide for the two weeks you are
to spend in the country"
Allow US to remark that any old edi-
tor who will publish an old squib like
that in his old newspaper is behind the
times. If any old quill driver should
chance to write to US for chance to
rest his old bald-pate in our attic, while
on his old two weeks rest in the country
he would get it; we would decline to
board him, or his old wife or any of his
old sons or old daughters, or his old sons
in-law or his old daughters-in-law and all
their old babies until he would stop his
old practice of fiinging the adjective
.'old'' at anybody and everybody who
happens to get living on farm. Why
should an old ink singer persist in calling
farmers old? We don't happen to be
farmers; and we are not editing a great
daily, but we are not stupid enough to
fail to recognize the farmers import
ance and his real place. Why not shut
down on your old practice of slurring
the farmer?
How Old Was the Butter?
On rather tedious R. r. journey the
other day | came across the following
special to New York daily:
"Amite City, La, June II. Her
photograph, with her name and a coy
request that the purchaser write to her
inscribed upon the back, placed in the
bottom Of a box of luscious strawberries
which she had packed, has brought
seventeen proposals of marriage to Miss
Lillian AvenZo, a petite brunette, who
lives near Independence, La.
1.-THE car containing the crate in which
was the box with the girls photograph
left Independence last month for Mil
waukee. A college located at Superior,
Wis, purchased several crates from this
shipment and when the young men of
the institution discovered the photo
graph of the Louisiana lassie there was
rush for writing materials, and Miss
Avenzo's mail has bee:i; quite heavy dur.
ing the past TWO weeks.
"Three of the suitors for the ''straw-
berry maids hand declare they will pro.
coed to independence at once to claim
her if she gives them the slightest en-
couragement.'
This sort Of thing is periodical 1t
CHANGED to be Strawberries this time; but
one time the missive that results in the
marriage offer is said to have been de-
posted in basket of grapes, another
time it is in shoe box, and the next it
is in something else. This particular
item interested me because it reminded
me of somewhat similar case which |
saw mentioned in the Shore Line Times
(Guilford, Conn., sometime ago, and
which was evidently intended to expose
out advertising. The Times case was
note into a pound of butter asking any
call the incident correctly as related in
the Times. the butter got into grocery
store that was not advertised. In course
of time, however, the pound of butter
was sold, and the note fell into the hands
of a bachelor, who was much interested
in it. He wrote to the address given in
the note, and received in reply letter
saying that there was no such person
living in the place at that time; such
woman had once lived there, but she had
married years before, and one of her
daughters and several of her grandchil-
dren were still there.
This fable teaches that-but think of
the age of the butter.
Desperation of the Rum Traffic.
Not long ago | received rather gaudy
and repulsive circular letter calling at
tention to a certain brand of whiskey
and soliciting my order. The letter
stated that George Washington and
abraham Lincoln were both rum sellers.
The author of the circular letter seemed
to be laboring under the impression tn 1T
all great men are drinkers, or at least,
that they are tlpplers. Well: | had
rather not be great than to be guilty of
helping support the rum traffic. 1t
struck me that the letter was evidence
of sheer desperation somewhere; some
body istiller, wholesale dealer, or some
one connected with the rum traffic
seemed to be putting forth last des-
perate appeal.
am now reminded of that circular,
which promptly found its appropriate
destination via waste-paper- basket, by a
letter recently published in the New
York World. addressed to that great
paper by Mr.. Samuel Wilson of Jersey
City, New Jersey. In the letter Mr..
Wilson says:
Editor of the World, Sir-I have noted
with some interest ard much disgust the
resume that you make on the hand book
published by the Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers' Association, and especially the SLAM
derous reference to Abraham Lincoln as
a 'barkeeper. l am surprised that
paper of the usual decency of The
World would lend it's columns to assist
the liquor dealers in their systematic
Justification of the record of Abraham
Lincoln, whose life was protest against
alcoholic liquor.
This story is based upon the fact that
in his youth Mr.. Lincoln formed a part
nershlp with another young man named
Berry, and bought out general store,
not an ''inn with bar" as the liquor
dealers claim. As to the result, if YOU
will refer to the book, "Reminiscences
of abraham Lincoln" written by Leon
ard Sweet, Chicago lawyer, and one of
Mr.. Lincoln's most intimate personal
friends, you will find the following para
graph:
ga difference, however, soon arose be-
tween him and the cid proprietor, the
present partner Of Lincoln, in reference
to the introduction of whiskey into the