1895-12-20; Clare Courier

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CLARE, MIOH,, FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1895.
No. 26
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SUPPERS AT COST
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SLIPPERS AT COST
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On Your E^a.r1
Very easily this weather if you are not on
YOUR   GUARD
The Invigorating sport of a skate upon the lakes
and streams about Clare you should provide yourself with a pair of the Celebrated
Full Club Skates at
nil s.
connuNicATED.
To the Clare Correspondent of the parweH
Register.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who, never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land,
■Whose heart  hath ne're   within  him
yearned,
As homwai'd, his footsteps he bath turned
Prom wanderiug on a foreign strand.
If such, there be, go mark him well,
Por him, no minstrel raptures swell
Living, he shall forfeit nature's fair...re.-.
newn,
And doubly dying, he shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unkept, uiihonored and unsung.
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The above was written in tho long.ago,
but it is as true today, as it was then,
and let mo say to you, that it is as true
of ueighborboods. villages and cities as
of countries. Taking this* view of yonr
act of last week (in trying to smirch the
good name of tho hustling city of Glare
as you did in your artiole to ths Parwell
.Register,) what do you think should be
your reception by tho citizens of the city
you havo attempted to disgrace. Are
you flt to associate with the humblest
of her citizens. Do you not think that
if they were found in your company their
cheeks would tingle with shame. If you
are the moral man thafc you profess to be,
and possessed of tho moral courage of a
man, and place blots upon the good name
of our beloved city. The drunkard
breeders and dives, the slums of iniquity
that you complain of. Had these come
to your knowledge, would it not have
beon more inau-like to have invoked the
aid of tho law to surpress these evils
than to give them a free advertisement to
the world without, perhaps, the knowledge of whether thoy exist or not. How
can you know much about the "Sons of
Best" or of the young men who put iu
their evenings at the saloon and other
places of vice (unless you were there), or
about Whitney and his gang as you term
them. If yon did not know of these
things you have shown yourself a great
and most contetuptablo coward by not
going bko a man of honor to a court of
competent jurisdiction and have all tbis
stopped; the law is very plain and easily
invoked. You say many aro anxious to
see at least one of theso dives wiped out.
Why not wipe them all out, if moro exist? If you think them bad why don't
you make it your business to attend to
it? You mako a grand bluff when you
say Whitney may find a faction in this
town who don't scare. Are you one of
them ? We shall see. I have no doubt
but that thero are somo people in our city
who are not angels, some whose wings
have not even sprouted yet. I suppose
other citizens have had similar experiences and I think our place as woll
governed as other places of our size.
The city officers try to do their duty and
the people all want to see tbe laws enforced as much as any city in tho
state or union. Because a person
may not agree with you don't abuse
him but remember that of what you
aro convinced you must believe and
so must others ^as they are convinced. If you can do no good to your
religion or politics, to your neighbors or
city, be careful not to do them harm and
above all don't worry to muoh about the
young men you spoke of having places by
the side of the young ladies. There will
be ono left for you if you don't make
yourself so ridiculous that sho won't
have any use for you.
The writer of this communication has
no sympathy witli law breaking-, the existence of questionable resorts, or the
Sunday saloon in the city, but the publicity given the matter ia the Register was
Corner Grocery Gossip,
Tho door swung open with a slam and
tho chronic loafer rushed in t at a speed
not seen sinco his wife fired him out ihe
back door because he wouldn't split the
wood. He reached his favorite (.eat back
of the stove, but was too much wrought
up to occupy it, and as soon as he
caught his.wind, be struck a Websterian
attitude, and in thunder tones broke
forth', "Our duty is plain, gentlemen.
Wot thebone and 'sinew of this j»re>" t and
glorious "Republic must go forth from
our homes, our firesides and bare our
breasts in defence of our country's honor.
Gentlemen, I tell yon it is a terrible
thing, this w,\r, but fight we must.
'Fear,' you say? 'Can it be that within
the boundaries of the grandest Country
on tho globo there is an individual whose
sense of'lionor has*, sunk so low that he
dares to breath tbe word 'fear' whore the
nation's honor is it stake? I am most
pained Over the burst of anguish that
will come from my dear wife when I
bre'-'.k the word that my country needs
me. Gentleman, tho stars never shown
upon a .moro affectionate and noble
wife—" - His eulogy \\ as here broken off
by the appearance through fche sido door
of a busomfcmale, and rage was. upon
hor countenance. Her feet took up about
tht same floor space as a pair of picnic
bams in the corner, and as hor gigantic
right hand clutched the patriot's collar
she exclaimed: "Bill Jinkins, when I lefc
yo out of-that air cellar hole yistorday ye
promised to keep me in stove wood the
balance of tho winter, and this is the way
ye air doin' it, I calkerlate fchafc when ye
got out o' thafc holo this time ye'll be
hungry enough to split three cords of
wood fer one biled pertater and a hunk o'
johnny oake.   Como along."   Bill
wholly out of place.
Lefc us sing
Akebioa.
Loyal Guard Election.
went
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He stood on fche corner with his hands
deep in his ulster pockets, and gazed distractedly at a hitching post when tho
grocer came out the front door with his
apron full of decayed lemons, and as ho
commenced throwing them at a dog on
tho opposite side of the street, he remarked to tho dejected < citizen thafc ife
was ifine -.evening.. "Might be nicer,"
growled the man with the ulster as he
gave the grocer a look that would freeze
mercury in Jury. The grocer bad
crippled the-dog in the hind leg and
was enjoying a hearty laugh at the canine's misfortune, when his companion
broke forth in great fury, "Can you tell
me just where the 'Good tidings of Great
Joy' comes in about this Season of fche
year, when a man is deliberately robbed
regularly every night for two weeks, that
his loving wife may make him one of
those 'Peace and Good Will' offerings on
Christmas morning?" The grocer hadn't
recovered his breath when fche d. c. continued; "I haven't bad money enough
for ten days to buy a bono collar button,
havo been begging my chewing tobacco
and drinking water, and I suppose I will
be expected on next Wednesday morning to fall on my wife's neck and joyfully
weep over her undying love and tender
regard for my happiness. It's a pleasant
thought, ain't it?" and he walked down
the street with a tread thafc foreboded
neither peace nor great joy.
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CLARE,        iVJJOri
The Knights of the Loyal Guard on
Tuesday evening elected the following
officers:
O. C-—John Giberson.
S, C—P. 35, Witherspoon,
J. 0,—Harvey Hitter.
E.—Frank Mooney.
P. M.—O. P. Louch,
C—Lucius Converse.
S. L.—Lawrence GrathWohl.
J. L.—Mat. Tatman.
F, S.—Albert Lasher.
S. S.—-J. Ackerman.
S.—Fi. B. Gorr.
Auditors—P. 3D. Witherspoon, Wallis
Arrand, Charley Smalley.
Taxpayers, Take Notice
I will be in my office on wesfc 4th Street
each Monday and Friday during December to receive taxes.
T. S, Doeses,
Oity Treasurer,
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Holiday Rates, Via. the "Ann Arbor
December 24,25 and 31,1895, and January i, 1896, the Ann Arbor road Will
sell i-xcursion tickets to points on its
£'^«and connections at ono and one-third
%/wior tho round trip. They will be
g<j H to return until January 2,1696.
Piles of people have piles, but DeWitt's
Witch H&zel Salve will ourethopi. "Wbon
promply .applied it cures scalds and burns
without the slightest pain.—Witherspoon.
DeWitt's Little Early Kisersfor biliousness, indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, a prompt cure.—Witherspoon.
The Fair a Success,
Tho Christmas fair under the auspices
of the "Other Aid" was held last week
Friday and Saturday and was a decided
success in every particular. Booths were
all tastefully arranged and the many useful and ornamental articles which had
been donated were displayed to the best
advantage, so that the money was easily
coaxed from tho pockets of visitors. The
hall bad been wired and an aro light put
in, which added a great deal to'the
beauty of the show. Besides the ladies
whose names were mentioned in these
columns last week and who presided at
the several booths with becoming dignity
and the mosfc winsome smiles, a large
number of ladies both young and old
and beautiful maidens assisted in making the visitors stay afc the fair both
pleasant and profitable. The Kirkbride
orchestra discoursed sWeet mUsio during
both evenings of the fair. Almost all the
articles shown were disposed of and the
proceeds amounted to $80.57, The
"Other Aid" ladies are deeply grateful to
all Who aided in making the fair so dis-
tinot a success.
If suffering with piles, it will interest
you to knpw that DeWitt's Witoh Hazel
Salve will oure them. This medicine is
a specific for all complaints of this character, and if instructions (which are simple) are carried out, a cure will result.
We have tested tbis in numerous cases
and always with like results. It
fails.—Witherspoon.
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GENTLEMEN, if yon desire to purchase a
present for your wife, sister, or mother, remember our full line of Capes and Jackets that you
can get at wholesale prices. Muffs and. Boas,
Fascinators, Ice Wool Shawls and many other
useful articles can be bought very  reasonable.
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and a fine lot of Neckwear.
At the same time you have a chance of getting a fine rocking chair free of charge which
is good till New Years.
Gall early and make your selection. Don't
wait for the last day.
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