Talent news., February 15, 1894, Image 1

The TALENT NEWS is published the
1st. and 15tli of each month.
EDWARD ROBISON,
E ditor .
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One year. . . .
25 cent?,
Six months. . ,
] of a dollar,
Three months
Two bits.
Entered ut the Talent Post Ollier as second
mail matter.
c I iish
POPULIST CLUB MEETING.
mous vote for assistant janitor. In a
word, ‘‘Whoso shall exalt himself .-hall
be abased; and he that shall humble
himself (if he be compettnt) shall be
exalted.”
Ihe informal ballot in the Talent club
resulted, the N ews thinks, in a very fair
ticket, notwithstanding the “slight shade
of disappointment” experienced by a few
members.
Mrs. Williams, the Portland faith-
curist is said to have made the longest
fast on record 70 days on bread and
wine, then 40 days on air, water and fait I
'I he bread and wine might be consider­
ed a pretty good bill of fare these hard
times, but most mortals would puffer from
a severe attack of stomachic void in les?
than twenty four hours on a dirt of air.
water and faith. Well, fools (witli the
usual prefix) seem to |»e as plenty as
ever.
There was an informal vote at the club
on the evening of the 7th for choice cf all
officers to be elected next June. Unusual
interest was manifested. As there was a
strong determination on the part cf a
large majority to adhere pretty closely to
the Populist principle th it the oliice
should seek the man, that ubiquitous
personage, the Hon. Orpheus C. Kerr,
was somewhat overlooked in the search.
If the people the rank and file would
adopt the rule to ignore any man who
puts himself forward for oilier there .night
be some chance to get good men to till the
public positions. Indeed the fact that a
man is “working,”- in the genera I except-
an ‘e of the term for an oilice, should be
taken as sure ¡»roof of his unfitness for
the position sought.
Any citizen of
FRANK HASTY,
known honesty ami ability is not likely
to long remain in an obscure corner.
N ota n y Peni ir,
Such men are not plentiful enough
Agent for the following Insurance Con.
now-a-d ivs
•» for that. He will be. found
and urgently solicited to accept some po­ irnnil
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rtion in which his abilities can benefit
t ir public, The | eople’s motto should be: Tin: NORTH BRITISH ,\xï»
“To him that asks, give nothing.” If
o' icc holding were a burdensomeand un- CHANTILE INSURANCE Co. or
rcmuuerative .duty, it would require a DON ANI» EDINBURGH, I |
sheriff an posse to bring in any man for
a puldie position. So it is evident that, : i NEW YORK LICE and ii
in a large majority of cases, it is not STANDARD LIFE and ACCIDENÌ
“pure ami lofty patriotism that we hear
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est that leads one to push himself forward
for pu’Jic ofl’ce.
The rule of opposites would give good
N hws Krixi»,
results: lie that would be called Rabbi,
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Rabbi, might be given the position of
chief steward of spittoons, with all tin*
tobacco quids and cigar stubs found there
in as perquisit»s of the oilier, lie that
would elevate bims ’lf to the “chief cat in
the synagogue should receive a i.nani
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