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A'J 0‘ West Point firadua'tes m we (Ml, mm. the club“ wrought. in th- m nd hurt-o! hwnpku and {union who control uni“. In notlflnc bu (mul- prog- n- been and. during the luv; "to walk. thu in the tmtmnt at W.wwhd not: other In m‘ m uku Cn Mme u. no loan! tasted molly nor unbjpcud to I m. “latitude. Whon the din of bunk » Town neennns. 3 I spoke at that Saturday even: ing meeting of the New England “town meetings.” They are held twi'ce egch year-{and fierhaps _of~ tenet, bdt’ alwny the first Tuesdays in March and September. The first is the “annual Merch meet- ing.” afls it is called, for the regu- lar 'tbwh business; the September meeting is to, vote for ratate‘and county officers. members of con; gr'éss, etc. Ludlow, my old town, has about the population of High- land Park and 600 voters, and of these 400 attended the town meet. ing this March. and spent all of the day that was needed. discus». ing town affairs, officers, taxes, bridges, roads, etc. Two or three Weeks before the 00L. 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TURNLEY’S RESIDENCE 1N HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. u.- Ilhhry m ' ‘ mm mm WIN- it. in!- W ole-db? paint!- in w on. u. ohm sine.- uo u» cane-don of amt»: m The dust-d and‘ trained 0.0" Alone can fully mllu‘ mum, unite in ”It one whopnoâ€" the. it in his comm-d 51.9an the. way his)” hounds. in the idul world, .0 erul ty in In: is "phylum to flu. oulthtbd md well tanned almorwd our button an justly chin pro-eminent: to: its oflioers {Br pra'ctqénl advancement in the gospel of huma ,uwen in war n in peace. . v- ~ ' ~ ~ We lately celebrated one centennial peoplé with equal and ‘greater pride. celebrated the 'moral growth Aqnd de-. volopment of of ‘éduaated soldiers, who have, by better methods; so greatly diminished the hardships of war: Not- withstanding this commendable char- ‘actgristic of our people. we deplore the] unwelcome fact. that our young nation’fi briefspho has been\ch'eckered with “Marchf meeting” the selectmen 3 (who inanage the town’s efiairsuâ€" the have no supervisorsrbut three Selectmen) get together, make up their accounts ‘and publish them in pamphlet form end send 3) copy to each voter in the town fully _two weeks before the town meet- ing, so that every voter can read it and know just where every dol- lar was‘ paid out andehat for, as‘ it is an itemized account. For' instance. John Smith works half 11‘ day on the mad, 111,15 down on the pi'inted repogt, and every voter knowh when John Smith worked, what he ‘did and how- muchche was paid. When they get to' the town meeting every man can get up and express his mind on‘ these paints, and they (19 it,too gt; uflmcgrfimfvh-z 4mm sfinnmm- now .~ 113%.me may“ opening 0! cannot century of to claim a Int place among the advaueed nation of all. world um. polnta to pro;- mhbothpeaceund wantoflnhap- plaudthcpopulace. and tethenll- nun. eplrlt o! humanlty whleh auhduea ‘paaalcu. . t'pd just claims of either: soldier officâ€" ei's, nor is it claiming more than is due to our Nationul- Academy to say that ion the pmtiml, applicauon. of h «m» W‘nmfr .. , ”4%de . m;â€" in the eonduét of war, 0hr nation (and civilization) ammé‘ély indebted tot-he clue-of military mén who repeived their tr ining. on the- spot. .where Anal 1 11mm grace; and afterward mad he center, of truest education, h b no diam“ to the Ma 0: the faithful soldier. xhe intelligent citizen and the true patriot. Then the order of business is‘ prmted on these pamphlet reports unit at the meeting that order 13 fbllowed exactly, and so every- body knows jfist what is coming up at the town meeting, hence nothing can be sprung in the (15“. ‘ The Ludlow report this year is a pamphlet/of thirty-two pages and here are some pample items of income frbm the town poor farm: H. J mkson, 3 quartuinegnr: . . 8 3H5 E. Pratt, 6 bushels bat-lei. . . . . 3 ‘70 F. Bouaely, 6 quarts bearish. .. ’80 And 30' on, every item of“ ex-fi penae or income. . There, were twelve separate items m the call for the town meeting. Nowdt was his early training in than? New England town meet- out!" “Madam! mg. thnt W fa Colonel David-on tho calling of that flat- nrdny night meeting, not to pitch into anybody, the high ochool on anyone 01.0.5!“ to dkcuu mt- ten m t funk, manly '0] The New Enghndm Ion thinned m thin WI, £0! public life, and the in“. who lost his temper or self- control, (I called othe: folks cow. ”do or other low grade an: was put down at once u an underbred mainâ€"for gentlemen don’t do such ADVICE Am TELEPHONINO. Ker-hall Field 00., 0! Chicago, have on each of their telephones 1 Printed and tending as follows: ‘-‘The msnner in which II person uses II telephone indicates his chsr. actor to s great extent, snd mshee either s good or bed impression. And this' Impression is reflected di- rectly yupon the establishment from wh h such message comes. It Is a «mum to do business with n house hich performs every detail in a clean cut entisfsctory manner;. but it levee a sting to be answered ab- ruptly ror discourteously over the telephone. It Is I folly to lose one’ s 'temper becsuee One does not get im.. mediate oOnnectiOn. This is meiy ever the fault of the telephone oper- atore, m are nearly always courte- one and prompt. When one is called to the telephone he should respond quickly, and the person calling should not be left to hold the wire too longâ€"something decidedly Irri' toting Vlad often unnweesary'. Let. strivu it??? phoning.” _ The foregoing is. considered of sufficient; importanee by the Chicago Telephone Company to be printed in large type on the back oOver- of its latest directory BON VOYAGE. , Miss Rilla Palmer starts tomorrow (Saturday) for China, vis San Fran- cisoo She will make a few weeke' visit with friends In California before sailing It is generally surmised that after reaching Chine she will ‘ become the bride f Prof. Chauncey *0. Lewis. who ho (is the chair of en; gineering in one of the government- colleges of the country, a very fine," responsible position. Prof. Lewis was in the class of ’90 in our mili- tary academy, where he had a fine record. After graduating here he took a full course in the Mann» hhueette Institute of Technology, which be supplemented with a two years’ special post-graduate course. Then this position in China came to him. where he has acquitted himself in a most creditable manner, and 1s highly prized for his thorough work as an. instructor The sincere con~ gratuletions of her friends will fol- low Miss Palmer to her new home. L'éEETh satisfactory tele- u¢UUdIbU-