The Democrat-Topic. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, .JULY 10,
1897
NO. 50.
Headqu arters
for Imp I e men ts
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A complete printing outfit for a
six column quarto weekly, con-
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hand press, good job press, plenty
of body and display type, and all
other necessary fixtures and ap-
paratus. This outfit will be sold
at a bargain. Any one wishing to
purchase will do well to call on or
address
Brown & Thacy,
Norman, Okla.
him in hand when quite a youth
and gave him an education, lie
might have been as ignorant as the
common or eVen as other editors;
but his ancestors were patriots and
he's a patriot. Some of his con-
temporaneous half-acquaintances
came very near staining the walls
of America with their blood in the
late rebellion and many a time lias
John waded up-to his knees in mud.
And again we are glad to know
tint the Pdoples Voice is actually
abl.; to "challenge the attention of
one of the Voice subscribers" by
quoting from the Democrat-Topic.
- We are sure it could not have bet
The k.r^
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When you want anything that is kept in a first
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D. W. MARQUAKT, ]'resident..
S. B. o .VKNS, Vice President.
J. W, HOCKER, Cashier,
A. Kingkude As't Cashier
-J. F. Pholp
k de, J.
B. F. Hughes, S. B. Owens, E. F. Taylor.
Hocker, A. C. Mil her and I'. W. Marcjiiart.
A, King*
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•CAPITAL. $50,000.
[Incorporated under the Laws of Oklahoma.]
Ihc By-laws of this Bank provi les that no Stock can be
issued to non-residents of Cleveland County.
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A. K. LOOMIS, Manager.
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Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,
VINES, lire. GRAPHS OF MUNSONS IIYBREDS A SPECIALTY
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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OKLAHOMA.
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Dues a General
Transfer Business,
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
use, ami this number is increasing every hour!
terms are most reasonable, and every inducement is
purchasers.
Correspondence solicited. Catalogues free,
THEESTEYCO.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Our stock of Pianos and Or-
gans is the largest and most
complete in the West. The
Kuey instruments have reach-
ed the highest possible reputa-
tion, which has been attained
only because of their superior
merit.
Over 310,000 are in actual
Our prices and)
offered to
9 I 5 OLIVE STREET,
W. S.WILDER, Agent,
Norman, O. T
As A Matter of Cours
For some time past the benign
editor of the Peoples Voice lias been
making' himself assininely con-
spicuous by shoving himself fame !
ward as the only "Cracker-Jack,'> ■
proof readi rand newspl p r critic in
the "Wild and Wolly West." How
be it 'tis his aspiration, and we
have sincerely hoped that he might
realize his much coveted attain-
ment; but there arises in the mind
of many, a question as to why, fur
so long a time, the newspaper
companies of the east have sulT red
that proficient wisacer to eke out h
miserable existence away here in
obscurity, when his worthy services
ire so much needed in cities of
more important topography. In
the most recent part of his peculiar
past experience, he ran shockingly
up against the name of Hymenaeus,
the mythological god of marriage.
Well, act soon as he r covered
sufficiently, he hastily retreated to
his etymological fortress, viz.,
Allen's, Peabody's Websters dict-
ionary, and tried to tree her am i .e
the pictures but was foiled in the I
attempt.
Afterwards, presurjatyy some 1
one suggested "Mythology," the
Stimuli accasioried by which
alarmingly penetrated his auditory
aparatus and shot through the
corticle centers of his macrence-
plialous cranial mechanism, per-
meating the most profound recess-
es of his heterogeneous nature; and
if he didn't mistake himself for the
being of double-headed Janus he
fancied himself an Oklahoma barn
lark, commonly recognized by the
protuberance of his auricular ap-
pendages and began to expostulate
in terms like these; "In the wild
and wolly west" We are very much
interested in the success of that
querimonious editor's visionary vi-
tuperations, as a fair sample of his
grammar and composition, and as
a recommendation and incentive
to promotion, we offer the follow-
ing fresh from his flourishing pen:
"Weeds and grass is getting the
best of some crops." "A thoughtful
old man gk'ai'ped a pole." "One
great blessing to us is thatpeaclies
has come in." It is a singular coinci-
dent that both old parties go back
to their early history for a of pedi-
gree characater." "Cornfields
needs cultivating badly." "The
multitude fell upon the nice things
the ladies had prepared to feed the
inner wants." "The exercises was
very good." "Prof. -and family
left for Ann Harbor Mich." "She
came here from Mo., some time ago
hoping that our climare might
prove beneficial to her health."
Now for fear that some one, who
is not very well versed in the lin-
gual sciences, might erroneously
criticise the above quoted composi-
tion, we reserve the right of defence
by comment and will state if there
be any solecism or lack of propriety
it must be charged to the fallibili-
ty of the English language and not
to the incompetency of thatatopos-
al editor. And furthermore we
j would caution the public against
undue insinuations lest that editor
should be constrained to exclaim
in stentorian accents "O perdjtum
me et adflictum." We can draw
largely upon our imagination for
his various possibilities when we
remember that he was born within
the realm of ignorance, immigrat-
ed to obscurity and if it hadn't been
for the "goodness of God and
several other gentlemen," who took
I accomplished otherwise. But we
! are much surprised to find that
the celebrated "Voice subscriber"
.-hoots so wildly a!, random when
he goes gaming in the province of
myth logical history Here is a
specimen of his miserable attempt
at the recitation of traditional
events;
! Grand Stlnday School Kally.
Townships eight one, and two
I west, met in a joint Sunday school
I convention and barbecue, in the
i beautiful grove of Mr. Goss' place,
near Union Grove, Saturday July
JO, 1897.
There were three schools in line,
I with their banners dying in the
| breeze, marching to a song by
Union Grove school, entitled
"Marching in the Light."
In all, there were, probably, five
hundred people on the ground.
The program for the day began
about 10:M0 a. m. with appropriate
opening exercises. Scripture les-
son was read by 1. M. Little, follow-
ed with prayer by Judge Wilkitis
ot Norman, and an opening song
rendered by all the schools -
"What a f i ml we have in Jesus."
Address of welcome by Mr. I. M.
Little.
Interesting'addresses, on •eneral
Sunday school work, were c'eliver-
"The irost reliable of the gossips |ed by Judge Williams, Judge Wil-
ol tne neiaiiborhooti of Mou .t i * ,, , * •,
Helicon say he (Hymenaeus) is the i s* Prof. Messrs. Mur-
son o! Miss Urania by an unkown j Pliree, Vandaveer, and Jackson, in-
father and born out of wedlock, j terspersed with splendid music by
while other crabbed old bachelor* ; the following schools: Highland,
with a very low estimate of him and
his labors, say he isa son of Madam
Venus of the same locality, and
sired by Bacchus, while drunk, all
agreeing regarding his illegiti-
macy. VVe are quite sure we voice
the sentiments of this community
when we express regret that who-
ever inv. ded the ancient province
of Boeotia for the purpose of call-
ing distinguished company to our
quiet hamlet, did not pursue his
journey a little further up the
slopes of Mount Helicon wh -re he
won d doubtless have found the
abode of Eros, whose presence
would be desirable in most any
household and whose ancestiy is
all that could be desired" "In the
Wild and Wolly \V;st."
The more intellectually fortunate
iy Oklahoma dei-ire to vote a "card
of regret" to the generous Voice
subscriber who has made such a
limited survey in mythological
fields. We suppose he it not aware
of the fact that "Venus," "Urania,"
and "Aphrodite" were the same
godess, the former being the
Roman and the latter two the
Greek names for the same in* tho-
logical character. (See Alexander
Murry on mythology.) We feel |
very sorry for the "subscriber"
whose intellectual attainments are
so meager that he does not know j
the fact that "Hymenaeus" and I
Eros were brothers, both being the !
sons of that debauched "Venus"
(Urania or Aphrodite)about whom !
he tells us. So if the ancestry of
one is disreputable that of the
other must of necessity be the
same. And he deviates widely from
the cause of reason and common
with others"
Owen
Rocky Point and Union Grove.
Miss Mary Jackson, of Highland
entertained the audience with a rec-
itation entitled "Little Jim" which
was well received.
The following program was ren-
dered by Union Grove School.
Song "At the Cross." Primary
class.
Recitation "Share
Laura Walton.
Recitation, "It P
Wilson.
Recitation, "The right will right
itself. Ruth Wilson.
Recitation, "Save the Children"
Willie Teel.
Recitation, "I shall not pass
again this way. Willie Walton.
Song, Solo and full chorus,
"Again we'll never pass this
way." Messrs Ward and Fitz-
simmons, Misses Gallia, Mary
and Clara Howard and Lizza
Wilson.
Recitation, "The Dying news-
boy" Mary Howard.
Recitation, "His Mothers Songs"
Mattie Coleman.
Recitation, "The Lord is
Shepherd" Lizzie Walton.
Recitation, "The Last Hymn"
Lizzie Wilson.
Song "Suffer the Children to
come," Primary class.
The following officers were elec-
ted for the ensuing year: Wesley
Stripling, president, and Miss
Pierce Secretary, Eight one West.
Now, to say that this convention
my
was a success, would be speaking
sense when he desires to have Eros 10f it only moderately. There w is
a large fat beef and fine mutton
barbecued for the occasion, show-
ing that the people of Union Grove
never do anything by halves.
Che success of the convention
preside at marriage ceremonies, a
functional attribute which the
Greeks and Romans never once
ascribed to him, and in fact, none
save the fertile imagination of the
county President, Mr.
renowned "subscriber." I„ regard | wa8 (llle., , t(J the untiri ef
to the character of the above con- fort8 Qf tt)t:
demned god, we quote from man- i Little.
ual of mythology, late edition
"Young and of a soft delicate
beauty, Hymenaeus loved a young I scliool
Athenian maiden, whom, however
because of his poverty, he
not hope to obtain for his wife, I e[j tjlej
until once having released her I
The program closed at 5 o'clock
p. m., with a song by Union Grove
We'll never say Goodbye
in Heaven," and prayer by Judge
could | Williams; at which time, all wend-
way homeward, feeling
from a band of robbers, at the [ that they had spent a profitable
price of her hand, he married her. . day, long to be remembered, in the
So happy was his wedded life that | grand Sunday School work of
Cleveland county.
at marriage ceremonies generally
his name was on the lips of all the
company, and lie himself in course
of time came to be looked upon aw
a god, and the founder and protect-
or of marriage rights." The atroc-
ious crime of participating in
marriage ceremonies which with
such spirit and decency the honor-
able gentleman has charged upon
him, Hymenaeus would neither
attempt to palliate nor deny, but
would content himself with hop
ing that he is one of those whose
follies cease with these and not
of that number who are ignorant
in spite of experience. The sub-
scriber's ethological suggestions
and admonitions in his gentle epi-
sode seem to l>" most too deeply
Wesley Stripling,
Liza Wilson, President.
Secretary.
Can't save you a house and lot on
one paperof pins but "better goods
at same price" or same goods less
price, is what we are aiming at and
day in and day out you'll find we
come very near the work.
Grand Leader.
ode seem to (>• • most too deeply . ,,
haded with his own peculiar en thy - j' ' ''
li inatical scrupulosity. He would jor replace .
mematical scrupul
better sharpen up his grr.
ons apetite and turn him >lf on
more enticing fields of pscudogra-
phy before he again attempts I >
paint the "wild and wolly west
life size.
Dr.Simmons' Sarsaparill i will
hair on bald heads
lor replace amputated arms, but
! will purify impure blood, give
| health to the sick and bring rosy
i cheeks to the pile face. 50 doses
• 50 cents. Manufacture! by a. C.
I Simmons, Jr.. Med. Co. R.J. Weeks.
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Brown, Quincey T. The Democrat-Topic. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1897, newspaper, July 16, 1897; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116952/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.