It hurts me to lie now, and when anything
hurts, then I quit. It is wrong to lie, and a man who follows it up will
come to some bad end.
BUYING A STONE CRUSHER.
The proceedings of the council of the city of Milwaukee shows that the
aldermen are about to buy a stone crusher, to be run by steam, for the
purpose of crushing stones to be used on the streets. If the city has
never indulged in the luxury of a stone crusher, it should interview some
city that has owned one, before it closes a contract with any party that
wants to sell one. Every party that owns one does want to sell it.
Statistics show that. The first city in Wisconsin that bought one was
Madison. The city owned it for a year or two, and after that no man that
was in the council when it was bought could ever get in it again. The
mayor that winked at the purchase of the stone crusher was defeated, and
there was trouble. No person would ever say what was the matter, but you
say "stone crusher" to a citizen of Madison, and he would reach his right
hand around to his pistol pocket, and the conversation would cease.
La Crosse heard that Madison had a stone crusher, and so she wanted one.
La Crosse is bound to have anything that any other town has, whether it is
a railroad, an insane asylum, or a speckled hen.
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