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KICK IIP me BOWSHRUBBERY IN PUBLIC SQUARE HARMLESS CAUSE OF CONSIDERABLE AGITATION—GIVE THE PLANTS A CHANCE.The neglected shrubbery that fills the ornamental plots In the four oor-iners of the public square is the | harmless cause of considerable ag ta- j tion—almost as much so as the shut- j ling up of the “poor man’s cow a ! number of years ago.The shrubbery has never had a ! chance of showing what it is capable 1 of doing. It was planted and told to grow. It has had no care, no attention. no nothing, but Topsy I'ke it just growed. Even with all this neglect it has not done so bad—it could be very much worse—it certainly could be very much better.;There is no sentiment as to how it got there. What counts is what Is going to become of it? Is it to be cared for or is the same old neglect to continue to follow [t? If the shrubbery is to be neglected then flower beds would suffer the same fate. The best thing to do is to quit quibbling about these little things and get together to do some big business. UtlFz-Jng these spaces would be of some benefit but to do this calls out objections. Some think that to run cement four feet wide on the Inside of the curb and place thereon park benches is the proper caper while others say it would not do at all. And so there you have itThe friends of the shrubbery may rest content that their favorites are not going to be dislodged. As poorly kept as they are they look better than flower beds would with the same care. No one seems to think that the shrubbery can be cared for or that the flower beds can be made beautiful. Both are looked at through smoked glasses. There is never a rainbow— just storm clouds. Maybe some day the silver lining will peep through.5 0IFEEM1 PIGMENT flEIELetter from An Old Friend of the R publcan Telle Good Story.The following letter received this morning tells its own good story:
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1915
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