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Show B TRY THE REFORM SCHOOL B The Brown family, in the aggregate, has been B a public scandal for years, it has, with the ad- B ditlons become a public nuisance. Before the os- B tensible head of it was picked up by a loving Bj constituency and a discerning legislature and"" B sent to the Senate of the United States, the scan- B dal existed. Before that time the umbrella, which B seems to be the emblem if not the scepter of the B family, had been called in to discipline the erring B author of the family's woes, and by a friendly suit B it which umbrellas and imprecations were called B . in as witnesses, to quiet title. The suit has been B continued from term to term, but the decision B seems as far off as ever. It was a burning shame B at first, it has degenerated now into a crying B shame, for, despite the disagreements, the family Bj has increased and the public has begun to despair B of any final settlement. B The last estate seems to bo worse than the B first. When one woman goes about with a lariat B in one hand and a fire poker in the other, with B the evident purpose of rounding up and branding B another woman who seems to be the mother of B most of the children of the first woman's hus- B band, the business is becoming dangerous to the B Public at large. B The state has an eleemosynary institution in B Ogden, founded in mercy to discipline and re- B form the incorrigible youth of both sexes. This B Brown family seems to be getting into its second B ch,Mhood. Why not bundle up the whole batch fl ancl senl them to the reform school? B They would make a bad example in the peni- B ":, ry' why nt try the reform school, and if B noUlinS else can be accomplished, give the pub- B ' muoh needed rest. Their exploits make bad K auing in the daily papers' for families where B young giris are growing up. |