German Genius

In days of old, when the haughty Greek and Roman looked with disdain of the more rude peoples of the earth, there roamed in the cold forests of the north a rough, half-clad, but brave nation of warriors; without letters, but not without honor, for honesty prevaded their lives then as it does today; without society splendor, but not without virtue, for their women rivaled the proverbial chastity of Ireland. Sadly they bore the stigma of ignorance. That people were the Germans. How mighty they have risen. Luther, whether misguided or not, created a creed sacred to millions of our people ; Goethe wrote words of wonderful wisdom, and countless others have wrought things to the everlasting fame of Fatherland. Joseph Bergman, the great German inventor, in our own day and now a very old man, concentrated all his efforts for 17 long years of the tedious building of a temple, the like of which is not equaled in ancient or modern world, nor is it probable that brilliant brain can evolve and human hand execute lt's counterpart, and in its accomplishment another monument went up to German genius. This extraordinary exhibition is now in Arm Arbor and exhibited for the very small admission of 10 cents so that everybody can see it, at the Y. M. C. A. building on S. Main st., and the Argus really does a kindness to its intelligent readers when it advises them to see the matchless marvel, the 'Automatic Swiss Village. "