Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-20
IT ADvRRTIsEs THE SALE IN IT'S
OWN COLUMNS.
Loss HEAVY on BOTH SIDES
"ET TU BRUTE. ''


ment floyal obligations to our early and
enterprising cotemporary - the Dayton
JournaI---for calling our attention, so So
nOrously, to the peculiar attractions of the
New York Nsreary of April 80, "now
ready everywhere" and every time.
After calling public attention to the inn
portant fact in advance, that Popular
Photograph" livery popular) of the late
illustrious hero and statesman, Maj. Gen.
Schenck, NJ. @. Xiv, would appear in
forthcoming issue of the Mercury, the
Journal received, as it was entitled to do,
an advertisement, worth in the popular
photographs" of Mr.. Chase, from 81, so
to 81 so, owing to the length Of time it is
destined to appear. If it is only to be in-
serted one small time--as we have several
able-bodied reasons for predicting will be
its allotted period---it will not be worth
more than about two shillings. We say
buAo WIN ltBl6ls
Albeit, the advertisement is out in the
Journal, this morning, for once, and if it
appears again tomorrow, that will be
twice!! 1t sets forth that mo soldier or
politician" should be without the New
York Mercury of April 80, (now for sale
everywhere containing popular pho
tograph" of the Great Schenck, with full
particulars of his ca-reor from babyhood
TO boyhood, and from boyhood to man
hood, and from manhood to the photo
graph gallery. And all for sixpencel
"Hestating then no longer" we fell in
to the votive throng of eager men. who,
like ourself, had seen the advertisement,
and were endeavoring to make their way
to the P. o. newsstand. We were all
hungry for the baby-hood. ETC., of our dis
tinguished fellow-citizen. Our bosoms
swelled with honest local pride, as our
respective sixpences gushed in generous
streams into the Golfer of the news vender
1t was a stirring scene. Our citizens
thanks to the journal, had never before
been favored with an opportunity to real.
ize so much sugar for cent" and they
embraced it with an appetite as impatient
as it was multitudinous.
As quick as the paper was received. the
recipient of the favor rushed to the seclu
sion of home or elsewhere to devour tn,
popular photograph Of their famous repre-.
sentative. If it did not suit them as well
as they thought it would, the blame mus
rest with the Mercury. Let no man
therefore, shake his "gory looks" at oui
esteemed and well-intentioned cotempora
ry. 1t hadn't seen the photograph" Il
inserted the advertisement on faith, which
is simply the evidence of things AopeO
for, but not seem" We make these re
marks in the hope that they may have a
lalutary influence in repressing any vio
lence that may be brewing against the
Journal
We unfolded our Mercury and gazed ,
disappointed moment upon ''Nellie shrink
ing from the masked intruder" Wha
cared we for MemY We were looking 70
the popular photograph of Schenck. I'm
patiently we opened to the inside. and ther
he was, :'in character" at the "head of tn
column, the savagest column we hav
seen lately. Not having the honor of
personal acquaintance with the hero of tn
little sketch before us, we were still il
doubt, until we observed in the wreatl
eneircling the picture, and festooned there
in, the unmistakabls evidences that Majo
General Schenck wasn't very far sbou
there The locomotive, for instance, q
the top of the circle was undoubtedly
mere "looker on in Visana." while tn
mAnAcles to the left, and the papers undt
foot to the right, were references to ALT
sions" which straightway assisted us t
the conclusion that we were looking upo
none other than the popular photograp
which had been so ably referred to j
the mornings journal. Ia sa..
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