Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-23

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6s I'M : vicliu 8 herd Boiled era Thsy
opensd Gfandlsr, and declared hafd boiled
| eeee 20 be the cause, and then they opened
IL win and found that The eminent trjte
setlSr d Tot3letUd ,ssfting aside BIZ relotfves,
| had In a1I biz worldly wealth to b applied
| 70 The purposes Of charity. The reward 81
| cpnocjenttous tsipe-selling had not been
great, for the whole Of Grandlers worldly
wealth amotantsd - ~ more than twohun-
drsd pounds. In his win he directed that
| this sam sshould besp)nDdvout at interest;
and that the annual proceeds should form
| an anuuity, To be granted By the votes Ct
| the householders Of Tottletcn 70 destitute
| but deserving men q that parish II was
especially directed that the bcnevelence
should be called Grandler's Annuity.
was first brought to : knowledgs Of the
rame and fame Of Chandler about two ycars
sgo, when went out TO take up my abode
Il Toltleton. Tottleton il pretty place IN
the merry month Of July; and the chestnut
and laburnum trees which line both aasoes OF
the broad white road which constitutes Tot.
tlcton's only street are most b.aut'!ol 70
see, especially whsn they are u Iell bloom.
But there was another beautitu! feature o.
Tottleton which seemed to DO Il INFINITELY
more crcdit-its alm.h0uses. II appeared
to me that the private houses bore no sort
Of adequate proportion TO them, ana that the
only houses which did were the public
houses. The way in which these two 'nst!-
tutioAs were regularly alternated on both
sides Of the road for more than 2 mile eug-
gested that one was the cause o. tne otner:
L seemed ~ i the public houses llad brought
the whole neighborhood to poverty and con-
signed the entire population to dependence
The moral inscriptions which met the eye
told but Of two things-strong drink, and
old mon and women Of the parish come to
grief. The Cook and Bottle appeared to DC
responsible for seven poor old men; the
Nags head for nine poor Old women; snd
the Bell for fourteen orphan girls. There
was, however, striking disproportion be-
tween the size Of the public houses and that
Of the almhouses. The latter were 80 small
and compact, and with . large inscription
on the front Of them. 50 like neat parcel,
that they might have been brought down
from somewhere BY the carrier. Possibly
they might have been LETT at the Cook and
Bottle till they were called for.
Well; II the sins Of Tottlcton had been
multitudinous Charity had done her best to
cover them.
had mentally pointed this moral when
Mr. Gubbins running out from the Swan,
addressed me. Perhaps should state that
had honored the Swan with my patronage,
% regards the family mild ale.
| Beg your pardon, sir but I'll take It %
favor If You viii give your vote for Parse
w." s
ventured to inquire who Parsley was
and what ne was standing for. Was it the
borough. the country, or simply the vestryf
No; Parsley did not aspire 20 high. He
was merely candidate for Giandler's an
nuity. Parsley's qualification was al right.
lie was seventy Eve years Of age. native
of the parish, had paid rates and taxes for
over forty years, was eaten up with the
rheumatics, was past work, bore IN excel
lent character, and hadn't = penny in the
world 0randier's annuity, rmounting to
Rs As. 3D., would make him happy and
comfortable for the remainder of his days.
The statement Of Parsley's numerous merits
| in the way Of agc, destitutiop and incapaci-
| ty were not 70 be resisted, and think
| should have cried '.Parsley forever r. on
| the spot, only it occurred to me, considering
Parsiey's age, that It would not be much
use. However, promised to enter an ap
pearance on the following evening and cast
my vote for Parsley...
When Ct the appointed time turned out