The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-19
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she may hope in due time to be emit
tied TO that of "A. M.
Seymour carried but one county in
Nebraska, and that was Sarpy. He
received 10 majority there. Iowa
must look to Der laurels.-[N. Y.
Tribune.1
The American people got tired of
Seymour and Blair's palaver. Yes
terday they said to them as the Irish
Justice said to his loquacious prison.
err: 1--WE wan: nothing from you
but silence, and dared "little of
that!,-Philadelphia Bulletin.
HoTAT1o AT HoME.-The personal
popularity Of Horatio Seymour, late
candidate for President, 10 q big thing
to have in family. His own coun.
ty-Oneida-gives 1924 majority for
Grant. Last year the Republican
majority was only 54s.
"Ma, if I should die and 20 to
Heaven should / wear my MORE an
tique dress9' "No, my love; we can
scarcely suppose we shall wear the
attire Of this world in the next
"Then, ma, how would the angels
know / belonged to the best socie-
ty"
BRIaHr Bora man passing
through the country during an excl.
ting local political canvass, rode up
to farm house, and thus accosted q
two headed urchin who was seated
on gate post: Cub, where's your
pap The youngster eyed the stran.
ger curiously q moment, and then re
piled: "Pap's jist gone down thar
beyant the cow-shed to bury our dog
Towse. The burned old fool killed
hisself barkin' at candidates fol-
sheriff. Be You one?" The traveller
rode on. 1921 !,
A well-known wealthy Persian
has had himself painted, BY an emf
nent artist, "as he was" sias he is. y
and "as he win be-" AS he was rep.
resents him, at the age Of twenty.
five, poor devil in ragged garments,
with his toes peeping through holes
in his shoes, Sinking, halffamished,
by the side of q wall. GAS he isl
figures him fat and jolly as an alder
man, well-dressed, with gold chains
decking his waistcoat, and diamond
rings blazing on his fingers. And in
GAS he will be-" he is made q rotting,
hideous corpse. Not the least single
feature of such singular freak, il
the fact that he has the paintings
hung in his drawing groom.
In Des Moines comfy, where Grant
gets 681 majority, the vote on the
constitutional amendment is as fol.
lows: Against the amendment, q.
1856; for the and mont, 525. Maori.
ty against amendment 2,211.
The Keokuk Constitution, from
which we clip the above, does Des
Moines county great injustice. The
vote was: For the amendments, q.
098. Against, 1858. Majority
against 155, instead OF 2211 as our
would be Congressman has it. II Mr.
Clagett will examine the returne
from this county closely, he will NO.
tice that he received only 1878 votes
while the Niger" as above stated,
got 209s, beating Clagett 120 votes,
which shows that as between him
and the "nigger," the majority Of our
people are still und.-Haukeye.
Among the anecdotes of the cam
paign just over is the following from
the Kansas City (Mo.) Journal:
A few weeks since General Shields,
the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in this district, advertised a
meeting at New Garden, a little
town on the line of Clay and Ray
counties, often called s,Hells Halt
Acre." At the proper time the meet.
ing was organized and the chairman
introduced Shields in the following
manner:
"FELLow C1TIzENs-(a applause; few
of them could vote)- Permit me to
introduce to you q man whose name
is a household word all over the land;
patriot OF two hemispheres; q
statesman; the companion of Clay
and Benton; q soldier; the hero Of
Cerro Gordo; the man who poured
out his blood like water for his coun-
try; the hero of the Potomac; the
man who came nearer whipping
Stonewall Jackson than any other
man-but he did not whip him by
id sight"