The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-26
The PILGRIM Mothers.


lowing Itis spicy enough TO favor half
a dozen anniversary dinners:
g Tho Pilgrim Fathers forsooth.
What had they to endure in comparison
with the Pilgrim Mothers? 1t is true,
they had hunger. md cold, and sickness,
and DANCES, i foes without and within
but Tie unfortunate Pilgrim Motherst
theyshad not only these to endure, but
they had the Pilgrim Fathers, also aud
yet their names are never mentioned"
7---Iu1these days of - retren chment y it
IS curious to End the executive committee
Of the colonizstion society coolly memorial
IzinS congress for an appropriation of
$4,000 per annum for the establishment
OF a line of,steamships totLiberia, and an
additional donation Of 500 to each emf
grant whe chooses t. go there. The sub
Scrlptlon appea OF the society that desired
- flannel waiStcoats " for the infant barba-
Rams in Equatorial Africa would be hardly
more urgent than this proposition.
"A City of Mexico correspondents
forecasts the end of the brief and unuatu-
raj tranquility which Mexico has enjoyed
since the fall of the Empire and the delth
of Macmillan. The country, it would
seem, is emerging again to its al con-
dition of bro;ls and bloodshed. From all
points Of the mraSss-from Yucatan
Guerroro, Tulancingo. Huachinaugo, Du-
rango--tidiugs fly to TO the capital of fresh
revolts aud of old ones Strengthening.
The ticket question has thus far taken
up the lions share OF the impeachment
project, SO that, while the Tribune dilates
day after day on the solemnity of the
proceedings in Washington its spectacu-
lar feature is the main one for discussion.
There has been more hard feeling appar-
emily, shown there at the prospect of not
being able to get peep at the Presidents
trial than there was over the difficulties Of
good seats at Dir. D:cken' readings.
Grants father tells the Ledger that
Ulysses once worked for four years on a
farm given him by his wife's father, and
and at the end of the time was poorer
than when he began. Uncle Sans farm
does not need that treatment
Wendell Phillips, in letter to the
anti Sacery Standard, says that ''to
have impeachment fail. would be a nation
al infamy, in the black darkness of which
the mere humiliation of the Republican
party would be but trivial matter"
Judge Black, Judge Curtis and Mr.
Stanbcry are now in charge of the i'm
parchment trial on the part Of the Presi-
dent, but Mr. S. II. Sweet, of Illinois. has
beeH tciegraphed to, and with Hon. Thorn
as Il. Nelson. of Tennessee, is expected to
aid in the defence.
The March statement of the public
debt compared with that of 1867, shows a
decrease Of sl0,934,267, the total debt
less cash in Treasury March I, 1868,
being 81, 80 ,S29 ,622 As compared with
the statement made or February l, 1868.
the debt shows a decrease Of 1885, ISL.
The Indianapolis Hrra'd says: Mr.
". d. Frazee recently wrote an article
upon heas, which was published in the
Union City Eagle The Journal Of this
city alluded to the article in very flip,
pant manner, and suggested that Mr. Fra
zee next write an article on bed bugs,
whereupon the indignant essayst shuts
the journal man up By the following re.
sponse:
Does this editor find fault vi: h the
article? Does he point out wherein the
article is Incorrect? In short does he act
/ AL Il i.o IL l.
saying. write on oed bug | prefer
not writing about the bed bug for il
might not be understood. IL | should be-
gin by saying. :. troublesome insect OF
an offensive smell, which infests small
holes, the Journal man might say that ]
referred to him."
The Rochester, Fulton County. Stan
dard says: CAS- Clark Hickman, Esq, of
Richland Township, this county, was com
ing to town few days since accompanied
By his son, a lad Of about twelve gears,
his horses became frightened at some OBJ.
ject, just as they were leaving Mill Greek
bridge, throwing his son off and under the
wagon wheels, instantly crushing him tc
death, his agonized father trying in vain
to check the horses, but not in time IL
save his boy"
--Johnson Brown, of Jefferson county
who is now 100 years old, can yet take hi.
rifle aud kill squirrels as we'll as anybody
He first came to this State in 1898, but
afterwards went to Kentucky, returning
in 18Th
"A san named Wells, at Kokomo, had
his leg broken by falling limb on Thurs
day. 5a.-a ,,rl e
The machine shops of the Columbus
Chicago and Indiana Central Railroad are
to be located at Richmond.
The promise Of bountiIul peach
harvest in Morgan County is unusually
good.
The prisoners in the Monroe County
jail, three in number, escaped on Monday
The Liedererapz Association of Rich.
mond arc talking about holding a Sanger
fest in May.
- u Il siau f1ft
There are two lunaties in the MORGAN