Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-31
NUMBER Is.


Pennsylvania was invaded Ivy The
Rebels july 1, 1863; New York, July
3, 1858.
The Recruiting Sergeant Of the
Democracy Hon. James II. Doc
little.
Frank Blair threatens Us stump
Ohio and Indiana. He might do bet.
ter In Kentucky.
Seymour, II seems, is hunting up
crtltiratcs Of loyalty, during the
war; Where's the rasor strop man?
The Democrats are 40 deficient ir
arithmetic that in adding up NORTH,
ern States they don't know how to
"carry one"
We can hardly credit the report
that the Democrats are 10 hold
grand ratification meeting mt Andcr.
sonville, Ga.
Frank Blair was nominated hy the
Democrats to draw Republican votes.
Might as we'll attempt to draw day
light from darkness,
An artist advertiscs portraits of Mr..
Blair "in fifteen different positions. -
After the election he can give sixteen
--one of them "face down.
ft In thought that Grant would
have been more popular among the
Democrats IL Ills initials had been
&C. 3. G.n instead of "U s. G.n
The Hon. John A. Bingham, who
has been making effective speeches
In Maine, predicts that the State wilt
give Grant and Colfax %, 600 major.
ity.
Dooiittle says that Seymour fought
the battle Of Gettysburg. The vii.
mington (Dcl.) Commercial says this
Is n mistake-he only aided the rebels
to dght 10.
Mr.. s. s. Cox says of Horatlo Sey.
mour: "Thc more You rub him the
brighter he shines" The same may
be said of brass candlestick and
Blair's nose.
Frank blair wants to inaugurate
another rebellion. The most ardent
of his supporters nre at present under
parole not to take up arms against tlie
"U. s. c."
Whiskey Is recommended by Frank
Blair as n protection against muske-
toes. "Taken internally in sufficient
quantities it will cause perfect insen-
sibility to their stings."
A distinguished savant. alluting tn
Gov. Seymour's birthplace, Pompey,
". ", remarked that he was n for.
mer resident of Pompeii, anil hal
been recently exhumed by party of
American antiquarians.
Tn 1862, when Seymour was elect
ed Governor of New York, StOncwall
Jackson, riding by rail from Freter.
icksburg to Richmond, called upon
the people Mt every station for cheers
for the triumph of their friends In
New York.
A lady "out Westr has been fined
$40 for kissing young man against
his will. A Western paper wants to
know how much tho Democratic
Convention should be fined for fore.
ing nomination on Seymour
against his will"
In. Virginia the Democrats have
one Lafayette Washington. negro
and Virginian, stumping tho State
against the new Constitution. Hc IL
with great favor by the De-
mocracy. and Is fully recognized MS
imam and u brother"
The Hartford Times, In answering
an inquiry of the Tribuc, says that
the Democratic soldiers and sailors
fought, during the war, on the plat
form OF "the Constitution and the
Union.r This will be news indeed
to Gen. N. B. Forrest and Admiral
Raphael Semmes.
"The war Ia over" said n Seymour
ite the other day to one.armed sol
dicr who was turning hand-organ
In Union Park. ut may be over to
you,u said the brave hoy In Blue,
lifting up his stump, "but it isn't
over by good deal, to mo- The
vamosed.
"What think you Of the Democrat-
ic nominations % inquired u Cop
perhead official Of one-legged Union
soldier, the other day. II regard
them an outrageous Insult to the
American people," was the soldiers
reply, "and " any man asks me To
vote for them, shall be tempted 20
break my cratch over his head" !"
The Tennessee Rebels, emboldened
by the action OF the late Democratic
Convention, and the letter of Frank
Blair, are seriously contemplating
the overthrow of the present Tennc1.
see State Government. The Ku-
Klux-Klan mean trouble and are
well organized. They warn the me-
groes that they will not be hurt Ii
they abstain fiom politics, but tho
white Republicans are to be murder
ell without mercy. The meeting of
the Legislature, called for tho 27th
instant, will not be . moment too
soon.
The Manchester Union tells 9 good
story. In the northern part OF Mef-
rimack county n crowd OF the unter-
rified were sitting ON q. piazza the
other day, when an old traiveler,
ragged, durty, rusty, unshaved and
unshorn, and evidently half-seas
over, strolled up 10 the piazza and
stared vacantly ut the crowd, which
began to ply him with questions.
Finally q man said to him, "You're n
Seymour man, aren't you, old feb
low?" Strengthening up, the old
chap answered, From my present
appearance you would probably judge
| was a Democrat, but ! amt.
learned my politics before took to
drink" This traveller was not
Frank Blair.