The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-07-02
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contracting debts for leo
cream.
--Failures-Grant ratification meet
ings.
Going to New York-a large del
egation OF Harrisburg Democrats.
The paper having the largest cir
culation- paper OF tobacco.
Grant has detectives on the Canada
frontier 20 watch the Fenians.
Mississippi has gore Democratic
by very large majority.
Can ladies who wear brass bands be
called musical ?
Peaches are arriving in New York
from South Carolina aud Georgia.
IA young Cretan has been fighting
through the insurrection in male attire
The Democratic "white boys in
blue" are enthusiastic for Hancock.
Senator Grimes is reported to be
very low, and is not expected to recover
IF you want to rise in the world,
go up in balloon.
TO keep shade trees green the year
round-paint them.
The proper platform for Ben. But
ler-the platform under the gallows.
New York city is filling up with
prominent Democratic politicians.
The largest gold brick ever seen
in Montana is valued at S3l ,05O.
"A man in Philadelphia cut his
throat with piece Of window glass, but
failed miserabiy if he meant to kill himscl
Mosquitoes arc so thick at the sea
side that the residents can only breathe
through wire strainers.
Capt. Mayne Reid will become a
citizen Of this country, and remain per-
manontly in the United States.
Montana is ewarming with gold
seekers, and recent rains have given an
impetus to mining operations.
ALL the enthusiasm about Grant and
Colfax exists only in editorial inkstands,
and muddled at that.
Burnside has invited Burlingamc
and as many of his merry men as the
State will hold, to visit Rhode Island.
Six freedmen spoke at a Democrat.
ic meeting at Terry, Mississippi, recent
ly, against the Radical policy.
Reading has been selected as the
place for the next meeting of the Ger
man Evangelical Synod Of Pennsylvania.
Some men in Philadelphia wanted
to drink cream of tartar in their water,
aud drank tartar emetlc instead, Sick.
ness, physicians and stomach pumps.
Seeing there is some doubt as to
Grants real name, the New Orleans
Picayune suggests that he be styled the
$50 called" u. s. GRAFT.
The California delegation to the
National Democratic Convention have
arrived, also number Of politicians
from the Southern States.
-Geary says, " Drunkards, like pi-
rates, are public enemies" Thcu OF
course Hans" will not support Grant
for President.
An earnest Radical learning that
ncguocs are not admitted to the North
and South poles, proposes to chop them
off with the axes of the earth.
The French ladies arc envious of
the American bellies in Paris, as they
receive all the attention, compliments,
invitations, and notices in the ncwspaS
pers.
Gold has been found in Alaska.
If Russia waits whilo longer, VIC shall
he able to gather enough OF the pre-
cious metal in the cedcd territory to
pay for it.
Greeley has given one hundred
copies Of his Conflict " to the Libraries
of England and Ireland. They can t
exactly refuse to take them, but what
bore it must be
The Radical legislature Of tins
State, at its last session, appropriated
$500 to school in Chester county, cal
led the "Lincoln University" where
negroes are educated for teachers.
A Cairo editor tells the ladies that
clea nliness is the first ornament, and
that this is obtained by taking bath
once month, and washing their hands
once day.
baron Haussmann has spent SlOO,
100000 in improving Paris, and has sad
died the city with debt larger than
those of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
put together.
Six months ago Greeley said that
those who are pushing Gen. Grant for
President will land where the Wings