The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-10-02
OUR COUNCIL GR0yE LETTER.
AGy Coz something New.

sAOOA--Oe1-A-A5 L
All Council Grove hasa bad cold, and
in consequence mathematics the wealth
er. Rain, rain, rain, is the order now,
and the east wind thataccompanies it is
enough to dissipate any relics of good
humor that have escaped being buried
in the mud and there is as much grumb-
ling now about the excess Of the rain as
there was two months ago about the
drouth. Grumblings? Foolish peoplei
When will they learn the lesson that
old King Solomon evolved from his fit
of the blues so longago, to submit calm
" to the inevitable, and remember that
every day brings the longed-for sun
shine or shower just one day nearer, |
and that it is sure to come sometime.
What would an item of news be worth |
now? The dailies give, with great
flourish of trumpets, the returns from
the Maine elections. Ten thousand Re-
publican gain! AS if anybody with
common sense wouldn't know that. As
| if there were any possible thing for
sensible men to do now but to vote the
Republican ticketi And the weeklies,
too, have s1gone back" on themselves and
reprinted verbatim ct literatiIn" some
old copy printed as long ago as l first
began to read newspapers. Poems that
/ have read three times at the very least;
stories-pooh! All alike-and steam
boat dissters-everybody knows all
an old storyi Earthquakes are no
great shakes afterall." Ciergymen at
Saratoga bemoaning its wickedness.
Why don't they stay away? And be-
wailing the fashion of ladies dresses.
Why need they look at them? After
they have read the Bible through and
written all the sermons they need for
the next year they mad better be finding
Crooks in the running brooks,
, Sermons in stones, and good in everything
out of doors, than writing lachrymose
letters to the papers bewailing the evils
. and itemiZing the faults of a fashiona-
! ii BILE wateringplace, and revealing its
. attractive follies to their otherwise I'M
initiated flock.
+ There is one idea advanced by some
! cross grained old maid in the Chicago
' Republican that I reproduce for the
, benefit and consolation of my married
: friends-Yiz That a good man never
. finds good wife, and good woman
I never marries a good husband. There's
: bombshell to explode by peaceful fire
sides.
: But except that there is actually
: E'nothing new under the sun, The EN-
3 PORIA NEWS, even, which generally has
y something new, told about the re-nOmi
nation of Judge Watson, and knew tina
!, before, and as before mentioned Sol
f ONION made the above quoted remark 81
: long ago that, though l am sure i
: would have occurred to me, now if hi
q had not said it, no one will credit me
: with the slightest originality in it. Blu
4 that is not the worst of it. Some IN
Y principled scribbler in the Att0ntit
Monthly has surreptitiously possessed
4 herself of the best line in the best poem
5 I ever wrote-an unpublished poem
my unpublished poems, strangely
enough, far outnumber those presented
to sympathizing public-and given il
to the world.
'sThat rare, sweet moment-hold it FAST
she has rendered thus:
a 'sBut this one golden moment-hold it FAST
IS What business had she to write that
o for mine was written first? Alas, there
n is nothing new under the sun, only ou
s county ticket. Here are the names, anC
Q it is safe to say that better lsit could
?. not be selected. For Representative, Nc
is Nav; for Clerk District Court, II. B
st Lockwood; for Probate Judge, III. d
J. Preston for Superintendent Public In
0 struction, DR.. Beach.
y It is said that the Democrats are no
! so harmonious as usual, and that many
IS of them who would otherwise vote the
Democratic ticket entire are dissatisfied
a with the nomination of Mr.. Conn fol-
II Representative and will not vote fol
:, him. In the Republican party no such
: division will be found, and there is nc
n doubt but that Mr.. McNay will receive
I the votes of the opposition who desire
to see Morris county represented with
e ability and honesty.
i The names of nrinkwater, of Chase,
n Donaldson, of Butler, and Huffaker and
n Mcmillan, of Morris, are mentioned as
candidates for the State Senate from
q this district. VAYLE VERNON.
: Council Grove, September %, 1868.