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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

A lady 10 Boston, who was about Civ.
ing q party to the members of the Pro
testant Episcopal convention, sent fol
Mr.. S., caterer, TO assist 10 the pre-
parations. He asked if she intended &c
give q dsncing party. She replied thai
it wss to De mainly composed of clergy
men. In that case, madam" said he.
: | would advise You to provide bounti
fully. Them pious folks ara dreadful eat
ers--when it's free"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

RETALiArIos.-A witness in a late di
vorce suit kept saying that the wife had
a retaiiating disposition that she retail.
ated for every little thing. o
Did you ever see her husband kiss
her 7" asked the wife's counsel. q
Eyes. sir, often"
swell, what did she do on such occa
sious?"
"She always retalisted, SIR"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

look out, there what are kicking
10Y dog for I" Q
I'm kiokin' him cause he's full OIL
fess, and | don't want to get 'em on ny
Sunday clothes"
Pleas, the devil | Why, that dog
sleeps with me u
ayes, darn you, I know it and that's
where he gets en-" ~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

A soung lady, the other day, in the
course Of lecture said : Get married
young man. and be quick about it. too
Don't ~sis for the millennium, hoping that
the girls would turn angels before VOC
trust to one of them. A pretty thing you
would be alongside Of an sngel, woulda't
you, you bruts"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

Albany girls are dangerous sh,hgf'
One recently asked an attentive oeaa
when be meant to marry her, and, as ne
hadn't The slightest idea ready on the
subject, abe broke . teapot full OF water
over his head, bnt, strange as 1t may
seem, he didait want to marry he' sife'
that,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

The farmer whose pigs were so lean
that it took two of them to make q
shadow has been beaten by another. who
had several so thin that they would crawl
out through the crscks in the pen. He
iusliy stopped that fun by tying knots 10
their tails. =
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

An old lady in New Jersey, having
read m account of the bursting OF a
|~rripdstone in a manufacturing establish
msnt, became terribly alarmed iest
gripdstone which was standing IN heE
cellar should burst and blow the house
up. O
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

There ID . man in the Wet who has
moved 90 often that whsueves . covered
wagon comes near bic hosss bic chickens
fall on their backs and eross their lees.
ready : be tied and carried to tho nsxt
stopping plsos.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

John, john" shouted al old geatle.
man to his son, get up, the day il
breaking" VERY WE'LL" said john, "let
it break il owes US nothing" Interval
of twenty minutes. "Iohu, John, the sun
is up before you. VERY WELL" said John,
" he has farther 10 go than We have
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

A Cincinnati genius adsertises for a
situation saying that Work is not 30
much 40 object as good wages" He
ought to have a place on the police force.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

1t is said that " as the twig is bent the
toes inclined" Some of the young
ladies about town will grow queerly if
the Grecian style lasts. q
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

EugeHis is said to be Just the least b:s
bald, and covers it up with a frizzls and
r~osette. Why not use a first class Yap.
kee restorative?
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

A Young America the other day says
to a man : Mister. please give me an
apple !; my brother goes With your sister,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22

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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27

misery and want, or drag out . protraeted
life Of endless Toll. What God has spread
before ua Is the reward and property Of him
whose labor shall bring IL into use, govern
ment, unjust, despotic, proub all-grasp-
log government has ordained shall be
long to those who never labor, and fos
whose exclusive benefit the laborer shall
toll forever. Thus do human institutions
founded on tyranny, or turnedsGcm thei'
original principles Of justice, destroy ths
bsniicence Of heaven, robbing the poor 40 :
giving to the rich.
Thus do We Hnd our boosted institution
Of equal rights to be the merest skeleton o
liberty, which by their letter declare tina
eqaal rights and privileges snail be guAran-
teed to all, but by their operation creat
aristocracy, special privileges, extcrtioO
monopoly and robbery.
Such are the defects of organic law, prac-
teal government. and property, which ar
thrown rs obstacles in the path Of the work
4 ingDan.
The .sreat mistake made BY the founder
Of our government, was in retaining tb
kings money-in migrating into our Repub
can institutions monarchical and aristocrs
tic ideas Of currency and fnances--in SET
ting up, in our temple of liberty, the goldeI
calf. But the time has come when thi
idol shall be removed.
Fellow worklngmen prepare for the fight
The worlds greatest revolution is nov q
hand.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27

~ inter- Of SO. / refer TO the puddlers' organ
izations. There were men found kind
enough to their masters 20 sign NIL their
ishts away who would attend he meetings
Of the union. and then 20 therefrom 10 be-
tray their fellow worknen. One man for
instance, In Pottstown, ut one meeting told
the union that he had money in bank, and
would do nothing wrong, and the very next
morning be got the be pers together, an1
had them start the mill. Good men and
true were then prosecuted oil through east
ern Pennsylvania for no other offence than
belonging TO the union. Some OF the iron
masters gave the men that they wouldn't
employ recommendation to the following
effect This is to certify that Mr.. - has
been in my employ for three Yesrs, ard is q
practical workman. The only fault | have
with bun is that he would not sign docu
ment denouncing the Puddl-rs' union"
Now, Mr.. Editor, by means Of tyranny like
this unions may die, but their principles
will live 10 the memory OF every good work
man I; while the man who will betray hIs
fellow-workman is q doublr-dyed traitor,
worthy only of public scorn and contempt
Better late than never, and acting on this
principle the BrIcklayers of this place havs
organized a union. IL was near time, fol
there were more apprentices than journey
! men working &C the trade last Summer.
There has been no reduction 10 the wage
OF the iron workers in the east SO far Till
winter. ID. NJ.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27
NEAT STATISTICS.

The New York Daily Times Of the 7th
inst, gives -. following statement Of the
condition Of the women in New York State.
i. Only one-Ihird OF the manageable
females (s42 562) were or had been married
2. One-fourth Of these (19s ,s02) had no
children, and one seventh Ql5, 262) which
may be called the legion of honor, DOT only
never had any, but did not expect nor intend
to have any children.
How the census takers obtained these last
facts from tie ma ried ladies' above referred
to flor they cannot be termed women) the
Times does not inform US.
The same article states in addition, that,
3" At the same time infanticide is largely in
creaslug the crime is becoming oneof pain
full frequency and certain species Of il il
pIscticed in the first families, and the drugs
and implements for committing such mlr-
ders are sold everywhe e.n
1t ID not too much to assert that the same
evils are being rapidly developed throughout
England ami France, and other portions OF
the civilized world. Gentlemen, statesmen,
lawyers, fuanciers and political economists,
how like you the results Of your labor for
the welfare Of huma nifty ? When there are
twelve thousand mothers who have muir
dered their children in London, Is the able
coroner for hiddlesex (Dr Lankester) has
publicly asserted, and when a writer in the
World newspaper more than trebles those
fearful figures In estimating the number Of
the same class of criminals in New York
city something in your excellent systems
must be out of gear. There must at least
be a slight pecuniary pressure, some lack
Of life's Injuries, before moshers murder
their infants wholesale Do lei us entreai
you to believe that these effects have no,
arisen without causes Do not wait Tor
greater evidences Of the worlds misery
wDics cannot be given yo2 Except ,ou,
tossks undertake. TO set asid their srand
mothers by similar processes, or, whai
would be more to the purpose, TO use
UrVmweIlian expressron) remove the can.
dlestic'-- Il those miserable "Walthusians'
who nd defend the wretched SYSTEMS
of Poh ,Ical Economy, Finance and Law
which have generated the evils now threat
ening the destruction Of mankind.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27

different rates. This has been the case
sinoA The disasters Of 1864.
And this reminds me Of one OF the most
important subjects TO come before the Ma
tional bodv &C it, approaching session--the
NatiCuaI Fund Law. No doubt there will
be strong opposition to IL from maDv OF the
delegates, who feel that they have no inter
est in any movement Of the printers outside
q the jurisdiction Of their own Unions To
such. | would call the attention Of the strike
W this city in 1867. Had there been fund
sufficient TO have backed The men up, defeat
upon defeat would not have 0verjaken sew
rral Unions throughout the country. When
we were beaten here by the Associated
Press, Boston, which had but few weeks
before advanced her scale successfully with
ont trouble, was the neIt place which receiy
ed the attentions of this bl0ated monopoly
and was capt Ired so easily that the power
Of the Unions had been greatly overe-ti-
mated then followed st. Louis, Detroit,
and other places with the same result.
Some others saved themselves and their or
carnations by ielding To the demands Of
the Associated Press 10 reducing the wa es,
OF declining to move further for advance
Now, is not this sufficient TO show that tbs
interests of one Union, are the interests Of
all throughout the country?
| should mention that during the strik'
here, the Union appointed committee q
take steps for the formation Of another co
operative printing Office. The committee
reports plan for a company with $4,000
capital, 20 per cent. Of the amount SUB
scribed 70 be paid in on the 6rst install
nent, which they claim will be demande'
10 few DAYS. Several hundred shares hay
been already subscribed, and ID j. asserte'
that the New York Cooperative Printini
Company will be bone Tds Institution,
permanent fixture in few days. This vii
have 10 connection With the "JourneymsI
Printers Co operative Association" whioi
- composed Of members Of the Union, an
u bicb 10 working its way quietly along
building up large establishment, and iii
irg the pockets u its stockholders. IT'D
members Of the latter body ssy there Is rooI
enough for the new one, and as many NOR
as can be organized, without treading o
each Others toes. This, they hold, vi
eventually drive all who claim they cannC
afford to pay the wages, out of the business
and place IL IN the hands Of the w0rkme
themselves So mote it be. COOPER.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27
FROM TENNESSEE.
MExPaIs. TENs.. FEB. l6, !,


To The Editor Of the woExlSes.S's ADVOCATE.
While a few Gays since at az READS house,
| by chance picked up piece Of paper lyiag
On the foor, ana On reading Il was much
struck with the force and value " a. article
contained 10 1t, on the subject " Labor and
Capital" Asking my friend where the rest
Of :he paper was, and where he got the copy,
be told me be met with IL IN saloon and
liked it so well be really stole it away. The
title being torn off he told me On inquiry,
that il was the WoRKISgAAS' ADVOCATE, pub
Iished IL Chicago. H. 4nt then talked
over what We bad read, aud The more We
discussed il, the stronger grew our convie-
tions Of the correctness Of It's ideas aud their
great and pressing importance m every point
If view, State and Federal. Ii was agreed
therefore that should write for few cO-
pies 81 your paper at once. Ard ! therefore
ask in bis behalf as wen as my own, w be
pleased TO send us by mail five or six late
different issues, that we mas better judge Of
it usual tenor aud force.
If you send Us The papers you shall be
paid FOR them, and should you desire any
contributions for publication, We here Will
take pleasure IN putting down eur own spec
uiatI0ns on similar tOpics, a. we both ~sym-
pathIze with the movement you have initist-
ed. The truth is, this country down here h.
one of monopoly, presenting one OF the
strongest contrasts Of great wealth and great
poverty. II could hardly be otherwise, on
/ account Of the late existence Of Slavery IN
der which laborers ana land were owned bv
he few, Who though they have lost their
slaves, re- ain tie great domains W farms
ana -e,r high disdsID Of anything Ike labor,
expecting to live without exertion, on the
work OF others who cultivate their lands and
4 pay back enormous rents Tor them. There
j. NJ country therefore more in nrel 81 the
diffusion 81 the wholesome ideas you Al W.
cate than this, and | hope you viii try KY
\ push your paper INTO all parts ~ tie y iuth
Nvu ave struck the popular heart / b--
eve the great mass Uf The people every
/ where need only TO be told OF your views, TO
be convinced of their ruth, justice and great
! poliucal va.ue. But | have written already
too much. Please send the numbers deslr-
20 above, and II you have time, We would ~
1 pleased to set also a brief note from you
4 Very Respectfully, p. j. M.
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ter Statements I'd take such other steps as
they might deem expedient The committee
sdveftis In several Of the papers Of this Stste
aud In Oregon the same matter that you will
find In the poster inclos~d; and besides had
i've hundred Of them struck on, and sent two
hundred aud fffy into the interior of this State,
Oregon and the Pacific Territories.
On the 9Th VI September, finding that we
We would have 10 make cfotracted Fight, the
chairman OF the committee, addressed note 70
the CauIkers, Ship Joiners and Boiler Makers
Association, stating what had been done, ard
asking their cooperation, which was granted,
and q similar committee appointed With In
structions to act in conjunction with the Ship
wrights. We telegraphed 10 the East, and
published correct Information there at an ex
pense Of near $40, besides sending several Of
our posters 10 the principal cities Of the East.
About the LIST of October, several carpenters,
can'kers and beiler-makers arrived from New
York under contract with the companies, and
on the Stb Of October l saw three carpenters
direct from England, who informed US that
: ey came here in consequences Of the adver
tsements they saw published in England, urg
| ing mechanics to come out here. The adver
tisements stated that skilled mechanics we're in
great demand at $40 per day, and 'sordipary
1 citizens" at SO per day. On the same day
met q man in the street who told me be camt
from Australia The was house carpenter) a
be solicitation Of the United STATES Consul i
Sydney, who told him that the wages hert
for men we're t5 per day, and work steady.
A day or two previous We received from |
friend in the East circular that was beinl
circulated throughout all the Eastern States
one side Of the sheet containing what pur
! ported to be a correct list of wages paid il
California, and on the other side the adver
tisement OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany.
| 1t occurred TO me that we could best fgh
the enemy 1t we we're all united, and on tn
evening Of the sth OF October | addressed
note TO tire House Ca penters League No. l
giving such Information as could. and suggest
ing that thev join US in the fight On tha
evening, October Sth) the House Carpenter
| appointed (. committee for that purpose.
| The committee issued ID circular form an in
vitation TO the presiding officers Of the variou
! eight-bour leagues, such committees a. tn
league might appoint for that purpose, 10 NEE
in Dashaway Hall, on the 10Th inst. October.
| You know the rest. Yours,
W. D. DELANr
Secretary of Joint Committees.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27

one Railway and Canal Rings are nov in the
Senate, modsstly asking grants Of land IN
the aggregate 70 two hundred and ifsy mil
lions Of acres and Government pledge for
the assumption OF interest On bonds,amouni-
ing 10 four h1ndred nilIiors Of dollars.
Thirty-seveu others In the house want AM
other hundred millions Of land and money
to the tune Of three hundred millions. Ag-
gregated We end these difident gentlemen
expect Of the psopls's ucnsy 100000. 900,
aud or their land, . little farm Of $224 .O00,-
acres. II is scarcely possible that oil these
grants will be made, but number OF them
will be brought through.
We would not discourage the building Of
roads, the digging Of canals, or any other
inr :. Svsms nts demanded BY the increasing
necessities Of the people, but in the name Of
our three milton Of Iaborers, we protest
against this wholesale squandering Of their
/ patrimoay. The lands Of this country are
the peoples legacy, paid for in the blood of
our revolutionary fathers, whose executors
the Congress was made, 70 bold these lands
in trust for the people, and for them only.
They were not intended to be transformed
into instruments for the formation, fostering
and perpetuasion Of monopoliss, or to bur
den the people with debt drawing usurious
rates Of interest, 70 fassen upon the industry
Of the nation pauper aristacracy, such as
exists in England, where millions toll 70 re-
tain few thousand titled aristocrats in idle
ness. Not only every dollar Of taxes, but
every dollar which finds its way into private
or corporation Golfers represents so much
sweat wrung from the brow Of labor and in
its name We demand discontinuance Of the
death dealing policy now INDUCED in BY
Congress. We pray that General Grant may
not belle his record, that be may discount
enance these vl:lisnous schemes, d,vest the
lobby Of its powers for evil by an exposition
OF It's eriDes, and thus win the enduring
thanks Of people tax ridden almost beyond
their powers Of endurance.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27
OFFICIAL ORGAN Of THE LABOR UNION
CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA.
saturday. February ~. 1859
NC Appclnamert Of Commltte..

orucs - THs SarIosAL LAsOR USIos,
PHiLADEIrHiA, Dec. let, 1865.
TO All Whom Il May Concern.
AS per Instructions received at the late SEES
sion Of the National Labor Union, the follow
ing persons have been appointed members OF
the National Executive Committee:
MANE-A Waite. Portland
NEW HANrsHIm-E B HAGEN, North Deer.
field
YEENoSr-James Hutchinson, West Ran
dolph.
MassAcHr ssrrs-E II Hevwood Worcester
RHoBs IsLAND-L r Joslin. Providence.
CoSSTcrfC1 A W Phelps. New Haven.
NEw IoHx- Wm Jes.up, New York city.
NV JEKsEY-Jcitn Aellor, Jersey city
PENSsYLvASiA- ; J Wallar1. Philadelphia
DFLAwARE-H aeh Hrssan. y nmiugfon
MAfYLAED-Wu Gather, Baltimore.
V.aGNIA VIM. Stvsald. Manchester.
NEsT FIRGrIA-R Johnston, Wheeling
OHIo-John S Tomlinscn. Cincinnati
ISntANA-A .. Pueit Greencsstle.
lILiSoIs- We. CLARK, Lo-t,nt
MicHIeAN--Roht Hodgkn, Detroit
Ni3NEs, TA--Oiiver Boiler Winona.
WisccNsN-J q Horey, Black River Falls.
lovA-George Priudle, McGregor
MIssoURi-Thonas Walsh 81 Louis.
LoUIsIANA--P Keily, n Orleans.
TEKAs-josepr Bro Fn, Jefferson.
hississirPi-J.hr r Israel. wafer Valley.
IENSESssE-H y Cramrr, Nashville.
kESruCEY--Geurge Babtr, Psducah.
~ ErH CARoLINA- - imes II NJ Garritv. VII
mingtpn
S,rrH CAsoLISA AZ George Icard. Charleston.
GE RGiA--Jut " irr.u. Columbus
ALABAMA-Tbom- Cp-ey, Montgomery.
fLomrA-Irury Ri,Far5sou
NkBE'sFA--Wm. n Jones. Omaha.
kANsss-Hugh Cameron, Lawrence.
Cali osNIA-A VIM. San Francisco.
NsYADA-Dsniel lincoln. Silver civ.
DIsr o. CoLUNBl4-J e Whalev, Washing
toa.
~ appointments have YET beeen made for
Ssnsrs. Oregon and Colorado.
The following have been appointed TIE Resi-
Gent Committee nc Wa-tingtou, D c.: JIG G
NnSiyy, Alex. Campbell, a N Pueti, A c Cam
eron d II Day.
The COMMITTEE on Labor Department will be
Wm. Il Sylyis, J c c Wbs,ey, Alex. Gamsbell
Cameron, A Cavi.
me Comn'ittee on Eght-Hour Law viii con.
si-t Of J.. =. .. Whaley, a. 7. Cavis. Samuel r
Cary. w Svtrrs
- a. President National Lobor Union
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FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

To the Editor Of the wesxnasAS's ADVOCATE.
When last wrote you informed yop Of
the raise Of house rent in this place, but the
advance 10 much greater than anticipated,
- they talk Of adding ohe-third to present
rates, which viii be very hard on working
men.
! noticed In the ADVOCATE . short time
since that the Moulders' union of Chicago had
placed benevolent plank in their platform.
Il would have been well for some Of the
unions Of this place had they done likewise,
~ they would have been In more flourish
ing condition than they are. have heard
men say II have been paying tven.y-Rve or
nfty csnts 10 the union, and yet wages are
no higher than they were before paid. !"
That was what drove some Of the unions out
Of existsnce during the strike in eAstern
Pennsylvania during the fall of ~ and The