The Republican journal., 1869-12-30
LETTER FROM AUGUSTA.
Correspondence Of the journal.
Augusta, DEC. p.

thcre was % Sheet and PilloW-casc Mas
queratte, under the auspices of the Dirigo
Da'e ball tiuo-not very successful affair
Vendors of fancy goods and gimcracks Are
not Inblant over the amount of their sales Of
holiday gifts. They had laid in heavy stocks.
but somehow The purchasers failed to con-
meet The rich, who have been growing.
richer, OF course made their usual number
OF presents-but how was it with the Door.
who have been growing poorer? Many of
our laborng lnen, who have been accustom-
ell to gladden. the eyes Of the children at
home with little Christmas gifts, in the years
when poor man had a right to live. this
year had TO deny themselves that pleasure.
Every cent * needed to keep the wolf from
the door-ind lucky for them if they can do
even that. The empty stocking of the child
and the empty pocket Of the father alike ties
tity 10 the imbecile way our affairs have been
managed since the war, and are still being
mana ged by the present pup-and- horse admin
isfIatlon- Little Jack Ilorner, if 4 poor mans
son, can sit in the corner and suck his thumb
if he wants to. He has no further use for it
IN the plum business.
The Valuation Committee are st i'll pcoginr
away They are not Yet through with live
stock, the first class taken up At the pres
ent rate of progress the whole work will not
be completed before some time in March on
April. If there is q prospect of backward
Spring, so as to put off the time for com
mencn@ Springs work, it will probably take
longer than it otherwise would Nothing
in particular to do at home makes people
more content to stay away, especially when
they are well paid for it.
Ten years ago, when the valuation was
Probate, or Old Woman's Court, in Waldo
County, was u member OF the committee
One day q sclectman from the country was
before the Board, to give the required infor-
nation about his town. Sir" said the Wal
do member, "what has been the aper of val
uation in your town the last ten years?n
" The ~]iat}' says the countryman. Why,
the ApEX-thc APEX-the most--thc high
est" see by the papers that this learned
individual is to represent the ontlet of the
Passagassawakeag in the Legislature, this
winter, and strange to say, his name has not
even been mentioned in connection with the
Spcalership. Belfast had Il candidate last
year,-why can't it have one this?
The question who Shall be Knight Of the
Gavel in the House is getting little mixed.
Fosters hackers claim that he will clean Far
well out as easy as rolling off 4 log-while
the Farwell men seem equally confident that
and never wet u hair. Alanson can discount
Reuben in one thing--in having 4 plenty of
money and u willingness to use it in any way
that will help give him boost. This wca-
pom is more potent from the fact that so many
Reps. Of the God and morality persuasion
have such itching palms. Like Bob Iittlcl's
stump, they want 4 little greasing
Reuben, on the other hand. is I very prop
CT y7ung 'uiln,--so vrrl proper mat ~ ms
college days he was known as 90 Sister Eos
ter" He has an amiablc disposition and no
bad habits. Nothing ais him but his poll
tics. To secure his election he wouldn't
spend much money if he could, and he
couldn't if he would Having had nothing
TO do with paper credit frauds, Ne haS not
grown suddenly plcthorie i'll purse, or gone
from cent ante to ten dollars 4 corner at one
Jump. His moderate pile has been made on
the tortoise principle of slow and steady. |
He couldn't lay in much of a stock of Reps. |
even ii He could buy them UP for the small |
sums they arc actually worth. One thing is |
quite certain-tallc money ont Of tile lues |
lion, and FarWells chances of being elected |
Speaker and being struck by lightning would |
be about equal. His letter, in which he |
claimed he had not been sued on account of
paper credits, did not help his cause any, As |
it was written several week. after the town |
Of Sidney had dropped on him, the return of |
the writ served by Sheriff Hcwins having |
been made and recorded in August But, of
course, he didn't mean TO tell 4 whopper. |
Certainly not He don't love truth les but
the Spealership more, That's ALL
Another set of prophets see Whiddcn's
'iS Ai''tN 'PilliHS Nl l4plll bllI 'tt7- tt III
eleventh hour candidate, and are willing TO !
vet their peanuts on him. They argue that
Is Foster and Farwcll are both Kemcbcc
men. and the county about evenly divided on
hem, new man will be taken mp and elect
ID. This idea seems to be gaining ground,
md may be the final upshot of the matter.
There is II prospect of some opposition to
he recollection Of the present Secretary Of
State He is said to be too sWinSh and self
sufficient for u good public servant There
$ Il plenty Of dissatisfaction, but whether it
viii amount to anything remains to be seen.
There is no truth in the report that mann
moth tent is to be erected on the State Fair
rounds for the accommodation of candi
}atcs for Messengers and Assistants. 1t is
bought that, by close packing, the hotels and
private houses can give most Of them a
nance to roost Dogs.
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