Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-20

Our CleF has been the scene 81 ac0upIe0
novel enterprises during me past two webs
Frs, picture lottery opened up last Fnida3
week ago, and according % the proprietor'l
story, didn't clear a fortune. In converse.
ton with him ne informed rs thst ne people
Of this place were all a "set Of fools" as, foi
instance, "when aperson makes a draw Of q
$40 picture" very ~fnfrequent by the way
said he, 'fhe crowd stand gaping, and don't
invest a bit more lively" said he, sin al
other towns this would make d grand rush,
but here it don't make q bit OF difference
We were pleased to note the lack OF gulabili-
ty on the part OF Brownvillians, and hope Il
may be O chronic Characteristic.
And last Thursday the far-amed veloci-
pede made its hrst appearance in this city, in
charge Of a nice young man. an expert IN the
use Of the animile, who opened up q school
in McPherson's Hall, where you can ride, OF
attempt TO ride 1.-THE Yelocipede-for the
moderate sum of IS cents for Is minutes.
Quite a number Of our young men Of pluck
and muscle have become very expert Veloci-
pedestrians! Awkwardness has no place in
the afecdons Of the Velocipede.
"
So much for having braggarts and cow
ards at the head OF the Government. Had
Chandler, theb raggart and drunkard, sum
ner the braggart and coward, and Grant, the
bloclzhead andbluHderer, been at their homes
in the Obscurity they deserve, our people
would have been spared this great humflea-
ton and disgrace. BrOUauu1e Democrat,
May LIST.
In reply to our defense OF Judge Morgan
against the false assertionso of the Democrat,
e says;
&C. IT - l., a .oeornnT
warefare with our cO-temporary through the
columns of the Democrat or M other paper.
We have no objection to the discussion OF
topics unconnected with personalities. II Is
plain that this Is IN im~poSSibinty, therefore,
till we can receivethe common cOurtesles due
as, decline entering the ring.
What are the common courfesies' due the
author OF the first paragraph above quOtedf
Is he not too contemplate FOR silent con
tempt9 The man that can pen as v~icsously
personal q paragraph as the above, should
never howl about common couFtesiesI' I'M
less his position is one that he cannot defend,
as was the case last week. He started out on
"hOg brains" and now throws up the sponge.
BrOwnvfIIe, as a WhOlesaItng Point,
possesses no superior. south Of she Platte riv-
.er, in Nebraska, and deducting expenses and
time Of going-even with the increased facil-
tiles for travel-and she can do better by the
country merchant in this region, than St..
Joe. No set Of merchants on the Missouri
river, stand so high in eastern markets, as
those Of u city. Buying always for cash,
their purchases are Of course at a good mar
gin below time customers; and this Spring
they have laid in immense stocks Of goods Of
all kinds. Thus they can and do offer in
ducements to jobbers from the west that can
not be surpassed anywhere; and each day
gives new evidence that western men are
hnding it out, and profting thereby. In Dry
Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Furniture, Drugs
and Lumber, we yield the pam 70 no point
above st. Louis, as a verifying of prices by
persons desiring to purchase In lots will
prove. a +