Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-10-13
Long John Wentworth Inter.
viewed His Opinion OF Horace
Greeley

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The Chicago Republican contains /
funny notice Of Long john Went
opinion of Horace Greeley
R.-Mr. Wentworth, what do yo,
think of Mr., Greeley
Al these words a change oyerspreat
Mr.. Wentworth's oountenauee, which
grew dark with anger, Raising bim
self Oh his elbow with one prodigiou
effort. he replied. although his fran,
was racked with agony. "D-n Nh
Greeley r.
The effort was too much. and h
sank fainling on his couch, ATE
some moments had elal sed. he resumed
ia voice ofdeep emotion
"lfthcre is 10 America hell.hound
a slave and u swindler worthy Of Ih
gallows. that hell,hound, that slav
aud that swindler is Horace Greeley,
R.-i0u astonish me. sir. | uu
derstood only n few days since that u
a banquet in this very hotel, where IA
bran bread sparkled on the board AN
the milk-loast eircled around. your
selfand Mr. Griunsll nominated th
Chappaquau mower aud editor for ia
Presidency. l. not that true?
Mr.. W.T. is. unhappily. too iru,
R.-Then why this vigor of expires
sion Is il AS the politician or as th
agriculturistr
Mr.. W.-As both, of course. Tn
man who
WOULD LIE TO A YAM
or commit an assault upon n sheel
would make worse President thar
Grant himself, aud he is "A bad one
R-S0 Logan says, anyway.
gather from your conversation tina
Mr. Greeley has disappointed you. II
what respect, pray?
Mr. Wentworth then made the fol
lowing statement. which We give yer
batim, retrenching any vigorous re-
dundancies better suited for the col
lmns of the Sunday Times than fol
our purer paper:
a few days ago Mr.. Greeley came
10 this city, and was mel at break iasl
by myself aud Gnunell We paid
Tor that hoary lunalic oil-eake-milk
toast. | mean. His hack-hire didn't
cost him = cent. and We thought our
selves reimbursed by his words of wis,
dom on the crisis aud the crops.
shall allude by.and.by TO his political
rawlings just now only refer TO the
farming phase Of his insanity. | sat
Il that mans feet like Paul at the feet
# Gamaliel. acted on his theories,
md in one short week / was a ruined
nan. Ion ask me. how so? Go aud
ook at Summit Farm. It looks like
he alkaline desert--a howling wilder
less dotted with skeletons Greeley. "
aid / what do you think Of my me
-ino sheep!" | have--that is, had
Ibout two hundred Of them. worth
II 10 apiece "Merino. said Greeley
mildly, why the devil don't YOU cul-
iyate silk.bearing sheep Merino il
,laycd out. have tried thousands
Il times to get my sheep 10 produce
nerino undcr-clothing have tried
mulching. top-dressing.
ub soil ploughing, wood ashes. muck,
oam, guanO-all was Of no avail.
They will lay nothing but raw wool.
Now, raw wool costs 80 cents pound,
md then TO this YOU add interest,
waste, insurance. manufacturing. bad
lebts, etc. you see that YOU cannot
wear with the pauper nation Of Eu'
'opc. On the other hand. silk is heayi.
y protected. and the production this
iear is limited. In Assam the
,RoP HAS PROVED FAILURE OWING
TO THE FROST, AND
he harvest will not yield more than
thirty bushels 10 the acre. Silk, vii
advance in price. Ia 1882
rou could buy a WOODEN dress foT
sS so. In 1871, a silk dress cost
$500. 1t stands TO reason, therefore
hat by making your sheep spawn silk
rou will make S5 81 tines more profit
was thunderstruck with this, and coult
,nly slammer How |? The hoary head
"a monster answered BY grating
,f course. Those sheep can spin co
,oons like silkworms If they only Civ,
heir minds to il, and the man who de
pies il is n liar and horse thief. Lit
lie sheep that can spin and won
spin must be made 10 spin. The fac
is, Wentworth, you overfeed YOU
sheep. and they never feel the spur o
necessity. Vary their diet. give then
no vegetable food. give them say !
peck Of silkworms day. mixed with
coloring matter, as cochineal, madder
indigo, or lampblack, according 10 The
hue Of silk which ynu want TO wear
Food makes blood, blood makes life
and how can n merino sheep produces
wool without life ? how have life with
out food ? What are worms but food
Sir. | was convinced Of the correctness
ofthe views held by the slovenly scoun
irel. went to Summit, and TO sun
il up | locked those devoted sheep uI
in a barn, gave them two hundred
pecks, Of silkworms which cost me S6C
4 neck, and went away for a drive with
Charley Farewell, my old friend, tell
ing my farmer not TO let the sheer
out on any account. Political matter'
kept my mind so occupied fol
several days that | forgot all about the
sheep, until yesterday, when what
had done flashed across my mind.
my horse and spurred him
like the wind to my farm. but | was
TOO late. When / got there. the cup
board was bare. I'll be id, if the
sheep hadn't all died, and the worms
had kept them company, and | was
s47, 900 out on the transaction. H
,fa lot the venerable murderer knows
about farming Farm, the devils
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New York, October 4.-The yacht
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The chairman of the Grand Duke AL.
,xis committee has reported that iii.