Middletown transcript., 1871-06-10
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Some of our pubRs journals are decry-
ing the late treaty with England, while
Others are lauding ii. It strikes us as
somewhat premature to do either. 1.-THE mr.
bitrstion provided for in that complex in
sirumcnt turns out in our favor. we shall
think we have had the best Of the bargain.
But what if i, should not Of course no
ono viii have so good an opinion Of the
trcn,y. We have put our ease in the
hands Of Empcrors. and il crowned heads
should show preference for each other
over plain rcpubicanism, what more or
less could We do than dcnounce treaty
by which we had been wronged We
shall have to abide by the treaty, we sup
pose, however bad bargain we may find
ou, we have made Is it. because to reject
it would be cosns Jeiii. and it is n siig-
ma in the eyes Of oil nations TO break the
faith Of treaties. We, therefore. will cI-
press no opinion, for or against the treaty,
until we know how it results until we
know whether we have lost or gained, in
the game We have been playing with Mr.,
Bull, over the water. 1t is barely posi-
BE tina, that amiable individual may
come il over us. after the fashion q.
that .hcathcn Chnee" over Eli Nyc.
But we hope that the parallel will cnl
Just there. il he should, for We don't want
To sec Brother jonathan "go for Mr..
Ball. as Nyo did the Ghinec. on the pre-
text of tie Alabama claims, or amy other
claims, for Mr.. Bulls horns are sharp,
aud Brother Jonathan migh. fnl that
taking the bull by the horns would moi
pay, ~ "rigl.t sa.ar, chance :
10 Uarac Grsy'y cliior Of II, New
Ycri Tti1ruc, i, 9p f President. vi
after Grant. anybody Ben Butler. Fred
Douglass, Wendell Philips, Mrs Wood
hull. Anna Dickinson, or Howard NJ
jenkins Jay Cooke has been nominated
for the Vice Presidency by some aamirins
phladclphian Jay is n jay bird in mat
,crs of finance, and would suit better fo
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue or foj
Secretary Of the Treasury. As the tim,
draws nigh, candidates will be a plenty n
blackberrics.
Preparations are being made for har.
vest which will commence about the I'D
instant, in this region. Wheat loohc'
very promising N the early part Of til,
season, but the farmers will bc satisfied i
they harvest nm average crop. Som
fields will yield more than nn average
others viii yielllc :. The season has been
a dry Que, aud all the cereals may Lay,
suffered in consequence, though II is tim
enough, with u good season, for corn /,
recover It's backward condition
The peach cul;lre i. the great bu,ncs
OF Til, section Tha orchards are literal
ly loaded down with fruit, and if no dis
astcr occurs, the crop viii be the largcs
that has ever yet been gathered Bn
then the peach growers have to part Will
so great a proportion oftacir hari..carning
after the crop is made, in order to &c;
to market, that il is really discourngng
Year after year they have been trying t
get the business arranged more to thci
satisfaction, but, like the stone Of Syst
phus, us often as they think they have g
this burden up hill, at last, it rolls bac
upon them again, in oua shape or another
We sincerely trust that they may ye
arrange matters more in accordance viii
their wishes so that they may not have I,
give so much Of their earnings for the ben
eft Of others.
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