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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-02

preston that Rec jsa teeto alter, uOiur
ing the use OF all spirituous liquors. thev
are much mistaken. We can prove by
abundant testimony, if Rice denies that
he does not hesitate to drink whisky at
a public bar with his fricnds,aud that he
has done so since his nomination 1t is
also true thar he was q Copperhead
during the war, synpathizing with the
Northern traitors who opposed the Gov
eminent in it's efforts to suppress the re-
belli0n.
Now, If the temperance men of This
state see fit to choose Rice instead Of
Petit, under such circumstances, we can
not help it, but the consistency OF such
action, considering that either Petit or
Rice must be elected-that the choice is
of necessity between the,n--is not EASILY
perceptibe. We are not disposed t.
enter into any controversy with those
who think it their duty to vote for Rice
on temperance rounds, but We desire
them to distinctly understand who thcv
are voting for--thst he is q0hjshy drtnb.
ing nun, and that he a0as an open Copper
head turing the ecar This, VIC pledge
ourselves, is true, and susceptible OF prUot
if Rice denies it. To say that a man is a
temperance man has no Specification
unless we understand what the pers II
asserting it means by temperance. 1t j.
argucd by some that She temperate use Of
any article Of food or drink would con
stitute "a strictly temperate man.
Others, that man must a5stain wholly
DR.. Rice belongs to the former class.
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ANOTHER AFFIDAVIT WANTED.

A prominent citizen of the town Of
Merton, in which Dr.. Rice, the Demo
cratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor
resides, called st our office Yesterday and
gave US some information in regard to
that aft iavlt which was signed by certain
gentlemen, setting forth Rice to be Il
temperance man. Il is alleged that the
signers gave their signatures to paper,
setting forth that r ce was a temperate
man, as that word is generally understood
and not q temperance man, and that the
affidavit was altered after they had sign
lei it. Now it is an Interesting question
to have answered: Who committed the
forgery and altered2 that affidavit after
the signatures had been Obtained to it
Was 1T the Democratic candidate for
Lieut Governor hlnsef, or some Of his
friends I? Who v i'll answer? Rice was
q blatant coppcrhead II through the
war, and consortcd with class Of men
who were as far from total abstinence as
the stars are from tue earth, and nobody
susp' cfcd him of being any better than
tie company he kept. Any voter is badly
fooled VINO supports Rice with the idea
hat he is voting for Il temperance man.
Now let us have another affidavit from
those gentlemen, setting forth the precise
nature Of the paper which they did sign,
and, if possible, let us know who altered
the other. AS long as Rice is actively
s)Iiciting the temperance vote Of the
st,te, it s well enough to ventilate his
real claims t. l. Sentinel, Oct. "a.
The above agrees precisely with what
gentleman direct from Merton told us
day or two since. A nice game, this
would be thought, religious journal has
undertaken to play, recommending re-
publican temperance men to vote for an
old blatant copperhead whisky drinker.
A temperance dem cratic politician
Such creature would be CURIOSITY
worthy of Barnum. Whoever follows the
lead of such a journal will find the DEVILS
hotel at the end Of the road, with the old
gentleman at home Racine JourncI
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DEMOCRACY AND TEMPERANCE.
DR.. RICE A TEMPERANCE MAN-DR. RICE
A WHISKY DRINKER.

Some weeks ago The Lnder, published
at Milwaukee came out in some hall
dozen editorials calling on temperance
Republicans to vote for John A. Rice and
against M. Ell Petit for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, on the ground that Rice was a
Temperance man and Petit malster
We were consulted before the movement
was made by THE Lsder in support
of Rice and against Petit, and advised
against 1t, on the ground that it would
prove detrimental to the cause Of Tenn.
perancc. We however gave The Iaozer
credit for being honest in it's desire to
promote the cause of Temperance, but be
lieyed it was mistaken as to the effect
the movement would have on the Tenn.
perance question.
At that time we were assured that Rice
was Temperance man, and though we
questioned it, we did not dispute it, hay
ing no acquaintance with DR.. Rice. It
would now seem that he lis not only not a
Temperance man but that he is whisky
drinker, as the following from the Mil
waukee Sentinel Oct. 18th, will show.
DIR. RICE A WHISKY DRINKER.
An affidavit has been published, signed
by five citizens of the town of Merton,
Waukesha county, stating that they con
slider DR.. John A. Rice, the candidate of
the Democratic party for Lieutenant
Governor of this state, to be "a strictly
temperance man in all things" This
testimony is offered with view Of in
ducing temperance people to vote for
Rice instead of Hon. M. FL. Petit, the
Republican candidate, W no is a manu-
facturer of malt, but admitted to be a
temperate and sober citizen.
There are various opinions as to the
meaning of the word temperance. But
if these atlantis intend to carry the i'm.
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A GAME THAT WILL NOT WIN.

A deep and desperate game is being
played by the Democratic leaders to de-
feat the election Of Hon NJ Fl. Petit,
the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. The first move in the triple
game was to manufacture John A. Rice,
the Democratic candidate, into TEN
perance man, and induce Republican
Temperance men to vote for hun be
cause he is Temperance man, and vote
against NJ. H. Petit because he makes
malt To carry out this move it became
necessary to secure the support of some
newspaper that had circulation among
Republican Temperance men, and as The
Iloder was the only one they could get,they
laid siege to and captured that paper to
be used as the organ through which
Temperance Republicans could be reach
ed and induced to vote for John 4. Rice
as Temperance candidate. They have
been successful III securing the services
of The Ladac and will probably retain its
services till after election. They have
also been successful in certifying John
A. Rice into a Temperance man. But as
the certifying is fraudulent in the change
Of Temperate into Temperance this part Of
the move has failed to be successful. The
third part Of this move, obtai1ing the
votes Of Republican Temperance men
for John A. Rice as Temperance can
didate, is likely to prove entirely IN.
successful.
The second move in this triple game is
to prevent all the on-Temperance Dem
0crats from voting for Petit and against
Rice. In this move the Milwaukee Nea0s
is the leading organ, and from that all
the Democratic papers in the State copy
or pattern. In this move they charge
Dir. Petit with desire to obtain Dem
ocratic votes to Offset what they may OBJ
tain for Rice as a Temperance candidate.
In this charge they have double pur-
pose 1st. To induce Temperance Re.
publicans the more willingly to vote for
Rice and against Petit. I'd. To prevent
contemporaries Democrats from voting
for Petit and against Rice. With them,
this is case where it will not do for the
rule to work both ways. For if it did,
it would defeat the object in view, viz,
the defeat of M. Ell. Petit and the cleo
tion of J. A. Rice. They have manifest
cd considerable adroitnes in this move,
but the electors will show them before
they get through with the move that
even in this case, it is poor rule that
will not work both ways.
The third move in this triple game is
to charge Petit with having said or done
something which, if believed, would tend
TO prevent both Temperance and nom
Temperance men, both Republicans and
Democrats, from voting for him. In this
move the Kenosha Union takes the lead,
and displays the cunning of the lawyer
rather than the uprlghtness of the Judge.
It delays commencing the move till the
eve of the election. It then charges
Petit with having made o statement
before the Re-Districting Committee
which took from Kenosha county one
Assemblyman. It avows |" that the Hon
NJ. Ell. Petit, stated before that commit
tee last winter, that certain yards IN the
city of KENosHA sOere much influenced at
times By and through the influence Of BEER
nd LIQUOR, that these AGENTS tcere ire
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qu0'atly used By DEMOCRATS Nth Eff
Feet" This charge is used as three
edged sword cutting three different ways
1st. That it deprived Kenosha county
of one Assemblyman, so all parties should
vote against Petit. go. That it is
stigma upon certain wards in the city Of
Kenosha, and especially Democrats, so all
parties, and especially Democrats, should
vote against him. Sd. That Kenosha
county having larger fractional number
of voters than Rock county, Petit sold
the extra Assemblyman "to Rock county
for delegation from that county. in the
last republican state convention, favor
able TO the nomination Of Hon M. II.
Pettlt for Lieutenant Governor" so all
parties believing in honest legislation
and opposed to amy man" prostituting
"his official Influence to promote his own
personal interests" shoald vote against
him This move is so broad in its scope
and so desperate in its purpose il was
cunning to delay it till the eve Of the
election, But unfortunately for the
mover, its weakness is manifest at a
glance. All can see that its chief pur-
pose is to divert the attenti on Of the
Democratic voters of certain wards of
the city of Kenosha and throughout the
State from the efforts of the Democratic
leaders to obtain the votes Of Republican
Temperance men for John A. Rice as a
Temperance candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. No one who knows Hon.
NJ. Ii. Petit will believe that he did not
90 all that could be done to obtain a full
and just representation for Kenosha
county, and much less that he would
"prostitute his official influence to pro,
mote his own personal interests" to the
detriment OF his constituents and Keno.
sha county.
Two objections only, SO far as we have
seen, have been brought against the eiec-
ton of NJ H. Petit 1st. That he makes
malt. Cd. That he did not obtain two
members for K snosha county. Knowing
that Petit made malt, the Democratic
leaders thought they could use his bus.
mess against his election and in favor OF
the election of their own candidate, John
a Rice, and especially if they could
manufacture Rice into a Temperance
candidate to be supported by the TEN
perance Republicans. Herein lay their
only hopes of success, and to be success
full they knew they would have to play Il
desperate game. So they acted upon the
principles shat nothing venture nothing
have, and that all is fair in politics.
Hence the triple game which they are
playing. If they can succeed in making
the Temperance Republicans believe that
Rice is Temperance man, and the non
Temperance Democrats believe that
Petit has cast stigma upon them by
saying that their votes could be bought
by the influence of BEER and LIQUOR,
, they hope co succeed in defeating Petit
+ and i'll elccting Rice. But Temperance
Republicans and non-Temperance DEM
ocrats are both altogether too intelligent
and too well informed to be deceived by
their triple game played by their most
expert players. Hence the certainty OF
ito failure. Besides it is game that
ought not, that cannot, that will not win.
: DEMOCRACY AND TEMPERANCE.
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THE RICE AFF DAyIT.

When o candidate for state office is
so obscure, or his sanding among his
fellow citizens is 50 preCarlOus, that 1t is
necessary to get a certificate of character
for him in order to bolster him up, it is,
to say the least, an unfortunate circum.
stance for the aforesaid candidate. When
DR.. Rice, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, sailed out as tenn
perance man and solicited votes upon
that ground, he knew that his past record
badly needed withdrawing, SO he pre-
cured the affidavit of those whose stand
ing in the community was SO much bet
ter than his own that it would serve to
prop him up. That document was pub
llshed in the I1der, Of this city, and Rice
was held up az model temperance man,
whose election would be q warming to
State Conventions hereafter not to no,ni
nate men for Office who made malt. We
suspected at the time, from what we know
OF Rice, that the bait was too big for the
hook, and the other day information was
received that the affidavit had been alter
ed after the sig natures had been obtained
to it. The following card, from one of
the most reliable of the men who signed
the original document, sufficiently eX
plains itself:
A CARD-I certify that the document in the In
dec with my name attached, stating that knew
DR.. Rice, now a candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
to be good temperance man is false. l certified
my knowledge of him as a temperate man, and in
doing so stated that this word might be constru
ed to mean a temperance man. The party present
ing it said this not the Intention but to refute
a story in circulation that he drunkard. Mr.
Rice is well-known in this region to be temper
ance man. THOMPSON RICHMOND.
Merton Oct. 90, 1871.
II MIR. RlchmOnd's name was good for
anything attached to Rice's affidavit, it is
Just as good to this card, in which he as.
serts that forgery was committed bv the
one who fixed up the affidavit after it was
signed Our friend of the IaoCzer has been
imposed npon, first, by the forged docu-
ment, and, secondly, by being led to be.
ieve that he was subscribing the cause of
temperance by trying to aid Rice's cleo
tion.-Seatanal, Oct. %.
Mr.. John Ell. Snyder, manager Of the
Richmond, Virginia, Trelgar Works, has
invente d a machine for the manufacture
of horse shoes, which turns out one hun
dred shoes per minute or sixty thousand
per day. The machine is simp.e in its
construction. The bar of irol out of
which the shoes are to be made is cut up
in the proper lengths, and then inserted
into the mouth of the machine, when it
is carried upward BY means of a certain
internal mechanism. The operation of
feeding is performed on the opposite
side of the machine by two sets of rolls,
which again bring it downward, and
while in this stage of the process the
shoe is formed and then dropped into a
receptacle prepared to receive it.
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For Governor,
G. C. WASHBURN,
Of La Crosse.
For Lieutenant Governor,
M. H. PETIT,
Of Kenosha.
For Secretary of State,
LLYWELYN BREESE,
Of Columbia.
For State Treasurer,
HENRY BHTZ,
Of Manitowoc.
For Attorney General,
STEPHEN S. BARLOW,
OF Sank.
For State Superintendent,
SAMUEL FALLOWS,
Of Milwaukee,
For State Prison Commissioner,
GEORGE f. WHEELER,
Of Fond du Lac.
For Commissioner of Immigration,
OLE G. JOHNSON,
Of Beloit.
For Senator Eighth Senatorial District,
SAMUEL PRATT,
Of Spring Prairie.
County Nominations.
For Member of Assembly,
/. L. JOHNSON,
Of Somers.
For County Supt. of Schools,
T. Y. MAGUIRE.
OF Paris.
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Boston, Oct 90 The 30th Of November
is appointed day or thanksgiving IL
Massachusetts.
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-10
TO mEssRs. RICUAUD MITCHELL AND
ADA sis MAHOOD.

Ggsrty.gx We have bern informed ihai you
have threatened 10 prosecute ns TO the full excn,
of the law for ma ag and selling or any person
for buying or using our stayc peach basket, on
which YOU olnim Letters Patent Your alyer-
iis.meni in the Smyrna Times" May 3lst, Is
also intended 10 prevent the sale OF our s'ast has
kcis by threatening any person who may buy
them with legal prosecution.
The peach growers of this Pcninsula haze too
long used the gias4 peacsi baske,s, aud during
the las, two years been forced 10 pay entirely too
high prices for them to bc easily frightened by
such cxpedlen,s as you seem to think will pre-
vent the further use Of them unless bought Of
you, at such prices AS you may charge then, now
that we are making much better basket aud
selling them ai lower prices than they have been
sold heretofore.
We desire, however, 10 inform you that We are
now making our staye peach baskets and selling
them In large numbers 10 peach growers, who
express themselves well pleased with them. Our
orders are daily Increasing
II you desire TO test the legality OF your Letters
Patent, ms claimed on our saye basket, yoa now
have the opportunity. We will also furnish you
with the names oi one or more responsible per-
sons who have bought our baskets, against whom,
We are authorized 10 state, you can also ins,i.
,ute suit. Very truly, yonr ob,t servant.
Smyrna, Della ware
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-10
For the AEal,e,orn 7ranseri ipf.

Mn Eprron AS this is the season
when persons, who desir, recreation and
relief from the dust and heat of our tbwns
aud cities, ins,inctivcly seek rccuperaiion
and rcinvigoration for pros,raicd systems
aud oycrworkcd brains, in tho bracing
brcezcs that come in from the sou, aud ms
the money spent on such MI object i not,
usclcs.iy expended, bu, should. n, the
same time. be pruden,ly Invested, will
you allow me through the columns of your
ever welcome . Transcript" to call the
attention Of the Detairdre people, as we'll
As the public in general. to the "Q ccan
House" Icwcs. Del In doing 50, can
have in view no other ohjec, than the com
fort and pleasure of our citizens, unld U.s. il,
be TO render due need uf praise to the
enterprise of patirc Dclawarcan, who
has undertaken to "run the machine =
and it the experiment fail, (al,hough Bur
ton knows 10 such word. it will be n
rcproach TO Dclawarcuns. that one Of their
own sons, n gentleman " who knows how
to keep a hotel, was not sustained ID his
endcaycrs to supply the desired boon. The
Ocean House at l.cwes has just been
apcAcd. 1t Was once a sort of uuc-horA Ac al
fair, but has been thoroughly ropairel aud
altered until i, now wears the appea rauc,'
Of new house 1t has been r,firn1 shed
and rcittcl, and possesses all the ltNgiti-
mate advantages of n sca-si le hotel. Why
do our citizens spend 50 much money in
going to Cape May, Long Branch and
other places patrcnilcd at r'dicm1u m1udy
Mgt prices, and miserahly poor acco'huo-
datious, when here, in their own State.
and few hours journey on the raillond
they may tul comfortable entertainment
genilcmanly host, and view u ba and
ocean, with bathing, sailing AMI H. hing
almost unsurpassed? ? This house oINucl
the 1t inst. Its new proprietor, W alter
Burton, native Of Delaware. was Iopu.
lar At Washington, y G. us conn1 ctcd
with the National Hotel; some time with
the Washington Hot! in Philla. and
with the Columbia House at Cape Nay ;
aul from wha, the writer twho prof ssCs
TO be man Of some obscrsuiiou1 saw
during few days ,oiourn q, the 90 .ean
House. h. wouli recommend 1t cspel ial-
ly to f.unilic, having children who d t,ire
thrir rc.inyiagraiinn during this bot aa ath-
cr and to others wishing for the bed Gifts
without the hustle aud usually heavy cx-
pcuse Of watering place. The rail road
connects with all the towns o. the d quite
from philadelphia, and steamboat. t zach
at Lewcs going to ana from New lulk i
As, from observation ef the cstal lish-
mcnt. | shall l.kc my own family to the
Ocean House" during portion cf thr
summer would like for other pclaw are
ans to make the SANE experiment I'll il !
iii a iyw days since, via t. % aud re
FOR themselves. ~
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-10
OUR I,OnD ItNi,n.trs.

The food cSpa;t, from New York 70
Europe since France anl 'icrmany b gan
the work of preparation lpr their late -roni
,truggls have lceU on scale Of ua,, nal
I'd macnitule Il /, already certain that
the exports pf our great ,ialls, rf aerleul-
,uta, products Gotten, breal.uls, lHnyi
,i5n.. gnl lalaeea whether III i til og
in ths aggregate, whether in qnani' or
in values will s5r ihl eatreut d,ca, ysar
ending The lis,i rtoAiuo greatly cS tsHl
those d! any former year IN the hl>t"f5 OF
our commerce Aud as respects food this
large export h8, not been attended with
any remarkable advance in prices In
fact, the various descriptions Of cured
meats are no. cheaper than at any pre-
yious period in the past nine years. In
the first five months of the current cslen-
der year ar-January, February, March,
April aud May we exported 4, QUO bar
rel, II pork, Or moro than double the
quantity exported IN the corresponding
period of last year also. s,ooo ba rsls
aud iicrcrs Of beef an incrt a,c of %, p0h +:
3s 900 600 pounds Of bacon, an increase
Of 70, 0U0 tao, ~ more than unared
per cent II ooo o00 pounds Of lard, or
nearly thro.taiihc export Of the irst live
months Of $50. This increase is in the
exports from this rort alone; from o' heis
the increase is in equal proportion Tan
we support this extraordinary demand mp
ou our production Of animal f1oi? The
speculation in wheat which Sc, in uoont
the middle of last December. and which
was based upon the probable ncccssilie Is Of
France and Gcrmany growing ont Of the
waste and destruction caused ~ the late
war, still continues, but prices have net
been fully sustained. The Continen,
buys sparinely, crop accounts are iaNorh-
bic to large yield, stocks are large dt all
points. aud the supplies coming for ward
TO Western markets have rarely been
cqnnlcd in the month of June. while tho
speculative prices and the high prbiiis,
check shipments, and the exports are not
now so large as year ago. Corn, which
is relatively cheap. is taken largely in thC
place Of wheat.
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-10

DELAWARE Cry lrrns.-Our correspondent nj
Delaware CITY under date Of June 1th, writes -
The Del. 4 Penn Railroad, under the able
management of Cosiigan, Ryan 4 Co. Is being
pushed through with rapidiy that meets with
the appreciation OF tho directors and community.
II is confidently expected thai trains will he run
ming by the ist OF December, when our city,
which has bce,s'so long Isolated from the rest of
the county, will take her place In the front rank
commercially. In this connection IL may no, he
amiss for the citizens of our State TO learn what
the land improvement company nre hoing--,hrcc
hundred acres have been bought aud laid ou, i'm
10 sirrc;s, and lots arc selling OF rapidly their
prices bringing them within ,ls reach OF all
Lots size 20 100. are held at Si5u, onc-hals
cash the balance in easy ins'almcnis.
IL would well repay ,isi, 10 the dairics OF
Del. City. Notwithstanding the dry weather ~
bout 1900 pounds Of butter are shipped every
night 10 Baltimore nnd the same quantity 20
Philadelphia daily. We acre shown this morn
ing 700 pounds from the .aim Of Artaur Colhurn,
Esq. forming portion Of his weekly consgn-
mrnts
Benz. y. Lonelhni. Of Red Lion Hundred,
claims the championship for new potatoes of III.
.cnson. lie planted early rose April ls, and
June 3rd dug half hus!iel-wclshi Of ihc lar
gcst lol nsIr''. II nuf farmer Of - Georges
Hundred can heat this let us hear from him
The cht.ap'akc Il Delaware Canal 10. submit
their nranll report The Stockholders Of this
company he'd II cir annual meeting an Monday,
jane 3 at M Walnut 81. philh. The chair was
occupied hy j A Shtiycr, of Baltimore. Tie
annual report states that during The wear ending
May 81 ISL, the receipts from tolls and other
sources amounted 10 Stl3, ,h93 20: cash on hand,
Slil a6G s2--iotal. ss65. 81, os The total cS-
pcnditures for materials, dividends and $50 3..o-
- Of accrued interest, amounted 10 Stif, $50 %.
leaving Sl2s90i 13 rs cash In the treasurer 5
hands The following officers were elected:
President Andrew e. GRAY.
nitcciors-S. " Jones. George CAiwalaAcr,
Jos. J5ucs !. T. Fisher. ! Bohlcn. Wm IIar-
mar, u T.. N,Krnn, J. f. G.ipn, T. \. Riddle,
| V Willilm.ou, Isaac ford.c. II. Hutchinson.
Edwin Swi't aud David Stuli
l.Eyf Corrr.-'rhc Levy Court met on Tuesday
10 examine tic nic assessments for RAISING STATE
revenue, which resulted Ne Flows;