The New York herald., 1872-08-20
MILO. GOODRICH.

Greeley Republican Congressman's
Opinion About the Liberals and Their
Chances-Which is tho Real Repub-
lican Pnrty-How Grant Might Have
United the Republicans and Every
thing Been Made Lovely.
DRYDEN, August 8-Evenng.
or all the dreary, dumpy villages ever put foot
in Dryden takes the palm. 1t has hotels (bless
the mark), and the population is largely made up
Of the farmer persuasion, who are never seen
about the village except at evening time, when
they l0ll about the grOceryman's door, the tavern
piazza and wherever they can get into comfort
able sitting posture along the sidewalk Of the main
street. There are many ways to reach Dryden
from any nearby given point Of civilization. You
can, for instance, go by horseback or wagon along
the roadways or II you are In a
hurry and you happen to be. for instance,
at Oswego as was the day started for the place.
you can take the Southern Central Railway. IT.
however, you value your life and have no sinister
design upon the spare funds Of the accidental in
surance companies you will patiently wait at the
depot for an express train to come along, and not
trust yourself, as was forced to do to the tender
merces Of
AN ACCOMMODATIONS"
And such an accommodation. All the cars were
freight but the passenger car, and that ought
to have been freight car too. The train stopped
atevery station, and as bell cord was not part Of
its makeup Che conductor, when he wanted to stop
or get switched of or backed to a proper distance
at any depot, coolly got up on top of one Of
the cars and hallOoed to the engineer. Whenever
the train did stop or start the engineer seemed to
put his whole soul into the idea as we'll as the full
strength OF his muscle. The consequence was that
II you didn't keep your eyes wide open and your
hands firmly cutched to the bottom OF the seat you
were certain to make dive into the seat ahead
OF you or go heels over head backwards
into the seat behind you. l got to the
end OF my journey without any broken bones, and
put up shortly after at the "best hotel in the vii
lage-"board 50 a day, $40 a week." Now Dryden
has its big guns as well most other places In the
world, and enjoys the honor Of being the abode OF
the Congressman from the Twenty-seventh dis
trict, Mr.. Mo Goodrich, lawyer by profession,
who stands at the head OF the Bar in his district.
He Is real man OF the people and puts on no airs
In his
EVERYDAY GoINGs ABOUT
among the farmers and others in the rural hooks
who In great part make up the voting bulk OF the
district. Soon after the Cincinnati Convention he
made up his mind that Greeley was the coming
man. or rather that Grant ought not to be reelected
as against such good republican as the Philoso-
pher, and so he prepared his political house and
upon Mr. Goodrich at his ONCE as soon rs was
able to get out OF my coating OF southern Central
dust, and found him busily engaged with his law
books.
You are an out-and-out Greeley man, believe ~
said !, after little formal parley about matters
and things In general.
~ am in favor OF Mr. Greeley's election, most de-
| cidedly."
'Yon have already taken the stump for him,
| learn ~
II am doing whatever lies in my power to ad
vance the liberal cause in this section; nave al
ready spoken at several meetings, anu intend 10
| speak at one tonight to be held III nelghborlng
! village"
''What are the prospects in the district"
| 'sThey are very promising indeed. ~Ihe liberals
THE fMPoRTAScE OF THE CAMPAIGN,
and although 1t Is quite early In the season they are
| doing wonders already. Meetings are being held
displayed by the rank and e OF the party betokens
| good results In November"
"Do all the liberal republicans take kindly TO the