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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

JUDGE MACKEY,of South Car.
olina, in speaking of the South
ern Democracy, said: 81 do not
say that every Democrat was
a Kuklux, but 1 do say that
every Kuklu& was a Demo
crat." This is equal to Horace
Greeley's former opinion. Be-
fore he caught the Presidential
fsver he said: II do not say
that every Democrat is a
horse-thief, but I do say that
every horse-thief is a Demo
crat."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08
AnyRRTIsINa A TRhMs
DAILY the telegraph an

DAILY the telegraph an 4,
newspapers bring accounts a..
prominent and respectful g
Democrats declaring their IL
tention to support Grant and
Wilson as against Greeley and
Brown. 1t is pleasant to know
that while the Republican par
ty is losing some sOt its mos
worthless material IN the We
of broken-down and discarde
politicians,it isrecruiting large
ly from the best stuff the Dem
ocrahc party is made of. Oul
dispatches this morning inform
us that Judge Thomas W
CLARK, a leading Democrat Q
New York City, has renouncet
Greeley, and that the Buffalo
Evening Post, an Influential |
Democratic paper of twenty
five years. standing, hoisted
the names cf Grant and Will
son yesterday.-O. S. Journal.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

The Cincinnati Con,moner, a
sheet that still believes in jeff.
Davis and the Virginia resolu-
tions Of '9s, says-"the nomina.
ton of Mr.. Greeley by Demo
Gratis is an amazing fact, He
will be heaten by General
Grant" This is the prophecy
of a Democrat who will not
sell himself.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

HEAVY rains have prevailed
throughout the entire North
west for the greater part of the
past two days, and telegraphic
advices from various points in
dicate some damage to wheat
and corn crops by being blown
down and lodged on the
ground, The corn in many To-
calitles is also prostrated, but
will suffer no damage. The
wheat crop is already cut, and
altogether the damage to the
crops is not likely to prove Sc
rious.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

They are becoming very
anxious in the West over the,
destruction OF the Buffalo, and
the proximate extinction of
the species. If Greeley be-
comes President, however, he
will raise a crop from the horns,
planting six to the hill, and
sprinkling pleutlfully with last
years chips
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

Brick PoMERoY Icounssls
aevery Democratic voter to
sell his vote to the highest bid
der, and to take his pay, cash
in hand"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

ANOTHER leading Democrat
can't stomach Greeley. Hon.
Edward Ball, of Zanesville
we'll known in Ohio as a man
of great Legislative experience,
having served several terms In
both Congress and Ohio Legis-
lature, openly declares opposi,
ton to the Cincinnati -Balti-
more fraud, and announces that
it is his intention to stump ev-
cry township in Muskingum
county for Grant and Wilson.
Hon. William Bali, present
member of the Ohio Hous Sc,
brother to Edward, writes that
he so far revolts at fried crow
as to eat it under protest.-0.
s. Journal.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08
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struggled for-every principle
that we had entertained and
cherished in the long course of
our lives-I told them my in
dentures we're with the Demo
cratic ship, and that as long as
the mainmast stood and the
sails were spread for a Demo.
cratic voyage, 1 would be faith
ful to her. AS a Democrat, born
in a western home, they have a
right to my fealty, so long as
they are faithful to the trust
repoSed in them; but when.
they say to me that this thing
Is all gone; that the whole
scheme OF Democracy is ended;
that every principle for which
we have struggled, and every
thing which we have said In
years past is a lie; that our
whole being is a fraud; then l
say to them l can not 60 with
you in a contingency of that
kind. When principles and
men are abandoned-when,
with 100000 OF Democratic
voters in the country, the brain
the heart and the conscience of
the party is gone, and there is
no man worthy to carry your
standard-no man under whose
banner you can march-honor
gone-manhood gone-princi
Piles discarded; II that is your
condition o, Democrats, surely
you ought to diel If among
the 100000 Democratic vo-
ters on this continent there is
no man worthy to receive your
votes-no man worthy OF your
suffrages-that you must throw
aside every principle of your
life, that you must cast away
your hate, your love, your very
shame, and in agony of soul,
take to your hearts your life.
long enemy-the man you
have always abhored, detested
and scorned-then l say l can
not 60 with you.
/ can assert without fear of
contradiction, then, that, as far
as principle is concerned, there
never was one single principle
held by you and he in common,
not even this much lauded one
term principle. In democratic
times, when we had a good
man, we kept him. We elect
ed Jefferson twice, and Madi-
son twice, Monroe twice, and
old Hickory Jackson twice
And when we came to the i'm
heciles, and do-nothlngs-the
old bachelors, and worn-out |
politicians like Buchanan, we
let them slide after one term,
and nominated some one else.
| say then, that in every prin
ciple you have advocated be-
fore the American ,people-in
ever principle that has been
emblazoned on your banner
your avowed and lifelong enc
my has been Horace Greeley.
Looking at the question in this
light, where is the man who
dares ask Democrats to vote
for Horace Greeley as the rep
resentatlve Of their ideas and
principles
Let us look a little further
He has not only been our an
tagonist upon every question
OF principle, but he has gone
beyond the bounds Of ordina
ry, legitimate and gentleman
ly conduct in his hatred of us
Not only has he denounced
and spit upon every principle
that we have held, but he haI
gone further; he has said of US
in a mass, he has said of oul
county in Illinoios, in particu
lar, that the people used five
gallons Of whisky to one spell
inp-book. he has said that w,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

BAssETr beat Longfellow by
half a length, at Saratoga on
on the 18th. Gaiao l2
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those surroundings, Mr.. Gree
ley can die ere / will consent
to owe him anything or pay
allegiance to him.
When. some political gam.
blers, dickerers and traitors
men who say that the heart of
the people is utterly debauch-
ed, based upon the proposition
that the people are like so
many cattle, to be bought and
isold-get together and say
"here-we lay down the prin
ciples of our life time, Danish
allthe traditions OF our fathers,
banish home itself, and take a
man whose life, up to sixty.
five years of age, has been
spent in denouncing, malign.
ing, and trying to destroy us"
4 say, as a Democrat, that if
like "the last rose of summer,
left blooming alone," ! stand
solitarily, by myself, l will not
go Horace Greeley under the
circumstances.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

Joliet Illinois, SaturuaH, Ju-.
ly 13, 1872. ~
Mr. Chairman and Gentlefen:
l am entirely conscious of
the popularity of my position
tonight. 1t Is not a position
of my own seeking. Years ago
| had the honor of meeting
some of the Democracy of Joli-
ct at Houses grove. | there
made a Democratic speech
with which they were pleased,
and for which l was compli-
mented. They were kind
enough to invite me to this city
four years ago for the purpose
Of addressing the Democracy
ON the issue involved in that
campaign.
When I made those speeches
l thought the ideas l enunciat-
ed were true-l think they are
true to-day. made them for
Democratic men and Demo
cratic measures. l then de-
tailed to you the results of Rad
lcal RepublicanlSm, Horace
Greeley stood solitary and
alone. You cheered me on
this occasion-you said / was
right.
To-day I am here again be.
fore you. l have no reason to
change the opinions.I | uttered
on previous occasion4 When
| was last here, l held up be-
lore you as an enemy OF this
country-as an enemy to its
peace and prosperity, and its
every ,interest-Horace Gree.
ley, and claimed that his name
ought not to be presented to
ehe American people as an ex.
ponent of the views of the De.
mocracy. You were kind
enough, on that occasion, to
cheer me and applaud what
said.
-Four years have passed since
then. / am here again, still
the same man as before. | am
here for the purpose of saying
that as long as there is a Dem,
ocratic party, composed o.
Democratic men, and repre-.
senting Democratic measures
my heart swelling with enthu
siasm at the recollection, of its
past glories, | stand before you
tonight, having the same con
victlon, holding the same ideas
| entertained four years ago.
Joliet and Aurora have
community of interest; they
are manufacturing towns.
have resided in Aurora fol
twenty-five years and have al
ways been a Democrat. | have
answered every bugle call, an(
have attended every mas
meeting in those long years.
have stood there, all that time
upon the bleakest watch towe
OF that party in this great State
and have been denounced, ban
shed, prescribed and scoffed al
and yet | thought l was right
nd | believed it was neithe
manly nor honest to desert tn
party so long as it was true7t
itself. My indentures wer
there with the Dem mocraticshiI
AMI taken for a Democrat
voyage; but when they declar
her unsea worthy and. turn he
over to the underwriters for tn
insurance, by every principl
of m dratime law and of com
mon sense the sailor Is release
from all obligations, and b
may look over the ships in POI
and take which ever he please
When, in January last, l We
approached upon the qaestio
of deserting the party, and su
! rendering everything we ha
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08

They say we have to vote
for Horace Greeley. I say he
is, of all the Republicans, the
most obnoxious to a true Dem,
ocras, of any man on this con-
tinent.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-08-08
TRACT

'''''' 'E'Hl'''iIaq - TS3lsA!Ieei lafs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15
Educ atiOnal Column. J.
JOHN SrE1NMAS, EDITOR.

The Winncshiek Normal Association
at Hesper on the 22nd ult., in its wis.
dom or otherwise) saw fit to assign
to me the local editorship of the column
which the Crcsco papers have 50 gcner-
ously set apart for our use. l accept
the charge, not that | deem myself
worthy; but, that I would not shrink
from duty or responsibility.
'Cniversal education is national
concern and a national blessing" {"
Teachers of to-day are making impress
on plastic minds, that shall sway the
nation when we are gone. Teach
them right, they will rule when you're
dead
If then such vital interests are in the
hands of the teacher, it becomes not
only duty but priri'ey to use all
the means within his power to promote
and elevate the cause of education.
Hence we would solicit. short and con-
else contributions (original or select =,
from teachers and others, interested in
the education of the young
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15

mosphere conducive to falsehood. A nat
urally bright, active child will
I find it almost impossi-
bic to sit through the hours of school
without breaking some one of the nu-
merous rules with which some teachers
hedge around their scholars; and if the
pupil happens to be one of those nerv-
Gus, excitable children to whom punish
ment at school seems one of the most
disgraceeul and dreadful things that
could possibly befall him, it will be
strange if, should the opportunity offer,
he does not invent some excuse with
which to avert the threatened danger.
There are children who are taught at
home that the teacher is to be dreaded
as a terrible hard-hcartcd being, who
loves to take direful vengeance on all
snail children who are not models of
good behavior and they will lie out
ia geous|y if we ask them the most triv-
ial questions, for fear Of committing
themselves to our dreaded power. There
are more such children in every school
district than many Intelligent persons
would think possible, and to punish
a child, so taught, for lying to keep out
of the teachers clutches, would he, not
only foolish but cruel in the extreme.
We will require to use good deal
of gentleness, and judicious kindness in
dealing with the poor frightened things
even when they do commit some misde-
meanor which requires to be taken
strict cognisancc Of, that they may learn
that whatever faults or wrong-doing
may bring on themselves, the truth
spoken freely and courageously, will be
the best and shortest way out of their
difficulties. And in time, seeing how
the truth is respected and honored, and
lived up to by their teachers, they will
learn to see its beauty, and value it for
it's intrinsic worth themselves, and may
have reason to bless that teacher
through all their coming lives, for the
bias in favor of truth which their grow
ing and plastic minds receives at his
hands. NJ a. \.
Hesper, Iowa, March 2, 1872.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15

DOM Piatt tells the following touch
ing story Of how life was saved: "a
sunday-school superintendent out in
Alaska treated his entire charge to a
sleigh-ride. There were just forty-one
of the cherubs and six-horse sleigh.
On the way home they were beset by a
pack of wolves. Cool and collected in
that hour of fearful trial, the heroic
superintendent at glance saw that he
must be overtaken.- In an instant his
quick mind grasped the only chance of
escape. Seizing the child that always
sang II want to be an angel two
notes too high, he flung it to the re-
pacious horde. 1t stayed their on
ward rush for moment. Next came
the urchin who never brought any PEN
MES for the heathcn. And so on swept
the pursued and the pursurers. until the
last infant was exhausted. But the
brave fellow had economical his mate
rial nobly. He was saved"
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Truth i'm the schOOl-rOOan

Of all the moral lessons taught in the
school-room, that of truthfulness should
be ranked as one of. the most important,
yes, the most important in its bearing
on the character of the pupil as a pri-
vate individual, and Oh the welfare of
the whole school.
sometimes think that We, as teach
ers, do not give as close attention to
the cultivation Of truthfulness among
our pupils as we ought. To be sure we
deprecate falsehood, and when we dis
cover instances of that vice among our
pupils, we are very apt to punish it,
promptly and severely, and often pub
licly.
Now, in deciding as to the proper
method of dealing with an untruthful
pupil, would it not be we'll for us first
to make close examination as to what
produced the offence, and see if VIC are
not, ourselves, the primary cause? Are
we at all times perfectly and freely
truthful in our dealings with the keen
eyed, sharp-witted little people commit
ted to our care and guidance? For
instance, something in lesson under
consideration suggests to some little
thinker query, quite pertinent to the
subject in hand, and yet, entirely out
of the stereotyped, commonplace set Of
ideas we may have held, and we may
not feel prepared to answer it at once
What then? Do We garble up some
unsatisfactory sort of explanation, that
we do not half believe ourselves, and
palm it off on the young inquirer, whose
keen intuitions plainly show him that
we are not fully satisfied; and who, in
his initiative little heart, will consile,
himself justified in the same careless
treatment Of the truth, should circum.
stances make it seem expedient.
How much better it would be to tel
the child frankly of our inability to an
swer him as we wish at the time, bu
propose to keep the question in mine
until the next dcy, or such time as ",
might think would give US the oppUtu
nifty of looking up-a correct answer
and then, DO sure to do our best to fns
it, with as brief delay as possible, an,
let our pupil have the benefit Of our re
searches. Believe me, fellow-teaclers
we will in no wise lose a particle If re
lspect or confidence, and will qsietl
teach lesson Of truthfulness that vii
not pass unnoticed by the child.
! I think that the existence Of man
rules in school tends to create al at
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15
"NOt Good OH This Line -

The New York correspondent of the
Boston journal tells tho following
amusing story well-known doctor of
divinity was riding the other day in a
street car in company with a friend.
He is positive man and resents an in
suit quite yehemcntly. Earnestly en-
gagged in conversation, he handed the
conductor ticket as he came to collect
the fair. The conductor did not move
on. AS he remained studying the
ticket, the Doctors attention was at
tracted toward the official, who seemed
to be highly interested in the car ticket.
He read it, smiled, shook his head, and
finally said to the doctor-"'This may
be all very well, but the ticket is no
good on this line."
whats the reason it's no good, !
should like to know?" said the testy
doctor. "It's one of your own tickets;
I bought it this morning"
Il guess not" said the conductor.
The alteration drew the attention OF
all the passengers.
''This is very good advice, but il
will not pass you over this line - and
the conductor read: "Thou shalt no,
take the name of the Lord thy God in
yain.''
An explosion followed-amid which
the doctor paid his fair and left the car,
He has concluded to keep his religious
cards in one pocket and his car tickets
in an other.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15
ICOMsiAer me Smith,"

A good story is told Of old DR.. Cald-
well, formerly of the University of
North Carolina.
The Doctor was a small man, and
lean, but as hard and angular as the
most irregular pine knots.
He looked as though he might be
tough but he did not seem strong
Nevertheless he was, among the know
ing ones. reputed to be sagile as eat .
and IN addition was not deficient in n
knowledge of the manly art. Well, in
the freshman class Of certain year was
a burly, beef mountainecr of eighteen
or nineteen. This genius conceived a
great contempt for old Bolus' physical
dimensions, and his soul was Mortified
that one so deficient in muscle should
be so potential in his rule.
Poor Jones-that's what we'll call
him-had no idea of moral force. At
any rate he was not inclined to knock
under and be controlled despotically by
Il man he could tie or whip. At length
he determined to give the old gentle
man genteel, private thrashing, some
night in the College Campus, pretend
ing to mistake him for fellow student.
Shortly after, on dark rainy nj ght,
Jones met the Doctor crossing the
Campus. Walking up to him, abrupt
ly, he said:
"Hello, Smith. You rascal is this
you?"
And with that he struck the old gen.
tleman blow that nearly fellcd him.
Old Bolus said nothing, but squared
himself, and at it they went. Jone's
youth, weight and muscle made him an
ugly customer, but after a round or
two the Doctors science began to tell
and IN short time he had Knocked his
antagonist down, and was a straddle of
his chest, with one had on his throat,
and the other dealing vigorous cuffs on
the side Of his head.
"Ah! stop!I beg pardon, Doctor,
Caldwell-a mistake-for heavens sake
Doetor!' he groaned. Il really
thought it was Smith !"
The Doctor replied with word and
blow alternately:
"It makes no difference; for all pres
ent purposes consider me Smith,
And it is said that Old Bolus gave
Jones such pounding then and there,
that he never made another mistake as
to personal identity.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15
Fanny FERNS IS.

A New York letter tells this Fanny
Fern had just written Ruth Hall, :"
and her fame was blown on every
breeze. Bonner determined to secure
her for the Ledger, and if possible to
monopolize her talent in it's columns
He wrote her letter proposing to pay
her the unusally high price of fifty dol
lars column for a story to occupy Ten
columns. She refused. Now Fanny
always was frisky, and did not surprise
him as it did others. He wrote again.
offering seventy-five dollars for the same
amount of work.
Fanny knew that Robert was excit-
ed, and being the older of the two, she
understood how to decline the offer
without fatty shutting off further ad-
vanees. He then offered her one hun
dred dollars, as she no doubt expected
he would. and the terms were accepted.
The novel was we'll advertised by the
report Of this transaction, which had
come forth.
This l wish to remark, was evidently
what Bonner wished, as he always had
much faith in advertising, often drawing
his last dollar out of the bank for that
purpose. When the story was COM
menced in the Ledger he opened the
lines little and instead of it running
only ten columns it occupied twenty.
The relation between the writer and
editor has ever since continued to be
agreeable and profitable to both.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-03-15
An Attractive Offer.

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