Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
Camnajgn Notes,

THE editor of the Louisville Democrat pro-
poses to vote for Greeley through tin tube.
AFTER the election Mr. Greeeys address will
be Yuba Dam, Pacific coast.
In a Letter to female hen jockey, Greeley
writes: g Chickens shC uld always be weaned
before they are two months old, and should,
upon account, be permitted to sucke the
parent hen after they commence to cut their
eye teeth"
HORACE WHITE having written to Mr.. Gree
ley as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF esta bllshlng an
evening organ for their party, at Chic ago, the
philosopher thinks one might be purchased at
very reasonable terms at the close of the BOs-
ton Jubilee. '' A barrel organ preferred.
For cursing all Democrats freely,
No mortal could ever beat Greeley.
So to stop his abuse,
And make him of use,
They have made him their chief-this same
Greeley.
ANDY JOHNSON announces that he will again
&C swing around the circle" for Mr.. Greeley
and himself We congratulate Mr.. Greeley
upon this important acquisition. He is rally
ing an unrivaled company of recruits Andy
Johnson, the political traitor; JEFF. Davis, the
national traitor Admiral Semmes, the pirate :;
Gen. Beauregard, the inventor of the cry of
" beauty and booty - Winans, the corruption
ist Andrews, the rioter Cochraue, the dead
beat; Wood, the gambler; Morrlssey, the
sporting man, ct id onane genus-an g that
CIOHu. -1tOufCy L1CeftTtS oOHIN1.
THAT " Old Virginny" old gentleman, known
as Extra Billy Smith, in a speech at Rich
mond, the other day, said that to beat Grant
he would vote for "a dog or a devil The
cheers of his audience indicated i sympathy of
feeling.
THE only Greeley campaign song we have
heard is the following, composed by an intel
ectual windmill in this city:
The boy stood on the burning deck,
Il. Al
He waved aloft his old white hat
And cheered for Dolly Warden.
Col. S. NJ 1ALIAFERRo, Of Stafford Co., Vir-
g1nia, lifelong Democrat, declares in q let
ter in favor of the election of Grant and Will
son.
The owner of the little farm in Vermont on
which Horace Greeley was raised, offers to
sell for the modest sum of 81 900 the old pine
stump from which H. G. used to get torches
to read by at night. The house in which he
was born is gone, but they talk of cutting the
cellar up into small holes for campaign pur-
poses. They would also serve for Democratic
hiding places after the election.
DANIEL PRATT G. A. T., has authorized a
New Haven reporter to say that he has with
drawn from the Presidential campaign as a
candidate.
ALEX. FL. STEPHENS republishes Judge Lin
ton Stephens's long and bitter attack on
very great. One order came from Western
New York for 900 copies.
DIR. GREELEY is getting nervous. When he
launches his shafts of wit he now does it with
a culver on his lips.
GRATz BROWN was serenaded on Thursday
evening, at tne New Haven Hotel.
He was introduced to the crowd by Mayor
| Lewis, and in response made brief speech.
To an editorial friend Mr.. Greeley twrites
- 70 rid the American market OF British cut
lery is a more difficult task than you suppose.
Nevertheless it will not do to desr air. l have
just purchased flock Of geese, and by feed
ing them on domestic steel-flin2s hope to pro-
duce pen-knives equal to any that are manu-
featured in England"
A LARGE impromptu Grant and Wilson meet
ing was held at Rock Island, H., on Thurs
day. Hon- j. b. Hawley and others addressed
the crowd, and nearly two hundred names
were enrolled for the Grant and Wilson Club.
JAMES B. SAUR is the republican candidate
for Congress from the first Virginia district.
| THE Detroit Free Press bolts Greeley, and
| says that the Greeley movement is engineered
! by HermaphrOdite organization, held to-
! Setner without any principles except keeping
the administration Of the financial affairs OF
the country Ia their own hands; and the nearer
1t gels to success the worse off will be every
financial and commercial interest of the
country. The sham which Greeley Is acting
Sugmatlzes him as an unprIncipled Office
seeker. The only hope of the country hes III
his defeat 1t says that no unprlnclpled men.
Individually coll ctively, calling themselves
a National Convention or anything else, can
sell OF give the Democratic party over to the
republicans, or to the advocacy OF a radical
lifelong enemy.