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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
Established 1911.
Silver Ware, JeWeLry, DC.
A z. w ARM ER
Offers to his friends and the public generally of
Baltimore co., at his new Store,
I35 w. BALTIC. Street, near Calvert.


Baltimore CO., at his new Store,
135 w. BALTIC. street, near Calvert,
ALL THE NEW STYLES OF
ELEGANT JEWELRY
EMBRACING
Diamond Pins, Ear Rings, Finger Rings,
amethyst, Stone Cameo, Coral, Pearl,
Etruscan Gold and Enamel Sets, Opera, Leon
tine and Vest Chains, Necklaces,
LocketS, Pendants, Bracelets, Handkerchief
Holders, Gold Thins6leS, SleeUe
Buttons, Studs dc.
Fine Gold and Silver Watches,
English and American.)
SILVER WARE OF HIS OWN MAUFRE.
Treble SiLUer- Plated Ware,
Table Cutlery, Fine Bronzes dc.
A call is solicited to exsmine the same, being
determined to sell at the lowest cash prices.
Es-All descriptions of HAIR JEWELRY
made, and REPAIRING done in the neatest
manner. Jan. q, 1S72-ly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

What humiliating contrast does the arith-
metic of the Democracy of New York city pre-
sent beside this In that great metropolis
where thievery has reached its millennium, the
work of Democratic finances shows how expert
the Tammanyites are In transferring the peo-
Piles money from the city treasury to their own
pockets. In 1868 the control of this great city
was taken from the Republicans and the Dem
ocrats placed in the management of its affairs.
In 1868 Mayor Hall was elected and took charge
of its government. The Democratic party has
had unlimited control from that day to this
At that time the city debt was little more
than thirty-fo and a-half millions, and the
funded debt of the county little over fifteen
and a-half millions. These aggregated about
fifty millions. The indebtedness of the city
now amounts to one hundred and forty three mil
hons Of dollars! This is an average annual ex-
penditure of $685., $4,000 for the government
of New York city. 1t makes only $38.SS per
head for the expenses of governing each man,
woman and child in the metropolis! If you
will apply the same ratio to the United States,
with a population of nearly forty millions of
people, the national expenditure would exceed
1850, 100000, or more than was expended for
any one year during the war. On the contrary
the actual expenditures for the purpose of run
ming the government machinery during the
last fiscal year amounted to little more than
seventy-seven and one-half millions, making
per capata expense to the nation of SLIT
This compared with the Democratic admins
tration of James Buchanan in 1860, when the
country had population of little more than
thirty-one millions, with ten fewer territories
and four or five fewer States, with fewer courts,
no ihternal revenue establishments, and nearly
eight millions fewer people, shows avery grati-
tying contrast. In that year of Democratic
grace the expenditures of the government were
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
W. FL. REINHARDT,

(Son of the late Charles G. Reinhardt,)
Manufacturer Of the latest and most approved Patent
Glass Pad Double and Single Lever Truss for the sup
port and cure Of Rupture Hernia suitable for men,
and childreR of all ages He also manufactures
and keeps on hand, SHOULDER BRACES, ABDOMI-
NAL SUPPORTERS, Soft and Wooden Pad Trusses,
which he uaiantees will give entire satisfaction
Mandatory, No. 10 North Gay St., Baltimore. Fe
male Department under the supeintendence Of MRS
REINHARDT. [April 6.-y1
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
FINANCIAL RECORDS.

nearly sixty-one and a-half millions of dollars
or $I.9S per capata, thus showing an economy
in Republican favor of twenty-one cents per
head
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
MANY HONEST DEMocRl

are two patriotic too high-toned too much at
Continued on Fourth Pdgs)
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12


"The Ku.K Klux spirit still lives at the South and is
very formidable 1t is grounded in the belief that the
blacks are unfit and not really entitled to votetha re-
construction is usurpation- that this is white mans
government and that the black vote is somehow to
be nufed, by fair means, if practicable but by some
means anyhow 1t is against this spirit and its yrad
manifestations that this Ku Klux legislation fCongress
is directed-in our judgment ost rgheously and prop
eTy Congress be not empowered protect the right
of the people to choose their President and Vice Pres
dent against such conspiracy that which falsfed
the verdict of Louisiana in 1885, the constitution is
sham and the right of suffrage a mockery"
June 18th, 1871, he gave it the following en-
dorsement:
81 hold Government bound by its duty Of protect
ing citizens in their fundamental rights to pass and
enforce laws for the extirpation Of the execrabe Ku
Klux conspiracy and if it has not the power do it,
then say our Government is no Government, but a
sham Therefore on occasion ADVOCATED and
justified the KuKlur act IhoId it especially desirable
for the South and if 1t does not prove strong enough
effect ITS purpose hope it to be made stronger and
stronger"
Do they entertain any conscientious scruples
against the election law that was passed by
Congress to prevent and punish frauds in cleo
tions? On October 9th, 1870, he endorsed it in
these sentences
"The President has ordered three or four thousand
troops to here previous election day The
first persons to cry out against this very sensible pre-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12

The best speech-maker in the land to-day
for Gen. Grant is the Democratic candidate for
President, that sage and philosopher that has
told the people "what know about" so many
different things. He can get himself ready to
write lengthy volume upon "what know
about being defeated for the Presidency after
the November election.
Let us hear what the Democratic oracle has
to say upon the administration.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12

All administrations from Washington's down
have been judged by their financial records
Upon them the people are wont to make them
stand or fall. That speechleSS man Grant has
increased the collection of the revenue since
Andrew Johnson's administration $S4,O0O,OOO
per annum, while in the same year the taxes
and tariff were reduced to nearly the same
amount. $3.50, S,46S, ,5S2.55 of the debt have been
paid while an aggregate of $500 900, 900 of taxes
have been stricken from the lists. He has set
tied our difficulties with England in the most
sa tsfactory manner. The cloud of war has
been dispelled. Peace with its golden blessings
smiles upon our diplomacy and sheds its benig-
nant blessings upon the people of both nations
and points to President Grant as the peace
maker of the world. The highest plaudits for
the admirable success of the administration
have been wrung from reluctant Democratic
:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
Proposed Check ON Campaign Sian
dors.

Speaking OF the campaign SLAM
ders against persons in Office, the
Nation says it would not wonder if
it becomes necessary eventually to
compel all newspapers making
"charges" against candidates for
high offices to file them in the Co.
Clerks office, and deposit sum,
fixed by regular legal tariff, to be
forfeited in case of failure to make
them good, and relieve all candi-
dates from the necessity of answer
ing any charges not so filed. The
sum need not be large enough to
repress scrutiny, and yet ought to
be large enough to inspire caution,
and the rate might be varied accord
ing to the rank Of the candidate and
the nature of the offense-so much
for a President; so much for Gov
ernor or Senator; SO much for theft;
so much for lying (habitual or oc-
casionally); SO much for adultery;
so much for fornication, and SO
much for drunkenness, habitual,
convivial, or medicinal. A charge
of entire want of conscience, which
is occasionally made, and which in
cludes all others, really predicates
readiness for any villainy, and
ought, we think, to be accompanied
by a declaration Of readiness on the
part of the maker to undergo sound
corporcal chastisemcnt at the hands
Of a blacksmith in case Of inability
to prove it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

scarcely crawl; but she managed to
leap away on three feet and get her
breakfast; but when she came back
she was entirely unable to get up to
her kittens, and what do you think
she did? my friend happened to
be there at the time and saw this
done.) She laid down at the horses
feet, and mewed and looked up sew
eral times, till at last Pony, seeming
to understand her wants, reached
doaon, picked the cat up IN his teeth
and tossed her up on the scafold to
her kittens, who, / doubt not, were
glad enough to see her. This, Mr..
c. told me, he saw repeated morn
ing after morning. Kit would roll
off into the manger, 60 and get her
breakfast, and be tossed up to her
family by the kind horse, who must
have understood cat language, and
been willing to listen to it. And do
not such lessons teach US, dear
children, if horses and cats are kind
to each ether in trouble, children,
who know so much more, ought GER
tainly to be more tender to each
other, aud very thoughtful of dumb
animals?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
"A Story for Children.

A friend of mine told me q story
. little while ago which interested
me so much that I want to tell it to
all my little friends. This gentle
man owned fine horse, which was
very fond of him, and would come
from the pasture at the sound Of
his voice, and follow him about like
a dog. Well, at one time the horse
became lame and was obliged to
remain in the stable and not be used
for many weeks, and it was during
this time that Mr.. o. became inter-
ested to see how much the horse
knew and how kind his sympathios
were.
An old cat had made her nest up
on the scaffold just above the
horses manger, and had laid there
her little family Of FIVE kittens, to
bring them up under good tuition, l
suppose. She and the horse got on
nicely for some days. She jumped
down into his manger and went off
for food, and then came back and
leaped up. to her kittens again.
But one morning she rolled off into
the manger, with her foot bleeding,
and badly hurt, SO that she could
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA, FRIDAY. OCTOB7


A correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer furnishes the follow
ing:
They tell good story about Luce
Matthews, of the Sentinel, and Sam.
Williams, managing editor Of the
Louisville Ledger when Matthews
was proprietor thereof. Luce is
one Of the best newspaper men in
the West, and the most indefatiga-
BILE manager ever known. He pre-
vades every department of the office
and knows exactly, as manager
should what is going on. The
Ledger in Louisville was leaky
boat, and Matthews used to watch,
ranging from the business counter
to the composing-room at all hours
of the day and night. One night he
saw in type a Williams. editorial
which did not suit him. He struck
out paragraph. The foreman
sent down the amended proof, and
the next moment there was vim
dictive whistle at the speaking-tube.
"Whe-e-ew!!" from below.
"Aye, aye, sir" answered the
foreman.
"Who cut my cditorial?"
'Matthews."
"Matthews be id. Pm editor
Of this paper, and if he fools around
me I'll kick him down stairs"
There was no answer, but five
minutes afterward the foreman,
breathless and nearly bursting with
suppressed laughter, entered the
editorial room.
81 say, Williams, do you know
who was at the tube when you called
up just now?"
"You, | suppose"
"Not a bit of it. 1t acas Matthescs
himself"
Sam doubled himself up in his
chair, and reflected upon the sub
jcct for few moments, and finally
concluded there was nothing more
for him to say or do about it. So
he bucklcd into another editorial,
and waited, Micawber like, for
something to turn up. Nothing
came of it, however, and | believe
his subsequent retirement from the
Ledyer was not based on the ground
of insubordination.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
Easily Flattersd.

There was once Scotch drover
who, though he could neither read
nor write, had nevertheless made a
large fortune by sheep farming, and
was open to any degree of flattery
as to his abilities in this department
Of labor. A purchaser, knowing
his weakness, and anxious to ingra-
tiate himself into his good graces,
ventured one evening over the
whisky-toddy to remark:
81 am Of the opinion, sir, that
you are greater man than even the
Duke Of Wellington"
"Hoot, toot!" replied the sheep
farmer, modestly hanging his head
with a pleasing smile, and taking
a large pinch of snuff, "that's too
much-too much by far-by far"
But his guest, after expatiating
for a while upon the great powers
Of his host in collecting and concen-
trating upon Southern market a
flock Of sheep, suggested the ques-
ton:
"Couid the Duke of Wellington
have done that?"
The sheep farmer thought a little,
snuffed, took a glass of toddy and
replied:
sThc Duke Of Wellington was,
no doubt, a clever man; very, very
clever, l believe. They tell me he
was good soger; but then, dye
see, he had reasonable men to deal
with-Captains and Majors and Gen
erals-that could understand him,
every one of them, both officers and
men; but / am not sure, after all, If
he could manage, say, twenty thou
sand sheep, besides black cattle,
that could not understand one word
he said, Gaelic or English, and
bring every hoof O. them to Fa'kirk
Tryst! I doot i'll doot it-but l
have done that!'
The inference was evident.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
From the October Atlantic.
The First Parting.

From the October Atlantic.
The First Parting.
sY NARIAN DOUGLASS.
"Yes, I'm OF tomorrow morn;
Next week sail for Indy;
And yon'll be glad when am gone
Bay, shant you be, LucfndyF
summer flower herself. the maid
Stood mid the sweet syrtngas,
June pink In her hairs smooth braid,
A rosebud in her fingers,
Plucked nom the tall bush in the yard,
Whose white flowers waved above her;
And parting mover seemed % hard
Az just then, to her lover.
Her lip began to grievs; the red
Upon her check grew paler,
" It seems a strange choice, Tom," she said,
"For you TO be sailor;
"And when the wild, black clouds see,
And when the nights are windy,
L" " Bless your soul, you'll pray for me,
know you will, Lncindy I"
The rosebud from her hand ne took;
''This hower," he said, "I'll save It,
And keep It pressed within book, M
81 Remembering who gave It.
II never cared, as women do,
For garden beds and posies,
But somehow-why, never knew
always loved white roses.
"They ssem Just made for weddins'; whom
I come agin from Indy,
Ny bride, you'll wear white roses then;
i Come, won't yOu.-say Lucindy!
A sudden fame upon her cheek,
Her eyes the quick tears hlling,
The answer gave; she would not speak
Lest she might seem too willing.
For, "Tom,'' she asked, show can II be.
Here, all my life, you've known me;
No word of love you've said to me,
No sign you've ever shown me-"
And he said, True, but though hain't,
My love, I've wished you knew II,
And tried to speak, and felt too faint
At heart to dare to do 1t.
''But when my mind was fixed to 80
A sailor ont to Indy,
said, IN have Yes or No;'
o. say it's Yes, Lucindyr'
"Yes, Tom, it's yes" she whispered; "whcp
learned that you were going.
found yOu had my heart; till then
Twas yours without my knOwingv
Soft on her cheek fell, wet with dew,
A rOee-lcaf from above her;
A warmer touch her red lip knew
The fret kiss OF her lover!
Though stilled the song and hushed the laugh.
And hot the tears are starting,
What Joy that life can give, 10 half
So sweet az loves first parting!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11


there resided, IN the days long gone,
the facetious and eccentric Judge
The Judge and his wife had been
visiting some friends in the South
ern States, and when on their way
back were oyertaken by snow
storm. He still kept on, neverthe-
less, anxious to reach home, as the
week and the year were both fast
growing TO a close, but in passing
the residence Of an old friend he
was intercepted, and inducements
offered to pass the night under his
roof. As it was fast growing dark,
and the prospect of reaching the
other station not very flattering, he
concluded to stop. After seeing his
fine old Morgan brown safely
stabbed and fed, himself and host
adjourned to the house, where, after
doing ample justice to the we'll
spread table lof Vermont fare, he
sat down to enjoy his pipe and an
evenings social conversation with
his friend and his family. The
Judge took the procaution to men,
ton two Ur three times In tho course
of the evening, that it was habit
Of his to bathe or sponge himself all
over with cold water every morn
ing; that to it, in a great measure,
he attributed his general good
health. The good lady OF the house
from these quiet hints, very thought
fully supplied his sleeping apart
ment with a large tin pail full Of
water, together with the necessary
apparatus wherewith to perform his
morning ablutions. In due course
the Judge and his wife were shown
to their room, which was situated
at the head of a flight of stairs that
led directly up from the kitchen in
to the room, and unprotected at the
top by balasters, ratings or aught
to prevent a fall and a broken head,
where the host, bidding them "good
night" left them to seek their much
needed repose. The Judge smiled
as he surveyed the result Of his
gentle hints, as evinced in the pail
and it's surroundings; but the laugh
was not to be all on one side.
The lst of January broke clear
and cold on the following morning,
and the Judge arose and proceeded
to his accustomed aquatic perform
anccs. The water in the pail had
frozen over during the night, and in
breaking it the Judge spilled a
quantity Of water, and in pouring it
into the bowl he spilled still more,
which froze almost as soon as it
touched the floor. The Judges wife
censured his awkwardness, as. she
surveyed the little pond frozen about
the head of and down the stairs.
The Judge put on his slippers and
stepped manfully up to the pail,
which sat near the head of the
stairs, to begin, when, unwittingly
slipping upon the ice, his feet went
ouuucHiy ouC iiOHi uHucI AluIs anu
accoutred as he was, slid, bump,
bump, thump-down stairs, through
the door-whose hasp gave way be-
fore his weight and impetus-right
into the kitchen, full length, where
the women folks were busily pre-
pairing breakfast. Getting upon his
feet as quick as possible he ex-
claimed, 'Ladies, I wish you
happy New Year!" skipped up
stairs, followed by burst of laugh
ter from the kitchen, whose culinary
operations were thus ludicrously
interrupted. 1t is said that those
females had very different idea of
the Judges judicial abilities from
that day.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

An article on "Womcn's Men," in
the Saturday Reviese, contains these
hints:
Nothing surprises men more than
the odd ignorance of women con-
cerning them; and half the unhap-
piness in married life, at least in
England, springs from that igno-
rance. They cannot be made to
understand the difference between
mans nature and requirements
and their own; and they condemn
all that they cannot understand. In
those few rational homes where
mems sports and gatherings, un-
disturbed by the presence Of petit.
coats, are not made occasions for
suspicion or remonstrance. the stock
of love and happiness with which
married life began is more like the
widows cruise than elsewhere; but
unfortunately for both husbands
and wives, these homes are rare;
while those are common where a
game Of billiards in the evening is
occasion for tears or pouting, and
deadly offense is taken at club din.
ners or weeks shooting. The
consequence Of which is deceit or
dissension; and sometimes both.
The woman's ideal man has none
of these erratic tendencies. His
business done, he comes home with
the docility of well-bred pointer
sent to heel, and finds energy
enough after his hard days work
for a variety of petits soias which
make him more precious in her eyes
than all the fact, temper, the judg-
ment, the uprightness he has mani
Tested in his dealings with the out
side world. And the domesticity
which she claims from her husband
she demands from her son. Latch
keys are her abomination, and the
"gas left burning" is as a beacon
light on the way of destruction.
She has the profoundcst suspicion
of all the men whom her boy calls
his friends. She never knows into
what mischief if they keep him away
from his home in the evening. She
would prescribe the same social re-
straints and moral regimen for her
son as for her daughter, and she
thinks the energies of masculine
nature require no wider field and no
looser rein. But though she likes
those tame and tender men whom
she can tie up to her apron-strings
and lovingly imprison in the narrow
domain of home, she succumbs
without a struggle to the sqnare-
jawed brute OF the Rochester type,
the man who dominates her by the
mere force of superior strength and
she is not too severe to Don Juan, if
only she can fatter herself that she
is the best loved and the last.
That these are the men best liked
by women is shown by their own
novels and by daily observation; and
it seems to us that, among the many
subjects for extended study of late
proposed for women, better &C
quaintance with mems minds, a
higher regard for the nobler kind of
man, and ability to accept love as
only one of many qualities, and not
always the strongest or the most
praiseworthy Of his impulses, would
not be out of place.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

A LAD. belonging to the family Of
q summer resident in Providence,
r. l., having occasion, one Sunday
morning, to carry homo some fish
ordered the night before, fastened
them to the wires Of her hoop-skirt
and then covered thcm with her
dress, because she said she would
mot bo seen carrying them through
the streets on Sunday.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11
SIGN OF
The Big Hat +!

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Stsre. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine in assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago. a
To the Ladies' (as. usuaD, we
solicit a share Of your patronage.
To the Gents remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ises small consequently our
prices we guarantee.
Remember the place, The
Sign Of the Big Hat.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

A grave-digger walking in the
streets Of Windsor, the other day,
chanced to turn and noticed two
doctors walking behind him. He
stopped till they passed, and then
followed on behind them. "And
why this?' asked they. 81 know
my place in this procession" said
ha sss ~
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

This is no apology for whiskey
drinking; it is a medicine that can
not be used to intoxlcate; it pro-
duces q tonic effect, as well rs acts
as cathartic. In fact Simmons
Liver Regulator is pronounced an
unexceptionable medicine.-Sold by
TABOR q Son.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-11

A good natured traveller fell
asleep in train and was carried a
few miles beyond his destination.
"Pretty good joke this, isn't it?"
said he TO a fellow passenger. Yes,
but little too far Fetched" was
the rejoinder.