Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-06-13
GreeIiana.

DoN'T ask US which we prefer. Grant
or Greeley" exclaimed the diseusted
Louisville Ledger. "Ask a man whether
he prefers to be bitten by rattlesnake
or mad dog, and he will tell Won
neither, If he can help it.
THE Comanches are understood to be
unanimous for Greeley. Their chief
industry is raising the hair" of the
frontier settlers, and they want a Presi-
GENT who believes in perfec tin 9 home
industry.
. The Free Press must remember that
white IS the order now,'' remarks an
exchange which favors Greeley. We
shall not forget. White is always used
for shrouds. Detroit Free Press.
HERE'S another correction. Asa Parck.
er, of Pennsylvania, says he is not for
Greeley. He does not want to spoil a
good wood cutter, and get poor Presi-
dent.
IT is mentioned as remarkable coin
cidence that "Zaccheus he did climb a
tree" and was requested 10 come down:
and ID. q. Is also addicted to tree climb.
ing, but his best friends think that
when he next gets up, he had better
stay. History frequently repeats itself,
but not always.
The call for Greeley ratification
meeting in New Orleans opens like a
roster of the rebel army. Beauregard.
Longstreet, Harry Hayes and George A.
Sheridan are prominent names upon it.
WHEN Norton, cashier of the post
office, defaulted, a meeting of his bonds
men was held in New York. Horace
was one of them, Of course; he is al
ways getting on the bonds Of disreputa-
bic people. The bond was exhibited to
the victims, and the sage put on his
spectacles to lock at it. "They saw
write an Internally bad hand" he said,
" but they can read it well enough
when 1t gets on one of these things"
AN iuebriated Democrat was dining
at the Ives House the other day. "Beef,
pork, mutton, veal or chicken" said
the polite waiter. Il don't care a
d." was the reply, anything to beat
Grant. ''-Sedaha Times.
The inebriated Democrat ought to be
satisfied with Greeley. He is not only
beet, pork, mutton, veal and chicken,
but all other kinds of meat. In the
matter of principle he is the most
various man in America.
A FEW months ago Mr.. Greeley said.
referring to the possibility of the re-
storation of the Democratic party to
power: whatever chastlsement may
be deserved by our national sins, we
must hope that this disgrace and hu-
initiation will be spared us. Though
you paint an inch thick, to this COM
plexion you must come at last. The
brain, the heart, the soul, of the present
Democratic party IS the aebel element
at the South, with its Northern allies
and sympathizers.
IT was the absence of the two.thirds
rule that ruined the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, the Washington Patriot thinks. If
that favorite boa-constrictor of the
Democracy had been on hand, the
Patriot says, "we had not witnessed the
anomaly of convention, met in the
interest of revenue above all other re-
forms, accepting for its candidate man
who, above all other men, clings to the
highest cliffs of protection and monop-
oily with the tenacity of the poets
eagle
He clasps the crag with hooked hands.
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Hinged with pig-iron bars. he stands.'
"CAN you saw wood ?r' Mr.. Greeley
once asked man who solicited his in
tiuence to get clerkship in Washing
ton. Yes" the applicant replied.
then stay away from Washington
reloined the sage, and with that dis
missed his visitor. That individual
now gives the same advice to Greeley,
mo matter whether he can saw wood
or not"
HE Watteau is principally used for
the thin striped and silk materials
hiLah sa,.a L.