The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-08-16
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bosom friend OF the PRESIDENT, is the
man who was employed by Grant to
bride Senators to vote for San Do
mingo.
Though Greeley drinks his water cold,
And in no measure scant,
No shrewd observer need be told
He'll make it hot for Grant.
Some rural admirer of Brick Pome-
roy has faith to believe that this dis
tinguished statesman will prove "a
grand support to the Democracy in this
hour Of its greatest trial" Brick
would doubtless prefer to have the De-
mocracy prove "a grand. support to
himself.
Woman first tempted man to eat
He took to drinking On his own ac-
count.
H. G. stands for Honest Govern
ment.
T. NJ. Howell, democrat, of Onta-
rio county, N. Y. has declared for
Grant, and got federal Office. ..
New York sporting men are betting
that Greeley and Brown will have
forty electoral votes to spare.
The call for Greeley club in Osk-
osh, Wis, is signed by 1G5 Repub-
licans.
Hon. JOSEPH H. Williams, formerly
republican governor of Maine, is now
for Grecley's election.
Colonel Blanton Duncan will proba-
bly, have a monopoly of the Louisville
Straight-out Convention. If any one
man can act as the president
and the body of the conven-
ton, designate himself as an electoral
ticket, with instructions to vote for
himself as a candidate for the Presiden-
cy, Blanton can do it.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, has Gree
ley club which numbers 3OS Liberals
and every Democrat in the place.
Mr.. Blaine will probably be satisfied
to write no more letters to Charles
Sumner. The reply Of the Massachu-
sets Senator is cold enough to chilblain
the presumptuous Speaker of the
House.
Five hundred and sixty-three Repub-
licans of Speaker Blaine's district in
Maine arc out in card calling for
Liberal convention. Blaine's letter
does not have much effect among his
constituents.
c. H. Merry, of Dunleith, wants to
bet $6O,0U0 against $40, that
Greeley will be elected. III
Ex-Governor Joseph +. Brown, Of
Georgia, a member of the Chicago Con-
vention that nominated Grant, four
years ago, is now for Greeley.
General George E. Pickett Of the
late Confederate army wishes every one
to know that he is not the Pickett who
has been selling rebel secret archives at
Washington for $4,000, and that that
Pickett was never a general.
Of the sixty-fve republicans in Lake
Mills, Wisconsin, sixty-one are Greeley
men. Of eighty-one democrats every
one is for Greeley.
Mr.. Baker, an impartial patriot, has
named his twins Greeley and Grant.
He has already begun using long
branch on "Grant."
According to the Radical press, A.
I. Stewart lies, Sumner lies, Pleason-
ton lies, Greeley lies, Fenton lies.
Everybody lies but Grant, and he can't
lie. How is that for hatchets and cherry |
trees?
General Dix is out for Grant," is the
caption of the gift-taker's papers. We
respond by saying, So is Tom Murphy,
Mcnby, Casey, Carter, ct ais.
The Albany Evening TimeS hopes
that after Grant gets through purchas-
ing confederate records he will bring
out those which he helped take from the
war department.
The notes of none of the busted |
banks are as utterly worthless as those
Of Nathaniel Pr Kansas City Bull
letin.
And why? Simply because he re-
fuses to discount administration paper.
Badeau has not yet made up his mind
to take $4,000 for the War Depart
ment records which he captured.
Charley Aldrich, for SO long a time
clerk of the legislature in this state, has
wheeled into line for Greeley.
VIM. Reed, formerly state senator in
this State, is out for Greeley. |
Wouldn't you like to be a woman
when you grow up!" "No," answered
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