Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-15

Turubull and, it is considered, by all
who have seen it the perfection OF
the engraving art.
We understand the design was
perfected by the Gratz Drummer
being the Greeley of the Union.
Few men, so young in the pictorial
department of tue press, have been
able to conceive. and have executed
so effective. and sublime n design,
from so trifing a base.
The central figure is evidence of a
master mind. Like Don Quixote
attacking the wind-mills, so this
Gratz again rushes at the ''husking
peg" The stand of the shirt collar
of a. W. Il. rs he holds alort the
organ which BRO. Cuneo is turning,
is sublime. That wonderful peg"
at which the whole force of the lie
gal power of the Union is directed,
looks almost as large as the gun
used by an over grown boy over in
Eden Toweship. in 1854, while
guarding the person of the Hon.
from the attacks (?) of "Loil"
neighbors. Doubtless the thought
Of days and nights gone by prompt
ed the design of the "Peg."
To the right of the center figure,
with $1,000, on his breast (and just
what these chaps are after) stands
the "Organ Grinder" To his right
are to be seen the horns of their old
COW with which they gore him, even
in their dreams. Those fellows ere
dreadful for horns aad "Pegs'-
better now than when the country
needed them with such weapons.
Let them rip.
AT the bottom OF the picture is
the most sublime feature of the de-
sign. When they reached that fea-
ture, no doubt they felt at home
We are sorry that they "fell from
grace" so near the end of the grand
design. But here again had, to ap.
pear the weapon of their warfare
Principles step out and porkers steE
in. DR.. Mcdonald, S. Watson, JONI
Ayers and A. D. Kali, Revenue Of
ficials and honorable men, not ..sOr
gan Grinders" nor "Organ Sellers ,
are here represented by FOUR HOGS
While we sympathize with those who
heredeclare that these four gentle.
men are such hogs as to take all the
greenbacks, while Uncle Sam gives
them none, still we can not say that
that feature of the cut is very elevat
ing, edifying or inspiring, MT doe:
it aid in building up the waste place.
in the morals of society, which
should be the aim of all journalists.
Men who have no higher aims il
life as citizens and neighbors, thar
thus to present their thoughts to the
eyes of their readers, surely can not
be censured for scattering the comic
display, together with the two foot
lines, aroGnd the home of one as
good as they, to wound the fathers
already bleeding heart over the loss
of child dear to him, then sleeping
in the arms of death. where. but {
few days before its smiles gladdenet
the heart of the father of that home
Let us rejoice that We live in /;
christian land, surrounded by NOR
al and elevatihg influences, where
Ministers, Lawyers and "Orgar
Grinders" can meet on common
platform, as editors, where reform
from association, may yet be yet re-
suit, and where the "Organ Grinder
even may take the highest seat.
In defense of the "Huskingpeg"-
poor, inanimate thing-we say moth
ing; it needs no defense for it 'ope.
not its mouth. Poor thing, why
should Lawyers and high toned Edi
tors, assail this poor "Peggyr' G.
on, gentlemen. with yoGr Pictures
Being out of princtr,,es you can wei
Gfford to waste your ink on nothing
Rise Ep gentlemen. Be manly. NJ
more "nincompoops."