The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-09-11
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Aug. Is, 1878.


Aug. Is, 1873.
/ hev left the Corners, temporarily
at least, tor / have field of labor
here, which is quite es pleasant es
that in my old home. ] am up here
in tho anti monopoly business. am
IN Iihnoy,.a groanln' over the bur-
lens Piled upon us poor farmers, aud
damm,n, with all the veheemance
that's into me, the monopolics that IS
suckin the lite. blood out ov the hon.
est laborin' classes, and tryln to
convince 'cm that their redemption
kan only be brot about by abandonin
to wuust the iniamus Republican
| party which is responsible tor every
evil that's onto tho country, from
railroads clean down to tho pcrtato.
bug.
We hey al the stashun noble CO.
terri wv 81 mpath,zcrs with the hard.
istod yomenry-a mcst goreeous!y
sympa,l,zen set ever see, and so
afflicted are we al the troubles witch
the perdooscrs are labrin under, that
we hold msetins perpetually IN the
room back ov The bar in the Jackson
hotel, to consider 'cm.
The lecdin sperrit among us: aside
rum me, il a vetran simpathizer with
labor, which bis name is Pettus. Al.
slam Pettus was originally shuma
ker, but early in lite developed tai
lent iur holdin otis. He.wuz elect.
ed Sheriff ,ov tho county, and the
bench w,ch knowed him wunst, i'm.
mejiately knew him no more tor ever.
rhare wuz sum difficulty about sum
collecshuns witch he made, which was
esteemed ov sufficient importance TO
prevent his bein' rc-nominate't, and,
like Nebubecknezze he wuz turned
out TO the thin grass ov prlvit lie
tor y.are, witch time he spent princi-
pally aolnamcntin cornor groserics,
aud aboosim sosiety, which didn't
recognize him, ca: min Twin bi kol-
llcclin the bills for hiz wites dress
maxim establishment, to wich, when
Dizziness was dull he added a laun-
dry. President Linkoln wuz indoos.
ed bv the s,tizens ov the s,ashun to
appint him koilector, the said s,tizens
vain!y ima.inin that 81 be had good
PLAT thing, he mite possibly pay biz
diets. As every boddy be owed sign,
ed his applicashun Tor the appointment
he he'd tho longest list ov names
that ever went out ov that village.
lie kont,nued in offs dnlin Jonson's
administration, ecven cnmmln TO the
konklusion that Jonson's policy was
korrect, jcs. after that grato man no.
tifide him that he shud chop oph the
head. oy emmy offishal that didn't
! But Grant busted him, sence which
time he has ben consistent Demo.
KRAFT and lover oy the labrin classes.
He hes seen close times sence-ot.
ten hes he ben without the necessa
ries Nv lie, tor biz wife is a gettin
advanced in years. and kant wash
aud sew every day. Mr.. Pettus gos
into the movement agln oppressive
monopolies and SIGH, with awl hiz
hart, sole, boldly and strength. lie
blceyes in tho nobility OF labor-he
holds tibet laber hes not its proper
reward, and cs .ur his part he will
enter intu croosade agin the bloted
monopoIists, aud III behalf ov the
horny handid agricuiturists ov the
country, with awl the zele ov his
troo!y tcrvid nacher. One ov the
most techin sites in nacher, is III see
Peltus q leanin Oh bar, anu dis.
coursin on the granjure oy laber. He
SEE that il tho farmers, the hard han
dcd iabrin masses Ov hiz county
want q candidate tor Auditor which
loaths and hates the oppreshun ov
laber in whatever toral it may come
he " their man.
Mr.. Samuel Blalher is another one
Ov the hard handed who IL with US.
&c is Dem okrat in politics and al
waze hes ben. He has 4diskiy.red
that the farmers are g'onin under .
despollsm. lie don't own euny farm
hl .s.lt, nor he don't by ncr sell enny
prodoose, nor ennylhlu4 else, nor hes
he any pcrtickuiar business, but he
feels there IL an incubus wich ways
onto the labot,u man, and, tor one,
he pheels like putin his shoulder TO
the whele and hislin 1t. uv expects
to be the Democratic candidate iur
county Recorder, and il the farmers
only know their trienis--ef they can
only be brot TO recognise them hoos
harris beet responsive III thcirn, aud
put him Oh their ticket, he hes sott
thing Nv it. lie kin trooly say, that
he never laid unier tree secin the