The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-18
Current Notes.

The Chicago Inter. Ocean says that SIT is
about now that patent-right swindlers, get
out into the colntry among tile farmers. No
cultivator of the soil should buy new patent
right until he has slept on it for at least two
months, and then he won't get.bit."
s. s. Cox may spell Puritan with small
''p" ii he sees fit, but when he tries to belit-
tie the New England stock on the score of
courage or of patriotism he plays the dema-
gogue-aud that kind of demagogue which
Stephens defined to be the ''sham'' states
manship. Cox is chronic in his hate of New
England, and ne is chronic in his love of Lee
land, for between the descendants of the two
he knows where his strength lies. Cox has
said many witty things aboLt the Yankees,
and so long as he confines himself to their
foibles even the sons of New England should
laugh at his jokes. But when Cox or apy
other man intimates that what there is Of
Me- England bravery consists in a war spir-
1t against our own country. out is ''cowered''
when t comes to fighting for our own flag
abroad, he LAYS aside his usual character as
gentleman and assumes the disguise of a
slanderer -Cgeoeland Herald.
One incidental lesson Of the present state of
affairs ought TO be remembered by the Hep.
worths and Heralds-the fire-eaters of the
pulpit and the press. It is that the projects
which they are constantly recommending, de-
signed to help this or that ''str igeling nation
atty" are not without cost to the American
peo)ie. Toe seizure of he Virginius has al,
ready cost this government at least five mil
Hons OF dOllars-we put the sum at the lowest
possible poiot. -New York Tines.
We are told that there is a great deal O. op-
position in Congress to increased taxation;
Many members feel that is wiser to reduce the
expenditures than to advance the taxes This
Is excellent. as far as it goes. We trdst Con-
gress will cut down the appropriations to the
lowest figure. But when it has done this. it
will probably still find that further taxation 10
necessary, tor the reason that the deficiency
is due to loss of revenue in consequence OF
the pane. To the restoration of the tar
1T on tea and coffee there seems COM
paratively no objection, and there ought to be
still less objection to any reasonable tax on
whiskey.
A st. Louis baggage-smasher has come 20
grief He got hold of sheet-iron trur | 4
and it wouldn't break, He did his best on it,
but to no purpose. Had the train beeu a
little delayed he would have tested it with a
trlp-hammer or plle-drver; but, poor man
he had to send it off intact. His disappoint-
ment thersat has ruined him for life. He
took to Uis bed from a sewers attack of brain
fever, which finally subsidized, leaving him a
raving maniac. He is now an inmate of q
mad-house, with no prospect of recovery
Inter-Ocean.
We confess that we should like to see thu
proper standing of such men as Crews
Hepworth and Talmage clearly defined. Arr
they entitled to be treated with the respec
which, in our opinion, all true preachers o
the gospel ought to receive from laymen
Their "sermons" seem to be simply the vehi.
Gle of expression for all kinds of vulgar, row
dyish, heller SHELTER opinons-the mere froth
OF the least reflective portion of the COM
munity. One talks of the beauties of gener-
q war-the other pirates about sending our
m nesssses 70 foreign power in bomb-shell.