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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12


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lie liw above quoted are ho following, via.
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NJ Nay 1873. rthout wsitinF fr " ther no
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Collector intern Rsyen q, Az nisst, Pa d.
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p'oen'ti ~ SAsusL ALLessS fs't,.Cni.
Gas, ,bss'Sl Ssiiaslrpye, Psaps.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12

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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12

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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12

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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12

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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-12
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04
WILSON'S CARD.
A DENIAL THAT Is NOT a
DENIAL.
PARAGRAPH BY RAPu
AND THE REPLY.

Mr.. Wilson, canvassing the country pre-
cincts, declared his opposition to the
Cairo and st. Louis railroad. This news
came to US from many sources, and We
charged in these columns that no was al
enemy Of the road, SO declared by his
own tongue and SO published by his
associations. If we did not make this
charge In courteous manner We failed
in our intention in that respect.
And now comes Mr.. Wilson, certainly
very angry, with circular address to the
paople of Cairo. An attack upon US,
couched in the language Of insinuation,
it contains, but its ostsnsible purpose is
to deny that no 10 opposed TO the con.
struction Of the road. To ascertain
whether his attack is just and to determine
bis purpose in reference 20 the road
We shall publish Mr.. Wilson's circular in
full. 1t is a. follows:
Mr.. WILSON'S CIRCULAR.
TO THE VOTERS OF ALEXANDER COUNTY,
commemorative solicitation OF a mum.
Der OF friends, who had the kindness TO ex.
press their confidence in my integrity and
ability TO protect the interests of the county
OF Alexander, was induced TO subIpit nv
name a. u candidate for the Office OF counIy
commissioner. Now, as MIR. Oberly savs
that II N an Office neither OF honor or nro,I,
l supposed that ! would be allowed 10 snh'
init my name TO the consideration nj nv
neighbors and friends, quietly ami pencs.
fully, without being the means OF siirr,ny
up hornets nest In certain quarters, and
consequently u considerable futter OF ex.
element. j find myself assailed with nil
the venom OF which that distinguished
libeller and traducer OF THE BULLETIN is
capable OF throwing, and with reluctance 1
am driven into print, In order 10 yindicate
| myself In defence. 1t IL charged tina: INV
| motives In becoming candidate are not OF
the purest kind, II the object TO be at
tanned be praise worthy, appro bend that IL
makes little difference TO You whether the
| motives are sinister or not.
RgHARKs.-THE BULLETIN did not
charge that Mr.. Wilson's motives were no,
OF the purest kind. THE BULLETIN did
mol seek to investigate motives. Mr..
wilson 10 mistaken in the paper. The
Gazette, published by friend Of Mr..
wilson said it was reported that Mr.,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04
A TARDY DENIAL.

Mr.. WILSON denies that he 10 opposed
to the completion Of the Cairo and st
Louis railroad.
Thi. denial is for city consumption. In
the country he dispensed altogether diff
| feren: kind Of an article. There hcde-
clared that the road was fraud that he
Was opposed TO its completion; that he
would, il elected to the board Of county
commissioners, replevy "a foolish express
sion to be made by 80 sensible msnl the
bonds already issued ssi no,
allow another bond 10 be is
sued. Turs CAN BE- rsovsS ny
HOST oY WITNESSES. 4 letter from
Judge McCri,s TO Judge Brcss conssins
this charge, and tells TO whom the pres
siens were made; ard Mr.. Saunders, the
county candidate fos whom the Wilson
men are going 10 vote, IN the belief that
be is - much opposed TO the road as vii.
son, TOLD THE EDITOR OF THIS rArrR, IN
THE HEARING OF Mr.. JONI Z. WHirS,
JupoE BRoss, Mr. PoPx, AND ASorurx
oxsrLnNAS, THAT Mr.. WILSON HAD
DECLARED MOST EMPUArICAl.
LY, IN CLEARCREEK, THAT HE
WAS OPPOSED TO THE COMPILE
TON OF THE Road NJ. Saunders
said he would be qualified that Mr.. VII
son made this plsdge.so bis people
And now comes NJ. Wilson. rgo lArG
FOB THIS NEWS no yr GJrrHs rg ChEAH-
CREEK, wHrNn uH gXrsc'rs ygrss rs
CAUSE he - crRcszp rg rHE t0A.D, AMI
asserts TIA, he is uss oppcssl: u ~ gum
ple,ion. Can s-y ci;i;sa gc Carl. ylg
issirss the CONSTRUCTION IL 5is -0a.:
% csush: With s1ch etAf2
TIE charge TIA; NJ. VILLAGE LII: ~ .
llared be wSs opposed 10 he n,r- 1ssa;r
OF the Cairo AL ST. Lazs sd. ws --.A.i
BY THr BULLETIN t-,sr TrTs2tr- Al
every .sy ,-scs We hare .s-ssra.s,. Il IL
Mr. @ggsBs vas ,lafII ~ TI4ss
iusIw,ud IL ryI1i tYEnaws WIZ a.1a.
loIr D,r,T N uussNr mH.Is r'iuhN "a,
vs s3aisnl,' aitau q iie iiniiu t,ary 4
- i'ENth VI .uSlll.tl LtNA ~
Isit..raiiraai pacs NJ 81" annIih' paior'
ije:iion tiay ant lin an.s.rallvvat sl'ppuf.
psfs ~ y'hun Ia nut ,''atGut ii,n's,r
- ~ oJprnun ~ the fpn'
vo,l,t t.s.ua. n,u ~ t.p,lpe-.@.l,pE lat
i,oca.pos fa,ues,,p. a. sies! "a ta.s y',,s
np3l sss e,enlag ~ SAC IA! .%'s's sisc,
40. .t2--;9s l,.s " r.; ta r.,.sosf
plsiga 70 the cosnlry-snd .hsa AZ
nOuncsd in indefinite terms that he ia no.
opposed TO the road.
The trick ia too thin. Any man with
half an eye can see through Il. Every
citizen who IL really anxious 70 have the
road completed should gently, bu. care
fully, erase Mr.. Wilson, name from hi,
| ticket to-day.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

too 1.-THE negroes don't vote for vii.
am, II they do vote for Fisher, Hodges
and Sanders, Fisher will have at least
tbreo hundred colored votes to Offset three
hundred white Wilson votes. The three
hundred Wilson white votos and the three
hundred Fisher colorcd votes will mako
six hundred, leaving about Eve hundred
other white votes. If Fisher gets three
hundred Of those be will carry the city II
he can get all tho colored votes and d.
vide the white vote Of eight hundred In
the middle he will carry the city by three
hundred majority. II however the colored
men vote for Wilson AND Fisher, the
colorcd vote will not affect
the result, and who will
carry the city will depend upon who will
get the majority of the white votes. We
believe Fisher would beat Wilson
thon; but We hope Fisher will not be
thus sacrificed by his colored friends. A
coloied man who votes for both Fisher
and wilso cancels his vote. II amounts
to nothing. BY this trick Mr.. Wilson,
who heartily hates all negroes, hopes TO
cheat the colored mon out Of their votes
and defeat Fisher. Can colorcd men DO
by such q thin trick
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04
Co
COLOkED MEN, BEWARE

M. Wilson, who has repeatedly said he
vsaidnt have ID niger vote for him,
Aas come down 70 the hard-psn and is
squirting the colorst vote. And he ia
ssyipg 70 cheat the oolored men GU, Of
tAsif votes for Fisher. Here is the trick
He white friends are voting for Hodge,
and Sanders. Sanders 10 believed to b,
IN anti-rsilrosd man, and the Wilson
men believe they can afford TO give tn.
rdsnds Of the road one representative on
The board. To white men Mr.. Wilson
ssys, "Dsa't vote for Fisher; vote
for me, Sanders and Hodges" lie
knows be can't get the colorsd men ,c
veas Tor him against Fisher, but he also
hsous that the rscs 10 between him ant
fishss. and he therefore says 10 the col
sesa msn; "Pishsr 10 your friend, vot,
= fos him, but vote for me and Sanders
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

CoscsasIss the clsskship We intended
70 nsks few remarks, but have not 60,
tine. We like all the boys. DAWSON is
nj As fancy painted him; Johnny
Crowley i: On excellent young man, who,
With sIpsrisnes, would make good off,
Ger; Lynch ~ know TO be An excellent
eisrk and also . clever gentleman. In
our opinion The contss, will DO between
Lyaeh and Crowley, With the chances in
favor Of The former, Dawson will re-.
esivs large number Of levee votes, Crow
10y will take the Irish votes almost to a
man, and Lynch will receive mos. of the
German votss. The colorsd troops seem
70 DO divided between Caowley and
Lynch, With an occasional shot for Dsyi.
BON.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

have written such . dsnial--sueh an 10.
definite paper Would he not have
made himself understood by saying: al
did not say to anybody was opposed TO
the road. am not. Iwsnt 1t completed
II the company flls its part OF the con.
tract will see that the county does not
try to escape ito obligations ~ Such Ian
guage cannot DO found in Mr.. wilson's
card. II 10 9 wishy.washy evasion Of the
charge Of unfriend,!nsss.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

-G-s Il. ArERs mas opsnsc: "a asc-
sun a.. eomnission house, No. III, Df.
WG;asrs brick building, Commercial
waI,sla. He has fine room for bis bust
insa sa': d already getting goods into II.
Ainnr ii+riy bales Of cotton were new
fpn-i''li'. % our eye, and a pleasant one.
A,ars a eoand to succeed. He can say
WITH -,scash: al have tried many
iinnqn @rscAl times and have always
sir'.nsa;'s: q. last He knows no such
wort M a..
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

s1-as ssoss and Mr.. Webb returned
arnn ais cassay precincts yesterday,
Vaag l'S;r- Is that they beard many Q.
s''s ;'r.s;a;s Ct the different precincts cay
shas NJ Wilson had distinctly and re-
1ssasely Declared that be was opposed to
I's ,nrs sas:io, 0! the Cairo and st. Louis
Sisf = tcso would not issue any more
s'n':a :. q! Of III would rspievy the
s'n<s sisssAy ous, and raise thunder with
everybody vso wanted the road com
SissAt- A:4 il vi.. Be observed that Mr.
~-saa ss4s cot deny, in his card, tina,
- a. -. ,ss Clear creek people ,hs
ks vss srr.sse 70 Ii. road. He did no
dare 10 Do %. He eosld have been pu
csvs BY 7aay reputable witnesses.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

TEE boys, Thomas and all the others
all except George-wers out at the Cas-
sino ball last night, and very lively time
eey had Several fights were threatened
d: al lefs a 40 early hour this morning
wa Whole but aching heads.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

OuR local editor would so TO the
country last night, and We had Wilson
fsasfully ON the brain. The consequence
10, We have much Wilson and no local
matter. But what's the holds, {. Phil
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

TRxRH wss considerable excitement, on
the streets yesterday. All the candidates
were busy, and all their friends are as
lively - ants on hot surface.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

Ma WrLsos and his supporters are
s,.,:<sssS Judge Bross and running Nc
7tsss<.A They know McPheeters il no,
val 9aaliAed for the office Of county
.utxs, bat they hate Bross and are NOV.
n. assvsns and earth" 10 astsAi hsza
Ella Germans should ssa;a v'nn a,,,a,y
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

WILSON calls at iA.-t 1n,nte. ,e,i. rcnI.-
ss,x=d him, WITH ~ IN iauiss ''se i7se ~:
SELL However, HMM lisis nnel firi TIA
rI.-oad, We muS. In iiu-ngn. tstIJ. iss
dss hat fact ia rs. mn II nii'il.
nM1ssa ct US? L! - ppr my VIA
is saIsald BE- We EAU. sc.ai arm y,
yusis. him under our wig .'.s IL, vp,ld
nm
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

The Wilson psn have abandoned the
ineligible dodge. They ascertained. thu,
Fisher could not DO beaten by such q
weak device.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04
VoTB for Fisher, Hodges

and Sanders We under.
stand that Mr.. Wilson's
friends intend to vote for San.
ders and Hodges, and we adj
wise the friends of Mr.. Fisher
do the same. Let the fight
be a fair one between Fisher
and Wilson.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

Br general consent Wilson and Fisher,
mem will vote to-day for Hodges and San
dsrs.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

Lows JoRoISsKS is q candidate for
justice Of the peace in North Cairo pre-
cinct and % Is Charles X. Kyle.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

FnnHR; Sanders and Hodges 10 the
ticket, the Fisher men should vote to-day.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

voTB for Fisher, Hodge and Sanders.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-11-04

Let us look for one moment, and see how
the account stands: According TO Mr..
Oberly's figures, the cost OF the road has
been 1851 3s, and that o30O, 900 more viii
abundantIy complete IL In all, say S2,GG7,
5Bs, tor which there has been issued y $780,
90 IN first mortgage bonds, and II IL pro-
posed " issue $o!U 900 more In second mort
gage bonds: leaving a balance over and
above the cot, according to his own figures,
Of e8s2, 4S2. VIII Mr.. Oberly answer IL tina
little balance !, 10 20 TO Rowland and asso-
ciatcsY or who! There is 10 be $4,000, 900
Of stock issued, In all bonds and stocks
$500 900, which will only leave the little
balance OF $685., is2 as the profits OF build
Ing tue road.
REMARKs.-We said s2,G07,057 cash
had already been expended on the road,
and that $500 900 were required to finish
it, making its total cost, with Its present
equipment, s2,9O7, 900. The estimated
cost Of construction and equipment was
1890, coo, which is $4,000 more than
tho cost will be with present equipment.
But tho road has not enough locomotives
or cars, and for the needed rolling stock
ut least $4,000 will have TO be expended
to make tho Cairo and st. Louis road one
Of the best railroads in the world. Mr.
Wilson says S25Oo,o00 frat mortgage
bonds have been issued. True. He says
alsoit 10 proposed to ISSUE $3.50, 900 second
mortgage bonds. He thon adds TO the
bonds issued the bonds PROPOSED TO DE
ISSUED, and subtrscts the amount from
s2,G67 ,63s, sccordingto Mr.. Wilson's own
statement Of the cost of the road, and adds
"leaving . balance, according TO hi.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-25
Roman at the Wood-PHe
HOW HEAVENS FIRST, BEST GIFT TO MAN
SAWS WOOD.

The Danbury Nea0s says ''Did you ever
see a woman undertake to saw wood 1t
is always little while before dinner, when
the pies won't bake, and the potatoes alb
solutely refuse to come to the boiling point,
and the only stick of wood is exactly three
inches too long. After vain attempts to
proye the elasticity of matter by putting
\ two-foot three-inch stick into two-foot
stove. she goes out to the saw horse, puts
her knee on the refractory stick the way
She has seen The men do. But the edges
of the wood are sharp and she takes 1t
down with an ejaculation, and with grow
ing disregard for appearance, put her foot
on it instead Her hair never fails to come
down at this iuncture, and she has 30 stop
and twist it into tight knot behind before
bepinuing to saw. Here the saw com
mences a frantic jumping and skipping on
its own account, the whole feminine mind
being concentrated upon keeping up the
foot that is up, and down the foot that
should be Down, until, in an unluClly mo-
ment the centre of gravity is lost, the
stick flies up and launches n blow at her
nose lust as some body is going by. She
( stops and pretends to be looking for some
I thing. while dark thoughts of divorce and
/ separation flash through he mind, and she
/ ggrer Will attempt to saw wood again If
/ there never is any dinner. But her pride
/ and her dinner are at stake, and all her
/ obs.inacy comes to the surface; she VIII
I conquer that stick or die. Fired by new
/ fury. she succeeds in saving wO-thirds OF
/ the way through, and breaking off the rest
/ of tit is a rotten rail-she goes into the
/ house to find the potatoes boiled dry, and
/ the pie in a state of sodden uncertainty,
! The children come home from school and
| the husband from his shop, and find a kind
/ of hushed solemnity in the air, and no pie
! for dinner. The meridinal meal IS eaten
| in silence and bitterness Of heart, and then
/ the wife of his bosom inquiries if she is eX-
pected to take care of the stables and feed
| the pigs as well as saw wood. The man
| says, Hang it all, l forgot and the wo-
! man drops sarcasm and breaks down in the
! declaration that she never will do 1T
! again, necer-but she will; she viii do
! it to morrow, and the next day, or the day
| after for one of the things that woman
| never will learn is that she cannot saw
I wood, -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-25

THE FAMILY HANEiER.-TheTe is one
thing no family pretends to do without.
That is a hammer. And vet there Is moth
ing that goes to make up the equipment
of a domestic establishment that causes
One-half as much agony and profanity as
a hammer. 1t is always an old hammer,
with handle that is inclined TO silver, and
always bound to slip. The face is as round
as a full moon, and as smooth as glass.
When it strikes a nail full and square,
which it has been known to Go, the act
will be found to result from Il combination
of pure accidents. The family hammer is
one of those rare articles we never profit
by. When it glides off a nail head and
mashes down a couple of fingers, we un-
hesitatingly deposit it in the yard, and OBJ
serve that we will never use it again. But
the blood has hardly dried on the rag be-
fore we are out of doors in search of that
hammer and ready to make another trial
The result rarely varies, but we never
profit by it. The awful weapon goes on
knocking off our nails, and mashing whole
joints, and slipping off the handle to the
confusion of mantle ornaments, and break
ing the commandments, and cutting up an
assortment of astounding and unfortunate
antics, without let or hindrance. And yet
we put up with i, and put the handle on
again, and lay it away where it won't get
lost, and do up our mutilated and smart
ing fingers, and yet if the outrageous thing
should happen to get lost, we kick up
regular hellabOolOo until it is found again.
Talk about the tyrannizing influence of
bad habit 1t is not to be compared to
the family hammer.-Daye6ury Ne,css
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-25

AN INTELLIGENT CAT.-The man who
lives Just back of us, Chubb, has yellow
tomcat whose intelligence is almost human.
Chubb's cat possesses voice like that of
a TuscaTora Indian, and when it goes out
in the yard on a moonlight night and
meets a cat with different views, and rea-
sons with it and INDUCES in animated con-
versation and lifts out handfuls of fur, you
can hear the debate for mile and half.
Chubb used to be much annoyed by the
continual disturbance, and he would dis
perse the meeting with bullets and other
proiectiles. But at last he noticed that
his remonstrances had no effect. The more
soap-cups and boots he fired into the yard,
the louder his yellow tOmcat would scTeech,
and when he would bang away his gun,
the cat would send out a wild, unearthly
yOwl which would wake people within tif-
teen squares and set eight or ten thousand
dogs to barking. 1t seemed SO queer to
Chubb that his cat always refused to move
on when hit, that he determined one night
to watch it.
Just at dusk he observed the cat drag
about twelve inches of old stovepipe out
from under a bush and crawl into it. Then
the cat inserted its legs through fouI holes
that had been punched in the iron, and
with its head projecting through the end,
and its body clad in armOr, 1t winked at
Chubb, and rambled off to attend the mass
meeting. Chubb says now that he WOuldn' /
take a hundred dollars for that cat but if
we do not tunnel under Chubb' yard some
night and blow his tomcat into eternity
with a submarine torpedo, it viii be very
singular. We admire ingenuity, but a
Yociferous tOmcat makes us unhappy
Mac 4dclCr.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-25

COULDN'T CATCH HER. On Satur-
day an old lady, accompanied by a
tall, gawky-looking girl of sixteen, ev-
identity her daughter, entered store
in Titusville and asked to see some
calico Selecting one of the pieces
thrown down to her, she pulled it this
way and that, as if she would tear it
to pieces; held it up to the light in
various positions, and spit on corner
and rubbed it between her fingers to
try if the colors were good. Then she
stood still awhile-evidently she wasn't
satisfied. Suddenly she seized the
clerks scissors, and cutting off
piece handed it to her daughter, re-
marking, Here, Liza Jane, you take
an char that an see eff it fades ~
And Liza Jane chGlCed it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-25

clerk. ooh, not much - said the Profes,
sor. s'I reckon three or four bushels VIII
go, w ~ 70 saw they had not that much on
I,an3 but that they would soon have more.
The clerk persuaded him to try to make
ont for a few days with some fifteen or
twenty pounds. Sarah and the clerk were
not the only ones who laughed over the in
cident He never called for three or four
bushels afterwaTd.
If the Professor and his wife are stlll
living they must be well stricken in years,
ard if they see this brief sketch OF theiL @
early lives, and find any errors in IT. they
will pardon the writer.