Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03

N ny pcst way 20 deal with many Of
the cccentricities of men and society ID
this world, IN order 10 cure them, Is
often times 70 just give them rope
For instance nice young man gets
the big-head and honestly thinks he
can run successfully, a business for
which he has little or no capacity, and
no expcrincc. His vanity is SO enor-
nous, that precept as teacher, is of
no effect with him; nothing but sad
experience will cure his disease. What
is true of individuals is also true Of
communities.
We learn much by precept but
much better by experience, and in
certain cases no other teacher is worth
picayunc.
Whenever a young man takes the
bits in his mouth and needs not the
cautious teachings of age and exper-
fence, sadly his advisers and friends
give him up, to be taught in the school
of adversely. So, when blindness
sometimes seizes upon society, or upon
a portion or class,of society, the scales
are not removed from off their eyes,
often times, except by the scalpel Of
the Surgeon, sad experience. When
they do see clearly, uninfluenced by
excitement or prejudice, many OF them
wonder how they were ever led cstray
by leaders, many of whom they would
not trust in the ordinary affairs of life.
Ben. F. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, is
the man, who. when the salary amend
ment to the appropriation bill had
been defeated in the House on Feb.
18th, moved reconsideration of the
vote. and then Immediately followed
this with motion to adjourn, SO az to
give the salary men time to muster
their scattered forces. Here was a
decisive crisis: had the men who then
voted against the amendment, stood
firmly by their colors, the motion to
adjourn could have been voted down,
and the whole salary bill been defeat
ed in twenty minutes, by a motion to
table Buffers motion to reconsider
Here the weakened members backed
down, the men who wanted the In
crease pay, but had not the courage
to vote boldly for it, sloughed off, more
than score of them, and gave to the
venal members chance to get another
hitch at the public crib. The fact is,
Mr.. Buffers operations in this matter,
ought to ostracise him in Massachu-
sets, as it certainly will in the country
at large.
Since the reduction Of newspaper
postage to one cent for every two
ounces, or fraction thereof, great
many papers which are placed in the
post Offices never reach their destina-
ton, and - has been. come COM
plant in CO. hence. Persons wrap
up two or three papers, frequently
weighing four or six ounces, attach a
cent stamp, aud deposit the packages
in the post office, and that is as far as
they get. They might as well address
them to the Shah of Persia and drop
them in the office without any stamp
at all. They would be just as likely to
reach their destination. Uncle Sam
agrees to carry two ounces of printed
matter for cent, aud not four ounces.
The Chicago Post gives, rs a rumor,
that ex-senator Harlan will withdraw
from the Washington Chronicle.
- .- st<-;..s- -.,-s.~---a->~>at4s cat tho
news, we find the foregoing paragraph.
We have several times stated that
Senator Harlan had never assumed the
editorial management Of the CHRoNI-
Gle; that he was a stakeholder, and
sometimes wrote an article for our
columns. And we may add that VIC
have never heard him express a pur-
pose to sell his stock but, on the corr
trary. he has recently purchased an
additional interest.-W ash. Chronicle.
Two of the saw-dust dealers in New
York City, have been brought to grief
and fined 81 600 each and sentenced to
one years Imprisonment. They were
sending out circulars offering fortunes
to their dupcs Oh condition that there
be the utmost secrecy observed. We
suppose this is one of the effects of the
new government in New York, which
is unearthing criminals generally. We
will, however, take occasion again to
warn our readers against giving any
heed whatever, to fortunes offered for
trifling consideration.
Something has gone awry with gold.
1t has touched lit TO l1S1e in the last
few days. We notice that the Govern
ment has observed this upward tenden-
cy and the Assistant Treasurer at New
York, has been directed to purchase
100000 of bonds, Wednesday April
9th and Wednesday April 23rd EACH
Also he is instructed to sell $780, 600
of gold on each Thursday OF the month
Of April, making in all tho purchase
of one million bonds and the sale OF
six millions of gold.
The Daily Graphic, speaking Of the
Republican party, says at has no
policy;" cit dares not make single
affirmation !" {" it shrinks from advanc-
ing = and "the necessities that called
il into being no longer exist" 1t
seems to us that we have read some
thing like this before but the Republic
can party goes on just the same.
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