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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

Rev. TITUS CoAN, the venerable Sand
wich islands missionary, whose wife
died last fall, is soon to marry Miss
Lydia Bingham, of the girls boarding
school at Honolulu,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

A LITTLE boy being instructed in
morals by his grandmother, the old
lady told him that all such terms as
"by goll. by lingo" by thunder, :"
&c, were only little oaths, and but lit
tie better than other profanitjes. In
fact, she could tell profane oath by
the prefix "by." Ali such were oaths.
" Well, then, grandmother, said the
hopeful, "is by telegraph, which see
in the newspapers, swearing !" "No,"
said the old lady, "that is only ly-
ing"
FRANCE propose to recognize the
Car'is's as bellig rents. Why not ?
lleavc" knows they are belligerent
enough,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

A STAMP You can't buy-rhe stamp
J. Of Q gentleman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

eral effect, and, as a composer, has
rarely had his equal" H.
JOHN RusK1N is very fastidious in bis
ideas about the shape in which his
books are published. The very style
of bindiug-rich purple calf, with gilt
edge-is dedicated by him, aud 10
copy is to go forth to the world in al
sther shape; while the varieties Il
type and color of the ink have all been
subjects of the most weighty consid-
Grafton.
W. A. GOODYEAR, a graduate of the
Sheffield Scientific School, recently
discovered that the famous Californ'
peak, which has been lately known -:
Mount Whitney, is not the same pc. k
to which the name of Mount Whitney
was originally given by Professor
Brewer, of New Haven, in 1854, the
real Mount Whitney peak being six
miles further north. The discovery
also makes good the claim that Mount
Whitney is the highest peak in the
United States, fully Il, 600 feet high,
the supposed Mount Whitney being
only IS, 74O feet.
The Montgomery (Ala-) Advertiser
says: Ayoung lady of this city WHO
had just returned from school, sent
her card to her uncle, our old friend
Colonel G-M-, with the letts Is
r. S. V. P. inscribed in one corner,
The Colonel who didn't understald
"R. s. V. p" and who didn't care Il
darn If he didn't, sent his card in reply
-inscribing the letters d. $: &. q. III
the corresponding corner: These we're
initials to the young lady, and nv xhtn en-
meaut by such outlandish initials - :.
"What did you mean by yours o.
queried the Colonel in response. OH!
meant that you must answer if yon
couldn't come. Now what did you
mean 2" "Me! Why, Imeant-that
is the letters meant Darned sorry
couldn't come.' Wasn't that correct 2
The young lady was fairly cornered
and gracefully acknowledged the
corn."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-11

ONE establishment at Nassau, BAHIA
ma Islands, has about $500, 900 invest
cd, and employs six hundred hands IN
canning pineapples. This season they
purchased one million pineapples, and
backed one million and ten thousand
cans. The pineapples cost them from
eighteen to forty cents per dozen IN
gol1, and the canned fruit is sold here
for about "a. 81.
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and figures, we have given from time to
time, of our county and State affairs, The
Democrat has the supreme stupidity to say:
eve have made an honest and candid
statement of our State and county fl
nances."-" We have exhibited to our
readers the utter groundlessness of the
charges brought against our County Com
missioners and State officials. We have
challenged our enemies to point out speck
of that Credit Mobiler and Salary Grab
rascality," ETC., etc.
Ha. ha. This would ,..be cool. if.it.was
not supremacy ridiculous. There is not a
figure we have given, not statement we
have. made that the records do not show
to be true. The government of Maryland
to-day is a seething mass of corruption.
The difference is this between the parties:
The Republican party exposes and drives
out it's thieves, as fast as they are discover
ed. The Democrats never attempt to dis
cover any in their party. Thieves will
break through and steal in all communities
and all parties. But State or community,
or political party, whose fundamental prin-
ciples are plumber, never exposes or Furnishes
its members for the crime; and in this is
found the reason why the Democratic party
of this State, would rather screen, than
expose its rascals; and we are charitable
enough to believe that The Democrat,
under its present unsophisticated and par
tisan bigoted management, is really inno-
cent enough to believe that there are no
rascals in it's party, in county or State
Where ignorance is bliss tits folly to be
wise" If ever this maxim was appropri
at. for prudential reasons it is SO now with
The Democrat.
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THE PEOPLES TICKET.

The organization of the great civil bat
tie which is to be waged on the 4th of
November, has been almost complete. We
have laid before our readers weekly, some
of the mistakes, crimes, or mismanage-
ment the party in Office have been guilty of
in long lease of power in this State. We
believe they have had good results, and
the people among whom they have been
scattered, have taken these truths to heart
and calmly considered them. We have
carefully awaited ourselves of every source
of information which seemed reliable, and
the result of our inquiries all tend to one
conclusion, which is that party lines are
entirely broken in this county the present
Fall; and the people are intent on finding
the best man for the office. Fortunately
the Republican ticket, in this emergency
challenges comparison with its opponent,
and is always the gamer by the strictest
scrutiny. 1t is hopeful sign when the
people begin 70 "sit down and reason
together" like the men Of old, and deter
mine to select men to serve them in pub
lie capacity, by the same safe standard
which they employ in their private bust
ness. Had this practice been pursued,
heretofore, tens of thousands of dollars
would have been saved to the taxpayers of
this county alone, and many millions to the
State.
The people say they are tired choosing
lawyers, doctors and other professionals
and non-producers, who are commonly
called politicians; and that they have made
up their minds that mechanics, farmers
and laboring men of intelligence, and
honesty should be tried. They find that
the Republican ticket is wholly composed
of this class of men, while on the other
hand, the Democratic Conservative is
made up largely of the opposite element.
All who are not professional are pretty
much "ring worms" on that ticket. The
Republican ticket is undoubtedly the labor
ing mans, the business mans, the mechan-
les ticket; while the opposition represents,
with an honorable exception here and
there, the doctor, the lawyer and the "ring-
Worm'
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Tile Democrat attacks well-abused Ben
Butler last week, with the same charges
which poor Thomas Swami attempted to
brand Butler with in the House last Win
ter; namely: his attempt to poison the
people of Maryland, and orders to his
Butler SO completely used poor Swami up,
and proved the lie on him, that he ran and
hid. These lies about Butler have been
repeated so often and persistently that
many good people really believe them
The truth is that these so-called ladies of
New Orleans were not the ladies of the
Crescent City at all, but the densi mond,
and the insults all came from those 'ladies,''
who deliberately spat in the face of But
ler's soldiers in the streets and practlced
every indignity their fiendish ingenuity
could invent. Now, there happened to be
a municipal law passed by the City Coun-
Gil of New Orleans long before Buffers
day, ordering the police to put women in
the lock up who were caught exhibiting
themselves on the streets in the manner
these mis- called ladies acted. Butler order
ed this old New Orleans law to be enforced.
The "ladies," however, were not disturb
ed, for they did not spit in the faces of the
soldiers and call them Yankee dogs after
that.
The poisoning story was lie put afoat
without the slightest particle of evidence
ever having been produced to sustain it,
as Swami found to his sorrow when he
brought it up in Congress. We are no
apologist for Butler. He is pretty hard
case, undoubtedly, but the truth of history
should be indicated, and the lies of De-
mOcracy exposed.
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THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR

Our correspondents annoy our neighbor
by ringing the change on his title, and
they must quit it. They must say Demo-
crat, or to be more previncially correct
"Dimocrat." Well, there is no accounting
for taste. For our part we would rather
be doctor, or in fact, ga dog and bay the
moon," than such Democrat with its
antedeluvian absurdites.
But there is grain of excuse for our
correspondents; "Doctor" you see is
short, and rather "nippy;'' and then THE
Democrat has recently become so complete
ly the reflector of estates Rights" Seces-
sion, and other anti-bellum exploded
theories, that the paper whilom, and the
party every day smiling blandly and polk
ing the colored voters in the ribs, in the
most confidential and confiding manner,
are for the time lost sight of, and those
sermons of the middle ages which appear
fact we are lead off sometimes ourselves by
them-away from the present to the past,
where the picture Of an old Virginia gentle
man, on his broad plantation, with whip
in hand, strides among his niggers as they
hoe corn and dig potatoes, stands before
their mental eyes, and they grow oblvious
of Tile Democrrt, which but twelve
month ago enrolled under the banner of
Uncle Horace and sung hosannas to the
farmer of Chappaqua. And the centre
figure of this vision, more enchanting than
the vision of Mira, conjured up by the
aforesaid editorials, appears as the Doctor.
The party of the day in search of African
votes, and Tile Democrat of the day are
but dimly seen in the back ground. And
their apparent lack of courtesy.
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VICTORY ON EVERY BREEZE.

Every mail, every breeze, we might say,
watts us cheering news. The prospect for
the election of the entire Republican ticket
was never more promising. The people
are coming over to us like sheep over
wall. The Democracy misnamed have
stolen away their day of grace. A cry for
a change comes up from every valley and
down from every hill top; from the tide
washed shores of the Sassafras, to the
rock-ribbed hills of the Susquehanna. We
hear of none of that wild and unreasoning
enthusiasm which characterizes some cleo
ton campaigns, but in place of it an earn
est determination on the part of the people
to have abuses reformed, and better sys-
tenn of government inaugurated, in which
economy will be practiced where at present
only prodigality is known. The people
now sit down and calmly reason together,
and examine their tax bills which grow
larger; and find the roads getting rougher,
and the Supervisors wasting money on
them to no purpose, and the County Com
missioners powerless to remedy these and
other crying evils. They look over the
Levy Lists and see heavy appropriations
for aims house, out pensioners, for Jail, for
courts, bailiffs, juries, inquistions, roads,
bridges, magistrates, lawyers, and hun
dreds of other expenses; with everything
at skies in the matter of comfort and con-
venience for the farmer. He is summoned
to leave his business and home and attend
court for days, perhaps weeks, as wit
ness at dollar day, while he pays two
dollars for board at the hotels. In the
meantime the courts drag slowly along
doing little or nothing. A reasonable out
lay is necessary, and must be endured for
these things, but the heavy expense and
delays in vogue under our present Demo
cratic regimen are inexcusable, and not lon
ger to be submitted to quietly. And for
these and other equally potent reasons, the
notes of victory crown every breeze, and
fill the very air with their murmurs.
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THE WANT OF THE PEOPLE.

We want members in our legislature
this Winter who will see to cutting down
the enormous appropriation bills which go
to feed an army of hangers-on of the Dem
ocratic party about Baltimore, Annapolis
and other places. In the Senate the great
est necessity exists for members compe-
tent, and conversant with all appropria-
tions. We know of no man better quail
fled than JOB HAINEs for this work. His
familiarity with the Comptroller's office,
having been principal clerk in that Office for
a number of years, especially fits him for
the business of guarding this dangerous ave-
nue., of appropriation bills, through which
annually millions of the peoples money
flow. Mr.. Knight, his opponent, is a fair
business, and upright gentlemen, but has
no training whatever for the Office, and is,
with no discredit to him, far the inferior of
Mr.. Haines in almost every requisite for
the office of State Senator. Were he much
ADLER as a politician and statesman, his
efforts could avail but little, if any, in
checking the waste and plumber practiced
on the treasury by his party, as the Treas
urer's and comptroller's reports prove be-
yond the possibility of denial, is DONE
Nothing but a thorough change of parties
will serve to check this evil. If the people
are alive to their own interests, and we
think they are, they will refuse longer to
be controlled by the political managers
and candidates of the Democratic party.
We have shown by repeated statements
that the most wanton system of expendi-
ture has characterized the party since it
has been in power, and the tax payers have
everything to gain by change. Mr..
Haines is decidedly the best qualified for
legislative work, of any candidate now in
the field, in this county, and is man in
whom the people can place entire conf
dence. 1t is the interest of Democrats as
we'll as Republicans, to cast their votes for
such candidate. We, of all things else,
affairs, and there is no road open to it but
a change of party; and we appeal to the
people to look this matter fair in the face,
as they do every question which concerns
them in the affairs of their every day bust
ness. There is no deep underlying prin-
ciples of government at stake; such ques-
tions have been pretty we'll disposed of.
The Democrats offer you none. They cavil
and find fault; but the history of the party
in our State, as party in power, is rec
ord of reckless extravaganza, which every
intelligent man, if honest, must acknowl-
edge. We appeal to the voters of this
county to view our politics as they do
their business concerns, the only proper
stand point to understand them properly
from. and act as they would in matters Of
business, divest of the glamor of politics.
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Mass Meeting mt Port Deposit.

The Republicans are determined to make
things red hot in the Seventh, and propose
holding Grand Mass Meeting on Friday
evening next, 31st inst, at Port Deposit.
The meeting will organize at 7.3O p. NJ,
and be addressed by Hon. H. H. Colds
borough, our candidate for Comptroller,
Gen. Adam E. King and Hon. Archibald
Sterling. These gentlemen are all able
and popular speakers, and will doubtless
make a favorable impression on the minds
of all parties. The Port Deposit and
Rising Sun Bands have been engaged for
the occasion, and lively time generally
is anticipated
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RIP VAN WINKLE.-Everybody we
opine, has heard of Rip Van Wrinkle, the
hero who took the twenty years nap on
the Catskill Mountains; but compare
lively few of our readers have ever read
the story as told by the inimitable pen of
Irving. Joe Jefferson has popularized and
immortalized the story on the stage; and
few theatre goers who are not familiar
with Rip Van Wrinkle, as he appears on
the stage as personated by Jefferson. On
our first page this week we publish about
half the story, which will be completed in
next Saturdays issue. The real Rip OF
Irving's genius will be found to differ con-
siderably from his prototype of the stage.
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REGISTRATION.

Be sure that this important matter is
attended to ON Monday and Tuesday next,
eth and 2Sth instant. This is the last
chance. No man whose name is not found
on the registry can vote. Remember that
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REGISTRATION.

Let the candidates and persons appoint
ed for that purpose watch the close of the
registry on Monday and Tuesday next.
Some of the Registers might make mis-
takes, and always on the Republican side.
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REGISTRATION.

Let our friends in the districts see to it
that the lists of voters are not tempered
with, and names which should be left on,
that should not be placed on, be put there
at the last moment also. The former are
always sure to be Republicans and the lat
ter Democrats. This may seem strange,
but tits true.
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"TnEY SOLD Us.''-This is what num-
bers of thinking Democrats say, and with
more truth than poetry. The Greeley bar
gain and sale last fall, concluded by the
managers of the party was one of the most
base and mercenary transactions, that
party protesting to be guided by principle,
was ever guilty Of And now it is not
that party declare they will not be longer
bound by party ties, and that they intend
to vote as their conscience and judgment
dictate.
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ECONEMY.

-"Time is money; don't waste either
Thus the adage wisely reads;
And twill benefit the pocket,
If careless man the maxim needs.
But if folks would both be saving
TINE AND MoNEY-let them call
For a Suit of Splendid Clothing,
From the Stock of TOWER HALL.
51S Market Street, half way between Fifth
and Sixth Streets, Philadelphia, where the
finest Garments and Greatest Bargains are
to be found.
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Some of the Democratic Conservative :"
candidates, we are creditably informed,
are afraid to trust the promise of their
party members, and are preparing to
"seal" them, by more potent means, even
to purchase their good will, if not their
votes by more substantial resources, than
party fealty and exhortations to stick to
their party. Watch them.
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Democratic Stealing and Squandering.
FIGURES , FIGURES ! !

Notwithstanding these ungainly Arabic
characters have become very dstasteful to
The Democrat, which finished them up at
one hash, showing very conclusively, &C
cording to its way of thinking, that the
party of extravagant promises has been
the very pink of propriety, economy and
integrity in it's stewardship of the State
and county, we have few more to present
to our readers, by way of reminder, that
since they changed Republic an rule in this
State and county, their experience has been
not unlike that of the frogs in the fable,
when they changed king Log for king
Stork. We propose to deal somewhat in
State affairs in this article, and by way of
prelude will state that during the six years
that the Republican party had control in
Maryland, from 1861 to 1866 inclusive, the
amount of appropriations from the treas
ury of the State, including large sums for
bounties to soldiers, was $l2, 1877, 600. The
amount expended for volunteers and war
expenses to be deducted from that sum
was $4,212, 40, leaving balance actually
disbursed for State purposes, in the six
years above referred to, of So, 575, 100. With
the control of the State government, the
Republican party handed over to their sue
cessors, balance in the Treasury of 1907,
S16.26. In 1867 the Democratic onser-
vative" party, so-called, got the reins of
government fairly in hand and have held
them ever since.
That party inaugurated its rule by ap-
propriating by the Legislature of 1867,
So, 704, $50; and in the second year, 1868,
$S,61s, 800, which was s43, $50 more appro-
priated in the latter year than the Repub-
lican, or Union party, appropriated in six
years. The appropriations of two years
'67-s amounted to S12, 1928, 4s5. OF this
sum $500, 900 were expended on the militia,
and $4,000 on the oyster navy, which
went mainly into the hands of officers re-
turned from the Confederate armies, bank
rupt. A similar process of extravaganza
has been kept up ever since, and although
the resources of the State should have in
creased, and in years of profound peace,
the State debt should have been in a rapid
course of liquidation, yet there has been
but little over a million of the debt paid,
and that sum, by the sale of the most
valuable stock the State held.
We will specify few of the objects for
which these appropriations were made; and
few of our readers have any idea what vast
sums have been squandered on what are
termed Charitable Institutions" which
are entirely of a private nature, and which
no Legislature has right to appropriate
the peoples money for:
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GOING FOR THE WHOLE TICKET IN
FUTURE.-The Major, report says, has
closed the campaign for himself, whose
election he says is sure, and the remainder
of the canvass he proposes to devote to the
balance Of the ticket, which he doubtless
thinks, and very justly, is sadly in need of
help. We think when the polls are count
ed out that the Major will be impressed
with the fact, that he too, needed few
more votes, and shat his magnanimity to
his brother candidates was entirely too I'M
selfish. The whole party have our most
cordial wishes and God speed for Salt
River,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO TRESPA

All persons hereby notified not to trespass Il o
lands Of the subscriber. with Dog Cum any 9th,
way, the law will be strictly enforced.
Oct ~ lS73-iw* BENZ. WILSON
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NOTICE TO GUNNERS.

All persons forbid trespassing the premises of
the subscriber, with Dog Gun, and any person found
trcspassng in violation of law ani the above motto
will he prosecuted. DELAPLAINE MCDANIEL.
Oct 25, 1SI3-4w*
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NOTICE TO GUNNERS.

All persons forbid trespaSsng the Marley pro-
perry. with Dog and Gun and if detected violating the
law in disregard Of the above notice will he prosecuted
Oct %, lS13-lw L. SWEETAPPLE.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Having determined 10 devote myself more exclusively
to the PRACTICE MEDICINE, have this day dsI osed
of my DRUG STORE to Robert Il. Frazer who will
continue the business rs heretofore
Thankful to the public for the generous patronage
extended to myself would most respectfully solicit
continuance OF the same to successor.
JAMES H. FRAZER, NJ. d.
Elkton, October 23rd, 1873.
RJ-A store accounts will be settled 10y r. B. Frazer.
Oct rs lS73-tf