New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21

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LEFT the Corners. tAnporarily, At l 10y
| for / how ield Nv labor hefs, wicb = ~. ley
es pleasant q that IN my old 6omYs @
am up here in tho aati-monopoly H..
ness. / an in Illiuoy, groanins o O.s
the burdens piled upon us farmers vs
damnin', with ali the vehemence thar. ~
me, the monopolies that is suckin tho ny ny
blood out NV the honest laborin cla,a.s
and tryin to convince me that tbe;s
dempshun can only be brought sbopt
abandonin to wunst the infamus Rsn.T
lieAn party. which 10 Responsible -
every evil that's onto the country. fa%S
railroads down to the potato bug.
We hev at the StashuA . noble cOter;a n,
sYmpathisers with the hard listed Va.
msny-a most gorgeoasly sympatizin Get
ever | see, and 50 afflicted are we at d,
under that we hold meetins perpetoolv;s
the room back Nv the bar of the Jactsas
Hotel, to consider en-. 20 --'
The lesdin sperit among rs, aside FRI,
me, il . veteran sympathizer with LAIN,
wich his name 10 Pettus. Abslum Pettu.
Wus originally q shoemaker, but early,
life developed telent holdin offs. He VIM
electeds herif nv the county, and the bepcI
wieh knOwd him wunst inmej lily knowd hin
no moro forever. There wus some difficult,
about some collekshuns wich he made, vics
wuz estesmed nv suficient importance Il
prevent his bein renominated, and liz
Northumberland, he WIZ turned out to thu
thin grass Nv privit lite tor years, wcI
hA ~
corner groceries, and sb00sin society, with
don't recognize him, earnin Q Twin by col
lectin the bills for his wife's dressmakiu
establishment. TO wich, when biznis VA
dull, he added laundry. President Lin
KIN wu5 ind00st by tho citizens Nv the Sta
ton to appint him collector, the sed citizen,
vainly insginin that Of he he'd Q good fat
thing he might possibly pay his debts. Z,
every body he owed signed his spplicashun
for the sppinrment, he he'd the longest list
Of names that ever went out Nv that vii.
lage. He continyood in offs doorin John.
sons adm,nistrsshen, hevin come to ths
that JOhnson's policy was cor.
rect jest after that grsto man notified him
Dfishul that didn't. Bot Grant busted him,
,ence witch tune he hes ben . consistent
Democrat and lover nv the lsbrin classes.
He hez seen close times eence-often hez
he bin without the neCoasaries Nv life, for
lis vito 10 gettin advanced in wears, and
amt wash and sew every day. Mr.. Pettus
yoes into the movement agin oppressive
and sch with all his heart, sole,
,ody and strength. He believes in the no.
'ility nv lAbor-he holds that labor hez not
ts proper reward, and ez for his part he
vill enter into croosade agin the bloated
nonopolists of the country with all the zeal
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1Ost tetchia sites in nAcher 10 to see Pettus
leanin on bar, diseouryin ON the grand
1r nv labor. He SEE that if the farmers
he hard-handid labrin masses Nv this
Ountry, want q candidate for auditor who
,athes aud hates the oppresshun nv labor,
whatever form it may come, he is their
ian. s.'i'i
Mr.. Samuel Blather is another one Nv the
who 10 with as. He is Dem.
crat in politics. and sllux hez bin. He hez
iskivered that the farmers are groanin IN
Or desputism. He don't own no farm
isself, nor anything else. nor hez he any
ertikeler bizness, but he feels there is an
cubus which ways ONO the labrin' man,
I'D. for one, he. feels like putin his shout
er to the wheel and histin 1t. He expecks
} be the Democratic candidate tor county
csrder, and If the farmers know their
iends-ef they only kin be brought to
cognize them whose harris beet responsive
theirn, and put him on their ticket, he
Y soft thing nv it. He kin truly say
at he never laid under q tree, seein the
d-handed victim Nv monopoly sweatin
lder his illrequited toll, without teeIin for
N, and his buzzum heeves ez he thinks Nv
e opportunity he hez no W to champion that
ass. He SEE he is the best man for recor-
.r in the county.
Mr.. Cephas Billins holds that the only
fuge the farmers hev ia in the buzzum ov
Democratic party-that's where they
ant to 60. he feels in his soul that they
e opprest. He amt jest sboor ez hs
lows wat their wrongs is. but he persoom-
1t had suthin TO do with mono poles or
thin nv that sort, but whatever it was he
.nds ready to denounoe it. Let us. he
i, organic a grange, to wuust, and when
comes to the eleeshun let US see eff the
dated Republican party shood longer ride
the backs of honest workinmen-the
agricultoorists
LAST week We held meetin' in the back
I'm, and resolved ourselves into grange,
th Pettus, Blather, Billins and myself ez
principle ottisers. Hevin just got the
,anizatlon all safe, and in proper hands.
lshOOd an address to the farmers NV the
1ntry to come in and jine. I urged them
let the farmers organize it, but my CO.
'orers declined. They sed they pre-
red to make certain that the organiza-
should be in the hands NV the tros
ends OF the labrin classes. They didns
q to take any chances.
. hev assOomed q costoOm in accordance
n our new agrlcultoOral deparcher. We
heavy stogy boots, bloc overhauls
ked into EN-. hickory shirts and broad
mined chip-hats. We each Nv ne carrya
ek-snaik whip instead NV u cain, and
mike nay seed IN our HAIR every morn
+. bia ther 10 80 enthusiastic that he
i bs clay on his boots epery mornin' and
Inns took q wheat-stun and rubbed tn.
de Nv his hands three days industriouslv
{et W satisfactory callus. We address
a other ez Farmer Billins, Farmer
ther, Farmer Pettus, and Farmer Nasty.
our conversashun is principally about
icultooral matters. The other cusses
o more zeel, however, tlran discreeshun in
0irecshun. Billins WIZ out in the country
a Us, and looking wise ez he passed .
OF wheat, sed that them wuz the best
w winter oats he he'd ever seen, and he
ldered whether the farmers Nv til at sec.
! planted corn yet in October. He had
no IL better to snb-sOl it in September,
z to give it a good start, so as to prever;
ter-killin. f-'
wooden't hev he'd an actooal tarme,
I'd this idiocy for small postoffis. And
" other troubles with 'em. Pettus was
IN out to address grange in cow-hide
IS, check shirt and o.erhauls, ez a sim.
plain farmer, an transformations son nv
with diamond ring on his little fin.
l hev to watch him and make hire
It OFT and put it in his vest pocket
IRE ne begins to speak. fH
ut while this advencher has i.s draw
;. IL "a after all y,1ooaop< o.