The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-13
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South Benders Twisted North
wards with Envy.
Great and Glorious Preparations. Mountains Of
Food, Rivers Of Wine, Volumes Of Speeches.
To Open with q New Anthem
"Let Us Rake.,

dencc of Hon. Cakes Ames, late Christian states
man and present patriotic shovelmaker to the
American Republic This nominal friend Of Count
Shovel-o, of the Russian Court, is to be received
and hon0red by his proud constituency tomorrow.
Like the immaculate South Bender, honor and glory
await him here.
OH, LAND OF BEADS AND BALDERDAsH
telegraph from the land Of the Pilgrim Fathers
and from the stamping ground OF the old colony Of
Plymouth. North Easton is twenty miles south Of
Boston and forty miles west OF Plymouth Rock.
Here Miles Standsh used to trade religion and
beads for beaver skins; here the noble Puritan
Captain scooped in the Narragansetts and Pequ0ts,
and here Cakes Ames laid his noble
plans for scooping> in the thirty-nine Con.
gressmen. Miles Standsh raked the Injuns
with grapeshot and then went over the
hills to Plymouth to receive an ovation from the
thankful settlers who lived around the American
barney stone. Cakes AMes, the shovel and rake
maker, magnanimousy loaded up whole Legisla-
ture with Credit Mobilier generously shovelled in
the dividend, raked them with cross-examination,
blew them all US with his nitro ycerine and now
comes home to be honorcd by his proud constitu.
ency.
NOBLE NORTH EAsroN PROUD NEW England
When the Samnite Ambassador went to brbe
curious Dentatus he did not return to be honored
and Jeted. These were old-fashioned tines He
went home with beautiful iron bracelets on his
arms Columbus came back in chains; but Ames
comes back to glory and triumph. Such Is life.
Cinclnnatus went forth to fight the battles OF
Rome and then returned to his plough. Cakes
Ames, the pure and simple-minded, following in
the footsteps Of Cincinnatus went forth to the
glorious work OF bribing a legislature, and now,
with the grandeur OF Cncinnatus. he returns to
his shovels and trip-hammers.
OH, sHovELsl
North Easton is not tOwn-it is Amesville-it is
made up Of Ames' and their five hundred shovel
makers. The Ames' originated from oliver Ames
who made sh0vels in the year 1900, and carted
them to Boston behind his old white horse His
sons, Cakes and Oliver arc now at the head OF the
shovel business. They make 5000 shOves per day.
The old man died and Cakes lives in the old family
mansion, to show you how widc-awake the old man
was.
MARCUS MORroN's DIG FOR OLD OLIVER.
Igive letter written by General Marcus Morton,
formerly Governor and member OF Congress- to
him about 1920 The elder Ames was then en-
gagged in lobbying tariff bill through. Rufus
Choate says General Morton was In nineteen de-
feats and never had an accident. The General is
remembered as the chronic candidate for the Gov.
ernorship of Massachusetts,
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. IA, 1890.
DEAR SIR-Your letter of the 2sth ult covering a
petition Tor an increase OF duty on spades and
shoves, duly received. presented the petition
to the House, by which it was referred to the Com
mittec on Manufactures. have attended the COM
mittee with view to explain this subject to them,
of these articles such encouragement as
will enable them to pursue the business advan-
tageously. The committee have agreed to fix the
duty at twenty-five cents for each Shovel or spade
and have much reason to believe that this rate OF
duty win be established by Congress. Although
1t is as high as can now be obtained. II is more
than double the present duty, and will, strongly
have the consolation to know that is not for
want OF attention and exertion on my part also
think that 1t must prove of very considerable ad-
vantage to the manufacturers OF these articles,
although it falls short OF an adequate protection
must, however, repeat my hope and belief that 1t
will operate in the end to the entire exclusion Of
foreign made shoves and spades. will hereafter
inform you of the fate OF the bill. In haste and
with sentiments Of esteem remain your obedent
servant, MARCUS MORTON.
THE GREAT oNENAME HAMLET.
The sense Of Oakes and Oliver Ames the second
and cakes A. Ames both young men Of about
thrtyve, and full OF business and integrity is fully
shown They with their uncle Oliver, looked after
the shovel works, while Cakes dabbled in
big railroad schemes outside. They all
live in beautiful Englsh-looking residences,
made OF Boston stone, with Conservatives
ana yards. The boys are stocky, phlegmatic
young fellows, without much cultivation, but
honest, Woodworking fellows, as the world goes.
The Ameses run the Post ONCE and railroad depot,
and in fact they are the mayors, burgomasters and
high constables Of the little seven-by-n nine town
which, without the shovel shop would be simply
cross road.
HOAX coRNEREp ON SCHUYLER.
When asked OaKes A. Ames what he thought Of
the Credit Mobilier business he replied, "why just
nj n. 70 thor hod oho If CrHd
Mober stock in 1868. He wanted to sell 1l6 shares.
He sold 1t to his friends, some in Congress and
some out. Mr.. Gamalial Bradford Of Boston,
bought ten shares at 95 about the same time that
father sold it to Schuyler Colfax."
'What do you think Of C0lfax's answerf'
II think he has-well, prevaricated. Yes. I
know it, Ben Wade told father that Schuyler was
nice fellow, but that he had been doing some
tall swearing on the stand. No man who knows
my father ever doubted his word. At first, as q
religious magazine said, father was lenient on
these congressman who bought stock and lied
about 1t that strangers lost some faith In his in
tegrity; but when he commemorate let the whole
thing out every word he uttered was solemn
TRUTH
NOW FOR TRUTH, SHELF ME.
1--WE all pity Colfax, for he surely bought this
stock why, in 1870 father and uncle oliver were
carrying 100000 worth of Union Pacific stock. 1t
fell from SO to 0. and came near smashing US all
We lost $26o0,0oo, and suspended payment. My
father worked and twisted and consulted
with his creditors, and got an extension, and
finally paid every dollar. on, mol he would
never tell falsehood nor cheat any one to save
his life. Father says as soon as congressman
found he had the stock for sale they logged his life
out of him to get 1t, and when they found there
was to be an investigation they could not throw it
back and lie about 1t fast enough"
COOPERATING MEN ALL LOVE AMEs AND LITTLE
RAKES
To-day met the Rev. w. L. Chaffln, OF the Unita-
rian church here. When i asked him what the
Churches thought OF Cakes ne said :-"Why, every
minister In this district believes that Mr.. Ames
told the TRUTH and that Schuyler Cofax