Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-03-07

from their receptions. This will last two
weeks. Dress will rule as long as the
poor deyotees cdn stand it. A movement
has been made by crippled people in BOs-
ten, to simplify woman's dress. The
dry goods dealers and modistes have not
been consulted in connection with the
movement. and they exclaim, as with one
voice, '.What horrible idea p And the
rich will all echo, "What a horrible
idea p a
BUSINESS
is not as brisk as it was. The season has
advanced so far that the country mer-
chants have put off their buying till spring,
and our merchants languish. The crash
so pleasant to their ears, is not heard
their clerks andsalesmen idle upon boxes
and bales for the country merchant, he
in whom they delight, comelh not But
he will be here in April with his plethOric
purse, or what is the same thing, his A 1
credit, and the way they will sell-~him
goods will be caution. Money is tight,
and there is stfingency and closeness
in everything that is exceedingly uncom
Portable. The Grangers have disturbed
Railroad securities, stocks have changed
values. and there IS a general drrange
ment, so that the average New Yorker
hasen't any idea where he stands. Even
goods in store have no fixed value, for
behold you, mans next door neighbor
may be in position that compels him to
raise money, and TO raise money he must
slaughter goods TO- the Generalization of
the market for days Oh, my bucohc
friends, you don't know. how well you are
off The man who has farm of 160
acres of fat land, paid for and well stock
ed, is. in good shape as any man in the
world can be- Such a man dosen't know
what trouble is. y.r. -a odd
Think of man worth a million OF dol
lars OF dry goods in his store, on which
he owes $500, ,0OO Now the man is worth
100000 But he can't sell his goods
nobody is buying anything and his paper
is maturing. To meet his paper he forces
his goods on the. market, he sells at
sacrifice, his expenses are enormous
and when the thing pans out, lie finds
his salable goods all gone, and lie, poor
fellow, owes $250,0O0 and hasen't dol
lar to bless himself with. ''
But tliere IS bright side to it, some
times. If the poor fellows ought honest
ly to fail for ss5o,0OO, he fails for $780,
600. the odd $360,t0O being invested in
the purchase OF real estate in his wife's
name, and out of the reach of his credit
ors. 1 heard yesterday a conversation to
/ this wise: r...ff1 ,sE. .g :.-
Ssmps0n-Brown has failed. ba. .a-.
. Jons-Has he, indeed 4! Well, 1 am
glad of it. He worked ahard for good
many years and it's time he began to lay
off and take it easy.iI l suppose he will
set up a carriage, now. Won't he?
This explains it all. One merchant
who failed for million has 900 acres
ofIand up the Hudson in his wlfe's name,
that is growing in value, so that it is now
worth over a million. But this is not
the case with all of them. The high
minded merchant, who fails because he
cannot help it, and who turns out every
thing hehas. and who takes clerkship,
has a hard and bitter life oft God help
him The never comes up again, but he
grows old and gray-haired, in hopeless
way, and finally tumbles into his grave,
unwept, unhonored and unsung, His old
clerks even forget him.
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
in its western, form, has not struck US here
vet, but nevertheless, there is great activ-
ity among the temperance and religious
people. Organizations are being perfect
ed in every ward to make head against
the monster, and the work that has been
done has not been fruitless. The reform
ers here have not demonstrated against
the rum seller, but they have Iconfned
their work to the rum-Grinker. They are
establishing reading rooms and pleasant
resorts as substitutes for the saloons -
And though they haye but commenced
they have won thousands from their ruin,
and in our neighborhood haYe compelled
several runr- mills to close for want of
custom. Is not this pretty, good way?
I'D ta. .F95 haH a PIETRO.
New YORK, March 26th, 1873
The whisky dealers are suffering from
the women's crusade in this State in a
way not before developed. The Drummer
the Commercial Tourist--finds his occu-
patton gone. One of these gentlemen at
Kenton, in Hardin county, is constrained
like many of his customers, the retail
ers-to run up the white flag, and accord
ing TO a correspondent OF the Cleveland
Herald, it is done in the following man.
ner before a meeting in that place few
days ago: "#
81 suppose 1 am one of those whom
you may call the head centprs of the
liquor traffic. | am an agent ola whole
sale liquOr house. As such, l cannot say
that l am meeting with my usual success.
don't think that 1 represent quite an
honorable cause and 1 feel tonight much
like the'General lwho, in relating the re-
suit of Rrbattle, said:. We met the enemy
and we were theirs, / have concluded
the cause which you ladies represent is
more justifiable thar the cause repre-
sent acknowledge defeat and l wish
you spccessi Il have money invested in
whisky which 1 wishyou could get out. l
never spoke before in any meeting in my
life, not even to relate my experience. l
pledge my word on the honor of gentle
man, SO help me Heaven, never to take
another order for. a barrel Of whisky in
Ohio ~. ..oL..
1.-The Greeley (CoL) Tribune says
that the great Indian faseo is about
played out. 1t is summed up in the