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The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
THE ANDREWS.

The slight sketch Of himself e pages,
with which General Christopher Colum.
bus Andrews the other day RECALLED the
world, is soon to be followed BY a sub.
stantial autobiography, in six volumes.
in which it will be distinctly shown that
our success in the late war.-the fall oi
Vicksburg, the victory of Gettysburg.
and the fall Of Richmond, were all due
to the comprehensive strategy of that
illustrious man; while Lincoln's pro-
clamation and the Republican meas.
ures of reconstruction. were also emsn-
ations from the same great brain.
10. Wheelock is getting mad; he sees
the General looming up like lion in
the pathway of Ramsey; and the other
day he ripped and tore and swore; and
IN the confidence of his private office
he assured Fred. Driscon that Andrews
was, after all, simply pantheistic
Arian of the Eutychian type, . mono
physite. nonothelite, and does not
preach the Apansasmal Brillisnce Of
6odhead's glory. ito-wit: Ramsey but
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
A PEN PICTURE OF THE REPUR,
LUCAN PARTY.

A traveller in China describes the FOL
lowing scene:
And then there was the goose ranch
era fellow who drove hundred geese
before him about the city and tried to
sell them. He had pole ten feet long,
with crook in the end Of it, and occa-
sionally goose would branch out from
the flock and make lively break around
the corner with wings half lifted and
neck stretched to the utmost. Did the
goose merchant get excited ! No. He
took his pole and reached after that
goose with unspeakable sans. .froid, took
. hitch round his neck, and yankcd him
back to his place in the flock without
an effort. He steered his geese with
that stick as another man would steer a
yawl.
Isn't this lifelike picture of tn e Re.
publican party! That stick represents
party prejudices. Dunnell is now hard
at work with it, trying to yank back
into the ranks the men who are opposed
to back pay steals. Bill King will need
three or four such poles to hold his
scattering flock together. But the bulk
of the poor geese march together until
he merchant sells them.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
OUR JOSE PHI.

Joseph is letting us alene nobly.
With ten thousand circulation, pene'
trating into every part of the State
Joseph ignores our existence with a
placid persistency that is admirable,
And all the little underlings are follow
ing his example. 1t is very much as il
drove of wild hogs should agree te
ignore the existence Of the sun, in the
fixed belief that if they did not elevate
their SHOUTS in recognition of the great
luminary, and grunt their appreciation
Of his coming, he would cease to rule
the heavens, and shortly dwindle, peak
and pine into tallow dip.
If Joseph was permitted the same
immunity he gives to us, he would take
to lying with forty-Butleripower. But
he knows he can trust us to tell the
truth, even when left alone.
But, Joseph. you are right. Maintain
your dignity; shut your eyes and
carry your nose at an angle of forty.
five degrees, and we will do the heavy
pounding in the meantime.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
1.-THE GRANGER CANDIDATE FOR
THE Presidency

The virtuous Harlan, of the Wash.
ington Chronicle, proposes A. Ramsey
of st. Paul as ''the Granger candidate
for the Presidency!'' This is enough
to make horse laugh.
Ramsey's platform is -
l. That the farmers of the West are
the most prosperous set Of nabobs and
millionaires in the world, and he proves
it by referring to his own happy condi.
ton. No man has sown more ''seed
wheat winter wheat, we might say,
for it is generally sown about the time
the Legislature meets-than Ramsey ;
and no man has raised larger crops
from the same amount Of seed. Nay,
he has discovered the grand secret oil
raising six successive crops from one
sowing. He is now preparing for put.
ting in new crop. Is the soil ready
2. That farmers land "extends to
the centre of the earth and to the stars
that shine above his shanty.' What
though his shanty be cold and empty
and shingled with mortgages Does
he not own the stars, and wae will put
a mortgage on them! And can he not
live on the pellucid light Of the circum-
ambient universe, while Ramsey fills
his sordid stomach with roast beef and
plum pudding! Why should not Ram.
sey. who has made this grand discov.
cry, be the Granger candidate for the
Presidency!
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
THE SAME OLD FARCE.

Every time that Ramsey comes up
for re-election-and when has he
ceased to come up for reelection since
the British laid down their arms
at Yorktown Judge Crowell
and DR.. Fostor prepare
nice little notices Of Ramsey for sundry
obscure eastern papers, in which the
great Optimist is spoken Of as possi-
bic candidate for the Presidency or a
seat in the Cabinet! The gudgeons
who read the St. Paul Press swallow
this soft tait, and, with dilated eyes,
contemplate the great and good man
who so honors Minnesota by living i'll
it. DR.. Foster and Judge Crowell, like
the heather priests Cicero described
can hardly look each other in the face
without bursting into roar Of laugh
ter. But the tom-foolery serves its
turn until Ramsey is reelected, and
then, as Hans Breitman says:
''It goes away NIT de lager beer,
Away in de evigkeit,"
and is heard of no more until Ramsey
comes up again.
Does the history Of mankind present
the record Of greater, more inflated,
more exaggerated, old humbug than
this same Alexander Ramsey? He re-
minds us of the Irish cook who
boiled the watermelon. and then apollo
gized to her employer for its failure to
appear at the table, in these words !:
"Be gorra, sir, the more l cooked it the
less there was it. 1t was just a great
big empty nothing
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
NO IMPORTANCE.

Stebbins published call for Peo
ple's Convention in Dakota county. and
printed Jonathan Beswick's s name to it.
Beswick comes out in card and denies
that he ever signed that call or author
lied anybody else to sign it for him.
and offers Stebbins 500 if he will
prove that he did. To this Steb. re-
plies:
1T is of no Importance whether he
signed the call or not.
Cool! Imagine fellow on trial fol
forging A. T. Stewart's name to check
for $4,000, and he replies to the In
quiry of the Court, guilty or not guilty!
sit is of no Importance whether
Stewart signed that check or not"
What would the Court say!
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
CAMPAIGN LIES,

We understand that A. c. Smith OF
Rochester. Republican U. S. District
Collector, is trying to keep up the de-
spsiring spirits of the demoralized Re.
publicans of the First District. BY stat
ing that the Democrats of Winona
county are disgusted with the nomina-
tion Of Hon. F. II. Waite for Congress.
and are going back on him.
We learn from good authority that
there is not . word of truth in this
statement. 1t is lie out of whole
cloth. Winona County will roll up a
handsome majority for Wait and all the
rest of the Anti-Monopoly ticket. The
revolution which started last fall has
not gone backward. Revolutions nev.
er do. .e,s4
Judge Waite is making friends
wherever ne goes.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
THE CANVASS IN THE SECOND
DISTRICT.

The great reaction which commenc-
ed two weeks ago in favor Of Hon. E.
Sr. JULIEN Cox, is sweeping over the en-
tire District. His speeches in Dakota
county have given great satisfaction.
In Wabashaw County he will have the
valuable support of Major Doughty ;
while the grangers and farmers are sat
is6ed with his legislative record and his
views on the questions Of thelday. In
Carver county, Hon. L. l.. Baxter is
doing good work for Mr.. Cox, and his
influence thrown into the scale will give
Cox handsome majority in that
county. Our friend, Judge Mcdonald,
is also doing yeoman's work IN old
Scott. There are but three or four
counties in the District upon which
Strait can count for majorities, to.wit :
Goodh ue, Kandiyohi, and Swift, and
possibly Rice; willie we believe Mr..
Cox will carry Wabashaw, Dakota,
Scott, Carver, LeSueur, Sibley, Nicol-
let, and the Southwestern counties OF
the District. We do not despair even
of Rice county. We think Mr.. Cox S
election is a certainty five all work to-
gether.
P. S. Since writing the above, we
learn that Hon. Ara Barton is on the
stump for Cox, ana making telling
speechesc while, as appears in another
column, the Faribault Democrat pro.
poses to sink it prejudices and give him
a generous support. The Glencoe Reg
ist er, (Rep.,) says:
We are not among those who believe that
the question was settled at ShakOpee when
the opposition convention nominated E. St.
Julien Cox as their candidate for Congress,
and we know that some of the shrewdest
Democrats in the district are quite well
pleased in noting the confidence the Repub-
licans express in the success OF their candi-
date. They do not object to our faith so
long as 1t is unaccompanied by works. We
have not, and do not now regard Mr.. COx's
nomination As the weakest that could have
been made by any manner Of means. In the
first place Mr.. Cox is an energetic worker
whatever he undertakes, where his own
personal interests are at stake, he undertakes
with an energy which few men in this State
are capable OF displaying. That he is not
unpopular with the masses his election to
the Senate from strong Republican district
demonstrates.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
PRODUCE YOUR PROOFS.


Stebbins says that the Republican
party while we were in Congress, were
as recklessly extravagant as they are
now, and that every year they spent
thousands of dollars for sugar, lemcns
vests, coats and pantaloons. If true
so much worse for the party. But We
deny it, Steb. Produce your proofs
You know, Steb., your strong point is
making charges; and your weak point
proving them. You attack with al
the bluster, bravado and uproar of q
Chinese army but when it comes tt
the encounter you withdraw with you,
gongs, cow-horns and tin pans, ano
crawling into the first hole, draw thu
hole in after you.
Reverse your order, my dear Steb.
and present the rear end of your dem
onstration first, and the vociferous ex
tremity of your defamation afterwards
Change ends, Steb.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08


is a-a-a,-not to put too fine q point
upon it.-a ass"
We repudiate the SANDER. We are
here to defend Andrews against liz
corners.
1t was the Generals grandfather OF
whom it is recorded
"Upon his awful shoulder
He took his blunderbuss
An he was thar at Bunker Hill,
In the thickest Of the muss."
And nothing but chronological diff
culties prevented the General from be.
ing there too. If he had been, where
would George Washington be to-day
His name would be spelled, Christopher
Columbus Andrews.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
&efalfitratiuus.
ENDORSE MENTS.

IPCoxs case is so desperate that he is re-
duced to the necessity OF relying for char
acter on Donnelly's certificate, he must be
in terrible StrGit.-St Paul Press.
That nothing. The other day we
saw Bill King, in the Minneapolis 1fi-
bune, endorsing 10 Wheelock AS an
honest man, who had never been bribed!
That was a sight to make the Egyp'
tan Sphynx grin. Bill giving Joe
character Think of fixing vouch-
ing for Wheelock!! But who will
vouch flor Bill.
"The river Rhine, it's known,
Doth wash the city OF Cologne:
But oh, ye gods, what power divine
Will ever wash the river Rhine ~
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08

THE SCHOOL BOOA 0O0nERA
A writer in the St. Paul Dispatch,
the other day, commented. as fellows
upon new Historical Reader. which it
is proposed to introduce into the St.
Paul schools:
1t is said this new reader will be sold by
booksellers for $3.50, but teachers will sell
it to the scholars for ST. %. Don't let this
deceive any one. This year, in order to in
troduce it, it will be sold at Sl.2O, but when
introduced, 80 will be charged, and when
one Of that new series is fastened upon us,
others from the same publishing house fol-
low, and in year or two entire new school
books will he demanded at our hands.
The Harper Brothers told me that 90
book cost them 40 cents Where editions of
tens of thousands are printed, as is the case
with school books, the cost
is relatively less. At this rate this new
historical reader costs the publish
er u cents or less, 50 they can well afford to
~ cents and l.80 is 80 tremendous that it
may explain why SO many new books re-
ceive the endorsement of school officials.
When Mr.. Donnelly proposed last winter
that the State publish its own schools | ooks
he was on the right track committee,
one half of accomplished teachers, and the
other half IF educated parents, could greatly
improve our school books, and yearly save
the citizens of the State hundreds of thou
sauds OF dollars. There are llO, 900 families
in this State, and this plan worked out
would sGve them quite ha!fc million 0nnn-
ally.
Remember how the st. Paul Press
last winter covered US with foods of
ridicule and abuse for attempting that
reform.
If we have an Anti.Monopoly Legis-
lation next winter, it will put a stop to
that robbery, as we'll as many others.
We do sincerely believe that an
Anti-Monopoly majority next winter
in the Legislature could be made to
save the people of Minnesota the bigger
part of million dollars annually.
Remember also that Mark H. Dun
nell was the man that fastened that
school book robbery upon US; and no
man who knows Mark will believe that
that canny individual did it for nothing.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
Avoid Quacks & Impostors

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The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
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The anti-monopolist., 1874-10-08
A GREAT UNSETTLED QUESTION.

IT'S hard to part, but we can't 90 any far.
thel with the Tribunc.-(The Euening Mail
''For this much thanks" as the sol.
dier with bad case of collie remarked
when cannon ball cut him in two.-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Now which is the soldier and which
is the collie! Gentlemen, that is the
question. Where there are so many
pound; Of wind to SO few square inches
Of man it is difficult to decide,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09
Refusing o.. ZOO for a Lottery BI..k

A clerk In book store In Louisville, where
tickets were sold laid aside one for himself
numbered 3,3O7. A short time ago the pro-
prietor Of the store received letter from one
Perkins, Lying In an interior town, stat ling that
lie had dreamed that :. .307 would draw the
capital prize, and requesting said proprietor
had, visa ~ ''
Ihe clerk states that this was the identical
ticket he had selected for himself, and there
upon pulled out his money and paid for it,
he then wrote to Perkins that he could have
the ticket for $500. Strange to say the return
mail brought an acceptance of the offer and
request that the ticket be at Once forwarded
TO Perkins. This SO excited the clerk that he
backed square out and declared he would not
sell 1t for less than $1,000
he was soon ast0unded at the recelpt of
another letter agreeing to these terms and de-
manding the ticket. This 80 worked unon
the nervous clerk that he refused point blank
to sell at any price and for fear that the price
less ticket might get lost he lock ed 1t up in a
bank vault The young man has lust dis
covered that the whole thing was hoax, play
ed upon him by acquaintance, and what ia
worse, has found out that 3 ,307 drew nothing
but blank in the ''grand scheme"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09
The Demoerat. ana Ceu,enn,a, B,,I,

HARRISBURG, March S.--The Democratic
members Of the Senate and House held a..csucus
this A. NJ, at which important action was
taken. 1t was agreed that the Democrats Of
both branches would oppose the Centennial ap-
preparation bill, and the bill for the increase of
the debt Of Philadelphis, until the Republican
majority in The House agreed 10 pass a fair ap-
portionment bill for the city.
1t seems. however, TO be q debatable question
AS to what would really constitute o satisfactory
spportiOnment Many of the Democrats say
that the proposition OF Senator Alexander, as
passed by the senate, making each ward rep
resentstive district, would be acceptable to them,
but the Republicans Of the House have not vet
expressed their willingness to endorse the Sen
ate bill. The Democrats threatened, in addition
TO refuse 10 confirm the Judicial and Notary
Public appointments.
This action may endanger the Centennial bill
which needs only to pass the House, having gone
through all the other preliminary stages in both
houses, but the partisan action OF the Democrats
may possibly havethe effect Of making the Cen
tsnnial party measure, in which case thei
would be enough Republican votes in the Houss
to pass II without the aid of the Democratic
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09
Genera. News.

The lost steamship Earope was valued at
81 .55O 600 andsber cargo, whichincuded silks
wlnes, sardnes, etc, issupposedl 10 have been
,woIth &, 900 0oo. ST %%k>
. 1aac Bfandt, ex- Dppniy State treasurer OF
Iowa, las been indicted for e'nbezzIiiig
al, ,l0Q OF tho Stale funds His bonds uenE
.drfecti ve The recovery of he moneys Is doubt
ful:
Jno. Mclean, OF the Cncinnati Inquirer.
again refused Yesterday to give the name of
an Informant fn hn alleged 'libellOus publica"
tpn in his paper and was Again sent to prison
for contempt 9f Court = aNPt
The Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Company
Yesterday declared a semi-annnaf dividend OF
per cent, on the stock Of its main line payable
on after May the lst ,'also a semi annual dlvi'
dend OF five per cent. on the stock oil its WASH
ington branch. payable on and alter the i"n
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09
Proposed New Orphan Asylum.

MEETING IN FCKTBERASCE or THE PRO
JEcT-Sp BsCRIrTioSs oFFrREp. -
by special invitalioo, Mouday sveni ~ n
puIn beF OF gent efneu met at tfe les iden''e
OF bishop Becker, for the purp,se5 ot cch
siaering the sprojsct OF "stabl shing an
Orphan Asy lum for boys, u be l,ihre'i un
der the management or the DON nican Sis
tors. In announcing the object of tie
meeting tho Bishop suggested the erection
OF suitable building on the rear portion of
tho lot back ot ST. Paul's Church. tac,ng
fourth street, and with aR oponing on Van
Buren strcet, TO cost 5000 or $o0.O0J. Z
Tho Reverend gentien,an further Suggest
oil that ii would bs l,sst tos ,Asse .ssoaii
eokly payments for this purpose. say hve
cents per week In every parish. He'aske cd
Of all present their advice and cooperation,
and said whom tho great work Is done we
will offor II TO Almighty God as one worthy
TO be laid at His feet for His greater glory
The Rev. Father Reilly entirely coincid-
Cd In a few remarks, hoping that all would
comblne 10 the good work.
Father Fallon, of st. Paul's, warmly es-
poused the small contribution system,
Mr.. James Bradford offered TO la one Of
thirty to raise fifteen thousand dollars or to
give i've hundred as beginning
The Bishop again expressed hls wish that
the first plan of small contributions should
| be specially kept in view.
This plan met with general approval and
ON motion OF Mr.. J. w. Mccullough, the
sum of % cents was fixed as the sum 10 be
paid monthly by each member OF the five
parishes OF st. Peters, st. Mary's 81. Paul's,
l st. Joseph's and st. Jsmes's. .
The following su bsoriptiens we're handed
| in, each gentleman agreaiDg to pay the
| regular monthly instalIhient, bssidesJthe
amount subscribed: James Bradford. $500:
| Bishop Becker, $500; v. Rev. p. Reilly.
$500; Phillip Plunkett, $500; Peter N, Breli-
nan, $500; JnO Russell, $500; William Me
Msnamin, $500; Joseph Eising, $500; Chas.
McCloskey. $500; Col. p. NJ. Mccullough
92e0 Jno. McCloskey, 800; Rochus Mes
sick. 500. Pat. Taggart. 800. VIM. Huber
500; Pat Hughes, 800; James MeKenua
$50. Cbas. Kyle, $50; Capt +. McCloskey
| $50: j. Jerome Smith, $50; Jno. &. Kenne-
dy, $50; Jno. +. Gardner. $50; Ed. Farmer
$25: Jno. Mccullough, $25; Geo. y. OFT, $50
The meeting then adjourned until Sunday y
next, the 18th inst.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09
England Going for San Domingo
Tho Samana Lease Annuiied.

WAsHINaToN, April S--The news of the an
nuilment OF the Samana Bay grant TO the Ameri-
can company, at the lnstgation OF the English
Consul General OF Hsyt causes lively converse.
ton in high official circles here. Hon. b. +. Wade.
when a member OF the Santo Domingo Comms-
sion, warned our Government that either Great
Britain or Prussia would soon take possession of
that rich island If did not take 1t when 1t was
offered. lie now says his prophecy Is fuliiiled, as
Great Britain will soou control the whole island.
Her merchants were jealous OF American pro-
gress in the West Indies, and her consul brought
about treaty between the hostile divisions of the
island, by which the Amer lean merchants treaty
for Samana was repealed, portion of Sarto Do
mingo hitherto In dispute ceded TO Hayt, in con-
sideration OF which she, through loans from Great
Britain, advanced considerable sums to the needy
government which expelled Baez.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-09

1t is reported from San Antonio, Texas, that
on the night of the 9th nit. a party of indiana
from the reservation fired toto company Of
soldiers from Fort Sill The soldiers returned
the fire, and bloody trail and "war bonnet"
having been discovered next day, il is supposed
several Indians were seriously injured.
William Sharp, of Fittsburg, and Geo Brow
$1,000 q side and the championship of America
They will row five miles in shell boats-two
and half miles and return. The race will
come OF at Springfield, In June.
The New England NJ ethodist Episcopal Con-
ference, in commencing its 10Th annual session
at Boston, yesterday, adopted resolution pro-
testing against the repeal or modification Of the
Prohibltory law.