The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-10

philantropist who would sell yeast pow
ders by the barrel All dealers in
-four should keep them on hand and sell
barrel Of them whenever they fell barrel
Of -four.
SLY.-Thero is ely canvass going on
in the city. The saloon.keepers were
taken by surprise few months ago and
the city license run up on them by the
council from SlO0 to 5000, and now they
propose to take the city by surprise. Three
alderman hold over and seven arc 10 be
elected, two in tho first, two in the second,
one in the third, one in the fourth and
one in the fth ward. Tho saloon men
expect to secure majority of the council
on Tuesday week and again reduce the
license to 800, If not wipe /! out altogeth-
er' 1t they can do so they have q right
to do so, aud no person can blame them.
They feel the oppression of the timos.
Money with them is not as plentiful "a it
used to be. Not so many men drink as Of
old, and those who do drink do not take
the bowl as often as they did when money
was plenty. The saloon-keeper must
therefore ecor omizc, and If he can save
hundred dollars he is now compelled to
give to the city no will be that much
richer. Bat it may DO question to be
asked by the voters "1s $500 too great
liquor license" In Memphis the
license is 81, 600, we believe in Charles.
ton, Missouri, $1,000 In Paducah 5000.
The license in Cairo is lower than in any
city sround.about US; but, for all that, i.
may be too high. That is a question the
voters must decide Tuesday week.
YEsTEKDAY.-Generally and particular
ly, yesterday was the mesnest day of the
season. In cur life we have experienced
disagreoable days before. We nave en-
counterod cold days, have run up agsins,
hot days, have seen very wet days, and
heard of days combining heat cold, rain,
dust, mosquitoes, neas bedbugs, bad
whisky, candidates who didn't pay for
their announcements in advance. and all
tina. sort Of thing, but yesterday was
absolutely, without equivocation
or evasion, the confoundedesl
meancst day we ever experienced. Snow
began to fall in the morning and con-
tinued to fall sll day and sloppiness was
the order of the hour. We wen. down
town and met Phil. Howard. He took
US sside and whispered in our ear: IF
you won't say anything about it to your
preacher I'll tell you something We
remarked: I'VE won't "Then, said
ho, so!emnly, "this is id mean day
He then walked away and left us in the
snow poudering. When wo mot our minis
ter he looked q. us what Mr.. How
ard had said to rs, and We believed him.
AT the corner Of Commercial avenue and
Eighth stree: Dr.. Brigham met Va. He
shook us by the hand. Ito looked pleased.
We asked him VIVA. he thought Of the
weather. He cast upon US pity.
ing glance, and said mournfully
considering your lack OF early mental
culture, l may not be able to make you
understand me but i. were talking to
a scientist. -Hu1ley,f for ins.sn ,e-I would
say to him; 'Hux., this il strange
weather, and have no doubt it results
from the impinging Of the undulstions in
the various fluids surrounding US, occa-
sioning that sensation resulting from the
different wave lengths IN the etheric sea-
which the unscientIHc call Jlul.' And
Hux would say to me: Doc, you bet,
you're always RICH! this IS devish blue
weather " We looked At the doctor in
psroxysm of admiration and still we
gazel and still our wonder grew tha. his
small head could carry al he knew lie
then withdrew himself from our eye, and
10 short time we were conscious Of the
sensations resulting from the inpinging
| Of certain fluids which We were surround
ing. For the benefit Of those whose
early culture has been neglected, and in
explanation, i. may be necessary TO re-
mark that wo took drink-just because
the weather wss SO outrageously shock
ing,