The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-04
LETTER FROM LEWIS.
Ion MOraIizeth Over Politics. Home
md Farm

''Mufflc the drum, unkcy the huglc;
the enemy ours. '-I"teHigenccr Of 1863.
\ noble sentiment, and must say orig
nal. as can find no copy; but would
add V,rd In Democracy rs the storm has
passed. The battle Won. "Who for t..
:. senate Is it |? asks simultaneously
the nineteen candidates stationed on the
corners. Is it az" obsequiouSlv ask
like NUMBER Of aspics COINED w"rd)
now living dormant awaiting an cmbrog-
lion, and come in on compromise. Thus,
dear REGISTER, to-day when the blood
stained bird of success perchcs aloft;
many vultureo borrowing the plumagc of
an eagle, are wont to roost on the paying
branch or bow of our Liberty Tree.
Let this be thus. Yet Il conSoling idea
or fact for the masses is one roost and
one bird for the stick, be he clean or be
he foul. The Troians of the back
counties find much to worry by this in
tcrnal war, yet not so worrying as our
cndcavors 10 shell green corn. All this
is side talk. The smoke OF battle has
hardly been driven away by the whole
some breeze of popular verdict, Ger
YOUR columns are filled with dictatorial
mandates rs to the bipcd or otherwise
that should occupy the golden roo>t nj
Washington. Legal, scholarly attain
mcntS are prerequisite, says one cduca-
tor, or would-be OF the coming Lcgisla-
tive Assembly. The author, doubtless
Il respectable disciple of Lycurgus; Ben
Butler better one; gag law Poland
equally so; Grant, the tanner President,
"A modern Nero and "a splendid soldier,
vet to be mild and concise we, the 100000
ct the people shellcd in the little Com
monwcalth of West Virginia have re-
Gently concentrated our say by clccting
"A good body of gentlemen rs our Repre-
scntativcs in the halls of the Legislature,
and presume they are capable, willing
and DESTROYS of rejecting, by action, the
wishes of their constituents. and regard
such dictatorial manifcstOs as mere ''Chln
music" out of time and place. Our
legislative body will meet this winter.
After scanning the role, think can safe
" say they are composed of the best ma
tcrial The few Republican numbers are
gentlemen worthy OF our kindc>t regards
and fostering care. Among the latter
the slcdyc hammer orator of Monongalla,
Col. Joe Snidrr, deserving medal for
honesty and SENSE, silent r"buke Tor
hn-tincss. But H. n body, when the time
arrives for them 10 place the bird
on the "golden ro"St, the question Will
not be-, presume. whether the candidate
be- a LAWYER, successful land grabb"r, or
vet poor boy who has Won distinction
and his way IN life by honest labor ana
native talent. We of the good county "t
Lewis. as Il mass, are proud to leave all
to the sensible body representing us We
are sick and tired of the jralouSncsS exist
inc in either of the great parties, mani
tested BY would be leaders. school boys,
uncontaminntcd by vicious associations,
could teach them LESSONS of wisdom. But
Iturn to our flrcSidc "llOmc sweet home.
How rapturous the melody first sang 10y
one on n lonely street corner III foreign
city, "who had not where /"
Iay his head" Talk of II
nIrasant rooSt ut Washington; "l
i.,mdaulct Williams, sicstas; ot
President Grants loungingS ut Long
Branch, and his spanking bays yet TO-
nirht, on my pile of corn, humm'ng
Home, Sweet Home. Bct>iC and the little
CabooS by Jolly laughter, making my old
heart clad. Sweet Home, Honest Home
Earth's Heaven, We of the back coun-
ty of Lewis have homes, happy homes.
made more 81 by the steady moving oil
To market of our fatings.
To-day Col. Il. b. Camden sent for
ward $4,000 worth Of BullockS "irrd
YOUR hungry dcni2cns. The Arnold,
auL Simmons like amounts even sold
my old COW at 3! cents per 10. with the
nromisc to buy her back ut 10 cents,
This is business, all kinds Of stock de-
handing good prices.
Grain finds ready market.
The country is full of huckst"rS
depicting hen ro"st>, and our
school tax for the independent school
district of Weston 20 cents on the Sio"
value; 400 children enrolled and don't
,rumhlr. nor will we, unless civil rights
makes Us. We have II good school Tor
the colorcd children, numbering ~, good
teachers ard five months duration.
Will send You report of the c"na'-
t;on Of taxes and Of the schools rs soon rs
the county books are fully made up.
80" InN