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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
IRELAND AND AMERICA.

It's generally conceded that Ireland
has been one Of the most oppressed coun-
tries in the world. For hundreds OF
wears Catholic could not own land or
hold Office in it; and the time wa; when
any person, not Catholic, could, on the
highway, compel. by law. Catholic to
dismoant and give him his horse, If he
took fancy to it. These expressions
led to a vast migration to America, where
land and opportunity were open to all.
But the following paragraphs, nov go
ing the rounds Of the press, would seem
to indicate that some parts Of the United
States are getting to be about Is badly
of Is poor old Ireland:
sIn ireland there Is only one land owner to
every $50 persons"
"The number Of land owners in New Eng-
land in 1871 was thirty thousand, sever hum
dred and sixty -six, which Is one land owner
to every ga persons"
Crowde factories, full0f dwarfed men.
male women and stunted children. have.
| in New England, taken the place Of the
old yeomaary Who fought the British
in l776. Towns and cities are
owned By great mill owners A wlds
Iculfintervenss between the rich and the
poor, and that gulf grows steadily wider
and wider. Political power is rapidly
passing into the hands Of the few; for h
Who controls the stomachs q men WI
Isoon control their votes; and hence thu
llabsr-force becomes IN the hands Of tn
employer mere voting-force. The words
spoken by that great 1rishman. Olrve'
Goldsmith, Of the deserted Irish village
may be applied with equal forcs 70 tn
people Of New England to-day -
"m farrs the land 70 fastening ills Prey. !.
Where wealth accumulates and men decay
princes and lords may flourish q M. isde;
) breath can make them . breath has Hao1
But : bold peas.utry, their ceuntry's ur'de,
When once destroyed can never Be suppiseo-
J In 1919 John Adams wrote to Thoma
: jefferson :--Csn you tell me- how e
t liberties Of this people can Be preserved.
II And jefferson replied :-@Can Jon e
. me how to prevent riches from becon
J ing the effects Of temperance and mdn'
: Try! Cm you tell me how to proves
, riches from producing luxury! y
: you tel, me how T. prevent luxury no
introducing eleminacy, intoxicah@. g
) ltrasaganca, vice sad fslly! e 20 =
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

treated consumption with depletion. star
walton and purging; and the grave yards
were fat. Now they build the patient up,
give him beef-steak, cream, whisky and
fresh air, and nature rises above the lev
ell of the disease. Can. we learn nothing
from the great remedial lessons of the
nhvsical world!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The Pied-Press, on one Of its Republi-
can days, and they come on with the reg
ularity Of : tertian ague, goes for the
New Hampshire Democracy IS savagely
as the old Press did before it was Ped.
And all because Gov. Weston and his
council unseated Mr.. Nathaniel Head.
by refusing to count votes cast for
'sNatt. Head. Whereupon W. Il. Grant,
. lawyer Of st. Paul, formerly Of New
Hampshire, writes the Pied-Prees . per-
fectly respectful note, calling their atten-
ton to the fact that, s'Under . peculiar
statute Of that State, passed in 1853. and
which was advocated strongly by Hon.
M. W. Tappan, Hon. Ichabod Goodwin
Hon. James w. Emery, and in fact BY
all the then Wing and Free Soil leaders
in the Legislature, no other possible de-
c;sion could have been made. The stat
ute above referred to provides in sub
stance that all ballots cast for any elect
i've Office shall contain the full christian
and surname of the person, otherwise
the vote snail be considered a blank and
shall be so declared. The fault is in the
law, and not with the Governor.
To this the Pied Press with great cour'
age, courtesy, and logic, replies:
.sThis is . piece Of shyster pettifogging quit
| BETTING pettifogsing shyster, but hardly t
have been expected Of the Governor and coun
Gil OF the State of New Hampshire; and yet thu
statutory regulation Of the duties Of town Of
ficers as to the manner Of conducting elections
| is the apology and the sole ap. logy which
| Gov. Weston and his council put forward 10
the sroesest partisan Outrage Mnlcn n mas Deei
years, and which eclipses in bold contempt
law even the monstrous attempt OF the Louis
lana" &c., 6c.
That is to say, to obey the clear lette
of the law is an Outrage equal to dis
persing : State Legislature with Q. S
armed troops. And : Governor, after b
swears in the presence ofthe living God, :
! suppsrt the Constitution and obey tn
laws must proceed It once to violate both
And if : gentleman politely presents tn
ether side Of tho argument this great do
ly,beast pounces on him and calls him
"shystering pettifoggsr.
/ Oh, Democrats! Democrats Is til
your new leader! Is this your Moses
who is to lead you out Of the sand-hills
poverty into the Promised Land Of pos
ofiicessand fat contracts!
s'Can tho leopard change his spots
the Ethiopian the color Of his skin y
Can any gvod thing come out Of b
r Kings organ!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
Gospel TRUTH, EVERY WORD
OF TT.

OF IT.
The Rochester Record and Union says
with great force and clearness:
A year ago last winter through the influence
of members OF the Anti Monopoly party, law
was passed which gave control Of the roads in
our States to the people. While that law was
in force the people were accommodated, and
freight and passenger rates were reduced to
reasonable figures. Last winter the legislature,
its place what is known as the "Morse" law
This law put the railroads and people in their
former position-the latter down, with the
foot of the former on their necks. The rail-
roads immediately raised their rates for freight
The have now taken new step, and one that
is m int0leraLle outrage and defiance of the
rights Of the people. They make no ccnnsc-
result, on the Winona & st. Peter road, east OF
Owatonna, cur St. Paul mails are delayed ane
day. We cannot ret our daily papers until
they are . day old, and in this age paper .
day late is about as interesting Is last year 8
almanac.
II resident of this city wants to 60 to St.
Paul, distance Of but one hundred and
twenty miles by rail, he must either stay in
Owatonna or Winona over night, OF take .
freight train. On returning he is compelled to
remain in Owat0nna over night. II one comes
| from Milwaukee, he cannot reach any place
west Of Rochester until twenty-four hours at.
ter he should be there. In every possible
way the managers Of the roads discommodt
the travelling public. It causes . waste o
time, and considerable waste of money.
How long will this be thus? And how lonf
win the people consent to be over-ridden BY
the very corporations they have built up
Must we ever be ct the mercy Of these soulles
companies, or rise and not only assert, bu
maintain, our rights. There must Be another
Ifght NTH the railroads. In the first the Anti
!. Monopolists were triumphant; the Republi
cans FILTERED away the fruits of that triumph
They must again renew the conflict, and whel
they have won the battle, Is assuredly the
will, We trust they will not again, by the mos
stupid carelessness, throw away the results.
Yes; and to prevent the possibility
any Anti-Monopoly triumph the St. Pau
Ring and the Winons Ring are now con
spring to get up, for the Opposition.
ticket Of men who sneer 1T the efforts q
; the farmers for self.protection, and I
men Who voted for that Morse law.
Il And the farmers, the victims Of :
{ these tricks, stand idle and silent.
> We thank the Record and Unisn fc
: its manly utterancs. It is ''as tho volt
Of one crying in the wilderness.
} Farmers! You must take the bait
! in your own hands and fight for your o.
) rights.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
HE 81. PAUL RING AND THE
ANTI.MONOPOLlST

There was once-as often happens-a
newly married couple. The honeymoon
WAS just expiring, and they took-as
sometimes happens-to quarreling. And
then said Matilda to John, with burst
Of tears and sebs: "You can insult me
now, John; but it is only few short
months since You talked very differently
don't you remember how you said that
vas 50 sweet that you felt like eating
met"
ssYes," replied John, sand am devil
ish sorry l didn't.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
DOM ELY

THE -MoNoPohlsT is publlsheo every
Thursday for oir rtan oDs Year M 500
SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION, Six Months $500. 10y
sinssle subscription, Three Months -; 80
In Clubs of five or more to one address II
will be furnished at $3.50 per year; y $l.oo
tor six months. Address,
THE ANTI-MONOPOLST,
No. II WABAsHAw ST., ST. PAUL
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
A MIsCONCEPTION.
St. Cloud Times, (Dem.) SAYS

The st. Cloud Times, lDem.) says:
The age of political harangues is fast pass
ing away We desire to call the attention Of
Mr.. Donnelly to the time when Geo: I. Otis
it positive condition Of his acceptance Of the
nomination that he should not be required to
make canvass Of the State, and he did not
make speech during the campaign. Whist
was the RESULT He made the best run that
any Democratic or Liberal candidate has made
in this State, since the first days Of Republican
ascendency, and came near being elected.
What were the circumstances! The
wear before, 1868, took place the Presi-
Dental election. The vote then was as
follows:
etfant ...... .....' '''''' '''' 800 ''' 90 'N1o
Republican majority. ...... ...... 80. 'o,47O
When Mr.. Otis ran, in 1859, the vote
stood:
Austin ...... ..''''' '''''' 3.'1o1
Otis ...... ...... go. ..'..' '''' ''''
Republican majority ..... ...... 80. l'S4'
So that it appears Mr.. Otis ran con-
siderably behind Mr.. Seymour; exactly
2.67l votes. In fact Winthrop Young, in
1871. far exceeded Otis in popular sup
port he, Young, receiving 3O,02O votes;
or 5000 more than Otis; while Barton,
in 1873. received 35,245 votes, or 10000
more than Otis.
Why then did the Republican vote
shrink in 1859, from 1882 to 27,348
Partly because of dissatisfaction
with Austin, but principally because thu
Republicans felt so coek-sure o
success, on the strength Of their $4,000
majority, that they stayed away from tn
polls: while Democratic committee il
St. Paul sent out thousands Of privat
letters to their friends in all parts Of tn
State, to be sure and bring out the Demo
cratic vote. Thus while the Republics,
vote fell off, from the previous year, L.
1914; the Democratic vote shrank onl
2.671. It was sort of ''snap judgment ;
and came very near success. But it is
game that can only be played once IN
decade.
In fact, Mr.. Otis, making no speeche
staying 1T home, and attending to his ow
business, received the smallest vote give
to a Democratic candidate for Gorerno
:. in The past seuen gears. and, relativel
e to population, THE SMALLEST VOTE EVE
l GIVEN TO ANY CANDIDATE N THIS STATE.
Victories are not won in politics, relil
: ion, Law, or arms, by thumb.suckine
and when gentlemen get through Wit
; their praises of indifferentism and ina
( ton they will begin to draw nearer to Vi
tory. The gospel Of mediocrity
!, played out.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
INDEPENDENT JOURNALlSDE.
The Philadelphia Times, (Ind.) says:

Int the meantime, the only generallyreAd
newspapers are those whose Independence y
acknowledged, while the subservient party Or.
cams are languishing for want Of readers and
popular respect, and will soon b things Of The
past
And. like the fox that lost his tail, in
the fable, the party organs insist that
every other journal must submit to the
same mutilation and become the tool Of
some little clique or faction.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

Tbs State Normal School Board. # it,
last meeting, With some dim sense Of the
fact that Tho schools were not rspeymg
the people for the money spent upon
them, resolved that the teachers should,
during recess, travel and instruct other
teachers IN the county Institutes Avery
proper and sensible idea- But Phelps i
shove Ill law and -, instead Of making
himself generally useful IN the State, b
Is shout 70 start on for the Black Hills.
On gallivanting expedition. Would i
b too much to hope that the Indians may
catch him and apply the fire test p
Not severely, bat gently enough 70 taks
the importance ont Of him f moth
ms else w1s LEFT.
II
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
FERGUs FALLS.

James n. Gray, Esq, Of Fergus Falls,
has kindly consented to act . agent for
the Axr1-NoHoroLIsf in that city.
He viii Be assisted BY Honorable Jacob
Austin. He cannot devote his whole time
to the cause, but his respect for the Axs
n-MonoroLIsr snd its editor i such that
or nights and Sundays he win put in his
hest licks for it. Thsnk you, Jacob.
Coriiss also will help some.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-29
ToWARDLoS ANGELES:

CON STEAMER DAYS."
Time of trains between Los Angeles and Will
mington will be varied so as to connect With
steamer
Trains are run by the time of Messrs. Fisher
& Thatcher, No. 81 Main street.
All papers publishing S. p. R. r. time table
are requested to make changes in accordance
with the above.
ap23-u E. E. HEWITT. Supt.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-29
LINES OF TRAVEL.
CHAN CE OF TIM E.

Cn and after Monday July 26, 1875, and until
further notice, trains will run every day as
foil
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-29
sAM'L w. BROOKE, NJ. D.,
Physician, Surgeon and 0bstetrician.

OFFICE-In Lanfranco's Building. Main st
Office hours-8 TO 10 A. M, 2 to and TO =. M
Residence, No. 240 Main street. d2stf
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
GLEANINLS,

A New York tailor says that if all
men would pay cash down for clothes,
the tailors could knock thirty cents off
Of the prices.
I'VE can't all of us be great" re-
marked a scedy but benevolent phi
losopher. 'Some of us have got to
run peanut stands, or children would
grow up comparatively unaccustomed
to luxnries.
Now, ladies, listen to this. A
Canadian priest has given notice that
he will refuse the sacrament to those
wearing ow-necked dresses or pull
back skirts.
Any young man who has not beer
in Jail, and is tired of standing roun(
fighting flies, will find that this is
good time to go out to California an'
start a bank.
Six skuuks got into a Pennsylvani
camp.mcetipg las. week, and after stand
ing it as long as be could, one Of th
brethren rose and remarked: "If 20
all say so, beloved. and / think you will
we Il get cut Of this. The Arch Euem
of mankind must be stirring up his Ere
or I'M sure | smell the gas"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
A Menagerie of drunka' DIS.

The most foolish predicamcnt a man
can get into is to get drunk. In drunken
ness a mar shows his strongest side and
most ardent passions. There are six kind
of d~runkards and if you 60 into a city
drink ing>housc where a number of men
are under the influence of liquor you will
be sure to find these six different animals:
The first is the ape drunk he leaps
and sings and yells, and dances making
all sorts of gimaces, end cutting up all
sorts of monkey shine" to win the ap.
plausc of the boys. Hes a sumner, but
a drunken clown is very silly.
Next we have the tiger drunk. lie
breaks the bottles chairs, ETC., and is full
of blood and thunder. His eyes are red
as a Gcud and his hearth is full Of vengeance
After breaking everything in his reach he
oftentimes winds up with a broken neck
OF this sort are those who abuse thei
f miles.
The third is the hog drunk, II, rol
in the dirt on the floor and ''wollers II
the mud" in the gutter. lie is heav.
lumpish and soggy AID grunts his acquies
cent reply when asked to take a drink
He never misses a drink or pays a cent.
Fourthly we have the puppy DRUNK
lie will weep for kindness and w(h)lu
his love hug you in his arms (and pie
your pockets if lie has half a chance an
.. proclaim how much be loves you. Ii
swears you're the best fellow in I'll
world" Don't you forget it,"
The 9th is owl drunk. lie is wise
his " c%onceit. No mar must dlf'
$ from him fer he "will get a head put @
10 him." Generally speaking when fined /
.. the Recorder and oily tongue pleads IN
" begging off style and he sneaks off like
y whipped spaniel.
!! The sixth and last of the show is Il
IN fox drunk. lie is crafty sort of a GUS
~ ready for any sprt of a trade in which
~ is certain to come out best. lie is sly
. a fox, sneaking as wolf and in fact Il
do meanest d .unklrl of the m all.
81 Almost any night 10 the weak some o,
% of the collection may be seen at the st
70 tionhouse. Houston Ttrds Telegraph.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
Care of the Feet,

Concerning this subject the Scien'
tifc American very truly says: MANY
are careless in the keeping of the feet
II they wash them once a week they think
they are doing we'll. They do not con
slider that the largest pores are located in
the bottom Of the foot, and that the NEST
offensive matter is discharged through
the pores. They wear stockings from the
end of the week without change, which
become perfectly saturated with offensive
matter. Ill health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. The pores are
not repellants but absorbcnts, and this
fetid matter, to a greater or less extent,
is taken back into the system. The fee
should be washed every day with pure
water only, as we'll as the armpits, from
which an offensive odor is also emitted
unless daily ablution is practiced. Stock
ings should not be worn more than a da.
or two at time. They may be worr
one day, and then aired and summed an
worn another day il necessary.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
Language That is Plain.

Ex.Gov. Hershel V. johnson is Judge
Of the circuit and it would be hard to say
whether the whites or the blacks have the
greatest respect for his uprightness OF
character or repose the more implicit
confidence in the fairness of his judge
ment. The practice OF carrying pistols so
prevalent among the young men in some
parts Of the South and which has been the
cause of more trouble than any other one
thing has been entirely broken up in this
judicial circuit. Judge Johnson in his
charges to the grand juries has often at
nounced his dete rmination to make pistols
cheap" here by destroying the demand Tor
them and he has succeeded. Recently
two young men who had been in no difh'
Guilty and had made no use of their
weapons but who had been seen carrying
pistols we're indicted by the grand jury
for violation of the law Of this State.
One of them pie AIDED guilty and was fined
$50 and costs and the ether was cCnvic'
( ted and fined $500 and cost. Judge
johnson in %pronouncing sentence in the
last case. read the young man a lecture
which neither he nor any one else who
heard it will ever forget as long as he
!, lives. After imgressiag upon the mar
the onormity and cowardice of the crime
t of which he had been found guilty, he
dwelt upon the folly of carrying concealed
t weapons. when a boy gets on his hrs
5 pair of 'gallusscs',' said the Judge, 'l'
6 thinks he is getting to be a man Tut,
e few years later, when he gets whiske.
I in his belly, a pistol in his poehc ct and til
: devil IN his head he is a full grown man
i This sentence was delivered in sach a wa
az to make the young man ashamed t
: hold up his head in Judge johnson
1t presence ever since -NeW York Trilua,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
LIVELY ITEMS,
Assassination Suicide Drown
ed and Murder.

"Of the numerous murders and assas.
nations that have become so frequent
along the line of the Cincinnati HAIL
road, we mention the assassination OF
James Gross, which occurred near Wart"
burg on Monday night week. Gross was
keep g q grocery, aud was on his way
home with his brother, whom he was fired
upon by some concealed person. The
bail took effect in the breast, from the
effect of which he died shortly after.
wards. The murderer is yet at large
and no clue had to his identity"
Columbus Edgcmon, of Dry Fork
Hollow, in the 9th district ofthis county,
committed suicide on Sunday evening
last, by shooting himself through the
heart. lie was quite a young man twen'
ty one or two years of ag'. No cause is
assigned for the act"
The body of colored man was tshed
out of the river near Half Moon Island
on Saturday last. An inquest was held
over the remains and a verdict of dealt
by drowning rendered. The body hat
been in the river some time as it was Ia
gone in decomposition"
flames Miller and Sawyer Hart 60
, into an alteration on Sunday week a
Cave Creek Church. in the 2nd distric
of this county, when the first named VIA
, struck on the head with a stone by til
=, latter, inhicting an ugly wound Ger tn
), eye, fracturing the skull. We learn tia
Miller now lies in a precarious condition
:, and it is apprch0uded tie wound vi
prove fatal"
y John Fifer, q colored laborer on M
u Cabe's works on the e. s, Railroad, CT
: his wife's throat from ear to ear the 9TH
day. because of her infilelity. The ma
derer fed and is still at large.-Ki"g
TN East TcmesScetn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
Couldn't Behave Herself.

A Saratoga correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser overheard
two young ladies talking, and this is
what they said:
Nell, I'm going home tomorrow"
Going home tomorrow? What for
pray"
because | caa't behave myself
"Well, out with it, Jennie. What
have You been doing?'
Lots of things"
well, give us the first"
You know Frank Kennedy, Nell?',
That soft simpering fellow that al
ways tells you how charming you look?'
Exactly. This morning saw him
coming, and made up my mind to take
him down.
Il put my diamond, and breach in a
chair, pin upward, and asked him % sit
down.
He sat, Of course, and what then?'
"He jumped up and yelled, "Oh,
my
Whats the trouble" | asked.
Nothing in particular, only | thought
of an engagement at this very moment
YOU must excuse me-" and off he went
and would you believe it Nell, the brooch
ras sticking to him.
THAT was awful, Jennie" and the
two girls giggled together for five minutes
Nell broke the spell by demanding "wha'
next?' why, you see, l was talking
with that young sprig of a clergyman, thu
Rev. Tom Parsons. We had nearly talk
E ed each other to death when, as lucl
: would have it, he male some rcmarI
about mosquitoes | was on my nativ
=, heath at once, and began to tell him o
! my experience at Rcckaway. did the
bite very hard?" inquired the Rev
a Thomas. II wish, Mr.. Parsons said
"you could see my legs and judge fC
yourself
That was a horrid speech, Jenni
Ie How could you say such a thing?"
u Why. Nell, it popped out before
|. knew it."
And what did Mr.. Parsons say
;, He blushed clean to the syes, aud
ran away
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-09
Advertising for a Wife

A Melbourne widOwer with something
Of a family and a goodly bank account
advertised for a wife over a fictitious sig
nature. Several answers were received
among which was one that particularly
| pleased him. The chirography was deli
cate and graceful, the language chaste,
and the signature, like his own, fictitious
After a brief and mutually agreeable c,r
r~espondence, a time and place were agreed
upon for meeting. At the appointed
hour the gentleman was waiting in a priv
ate parlor at a certain fashionable h ote.
and shortly afterward a lady entered
thickly yelled. She came in trembling
and did not venture to look up until thu
voice of the gentleman, in respectful
greeting, fell upon the ear, at which she
started conyulsivcly, raised her eyes t.
| the face Of her swain. and then uttered
a suppressed cry-a cry the stone @
which struck upon the g%entleman's ca
with a sound not unfamiliar. lie LITE,
the veil and looked ur,n the scared fac
r Of his own daughter, whom he had SUP
posed industrious pursuing her studies .
a school in a town sone distance wes'
n ward from Melbourne. The young lad
" has since been installed as housekecTe
s. in the paternal mansion, and her papa
not likely to advertise for a wife agai
until this daughter is married.