Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-30


ing 10 the Republican party OF Ohio as if
it lived only by his consent, He says the
coming State Convention must, in its plat
form, put an end to the third term twaddle.
We hope the Convention will absolutely
omit sny twaddle, or any word, about the
third term, in its platform. This will be
doing as much as it can do to put an end
to it. We think the Republican party can
stand on the platform Of its past history,
and that no other is needed Lancaster
| Gdzetts.
We beg leave to differ with the Gazette
on this question. While don't believe
Gen. GRANT wants tlf5f term, and are
quite certain the Republicans of this State
are averse TO any third-term candidate, it
appears to be about the only capital the
Opposition have to work upon, and SO long
as intelligent persons are sometimes swayed
by such twaddle, we believe the Republi-
can party is called upon for an expression
against it. and hope 1t will give no uncer-
tain sound in convention June Cd. 1t
would be but reiteration Of the princi-
pies OF the party, and the platform is the
place to look for parties principles.
The Cincinnati May Musical Festival
promises to be complete success. The
sale OF season tickets already exceeds that
of two years ago by forty per cent There
is to be seven entertainments during the
afternoons and evenings Of May llth to
18th The whole is to be under the man
agement OF THEODORE THOMAS, assisted
by some ten or twelve of the most promi-
nent musicians of the country. With the
famous THOMAS orchestra, with a largea ad-
ditional number of musicians, and a pow
erful chorus, numbering, probably, between
1900 and 1000, what more could be desir-
ed for musical entertainment.
In calling attention to this array of mu-
steal talent and the Festival, the Columbus
Journal sayl;
1t is public benefaction to call atten-
tion to such an array as this. In Germany
tens OF thousands go hundreds Of miles to
attend such musical symposia, and sleep
in barns on the fragrant hay, feeding from
colossal lunch baskets, in order to fill the
soul with such tone feast. If we fail to
do the like it will be because we are some
hundreds of years behind popular Germany
in musical taste and kpoyledge-not that
the Grand Hotel, and Burnett, and
Gibson, and Hunts ore te compared to
barns, either.
FFaRpega7eniust afforded a rr4e~,lnnt ~,
the laN of iibie Nlaisi..p may sintrest law
yers, and will ceftaiply f11ges.l warning to
rustic belligerents N tb mary. A man
quarreled with his neig6bor, and being
prudent in his wrath insteadabf saucing"
him to his face, wrote irritating comments
ON the skin Of his pumpkins. IA the veg
etable grew, the writing, at first almost in
visible became very conspicuous. 1t was
so irritating in its character that the sub
ject OF the criticisms and the owner of the
pumpkins went to the courts for redress.
More fortunate than many other litigants.
his suit was successful, and the inscription
ist was found guilty OF libel The question
over which the contending counsel wran-
gled most was whether the offensive words
had been published" A garden, it was
argued by the defense, was not u public
place, and the rind OF a pumpkin was not
a material on which veritable libel could
be written. The Court ruled otherwise,
and fined the defendant 200 francs. The
garden was an open spot, not being thor
oughly walled in by hedge, and it was
easy forall the neighhorhood to read on the
pumpkins the words Of scorn addressed to
and relating to their owner. He might
have lesscned this publicity by taking in
the vegetables, but then he might have
endangered his crop. They must be left on
the vines in order to ripen thoroughly, and il
he sold any, he would be only advertising
his own misfortune. On the whole, then, the
decision seems to have been just one, and
pumpkins henceforth will not be ranked
among the safe and suitable vehicles for
satiricle wit.-Cin. Gazette.