The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-02-13


great deal for his friends, and no
Potter restrictions on tolls. a good
stage of water is always to be kept
up for elections, and one or two
run of stone all the time going be
tween whiles, in preparatory grind
ing Now it is obvious that SO long
as there is any thing in the pond to
run out and the miller can hola his
place, there Is no end to the process
OF keeping i'll office. Only the taxes
giving out, or the gate tender b; ing
displaced somehow, can put a stop
TO his machine. Tie old fashion IF
square dealing and law-abding is
thus dispensed with entirely, and
/ the less conscience aud intelligence,
the better. All that is required is
little selfish cunning, and contri-
vance. The operator need not be
worth dollar, nor have response
biljty, or contribute a penny to the
taxes which run him He handles
ali the money with an eye solely to
reelection, and with that in view.
puts it "wherc it will do the most
good" IN the shape of jobs and the
like, or in tight pinch, invests in
votes directly
At the close of this lengthy paper,
Of which but a synopsis is given,
the Club fell into discussing the
methods of perpetual rotation in
office therein enunciated, and agreed
unanimously that 1t was no new
discovery, but that the principles Of
the same machinery had long been
understood and applied-with GER
tain improvements and refinemenls
not even alluded to in the disserta-
ton Just read, and that the sappos-
ed inventor could be furnished to
hand here in Donglas County, with
far better patent, than the one he
offered.
The last paper submitted, was on
the application of cranberies 90 the
cure of corns, Of which the following
was the substance:
It is estimated that three-quarters
Of the population Of the United
States are more or less afflicted
with corns or bunions, say 3O,O0O,-
600. The disabilities resulting all
the way from acute affections of
the toe to the more endwable dis
temperS thereof inclusive, are equal
to the loss of one hour a day on an
average, per capita being an aggre-
gate destruction Of 342 years Of
time III one day-or equal to $780,
600 working days OF eight hours,
worth 50 per day, or 81, 500, 600 lost
every twenty-four hours, on account
Of corns. This would amount to the
enormous sum of S2,739,375, ,OO0.l3
every year, or more than the
| National debt. The incidental in
Jury to shocmakers and leather
manufacturers on account Of the
diminished wear, and by conse-
quence, the impaired demand for
boots and shoes, is incalculable.
/ The toe-tal for year may be un-
derstood by solving the question,
how many pairs in the aggregate
will thirty millions Of people not
wear out in twelve months, sitting
still one hour each day, pairing and
doctoring corns. And the trades
and interests suffering indirectly,
all put together, swell the loss past
computation. The timely appIica-
tionsof cranberry saIve, mitigates
the public suffering, and effectualIy
removes the cause restores the toe
to its normal soundness, and cancels
this frightful waste oftime and mon
ey. No Country on the globe is so
well adapted to the culture Of this
plant as Northern Wisconsin, and
the conversion of It's berries into a
matchless sanative for the healing
of human woe, challenges the be-
nevolence of every well-wlsher OF
his race, not less than engages and
stimulates the honorable desire to
set on foot, on an adequate scale,
the cultivation of the fruit and
its cheiropedal preparation for the
! purposes of commerce, with our af-
titcted fellow citizens of the United
States.
The author Of this paper entered
into a calculation Of too great
length to publish, but arrived at the
conclusion that Douglas County