The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-02

hug from a horses back when the animal
was at full speed, and that he became so
we'll up to the trick that he could per-
form 1t without the least danger.
TO be "poic''-one Of the little icl.
lows who Jingle and nothing else-is bad
enough but when such ''poic" has a
bad printer coupled with him, and bad
proof reader tied to him also, what a
dreadful mess is made Of the weak
rhymes! The Little Rhymes" pub.
lished IN the BULLETIN yesterday, were
spoiled In this way and. being the little
poet ourself who wrote the little thing,
we are little angry about the matter,
and have disposed, in our wrath, Of the
little hair Of our head. There Is little
LEFT OF the printer who made the blundcr,
and an eager Frost has nipped the root
Of the wre,ched proof reader.
Capt. Z. v. Wilson will lecture again
tonight. lie is a very able dc.
fender Of Spiritualism and an eloquent
speaker. His arguments are, In our
opinion, not very strong with men who
don't believe In the inspiration Of the
Scriptures, but arc hard nuts when
Christians undertake to crack them. On
the other hand. his arguments to prove
that the Scriptures prove Spiritualism,
prove either that Spiritualism has been the
strongest ally that Christianity has ever
habitat, In fact, Spiritualism proves
Christianity, or else, that Spiritualism
Is the greatest liar that ever imposed
upon humanity. We cannot understand
how Capt. Wilson can escape from this
dilemma; but he may be enabled to do
SO, for although large man, weighing
probably 24O. he can get out Of the small.
est hole ever mortal crawled through.
We understood the correspondent Of
! the Sun, who writes under the signature
Of Engineer" to insist that u public
meeting should without delay proceed to
make arrangements to build new levee.
In his first communication he suggested
the meeting for the purpose indicated |;
and when, agreeing with him that some
thing must be done, We said (: fla meet
ing is to BIZ held, should we not delay 1t
until Col. Taylor returns 9--the San,
speaking for Engineer us We believed.
insisted upon no delay. wanted the meet
Ing fright Off," Taylor or no Taylor.
But, 1t appears from ''Engineer's' COM
munication Of yesterday evening, that he
Is not an unreasonable, fussy fellow like
the SIN man. lie Is willing to make
haste slowly, as we must In this mat
ter. Speaking for ourself, We
have no hesitation in saying. that we do
not want the expense ofprOtecting Cairo
put upon the shoulders of the city. II we
can get 1t upon the shoulders of the Trus-
tees, railroad company or general govern
ment. Cairo cannot stand up under any
heavier burdens than she now carries, and
we shall expect that tile Trustees will
either compel the G. & st. l.. II. X
Co. to repair the levec or do the work
themselves. But, in fact, as "Citizen'
says elsewhere to-day in these columns
the reparatiOn Of the levee will not be :
permanent protection. What Is required
is work that will throw the river int,
its former channel, and this work tn
government ought TO do without un
necessary delay.
seance Ts-Nighs.
E.v. Wilson will hold seance in Lib.
eral Religious hall this evening at s
O'Clock, for reading character. Admis.
sion % cents. Come and hear him.
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