The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-04
hat 5000 persons, each Of whom paid 81

that 5000 persons, each Of whom paid 81
admission, entered at one door only: and
that large sums were received besides at
the tables representing the thirteen origi +
nal states, for supper" etc., then the
aforesaid appearance of himsiness grows SO
palpable that one wonders how any CON-
mittee composed of anything short Of inno-
cent celestials could have presented the re-
port for public inspection.
The chairman" of said committee Is
miss Olive Risley Seward''--an interest,
ing orphan who has one father tkisleyl |
living, and one tSeward1 beyond the beau |
tiful river :" a circumstance which invests
the lovely being, twho was an interesting
infant on the shady side OF the twentles
when the great statesman took pity on her
tender childhood, finished her education by
taking her on his little pleasure trip around
the world, and left her fortune say
this circumstance of having been able to
boast of having two fathers when some
people can not even afford one IN these
hard times, invests her with o sort OF In
fallibility, and proves conclusively. OF
course, that the old saying that figures
will not lie' must needs be false in this in
stance, and that naturally seven and eight,
, plus four are six. OLIVIA" however can't
see things in their proper light; she would
persist in wanting to know, you know, J"
: and even went so far as to publicly call the
committee to account; an action which
caused one Of our leading ladies-IH not
mention her name now-to call on the edi-
, tor of the paper and tell him that Olivia
had retracted all she said, was sorry etc.,
: and would say so in card.
Ofcourse when that statement appeared
Il IL 1r,t1 noIr hntR
q | in Indignation, and "Olivia' fastened &c
6 put the falsehood where it belonged. When
u her statement was ready for publication
= however, the chief editor Ndt,oI Repas6
d licdn) declared that during meeting o.
the editors 1t had been decided that thu
G paper dare not publish it, as it woul Id ere
. than the Credit Mobilier expose had caused
e Thus things stand now. And it yo1
= should ask me: "Why do you tell us al
= this?" 1 should reply: Merely to show
g vou how beautifully pure and serene oul
e social atmosphere must be, when high
3 toned aristocracy can successfully teach
I Greenleaf, Davies, and all the other ole
+ fogies who have published arithmetics, tina
leA as far as addition, subtraction and division
q is concerned they are not up to the time
y, by any means. 81 --. .--.s
=, u Of course, if this same committee wer
~ composed of poor sewing women or me
g chanic's wives, our virtuous press woul
smell fraud at once, and never rest until
had bounded them to the death; but b
ing fashionable ladies', with double-fatt
cred orphan at the head, why it is simp
he impossible that they could commit an
gh thing contrary to the decalogue, and 20
ial via" ought to be ashamed of herself
lg- once. ....,
an promised to tell you little story co
~ nected with the Signal service, but as q
letter has already reached gigantic propt
sn' tions I'll keep it until my next, and will e.
my letter by giving you a conundrum;
three fires have occurred in the Navy DIP
rs. among the records, during the last wee
are how many more fires will occur in the
of partments, among the records, before t
government changes hands
lon, LIE NARD.