The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-12-07


Cos : expense without ic2ari 10
why Nc laugh aud n local Taper
perpc rates the following this morn
in%,
samu.l SUNSET Cox,
Fivef%tt 'lrse in Ms aox;. Si"gss-
Iwsnt 10 he a Speaker,
And with the lobby stand,
u pun upon my Two lips,
\ gdvtl In my hand,
Right there before the IIow-Ousc,
\ glorious little clown,
I'll wake the sleeping me mbers,
And rap them M an down.
The Senate will also elect a pre-.
siding officer to supercedc Mr.. Ferry,
who some think is not the man for
tho emergency. If amy reliable
slate has been made for this change
| can not find it cut. Mr.. Blaine
was talked of, but finally dropped.
Mr.. Anthony and Mr.. Hamlin
have each been mentioned, but in
no very positive terms. A man Of
strong qualities is sought. Poor
old Mr.. lIamlin has will enough,
but for all that has never done any
thing very striking except to take
a leading part in some postal lcgis-
lation WHICH brought lively sort of
buzzing about his ears.
What excitement there was over
the failure of"Boss' Shepherd has
subsidized and he has effected COM
promise with his creditors, funding
the whole Of his indebtedness at
six per cent. for six years. His
failure was not matter Of surprise
in well-informcd circles. Some
unkind and some charitable things
have been said of the matter, but
nothing more sarcastic than the re-
mark that "a man could contri
butte $4,000 to the campaign funt
ought to have held out at least un
| til the votes were counted 1t j.
not likely that lie will contribute Sc
much by his own entertainments
as heretofore to the life of the com
ing "season" in society. indeed
there is not at present much pros
pect Of quite The usual gay time
socially this season. The hard time!
and the grave political situation
can but exercise restraining in
Aucncc, though of course there vii
be enough going on to satisfy or
binary people. Among the sol
: dts" is II large and very recherche
affair to be given at the Whit
! House in homer of Mrs. Sartoris-
Nellie Grant that was. And b,
the way this takes us back to tn
soldiers again. The girls arc al
, very jolly over the appearance her
of an unusual number of officers
; The proverbial fondncss of fcmin
7 inc humanity for gaudy uniforl
is nowhere more strikingly illus
tratcd than in Washington, wher
perhaps more than anywhere els
the girls have an unboundcd affcc
; ton for pair of shouldcr-strap:
Poor things. But such is life.
This is Thanksgiving day, a
: occasion always very generally oil
D served here, at least so far as tn
S eating and drinking is concerned
E 1t is Il good old custom to set apal
= one day to render thanks for
2 "All the blessings of the fields,
= All the stores the garden yields,
Flocks that whitcn all the pla in.
= Yellow shcnvcs of ripcnh grain"
/ But the hard times and the COZ
$ dition of business throughout I'll
n country, with the cxtraordinar
political situation so trying to OF
,, system of government, would sec,
n to suggest an occasion for rray'
h and fasting rather than fcastin
S and rejoicing. But thoughtful
;. patriotic people will combine IL
T. two. Meanwhile not less than Fl,
il million turkeys will be devoured t.
Il day in NJ the land. Poor Turke
). not only Turkey in Europe, b,
C turkey in America.
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