Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
A Democratic paner in Georoi


reports that the Republicans of that
State will support an Independent
candidate for Governor, and that
they intend organizing for vigorous
campaign in the Presidential contest.
and have serious notions OF making
the fight hot in many of the Congress
sional Districts, as well as in counties
and Safe Senatorial Districts.
1t is nearly twenty years since the
Hon. Robert c. Winthrop gave utter
ance to these words, but they are
applicable to-day: While we have
big rogues among us who merit the
obloquy which is poured out upon
them, hundreds of worthy men are
maliciously maligned, and public
Office is stunned by those who ought
and who would assume official duties.
but for the unjust howlings of part
isan complainants.
Dyers testimony before the
whiskey- fraud investigating commit
tee proved a great disappointment to
the Democrats. 1t was expected that
he would tell narrowing tale OF in
reference by members of the admin
istration with the prosecution of the
trials at st. Louis. But he didn't
He admitted that he had once been
suspicious OF everybody save Secre-
tary Bristow and Bluford Wilson, but
he now felt certain that his suspicious
were groundless. As To Bell, his re-
marks were by no means compliment
tary OF that revelator-Inter Ocean
Remember" said trading Qua
ker to his son, ain making thy way
through the world, a spoonful OF oil
will go further than quart OF vine
gar.
Speaking Of names. lady once
accosted another at al evening party
thus: "Why don't you know mc9 I'm
Hogg" Her father had borne that
name.
Whenever Ben Butler meets Dana
on the street nowadays he passes
him on the squint-eye side, and said
squint-eye wear. the appearance Of
endeavoring to see something around
the corner of street two blocks off
In his sermon last Sunday, Mr..
Beecher said that if there had been
any editors or theological Professors
at Bethany, when the angel sang
"Glory to God in the highest, etc, :"
they would have yelled out: "Oh.
gushing angels, shut upi'
The Northwestern Herald says
"'What is editorial courtesy?' asks a
southern paper. Why, it is when a
southern editor is caught stealing
chickens at midnight and his brother
editors kindly allude TO the matter as
strange freak of somnambulist' -"
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath
picked egg yesterday. Paddy bit it
in two, opened his mouth. made a
face. and said: ~Be me soul. I'd go
before ony iedge or jury in the wurled
an take me oath that the hin that
laid that egg had the dispipsey or
heartburn. Dunno" an he made a
dive for the pump.
YES" said he dreamily, "we are
always striving for subjective goal.
-Unconsiously, it may be. but still
we strive. We lean over its mystic
ries. and rest in the profundities Of IT'S
immensity.' Yes" she replied,
thoughtfully. ~but, John. would you
mind my putting brown patch on
the seat of those black pants of
yours?"
The Rev. Dr. Payne. of Cincinnati.
is certainly wag. In illustrating
the probable end Of the third term
project, he told a story OF an old
darkey in Iowa, who was on trial for
some crime. When the case was an
nOanced i'm court, THE State OF Iowa
VS. Samson Caesar" the aged African
exclaimed, What de whole state oh
Iowa, again dis chile Den | sur
renders"
A beautiful young woman at St
Louis last October. lost valuable
seal-skin jacket, and accused her
maid OF stealing it. The poor girl
asserted her innocence with many
tears. but was discharged in disgrace
Last Tuesday, while the beautiful
young woman was putting on a pair
of ball slippers, she found the miss
ing sealskin jacket in the toe Of one
OF them.
Uncle Danl Drew was obliged one
day, in consequence OF sickness. to
give his clerk the combination of his
safe lock. The word was door.
The clerk tried it in vain, and re-
turned to Mr.. Drew's house for better
instructions. Remembering that Mr..
Drew was eccentric in some things,
he asked; "How do you spell it, sir?"
such ignorance D-o-a-r-e, of
course The safe was opened.