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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

I'M. N\LIr or AN ENrENMENr.-Alr
,unr.,l Wilson, a we'll known agriculture
it. +, II. the following story in the HuFd(
\. r. yorL,r: When | WIS 4 little boy
on my fathers farm. once nlade Il ilttic
rx,a.rjmcnt on my own account, and car
,j,'I if through secretly, for the purpose
az ,,ioyiur the surprise it might create
Wjth This view. rs soon as father GOV
,I,rn,,rh ul,utinr lis corn, | selected and
m,rhr.; oil, unknown to him. small
.,,,,,. n,,r the center Il the field. 10
each stalk of the corn planted on TINS
,,,,cc rave especial attention. tor the
,Yrun,r If finding ont how much each
,,y.,in planted could he made to produce
by "iyi,ir il extra manure and extra noe
;nr When the corn was gathered, the
din renee between my pet stalks and 'he
ret of the field attracted my father at
te.,tjon. and remember how puzzled ne
wa- in trying to account Tor II. ne" =
I,n",h | disclosed the secret, he instantly
inluircd how much extra work ana ma
nurr had applied Tell me this exact
". said he, and can tell the V'i'e o. W lll'
,x,eriment. | told him that | had SIM
plv doubled what he had given to the res
nt tine field. After comparing the resul
with the rest Of the field, he found that n,
Weld was at the rate of forty-four bushel
to Ike acre. and mine 1T the rate OF siNty
,.iur bushels Now, said he. II extra cul
t,rc and cxtr: manure are @ood lor u.
sin. le stalks, it must be good for the Who'll
,.r~u. 50 the next year he adopted m
,an for the whole crop, and fouha Una
the Gain was even larger. by several ousi
,..>. than in my experiment; ana ne AIS
found that the cost OF each hushei was II
,ucrti to SIX cents.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

\ PH>CrICAI WITNESS n CoUET--ln
cox, cnprt there WAS a chirre of assault
AGAINST that ola oil nler ana police favor
lie. ".John Doe" ami Mr.. Dickson, II"
attorney, was exunining a Witness
Dickson How hard !id he shake the
man when hr grabbed him?
Witncs--l don't know. Pretty hard
Dickson What 90 You call "prctty
hard3"
Witno>~-Wclltwa was pretty hard-lhat
AL can say.
pich,on-Come. now-you surely have
sense enough To let the court know what
vou call pretty hard.
\Nitur,,-l .surs- can show th" court
1t WAS Ike this
IIrr, ill.,, witness rose from his seat. ana
snrinuin,r upon the ;~toni-hed attorney
grabbed him hv the collar. and. VITA =
/ strong impul>ivc Jerk. landed HIM on ih'
IL or. Then he gathered him up ana Hop
| ned him across Il chair-thrn ne began l'
| b,nr HIM ovcrthc floor, Jam him up t@alnS
the wall. and batter HIM around over lh'
benches.
Hold on-l un,ler>tand,' shouted th'
lawyer
,.Thi, is how he fetched him rctort
.I the witness. @ivin~ him another lift.
"Won't the court rule out his answer
Object" >:,il Mr.. dickson. catching III
breath.
IF vou Withdraw the question; :"
richt. > said the Judge: and sprlngln@ dow
from the seat, he collarcd the witness ;th
took him ct1 When h. again mo.inie
the bench lie remarked: : he wltne>
appears TO have introduced his testimony
but | can rule that the jury ignore his ;'ii
swer."
Bv this time the spectators were IN
convulsion of laughtcr and the au"rne
retired to brush his clothes. lhe case W"
dismissed. I-fgiyit NccJ tArontcle-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

"Tu>Y .ANr> AND TINT Down. -
Unfortunately tur the Sunday Schools.
there are a number of mIddlr-ayrd gentle
men who, thinking themselves endowed
hv nature with oratorical ability. visit sun
dav Schools to display their Speccil-nakng
uunlitie>. These gentlemen are very prop
crlv termed SUNDAY School borr>. for they
bore lie chil,lr.n. bore the superintendent
bore The teachers and bore every person
with whom they are thrown in contact.
One of these gentry h:,d a round of four
or five schools which he visited rrgrErly
aad rs regularly bored, ending his "ratlon>
invariably with Amen,
Ni-itjnr one of lht schools during his
REGULAR round- he made his appearance II
The supcrintrndrnt's desk. who. tecln"
greatly annovci. vet ont of courtesy. ask
ed him if he desired TO say 4 few words t'
the -ch ol.
..Waal. YES III say .iu-t a word or two,
and STRENGTHENING himself up. with one
hand ON the corner of the desk. and the
other feeling for pins at the bottom OF his
vcs,. he begun: Wa al, chli I'M. the Sll
perintcndcnt wants me to speak to yer
And feeling vigorously for pins. " Meow
what shall saw hat shall talk about?
4 brirht little fellow. about four year
of AGE setting in the front seat who evl
IDENTITY had heard the orator before. llmpc'
to his feet. and li>prd out loud enough t
be heard al over the school room
.Th,y Amen and thit down., Til
speaker collaps pscd.-DptlI i ecE(y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

TIE MANAGEMENT OF BROOD MARES
AND CoLrs-Mr NJ w Dunham. who
has made something of Il study of the
methods employed in France in managing
brood mares and their colts. has given in
:, letter some interesting facS obs ervcd hv
him among the breeders of Pclche He
says:
The division Of sexes in Prrche differs
from most countries where horses are rails
ed. One section hiS the mares and pro-
,luccs the colts, while another section buys
and raises them No matter what may be
the class to which She belongs, light or
heavy, or plltakin~ of both. the m:rre is
expected to breed every year. If blrrcn
She is sold. This fault continuing. She
passes into public use. Daring her @e>la
ton She works constantly. few days
rest before and after foaling is the ONLY
time lost. The rcmnindtr of her w"lk
pays abunlantlv for keep and interest on
her cost At the age of five OF six months
the colt is abruptly weancd and sold. Led
into the Interior upon fertile meadows, 1t
remains one year unproductivc. In winter
it is fed on hay in the stable, and during
the fine season turned into the field to
graze. To sum up it is rather poorly nour-
i,hed on bran, gr,ts- or hay. The reason
is that it is vet unproductivc to It's mus. rr,
and it f, els the effect Wait Il little. IL
hardest time has gone by; and work will
soften it lot 1t reaches in thi, manner
the age of fifteen or eighteen months. At
this age the colt i, put to work. Natural
" loclr in the hands of a man always pa
licnt and kind. the training i generally
easy Assigned to farm labor. the colt
ploughs or draws Il wagon. llarncS>ec
with tour or five colt, of his own aGe. to
9ether ihey pull what would hc an easy
load for two good horses. Pat before oXer
OF joined to three of his companions, th'
voung animal ploughs. :ull j. never over
worked Now it is fed better and receives
better care Its m9raIe improves, and it
master seems TO delight in contcmplatn.
the progress and dcvelopm, ut Of the dc-ir
able qualities Master, servant, lnlge an,
small, all deeply imburd with the low. o
the horse. unite in this work with a'in!ra
bic skill 1 hls in travelling through
Prrchc, one involunIarly stops in tit
middle of the fields to see the colt work
never tired of :ldlnirin- the Vi -"r it dis
PLAYS and the yrn;lrne-s with which II L
treated At the are of three, the BeaUc
farmer buys the colt to work his soft an
light soil For him the vonng anim:'
must be preserved intact. is dcvelopmer
uniniurcd- encouraged
The colt ha, thu, been worked one yea
abundantlv tel bu, supplied with little q
no grain. Doing enough lig!it work t. pa
its keeping. the master has receive,
! enough beside the manure to pay 4 heav
interest on the cost of HI colt lie pril
tive work. which Woull have been iljl
riou, under ctrelr,> III tut cement. *. q
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

IIo LEWIS On WHOLESOME FouD.-
F,r Br.tLtt>f.- Oatmeal mush with milk
and >uG:sr.
O.. Graham mu~h with q little good
syrup.
O.. crlcAcd wheat with milk and sugar.
Or, baked polatoc, with bread and but
Or. bccistrlk or mutton chop with
baked POTATOES and bread and butter.
lfyuu are thin and need fat Use tn" tlrst
Ilrc,.. II YOU are too fat use the last named
TWO.
Drink cold water or 4 little weak coffee
Bulutr.-Brct or mutton. roasted or
~trw,.I. with :nv vegetables You may like,
tthough tomatoes should be used sparln--
Ivy. 20 ,d bread ana butter, and close the
meal Vita Il GLASS Of weak lemonade-
T,tnn dessert miles, it he A little fruit, and
cat unthin~ more until the next morning.
There j, 10 rule in regard TO diet about
which am 50 lixcl in my convictions As
that nothing should he eaten after dinner.
an: | ;hiuk that dinner should be eaten
eallv III the day not later, if it can be so
nal.a.ed than Two O'Clock. In regard TO
the pr,ci~c hour of dinner | am not so
Clear. thou1h fpr myself one O'Clock Is the
pt>t lI@Ut . plit IA i'4' ~ '-N' ~ NiA'' --
shc third meal, have. after long obsetva-
ton. ia dou! whatcvcr-
Hundreds OF persons have come to me
with iud1, sion. in me OF Its many
forms. ana have experienced such reHei IN
i SINGLE week from emitting III" supper
that haNr. for i number OF N"ar>, de-
pended upon this point in the diet * The
b i i,em in the prescriptions for lndlE's-
ti,n have never met one person sulltr-
ino from indigestion, who WAS not greatly
relieved 1t once by "ml;tlnE the thIrd
meal.
Eat nothing between meals, not even an
apple ur peach II you eat fruit let II be
! with breakfast or dinner
Cook,d lrnit is best for persons VIII
weak di.tc>tion. Ihavt met hundreds o.
people who could diges, a large heel>lraA
without Il l,an-, but could not manage ;
single uncuohvd apple.
| think c,rtaim diccttic rcformcrs have
somewhat oycrr,ted the value OF fruit
Avoid cake. PIE. all >wcctmcatS, nuts
rai~in> and candies.
Nanarc vuur stomach as above. and a
the end of ten Years von Will look haci
u,on desc table habits rs the source o
great advantage and happiness
Tor thirty wear, have been a constan
land careful observer. I have no hobblt
,bont dicD and in the light of my own cN
p,ricncc and these LONG observations.
a.,lr,. vou the table hab IS | advise ar
| vital t. health and happiness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

INDIAN ORAroRY.-Prof- Ehcott Evans
tolls a GOOD story concerning ms grand
uncle, Joseph Elcott. and the chiel heo
J,.ket. The two having met IN = ioh'-
wanda swamp. they sat down on 4 10Y
which happened TO be convenient BON pe-
inr ncar the middle. Presently Red jack
nt s,iJ in his almost unintel!I@lbit In
,,li.h =" Move along. Jo.' Elic"tt did So
and the sachcm moved up to hlin- IN
few minutes came another request move
,lnnr. Jo.'' and again the agent comPieu
and The chief followed. Scarcely had ms
been done when Red Jacket again said,
:. Move along, Jo." Much annoyed pu.
willing to humor him, and not seeing what
he meant. E.licott complied, this tiine
reachinc the end of the log But that was
not sufficient. ;nd presently the request
,y.,, repeated for the fourth time Move
.,I,nr Joc.'' why. man. an@Tny re-
',iicd the arent, Il can't move any iurther
iwithout getting of from the lo@ INTO the
mnd." .tUgh, Just SO white man Wan. Nam.
InIian india move along-move along Can !.
'ro no further. but he say Move along
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01
Apo1-r ROYs-Wc were never amor

ApOI-r BOYS S.-Wc We're never among
those who believe Il boy next to nobody
and could do nothing that WIS worth DONG
We love the healthy, happy, NOISY boys
We love. them. even if they do sometimes
forret to Scrape theiI feet, and do some :
times push their toes through 'he eii'' oi
their boots, and push boot heels ana loe7
throurh their socks, and occasionally give
their Ices an airi2g through Their trouser-
Inr.. or Their elbow. through their Jacket
sleeves. an! we often sit down and nave a
rnnI crv hrr:tI-e ours didn't stay boys :?
For ! boy crt4 be something and 10 some
thin~. The boy who will stay indoors on
satu3day morning and keep baby quiet quiet
whiIe his mother does the baking, when
he wanted TO 90 skating, is a little hero,
f,r he has fulfilled u commandment ana
conquered the giant, seIiishness. Inc boy boy
Who will 90 bv a neighbor's garden day
after day. ana never touch one OF the ript
r4J currants that peep through the fence
though his mouth waters for them, Is
hero: for he has fulfilled a commandmcnt 11,
and CONQUERED the giant. temptation na u
h,v is a hero wac ; too brave to Tell
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

A gentleman caught a negro carryInS
of some of hi, fancy poultry the other niSl,. p.
What are you dong with my chlnhen, m nh
ho ralIeI Il was a gwine fer ter le'cn
'a,5 hack. boss. Dere'e nlg@er f0uh.
here what's been sputin' longer me o?ut
,ian chick'ns. said dey wuz Coaceii,
Dhyniz, an he said dey was Alabama m ln,- n
lets and wuz jest taken EN- 'or 'e'
'stabliah my nollese-
Brooklyn horse car conductor TOO TOOK
;cl n 80 one of the fashionable churches
last m sunday, and her countenance present,
l"1 IA r',inou. study upon hearing him ring
his his bell punch when the contribution O'-
wa. passed him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SOM: November
eth, 1916.
ny CHARLES r. HAYDEN

BY CHARLES +. HAYDEN.
AIR, Dorm mih the Pcdaqogue Sears.
Rally, Republicans, rally,
lis no time to take our ease,
Or no time to stop and daily.
FiIrg oar banner to the breeze
We've made the naughty ioemen reel.
And have olten won the day;
The time has come to make them feel,
We are ready for the fray.
Those sly Old rats, the democrats
Are nothing but sham,
They'd like to steal a good square meal
From dear Old Uncle Sam.
Their sham reforms we don't believe,
K rather an OLD story:
Our country'll have good cause to grieve,
If they get btek in glory;
sam TIlden : not the man to be
The ruler Of our nation,
For we shall give him liberty
TO fill a humber station.
CHORUS.
Wen make him feel, the slip'ry eel,
He cannot take us IN
We may be green, but yet we've seen
IIc's spread it rather thin.
Ills shan REFORMS, he will find out
Are not to be the fashion,
For we shall give him such 4 rout,
Twill put him IN a passion.
He thinks we h4ve not scHse enough
To keep him out Of clover.
fut sun, he'll find IT, rather tough.
Wei simply knock hun over.
Were far too wise, to think his lies
Ale anything but chan.
He cannot fool we've been to school,
We don't believe, not half.
Rally. Republicans, rally,
We must meet the south once more;
shah we dare to stop or daily,
Let them rule our country orc,
We have had enough of treason,
When the Democrats held sway,
Can we find better reason,
For lhIAsnug them all to-day.
CHORUS.
Oh we are bent. our President
shall be an honest man
The records say. samuel
VIII -uInale when he can.
NartrcIer Nov. l~.6.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

An AMERICAN GYPSYS SrORY.-I was
quite Young when received my first les
son in fortune-tclln9. For the first season
| was only to tell fortunes for Young girls.
| WAS to ludyr them and say most about
love subjects Afterwards | was allowed
to tell anybody. If conld lay my hand
on ANYTHING worth having | could do So.
bGt it WAS no business of :lnybody'> where
| cot t. was never asked where got
things. | WIS pleased ut the idea of tell
inr fortunes. ana did verl we'll at the bus
mess. picked up fast, AMI before the
first season closed knew hov to read
human nature very well. and could rea'
character lolcrahlv. will not say much
about stealing, for am ashamed. SOM
Of or wagons have fll>e bottoms. 50 thai
whenever the camp WAS searched npthln2
could be fuunl Ii the officers came they
We're given full privilege t. search all
around and in his WAS they were lie L.
nrlicVc. many times, that we We're rrlll Y
innocent. There is no truth n all in tnr-
u.ne-tcliing. We >rd il>t What came into
our minds One time Il Young nun lli
Tennessee came to me and told me 10 20
to Il certain hou~c AID induce i young
I Girl 10 htyc her fortune told H tol! M
what t. SAY. He was in love with her and
wanted to marry her understood him
and carried out my part very well. >Hn-
her song about the young lover, and III,
beautiful yirl cot a> white Il snow, thct
red. AMI then cav. me five dollars. She
could We'll nttor,! it. | got ten doll.tr> from
the man. He had been discarded. but he
fore we left the place, Murlree>bnro
think it Wa. ! saw the pair ont driving
There's any amount of trirkery like TIN
anon" the rvp,l,~ | liked the life !
tr>f it wa- free ana romantic; but final,
tired of it. hccall~r WAS i'll treated.
always wanted 70 keep up my appearance
which made some ol the other women
iralon> They commenced 10 spread eNl
reports about me-. and >ai that was gull
tv of crime that had fouEllt hlrd 70 over
come and escape. business got bad, AN
all my money WIS either lost OF >toleI
t from the wagon. Il WIS not etsy to max
my escape, for the mcn watched me cl">e
": but | managed il at last. Ialk ;tbpu
women benz trul-r~ among decent whit
people. that's nothing, Women who ar
compelled 70 l,lI wandering live, in TIN
country are compelled i lie, cheat. >trs
; and commit almost any crime To oDttl
| money There are plenty OF women VII
! are ~ituitel the tmr Il | Wa, and VIII
I are but waiting Ior u good chance TO .
of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

HE ToNGur.-Rev. Mr. Spurgeon. in
his new book, tells the story ola SosslphS
woman. who called on DR.. 'Il.l TO flnd lt'''t
with the excessive length of his clerical
bands. Dr.. Gill bluntly invited her 10
ttl.c the scissors and cut the band TO i
proper length. which She joyfully did.
Now" said the Doctor, my goou
sister. You must do me good turn. also
Yes. that | will Doctor. What can II
hr?'
Well-you have something about you
which is q deal too long. and | should Ike
10 see it shorter.
..la,ecd, dear sir. | will not hesitate,
.-;lt3e dame; what is it. here are the
! scissors. use them as You please
Come them said the Doctor, goo
sister, put out your tongue
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

iaiSeii"o"' 100 none 10 DO mean thing.
'',i WI" "'lcs 70 90 "hitl IS rlSht and
WHY - ''"',. ,n'' ''e TH''' |" say 'hit
we MI -""' i,iihH cieh heroic boys.
tl''' '''' :" Wy ANU "a "'Ns 'ii'o "oFId
"a "''' '''''''> at ''ie i'''9c''' '''ii'
=,
lio" lit i"1t Nptp IllE LAh t--tie
waS tramp, DO md Cmcag"ward. and
Is ne ''f'ed iile eoupiers AT The rear OF
III incoming engine. Just across lae line
o! ih"itht' one recent fark and chilly
ni@ht' he Lld 1"uth To believe he had a soft
'hih- "l IL if a ehetl' fiar- bnt the con-
iuc'or with his eagle eye and railway
lantern soon e>plrd the m"neylcsS !ras>tn-
ger on ms nh'u-ili"n'd AMI 'omf"rtie>S
>'iS ,''i lie "f''f MN Oh: No lie
"t ! "'' l' f'''' ne it' .ii"i i'ii'ih'
me on i'l" o" Went me ti.ih- from s'i-
non l" >''' non "ii''l Il i"'',hei great
''iiA p" ''e'e '''e e''-'''e S'"l'Pen :" water
iP-
Now Tor hlm, @rlnned the heartlesS
conductor. a. h- passed To the front
" Now for him. he m ilici pu>ly con
tlnued. a> he gra>p"d the water-trough
from IN" fireman : hands and directed 1t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

f:,lSehood. too noble to do mean thing,
and who dares 10 do what is right and
what is duty. And we are glad to say that
we kn W good many such heroic boys.
md they are the kind Of BOYS this world
If ours needs at the present time
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

The special order for three o'clock this afternoon
beng the resolution introduced 10y Mr.. Woodbrllgt of
crGenntS, relating to national affairs taken
the table and made the special order tO-morruw
three O'Clock III the AFTERNOON.
SENATE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

-.i.,,',-.! to reconsider the
r,t II "A. to leldlize In =
..... .r~n-id tor the years 1s13
1 t.; the bill was then
=.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

TIN, ,ea1-a was ,aai - orle- by the frl'i;-t I'
and taer1 b-in, IiJru II re7.tlf' "da 't'!At'l
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-01

~ =. =. AIlIus. that
r..~rl,a'INes BE- granted 70
f..-t-ll # TIL Governor :
-4m.'Hl Centennial, on
r .. T. til" purpose OF
4U-.- i. Bliss, Esq, Cor
8-IuuuEtUn Historical
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11
Notice to the Public.

JACOB KIRsCHsTALLER HEREBY
u gives notice to the public that he has
in the U. S. Bakery. and will carry on. the
same as heretofore. lie will pay all debts
now due, but is not responsible for Mr.. Scher-
er after this date. Mr.. Scherer will collect
all debts due up to this date. Ls
Ihf JACOB kIRSCHSTALLER.
Eureka, May %, 1875.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
Back Pay Randall.

In the House last week Mr.. Town
send, of Pennsylvania, incidentally
referred to Mr.. Randall's vote for an
increase Of salary of members at last
session. Randall replied, in sub
stance, that as the people had con-
demned that measure he accepted the
verdict.
Mr.. White-Do | understand the
gentleman to say he realized the fact
that the country condemned his vote
on the back salary question
Mr.. Randall--lt is none of your
business what realize. Laughter.
| have made my statement in that
connection.
Mr.. White-Does not the gentle
man believe that the country would
be better pleased If that back salary
was refunded?
Mr.. Randall--That Is none OF your
business either. Laughter. When
| do aught here that does not become
representative, the people will take
care to consign me back 10 private
life. / took that salary the law gave
il too me my people have approved
of me, and IL does not lie in the pow
or of any miserable man here
Laughter to talk about my con-
science.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16

A Washington dispatch says "Dls.
trict Attorney Wells had an inter.
view with the attorney general.
Recounting the difficlties in the way
of procuring an indictment agains,
General Belknap, Gov. Wells said
he had seen all the members of the
committee on expenditures In the
war department, and cannot obtain
from them any testimony. Marsh,
having fled, cannot be reached, and,
as the case now stands he cannot gel
an Indictment This Is the deplo-
rable and logical result Of the adop-
tion by the Democratic majority in
tho House of resolution forbidding
any member of the House from re-
vealing any information to the courts
against Belknap or any other man.
The Republican members OF the
Hnnse nnsnimes:s!y opposed the res
olutioh, but the Democrats decided
that the investigation had gone far
enough, and must stop. And 1t did
stop.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-16
Democracy for Hard Money

The Democratic Congressional
Caucus was I'm session again last Sat
urday night 10 consider the financial
question and decide upon a policy for
the party. The discussion was long
and spirited, though one-sided.
Senators Thurman, Bayard, Bogy,
Eaton and Herman, and Representa-.
tives Randall, Luttrell and others
advocating hard money. The dis
patch says "Landers and Holman
we're left almost alone In the advo-
cacy of extreme views as to soft mon
ey. The opinion was generally ex-
pressed that the entire National
debt should be paid according to the
pledge of the Government, gold"
About one hundred members were
present. No vote wa, taken. Tho
caucus adjourned to Wednesday eve-
ming this week, when the question
was to be brought To q vote. The
hard money policy will undoubtedly
be adopted.