The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
SPARKS FROM NEW YORK.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
The elections are so near at hand that
we may safely say everything else is near
ly at stand-still. People are waiting
with bated breath until the agony shall
be over and the result known. Accord,
ling to his political proclivities each
hopes that his favorite will be elected. /
think, however, that til ,e is less person
al acrimony in this contest than have
ever seen before, among gentlemen who
have nothing more valuable at stake than
the usual hat. Business men, in many
cases, profess utter indifference, and
frankly say they don't care which candi-
date is elected, providing business shall
become better. Everything now is q uiet-
ly showed aside until after election; even
social events, weddings, receptions and
matters of that kind being put off now,
the momentous event is so near.
there has been a movement stirring
which cannot say has yet been carried
out, to make the "Womans Day" at the
Centennial, which occurs on the I'd of
November, a test question regarding the
weight which womanis suffrage would
have in the coming election. A test
poll, it is suggested, shall be opened at
the Woman's Pavilion, and every wo-
man that can do SO be desired to go there
and vote. Those that cannot will be re-
quested to send their ballots properly
sealed, these to be opened in the pres
ence of a committee formed from both
parties, read aloud and dropped into the
proper box. 1t is supposed that in this
way an approximate estimate will be
arrived at as to the balance of power that
women would hold. Couldit be carried
out thoroughly, no doubt the statistics
would be interesting. OF course nine
tenths of the women, with their present
political status and knowledge, would
vote just as their husbands, fathers or
brothers did, the few only knowing
enough about such matters TO form an
opinion of their own. Let us hope that
the suggestion may be realized, if only
20 see what the dear creatures would do
ifpermitted.
The water supply, or perhaps it would
be truer to say the lack of it is now an
all absorbing topic in our ciIy. Every
one who was here in the summer real
lied the scarcity. The water at that
time was not fit to drink, it being so low
that the fish had died in the river and
ponds and were floating on top, so that
the fluid became absolutely poisonous.
Many people bought ice and melted i,
for drinking and cooking purposes. The /
dear,h still continues, and many houses
are suffering from an insufficient supply. |
The tables show, however, that each |
man averages nine-y-fiye gallons day.
The white whale could hardly ask for
more.
In this tabular statement there is
!udicrous side also. We find that ii
takes fifteen NOR gallons to constitute a
detergent for a New York man than it
does for Chicago man; thirty-fiye more
Ihan it does for a Brooklyn or Boston
nan; sixty-five more than Providence
nan requires, and seventy more than a
man needs A Dublin man
'cours himself in the same proportion as
1 Brooklynite or a Bostonian. Johnny
crapeau, true Partisan, wants a little
more than a Providence man and not
quite as much az our Cleveland friends
10. Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled,"
nay not have been particular about their J.