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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
SOUND WORDS SUITED TO THESE
TIMES

Against the insidious wiles of foreign
influence, U conjure you to believe me.
fellow citizens,) the jealousy of tree
people ought to be constantly awake !;
since history and experience prove that
foreign influence is one OF the most bane>
full foes of Republican government
George Washington's Farewell address.
Republics are created by the virtue,
public spirit and intelligence OF the citi
zens. They fall, when wise men are
banished from the public councils. be-
cause they dare to be honest and the
profligate are rewarded, because they
flatter the people, in order to betray them.
Chief Justice Story.
Let the American youth never forget
that they possess a noble inheritance.
bought by the tolls and sufferings and
blood other ancestors; and capable. II
wisely improved. and faithfully guarded
OF transmitting to their latest posterity
all the substantial blessings OF life. the
peaceful enjoyment OF liberty. OF pros
perity, OF religion. and of independence.
Chief Justice Story.
Call the fern OF government whatever
you may, il Justice cannot be equally OBJ
tanned by all the citizens, high and low,
rich and poor. it is mere despotism.-
Chief Justice Story.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
THANKS.

We feel very proud of the vote we
have received in many parts OF the Dis
trict. Our 3O4 votes in Hastings, and
our 81 out OF 80 in Ninirger, we regard as
a home endorsement. So likewise our
vote in many parts of Rice. Wabasha.
Goodhue and Kandiyohi. In Brown
county the town OF Home gave US u
votes, Wilder 80, Strait SO; Milford gave
us 40, Wilder, "a, Strait "a, Eden gave
us Al, Wilder IL, Strait So; Stark gave
us28, Wilder 25, Strait "a; and Leaven-
worth gave us 90, Wilder Is, Strait % :.
When it is remembered that the hides
pendent party is only few months old,
and with no organization in many parts
of the District, and that we were con-
tending against two old and powerful
political parties. thoroughly organized,
we have, we think, no reason to be
ahamed OF the result.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
UNFAIR TREATMENT.
The St. Paul Dispatch says:

The st. Paul Dispatch says:
Mr.. Donnelly received very respectable
vote on the frontier, much larger than any
one but himself anticipated. He made plucky
campaign in the face of tremendous opposl l.
ton, and, while he never had the sllghtrst
show of an election. he has no cause to be
ashamed of the complimentary vote he has re-
seived.
Thanks for the kind words Of our CO
temporary. We should have received
a much larger vote than we did bnt for
the treatment we received at the hands
OF Judge Wilder's friends. They follows
ed in our track and und d our work by a
catalogue OF lies, charging among other
things that We had been paid by Strait to
make the canvass, SO as to divide the
Democratic vote. This, in the face of
the fact that we had not said an
unkind word about Judge Wilder in all
our speeches. but had confined ourselt to
q dispassionate discussion of the tinan-
cial issue.
For instance. we spoke to large au-
dience OF Democrats at Lake Washing
ton, SiDley Co. and satisfied them that
the financial policy, to which both the
old parties were committed, was ru:noua
to tho best interests of the people. Instead
OF Judge Wilder going in there himself,
and discussing the question in an open,
manly manner, he sent q lot OF bum
mers, headed BY John Grace Of St. Paul,
to tell the Irish that we were an en-
mi.ary of Strait, and thus brighten them
back into the Democratic ranks.
And these were the tactics employed
bv the Democrats all over the District
They reflect no honor upon them.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
SINGULAR DISCOVERY

The evidences accumulate that men
inhabited the soil OF the United States
for many thousand years past; and that
race after race succeeded each other here,
ours being the last wave of immigration.
Many traces have been found OF a gi-
gantlc race OF men in Illinois, Kentucky.
etc. The following from the Kansas
CITY Times will be read with interest by
the curious:-
The Academy Of Sciences ofthe city
through some of its most active mem>
bers. has recently made some very in
teresting discoveries upon the summit OF
the bluffs norti. OF and about four miles
distant from Kansas City. As yet, only
one of these mounds has been opened.
Judge West discovered skeleton about
two weeks ago. and made report TO
other members Of the society. They
accompanied him 10 the mound, and not
far from the surface exca, ated, and took
out the remains of two skeletons. The
bones are very large so large, in fact.
that when compared with an ordinary
skeleton OF modern date. they appear to
have formed part OF giant. The head
bones. such as have not rotted away. are
monstrous in size. The lower j,w oil
one skeleton is in state OF preservation
and is double the size OF the jaw OF q
civilized person. The teeth in this jaw
Done are large and ap Dear TO have been
ground down and worn away by contact
with roots and carniverons food. The
Jaw bone indicates immense muscular
strength. The thigh bone when con-
pared with that OF An ordinary modern
skeleton looks like that OF q horse. The
length. thickness and muscular develop
ment is remarkable. But the most pecu
liar about the skeleton is the frontal zone
| Ii is very lev and differs radically from
any ever seen in this SECTION before. 1,
| is narrow but rather heavy ridge d
bone which instead Of extending upward.
as it does now ia these days OF civil
cation, receded back from the eyebrows,
forming dat head. and thus indicates .
low order Of mankind. II IS the opinion
OF the scientific gentlemen who ar,
| makiag these discoveries that these
bones are the remains Of prehistoric
men. They do not resemble the presen
existing race Of Indians. nor are th,
mouads constructed upon any pattern ol
modd known 70 have been in use b,
any r1ce Of men now in existence il
Amesica- The bodies arc discovered Ii
: sitting posture in tho mounds. an
amoog the bones are found stJne woap
ons. s1cA = 1ins knivss, dins scrapsrs
III DID, di6sgsaia ahaps from ~ q
rowShsads. w1r haeesezo - eths
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
A NEW PARTY.

Under this heading the st. Paul Dis
patch. the ably edited organ Of the Re-
publicans Of Minnesota, discusses the
future. After reciting the various
shortcomings of the party, which have
driven hundreds OF thousands over to the
Democracy. it adds:
"Hcnce the change of vast numbers Of
voters, from a party in which they had
ceased to have confidence, to one which
they dreaded, but deemed incapable, at
least of doing worse. The change OF
these voters in the northern states car
ried some of them for Tilden and re-
duced the Republican majorities in others
to very narrow margins. These voters
number in the aggregate many thous-
ands. They are gore. from US to the
enemy. The only hope of continued or
renewed Republican asccndancy lies in
the prospect Of regaining them.
elbow shall these men bel reclaimed?
Only by regaining their confidence, by
convincing them that whatever of cor
ruption there has been in the party shall
be stamped out; that We are really in
earnest in our determination to correct
the abuse which have naturally crept in i;
t1dG IU0 70 Su0AA 70 0lAoSuOOs VIC PAun
derers banished, and the corruptionists
put aside; that men Of high character
and unimpeachable integrity shall be
invited to front seats in the party coun-
ellis, and that the pledges and declara-
tions of the platforms shall be the rules
of action tor those honored with official
position.
"lf this is done, we may hope for res
turn Of the wanderers to the fold. If it
is not done, we shall win no more vic
tories. because we will have lost the
men who hold the balance of power.
We must have q new republican party,
and the defeat or the fright we have just
suffered will be the effective means OF
regeneration.
This is sound and sensible. The
Republican party is now upon its good
behavior. Its future depends upon its
conduct. 1t will either disintcgrate and
20 to ruin, or it will "renew its youth
like the eagle" by wise counsels and
| honest policies.
Let the Independents stand firm and
hold together. They will hold tht
balance Of power between the contend
ing parties and thus COMPEL the adopt
ion OF financial policy in the true in
terests OF the people.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
HARD TO PLEASE.

When the united Anti-Monopolists
and Democrats came within few votes
of having a majority in the State Legls-
lature, the democracy felt that the Anti
Monopolists were burden upon them !;
THAT they were the weight that dragged
them down."
This year the Democracy conoucleu .uo
canvass on the Democratic platiorm' pure
and simple, and the result IS, the majors
ity against them in the State Legislature
is about sixty! And still they are NOT
With the exception of Indiana not a
single northern state, west OF the Ale
ghanies, has voted their ticket; and their
Success in Indiana was due to the green
back republicans who refused to vote 1or
HAYES.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
OYER PRODUCTION.

The Hastings Gazette of Nov: 10 has
a ferocious attack upon the speech which
we made in Hastings q day or two be-
tore the election. 1t even thinks we
ought to be kicked for having made it.
The article does not read as il written by
Todd QS Stcbbins; it is too sAvAgerous
even for them. 1t saws:
1T is hard times, and thousands Of
men who are nervous. discOntented, and
starving deserve better treatment than
to be ted on such husks as Mr. DonneIly
presented. Why didn't ne say. and tell
the truth, that at the close OF the war 4
million men who were producers,
yes. mere d stroyers of the wealth OF the
county. inferred the workshops and az
ricuitural fields to repair the waste Of
war. That for three years they we're so
employed, but that finally the ware
houses were filled. and the grAneries
were overfpwing. and values Of all
kiads rapidly tell, closing the workshops
and checking the industry on the farms. :
This is the same old argument Of
"over production II it he true that Il
million men returned. at the 81 ,se ol
the var, to the field Of production, il
must be remembered thu millions oil
others Ia the south, who had been shut
ID fnr years from intercourse with the
world, became consumers Of the pro,
ductions Of the north, and raised i'm.
menss crops Of cotton. cprn,t ,bs.xo and
cattle in exchange for these productions
Neither Vas there any over production
- Ion - prosperity LATED. Th,
warehouses we're not flied goods cool.
mot b. manufactured - fast . tha peo
pie consumed them; tbs msrch.ai,
stocks disaPp arsd almozt - .bo4n :
they we're bought; our owa ~4ara0sis'
could MT supply The drmsnd and y,
bPesasd largely inn 1ossien enanlziss
nj only W16 or hbog 3eeeo fn111 -
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stone tools aud weapons known to have
been in use by the aboriginal Indians OF
this land when discovered by the whites.
TIE INDEPENDENT VOTE IN MIN.
NESOTA.
e county the vote stood

In Goodhue county we have the follow
ing:
Zumbrota-H Hayes 1872; Tilden CT; Smith
5; Cooper 3; Wilder 12l Strait II DON
nelly 81.
Minnesota Hayes 2O2; Tilden p;
Smith 2; Cooper5 wilder 95; Strait 60;
Donnelly T.
Roscoe-Hayes 157 Tllden q; Coop
er 4, Congress; Wilder 81; Strait 142;
Donnelly Is.
Pine Island-Hayes 149; Tilden 1870;
Cooper 10; Congress: Wilder ll8; Strait
1903; Donnelly Y,
Cherry Grove-Hayes 95; Tilden 80;
Cooper % Congress Wilder 81; Strait
80 ;Donnelly %.
BROWN COUNTY.
New Ulm, Nov. S-Tilden, 220:
Hayes, 100; Strait, 2O7; Wilder, los !;
Donnelly, Is. Senator, Hall, rep, Isl !;
Gerge, dem., 1858. Representative. Well
ling. rep. Ill; Bertrand. dem., 281 /;
Anderson Koch, 81; Fisher, 101; Com
STAINS, 81.
New Ulm, Nov. 8-Eleven towns of
this county give Hayes, 654: Tilden 639
Cooper Ill; Strait $50; Wilder 494 /;
Donnelly 209. Five towns to hear from,
which last year gave Pillsbnry 1000
majority. Bertrand, candidate for re-
preventative. is elected by 200 majority.
WABAsHA COUNTY.
Plainview. Nov. S.-Elgin gives
Hayes 1853; Tilden 81. Strait 20; Wilder
81 Donnelly 40; McHenoh 1872 Rahilly
43; Hall 1O2 Smith 81.
Highland gives Hayes IS: Tilden SO
Strait 81; Wilder IS Donnelly So; Nc
Hench 70; Rahilly 90; Hall 81; smith
A.
WEST ALBANY.
Vote as reported, Hayes "a ;Tilden, 90
Strait, SO; Wilder So. Donnelly, IS;
MeHench, AZ Rahilly, l16. Hahn, 66
Wilson, 95. Cady, 81; Davis, III
Garrard, IS; Wise, III.
Votes as cast-Hayes, 60; Tilden, IS
Strait, 68; Wilder, "a; Donnelly, /,
McHench. II Rahilly, 50. Hahn, 81 /;
Wilson, 50. Cady, 6S; Davis, a. Car
rier, -; Maxwell. 60.
| CLIFFORD.
Vote as reported HAYES, 1874; Til
den p; Cooper. II. Strait, 104; Wild
err, &c; Donnelly. 81; McHench. 1O2
Rahilly, 80: Hahn, 1877; Wilson, So
Cadv, lO7 Davis, 10 Maxwell, 40 Carrier
10.
KANDIYOHI.
Special TO the ANTI MONOPOLIsT.
Green Lake Nov. 8.-Hayes 30; Til.
den 10; Cooper; %; Strait II; Wilde
"a; Donnelly 25. Representatives
jacobson IS; Lien 23; Piper IL.
Special to the ANTI MONOPOLIsr.
Harrison, Nov. 8.-Hayrs 81; Tildel
8: Coopes 81; Strait 80; Wilder 8; Don
nelly 81.
Special Telegram to ANTr-MoNopoLIsT
NEW London, Nov. 8.-Haves 62
Tild-n 3; Cooper 4; Strait 60; Wilder
Donnelly 4. Representative, jacobson
81; Piper 2.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
THE RESULT IN DAKOTA COUNTY

It was close call and mixed result.
Heinea tor county auditor, wriggled
through by the skin of his teeth and 80
majority. Three of the candidates on
the peoples ticket. to wit D. b. Truax,
E. G. Rogers, and NJ. H. Sullivan were
elected and two of the democratic cam
didaies, viz; Thomas Howes and A. A :.
Osborne. Peter Cooper received ia
votes in the county, while we received
600.
Now lie. Us clear the decks for action,
and organize 4 greenback club in every
township in the county, and next year
there will be no presidential issue to dis
tract public attention and the Indepen-
dents will sweep the county. Those
69o votes are good foundation to build
on.
The following is tae vote on Member
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, NOVEMBER

contending and impasaioned factions,
Peace! Be STILL"
We trust our readers will scan with
the utmost care the reports and state
ments of both parties, SO as to ascertain
where the truth and right are really to
be found for sooner or later we must
all of US choose between them. In such
q contest there can be no neutrals.
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advance the standards. We will teach
the m N who have only sneers for our
principles and contempt for our numbers
that there lis a God in Israeli
So surely as truth prevails over error
will our principles eventually triumph.
The financial calamities of the country
will illuminate with the red glare OF
ruin the truth OF our doctrines.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
Amti- ytlunupolist.
,cNATlUs DoNNELY Editor.
WHEAT INSPECTION.

Farmers, talk to your representatives
and senators in the legislature. We pro-
pose to renew next winter our enorls %
procure system of inspection OF wheat,
50 as to put a stop to the frauds now
practiced on the producers.
Counsel together and advise your
representatives as to the best system TO
carry out your wishes.
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Seagrave Smith, and his great namesake
of lie Suenr county, and the rest OF the
..irreconciliablesn when he said,
..though thou bray fool in mortar
vet will the foolishness not depart from
him.:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16
OEFLCI1L VOTE.

The following is the official vote for
President and Congress in the Second
District of Minnesota:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-16

Total. 1925 1853
E. T. Wilder's (dein., plurality
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-07
Rescued from a Living Death.
Portsmouth IN. H. Dispatch to the Boston At
ianr1

Portsmouth IN. H. Dispatch to the Boston Ad-
vertiser.1
John Sullivan, of Newmarket aged
twenty.six years, visiting at Welch
Tavern, at Portsmouth Plains, while at
the bottom of an old we'll attempting to
recover dipper, was buried by the cav
ing in of the same. The we'll is about
thirty feet deep, and large gang of men
were Immediately set to work digging
him out. Frequent intercourse was held
with Sullivan, his voice being just audi.
BILE. The unfortunate man evinced a
wonderful courage, saying that he had a
faint glimmer of light, and repeatedly
asked the men to hurry with their work,
At half.past ten in the evening Sullivan's
head was reached and safely uncovered
blankets being used to protect him from
the fast falling earth, and just one hour
later he was drawn out of his perilous
position, where he had been for eleven
hours and half. Seating himself in Q
large tub, he was speedily drawn to te'rc
frnd, safe and sound. Cheer upoI
cheer greeted him from the hundreds o
people who were present. With one wild
whOop Sullivan then rushed to the tav
ern to the apartments occupied by his
almost frantic mother and wife, who had
arrived on the scene in response to tele
grams concerning his death. The meet
ing between them beggared description
The we'll was just fifty.tbree feet deep
and Sullivan was buried forty feet under
the earth, Just the smallest aperture
afFording him air. One hundred and
sixty tons of stone and dirt were drawr
from the we'll in three hours.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-07
Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith"
lCharles Il. Pascoe in Appletoas Journal for Sep
tember.1

lCharles Il. Pascoe in Appletoss Journal for Sep
tember.1
Handel was a man, too, of most ex-
traordinary activity of mind, and an in
tense worker, and one of the most gifted
as well as one of the most learned men
who have ever lived. His opera of Ri
naldo" (the first opera, believe, ever
performed in England, and one which
met with an extraordinary success) was
so rapidly composed that Rossi, the
Italian poet who wrote the words, de-
clared in an advertisement that the COM
poser was 80 swift in his work that to his
lRossi's) astonishment it was entirely
produced in a fortnight. The grand
oratorio of "Samson" was composed
within the space of thirty-five days. The
sublime and magnificent messiah ap-
peared in manuscript entire within
twenty.three days from the date he
composed its first note. Handel seems
to have been perpetually working. He
had no sooner conceived an idea than it
took shape, and with little turning
over in the brain appeared ultimately,
and in a marveleusly short space of time,
be it said, either as some elaborate COM
position of consummate workmanship
and skill, or as less pretentious piece
of music of score, harmony and beauty.
His life seems to have known no idle
moment. Half a mile or more from
Whitechurch is rude wooden shed
standing in the main street or thorough
fare of the village of Edgeware. One
day, as Handel was on his way to Can
mons, he took shelter from shower in a
humble cottage which stands at the back
of this shed. The cottage was the dwell
ing place of one Powell, who to his en-
ergetic If humble calling of blacksmith
united the more exalted calling of parish
clerk of his grace of Chandos's chapel al
Whitechurch. After the usual salutatiOns
had passed between the chapel master
and his colleague, the blacksmith fell tc
work at his forge in the shed, and being
like most blacksmiths, light of heart a,
well as strong of limb, he sang q song tC
himself while he welded the hammer
Handel listened for a moment. BY ar
extraordinary phenomenon the hammer
striking in tune drew from the anvil two
distinct harmonic sounds, which, beine
in accord with the melody Powell wal
singing, made sort of continuous bass
Handel fell a-thinking. His brain con
ceived an idea, and forthwith it began to
take shape. The ring of the hammer or
the anvil and the voice of the blacksmith
should be made to form piece for Han
del's favorite instrument, the harpsichoid
At once he trudged home, and in due
time "The Harmonious Blacksmith
was given to the world, which after thu
lapse of a century and half Is still helt
TO be one of the most charming and popu
lar melodies ever composed by man. Tn
shed where Powell sang at his work ye
! stands.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-07
Entertaining Indians Unawares.

IChicago Tribune Interview with Gen. Brisbin.l
care there any noble Indians, Gen.
eral, such as we read about in the
books?"
B." Yes, plenty of them, and greater
chiefs now living on the plains than ever
were Powhatan, Logan, Red Jacket, or
Tecumseh. think Sitting Bull, as a
warrior, is a greater Indian than has ever
appeared in America. The late cam
paigns on the Yellowstone show that he
is equal, il not superior, to the best gen.
erals in managing battles. A few years
ago he was blanket Indian, without in
1uence or wealth, and by his own energy
he has raised himself to the head of the
most powerful Indian tribe on the plains,
and is the acknowledged leader of the
hostiles. Red Cloud will compare favor.
ably with any chief that has ever lived,
and Spotted Tail is not far behind him
in n'ability. ! remember Washakie, Chief
of the Shoshones, who, if he had been
born white instead of red, would have
been leader of the people in any State
"a Governor or Senator. In personal
appearance this chief strongly resembles
the Father of his Country as painted by
Peale; tall, straight, white-haired, and
dignifed, he is the personification of the
noble redman. / have had him to dine
at my house, and never entertained a
more agreeable old man. He will not
eat till he has washed, dressed his hair,
and paired his nails. He is polite to
ladies' and children are his delight, going
to him instinctively as to friend. 1t is
almost impossible to disturb his repose,
while his placid replies in council would
do credit to a Senator. He has great
abilities, and treats every question pre-.
sented to him with such compre.
hensive knowledge as to astonish white
men. He is as brave as Julius Caesar
and in every sense savage statesman
orator, warrior.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-07
Genteel Gambling.
philadelphia Press.


1t is not uncommon among young men
whose income slightly exceeds their
expenses to invest the surplus in gam
bling stocks. There are brokers whose
entire business consists in filing the
orders of small operators, who may, per.
haps, never have attended meeting OF
a stock board, or even set foot in Third
Street. Now and then a clerk with a
meager salary makes lucky investment,
or realizes handsomely. The chances are
that he mentions his good fortune to his
friends-ifheh has lost, nothing will induce
him to confess it-and naturally enough,
they are eager to follow his example.
They would scorn TO sit down to q
sweat-cloth," or daily with keno card,
or bet on the red at roulette, or buy pools
at the races, or even play eucbre at 60
much corner at the club; but they can
distinguish nothing wrong in buying
Pennsylvania at 40 and selling 1t at o4,
while they derive nearly as much excite
ment from the operation as others from
a sitting at draw-poker. It's astonishing
how courageous good conscience makes
a man Having agreed with themselves
that "puts" and "calls" are quite Or
thodox, these young men invest boldly
aud frequently, until by a sudden va
ration of the market they find them.
selves bankrupt-lucky indeed If bank.
rupt only in pocket.