The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-10

The poem by william Winter. in
another column, ID very nice
job of verse. Mr.. Winter Is one
Of the most popular verse-writers
OF the country. We regret to say
he Is better known and more appreciated
away from Cairo than he Is In this city.
But the fact il, our people are not Of
literary turn of mind.
The picturesqueness Of Italian lite, with
Its dirty brown lazzaroni, it IL feared, is
to receive a severe blow. Large quanti-
ties Of B. 4. Rabbits Best Soap threaten
to Danish dirt from these chosen exam.
Piles of filth, and the artists will lose
their models. But the gain in one direc-
ton will compensate; and rumor has it
that the king Of italy is to forbid any
other soap from being sold. (7G)
Capt. McHafley is ready and soon
will be on his way to Washington to
help inaugurate President Tilden but
as for us, our voice il still for peace.
We pine for peace, as school boy does
for mincc pie at Christmas time. In fact,
peace ia our weakness. And this fact
proves, no doubt, that we are not good
Democrat. Where is the man whose
business it is to read us out of the party
every year or two! We are now ready
to be read out again. Peace, my boy :;
let us have peace.
The attack OF "X. Y. X" upon all
the women's associations OF the city will,
no doubt, occasion great flutter. The
members of those associations will get
after the triple y lady with sharp
sticks but, doubtless, she will stick to
her point: "Mesdames, what have you
done with your money: ~ We don't
care how much the mesdames wrangle,
but we do care TO have them write short
and spicy communications. Long COM
are intolerable and not to he
endured.
We have received from Mr.. j. w.
Carter, of Mound City, with compli-
ments Of Midshipman F. s. Carter,
United States navy, of Constantinople.
Turkey, two newspapers one printed in
French and the other in Arabian charac-
tiers. With the French paper we had a
little tussle in which we got out Of it
some meaning, but the Arabian paper
was Greek to us. 1t is the size OF the
Sun, and contains about as much under
reading matter as that able
journal usually contains.
The communication Of tx. Y. n"
on the Woman's Work" remark of the
San had the desired effect on the w. {.
and l.. A., as will be seen by statement
made by it in this issue OF our paper.
And now, OF course the Orphans
Asylum ladies, and the centennial col
lectors, will also get up and explain.
When N. Y. X" wants to get informa-
ton she knows how to obtain it with
more trouble to the printer than to her
self. She makes newspaper mouth at
her victim, and her victim falls to ex-
planning without more ado.
The colored. lecturer, Mr.. Robert w.
Stokes, will lecture tomorrow night at
the African Methodist Church. His sub.
ject will be Marriage" We have read
several Of this Eentleman's speeches and
have heard this lecture, and we do net hes
itate to..say that speeches and lecture are
all fine productions. They are as elegant
in their style as the writings of authors
classed among the best, and in parts are
as eloquent as any of the best efforts Of
Corwin or Ingersoll. The lecture will
be tree, and the white people of the city
are especially invited to be present.
This paper said, some time ago, that
it didn't want any foolishness about the
senatorial election. 1t said 1t wanted q
Democrat elected, but would rather have
Logan than allow the Independents Of
the general assembiy-five in number
and all Of them Republicans-to dictate
to the Democrats their candidate. 1t
in this connection, that the
independents had too long dictated to
the Democratic party and that il prefer
red straight-out Radicals to bogus Radi-
Gals like Booth OF California and Cameron
OF Wisconsin. This gave offense to some
Of our Democratic friends. who say it is
TO advocate the doctrine OF
.beat-Logan, and that the
because it refuses to adopt
this policy and advocate rebeliOn-war
TO the knife against the Radicals and the
knife to the hilt-is Republican paper.
Well, these Id fools, who will hide
when the war does commence, have al
ways abused the BULLETIN, and they
can keep on damning us until they get
tired. We are for straight-out Demo-
cratic senator like Palmer or Trumbull,
if We can get such senator, and We are
for peace. The Democrat who don't
like this short programme OF the Bull
LETIN, may get up on his ear and be as
mad "a blazes for all we care.
A Grand Dress Hall.
The suggestion has been offered 10 the
ladies' OF the Library Association that IN
stead of giving a masquerade, as they
thought of doing soon, they turn the
party into a fancy dress ball F; that they
give an elegant supper, etc. Now +,
should our lady friends conclude to ac-
cent this suggestion. there Is but little