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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-01
rur TAXPAYERS, ASSOCIATION.


The Cairo Taxpayers Association has,
during the six months OF ITS existence,
performed good work in the behalf OF
the city and its citizens. 1t has shown
itself a trusty sentinel on the watch
tower OF the city, rights and interests;
and the hope that itW Il become per-
manent Institution of the community,
is by no means confined To- the members.
IL IL not unknown 20 the readers OF
the BULLETIN that, under the allure
mcntS of the sO-caiJed railroad grab
law" Cairo burdcucd itself with a debt
of nearly 100000. The debt was con
tractcd because the law pointed ont
means whereby it might AG paid without
imposing Troublesome burden upon Our
people. iuo law was swept away
by d,clim OF the supreme Cout,
but the contract made aud the debt, as
sumcd nndc. 1t, We're permit j
to stand Hence the people OF
Cairo find themselves burdcucl
- grleYoa. debt, and plentiful lack OF
~ pay either the iN''rcs or priu,
after the taxpayers as,
and is determine
,ul means that can
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-01
ouINuMBEREp ruE MI. Ns

~ hundred men, we fought ut a great
disadvantage. The redskins were in A
fortified canyon, shooting from the brow
OF a hill, through the grass and from
behind trees ana rocks, while our men
were obliged to approach them along an
open and treeless prairie, At ,mes a
redskin would show h'S head, or Jump
up and down, throwing lis arms about
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-01
PRIVATE COUNSELLOR

Of hl RACES tcut 10 am address securely sealed mr. thirty
~ uuis, NboNh " toad by ai Address as shove
onge hours fiem . A, N.igr + II, BuuilIa.ioiPM
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-01

wildly, and 'hen pitch himself like u
dead man Nat upon the gra and these
were the only chances our men had to
tire. Two charge, were made On the
Indians. when they were driven back
from the positions they had stgallhily
occupied under
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
THE CITY ELECTION.

The election which took place yesterday
resulted, as was generally expected, IN favor
of the radicals. The vote was unusually
small for indianapolis As a general thing,
the campaign awakened little enthusiasm,
and a large number of voters remained
away from the polls, the democrats suffering
most from the apathy. Major Mitchell
made gallant race, but he had formidable
competitor, and was defeated. Mayor
Cayen, however ran behind his ticket, but
was evidently the strongest man the RAIDS
could have nominated for the office. 1t is
quite useless to catalogue the real or sup
posed forces that were in operation to bring
about the result, though 1T is well under
stood that the radicals did not abandon their
old methods of success. The city had been
mapped out to suit the OCCASION and other
appliances of similar character for hon
esty were not overlooked. The working
mems vote, while it accomplished nothing
for their candidates, being largely drawn
from the democratic party, contributed to
the success of the RAIDS, and therefore to the
injury of every important interest. 1t will
not be denied that the democrats were with
out special organization, and entered the
campaign with an admission that they
could not win the day. This was a mis-
taken policy, for if the campaign had COM
menced sooner, and had been prosecuted
with a bold and aggressive spirit,
the probabilities are that different result
would have been achieved. There is how
ever, nothing in the result to dispirit demo
Gratis, but very much to inspire them with
the importance of thorough. compact or
ganization and harmonious action in future
contests. This accomplished, victory in
stead of defeat will crown their labors when
next they are called upon to overthrow rad
icalism in indianapolis. As the case now
stands, the city will have to submit to rad
ical rule and ruin for two years longer, by
which time the indignation of the people
will be sufficiently intensified to demand re-
trenchment. reform and democratic admin
| istration.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

stituting machine shop. Douglas COM
menced his school under favorable circum-
stances. l had a small room attached to my
store room, where i had a bed, desk and
stove, and he spent his evenings and lodged
with me. We had formed a lyceum that
fall, and met every week in the school
house. In this lycium Douglas made the
first speech he ever made in Illinois
In the spring of 1884 he went to Jackson
vile, and was admitted to the bar. Samuel
d. Lockwood, judge, told him he would sign
the certificate, but he must apply himself
closer to the study of the law. As he would
not commence the practice of the law he
wished him to help him to a position in
company with Josiah Lamborn a prominent
young lawyer then there, afterward attorney
general Tor Illinois under Governor Carlin or
ford. Lamborn refused to take him into
COM any, teiIlnS, me that he (Douglas) did
not KNOW enough law to write out a declara-
'ioi. :, and he wanted some one more familiar
with law books / told Lambora that Doug.
las was promising young man and would
make his mark in the world. and if he did
come to Jacksonville he would get in some
OF the lawyers way before many years. He
rented q room and "hung out his shingle,"
and he did get in their way before l thought
he would. Jacksonville then had as able a
bar as now. In politics they were all, or
nearly all, wings, while a majority of the
voters of Morgan county (Scott and Cass
counties were then in Morgan) were demo-
Gratis, ana they were without a leader
Douglas saw his opportunity and it was not
long before he had the party so organized
tn at ii looked to him for counsel, and the
Little Giant from that time on went uI
the political ladder more rapidly than any
other Nermonter that ever came to this
state. EDWARD G. MINER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
MORTON ON THE MAKE.

The New York Sun thinks that Morton's
proposed lectures and magazine articles will
Invite attention, even if they do not COM
'mand respect" No doubt of it, We be.
lieve Morton would be a grand success in
the lecture field-that is, he would draw and
pay any sharp adventurer who would adver.
tise him well and let the people know that
the great o. p. NJ. would be in town on a
certain day, just as Barnum advertises his
big shows-''no postponement on account of
weather" Beecher receives $500 per night
for lectsring. Colfax has made quite a snug
little fortune in the lecture field. Why not
Morton? If he would tell all he knows of
how Hayes was counted in,'' or
give sketches of Washington life
by gas light, at fifty cents per
head, his fortune is assured. If he
objects TO talking before an audience then
some enterprising Snowman would no doubt
be glad to give him an engagement as one
of th, attractions of side show-attached
to Barnums big tents or to one of the wan
dering circus companies which ere this is
on the summer campaign. We want the
country people to become familiar with each
particular feature of our noble senator's
face, and we know of no surer plan than to
make him the chief attraction of the sum-
mer side show. All that is needfnI then
would be a big iusty fellow with healthy
Lung power ON the outside of the tent TO tell
the folks what was within. and some plain
tive, soothing music, to attract attention
say the bagpipes or hand organ. Here is a
wide 6eld for enterprise, some capital, and
cheek We are not envious, and so we say
success TO the new enterprise. 1t has the,
SentineI's blessing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
Senator Douglass First Appearance i'm
Illinois.

Senator Douglass advent into Illinois is
thus graphically described in the following
paper read before the Association OF the
Sons of Vermont in Chicago, at late
meeting in that city:
WINCHESTER, Ill, March IA. 1877.
r f. Williams, Secretary Vermont Associa-
tion=
You ask nae to send a letter about Yyour
early associations with the Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas of which will note a few which
L remember: Late in the fail of 1888 he
came into my store here and gave me this
history of himself Left Canandaigua. N
Y. via Buffalo, Cleveland and down the
Ohio canal and river, up the Mississippi to
St Louis, and up the Illinois river
to Naples and to this place--had
no particular place in xiew-had
got ont of money-had been sick on bis
journey-heard at Naples that we needed a
school teacher. and had come to see If he
could get the school was forcibly struck
with the frankness of the young man, for he
was not 81 years old then, and learning that
he was from Brandon, Vermont, and from
Bridgeport, IL or Is miles apart, though we
had never seen each other before, yet our
were at once united and j assist
ed him in getting him subscribers for his
school. In our little town OF log huts then
we had quite a respectable frame school,
house, which is in existence yet
though attached to other buildings and con-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

right hand man during the long swindling
career of the late secretary of the navy, and
also a secret partner with all the principal
contractors, giving out contracts to incom-
petent parties, through which operations and
contracts the government has lost annually
thousands of dollars Mr. Hanscom has been
simply ION the make" as nine-tenths of the
radical appointees have been for years past.
Thus one by one the roses fade. Hanscom,
FAREWELL Peace to thy ashes
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

Poor Casey, brosher-in-law of General
Grant, has been oustsd from the fat pickings
of the osllecteeship of the port of NeE Or
leans. and john Z. King appointed ia his
place. King is4one of the Packard supreme
court, and it.is.xnderstsod that be viii give
appointments to Kennefand ,Cassanaye, the
two coIored members Of aae returning boasd,
and that several of J.. Madison Wells,s
friends will be taken care of. Thzs are az
the Louisisna "counters ins of the0hio pre-
.tender being cared for. One by one are, they
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

Tiny worcester Mass. spy tells how
Bbine, of Marie explains his affectioa for
HAysstsL cabinet.A- .A0nce1 upon time.s Gays
the Mulligan ma u, "a party of seatlemeR in
Maine started out on hunting expedition.
'On the way they tected one of their mum
Der to the responsible position Of cook, with
thai ths frst who growled
for objected tothe cooking shoaida take the
cooks place, and that this rlfe should con-
s'tinue. throughout the tip. On the first
morning out while at breakfast. one of the
party took up biscuit, put il TO his mouth.
bit outapieee, and immediately exclaimed;
t'Whews how salty but like It."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

GEAssr sent an order 20 the white house a
few days since for his empty bottles. There
were 40 cart loads, 80 ,6oC bottles, TASKS and
jugs The tags we're retained and the mem
oranda will be arranged n book form They
tell a story of foreign missions, Indian
agencies, 5ndgeships, etc. Applicants for Of
fee learned the, difference at last between
bull pups and whisky the latter generally
accompl ishing the purpose
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

JONES, ofChicago, and Jay Gould both
operate upon business circles by earthly
means, but are themselves invisible. The
only difference is that Jones is in the spirit
world" and'Gould is in New York Jones
does his work by mediumistic power; Gould
by telegraph to his agents, and the latter
way is generally'the most efficient
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

THE old wing party we have been told is
to be revived and brought to the front
under the laboFs of 'Usurper Hayes and
Dick Thompson. This is amusing. 1t is
positively funny and illustrates the short
sightedness with which men talk and act
when they do not knowswhat to say or do.
The fact is the best surviving elements of
the ''old WING parry are to-day in the
democratic party. go
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

THE corOners jury in the case of the burn
ing of the Southern hotel in st. Louis have
rendered a verdict The lessees of the hotel
are censured. Persons lost their lives on ac-
coHnt-of the negligence of the lessees, and it
remains to be seen whether neck or pocket
will suffer for it,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

WHILE some folks were stealing the presi-
dency, lot of California capitalists and po-
litioal managers got away with $4,000 acres
of land, located in Kern county, California.
1t was done through loosely arranged leg
islative enactment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

TEE St. Louis Republican announces that
Morton is to take the lecture field immedi-
atefy after the adjournment of the extra
session of congress. His subject will be,
''How to Elect a.President," and the Repub-
iean suggests that Morton may give some
impartial suggestions about the best way of
'checkmating himself and other political
'rascals of the same ilk."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

Nh. NAVAL CONTRACTORS HANscoM has bee
forced to step down and out. The new sec.
rotary of the navy, Colonel Dick Thompson,
has suspected, for Q long time that he was
rather crooked in his duties and opera
lions. Il IS said that he had been Robeson's
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

BLAINE is at work, on a speech showing
that Wheeler bias no right to the Office. of
vice president. He will not hesitate to pro-
nounce him a usnrper and treat him as
such when presiding over the deliberations
of the senate. -t- ii--
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

THE newspapers are talking about Sher-
mans financial policy. Sherman has had a
good many financial schemes, but he never
had any financial policy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

IT HAS leaked out that Hayes is'troubled
with bad dreams, and fears that he will be
compelled to eat grass like Nebuchadnezzar,
and that he will grow claws and feathers like
a chicken-haWk
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
THE CAPITAL.

Sidney Smith said to friend of his-who
never agreed with anybody-as he was
about embarking for New Zealand: Good
by, my dear fellow; I hope you won't dis
agree with the New Zealander who eats
YOU u. -. --a-.- -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

Ii THE RAIDS want good deal of money
they pile on the assessments. Taxpayers
groan.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

$159, 100000. The richest goose ever picked
in America.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

NoYEs goes to France. Hayes is begin
ming to pay.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
ALL SORTS.

From February 3 to April IA. sos emil
grants sailed from New York for Sidney,
New South Wales
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

Three children under eight years old left
home in Brooklyn Friday noon to gather
chips, and have disappeared.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

A Nebraska paper says that tree plantin,
has become a mania among the people o
that state. There is method in that mad
ness.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

The latest style Of parasol. va learn fror
the New York Herald no ~ is1 I'll .ioi
needle. Gnu Vi Aiii''ii
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

One millinery store in Boston has OBJ
tanned enviable notoriety by the fact thai
81 young women clerks have been married
from it within seven years.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-27
Dickens Little Folks.

Nothing has given the writings of Charles
Dickens SO strong hold upon the hearts of
parents as the wellknown excellence of his
rtrayal of children and their interests.
These delineations having received the ap-
proval of readers of mature age, the differ
ent child characters have been detached
from the large mass of matter with which
they were originally connected, and pre-
sented in the authors own language, to a new
class of readers, to whom the little volumes
will be as attractive as the larger originals
have proven to the general public. A
series of twelve volumes has been prepared,
presenting, among others, the following
characters: "Smike,'' from Nicholas Nick
leby; Little Nell," from The Old Curiosity
Shop; "The Child Wife," from David Cop
perfeld; The Boy Joe," from Pickwick
volume of the series, Little Paul." from
Dombey & Son, has just been issued, illus
trated by barley, and attraetively bound.
The other volumes will shortly follow. Sent
postpaid for 81 or any volume will be sent
with years subscription to the New York
Tribune (weekly), for 81; or any two vol,
umes with years subscription to the hide
pendent for $3. JOHN R. ANDERSON, Pub
Usher, Hartford, Conn.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-27
DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.

Butter Taffy.-Two cups of white SUI
gar; three-quarters of cup of vinegar,
not too strong; three-quarters Of cup
of butter. Boil until brittle; pour into
buttered pans.
Orange Whey.-Boil pint of fresh
milk; when sufficiently boiled, add to it
the expressed juice of an orange, with a
small part of the peel, and let it stand
until it curdles. Strain for USE
Turkey with Oysters up the
turkey very fine, that is, cold roast or
boiled turkey. Put layer of turkey,
and one of oysters alternately. Season
with cream, butter, pepper, salt, a little
nutmeg, an onion, and strew crumbs of
bread and small pieces of butter on the
top and bake it. When the oysters are
done serve it.
Almond Candy.-Boil slowly one
pound of white sugar and cofee-cup-
full of water one-half hour; clear with
the white of an egg; test by raising up
a spoonful of the syrup, and if the
threads snap it is done; stir in cup
full of almond meats, blanched and
chopped, and pour into buttered tins
when nearly cold, mark in narrow strips
with knife.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-27
FROM THE MUSE.
THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

Fun knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are YEARLY signing;
Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For the Old Year lies a-dying.
Old Year, you must not die;
You come 10 US readily,
You lived with us steadily,
Old Year, you must not die.
He lieth still; he doth not move;
He will not see the dawn of day,
He hath no other life above.
He gave me friend and a true true-love,
And the New Year will take 'em away.
Old Year, you must notgo;
So long as you have been with us,
Such Joy as you have seen with US,
Old Year, you shall not go.
He froth'd his bumpers to the brim;
A joiiier year we shall not see,
But tho his eyes are waxing dim,
And tho his foes speak i'll Of him,
He was a friend TO me.
Old Year, you shall not die;
We did 80 laugh and cry with you,
I've half a mind to die with you,
Old Year, II you mustdie.
He was full of joke and Jest,
But all his merry quips are DER.
To see him die, acrossth waste
His soul and heir does ride post-haste,
But he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own
The night Is starry and cold my friend
And the New Year, blithe and bold, my
friend,
Come up 10 take his own.
How hard he breathesl over the snow
heard just now the growing cock.
The shadows flicker TO and fro;
The cricket chirps; the light turns low;
IT'S nearly twelve O'Clock.
Shake hands, before you die,
Old Year, wen dearly rue for you;
What is 1t we can do for you?
Speak out before you die.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alackl our friend is gone.
Close up his eyes, tie up his chin;
Step from the corpse, and let him in
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth atthe door,
There's a new foot on the floor, my friend,
And new face at the door, my friend,
a new face at the door.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-27

through inattention. Mice are exceed
ingly fond of garden seeds, and their
access to them should be guarded
against. The desire to keep the mice
out, however, should not lead you to
keep the box in which your seeds are
contained, air-tight. Of necessity they
must contain more or less moisture, and
if kept in considerable quantity in an
air-tight vessel, they are sure to get
moldy. While the temperature at which
most seeds are kept is of little conse-
quence, some are injured by too severe
cold. A place in which the temper
ature varies between thirty-two and
forty degrees, is about the best in which
to keep them. As pea and bean seed
are apt to be infested by the weevil, if
these are put in closed bottle, with a
few drops of turpentine, they are most
likely to escape injury from these little
nets
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-27
Minor Questions that Puzzle the Gram
marianS.

[Richard Grant White in New York Times.1
For example, l have of late received
no less than nine epistles-one of them
from the Pacific shore-asking me to
decide dispute whether it was right to
say tomorrow is Sunday or tomorrow
will be Sunday, and | am speaking with
in bounds when l say that, within the
last ten years, that question has been
put to me, personally or by letter, more
than one hundred and fifty times, and
1 have lately received seven letters,
three during the past week, asking
whether it is grammatical " to say l
feel bad, or I feel badly.
might truly say don't know which is
right and I don't care. 1t is not worthy
of five minutes consideration by any
reasonable human creature. Either
form of expression is perfectly intelligi-
bic; and both have the support of good
usage. AS to the latter, which. trifling
as it is, does really present point for
decision, there seems to me no doubt
that ~ feel bad is right. / cannot
believe that any one of my querists,
who, rising in the morning felt low
spirited, would say, 81 feel bluely,'
but " [ feel blue" Nor would any one
who speaks English well without think
ing about it (and only such persons
speak welD say, that grass looks
greenly," but f' the grass looks green" "
But we say, and should say, " that wo-
man dresses badly" or the air bites
keenly." When the verb expresses ac-
tion or suffering, an adverb is required
but when is expresses condition of the
speaker, as feel bad,' or an appear.
ance to him, as the grass looks green, u
an adjective is proper. But even under
these conditions good usage and. good
sense admits both forms. We may say
either " the sun shines brightly" OF
" the sun shines bright" " the rivel
flows darkly," or the river flows dark. ,
There are many such casesin which the
adjective is the better word; and solicit
GUS Use of adverbs is rather sign of {
grammar-and-dictionary style of speech
and of writing than of one which comes
of a spontaneous conformity of gooa
usage and an unconscious mastery of one
mother tongue. And itshould be added
that no one can learn to speak goot
English or grammar by fretting owe
such questions as these that il is to b.
attained only by an unconscious con
formity to the usage OF the best speaker
and writers, as l have had occasion t.
saw before.