, 1877-03-17

Editor Of The 1T1bHHE-
CI11cAGn March I:s.-Now that We know who il
President and who wrote the ''Jcricho Eoal, We
may all settle plae1|y down to the study OF tho
and means Of house cleaning. 1t is certainly
enough 10 make s!vcr to rcAd Of grand spring
openings Of millinery and dry goods store', with
'stor1n wind Enrorydon - sending dashcs OF
sleet against the window panes. Those who sally
firth to azs upon the aftci" and
Worth-y new fashions in ovcr$kirts and
trimmings. may think upon the fnte OF the
youth. in the fable. who. having scen on a
lie hailed rs a sure harninEcr Of spring, at oEcc
roesc!le. to dispose Of big winter clothing tTheth-
had cause to regret it. 4 picture Of this in'pulsivc
young man in copy Of ;. Esop's Fables over
which nsed to pore when child representing him
Us central figure, shvcrin: in very *canty cos
tune, with the lcad body Of the poor little swallow
one side and ! frozen brook on the othcr,-has
always remained in my menory as warning not to
purchase ones s?riny bonnet pcrca1es too early.
1'The 1dcs of March not yet passed.
There is another t4ins happily settled also, and
1iyan, where Judge and jnry have triumph
antly shown to an adn1irins populace that
the the accused is guilty Of nothing what
@ straoG - IN ns t. ,h fiens @
in grateful people gilt. To be sure there was
little ..unpleasantne:s in the family Of one
well-s1ot. You isnow---at his own threshold. in
his wife's prcsence,-thus making things little
uncomfortable for the Sullivans, hut he ought not
above all, upon being knocked down he ought not
to Get np. \ man who when suaitten upon one
cheek refuses to present the other also, deserves
to be Killed. No wonder the jury were affected TO
tears Mt tue pataic1ic appeals OF the accused's
counsel to restore him to the bosom Of his fnrniy.
Ths murdered ,n 1;r man had family too b9t he had
the other had only taken q life md sent soul to
its last account. An Intelligent jury had no diff
Guilty in deciaing which WAS the greater crime
Il nhp3t fhn
. Fight OF q man with railroad. " which resulted
IN the mans coming OF second best, il apt be
the case when In individual attempts, single
handed, to light n corporat1on; in this case, how
ever, the individual has nothing to complain OF.
for Sandy certainly has ridden rongh- -shod over the
Mosaic law, the American Constitution, and the
- case Of the People,, presented by able and en-
ergstic eounsel-all because Of the very peculiar
What says our Western poet:
&Ish IS fa%sn no. oGSs; dissEss!a:ys HssaraS h.
He smiled q bitter smile to see,
And drew the weapon OF Bowie.
In the interim he slaughtczs no fewer than twen-
ty-three innoceuts-
And then when jones, LycursusB.,
nad 'i, ,wipcd ths weapon m q OF Bowie,
Acqu!t and SCI Lycursrs frec..
Why will people be 70 disappointing! Last Sat
urday was TcadiDg the letter Of one Of Quills op-
Why, this young man writes well, when he must
SPOIL it by finishing Oft with. IAN We arc learned
IL, etc am surc he meant, We arc tanght, but
why didn't he Hay so, instead Of committing that
egregious: though very common biundcr, especially
in the midst OF dissertation on the science Of Ian
Of Ga ~ 5sienfes: On; Why did BE- DO il:
beltcd Knight or an Earl never taid lance In rest
with person Of plebcinn extraction, because be
WIS beneath him in rank. AS it was then,
fo it. is now. A challenge to be
accepted must come from ones equal, and will
on!y say to ny Inst weeks poor little critic, that
respondents. may have unthinkinsy used words
whether mono Or fysTllabled-that were above
her COMPREHENSION; but that only brings me back
TO what I said in my former letter. She must
study She must cschew the reading OF Beadic's
dime novels, and apply herself essiduorsly to