Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-12

properly charge all their woes to it's
malign influence. The New York
Democracy has been bowling to the
Southern Democrat for twenty years
to "stand firm," but whenever it
came to q struggle, the South has
received "moral support only, and
very little of that. The South has
had the hard work to do, and the
sacrifices to make, while Northern
Democrats stood ready to scoop the
profits if any should accrue. 1t is
beginning to get through the wool
of the more enlightened men of the
south that it would be better to ally
themselves to party which has
some power in the North, and thus
get some sort of help, which they
will never get so long as they fight
the only party that has any power.
Lamar, Hill, and score ofother
sensible men in the south sre ready
to make an alliance with the Repubs
lican party, which will give that
country peace. President Hayes is
working to that end, and he will
bring it about. The negro will have
his rights assured, the color line will
be wiped out, the results of the war
will be acknowledged, and the whole
country will be united, and really in
accord will go on to prosperity again.
This is what President Hayes is try
ing TO do, and this is what the De-
moeracy of the north, and the lower
orders of the south, are trying to
prevent. They can survive any
thing but peace.
Beecher.
The name of the great divine of
Brooklyn has not been in the news
papers much lately, for the memory
OF his trouble is fading out gradually.
Whether guilty or not, Mr.. Beecher
has recovered his partially lost stand
ing. His church is crowded regular
ly, as of yore, and his recent lecture
tour was the grandest ovation ever
given to man. Every his halls
were crowded, people coming hun
dreds of miles to see him. He stands
as we'll as ever be did, in the popular
estimation, though the loss of friends
worries him immensely. Tilton is
leoturing in California, with no res
markable success. Mrs. Tilton is
keeping boarders with her mother,
and is very poor. Bessie Turner is
entirely forgotten and is, no one
knows where. Frank Moulton has
gone back TO his old business, the
salt trade, to re>build his fortunes
which were terribly impaired, and
Carpenter is painting pictures. The
great scandal is dead, and is never
thought of except when divines like
DR.. Buddington refuse TO affiliate
with MIR. Beeoher as he did last week
Beecher is older than he was, and
has changed for the worse. His hair
is whittier, and there is worried,
anxious look in his face, which shows
that the trials of the last five years
have told on him. But the indomit-
able spirit of the man keeps him up,
and he will doubtless live longer
than many of his opponents who
were younger. His sermons have
the old flavor. The scandal hurt
him, if it did not destroy him. And
by the way, who was there in it, that
it did not hurt2
Lotteries.
The raids being made by the DO.
lice under the direction of Mr.. An
thony Comstock, on the lottery
shops is developing some very Gu.
rious things. One thing is made
very plain, that there is not and
never was, an honest drawing of any
regular lottery in the country. The
books of one concern show that the
practice was to send money in small
amounts to such men as, from the
tone of their letters, they considered
the best advertising mediums with
which to rope others in. For in
stance, to man from Smithsboro
who has bought tickets twice, and
expended in the concern 500, they
would write that be had drawn
prize of $50, and send it to him in
good money. Infamed at his good
fortune, and crazy to get one of the
big prizes the poor dupe would send
back hundred which, as there never
was any drawing, would be $40 clear
profit. And besides, there was the
direct advantage of his communicate
ing the fact, of his showing the
money to all his friends, and acting
the most effective kind of an adver-
tisement for them. Every shop
which Comstock has raided had cir
culars and schemes of all kinds of
lotteries, located everywhere, which
they were sending out miscellane-
ously, and gathering In money from
all couroes. He has demonstrated
that there is not, nor can there be,
anything honest 10 it,and that every
one, no matter who advertised, is a
fraud, and fraud of the worst kind.
The sinpletons who send their
money take the chance Of having
their names known, for their names
and post-ofioe addresses are oil
registered, for use in other ways.
Consequently when the police Gap
ture the books, they capture also
complete list of the concerns vic
Tins.
PIETRO.