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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22
The Gray and the Blue.

At TIC Teuaion of tue Federal sol.
liers ut Marietta, Ohio, on Friday, the
principal feature Of the day was the
presentation Of gold medal to Major
ThOs. G. Jones, OF Montgomery, Ala.
formerly of the sta!! Of the Confcdcr.
ate Gen. Gordon. This medal is tue
silt Of Massachusetts soldi Crs in honor
CT Major Jones remarks on the Union
dead on decoration day in Alabama.
The presentation speech was made BY
Gen. William ?. Richardson, who
commanded Federal brigade, aud lost
an arm al tic battle Of Port Republic
lie is a native Of Shenandoah county
Virginia. Mnjor Jones speech was in
excellent taste, aud excited grea, en-.
thusiasm.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22
Lewis County Bible Society.

The thirteenth anniversary Of the
Lewis County Auxiliary Bible Society
was held at the N. E. Church at Wes-
ten. Sunday, September 10th.
After voluntary By the choir, the
Scriptures were read and prayer offered
by Rev. Perry LowtAsr.
After singing the hymn, "How
Precious is the Book Divine" William
l.. burlington va. called to the chair,
and John a. Barnes was chosen Score
tnry pro ten.
On motion, Dr. A. II. Kunst was
elected President, John 4 Barnes
Secretary. and William i Dunnipg-
ton, Treasurer ani Depository.
The Trcasurer's report was as fol-
lows:
Books on hand at last settle
mcnt, October II, 1875 Sl23 G5
Books gu hand September Is,
1877 sos 90
Books donated 81 s.
sioncJ lrcm salss Il 90
sl2S G5
lteport accepted and adopted.
The Chairman then introduced Rov.
". L. Lung, District Superintendent
Of the American Bible Society for
West Virginia, who, by all the enthu-
siasm Of bis nature, gave condensed
outline Of the worldwide work of the
Society. and concluded With u more
special reference to bis work in West
Virginia, comprising 81 cou.tics, and
an area Of %, 600 square miles.
A collection was taken, amounting,
morning and evening, to Sl2 81.
Rev. Lowther then made good i'm
prOmptu address.
The Secretary was requested to pre-
pare COPY Of the miuutesntor publica'
-. g, ~, tn. n 1a.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22

So it seems We arc to have an extra
session of tho Legislature, If Speaker
Gibson and Delegate Arnold can work
it up The last Legislature tried this
little experiment, and the people kept
almost The entire body at home at the
succeeding election. The uuauiuity
with which the members Of that body
remained at home was simply Wonder
ful. May the present Legislature
profit Ly the example. - Wheeling Reg.
lister.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22
Mrs. Sherman on Round Dancing,

Mrs. Sherman, the Generals wife,
has written 4 letter 10 which she OK.
presses herself freely about round dan.
cling. She sayshcr soul revoIts against
it, that very soon women ofseIf.respcct
will blush ut it, aud that public opiu.
lou will eventually drive it out of so.
cic,y. She adds: 1.-The advocates
Of this dance hare had their way loag
enough, absorbing nil entertainments,
snccring upvn AID ridiselins those
who quietly decline to par.
ticipatc, openly md constantly
insinuu!iDg Of those who decline it that
they ore therefore evil minded, &c.,
or quoting imPuleutIy and insiuua.
tingly their only weapon, Honii SOFT qui
may p'nsc, AID then throwing them
selves in mems arms to pro7o thciI
own purity Of mind"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22

On the lsll day of August, 1877, tho
Board OF Directors passed the following or
der:
'NRpEGEU, That special meeting Of tho
Stockholders Of the Weston & West Fork
Railroad Company he called TO mrGt ut the
court house of Lewis county, OH the third
day fNOvcmher, 1911, TO act on the matter
of borrowing mnnGY for completing and fin
ishin. the Railroad OF sail Company, and Of
issuing bonds therefor, and to fix the rate
Of interest which such bonds shall bear, and
Of executing II mortgage, oil deed Of lrust,O on
The corporate property nnh franchises Ot
SAID Company 10 secure said bonds.
Pursuant to the said order, Il special
meeting OiIhr said Stockholders Is called to
assemble At The Court llou;c Of Lewis coun
", on The
3rd day Of November, 1877,
for the purpose oCartins on the business
sorcifeL in The said order 0: the Board of
Directors.
All Stockholders are urgently req tested
to he present.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1871.
HENRY DEANNON, Pres.
". G. BENNETT. Secretary.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22

TnE Democrats carried California at
the late election in that State, aud how
have minority on joint ballot Of the
Legislature. This secures Demo-
rrat in the U. S. Senate in place of
Ely Sergeant.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22
WEs1ox, September 10, 1877.

Editor Democrat:
Since the afjournmcn. Of the lasI
session Of the Circuit Court OF thi:
county, there has been much complaint
Cviucive Of the dissatisfaction among
the numerous Witnesses who were com.
PEELED. under p"nalty, 10 atIcud that
term to give evidence before The grand
Jury.
Under chapter 9,of the Gets Of 1871,
which amends and re-cnacts the IOth
section Of chapter $50 Of the Code,
mo compensation shall be allowed to
a witness Lcf1Ec tn" grand jury except
in cases Of felony" Under this act.
therefore, any citizen 0! the State,
however distant from the court horse
ofhis respective county he may reside,
is obliged 10 attend my term Of the
Circuit or County Court Of his county,
even in the most busy season Of the
year, Us at special term Of tue Circuit
Court, without aGy remuneration what
ever, unless IN Indictment for felony
be found upon his testimony. lie my
be required to appear on tho fret day
Of any term (Which is usually the cosc)
aud held in attendance until the dis
mission Of the grand jury, in the event
they should be unable 10 examine hin
earlier in their session, uul no allow.
nncc Gun be made for such service to
the county and State, although the
witness is at considerable expense
while in attendance.
The grand jury frequently re@aius
in session three or four days, and If
tho business required it. cOuIl continue
longer. In this case, witness liTil &
in very remote district, would, III
order to comply with the requirement
c! his subT@aa, aud thereby obyi4tc
any liability to Gao, be compelled IL
leave bis home the Gay before bis pres.
cnVe is demanded; aud may, in con-
sequence Of bis detention. have to re.
turn after the grand jury has been
discharged. 1t will, therefore, rot uu.
frequently occur, under The net Of
1877, that q witness may b. forced to
leave his home duties for four or five
days, furnish his own horse aud feed
him, pay his own board, tolls, fare
and lerriage, without single cent in
return for his services however Yalua.
bio they may 10 to the public.
10 illustrutc Lri,Ay: At the Sep.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22

II is stated on authority that un CT,
fort will be made during thu next term
Of Congress 10 increase the Federal
army to $4,000 men, and some 90 so
far as to say that Hayes will recon-
mend it in his message.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22


THERE seems to be- no doubt that the
Russians were severely ropuIsed ut
Plcvua last week. Their position is
By no moaas . comfortable one, and
there is little hope Of their regaiuing
lost ground this year. r he campaign
ing season is acarly over, AMI it is re-
garicd as already loo late to accom.
p!ish much. The reverscs they have
met with recently in Europe and Asia
will have very depressing effect and
il it does not make serious trouble for
the Gar st home it will be o matter Of
further surprise. -StuMinI.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-22

suMNuM jos SuMNA ISIuNlA.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
WHITE BEANS.

1t is currently reported that Gen. &C.
Andrews, of st. Cloud and Sweden, is
among the foreign ministers who are Sc
lected for decapitation by President
Hayes. The Tribune doesn't hesitate to
pronounce this story monstrous hoax.
It is simply impossible to be true. Gen.
Andrews is one Of the most able, intelli-
gent and faithful ministers in the service.
We know it. He says so himself; and
TO remove him would be as effectully to
put an end to the boasted reform of the
civil service as to remove one of the suns
attendant planets would be to plunge
the whole solar system into chaos. 1t
cant be done, and mustn't be DONE
Minneapolis Tribune.
Amen to that! To remove Gen,
Andrews would be to fling an insult in
the face ofevery, white bean in America
for the Generals essay on the culinary
preparation OF that delightful vegetable
was one OF the noblest fruits of the lat.
civil war. In fact it is to be doubted
whether that essay did not repay thi
country for all the loss Of blood Ian,
treasure which the rebellion occasioned
The future historian viii probably com
mence his great work as follows: I'll
the fulness OF time God had it in mind t
give to the people of the earth revela
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
WHOLE NO. 143.

600 acres of Internal Improvement land
to pay the debt. Properly mana aged,
those lands will pay the interest for
thirty years, and then the State will be
SO rich and prosperous that the debt will
be mere bagatelle. If we do not ac-
cept the pending proposition we run the
risk Of having some future legislature
settle the debt on worse basis for tho
State and without referring it to 1.-The
people; for the Supreme Court OF the
United States has decided that any such
reference to the people is null and void.
If we can avoid these risks in the future
and get clear of the stain OF reputation,
Is 1t no. better to do it? It is not ques>
ton as to whether the original issue of
the bonds was or was not fraudulent, but
how can we honorably get out Of the
scrape we are now in ?-EDIroR ANTI.
MoNOPOLIsT1
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
LABOR and GOLD.

We find in the Irish World the follow.
ing significant article:
"No country can flourish long unless
its laws are framed in the interest Of
productive industry. Our laws of f.
nance in this country are entirely in the
interest of a class OF rich money lenders.
and inimical to every kind of productive
labor, and as consequence we have
hard times. We have no gold, and can
not have any tor ages according to our
present system. Yet the privileged money
power wishes to sustain the present
ruinous system Of basing our currency
on gold which we have not, and the can
didates of the money power are sup
ported by the very workingmen who are
pinched and robbed by the swindle.
Were the Government to loan money at
one per cent to the people, as it does to
class. many would borrow at the low
interest, and business would revive ;but,
according to the Shylocks, the Govern.
ment having no gold for basis, should
Issue no more paper money. Thus bus
mess must be paralvzed, production must
cease, fields must lie uncultivated, fac
tories must be idle, and families must
starve. because the Government prefcrs
gold to real wealth as basis for the
currency. This deplorable state Of
things has existed for over three years.
During last year no less than 9,O92 fail.
ures were reported in the United States.
The greatest number in any preceding
year was 7,740 in 1875. and the next
6,993 in 1861. In the following, the
number of failures, the amount of liabil-
tiles, and the average of liabilities for
each failure, are given for twentyyears: |:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
Anti- ~ 9AtlouupoGst.
lCNATlUS OONNELLY Editor.
HARD AND SOFT WHEATS.

=
The Mankato Review says: "Now
that the seeding time is at hand' we
would impress upon farmers the neces-
sity of looking we'll at their seed wheat
Within the past year there has been an
important change in the grades, IN the
eastern markets, discriminating heavily
in favor of hard varieties; and at the
present time Minnesota hard rates elght
cents higher than any other variety OF
No. wheat. 1t will pay. farmers to dis-
card the soft varieties, and seed the
hard"
All very pretty; but the farmers raise
wheat to sell, not to grind. II one va
riesy of wheat will yield 80 or 40 bushels
to the acre and another 15 or 20 it Is
clearly the interest of the farmers to raise
that which yields the most. We have
never known one cent. per bushel more
paid for hard wheat in Minnesota mark
cts than for soft. If the millers want
MS to raise Scoth Fife let them pay bo'
nus for it. Our home price for wheat Is
graded on the Milwaukee price OF soft
wheat the hard.
We would not recommend the farmers
4sto put all of their eggs in one basket
They should raise Scotch Fife, Lost Ma
ton. and the other varieties, and let the
question OF profit decide them as to the
future. They are working for them
= selves; not for the millers. The millers
will not pay oft their mortgages on thell
farms. What they want is the kind o
wheat that will do that.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
TIE GRANGER DECISIONS.

An influential Massachusetts ex-
change says: Some OF the papers, the
New York Evening Post included, take
up the old wall, the Wall street nonsense,
that the decision OF the Supreme Court
that corporations arc subject to State
control, renders railway capital "inse-
cure" It was the waste, extravaganza
and imitation of the railroad building era
which have ruined railroad enterprises
and rendered the capital invested inse-
cure. If the grange legislation had
been enacted ten years earlier, and en-
forced. more moderate ideas of the op-
portunities and some conception of the
duties ofcommon carrying might have
resulted.
The idea Of the railroads was that, no
matter how many rings fattened of
from construction accounts, the commu-
mites using the roads would be bound
to pay the interest on their inflated
cost forever. The people revolted, and
we don't blame them. Nevertheless
the bankruptcy which has overtaken the
railroads of the country since 1873 has
been due far less to the Granger legisla
ton that to the collapse of the credit o.
railroads from natural causes. The bus
mess of many of them has proved sc
much below their expectations that i
needed no"regu!a,ion" to make it made.
quate to pay the charges.
Before 1878, the amount of railroad
bonds on which interest had been de
faulted had risen to $l34 900, 900, ant
during the past four years this has riser
to 1914, 900, 900, or 80 ber cent, of the
entire bonded debt Of the railroads O
the country. Payment has been resu'
med on some portion of this, and a mucl
larger proportion has been satisfied b.
foreclosure. But viewed in the broa'
and future aspect, the greatly increased
strictness of railroad supervision whicl
is the fruit of the grange era will rende
railway capital more secure instead Q
less so. 1t secures degree of publicit
of railroads affairs which was never be
fore attempted.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05

as he walked beside me down Broadway.
he kept look of anxiety upon me as he
tried to read my answer in nv counte-
nance.
''How long have you been in the citv?"
asked.
''Three months, sir. I came from the
West. I thought to get something to do
here, but every thing has seemed to 90
against me. lod dge in James street, sir,
at fifteen cents night. I get my meals
"a bowl of soup and bread-for five
cents. l have made out very well; but
for two nights have to stay out in the
streets. and then | stayed in the Her.
aid office most OF the time, and when
l got drowsy I'd 60 out, and the air
would revive me. I am a good hook
keeper, understand double and single
entry, but | can get nothing to do at it.
| have shovelled snow, put in coal, done
anything could get to do. know there
are great many imposters, sir; but,
sir, l am not an imposter. A gentleman
gave me dollar one night, and he fol-
lowed me everywhere / went, then he
gave me this letter."
took the letter and read it. It testi-
fed that the writer was convinced of the
bearers story, and commended him to
the kind consideration of the charitably
disposed, and added that the writer had
secured employment for the bearer, but
that he could not get the employment
until the first of the following month.
After reading the letter I gave the
petitioner q small small pittance-so
small that / was almost ashamed to
offer it.
lie was grateful very grateful for it,
and still following me, went on to say !:
THANK you for this, sir, but more for
the kind words you have given me.
There are impOstors, and / am thought
to be one. They call me a beat, drunk.
ard, and it is hard; but / will not give
up. l have the use of blacking brush
and raisor, and l keep myself looking
as respectable as / can. :" With this be
bade me good night.
| Were this man horse, Mr.. Bergh's
tender care would soon be given him.
| VERITAS,"
How gratified that poor wretch must
be to- know that the premium on gold il
now only 1O4 7-8, AS this government
was formed, not for the benefit of thu
governed, but to make the bankers paper
dollar worth q dollar in gold. why
should the starving multitudes compliant
Is it not fulfilling its proper function
And what after all is man, with all hi
intellect, affections, moral nature, an,
aspirations, compared with little rount
piece of yellow metal, with picture o1
. screaming eagle upon it?
| Man was made for the dollar-not th'
dollar for man. That is the doctrine O
the present highly civilized age.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
ECHEAp SCHOOL BOOKS.

As the matter now stands, the whole
burden of risk is upon the county. The
State Isl secured, but it is far from cer>
tain whether the county will ever get
the money back which it advances for
this questionable enterprise. The dis.
position is to make no orders for books
and allow the law to become o dead
letter.
The book ring has been broken and
publishers are offering terms as good to
cities and districts as those named in the
text book bill. We are credibly inform
ed that St. Paul has already completed
such an arrangement with Wilson, Hin.
kle & Co., of Cincinnati. Other cities,
towns and districts could probably buy
to nearly if not equally as good advan.
tage. There remains, therefore, no
necessity for the bill,l and with the end
sought practically accomplished we shall
probably hear nothing more OF text
book bills. ST. Cloud Journal.
A great fraud dies hard.
This is new dodge. A law which
gives the people books at less than on'
halt the old price is to be allowed to be
come dead letter through the conni-
vance of the local officers!!!
And the bill, ''having broken the ring,
is no longer necessary!
Suppose Merrills contract to be wipet
cut, how long would it be ere the oil
Ring would come together again, ant
books 60 upto their former high prices
I A good deal CT the present outer.
, comes from the local book sellers. The,
used to make 80 per. cent, on all tn
1 school books they sold; now they will
make nothing; and they are indus
triously engaged trying to demonstrat
that q school book is cheaper at 81 o.
than at As cents.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05

him "wear purple and fine linen and
fare sumptuously every day." The
ownership of the land in other countries
makes man a gentleman; here it sim-
ply enables him to sw eat and pay taxes.
That sarcastic wit, Dean Swift, sent
his hero, Gulliver. to visit land where
the horses were civilized and cultivated,
while the men were degraded beasts
who did the work Of the fields. The
horses dwelt in fine residences and lived
in luxury, while the men supported
them. That is the state we are approx.
imating to in these United States. Our
servants have become our masters. We
need Gland Owners>League" for self
protection.
Miss Kellogg, the great opera singer,
some years since invested few thou>
sand dollars of her earnings IN lots in
the upper part Of the city of New York.
That investment has become the curse of
her life. Year after year the taxes have
been rolling up against the property,
state taxes, county taxes, city taxes,
water>taxes, street>grading taxes, etc.,
etc. Miss Kellogg begged them to take
the property in settlement. But they
knew a trick worth two of that. They
are following her up with law suits. She
ischained to that piece of real estate like
galley slave to his oar; aud her splen
did vocalization is simply an instru
mentality to pay taxes.
II has got so in this country that the
shrewd fellows will not own real estate
but they lend. money to those who do.
Where is it all to end?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
OUR LANDED ARISTOCRARF

The banker, broker, lawyer, doctor,
merchant, tradesman, manufacturer, la.
borer, in fine all are dependent upon re-
turns from investments made by the hus-
bandman in the only stocks recognized
in Sacred Writ. As Ralph Waldo Emer-
son beautifully puts it in one of his es.
says: "The glory of the farmer is that,
in the division of labor, it is his part to
create. All the trades rest at last on his
primitive authority. He stands close to
nature he obtains from earth the bread !;
and the food which was not, he causes
to be. The first farmer was the first
man. and all historic nobility rests on
the possession and use Of land.n
That's the way it should be; but in
this country the owner of the land is SIM
ply : bondman whose duty it is to sup
port usurers and Office holders. He goes
clothed in rags, and half-fed on the
coarses fare, while those who live Of
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-05
DISFRANCHISING The POOR.
The Winona Herald saws:

The Legislature Of Massachusetts has
under consideration bill the Ostensible
object of which is the disfranchisement
OF paupers. There would be nothing in
this little act of legislation out of the
usual course in such matters, as nearly
all the eastern States have long ago dis
franchised all paupers, but the Massa.
chusetts solons now propose TO extend
the act of disfranchisement to all those
who have received aid temporarily at
their homes during the year preceding
the election. This sweeping enactment
is excused on the,ground that these pt or
men sell their votes to the party who
will pay the highest price. All this
may be true, but the justice Of disfran>
chising poor man for the reason that
he has been compelled TO accept aims
in consequence OF the pressure of hard
times is unjust and violent destruction
of the right and privileges Of the citizen.
1t is virtually declaration that q poor
man is unfit to be voter, and that none
are fit to exercise the right of suffrage
but the owner vf broad acres and stately
palaces. Massachusetts, claims the almost
exclusive honor of having originated the
principles and doctrine of the republican
party, and it is q fit conclusion of the pol
icies of Massachusetts after the long and
persistent effort to free the negro and
place in his hands the free ballot,
that she should disfranchisc her poor
white men and make them the slave oil
the money aristocracy.
This is another illustration the truth
of Jefferson's great maxim,-"the price
Of liberty is eternal vigilance"
It works in 3 circle: bad laws i'm,
poverish the people: the impoverished
people are to be disfanchised; once dis
fanchised the laws are made to still far
ther degrade them an aristocracy grow
up and they require strong govern
ment to hold down the degraded classes
And so it goes.