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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25
Miscellany.
Autumn,

Autumn,
Tue dying leaves fall fast
Chestnut, willow, oak and beech,
All brown aud withered lie.
Now swirling 10 the cutting blast,
Now sodden under foot-they teach
That one aud all must die.
This Autumn Of the year
Comes sadly home TO my poor heart,
Whose youthful hopes are fed.
The dArkening days are drear--
Each love once mine l see depart
As withered leaves and dead.
But IL Il all docay7
All present loss-no gain remote7
Monotony Of pain7
All, mol / hear a lay
The robin sings. How sweet the note
A pure, unearthly strain
Aud Of all flowers, the first
Beneath these leaves In Spring shall blow
Sweet yioets blue aud white;
So all lost loves shall burst
In Sprng-like beauty, Summer glow,
In Heaven, upon our sight.
Mdcmiildns Magazine,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25

Dr.. J. G. HOLLAND, talking to the assem-
bled boatmen of Alexandria Bay the other
day, said; II neither drink wine nor give it
to my guests. Strong drink is the curse of
the country and the age. Sixty thousand men
in America every year lie down in the grave
of the drunkard. Drink has murdered my
best friends, and / hate it. It burdens me
with taxes, and denounce it as a nuisance,
on which every honest man should put his
heel. do not ask you to put your heel on
the drunkard, but to make the spirit of your
guild so strict and pure that no man of your
number will dare to trihe with your opinion
and sentiments on the subject"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25
NO. 43.


They told me Of way
That / must co.
Whether twas loUg or short
They did not know.
did not listen then,
Nor understand,
Until my Father came
Aud took my hand.
al am thy guide" lie said,
Leave all with me-
And 50 / went with Him
All ttustingly.
And now we journey on,
Day after day:
have no need Of care,
He knows the way.
My sandals are His strength;
And His great love
The stad that helps me toward
The home above.
He holds my hand in His
How can fcar7
It'll not hard to trust
While He Is near.
do not know how long
The way will be;
only know It is
The best for me.
And when no longer here
He bids me roam,
shall behold with joy
Ny Fathers home.
Milie Coicord.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25
A better barrel of FLOUR for
the money than can be founo
elsewhere in BrattleboToI
OUR STOCK OF
TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, ETC,
Cannot be e1celled in quality or price.
THE BEST GOODS

with an exDerience Of Forty yeara Of
business in this town, aud knowing tue "Ah's VI ZIG
community, we will sell you
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

rim. le q, a rage de % ans. Pas d'a-
mGliorntion 4 vicksburg. 4 Memphis
non plus. En- cettc derniarc vile, on
rcfnse des aeconrs, lea vivants 6tant
de n,oins en- mOins nombreux. Pani.
one 4 Milan, Tennessee, ct 4 Hope
field, Arkansas.-Le gouverncnr de
Ia Caroline du Sud repliQue verte-
ment 4 cclni dn Massachusetts,. pOur
nm refus d'extradition.-I.es demo-
crates purs du Massachusetts, ont
nommG lc jnge Abbott candidat. gon-
verneur.-Schisme de In convention
d&mocratiQuc de New York. 4 Syra-
cuse.-A Washington, reception par 10
secretairc Evalts dun second envoi de
France, fonds dc Ia fievre jaime, par
le ministre Noyes, s4,OOO; Ia sous-
cription francaisc, Qui ttait annoncec
dc Vicliy an N. o. Democrat par le
speaker Bush, n maintenant dGpassG
On. non francs.
En- France, mort, lc 25, du general
de La Hitte, ex-ministre ct scnateur,
80 ans; ct du Journalistic francais A.
Erdan, 4 Rome, 20 ans.-Le bill anti
allemand devient mfcon-
naissable sous les amendements du
Reichstag. .-L'Angleterre ~ prepare
4 guerroycr cOntre rAfghnnistan. lie
general Grant. ftts le % i Zurich, q
df arriver 4 Paris le 25.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28
DERNIERES NOUvELLES

Saivant h rapport oflciel, II y q
en- ! Ia Nouvells- Orleans, du "a an
2S. 100 nOuveaux eos de h6vre jaune
ct 81 d6cisa. Baisac notable, cette
foia. Dams 10 derniere listc fnnebre,
encore nm cniant du colonel Aristide
Gerard, Marie Caroline. Emilia, mnr.
70 4 - ans Ct II mOis. Panvre en-.
FAINT. surtoet panvre p1re! NJ dans
b Connecticut, Ag6 dc 50 ana, 10 doc.
tear Kibbee await nm ala 6slitenr du
Bslietis de Barnet, Tcxaa.-LUniou
ftaneaisc . trait6 256 cas d. li8vrc.
enterr6 l6 victimcs ellie nourrit 20O
families on 40 personnes, ct q dA
aecepter oS0O Do rAssociatiou catho-
Iiqwc. Doonous done \ lUuion fran.
eaise. A BATON. Ronge, l25 ea6 et 3
d@ces depuis trois joura. mort de l'in-
gfnieur civil SIN. Robbins 1 Thi-
bodaaxviIle, mort du docteur Sabou.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28
sT.JBAN.BAPTlsTE

On ami nous fait spirituelle.
ment part dune erreur commise
dams les listed de subscription
Howard, Oh mons avons fait tres
pr6maturement veuve Nine Th6o.
phile Perret, en- nous disant que
lie semblables m6prises sont dor.
dinaire an brevet de lOngevit9. In
sant6 horissante de NJ. Th6ophile
Perret ne peat manquer de le con.
duire on l'acc0mpagner assex loin
pour justi6er le proverbe on l'a.
phorisme. Ja:nais recti6cati0n ne
mons fat plus agreeable 4 faire, ct
jamais penitence plus doucc ne
nous fdt in6iges pour IN de ces
pech6s ,l0nt le iournalisme est 81
souvent coupable.
-vendreii dernier, 20, vers 4
heures du matin, 40 incendie caus6,
nous diton, par de Ia seizure de
bois Oh Ron await accilentelleme
laiss6 t0mber du fen dams In soir6e
prec6dente, q d6truit le magasin
ct Ia maison de NJ. Gustave Perret,
snr l1habitation L. Mont6gut, rive
gauche. On ajoute one nj lea ba.
tisses ri lee marchandises n'etaient
assnr6es.
-S0nt d&c6il6s, vendreili de Ia
selnaine derniere, 20 srptembre,
nne negresse nonag6naire, Fran.
coise limbo, sur rhabitation F.
W6bre & Gle; ct, le meme jour, 4
rage d'environ 60 ans, le brave
forgeron Reuben Strange, llomme
de couleur, ancien esclave de fen
NJ. Pierre Roussel. Habile en- son
meter ct rude travaineur, Reuben
6tait lei an type popnlaire. II Ga.
gnait gros ct d6pensait tout an
jour le jour. II Gtait de toutes lee
bonnes actions, de tootes les sOu.
scriptions de charit6. Aimaut lee
blancs qui le faisaient vivre dams
1aisance, manger ct boire 4 v0loht6,
l,oire surtout, Il v0tait avec eux lea
jours detection ct etait tout der dc
s'entendre appeler, par lea montons
n0irx du PanWrgc radical, du titre
de democratic Sigyer. II est mort
s0bitement de crampes ct .le coli.
ques. La veille, II 6tait venm mons
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

Dass n aeosiee gul hai dtmaeehA e. q
. SoS sssegisesS ~ - A<sea. dase - oar h
0ovee jsoSs: sus g. le6 yictioea. - blases
6 3 nsise. - setlls 4 b Lssisisas q q
6ss Btst.- -Unh. - r.sqsis. ~ eafeats -
-, - s = 80. siii G llSs:sss
S0oso-8o10D, ~, = oslul ltG1e q - easee
a 49, Della q n uala6ie 3 IbesvilDe,
ueis essu1cseesss ; 1eeBaa City ct sppast
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

Sosscriptiox ax F6sds De rAssocia.
tiosHorard, ,posvla las victimss dsh
tSrve jaxSe a Ia Noxvelle. Ovl6axs.
s. Hsfs dw MesckactbS.
Joseph Webpe T. Cio tsOO
Lea 4 prcmieros listes 975D
Total g6ntra1 430O.SO
In sommc dc tsS. montant do Ia So listc,
eat env0yec auj0urd'hui 4 rAswciatiou
Howard. aux soins de -. Hc.ry Blauchiu.
de ls maison Smith. Brus Z Cio, dc 10 Non.
vslleO Orleans -
Soxscriptios aw foSlls de rUsion
.fraSpaise, poSv les victimcs de Ia
feere jaxxe.
1ers liste dx Meschac<bf.
Dunes h Below 5000
EnSens R0usscl i.OO
1stl sliOS
4.a q -
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

Ion ct rObuste forgeron Reuben
Strange.
LA fnmGe tiOttait lundi au.
dessus des sucreries de NM. J..W.
GOdbery ct Leon GNlcllaux. Sim.
pic essai Ties clleminGes, qui nous
annOnce Ia roulaison prOcl,ainc.
lie dOcteur FL. LIGHT, qui
exercait tout reccmmcnt encore 80
profession an Bonnet. CarrG, n GtG
envOye, par le cOmit6 de secOurs
de PUnion franchise, 4 L;sbadie.
vile, sur le bayOu Iafourche, ct II
a bravement accept6 cctte noble
ct pGrilleuse mission.
Dams une lettre dat6e du 10,
ct c0ntenant un mandat de A2j
pour pAssociation Howard, nj.
Joseph Webre cOnfrme nOtre re.
cit de IL mort de Justine FavarOt,
sur I'habitation Golden Star. Mons
remercions, avec priere dc cont.
nuer q nous d0nner de temps en-
temps des nouvelles dc Ia Vachc.
rie.
lie II, est dec6d6e 4 Ia Non.
velle.O Orleans, 4 Page de 90 ans,
Nine Marie. .Alexan,lrine Pellat,
n6a Jaubert ct niece dc M. Cast.
mir LAMBERT, marcdand de In Non.
vclle.O Orleans ct plantenr dc st.
Jean. .Baptiste native des Sanie.
res, canton dc Barcelonettc, Bas.
scs-Alpes, France.
la convention nominante do
paroisse du parti demOcratique 80
reunira, lundi 30, an magasin dc
N. Guillaume Duhe, rive gauche.
-Le 20, a 3 henres dc paprAs.
midi, est decide chez NJ. +. Aba.
die. rive droite, 4 Page de- % ans
Julien Larrieux, ne i Cor.
neillan, canton do Riscle,
Gers, France. La mort subtle do
CO jeune homme a fait croire 4 nm
cas- dc fi6vre jaune; T; mais le doc.
teur Gaudet nc s'est pas prOnon.
&C, nous dit.0n, 4 Get 6gar,l. NJ.
Abadie, ct quelques noirs de.
voues, que n'avait pas atteints Ia
panique de ces temps malhcureux,
ont rendu DIES s0ins empress6s an
malade ct len derniers dcvOirs an
mort, ct l'humanit6 ma pas pertlu
ses troits, grace 4 ces bonnes
ames.
Encore un revenant 4 saluer,
mais bien vivant ct en- bonne san.
N. NJ. J..B. Gebelin eat de rctoMr
de France, ct q suivi de pres NM.
Caire, Teissier ct Gastiuel.
sT.JACQuEs
NJ. J. Laporte, On loader charita.
bic, Q envoy6, an maire d~ Ia Non.
velle. Orleans, go pour lAsile st.
Vincent, ct SlS.50 pour rAsilc st.
AJpuOOOc.
Mons lisons dams 1e Lowisiaxais:
Apses avoir remerci6 Nm. J. IAporte, J.
0anier, &c. BerReron, il. 0anaet ct an
tses. gui - sont g6n6rcusement fhita colloo.
teurs de ID boune Wuvre do II soeikt6 Howard.
atnst ono lee sosscripteun eux.mAmea, quit
nous colt peSmis de remnercicr kaalemont 10
Rev. jack Lee, ministre do coulcar du Sc die-
trSct. !qut No repouss. jamais ID chance do
rarticipcr } uno homo actiOu.
-Un miserable, dams 10 mutt din l6 an II,
vees heures du matin. aurait p6nktrS dans
y demoure du forgeron blanc Hogan, sur
1habitation Clavcrie. Hogan 6tsit mslado %
preeque mourant. L. miskrable, qu'ou dc
6trc lhomme do ceulcnr Bill Payne. aurait
voulu - porter ) dimfIlnes violonces eoutrO
Nine Hogan ct l'aursit .langereuscment blos.
see avoc nm rasoir. Bill Payne ost en- prison.
Nous s0m0es heurcnx de pouvoir on.
ncncer , nos !ecteurs qne le manuscrit do n.
Y. Aime, tradait Per soa petit6la, n. Albert
rerty. ~ sous pseeso, q que nous pourr0na
boontoe q pceudre 0onuaaeaanCo. IA Iivrod0
y. Aims. nous b rGp9tons, ct unc homo
fortune pour n Louislame.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

sont desistfs de l'idGe Qu'cn ap.
prenant In disparitiOn dc Chalk.
Sur ces entrefaites, le sheriff Es.
sex Giant allie 20 cachcr dams 80
mais0n. les emeutiers cOurent "
chercher, s'emparent de lui, Pen.
trainent vers In prison oil Val.
cOur St-Martin eat detenn, ayant
etc arr6te aussit6t apres le incur.
tire, ct sNnment Essex de livrer
les cl6s. Celui-ci ne les a pas, mais
OrdOnne au ge6lier Muse, qui est
4 rinterieur, d'Ouvrir Ia porte.
Lorsque Muse obeit 4 son supe.
rieur, Ia prison a Gt6 fOrc6e par
derriere, Ia fOule furieuse Y a pG.
metre. On salt le reste. LIE lende.
main matin, enqu6tc d. coroner
sur les deux cadavrcs de St.Mar.
tin ct de Baptiste, exposes 4 Ia
Mais0n de COur, ct, dams papres.
midi, enforcement des restcs infOr.
mes du panvre St.Martin an ci.
metiere de pEglise Rouge, ct nom.
breux c0rt6ge de parents ct d'a.
mis-. Denx individus ont Gt6 ar.
retes, Elias Smith ct Bow Hick.
inan. LIE Herald declare .lc sheriff
Essex coupable de lachcte.
Nous emprnntons au Herald
les autres infOrmations ci.tlessOus:
Lc aameli soir. 81 aoAt. combat cntrc Eu.
genc FOrtier ct Clement Washington, ira
vailleurs dc l'habitati0n Davis. Washington
coupe avec lea dents le neg de Fortier:
Dana In meme s0irec, Joseph Eaouarvl
atta9uc Jim Turner comps dc rasOir Les
assistants arr6tent non sans peiue les bclli.
gerants.
-Samc,li, II. est d<cesiec 4 Hahnville. 4
Rage de Sans ct 6 mois. Emma. file dc Joseph
Stein. lie pere dfsOl6 remercie publiquemcnt
lea amis qui FONT aide en- cctte douloureuse
Epreuve.
-Samesii q. cst mort 4 Ia Station Bouttx.
4 Rage dc Is ans, Joseph E. Horanson. an.
cien recorder do st. Charles. Scs rcstcs ont
<t6 transportEs ID Nouvclle- Orleans. Le
Asrsd Pron.st une nEcrologie;
Prendergnst serait r6installkc rkcole blan.
che dc 10 Station Boutt6. Oh ellie await et6
rcmplsc6c par Nile Puaaell.
-le Bayou dca Allcmands possible nm club
republicain: Andrew Hurdle president. Her
bert Colbert vicc-pr6siicnt, Timothy Aikens
sccr6tairc, jet Welsh scrgent d'armes. Al.
kens eat dkl6gu6 ! Ia convention do paroisse,
avcc mandat impcratif 10 voter pour CA.
Bourgeois, c0mme repr<sentant.
Anna, file do n. Felix Roex, est d6c6lke
Iags de7 ans. h mNre <tait morte 10 20
ao0t.
-LSeole pabliquc Dc n. A..P. Albert
compte 80 Cloves.
-Lexjugc O.-J. Flagg sest prndemmcut
refhgH D 0alesburg, Illinois.
10 docteuP Z. L'Estrade cot en- plciuc
voic de rGtabliaoemeut.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-09-28

Venilies annoncer dams votre journal qhe
e :nts eaodilat insl6pcndant D II plaOe do
6t6rif anx prochainea 6lectioua.-
VOtre tout d6vou6,
C1lAA LAsefCXe.
, 1878-03-22
A. Wonderful Specimen.

His attire would have excited the GU
pidity of a soap fat man, AMI just as he
stood he would have afforded first. class
raw material for working up in soap
factory. He was the greasiest looking
man ever seen in Austin since the man
fell into a barrel of lard oil up at the
Manhattan mill. Likewis he was oily
tongued, but there was tired, far away
look in his eye, and an unsteady motion
to his legs that denoted him an out-and-
out old bum. He walked into the sa-
loon and employed himself in examin-
ing the mineral cabinet. After close
scrutiny of the contents of the cabinet,
he turned to the bar-keeper and said:
you've got some powerful rick rock in
thar" "Yes," CURLY replied the bar
keeper, in tone which plainly indicat-
ed that in that in that little word was
wrapped up and concealed the sentence,
"You don't get no drink out of me, you
dog-goned old stiff" eyes, continued
the greasy man, powerful rich; but up
to my cabin I've got the all-fredest
richest and most peculiarist piece you
ever seed in all your life. brung it
from Ari>ony; digged it myself, and
wouldn't take most nothing for it"
The bartender is an enthusiastic col
lector of specimens, and he p1icked up
his ears and was all attention, while the
man was telling of his marvellous piece
of ore. He had lived in this country
long enough to understand thata mans
attire is not always sure indication to
his financial condition, and that it fire.
quently happens that men presenting u
ragged and dirty appearance have o
considerable amount of coin slowed in
their clothes, or buried under the cabin
or deposited in banks, and he thought
it would not cost great deal to be po-
lite to the stranger, and perhaps he
could wheedle him out of that wonder
full specimen. Setting bottle out on
the bar, and smiling his sweetest smile,
he said: Come up stranger and have
o SMILE"
The stranger grasped the bottle, up
turned it, and took smile about two
inches deep. When he had swallowed
the smile and wiped his mouth on his
coat sleeve. the bartender asked him
what he called his specimen. and would
he not bring it down sometime and let
him see it.
Its very rare stuff, said the strang.
er. "The experts down to Arizona call
it chloride of sodium, and I gave q
small piece to fellow who has res.
taurant below here, but I'll bring my
piece down and give. it to you to-mor-
row."
Tomorrow has not yet come, but
since the bar-keeper has learned that
chloride Of sodium is only common
salt, he has bought new pick handle
snd built signal service station in
which to lay for the man who was going
to give him that spscimen.-Austin
Rereiltc,
, 1878-03-22
What Next +!

We copy n portion of an article by
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, in the
New York Ledger:
But, when the invention of Mr. Bells
telephone was announced to us the
other day, who could have dreamed
that close upon its heels would follow
the talking phonograph?" And what
is the phonograph? A little conirivance
that may be put into candle box and
sent off by express away off to your
friends in distant part of the world,
and then made tc tell them just what
you have spoken into the mouth or
rather the ear of the machine. 1t may
not be opened for fifty years, but it will
then repeat with the same accuracy
every word that you have said, in the
same tore and with the same accent.
The editor of the Scientific American
says: "Mr. Thomas A. Edison recently
came into our office, placed little ma
chine on our desk, turned a crank, and
the machine inquired as to our health,
asked how we liked the phonograph,
informed us that il was very well, and
bid us q cordial good night. These
remarks we're not only perfectly audible
to ourselves, but to dozen or more
persons gathered around" In closing,
he adds: "We have already pointed
out the startling possibility of the vioces
of the dead being reheard through this
device, and there is no doubt that its
capabilities are equal to other results
Just as astonishing. When it becomes
possible, as doubtless it will be, to mag
nifty the sound, the voices of such
singers as Parepa and Titiens will not
die with them, but will remain as long
as the metal in which they may be en-
bodied will last. The witness in court
will find his own testimony repeated by
machine, confronting him on cross-ex-
amination--the testator will also repeat
his last will and testament into the ma
chine, so that it will be reproduced in
way that will leave no question as to
his devising capacities or sanity. 1t is
already possible, by ingenious optical
contrivances, to throw stereoscopic pho.
tographs OF people on screens in full
view Of the audience. Add the talking
monographs, to counterfeit their voices
and it will be difficult to carry the iliu-
sion OF real presence much further.
, 1878-03-22

A HUNDRED YEARS AGo.--One hum
dred and ten years ago there was not a
single white man in Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana or Illinois. When what is the
most fourishing part of America was
as little known as the country around
the mysterious mountains of the moon.
1t was not until 1766 that Boone left
his home in North Carolina to become
the first settler in Kentucky. The first
pioneers OF Ohio did not settle until
twenty years after that time. A hun
dred years ago Canada belonged to
France, and the population did not OK
ceed million and half of people. A
hundred years ago the great Frederick
OF Prussia was performing those grand
exploits which have made him immor-
tai in military annals, and with his lit
tie army was sustaining single handed
contest with Russia, Austria and France,
the three great powers of Europe ccm-
bined. Washington was o modest Vir-
ginia Colonel, and the great events in
the history OF the two worlds, in which
these great but dissimilar men took
leading parts, were then scarcely fore
shadowed. A hundred years ago the
United States were the most royal part
OF the British Empire, and on the polit-
ical horizon no speck indicated the
struggle which. within score Of years
thereafter, established the great repub-
lie Of the world. A hundred years ago
there were but four newspapers in
America. Steam engines had not been
imagined, and railroads and telegraphs
had not entered into tie remotsst con-
ception Of man. When we come to
look back at it through the vista of his
tory we find to the century just passed
has been allotted more important events,
in their bearing upon the happiness Of
the world, than almost any other which
had elasped since the creation.
, 1878-03-22
A. Country Editors Way.

The sayings and doings of the
country editor are not so notable
now.a-days as in tho old times
when rural papers were rarely conduct
cd on a cash basis. and the plants of
tbe worried fellow on the tripod, who
accepted cordwood or dried pumpkins.
or almost anything eatable or saleable
for subscriptions, were frequent and
painiul and free. Men in desperate
straits are afflicted with strange whim-
.ies, and the expressions of those dis
gusted literary lights were often strik-
ingly original and exceedingly gro
tesnue. Now, however, things are diff
ierent, and rarely does the country ed
itor excel in his old speciality. A re.
cent case in Kentucky, where an editor
"spoke right out" is, therefore, ex-
eeptionably notable. He was walking
recently upon the street, enjoying the
balmy spring atmosphere, and wonder
ing whether, in the year to come, his
paper would be established upon pay
iup basis, when he became aware of q
sudden giggling and tittering behind
him. He turned and saw the source of
the merrlment. Two well. dressed
ladies, prominent in the town, we're in
his rear and laughing heartily. Much
to the poor editors surprise their atten-
ton seemed especially directed to some
regularity about his exterior. Then
he OWNED, with thrill of mortitica-
ton, the cause of their amusement
Much twisting and writhing, while
grinding out mental productions, seated
in hard bottomed chair, had told upon
the frail texture of his pantaloons, an d
the cloth finally yielded. The editors
wife-good thrifty woman--had repair
ed the damage as best she could; but,
because new cloth matches poorly with
the old, the evidences of her handiwork
were all too plainly visible. Hence the
cruel laughter of the ladies behind the
country editor. The poor man fed to
his office in shame. Then his manhood
asserted itself aud he sat down upon
the patch and wrote something for the
paper. His next issue contained this
paragraph:
GAS we walked past couple of ladies'
ON the street the other day, ono of them
50 we are informed, observed large
patch ON our pants, and made merry
over the discovery. Well, we do wear
old clothes, it il true; but we might
treat ourselves to better ones if the hus-
band OF the woman we refer to would
come to tho Office and pay us S18, which
he has been owing for long timo for
subscription and job work"
Doubtless" said logical old En-
glish clergyman, "God might have
made better berry than the strawberry,
but, doubtless God never did" Doubt
less some country editor might make q
point moro neatly, but, doubtless. none
ever did. If that little bill of $18 was
not settled up within week after the
appearance Of his paper, then their is
no virtue in pungency. And the OCCUR
renee is recent and literal one. ST.
Louis Republican.
, 1878-03-22
ORIGIN OF TIKI ROOSTER IN PsLITIo,

ORIGIN OF TIKI RoosTBR IN PsLITICs.
The Cincinnati Enquirer explains the
origin OF the rooster" in politics. II
says: 1t was not so late period as
1910; the year OF the ''log cabin, ""hard
older and "coon skin" campaign which
resulted in the election of General Har-
rison, that he first made his appearance.
Indiana then had her State elections in
August. The editor of the Indianaopo-
lis Seminal was j. w. Chapman. In
those days locomotion was slow, and it
required days and even weeks to get
the returns from the back counties.
It so happened that in some particular
county in Indiana, the Democrats made
@ gain over previous elections. An en-
thusiastic Democrat wrote to q friend
in Indianapolis the news, and not know.
ing Mr.. Chapman, the editor of the
Sentinel, personally, requested his
friend to communicate the facts to him, +,
adding these insignificant words, "Tell
Chapman to crow" Catching the in
spiration Of his second hand correspond.
ent. Chapman did "crow" in his paper,
and as the business Of "crowing" is
usually done by the chantioleer, he
brought out one Of those fine large
birds ut the head Of his columns.
This was the first rooster ever placed
in Democratic victory. As the gener-
al results Of that election were against
us, it was matter Of derision for the
Wing papers, when any Wing victory
was obtained, to add these words, Tell
Chapman to crow" ThiG assisted to
fix the matter in the popular mind, and
to nationalize the emblem. Ne better
one could have been adopted. The
rooster is probably the most brave and
gallant Of birds. He is never conquer
ed as long as he has life.