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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
"Roll on, silver dollar,
We have met in your defense;
We love you we adore you,
Though you are but ninety cents

InOugh you are but ninety cents
"Things are a-climbin' down low, SON
n.y." remarked the old darkey ''Fust,
[ done come down ter two meals q day,
den | comes down to one-mighty plain
one at dat !-an' now, bless my old
hide, eff don't got ter scratch round
ter git SO much as one good squar'
lunchin' a week."
A girl baby recently born in a Ne
braska village has but one leg, and the
New York Times thinks she is the "Com-
ing Girl" But being.possessed of only
one limb, she is not likely to come very
fast" AS the girls solitary leg is gar
nished with red and white stripes, we
might as well predict that she is the
coming barber-pole. -Norristoams Herald
An exchange says new way of fast
ening on ladies' hats is to bore the tops
Of their ears, put in gold hoops and
have the hat strings tied through them.
Thus, step by step, we tread the path
way to perfection, and ere the darkness
Of death envelopes all the world man
will have utilized his nose in holding
up his pants Or pulling on his boots.-
Fulton Times.
~ loHO-olth C1ltp WIZ gave Il1IocI1
away to Barnum's fat girl, last summer,
sends the following to the Graphic:
My darling one
Weighs most a ton;
1t must be fun
To hold that bum
DIE on your knee,
If l was large
AS Mount Kearsarge,
With her discharge
From Barnum's charge,
I'd happy be.
Mr.. CHEEKY bles asked his wife, the
other morning: "What is the differ
ence between bribing man with
ten dollar bill to keep his mouth shut,
and q mixture of Indian meal and
water? He almost took her breath
away when he answered: "Why, you
see, one is hush money, and the other is
mush, honey"
While in Algeria mighty hunter
went off on a long excursion accompa-
MED by q native guide. They had scant
luck provisions ran short, and the
guide proposed to his employer a dish
Of broiled monkey. II don't know"
said the European, though he was hlnl-
CRY what does it taste hke?" ''It's
tenderer than man, but not SO juicy"
said the guide, in the most matter-of-
fact manner. The European at once
broke camp and returned homeward,
insisting on carrying his own gun and
having the guide go@in front.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23
DEsPIsED AND REJECTED OF MEN.

EDITORS DRAWER. in Harpers Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-23

In nine cases out of ten the digestion is
wrong, and charcoal is the most efficient
corrective. 1t Will cure in a ma
jority of cases, if promptly administer
ed. A hired man came IN with the in
telligence that one of the finest COWS
was very sick, and a kind neighbor
but the owner being i'll, and unable to
examine the COW, concluded that the
trouble came from overeating, and
ordered teacupful Of pulverized char
coal given in water. 1t was mixed,
placed In a bottle, the head held up
wards, and the water and charcoal
poured down. In five minutes inn
provement was visible, and in a few
hours the animal was in the pasture
quietly eating grass. Another instance
of equal success occurred With a young
heller, which became badly bloated by
eating green apples after a hard wind.
The bloating was SO severe that her
sides were almast as hard as barrel.
The old remedy-saleratu tried
for the purpose Of correcting the aci-
dlty, but the attempt to put it down
always caused coughing, and it did
little good. Half a teacupful Of freshly
powdered charcoal was given. In six
hours all appearance Of boating was
gone, and the heifer was we'll
The ORCHARD is generally sup
posed to be the pruning season. Orch
ard trees generally get too mach prun-
ing. In young trees only thin out SO as
to not have the main leaders crossing
or Interfering with ono a1,o.har Or
when few shoots grow much stronger
than the rest cut these away. Insist
on all the branches in young trees grow
, 1878-07-27

BOUNDARIES most thor
oughly contested measure in the
Constitutional Convention was
the article on boundary; one
party contending for the eXten-
sion over the northern counties
of Idaho, and the other for sub
mitting the question to Congress,
Piled ging the State to either the
present boundaries of the Terri
tory or that contended for. Den
erson leading the party who was
for extending the boundary un-
conditionally, and Larrabee the
party for accepting such bound
ary as Congress might designate.
Three weeks of the convention
was expended on this question,
when, on a final vote, the Lar
rabee party won by s to Z, as
follows: Ayes-Andrews, Brad
shaw, Eldridgc, Emery, Lacy,
Larrabee, Stewart and Mr.. Pres
ident, S. Nays - Dennison,
Gilmore. George, Henry, Hanna,
Odell, and Waite.
, 1878-07-27

CONSIsTENCY.-It is not over
a year or two since the Waila
Walla Statesman was protuse in
its appreciation Of the course OF
Senator Mitchell. Now there
is nothing too mean tor 1T to say
Of the same man; not baslng it's
structures upon anything which
he has done since. but upon the
social scandal associated with
his name previous to that time
which it then entirely ignored.
The Statesman then did not care
fig for his social offences of a
long anterior date, and had no
words of censure for him OIL that
account. But since Mr.. Nit
chell refused to become the tool
of the o. S. n. Co., and not till
then, has its virtuous indigna-
=
, 1878-07-27
Another Agitator.

Rev. Isaac s. KallOch, who
achieved some netorlety in Bos-
ton many years ago in connec-
ton with a social scandal, and
subsequently as "freedom F"
shrieker" and Office seeker in
Kansas, after serving several
years very reputably as the Pas
tor of the leading Baptist So
ciety in San Francisco, has again
"broken out" showing that the
cold Adam" in him was only
"scotched, not killed" He steps
nimbly into the shoes just tenn
porarily vacated by Kearney,
and infuses new blood as we'll as
brains into the movement inau-
gurated by his illiterate prede-
cessor. In a recent public lee
ture in San Francisco, he dedi-
Gated himself to the work as
follows:
"The Chinese must go, and
also their hired attorneys, and
the lofty spirit of aristocracy
that patronizes them must go
also. We need not get scared
at agitation speeches; the world
would have stagnated long since
had it not been for just such ag-
itation. No doubt the Work
ingmen's party will elect their
next President Of the United
States. The old political parties
are dead. | predict that the cap
italists will nominate q. S. Grant
for the office, while the other
candidate will be the nominee of
the labor party. 1t will triumph
and then l dare say there will
DC ~ lSW CudlS SSS III lIic SuSlOlll-
house, the Mint and Postoffice.
| have no axes to grind, and |
declare to you who will believe
me that no promises or positions
will cause me to swerve from my
principles, and | solemnly avow
to my people, that so long as |
am sustained by them | will new
er leave them or my Church,
for any civil or ecclesiastical Of
fee within the gift of the people.
If the monopoly organs do not
call off their dogs at the next
election, l will 60 through this
State like a second Peter the
Hermit and bury them in obliv-
ion. Prolonged cheers.l The
brain and Drawn and the best
blood of our American people is
in this peaceable popular up
rising. | want to be Mayor, so
l can publicly gibbet the thieves
and plunderers at 10 cents per
head every night; but | tell you
this contidentially, and should
be sorry to have the newspapers
get hold of it,
, 1878-07-27

The young person of the oil
regions Of Pennsylvania is cool
hand and quite practical in en-
ergencies. Not long since, a
youngster living near PetroIia
accidentally shot himself in the
abdomen. The wound was not
very dangerous, so he endeavor-
ed to conceal it from his father.
Next morning the father CON-
PEELED his offspring to show up,
when it was discovered that he
had cut out the ball, which lay
near the surface, with a razsr.
In the meantime he had drank 4
large quantity of water, as hc
said, ''to see if he leaked" and,
finding that he was not filtering
quietly settled down to take it
easy until he gets well.
, 1878-07-27
The Hard Times.

Men say that these are hard
times. By what judgment do
they say 1t, and in what sense
do they mean it? If these are
the days in which fraud IS being
discovered, in which hypocrites
are being unmasked, in which
vicious habits of doing business
are being corrected, in which
the conscience Of the nation is
being quickened and the eyes of
all of us opened to that which is
right, just, and true, how can
you call them hard times? The
evil days were the days when
we were making money rapidly
and losing character as rapidly.
The evil days were the days
when honesty was counted as
naught, when character was not
a help in business, when pa
tience and industry were ig-
nored, when honorable and con-
servative men were laughed at:
those were the evil days.. and
if we are being delivered from
them, then are the days to which
we have come good days and
not evil. God forbid that we
should ever again see such days
as we saw between go and 20;
God forbid that the old, wicked,
corrupting prosperity should
ever come back to us. For
thirty years we were a nation
of ney-getters. Europe said
SO; and it said the truth. 1t
took the thunders Of God and
the shock of revolution to
make US humane-to make us
thoughtful of the rights of man.
1t has taken years of financial
shrlnkage and failure, the wreck
of a thousand firms; the fall of
mighty commercial houses; the
disgrace Of numberless citizens;
the impoverishme of half of
our population-to make US re-
alize that money is not the OBJ
iect of business; that truth, hon
eSty, piety, constitute the true
wealth of nations, as they like
wise furnish the permanent ba
sis Of Government, and supply
the material with which is con-
structed those walls which
stand for the defence of human
liberty.-4Nurray.
, 1878-07-27

ton been aroused against his
youthful indiscretions, which it
was entirely willing to overlook
SO long as he served the pur-
poses OF those who are now de-
nouncing him. We never de-
Tended the acts of which Mr..
MITCHELL is accused, but we re.
gard it as the height of mean
ness in those who did, to now
taunt him with those acts which
they did not condemn until he
offended them in other particu-
lars.
, 1878-07-27
Candidate for Congress.

We are informed by persons
who know, or think they know,
that Judge Wingard has con-
sented to be the Republican can
didate for Delegate to Congress
if he can get the nomination.
We know Of no man who has
been named in that connection
for whom we have q higher per-
sonal regard than for Judge
Wingard, or one whose personal
success would be more gratify-
ing where it did not conflict
with our views Of what is due
to- the interests Of the public.
We should greatly regret, how
ever, to see him nominated Tor
Delegate to Congress because
we are very certain it would re-
suit in humiliating defeat. So
far as the interests of this Ter
ritory are concerned, it would
he lust as well to elect General
Sprague or Capt. Ainsworth, as
Judge Wingard is in full SYM
pathy and interest with the O..
S. N. Co. and the 'sTacoma Land
Ring" being himself not only Il
confidential adviser, bat 4 party
in interest in their projects,
which are certainly not in ac-
cord with the Interests Of q
large portion Of the people of
this Territory, who have already
suffered too much from those
monopolles to elect one Of their
special Attorneys 10 represent
them in Congress; and for one,
we would do all in our power to
defeat the best personal friend
We have on earth, or even our
own material interests, wher-
ever they conflict with the par
amount interests Of the Terri
tory. Personally. from our first
acquaintance with Capt. Aims
worth, we nave regarded him as
a gentleman entitled to the high
est respect for many most esti-
mable qualities = his enterprise,
liberality, business integrity and
broad philanthropy command
our admiration, while his posi-
tion as the head of one great
monopoly and an acting director
in another, admonishes Us not to
permit our personal admiration
tor the man to conflict with our
duties as guardian Of the IN
terests of the people. With
Judge Wingard our personal re-
l;.tions have ever been of an in
innate and friendly character.
We re.joiced in his appointment
to the bench, for which position
he is we'll qualified, but we know
of no man aspiring to the posi-
ton we would not rather have
for our Delegate in Congress,
solely on account Of his personal
connections. The political par
ty associations Of the candidate
for Delegate is q matter Of no
consideration with us, for no po-
litical principles are involved in
the election.
, 1878-07-27

The late William G. Bryant
almost lived out of doors, car
ing little for the weather, and
ready with axe or pruning knife
or anything that gave hearty
exercise. At IS he could leap
into the air, catch at a bough,
and swing himself along by it
like very boy.
, 1878-07-27

who will gainsay the assertion :?
We have no personal ends to
serve, but above all other con-
siderations we desire to serve
the public interests Of that COM
munity in which we live.
, 1878-07-27
Personal offence.

We would be very glad to find
some way in which we could
MAINTAIN public rights, and pro-
mote public interests, without
giving personal offence to any.
But we find that as difficult for
an edluor to do, as for clegy-
man to denounce vicious indulg-
ences and advocate public and
private morality without sub
1lecting himself to personal GEN.
sure, whatever may be his char
acter for sincerity and devotion
to duty. We have earnestly
sought to make the interests Of
our town paramount to all per-
sonal considerations, and have
in no instance attempted to pro-
mote our own interests to the
detriment Of others, or demand
ed anything from others which
we were not willing to concede
to them; and yet our most ear
nest efforts for the common veal
have been frequently construed
into intentional affronts to some
whose interests we were en-
deavoring to serve in common
with all other citizens, and with
no purpose but that. When the
clergyman denounces intemper-
ance and RIGHTEOUSNESS, recog-
nized evils which all good citi-
zens deplore, why should he be
accused of being actuated by
motives of personal hostility to
those whose lawful business is
believed to promote the evils
deprecated? When the editor
in the line Of clearly recognized
duty, attempts to enforce by IN
disputable precepts the moral
obligations which every citizen
owes to the community in which
he lives, though those obliga-
tions arc not specifically pre-
scribed by statute, why should
he, any more than the clergy
man, lie deemed guilty Of a per-
sonal offence against those who
repudiate all obligations which
the laws do not prescribe? There
are many ways in which a man
may make himself disagreeable
to his neighbors and avoid and
evade the most common duties
to society without rendering
himself liable for any violation
of statute law. Must these So
cial derelictions be held above
criticism because they are per
sonal?
These comments are due to the
fact that we have been accused
within the last few days of per-
sonally assaillng men who re-
fuse to subscribe for the rail
road, and have been remonstra-
ted with in consequence, as pur-
suing bad policy, in offending
such men and thus challenging
their opposition. We have done
nothing Of the kind. We have
simply laid down certain gen.
eral principles which no man
will assume to dispute. If those
principles condemn any man,
the fault is with him, not with
US, and he has no cause of Of
fence towards us on that ac- |
count. If we should say that
the man who would refuse water
from his we'll to prevent his
neighbor's property from being
consumed by fire was not full
filing his social obligations, who
would blame us for the
remark ? If we say that the
man who is indebted to the
community for every dollar he
possesses, and who refuses to
contribute dollar to maintain
the most vital interests Of that
community, is not a good citizen, !
, 1878-07-27

A movement to secure the be-
atification Of the late Pope, has
been initiated by nine bishops of
Venetia, who have memorialized
the Pope on the subject, stating
that they regard the late Pope
as having been providentially
raised up to encounter times of
trial.
, 1878-07-27

The Louisville Courier Journal says:
A paragrapher's position on a newspa>
is pleasant one, though his sala:: Is
small. If he writes paragraph, it is
almost certain to conflict with some
great idea OF one or another of the hea
Wy swell of the editorial page. If he
clip paragraph. the chances are that
week or month later the very clip
ping will appear again, in another part
of the paper, some of the Industrious
scissors, that pay no attention to any>
thing but what they themselves clip,
having at length discovered it on its
rounds. For the sake of the reader, the
paragraphlst ought to be abolished. but
to him the work is, as beforesaid. pleas
ant.
, 1878-07-27

Snipkins refused to get his
wife a new hat. and soon after
his little girl came in and said
"Mamma, won't you buy me a
monkey to play with when you
go down town." "No, darling;
wait till you are older, and then
marry one as did," replied the
grief-stricken wife, with her
tears bursting forth afresh.
Moralists say there is no such
a thing as luck. Yet we have
seen u young man get a hair in
his hash every day, while his
reighbor never got one. And
we have seen men who could
take the counters and make a
clone hand' at euchre every
time, while others would be eu-
chred holding both bowers and
the joker.
Some horses We're stolen in
Vinton, Ark, and only one of
the thieves was caught. His
comrades, fearing that he would
make a confession duplicating
them, led a mob Of lynchcrs to
the Jail and hanged him.
Chief Justice Richards. of the Cana
dian Supreme Court, sat beside Chief
Justice Waite at recent session of the
United Sites Circuit Court Perhaps
this is the first instance in the history
Of the country where two chief Justices
haye 9ccupied the bench together.
, 1878-07-27
JeweIry Repairing.

THE TRUE TIME received daily by Telegrap ph
fom the U. s. Signal Station, kept in firs,-class
Chronometer, enabling those having fine watches
10 have them accurately rated.
OFFICE and Work Il ,om Temporarily at Res.
idence, immc lately in Iear of MASONIC HALL,
Front Street. Hour; from A. M. to 10P NJ
g- We guarantee FirstClas Work at Rea
sonabIe Prices. ap.1Gf
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j. &: OSCHWALD,



Main street, Bet. 81. Philip and 81. Louis
THIBODAUX, La.
The undersigned inform his friends and
the public in general, that he has removed
his shop on Main street, between St. Philip
and st. Louis streets.
He is a first class workman and his work
is fully guaranteed.
inch 81. m j. G. OSCHWALD.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-07-20
Large and Complete
WHeeIaCright
and Carriage Shop.
III. Tetreau, Proprietor.

iii. TetreaE. Proprietor.
INFORMS his friends, and the public in
4 general, that he is prepared to under.
take all kinds of work in his line, at advan-
tageous conditions and moderate prices.
He has secured the services OF first class
workmen of recognized ability. He has laid
IN a full and varied supply Of spokes and
felioes of first choice, for carriages, etc.
Also an assortment of patent carriage
wheels, steel hubs-a new article.
Grand opening of large and small sized
new style Collins with glass;, imitation rose
wood, black walnut and ash.
A choice and select stock Of ready-make
shrouds, for men, women and children, al
article of luxury, new style, at very moder
ate prices.
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LIE iendemain, j'invitai a mon the
Gu matin Poficier qui commandait
les cosaques en- garrison a C...Je lui
ezpliquai ce don't il s'agissait, ct. u.
SAINT de mes pouvoirs discretion
nalres. je requis son aide pour mem
parer de la bande.
Hnnl
The New York herald., 1878-11-02
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON: SPOT, 1-16o. HIGHER; FUTURES
CLOSED F1RM-fLoUR sTRoNG-wHEAr
FIRMER-coRN QuIEr-oATs YIRM-poRx
cUIET-LARD FIRMER-wHIsKEY STRONG
SPIRITS TURPENTINR STEADY RosIN
STEADY - PETROLEUM NOMINAL - COFFEE
QUIET-sUGAR NOMINAL.
FRIDAY, Nov 1-6P. n.
Business during the past wceK has continued fair
in all departments Of trade, while in is been
more active The markets have accordingly ruled
steady or 1rm in nearly all cases. The cessation
Of the yellow fever scourge In the Southwest has
given little impetus trade with that section, but
II is pretty evident that the effect the protracted
lever will provo disastrous In the extreme. The
good crops, however, albeit tho price Of has
declined for weeks will assist the recuperstion of
the relaxed Of the SOUTH and with favoxng
circumstances something may yet bs accomplished
in the way Of recovery this fall the
como active ana alert usual. The movement In
breAdstus which had slackened little week.
ceived fresh impetus and tho transactions during the
week have been large, while prices have again taken
upward Provisions have touched bottom
last II indeed there be bottom which many DOUBT
and within day there has been recovery
from the extreme depression Of tho earlier part Of
week. This branch Of trade has been unusually dspse
however. and the recovery. whea It comes. prom
ises only very slow growth. Tho petroleum busi-
is. or seems 20 be, virtually played out-shere
being nothing doing Dry goods, hardware. &c.
moved steadily along and the fall business will
pretty heavy. To day (Fdsy) the steady
with fair movement. On Change nour strong.
Wheat very active and higher Corn quiet Oats
quiet. Barley quiet Pork quiet. Lard Hrmer.
lures closed Hr Groceries were generally auiet Naval
quiet but stsAdv. OILS and cul
ASHES quoted Vt 40 &c. for and 5Ao. for
pears.
ASrIxosY was Arm a. I2c- l2kc. gold. for rsgulua
BkkswAx ruled quiet 1t 26kc I7c. tor Western and
CoFyxE-For Brasls the market remained quiet but
was steady ~ the advance Of yesterday LOO bags Rio
coGse drll. We ots:-OrdinAry caryoes, 13c
issc fair ao l5hs good do i5s+s prime DO. ice
good. l4slc l54c.. gold. % days. Jaws govcrnment
sss.por., ,se ne Usylaa, lse ise.: Aarae.iso.
ST. Domingo, l2c l3c. Costa sics. l5c l8c Aexicsn
l5c. l7c; Ascssssr, l7c Isc Angossurs, lee l7c
Uoopnnios sroox was dull ~s quote .-Mel...
shocks with hssas ssinch 81 81 so; DO do. s8iucn,
81 80 81 BOX shocks; Sue 800: rum do q; pipe do
~ 70 ss do $ %rs
CoPPRp-Tbe market was very dull 1t 5kc.. cash. for
CoRDAcx steady With . fair demand. We quote -
Manila. large mall sise H.. ike. IKE d0,
sissi rops, 9,Sc. ln1ec. Russia, l7c.
CorToS the spot WAS Lice higher aud the market
s..sa w ~ on hs o nrm.. y VA.
kes first sales OF the made advance
on JessrdAy cosng figures from IL Is points
for spot cotton. Mddlng upands ll-l6d and mid
ding Orleans LIED Sales OOcu bales Our market
irregular prices dropping points
ADDED balls" had everything pretty much their
own way the the IN arket firm, the closing
points The oosng prices to-day compare yss.sr.
Gays AS fol ows:- =