The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-18
WHOLE NO. l4l9.

bees sort demand larger opportunity
for borrowing. and bring for ward a
system of borrowing made easy.
The victims howl because they have
borrowed too much, howl because
men Of means viii not lend more
freely, and again they cry out be-
cause they cannot borrow mere. The
western farmer is badly-used man.
/ The man who is steady cousum-
er of whisky is also a badly-nsed
man. The times are very, very hard
on him. If he owns a farm be has
probably drunk up more than enough
to stock it aud furnish il with first
class indictments The times were
rood a lew years ego, and the better
they were. the more he invested in
whisky. He probably wanted the
means OF stocking bis farm and e.
ting it up with improved msehiHery,
bat be also wanted steady retions OF
whisky lie wanted the rstions all
the time, aud be only wanted the
other things now and then He Sc
cured the whisky, and then he did
not so much miss the other things
The market for produce was good
and prices were generous. He prob
ably thought that the time would
come when be could afford both.
While times were good he did not so
much mind the gcgernmaEt tax on
whisky. Bat hard times came along.
and. siDgularly enough, they struck
this class Of producers frst CT all,
end very hard indeed 1t was about
this time that the government tax oa
whisky became very oppressive, aDd
crooked whisky became very popular.
And then the we1chiul demagogues
arose in Congress and elsewhere. and
set forth the hardships to which the
steady drinker was subjected by the
excise law. "The American people,"
said they, "are taxed to desth--lit-
erellg ground TO powder under the
despotic heel OF Federal power"
1t was hard-we admit it. 1t vas
putting quite too f1o q point upon
real lie and liberty to decree that no
man should get comfortably swizzled
without helping to pay the national
debt. We doa'I intend 20 underrate
this hardship a. all In the frst
place, the tax bears very heavily o3
the gentlemen whose Overa heimiag
desire was to "go it sl1Hs' did so
much 70 beget The national dshI Il
cost a great deal 10 coaviacs them
that it was not best ., 20 i. alJGe.
And when they were finally G ayf1c-
ed, and le. of with q :. sli:ls rep
rimand, they expressed themselves
as willing to take up life wber they
left It four years before, and make
the best Of it. Probably tbsY = did
not take the national den. in. se-
count just thea. They @efs too
much delighted 20 fad that treason
disappeared from the catalogue of
crimes with the hanging Of old John
Brown to be particular. Bot hard
times came at last, and the tax on
whisky became burden. AID nag
We have another rebellion.
But we cannot afford to part with
our southern brethren now. There
was time when the north and west
paid pretty much al the expenses Of
running the machine, and furnished
most OF the funds for the payment Of
the public debt. Now the south does
considerable toward defraying cur
rent expenses. It consumes great
quantities Of whisky, some straight
aud some crooked. but more crooked
than s,raight. perhaps. We cannot
reasonably be expected to say to our
southern brethren: GO in peace :"
We cannot afford it now. We need
their Involuntary contributions to the
exchequer. And it viii become ne
eessary TO pat down iIiiciJ distiiler-
les. Times are hard but be = hO drinks
pays Il is for these reasons that
We urge the President to compel the
southern brother 70 take straight
whisky, and we trust it viii be seen
to. 1t was Washington who per
suaded the Pennsylvania brother to
pay bis whisky dues, and Mr. Hayes
must persuade the southern brother
to do likewis e-North american.
A Family OF Thirty -ihree Children
Think OF fatter climbing oct Of
bed a. daylight and calling to each Of
his thirty or more children TO get up,
and then assigning them their several
duties for the day Such maa was
Antoine Louis Descomot Labadie.
With his father and two brothers, this
somewhat remarkable son Of Gsul !
emigrated from Frares and settled in
DETROIT in 1850. Nineteen years
thereafter he married Angeiique I.
Chsmpau, sad The two went to house
keeping over the river. Labadie liy-
ed happily with bis Rifs fer FIVE wears, !
wien she died, bavirg borne him
seven children during thst time. he
had traded extensively with the L.
dams, and had treated them with .
such uniform kiadoess and consijera- J
tiou that UpJn the death Of lis wife .
they entreaied bin TO marry a maid (
en- from out their tribe. This he did, /
choosing the daughter Of a Sauteuse /
chief, as the records OF the Catholic I
church ct Sandwich have H. Sew I
enteen children bis dasky bride pres
ented him, and then her spirit fed to
the happy hunting grounds.
Aboriginal and Norman blood mia
Cling in the veins Of the seventeen de-
seendsnts Of This last union helped to
build up a hardy and rather indus.ri-
Gus community, and still Labedie fall
tered Got. lie was welded 20 Miss
Charlotte Baitbe. aad the fruits Of
this union were nine children, The
oldest son being the father Ct Greg
Dire l. Lsbadie, OF this city, and Of
Capt. Charles +. Labadie, of tie firm
of Lab4die < Pareat, Wiedscr. the
latter still holds portion OF the old
homestead IN Walkerville.
Old citizens say that j, was net 81
thing for the cid French
settlers 10 raise families Of eighteen
and twenty children. An old resi-
dent says tia: Van Avery, who lived
on the present site Of the water works
was the fatSer CT twen;y-,hree chill
dren, all BY one wife-DsfrOif Post
A school Teacher MurSered.