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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-09-12
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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-09-12
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Humorous in Is way of putting things was a gentleman who said Stock Exchange bear was person who sold what he had not got; bull, man who bought what he could not pay for; and that financing" was ''buy- ing shares by a.man who doesn't want them from one who has none to sell"
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
SQuab-English.

Newport is the home of the New York and
Boston flunky. Anew York funky is an idiotic
young swell, who belongs to the Knickerbocker
Club, and who spends his time at cards, cham
pagne, etc. In the afternoon he toots q tin
horn from top seat in the Coaching oIup. IN
his conversation he affects a limping. slaugy.
English dialect. 1t is not even pgeon-English; (;
- 90 sauah-English. 1t is a positive fact that
there is class of brsinless young swells grow
ing up in New York who do not speak the good
old English language. The representative
Western man could no more understand these
society Newport idiots when they talk than
they could understand pgeon-Englsh. Not
that they talk anything but twaddle, for they
don't, but because they leave off the Ameri-
r, and talk in tea-cup full of jumbled-up
English slang. day or two since, one Of
these American flunkies sat behind us for two
hours at the races and talked to a descendant Of
j ohm Jay in about this manner:
Male Idiot-Aw, Mish Jay-joying the races
to-day?
Female Idiot-Ysth, they're swfully iawly,
ain't they? Right fun to bet, amt il?
Male Idot-Yeth, rather jawley to bet when
yeu win, yew know, but beastly, awful beastly,
to bet and lose, yeu know.
Female Idiot-D' yen lose? Well, that
wants .ef1y jawly! Lost myself yestdsy.
Dare say yon'll win gain tomorrow, and then
you'll think it jawly fun, you know.
Male Idiot-O! dare say shall; but caunt
help feelin bsastly bout losin' yest'day, yen
know. Dyeu like boating? Think it's right
fun-s'of1y jawly, yeu know-and-
And there we sat and listened while these
two hunkies-this male and female fiunky-
repeated the same slang by-words "awfy
jawly" seventy times, "right fun" ninety
six times, perfectly beastly" four hundred
and thirty-two times, and '.you know 8
Thousand nlne hundred and forty y-sight times.
Now, can stand good square slsng-slang
that means somethiHg-bnt this idiotic Eng
1sah Eln, xxk,s oh he Naxr
out and lives on at Newport is enough to cause
insanity.-Cor Gin Enqairer
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
Fair Fighting.

A corresp ondent who is good though
beligerent Republican urges US to respond in
kind to some of the scurrilous allegations
and insinuations which the argus and its
correspondents make about our candidates.
We are compelled to differ from our cores
pondent in this matter. He should bear in
mind that Republicans have little disad-
vantage as well as great advantage in be-
longing to decent, respectable and high
minded party. This triling disadvantage
consists in the fact that if in cur wrath We
shond hit back with the same sort of foul
blows which are dealt us, we should affront
the general sense of our own people and thus
suffer more harm than we should nfict. Nor
should we, in any event, like to wage this
kind of political warfare. We do not believe
in blackguardism as political weapon.
We criticise severely the political Views and
tendencies OF our opponents but do not enter
upon discussion of their personal charac-
ter and habits unless they be so disreputable
as to unfit them for the proper discharge
Of the duties of the places to which they
aspire. The political and business history OF
candidates is also proper subject OF criticism,
as showing what may be expected OF them In
the future. We cannot believe that Gen.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
Palestine In Miniature.

Alden of the New York Times thus describes
a miniature Palestine on exhibition at the
Round Lake Camp meeting:
1t is on scale of two feet and half to the
mile, and can contain population of 80 dis
tinct Methodists, provided they stand close tc-
gether. On one side it is bounded by high
fence-symbolic of the desert between Pales-
tine aud Damascus-and on the other it is
washed by a Mediterranean Sea, with real
boats. The visitor usually takes boat to Jop-
pa, where ne lands and walks up to Jerusalem,
being very careful and not to step on any Of the
cities on the route. He cannot fail to know
Jerusalem when he reches it, for all the OBJ
.jects of interest in Palestine, whether large or
small, are neatly labelled both with their scien-
tiic and their popular names. In fact, the
place abounds IN labels and warnings to visi-
tors. If rumor may be believed, visitors are
requested not to pick the cedars of Lebanon;
are informed that "out OF respect to the ladies',
gents will not spit in the Dead Sea-; and are
solemnly warned that persons attempting TO
carry cities away with them will be prosecuted
according 10 law" From Jerusalem to the
Dead Sea is short distance, and most people
visit the latter before proceeding to Bethlehem.
The Dead Sea has an area of seven wash tubs,
as calculated by distinguished geographer,
and is fully knee-deep. The Jordan, which Is
turned on every morning at hslf-past seven and
beautiful little stream, though bad boys occa-
sionally check 1t aud flood the surrounding
country by dropping surreptitious handfuls Of
sand into its bed. With the exception of one
Sunday afternoon. when stray COW drank up
the entire Sea of Gallee, that beautiful sheet of
water has commanded universal admiration.
Toward the northern frontier Mount Hermon
rises to the lofty height OF "A feet above the
level of the Mediterranean, and the view of the
back yard of the Round Lake Hotel which Is
obtained from the summit of the mountain is
said to be particularly fine. Altogether, Pal
estine is beautiful place, and it is doubtful IL
it would have been improved had tho sugges-
ton OF literal scripture student, who wanted
to have fountains of milk and honey placed In
various eligible spots, had been carried out
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

GENERAL ANDERSON in his Biddeford
speech complains of the great number of
failures within the past six months. There
have been many failures. Thousands of men
who owed debts have settled at an average of
twenty-five cents on the dollar; that is, they
have been discharged from all liabilities by
paying just one fourth of the sum they owed.
That is certainly hard upon their creditors,
but 1t is not severe upon the debtors. Nor
does the amount of failures represent proper
ty destroyed. The country has just as much
wealth to-day as it had before those failures
took place. That wealth has simply changed
hands. 1t has Certainly left the hands of the
creditors and much of it is, people surmise,
in the hands of the debtors, Is it then for
the creditors that Gen. Anderson is speak,
ings Does he appear as champion of the
creditor class?
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
sOLDN CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

"With this sum specie payments can be
resumed at once, and the promise that is
written ON the face of the greenbnck TO pay
The dollar, made good. This would give
Esiia n good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice and fair play TO
Biii and the veteran; shat is, Bill mot only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that
is pressed out of him annually
SPECIE PAYMENTS rs THE ONE
THING NEEDFUz1 EN OUR PRESENT
CONDITION, AND WILL CUBE Us OF
MANY FINANCIAL HLLS. The moment
JSu have got specie payments, PendIefon's
and hniier's theory of paying the bonds i'm
afeenbacks, which means neither more on
less IMAM more sand meuner money, be-
csmts obsolete. III Congress in It's blum
defings, did not asrec TO pay the principal
of the bonds in gold, il ought 20 have
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
Joe JeRersOn's Nap.

While Joe Jefferson was playing Rip Van
Wrinkle in Chicago last spring hewent to the
theatre very much exhausted by long days
fishing on the lake. When the curtain rose on
the third act it disclosed the white-haired
"trip" still immersed in 20 years nap. Five,
ten, twenty minutes passed, and still be did
not waken. The audience began to grow i'm
patient and the prompter uneasy. The great
&C tor doubtless knew what he was about, but
this was carrying the realistic sort of thing
entirely too far The fact was that all the time
Jefferson was really sleeping the sleepof the
Just, or rather of the fisherman who has sat
eight hours in the sun without getting bite.
Finally the gallery got to be uproarious, and one
of the gods" wanted to know If there was GO
ing to be 19years more of this snooze business
Here Jefferson began to snore. ms oecideo
the prompter, who opened small trap oe-
meath the stage snd began to prod slp from
behind. The much-trsveled comedian began
10 tumble ia his pocket for an imaginary ticket
and mnttsred, drowsy: "Going clear through,
'ductor." The audience was transhxed with
amszament at this entirely new reading, when
Suddenly Jefferson sat up with loud shrek.
Tine exaggerated prompter had "jabbed" him
with pin. Tne play weat on then with a
rush.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

"The yery man OF all others tcho has the
deepest interest in sound currency, and
,oho suffers most by naischieroas legislation in
money matters, is the man ,oho earns his dai-
ly bread by his daily toll. 4 deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betaoeen morning and noon, and fal.
ling still louer bet,oeen noon and night, these
things constitute the Uery harvest time of spec
ulators, and Of the ,ohole race of those ,oho are
at once idle and crafty. d disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
eoits. 1t HundeYmines the Uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppiness.
1t wars against industry, trugalaty and econ
omy, and it fosters the euil spirits Of ertrou-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contri-
udnces for cheating the laboring classes Of
maankind, none has been more efectual than
thai aohich deludes them aoih paper money.
This Is the most efectual Of Intentions to fer
tilize the rich man fields By the s,cedt of the
poor mans bro,o. Ordinary tyranny, oppres-
sion, ercessioe taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared with
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated paper" r."-Daniel
Webster.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans of the several towns in the Coun-
ty of Cumberland requested to send delegates to
the County Convention to be held at Reception Hall,
City Building Portland, THURSDAY, Aug 8, 1878,
at 10 o'clock m to nominate candidates for -Four
Senators, Sheriff. County Treasurer, one County
Commissioner, and Clerk of Courts, to be support
at the State election in September next.
Also to choose County Committee for
the year 1879. The basis of representation
will be as follows: Each city and town to one
delegate and one for each fifty votes cast for Selden
Conner, for Govonor in 1877, fraction of thirty
votes will be entitled to an additional delegate,
Under this apportionment each city and town will
De entitled to the following number of deaeates
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

"Such medium iirredeemable paper mon
ey,) has always been liable to fuctuation. It's
Vaiuo 10 constantly cnanging, and these
changes, often great and sudden, expaso in
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin
Gus speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and ."-Chief Justice Nor.
shall
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
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The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
THE OFFICHAL AUrRORITIEs

Fsoe gears ago [1s61l The bank note circulation
Of the country amounted to not much more than
t,oo hundred million dollars; noao the circulation,
bank and national, exceeds seUen hundred nal.
tonS.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS. Dec 1866.
Without including se0ee and three tenth notes,
nadny OF the small denominations of aohich acre
IN circulation as money, and all Of aohich tend in
some measure to saceH the imitation, the paper
money of the country amounted Oct. 31st, 1866,
to the sum of $7S4, ,21S, ,O3S.--SEc. McCULLocH's s
REPORT, DEC. 1866.
Not more than fUe per cent Of the legal tender
tereStbearing notes, first issue of 7-30's] are
an circulation as currency.-CoMPTRoLLER
CLARK CURRENCY REPORT, DEC 1865.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

"a return TO specie payments at the earIi-
est possible period compatible witI, due re-
gard to all interests concerned, sh suld ever
be kept i'm view. Fluctuations in the value
OF currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest pos-
sIbie point will always be "a leading rur-
pose Ina wise le2islation. Converribiiiay,
prompt and certain converiibiIity into
coiu is acknowledged TO be the best and
snrest safeguard against shem.
ARRA VA UUNGAEN
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

"WHEN you reduce the quantity of
money" said Gen. Anderson in his Bidde
ford speech, protesting against contraction,
'you reduce the value of property" But it
is the quantity of promissory notes that the
speaker protests against reducing. Does be
mean to say that the man who calls in, pays,
his promissory notes, his debts, has reduced
the value of his property9 The general i'm
preston has been that he who is out Of debt
Is oetter on than he who owes. But the new
financial philosophy denies that
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

Capital may be produced by industry and
accumulated by economy, bat only jugglers
will propose to create it by legerdemain tricks
with paper."--ThOmaS Jefferson,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

Paper emissions by the government are
of a nainre SO Liable to abuse, may say
SO certain 10 be abused, that the wisd om of
the government will be shown by never
trmsting itseIf w th SO educing and -s-.-
serOus n power,
ALExANDER HAMILTON.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving ia is to nse it as
sparinsly as possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cuItivatin& pence, but re.
nlemberins also thar timely disbursements
10 prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements 10 repei ii
avoiding likewise the accumulation cf
debt. not only by shunninx occasions Of
expense, but by vigorous exerti0ns in time
of peace to discharge the debts which un-
avoidable wars may have occasioned, not
unRenerousiy throwing upon posteri:y the
burden which we ourselves ought TO bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

1T is noted by the English, not altogether
with pleasure, that in the last hundred years
Russia has advanced her Western frontier
eight hundred and fifty miles nearer Lon
don. In the same time she has come four
hundred and fifty miles nearer Constantine
pie and twelve hundred miles nearer to India
The English are, like the Frenchman in the
story, asking themselves if it is not about
time to ''put one stop to dis ting"
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

a paper currency is a great curse to ana
people and a particular curse to the laborer
Of any country, for its depreciation al,oays
fails upon the labOrer jackson.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

Anderson approves of the scurrilty and per-
sonal abuse which some of his supporters are
seeking to inject into the campaign, or that
be would care to provoke the comparisons
which this sort of attack naturally suggests.
1t is his duty to see that this sort of thing be
stopped as he will undoubtedly be held re-
sponsible for it by many persons.
THE indianapolis San, quoted by the Nero
Era, thinks The hardware press" are not
aware of the fact that Congress has always
had complete control of the question of f.
nance and currency, and goes on to say that
''they seem to be oblivious to the fact that
Congress has exercised the power to issue
currency ever since 1872, and that there has not
been day since that date when there was
not more or less government notes in circula-
tion as currency" No one denies that Con-
gress has the power to authorize loans, or
that if the Government borrows money Ii
can give its notes for repayment. But that
is an entirely different thing from absolute
money" paper that is not a note given for
value received or payable In the money of the
world. "Absolute money" means that Con-
gress can create values-something entirely
different from contracting debts-that Con-
gress can make something out of nothing,
power heretofore supposed to belong only to
the Deity. The Sun goes on to quote from
Daniel Webster. The quotations only show
that Webster was arguing against the right Of
the States to issue currency. What is the
relevancy of that quotation? The resump-
tionists certainly are not seeking to revive the
old system of State banks, aud the Nationals
say they are not.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

1t (paper money! tends to aggrauate the
inequality of fortunes; to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
paupers, and to deepen ana ,oidea the guilt
which separated Dues from Lazarus.-Thom-
as H, Benton.
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
LOST AND FOUND

Lost.
"A LADIES' POCKET BOOK, containing sum
IN of money and railroad ticket on B. g. M. r. R.
to Lowell. The person finding above and returning
It TO the Office OF q. s. HOTEL Portland will be sta
bly, rewarded. au6dtf
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

Rrredecmabie paper money "converis tine
business of society into a mere lottery; and
when the collapse comes, as come il must,
II casts HabOrcrs cut of employment, crush
es manufacturers and merchants and
ruins thousands of honest, industrious
citEZens.v
1kMES xUHsHANAR
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

eod&w1y
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

1.-THE loss aohich Anaericd has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestiential effects of irre-
deenaobIe paper money, on the necessary conf
dence betaoeen men, on the necessary confidence IN
Mepublic councils, on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qoy-
ernnaent constitute an enormous debt against the
States ctdrgeable Nth this u7,ddyased measure,
aoach nau remain etnSatised, or rather at is an
accumulation ofgailt Which can be erptated no
otheraciSe than By a voEuntary sacrifice on the al
ar ofj1tstice of the poaoer sohic has been the in
strunaent CT cfit.-Jdnaes Madison
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
Boat EOsnmG

Of Portland Head. Owner will find the same al
CAPT. BLAKE'S, Widgery's Wharf. au5d3t*
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07

W IA " IL II we
a LII unemployed persons to sell Teas for us on
IA salary or liberal commission. A fine dou BILE
sample case with thirtysix (36 Superior samples for
five dollars ($5) to agents.
New England sample Tea Company.
Nc, ne3 MILK street, Bcsfon, Mass.
Je1 d3m
The Portland daily press., 1878-08-07
TIE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SELDEN CONNOR.
Repre- rssentaiives TO Congress.
first District B. REED.
second WILLIAM p. FRYE.
foafth LLEWELLYN POWERS.

we DO not read anonymous letters ana communl-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
DUnications that are not used.