The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-08-07
NEBRASKA LETTER.
KEARNEY. NRR July a7th,

| h1AhNEIs NIX uiy zSGu 1o<Se
! ED. PRESS Hot weather, drouth. deluges
cyclones. yellow fever, and the negro exodus
have disturbed the minds of our good citizens
to q remarkable degree. during the past few
| weeks.
The fact is. this has been a very remark a6le
| season in Nebraska. Until about the 4th of July
there were constant and copious rains; such as
would have made your roads i'm. .'assable, and
rendered farming an utter impossibility. Not
| so here; for no amount of rain will make a
mud hole" of our rolling prairies. or make
the soil impracticable for farming purposes.
Crops Of all kinds shot up with wonderful
rapidity. and more than . generous yield was
promised. and will be realized. with the excep.
tion of few localities which have been visited
with violent hail and wind storms. Some por-
tions or the State. in which can be included
Franklin County. were visited with two weeks
of drouth. which commenced about the first of
July. The yield of small grain was somewhat
dimlnlshed on that account, and the corn was
looked upon as a total failure. but about the
time the farmers had accepted the conclusion,
1t was good bye. John.' one OF the "dOSgon-
dest" rains opened up that has ever been re-
corded. The ' Oldest inhabitant" when speak
ing of storms in the future. will refer to 1t as
the - Nebraska waterspout" Of July 2end 1879
kearney was afloat and all of Eddison's ma
S"A"CAy AOr pEOuuCiu8 eleCCrlc I1&DC, IL SET IN
motion. would have been only as a tallow '.dip''
IN the universe, when compared to the sheets of
fame that extended over the heavens, illumin-
ating the earth with brilliancy grand beyond
description. No serious damage has as yet
been reported. and none is expected. there
was no hail. and the wind was not violent.
The cyclone the Eastern press gave credit
for some time ago. SO far as Nebraska was con-
cerned. was harmless affair. and injured nei-
ther man. woman or child. 1t raised the devil
though. in Kansas. where it originated, and
Missouri. where it wound up. We i'd a small
affair at Red Cloud, in the Republican Valley
which was characterized by that name to give it
" tone" but it was feeble affair to be distin-
guished by SO sensational a name. No one was
killed. and but few injured. Property was
damaged to some extent. but q recent report Of
their crops shows that the yield will be greater
than last year.
Republicans are SO numerous here, that dem.
Onstrations of sympathy for the poor unfortu-
nate yellow fever sufferers are very limited and
1 have frequently heard such blasphemy as
" providence has brought it upon them for their
SINS" uttered with voice ne modulated so as to
render sanctimonious whine. What mockery
on Christianity. What accursed blasphemy in
tho sight of God. No wonder that such men a,
Robert Insersol. with all his tender charity for
his feliOw-man. would revOlutIonize this selfish
idOlatry. called religion.
The negro exodus" has invaded our State
and they are to be found In goodly numbers
within the shadow Of our State Capitol holding
and devising means to stuff their
pauper carcasses by systematic begging The
poor white man. whose workshop has been clos
ed 70 feast q Republican master. is an outlaw in
our State. and to ask for crust OF bread to ap-
pease his hunger. subjects him to fine or i'm
nnsnk t..kh A..
muses. are Toasted and fattened at the public |
expense. and in return. only asked to vote the |
ticket. For this the movement was |
inaugurated. but one Nebras ka winter will sat- |
lsfy these wards of the Republican party that |
Ehcy have been egregiously sold. and If they are
not all frozen to death. there will next Spring
be such stampede for the sunny South, that |
ptous Republicans will howl with disappointed |
rage.
A daily Democratic paper has been recently |
born in Lincoln. which is ably edited. and will |
DO power In the State. The party is :" not
lead" but has been asleep. and when it wakes |
mp, and has new life infused into it by thorough |
organization. no telling what grand results will
be achieved. In my opinion. Republicans will |
wake up to the consciousness that they must
loose their grasp On the "public teat," and
transfer 1t to better hands. at almost any time,
and II virtue brings its reward" the day is
not far distant.
Mr. Editor. regret the necessity which COM
'els me to relinquish my position as an occa-
fonal correspondent Of your valuable paper;
,ut the burdens which increase upon me day by
lay. renders it impossible for me to perform the
iuty with any credibility to myself, or satisfac-
ion to your readers. May the princi pies you
lave 20 long and fearlessly advocated in the in
crest of true government. and the fundamental
of your fellow man, finally overcome
and falsehood. is the earnest wish of
Your friend,
SALEM PRATT