Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-08-28
Nasty.


am disgusted aud dishearteued. Every
thing under heaven seems to work Agin the
| Democracy. and make coutinyood success
| Impossible. We succeeded in electin a
democratic tongris, the people heviu tired
NV republican rool. aud n did seem to me
that there wuz nothin In the way NV a con.
unyooance thereof. for indetinit period
| looked confidently fored 70 the post Office
at the Corners, and RELY expected that
shood end my days holding that commls-
shun and speudin the salary pleasantly aud
/ cheerfully at Bsscoms
| In the fust place we ~uz shoor that Sher-
mans resumption wood cause wide spread
/ disaster, wich the people wood charge to
1 the republikin party, and would bring the
I Nashncis over to u-, soonitIn both parties
/ sgln the common foe, and that after that
/ every thing would be plain saIlin. We Good
| sweep The kentry like a tornado, leevin
I nary gTcesespot NV the Radikels behind US.
I But somehow It didn't work. Sherman
I Tcsoomed tie fust " Janooary withoutthe
s.itest trubble, aud the kentry. instid Nv
I coin TO evcrlastiu room. we0t on lruspcrlu
/ al a faster ra'e than ever To our horror
| failyoOrs begun To grow lesser and lesser,
and when I went too Louisville aud inter
viewed tnr merchants and manufacturers.
aud they all told me that bznes wuz better
/ than 1t had bin inr yerrs. and thet Il wuz
constantly Increasing. and ncreesin. to In
helthy way. aud thet they wuz q payin
their hands prompy, and thet the hands
wux gcttin on first rate and wuZ comfort
| able; then my hart sunk within nv ouzxom
| and I went home dishartenei aud di.cur-
ridgcd.
Bascom d, more uv Roman than am
( This Sux eTly In the sccsOn. aud when
wuz ~eepln over the prosperity Nv the ken
uy. hc rcmarki, Brace up. parsnn, there
{. ril hope for the dimocrisy. The crop.
may yit fsle, ard room may ylt cnsool''
Them words give me hope. and watch
ell the crop report. with intense anxiety.
ani sighed Ike jeremiah. the great la
mruger-
Dh lhet the frost wood strike the corn Ia
the blade. and the cowcumber, on the
vine
On thct The fruit wood perish In the bud.
/, and the -cab would git snoug the sheep,
on thaf the muTrain ard the horn-aii
~n"i rage smoug The AiLr
On thci the giauders wood sprrd anon:
the bose. and cut them down by the thou
.ahi. yea. by the ten thousand
Oif ihrt thr cholera wood rrvsi stnnuv
the hogs and destroy them all. from The
nurture SOW down :. the tender aud sue
cul-HI sucking,
Oh thct the rot wood destroy the pcrta-
ter. and tie cut worm the lruder corr
Then wood the people b" dis,rr,t. and
they wood charge tt 10 the account uv John
sherman. resumption snd the republican
party. and We shood elect lIlJcn and he
form In 1880. aud shood enjoy my post
OIL -
Al uv these wool it taAc. and more. to
eushoor a triumf fer The dlnocrisy.
waited Ter these Ia vane. Nachcr favers
the r-pubiAin party. Their wuz cut
worm. no frost, no hog-cholcra, no murs'n.
no uuthln. he'd some hope wuust. when
| herd the weevil aud Hessisn ny he'd APP
pearrd in the wheel tn iliinoy bot my sole
sank when the report ~uE pronounced uu-
founded. The wheel is ascragtn 80 bush
el, 81 the aker, 1t is sellln for dollar or
Whereabouts and the mou-y pade fur It i
good aud the isruirr j. rejoicln.
what good does IL do fur me to go about
bowling about hard times 10 a farmer with
80 bu ,hrl. to the aAre Ia his barn-.
That good is 1t 10 howl about bad muu-
ry, whru be farmer Kin h-v gold aud Ill.
yer, rf lac wants II, jl5t the same n paper
moncy:
Wat's the yoose NV talking about
change NV polisy when the people Is all on
a broad griD.
hey only one more hope. There are
occgshuns when corn Is the principal crop,
and corn may yit be destroyed. A early
frost ID Suthern Indiana might do Us some
good; but after the disappointment with
the wheet hev but faint hopes NV that.
But II there Good be Il frost that wood kill
the entire crop. and TINS put up the price
Nv whiskey and side pork, IL would -nragr
that seckshun and thus enshoor that State
ior Tidrn and reform.
But hey no hope NV enything. | am so
yoost to disappointment thar | shood be
surprised al eny such streek ov luck. IL
don't do no good tor me To leen up agin a
lamp post and sware that work kant be
had in consequence Nv John Sherman re-
coustruct-hen, for Joe Bigler jeers aud
usss when | ever did put 10 a stroke w
work enyhow. And once when l was de-
claimin sgIn the scarcity Nv labor, he put
me down by otierin me a dollar aud a half
. day to 90 out and hoe corn on a farm he
hez. fur wich he coodn't git labor enuti.
To Civ us eny hope Nv success We must hev
hard times IN ded earnest, and reel dis
tre.s. and ov that | can see no hope. Mach
er is agin US, and who can tite agin hacher7
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