The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-27
% Though Lost to Sight, to Memory
Dear''-sO thinks our Correspondent.


EDITOR REpUBLIcAN:-Alm st four
years have passed and gone since
yours truly shook the dust Of Mar
shall county from his pedal extremi
ties, and followed the famous Star al
Empire" which, by the way, is one
Of the things we read about. but very
seldom see. Duringthis period l have
been in aim every prominent city
or town throughout Uncle Samueps
broad domain. 1t has been conven-
lent for me to stop off at Plymouth
but twice since my departure, and
then only few hours at time. Hav-
ing grown from infancy-to whatever
you may now be pleased TO call it
among you, It is but natural to sup
pose that | know everybody within
the bounds OF N ,rsiiall county, aud,
likewise, everybody knows me-recent
arrivals excepted. In case you see
fit to publish this 1 know there are
hundreds Of your readers will know
at once who L am. although 1 shall
append merely my nom de plume,
which 1 have written and published
over three thousand Sticks full" in
various public prints. Aud now, after
having said this much by way OF pre-
lude, / will settle down To the "gist.r
You may or may not find room for
this 10 the REPUBLICAN; but il you DO.
please insirus the compositor TO
foiloU cOpy-eyen though Il stray
bre. re should Watt it out tho window.
| am extremely particular TO small
cap sub heads" and ZEN dashes.' aud
il the compositor don't sling them in
as per copy ihere'll be blood and hair
and teeth splattering all around Cor
BIZ IS block the next time chance to
drop down among you for I'm
hard citizen" when Iiled. / might
suggest ID YOU 10 let "Danbury"
tackle it. as be knows my likes and
dislikes thoroughly. as well he ought,
for the type he has already set after
my Ms il stretched out 10 line would
possibly cover GREATER distance ihan
iuteryenes between him and mo to
night-a distance VI eighty five miles.
But 1 disress.
began this letter merely with the
intention OF giving you TN argument,
or rather 10 speak d word in favor
o: your paper, and 20 yentilate an
/ lea or two that have occu I'd TO me
in an occasional lucid interval sup
pose you know I'm Cracked"
have upon the desk before me Ut this
moment
ABIRDs EYE VIEW or PLYMOUTH.
The letter carrier left il but Il short
time ago. 1t Is entitled
"THE PLYMOUTH RErrBLIcAN."
During my four years enlargement
have received in the aggregate
about two hundred birds.eye Views
similar 10 this, and hence l am about
as well posted in old home aff .irs as
though L were still resident. l
noted with great interest the result Of
LAST FALLS rLEcnoNs.
threw up my hat-and lost it-when
L read that the oI! Democratic ring
had been perforated by John Astey
and Fred. Tescber. forgot that /
was aboard the Clark street bridge
but my hat fell ipto the drink" just
the same; damage, SIT was IL" plug,
you know. 1t was startling intelli-
gence, becacse the Democracy of
Marshall county was counted on by
outsiders as impfegnable. In my
| perambulations about the country
(partlcularly at South Bend. l have
heard Marshall county spoken OF as
being as reliably one sided as Sammy
Tilden's "solid south" / have even
heard 1t classed along With the famous
Williamson county, Ills. which, you
know, seeded during the late rebel
lion. There are a hundred ana one
other local items / have read with a
! deal OF interest. l have read from
time to time about how my old
school mates have nearly all Sworn
out a license" and cot married
There's Charles Leonard, Bert Jockey,
! Charles Durr and Oliver Soice, for
instance, and L might call to mind a
coed many more. Rumor tells me,
also, that j. G. +. Smith Is spoken
for. How is it? Perhaps rumor lies.
OF course 1 admire their courage
but don't want any in mine! have
even read that John Brooke, jr., has
become the happy pa of another pros
pective Republican voter. You see
there are few things which occur in
that "neck o woods" with which
am not posted-all by taking the
| REPUBLICAN.
L see by the Chicago Tunes that
your Legislature has RECONSTRUCTED the
State, so that you are now nearer the
center OF the district. II remember
right, EIkhart, st. Joseph, LaPorte,
Starke, Marshall and .Kosciusko
counties comprise the new Congress
SIGNAL district. On straight vote
there must OF course be a Democratic
majority, else the Democratic Legis-
iature would not have sliced the pic
in this manner. Now il you folks
want to beat this little game all you
have to do is 10 hoist the name Of