Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-02


Constitution, under which Califor-
MIA has enjoyed so many prosper
Gus years, should be on hand in
full force.
One of the most desirably located
houses in the city for rent and fur.
niture for sale cheap. The furniture
Is nearly new, of the most elegant
style and must be sold within few
days, Enquire at Fl. Meyerstein's,
No. 40 Main street.
Attention is called to the four
hours champion pedestrian con-
test, contestants to go as they
please, to come off at Agricultural
Park, Sunday, May 10th. Three
prizes are offered-$70 to first man,
$50 to second and $40 to third, the
only condition being that contest
ants shall have been residents of
Los Angeles for the three months
last past. Entries can be made
with w. Lucas, Capital saloon,
this city, or Mr.. Durfee. ut the
Park. See advertisement.
Notwithstanding an effort had
been made to mislead the people of
Ell Monte with the idea that they
were to be bull-dozed into listening
to an anti-Constitution speech, the
turnout to hear Col. Sumner last
night was one Of the largest ever
held In that town, over two hun
dred people going from this city. 1t
was at first proposed to hold the
meeting in the Town Hall; but,
finding that room too small to ac-
ommOdate the crowd, an adjourn
ment was had to the front of the
hotel, from the balcony of which
Col. Summer, who was approprl-
ately introduced by Judge Hopper,
talked to the people for an hour
and half in old-time Democratic
strains. The excursion party from
this city returned about IL o'clock.
We clip the annexed simple rec
ipe for the prevention Of lockjaw,
from an exchange. We advise our
readers to cut it ont and paste it In
their scrap books as 1t may be of
use: Every little while we read in
the papers of some one who has
stuck a rusty nail in his foot or
hand, and that lockjaw has resulted
therefrom. II every person in the
world was aware Of a perfect rem
edy for all such wounds. and would
apply it, then all such reports must
cease. Yet all such wounds can be
healed without the fatal conse-
quences which follow them. Smoke
the wound, or any bruise or wound
that is inflamed, with burning
wool or wooden cloth. Twenty min.
utes in the smoke of wool will take
the pain out of the worst wound,
and repeated once or twice, it will
allay the worst case Of infiamma-
tion.
When all the little controversies
Of which we, in common with our
fatigued readers are the victims
just now, have been gathered as an
'alms of oblivion into the wallet
Of time" (see Troilus aud Cressida
for the paralleD tho reputation for
fairness which the HERALD has
aimed to acquire will survive. We
cannot tolerate misstatements
whether they be for or against us.
The Express of yesterday evening
said that, at the anti-Constitution
meeting, following some personal
compliments which Col. Sumner
bestowed upon Col. Ayers. of the
Express, three cheers were given for
the Express and for Col. Ayers, both
by name. Such recognition of
the merit of our accomplished col
ldboratrur would have been per-
feclly proper at his own skeleton
meeting In front Of the Court
House. But we can assure the peo-
pie that, having been delighted
auditor TO those portions Of Mr..
Summers speech that were not
personal, we are prepared to state,
at no stage of the meeting, whether
by Mr.. Sumner or any one else,
was the name of the Express news
paper mentioned. Col. Ayers was
referred to as "Jim Ayers" and
JUL uCCOlu piisueu IIlCuub uuucI
this familiar and colloquial title,
was rather roughly handled by Mr..
Sumner "a circumstance which
ended our sympathy with the
speakers discourse as long as 1t re-
lated to personal matters. The one
thing that we do object to Is that
the man who proposed three cheers
for "Jimn Ayers-quite a liberty
taken with q dignified gentleman,
we think-hadn't the grace to re-
spond with his own single 'cock-a-
doodle-doo." If the audience which
listened to Colonel Ayers failed to
cheer him they ought to be kicked;
ii the audience which listened
to Colonel Sumner had really
committed that fault of taste,
so out of unison with the senti-
ments of the mass of the specta-
tors, they would have deserved,
severally and individually, to be
"bucked and gagged" At no stage
of Mr.. Summers speech was the
Express even referred to by name.
In the language of Falstaff, In view
of certain paragraphs in the E1-
press of yesterday evening, we are
tempted to excIaim, "Good Lord,
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