Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-27
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The President I'm I1zAAsas
HIS SPKkCH AT A COUNTY fAlA
me Presiaens,ai party LEFT Dodge Gs, 1 re.
turn to Topeka. At Larned Station the ts>Nn
halted long enough to enable the party to vtss>
the county fair. The President and Gen Srer
man made few brief remarks. The President
said: 1t pleaseS me to meet the people of the
United states in different parts OF the country
under great variety OF circumstances. 1t Is
mode OF exhibiting attachment to free govern
ment, this coming out to see those prominently
connected with it. 1t is not particularly per-
sonal compliment to nyoody: II belongs 70
your loyalty. your patriotism. your attachment
to the flag Of the republic and its great history
1t means respect and hope for the institutions
under which we live wish to assure you that
! have met no assemblage on my travels more
interesting to me than this. The gentleman
who addressed me at the cars told me this was
a hve-year-old settlement; that this county
town is but five years old II all new settle
ments in the world were built upon the same
cornerstone that you built the structure OF
your society upon, the future OF these settle
ments would be far more hopeful and far more
prosperous than many Of them are. (Cheer5
see what is your cornerstone. 1t Is popular
education, 1t Is the free school. After i've or
six years OF business depression it is the judg
ment Of the best informed men that we have
struck, TO use common and popular phrase
the hard pan,' and that we are rapidly ascend
ing that grade called hard times to more
favorable condition. Before starting on this
tour thought to gather certain facts that l
might present to audiences on this subject, but
VIII name but two. wrote to very intell-
leht gentleman In Plttsburg. knew that Pitts
burg, the great iron manufacturing city of this
country, had suffered more severely than any
other great city. perhaps from the hard times.
and the reply that got from him was this: He
had written to twenty of the leading glass and
iron manufacturers of the city, and they had
rep led In twenty letters full OF hope and en-
cOuiagement-not for the capitalist alone, not
for The business man alone. but for the laoorers
as well, showing that profitable employment
for labor and capital or business enterprise has
[Cheers.l That is but specimen OF what Is
going on all over the East. 1t reaches to the
West, and whether it is here yet or not do not
know, but it is coming. You are to share in it,"
GEN. SHERMAN
expressed his surprise at the rapid growth of
Kansas and spoke of the changes since he was
there ears ago as military commander. At the
Hay eS was called for, and on being presented
to the crowd by Gen. Sherman as the best part
of"his speech she was greeted In an enthusiasts
tic manner, and made Kansas mother happy
by taking her baby in her arms, which was
handed to the platform as a specimen of juve-
nlie western humanity. Gov. st. John was
called upon and made BRIEF pointed speech,
efter which the party returned to the train and
resumed their journey.
A DISAPPOINTED GILMAN
morning Chinaman came into Youngsworths
chop shop with basket containing about half
which he offered to dispose OF at six bits per
dozen, calling them "fogs." When told that
they were not frogs, but toads, and unfit to eat,
the Chinaman looked unhappy. He evidently
thought he was bringing to town luxury that
would be snapped up almost instantly at big
price. Said he: "road. toad-you Gale him
1oad ~, Certainly" said Youngsworth, "regu,
Me thinkee you foolee me. Him walkee all same
fog him talkee all same fog; what for him
toads?" and John looked as If ne suspected tne
toad talk was job to get his "tlogs" for moth
Ing. John was assured his game was mo good"
and he finally turned sadly away, yet he he'd
on to his toads and carried them off In the d.
fellow had logged his load of toads, all alive
and kicking, too, all the away from the town Of
Sutro, having found them about some pond
down that way Vi,ginia tNeD Enterprise.
ALL THE NATTY LEATHERsToCKINGs in Ne
by the newspapers of the Far West to be the
grandest bear hunt ever known on this CONT
nent. The Virginia City Chronicle, not having
local Macaulay at its disposal, has sent out a
daily from the front. 1t appears that In the
wids near Weber Lake, Nevada, there has long
lived to depredate and deprecated to live
famous grizzly known as "Old Brin"-hts name
being corrupted from "Old Bruin." The start
YVES made on the 14th inst, with Weber Lake
as the meeting place, but there has yet been no
report as TO the success OF the hunt The first tele
gram to the Chronicle announced that 200 hunt
ers had been enrolled, with scores constantly
coming In. Many OF the 200 are men who have
lived on the chase all their days. Not few bear
marks OF personal encounters with grizzlies.
The modern Cooper writes:-"One man has half
his face torn away, another has scarcely any
calf left on the leg that fell in the way of griz
zly's mouth ten years ago, and half dozen can
show the autographs placed on their bodies by
a grlZzly's paw. These beasts do not exactly
wIite Spencerian hand, but 1t Ia mighty legi-
bic The hunters will not devote all their am
munition to Old Brln, but expect to lay In a
good supply OF the meat Of other grizzlies and
of cnnamons as well. The hunt will last until
october in all like likelihood.
A CORRESPONDENTS of the London Times, trav-
cling in Sweden, speaks OF the general well-to-
small towns which he visited had its school
house, its church. its newspaper, and most of
them had their public garden; the streets were
paved and lighted with oil lamps swung across