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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12

! on TIE ear,
A well-knowu field ofIieer-a kcr.
nel Of corn.
A helS po'6rS heayCnwarl whom i,
means mischief.
What is homo without dog ? d!
paradise for cats.
1t ~ in bass'druu that two head :
are better tbau one.
CIocts arc awrnlly dissipatcd; they
keep Nil kInis Or hours.
y dr,lt will bring on coll. cure
th' cold aud pIy Tao doctors bill.
why should wool cn'ter never be
hungry? Because he, can always
harc chop by axIog.
No'h,ng ia wholly bad. Even a
dark llnlera has it, Dri.ht ill.
No oos objects wh.n his tailor
threatens to give him it's.
I'm editor can collect his sense.
ea-icr than bee can his Il l,ira.
They drr-. most esp n..vcly who
20 TO the lawJ cr Tor thr,r suits.
Nearly al women like soldiers.
ani -om, woull hSc a,lo,i od,r-s,r
Which is the most Dangerous bat
that h,cs IN the ait 2 4 bii,n-b {
Why is u woman's tongue lkc IL
good clock .,-Becau,e J., u,, VI stand,
suIl.
U,' m wrll, am cycry,oIy-
swatch nv hAcH, am n.DonJ -
iooAlul Ii,'5,
t YONG man INST stick hm.cl.
to business with tho glue OF industry.
The pcr'on whom ypp can read
ike II book must be man q. letters.
Why i, the worl! like music Be-.
cause /, Is inil ol -hatps anl llnts,
a mln RAY bo HDrs, rhnn Ice ought
to be-, nut he cannot be nny better.
When two dentists are plr;nrf-
they rarely ql'rrcI-tney pun t.
sether.
1t is meet and drink that has de
priycI many u family OF food.
| a deed worth recording the deed
OF "A house 10 your wife.
In some respects the gcntlor sex
far surptss Us, No nan, for in-
stsuce, can deliver II lecture with a
dozen pms ia his mouth.
All railroads - Watering places
have u rlSht to cal themselves great
trunk lines.
An English firm sold 5000 fire
proof sales ia Turkey before IL WAS
asccrt1ned that tue dllIug WAS ou.y
saHdUst.
Why is II glass OF fresh lager like
- mad dog! Because it lrotAs at
the mouth.
pecroation day occurs to women
three hundred AMI thir,eaa times 4
year, We omit wash day.
What is the worst thing about
riches p asked tue Snul.y.scu,,l
superintendent And the new boy
sad, Not having any.
Why do thieves lead Il comfortable
life ! Because they take things
easy.
A standing joke-iuyitiag n hun
drel people 10 a party in a house
where there are only fifty chairs.
1t is said that the pen is mightler
than the sword. Neither is OF much
value without the holder.
A philosopher who went to church
where the people came IN late. sad
it was "the fashion there for nobody
to so until every body got there.
Mauy professional people are now
complaining Of tho badness Of tho
times, but none look 50 much down
in the moIth as the dentists.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12
| cay, Snmso, wero You ever il

II say, Samso, wero you ever in =
toxicated :"
mo. Julius, nebor was you 7"
"Well, / was, Sambo."
Didn't it make You feel good 7"
"Yah but golly, next morniu' /
thought my head was wood shed,
and all the niggers in Christendom
was splitting wood in il T.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12

Remember, unjer No circumstances sU'uld
you buy Keeper or Mower uu''l you Asya sE.
Amluei rRr CHNNPtpV. whenrvsr yog
hear Oi one Of these N Naeoluss 10 your ,i,it ~
no not An O. eA-nIac it tA.rvagAiy, 90,
i-shtncs VI u an, is Marvellous Mesviaeat,
rs Strnnci~ .al Ws Aal1pAt.s Abast-s.lt
o. eVtvs-r,niitiAu 20 .le acll. sAa uol all q
eomnen1 tt ayeF all otsegs fsrm. 70 viii a.
more ttAn ever sat.,aci, lea thry tnvesti,
ate Us maaitail Ntst.as 81 SAP gtHgl,Y, ANl
lest us uuuetors alSAntkges, tAst the,'h \ I
ptnN is cgsfsi0ly TIE NANNlN-f % ae l-s.
TERED.
It's rsA.natei hy "a. ohsi sNmpetent lRlsrs
that over oae-asu ~ sac HaY sal Rrkta Crtp
tu ghe NHttsi states a. harvested ettA GAA Y
nN ~suNfkS \ kkArERS. rkoss Neis.
tgAted NN-Slnes ~ sA.A ~
Nth, GAknNkh. Se'iasxrvNe
RNHfkg SNirN. Niietrtats.
J, 1. AtN2AMAN. rrV,siNil@
r-'stsS ~ the rtarsllpg AsSpts
.eS Lsstssag.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12

Milussds CAKE Two eyss. hu,,
tor tho sise OF an egg
water, two.thlrds
que cup OF M u
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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12
1t Is meet and drink that has dc
'rivcI many family OF food.

a deed worth recording the deed
OF house to your wife.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-12

fc is no death! TIE stars g, lo~a
rise upon some fairer shore |;
brigh, in Heavens jeweIcd crown
Sey shine forevermoce,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
THE PRoGREss OF TEXAS.

The New York Herald, in touch
ing upon Sentor Conkling's refer
ence to the probable future political
power of the South. to be derived
from Texas, says:
Senator Conkling. in his speech al
the Academy of Music the other
evening, touched upon one of the
most important questions in our po-
ftics in allusion to the inequality of
senatorial representation and to the
political possibilities of the immense
state OF Texas. The latest exact
statistics of the changes in its inte-
rior are of especial interest in con-
nection with this subject They in
dicate the rapid approach of a day,
which is inevitable, when a new al
lotment Of power must give to the
population of the Southwest sn
enormous influence. proportionate 10
its destined destiny and its present
extent. No other part of the North
American continent unites such
great natural advantages of soil, cli-
mate. interior navigation and water
power with cheapness and freedom
of domain. II has been a misfor-
tune in the history Of Texas that
reputation for lawlessness has clung
to ii so long after its admission into
the Union as 10 retard the infiowing
tide of immigration. This has been
the effect of its situation upon the
borders Of the country from which
it forcibly separated, and the min
Cling of Mexicans, Indians and
Americans in haphazard struggle
for the greatest advantage. These
influences, however, have grown
much weaker since the close of
the war, and in one department
alone the new census shows that
the people are fast advancing
in thrift and in civilization.
The school-attending population in
1877 was 102, ,98l. In 1880, but three
years later. ii is 25S,S50-more than
twice as great. This is significant
index of the tendency of the great
commonwealth and shows that it is
advancing in the right direction. 1t
will remove the chief doubt that has
rested in the mind of many an in
tending resident, deterring him from
fulfilling his purpose. With such an
educational development and the
princely endowment possessed by
its public schools in unoccupied
lands it will be impossible for the
name of Texas long 10 remain
synonym for semibarbarity and that
its inheritance of empire should
long be delayed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

NEXT Tuesday is election day in
Colorado, when a representative in
Congress is to be chosen. On the
following day, Wednesday, Georgia
holds its election for governor and
other state officers. On Tuesday,
the 18th of October, comes the great
struggles in Indiana and Oho-for a
governor and state officers, a legisla-
ture and members of Congress in
Indiana, and for minor state officers,
legislators and congressman in Ohio.
On the same day an election is 10 be
held in West Virginia for state off,
GERS and a legislature.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
DECIDEDLY SPONTANEOUS.

Dick Hubbard must not be de-
MED the right of free speech away
of in Indiana, where he is lsboring
for the Democratic cause. II gives
him consolation, far away from
home and amidst strangers, and he
must be allowed TO indulge himself.
He is big man corporally and 9TH
erwise, and to object to his appear
ing to advantage along side the big
guns of the country is wrong. The
truth about it is, Hubbard is a great
orator. He bursts forth, spontane-
ously, like volcano, and a perfect
lava Of words fall in all directions
and in all places. He is a human
Eesuvius, belching forth gas and
explosiveness, and his words have a
natural brilliancy. glowing at times
most strikingly, and often as start
ling as wondrous. He feels his
power, and hence it was that he told
Courier-JouTndl reporter. that he
was going back 10 Texas 10 speak TO
the colored voters, and that half
of them would vote for Hancock.
He was in one of his grandeloquent
humors after he had electrified an
audience in indianapolis, and when
Sentinel reporter followed him to
his hotel, TO learn if possible some of
the distinguished gentleman's real
political history. he found the ex-
Governor in disposition TO COM
municate on this point. Part OF the
interview went as follows:
RepOrter-When were you first
elected governor of TexasI
Gov. Hubbard was first elected
in 1873 by $4,000 majority, being the
first Democratic governor elected
since the war, and 1 succeeded a
very vile Radical administration of
our state. In 1875 / was reelected
by over 100000 majority. / held the
Office for term and half. AT the
last state convention l positively de-
clined denomination, as my busi-
ness relations were of such charac-
ter that could not afford it,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

THE New York Star. the organ of
Tammany. referring to the grand
Democratic rally in the great metro
politan city. says:
Have they heard the news from
New York? 1t goes on to-day sound
ing with prolonged echo that will
become perpetual. 1t is heard in
Maine, to give new strength to the
awakened spirit of the Pine Tree
State; it will permeate Now England
with new promise; to the SyV6st il
will go with wings of ene0ujage
ment; in the South it will be the
messenger of peace in atonement for
many insults and injuries; it will
fire the Northern heart with the as
,surance of the coming victory
everywhere it will sound like music
in the patriots ear and ring the
death-knell of a discounted faction
in the very strongholds of Radical
ism.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
NOT ABSOLUTELY ron SALE

Much dissatisfaction, il is said,
prevails among New York Republi-
cans about the alliance between
Chairman Jewell and Gen. Weaver,
the Greenback nominee for the pres
idency. 1t is known that the Re-
publican party has been compro-
missed by this alliance, and that its
money has been wasted, with moth
ing but disaster in return. When
Gen. Weaver stumped Alabama and
Arkansas in support of q Republi-
can-Greenback fusion, supported by
JEWELS committee, it was looked
upon as necessary surrender of
principle to expediency, but when it
became evident that the fusion in
Alabama and Arkansas was merely
banding of a few political camp
followers 10 plunder the national
committee. tn" waste Of Republican
means was -rvcrrly criticised. The
Maine con-. Il developed 10 boll
the Republican, ani.the unpurchas-
able GreenbHckcr- that Gen. Wea-
yer had sold out sill The immediate
and reversionnr} interests Of him
self, as a candidate Of his party, 10
give direct aid 10 tho election Of
Garfield. Under that contract Gen.
Weaver was sent to Maine to defeat
fusion, but there, as in the South, II
was disaster that followed him.
There is continuing contract to op-
pose fusion in Maine on the electoral
ticket, and Weaver will do his best to
defeat the only four electors he could
possibly receive in any state of the
Union. He has also contracted to
take the stump in Indiana in favor
of he Republicans of that state.
Having exhausted himself unavail-
ingly to save Maine for the Blaine
ticket by denouncing fusion, he and
Blaine will soon be on the stump in
Indiana, teaching different doc
trines, but urging the election of the
same ticket with equal fervor. In
Indiana Weaver will be unable to
deliver goods he has sold, and the
unmarketable portion of his flock
are withdrawing from the auc-
ton. while leaders are revolt
ing and striking at those who
are trading them off for cost
or approved political promises.
In paragraph. elsewhere, ref
erence is made 10 this Greenback
disaffection. The truth about it is,
Democracy is ahead, and great
many politicians are trying 20 catch
up with it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

The attempt of the grandees of
Spain TO substitute horse racing az
the popular amusement instead OF
bull fighting has failed, despite The
powerful support the movement re-
ceived, 1t appears that while the
Spanish people welcomed the horse
racing and enjoyed IL, they came TO
the conclusion that there was no rea-
SON why they should not indulge in
both the old and the new sport. So
they now vary the trials OF speed be-
tween fast horses with desperate
contests between men aud bulls. At
San Sebastian the fashionable water
ing place of Spain. the bull fights
draw thousands of spectators, and
the danger Of these encounters
are relisbed with as much apparent
Zest as in the past ages. Upon a re-
cent occasion when the faYorite to-
reado was goEed and trampled upon
by an infuriated bull, until il was be-
lieyed he was killed, the ladies left
their seats in the arena and crowd
ing around the injured man. after he
had been rescued, many OF them
kissed him upon the, forehead as a
mark of their admiration. As long
as the Spanish ladies Thus recognize
bull fighting il will be defIicult 10
crush out the custom.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

JUDeE a. b. NORTON, he of un-
shorn beard and hair fame, is in In
disna, as private letter writer says
making speeches
Replete with stories of the most
horrid outrages perpetrated against
union men all over Texas by your
people twenty years ago and later,
averring that the same spirit was
stiR rampant, not only in Texas, but
all over the South. He narrated the
hanging, shooting and driving out
of men innumerablc for opinions
sake merely, and warned us as We
valued everything in the way of law
and order, TO elect the Republican
president. and thus crush out the re-
bellious spirit still, as Of old, actuat-
ing the people Of your section.
A Republican, who is not appar-
emily intensely and bitterly sectional
is the exception They are bidding
for Office, and Judge Norton, whom
the people OF Texas have treated
most kindly, goes along with the
howhng herd begging for that BY
which he has so long sustained him.
self.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

"A DELEGATION of geniIemen. rep
resenting the shipping interests of
New York city,visited Gen. hancock
on the 27th. On beng presented
the chairman thus aoul cssed the
coming president:
Irrespective Of former political
affiliations, We come now W pay you
our respects. We do not claim TO
represent the views of su persons
engaged in our business, put we
can safely assure you thai great
majority of them are your friends
and ardent supporters. avery man
you see here is necessary element
in the makeup of our principal
sources of national wealth and pros
perity-the shipping interest Be
fore you are the shipwright, the
ship owner, the ship merchant, the
ship chandler, the ship mas,.r, rigger,
the master stevedore, inc master
sail-maker, the ballast master, the
shipping master and the puot. We
are not politicians; we ule not of.
fice-seekers; We are all uusiness
men and many of us vlctlms of
class legislation which We nnve pa
tiently borne for several ,uars. al
ways hoping for the change that we
now see In the near future. tieneral,
we confidently look forward TO the
day when your record ~ caief mag
istrate of this nation viii compare
fayorably with your past military
career and be fonnd equally i'm
pressed in the hearts of the Amer
lean people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07
conkiIns'@ Sectional War.

We have taken for granted that
the Southern propeTty-holder il the
same kind of human being rs the
rest OF us and has 10 be cOnciliatcd
by the same methods. We have
thought, therefore. that the denun-
ciatory tone of Republican platforms
and speeches and articles ever since
1860 was. ss matter of practical
politics, Il great mistake, and that,
with more forbeGrance of speech and
more blindness 10 fault. which were,
in moving world, plainly. tempo
rary, and little livelicr perception
of virtues on our part. the owners
of the commercial. financial and in
dustrial interests az the South might
have been largely won over into
sympathy with. if not active support
of, the party At thc North which is.
i'll our eyes, unquestionahly the
guardian of those interests all over
the country. The policy which has
been pursued, however, and OF
which Mr.. Conkling has been one
of the foremost supporters, has been
that Of organizing, through Fed
e-al agents, the non-taXpayers- of
the South against the taxpayers in q
political party and preaching to
them at every election hatred and
distrust of the very persons to whose
skill and intelligence the South must
mainly look for the revival OF her
material prosperity. The mischief
thus done we believe 10 be incalcu-
liable and speeches like Mr.. Conk-
liDg's, which have not even the ex-
cu-e Of fanatical ignorance, can not
but greatly aggravate il, because
they convince the Southerners that
the Republican party Is determined
to hate and pursue them whether
they present themselves as taXpay-
ers or non-taXpapers. Ii the Repub-
lican party should father the Sena-
tors doctrine that those sections of
the country which have most capital
and manufactures and the best mines
ought 10 have most political power,
and that the distribution of this
power a. made by the Federal Con-
stitution on the basis partly of popu-
lation and partly Of historical unity,
is in practice dangerous and unfair,
it viii insure itself az deep and swift
damnation 40 overlook the Federal
party for sins much less grievous-
National Republican.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

AMERICAN ship interests have
been allowed to decline SO much un-
der the unhealthy legislation of the
Republican party, that 1t costs twice
as much now to build ship in
America as in England. A New
York sea captain lately wanted a
ship built, and the same plans pre-
sented TO American and English ship
builders were bid upon with differ
ence of two to one. The ship would
have cost him on this side the Atlan-
tic 100000. while on the other side
he paid 100000. The tale is told by
the ship builders who waited upon
Gen. Hancock few days ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

Ok September % Democrats of
Now York City, under the auspices
of Tammany, turned out in torch
light procession $4,000 strong. 1t is
reported by the New York papers
as one of the grandest sights ever
seen in that city. The Star in an ex-
tended report says:
The enthusiasm was unbouuded,
reaching pitch hardly anticipated
even by the most sanguiDe members
of the various committees. The re-
suit was that upward of 10000 men
participated in the torchlight parade.
while a quarter of million persons
lined the thoroughfarcs through
which il passed or eongregatcd in
Talnmany Hall and around the
speakers stands. 1t was great out
pouring of the masses in honor of
the Democratic candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency of
the United States. and il will occu-
DIV prominent place in the history
Of the city for many years to come.
After last nights demonstration
there can be no doubt as to how the
Empire State will vote in the No
vember election. The city will roll
up such a tremendous majority for
the Democratic ticket that il will
completely swamp any Republican
vote that can be secured in the rural
districts of the state. The celebra-
ton of the completion of the At
lantic cable, and the receptions that
were extended TO the Prince of
Wales and the Grand Duke Alexis
were great in their way, but they pale
into insignifcance when compared
with the great Hancock and English
rally.
Tammany was founded by Demo-
Gratis in 1889, and never in its his
tory has such enthusiasm prevailed
among Democrats. THERE'S perfect
harmony, and il promises victory.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

The Crockett Patron tells of u
bold robbery. A colored man, un-
der an assumed name, came to Mr..
Fruits livery stable, 10 hire a horse
professedly to go sixteen miles in
the country. he deposited with
him $50, got a pony, and that day
rode thirty-six miles, to near the
house Of Mr. Wiley Thompson, in
Cherokee county. Just as the family
had gotten through with breakfast,
and Mr.. 7. left the house and while
the family were employed in the
dinning room, he entered the back
door and turned into Mr.. T.'s room
and took out q trunk and retired
without being SEEN A thick growth
of weeds came near the house and
the woods were not far OF. He
broke open the trunk down in the
woods and obtained between $1,000
and $1,000, and valuable notes and
papers, and that afternoon, at two
hours before sun, was back In Crock
efi, and had returned the pony and
his SO He was traced
back 10 Crockett, but had doubtless
ieft on the cars Monday.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, 1t was ex-
pected, would have been back home
by this time to commence a canvass
of the fifth congressional district,
but having been invited by the ma
tional committee to make few
speeches in Ohio, between now and
the 18th, and, having agreed to do
so, he will not be home before the
middle of the month. He will then
devote himself to the canvass here,
and will visit portions of the dis
trict where he can do the most good.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

THE Age calls it, as the STATES
MAN said, idle talk to presume that
the United States senatorship be-
longs to any one man. The Office
belongs to the people of Texas, and
they will dispose of it, says the 4ge,
as it is thought best. This rule did
not hold good, however, when Gen.
Maxey was made Senator. Only
eleven members of the legislature
really favored his election, and yet
this is not said in disparsgement of
Senator Maxey.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

IT is expected that Mr.. L. II. Bow
man will resign the position of chief
clerk in the Department of State, in
December next, which office he has
filled siuce 1874. Should his friends
see proper to present his name for
appointment to the position of Sec
retary of State, which position, IT is
understood, will be vacated by Col.
Templeton. the STATESMAN will
give him a cheerful and hearty sup
port.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-07

WHILE Gen. Weaver is attempting
to serve Republicans, his congress
ional district is being contested by a
Republican. No objection is made
and il shows that a trade Is un-
doubtedly at the bottom of sll OF il.
And yet the ugliest part of the affair,
as it affects Weaver, is that il now
appears he will he unable 10 carry
out the contract.