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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-27
By Jame, NJ. Taylor * son.
BN JNIIII' VI 'Wl - WI
Real Estate Agents and Auctionetrs'
Office corner Eleventh and Bank streets.


rT,RUSTEE,S SALE OF A NICE LIT
/ TIE FARM OF ABOUT 1876 ACRES, WITH
A COMFORTABLE FRAME DWELLING AND
.0UIUOUSFS THEREON. LY NJ ~ THE
COUNTY OF HENRICO ABOUT TEN rs
BELOW THE CITY Of RICHMOND. Al AUG
TION.-B virtue OF a deed of trust oaied Septen
Der ., 1868. To the subscriber from William D..
Hicks recorded in the clerks Office OF Henrlc0
County Court in -. f. 81, page All. 10 secure the
plymeni of certain bond therein menilohcl' dc,
,uit having been made In the payment OF slld
hond. and AZ the request Of The holder thereof !
W II proceed 10 Sell at public auction IN front OF
HenricO county courthouse, on MONDAY thc Slh
DAY of Mirch. 1850 lthat boitg c0nrt-dal) AT "
O'Clock ~. the REAL ESTATE conveyed by san
deed. being mat certain tract OF land IN me lower
end of Henrico county, near the Nne-Sil. ROAD,
containing So ACRES. more or les an1 adJolh'hg
the lands OF John HitcncocS Alfred Moses, aud
others. , . =
TERMS: Enough IN cash to nay the EXPENSES or
sale aud me sum of 1895 % balance due on said
bond) AID rhe residue on such tern a. VIII ne mace
known at the hour OF sale. . -
sLFRED K. COURTNEY, Trustee.
JAMES M.TAYLOR x son. Ancll0ueers. ltZ2
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RAILROAD iISES.

ri ,HaOND. YORK RIVER AND CnEsrEAREl
RAILROAD.
CCUEDIJLE Or TRAINS,
- TAKING EFFECT JANUARY q, les"
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By POiudcXter & Topper,
Real Estate Agents and AuctiOneers,
1900 Main street
mnder Planters National Bank.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
4 BUU.DING.LOT ON SENENTEENTH
STREET BETWEEN RICHARD AND BALD
WIN STREETS.-By yirtne of the provision, OF a
deed Of trust executed by John Mah0ny to the UNI
der,gne d, dated February !, 1878. default having
been made inthe payment of he note therein secured
we will sell by auction. The premises, on hATUR-
DAY. March Oh. AZ O'Clock L. NJ, the follow ing
described property certain LOT OF LAID on
lie we,t side Oi Scy, nirenlh between Richard and
Baldwin. fronting Il feet ana extending back -
feet to an alley: also. a certain LOT adjoining the
above on the north, fronting 70 feet ana excluding
bIck feet In an alley. upon which STANDS
STABLE aud other improvements.
TERMS: sufficient IN cash 10 pay expenses OF sale
and "A note o. 5000 with Interest from February ]
1880 ami the balance upon such Terms rs Will bt
announced at sale. ElRMAN IlPptR'
X. II. CALDWELL,
fc2 rru- tees.
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ByJ. Thompson Brown.
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
No.1ll3 Main street.

C,ONuIsSIONEE'S SALE OF TWO
nn,1Ix uE%iDFNCFS On TUE SOUT =
WEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND CARY
STREETS.-By virtue OF decree in the suit Of
WhIttle rs. White II ais entered IN the Rich
IT ond Chaucery Court 18TH of June. 1878, the I'M
dersgner. 50, cial commissioner appointed therein,
will sell on the premises at public auction on tRi-
DAY 5ih of March. 1880. at O'Clock T., NJ. those
TWO BRICK DWELLINGS, with large columns
I'm front on the southwest corner of Fifth aud Cary
streets the lots fronting Filth street. 35 ieet each
and running back b.ween parallel lines loo feet 10
ln alley. 49,.
These DWELLINGS are centrally 'oca'ef' wiihln
Ave minutes walk of Tie pOst-Ctce, and Ia an cX-
ceent neigh borhoOd
TERMS: One fourth cash balance M six, twelve,
and 81: hteen months. inter est add a., aud lille re-
tanned ill all the purchase money Is paid and con-
yeyance ordered by the CGuIt s
JOHN A. MEREDITH
Spt cial Commissioner.
j. THOMPsON Il OWN, AuclIoneer fe27
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,-,-r,oy saLry--rni. nay.
nv Paine & Nowiin, Anctloneer''
No. 1919 Main street.

70 ooo FRUIT AND ORNAMENTA.Ll,
10000 raEEs, VINES, PLANTS, Sc e. AT ~
order clear land Tor FUTURE s,ere pa or-
as ;s e rqpses sssi,S' y sop So 1900
ni,s ,,set on FRIDAY the 27ih instant, COZ"
,snelns al 10 O'Clock, IN lots 70 sun p,rgDs,
"v'o'V WINS, PLANTS, &C.
m a., ..,,ss and warranted true n name.
al' nIs' ,,ia Peach STANDARD aud Dwarf TIT
merry 1 Plum Aprco, Craze vines &C.; s Mi.
OF eeduou: Tree, Eyergrseep qyc en Masnoias &C.
ioT,, ssie viii be continued IRON day 70 asy ,n
completed. p'xy %owiIS, Auction
saie conducted ny iN'' e27
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i-fnA bDi NJ.
Mail train arrives ~ Richmond daily OK
cept sunday at.....,.................. . I'm % %
Express train arrives AZ Richmond d.iiy 40
............
Accommodation trdtu arrives a. R.ch-
mOnd daily except sunday st........... 4.l0 , q
Mixed train leave, StduuOs a. llt5 q, ~
taking passenger from Virginia Nilll.t lra.r r. '
Lyuchburg aud Dansillc, and arrive 81 gI.hrl.t
at lO:45 +. VI.
A connects with Virginia Midland tr,r o..
Lynchhurg. Dantiilc, and Atlantic M'-I.I... -
Ohio Railroad stations, AM WIZ NIrtr1 A..
land train, leaving a. $40 Z, VI. fr Washington
q connects with VIRGINIA Midland fralH. f.....,
az 40J 4. NJ. for Washington am tle Nnr,l.
{ connects win Virginia Midland ,rn q,
Lvnchburg and D1nfilic
ID connects wffh valley railroad ar.Df.rr. ,
train. leaving AZ 3:lj 3 VI. for lIarr.Du,Ir,
y connects with Valley ~af' road train I.t.... ~
1850 \. VI. Cor Harper, Ferry.
+ connects With stages ilr Lexington.
g. connects with 4. y. :. AID l.. p. steamers f-
POrt-mOut and (inc.nnAu.
III connects with >cotO ALLEY rAlI0tl ir I.
Northwest.
j connects with an lines diycrylng 90 rt WEI.
North west. an southwest.
For tickets. hagg aud iufYr.at'.1 z
route, time. SC. apply % Chesapeake an NHars .
way depot ana $50 Man street
Through tickets diWLy- a, 10" 4. DIS arY D'... -
route. W. ". -. Di ~.
Fngircer and Superintendent
CONWAY X. Howard, General Ps~e.nr .fI
Ticket Agent fr-f
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DICHMOND, YORK RlFERcTSiua
HAND LdESAPEAKE RAILROAD. Ss--sss--ss.s-
MERCHANTS AND MINERS TRAAsPOkIA
TiON COMPANY,
Tn ough-freig route between Richmond va
an Boston, Providence. and all New England ciies
steamers leave WEST POINT. VA. GA eacl
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY al IL noon cCa'
aeciing with trains from RICHMOND
steamers arrive At WEST POINT on each TUE
DAY and FRIDAY.
Direct shipnen:s from Boston riH Boston anC
Providence Railroad eta Wet Point. Va.
H. Il. DOUGLAS, Superintendent.
VD GRoNgR, General Agent. an
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By W. Goddim,
Real Estate Agent and Auctloneer,
corner Eleventh and Bank streets.

cOlntr EItNtnIn anu DdUk aIVcIs'
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LOT
OAND FRAMED STORE AND DWELLING
Ar THE SOUTHWEST COR SER OF LEIGH
AND TWENTY-NlNTH STR EETS.-As commits
sioner OF he Circuit Cont Of HenricO county en-
tered on the Ilih December. 1879, IN tie case Of
Sadl,r rs. Union Building FUND Company, shall
offer for sale al pubic auction. on the premises, on
TUESDAY he 2I March, 1850. n o'clock i. NJ,
the PROPERTY located rs above. iron Ing 80 f'et
on he west tine OF 1wenty-ninth street, running
back on the south line OF Leigh street 1870 feet. ON
this Lot there Is FRAMED TENEMENT, long
used as a retail groc-ry-siOre (rrgarced an excel
lent stand. and also a NEAT, COMFORTABLE
FRAMED DWELLING.
IFRMs: One third ca'h; balance at six and
twelve months for negotiable nOies. interest added.
aud title retained tl all of the purcbasc-money Is
paid nd CONVEYANCE ordered ty the Court.
fe % HILL CARTER, Commissioners.
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By Chailin. staples Il Co..
Peal Estate Agents ana Auctioheers'
No. north Tenth street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF A NALU-
" ABLE FARM CONTAINING 227 ACRES.
ON THE CRAIGTON ROAD ABOUT Font.
MILES FROM TIE CITY or RiCHMoND, BY
AUCTiUN.-By virtue of two DEGREES OF The Chah-
cery Court Of the ely Of Richmond. IN the causes
of Thompson as Bedford and ats, and Robertson.
trustee ~. Brown and GIs entere5 on tue l6ih DAY
of OctObrr 1879 and 26 h February lSSO, me uil-
lprslgned, spt cal commissioner thereby appointed
will sell in front OF HerrcO county cOur mouse on
MONDAY, March s, 1850. at 2 o'clock VI. lunar
being cOnrt-dav). that VALUABLE TRACT OF
LAND call,d - IIAYPORT." i ua ed oD the craig
ION road four miles from the CITY Of Richmond ana
formerly owned by i. H. Connell, Esq, containing
by RI cent survey 227 ACRkS-One halt OF winch
IS fine river bottom, nd the remainder wen adaptto
10 fr.cking The FARM Is in a good state of culti-
v.ti)n. The DWELLING Is commodlous ana com
Portable. h1ying been repaired ana parity puit vi
the last few years. II Is elegantly situated IN shadN
ward NJ ar the public road The out-bnildlngs are
such ~ are usually found on farm OF TINS kind ana
In good condition. ,,,
TERNs: Whilst tie decree prcscribes one miro
cash. and the balance In two equal seml-annual IN
staImens with interest added, for neH'ilable noe
and the title retained until the whole OF me pur'
eliza Sc money Is pad and conveyance ordered oy
lhe Court, yet the commissioner has authority 10
alter he FERNS If he should III on the day or sale
Those wishing 10 a map OF the properiy can DC
go nv ca ,ng on the auciOneers. MeSsrs thamr, STA
nIes g 10 HENRY W. HOBSON,
W. Suerial Commissioner.
CuAFFIN, STAPLES & to, Auctioneers.
f.. OT-pOdJt
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HIGH-CONSTABLE'S SALE VIII
II seIj at public auction, on FRIDAY me ZUn
Gay Of February 1880 at 10 O'clock A. , M a. no TO-
on,ist 60 dsiress-warrant In nv hands: WATCH
WaKFR'S CASE AND MATERIAL, LhhhGEE
MIRROR | FINEREGULATOR, LARGtlh ON
FIRE-PROOF SAFE, &c, - ,vr,rr1>c
Re %, O II. e. &. T..
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DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY Exi
ID ECUTED at the DISPATCH xRiNTIA0'
HQUH1s
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DILL.HEADS, $3.50 to - per resin' !"
- he DISPA PRINTN6-hous5.
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Daily. Do
Leave Richmond r.. lI.iO An iU.ta d.
Arrive al Bur4cYlHs, - ,,
va Van.. .. a 52IP.M 4a,AN
Arrive at DanVNc. $1,000.
Ni ro'' y. C.'..".... 7.53PN c5oAN
Arriycdt salem. N.tI 1850 T.. "a. ......-... ...
Arrive al r. cigh, y. ..
Arrive at salisbury. ., ,,..y
Arrive at Charlotte, ,,-.v
IS :. - .. ." .. ..5:30 M 42orN
ST. AZ .'' . ,,s,. 500 F. NJ 5@lAN
AT Tia a. A ..... c s.25A.M. s-sr.N
81 ~ '''-'''''|D 400 =. " 7l5A "
Arrive a Atlanta. Ga. .I ll.jv \. NJ r +N'N I'm
Arrive az M0nigune- - . $500 ,t
~, Ala .............| r. o,fV T. "a. . 40
krflyeat Mobile, Ala. Z.V5 4. VI 5'-0 t''''
Arrive 40 Sew or ,.pv
leans La............ - 81 \. ~ -- =,
4 connects for Milton. SC.
Il connects for AsEeyilie and ATT po'-i' iu '-'>'-
North Carolina daily. except sunday. ...,s.,.
6 connects Tor Macon ana AL points ia >oa.-"e''
d Connects Tor ia ksonyie and al po.a- So -
rids. .-... ....l..,.s
Gcorgia. aud thttttAp, -. nashville VI.
y connect, for Selma, Meridian. Jackson, a'i
{, comet for Galveston snd al Texas p.'as.
Trains from the aooyc-utmfd roi.. '''.
Richmond al i:i3 4. W. a1d $50 4. VI. ....y
Trains between Greensboro ana Na',A '+'
except sunday. ......
ton at Gold>boro' WI'h The v. 4 ". L. H. '' "-
| from Weldon and Wilmington. ......
| Pullman Palace DraNius-ro'". az. - VA az
| rus through on Train 80. - irnm ~" i.iA
Rich1pout 10 Atlanta, 9nd from 6r,v nsuo.o .'
susta, and on Train 40. AZ flonl " ashi-. .A '~'
| isicf nond 10 Augusta
'l TicKs Tu soid To- ali points u,h s'ahrl, AL
southwest. and bagssge cheeheS hI.u ,
No i"y-''sr 'A''A' ions Jom% r. 8A,NJrpo.
General Pass,usci Nsel-
! I. VI. r. TALCOTT. General Suutrlnl- h',. .--.
aIcuMoNp, ggxDa POroAAC II. 90
| RICHMOND. VA, November 7. 1877
| COMMENCING NOVEMBER = 4'''
~ trains on this road wi run A. follows
NORTH BOUND.
| SIP A. NJ, leaves Byrd-Street station "a ..
| cept sundays; due a. s.
| Philadephis, 6:5t L. NJ ="
500 p. NJ, leaves Byrd-S;rrc: station "a. ..,.
aiw.shinEoe; 9,25 7. y ,'3,,,N''
1923 T. NJ; fhih icl ph1s, So
Nav York, s:l5 A. VI 10
| 400 y. NJ, ACCOMMODATION TkA ....
| junction, leaves froSA etise. W.
daily iexcent Snr days..
SOUTH BOUND.
Io16P. arrives at Byrd-Streei '.sli,a
| Except Snndays). Leaves Ntw >.
| SIS A. Nj: Pills ielphis, ~ 81
VI; Balumor $3.50 4. NJ, " a. -
| tor 5ZOP. NJ .,.
ll4O A. NJ, arrives al byrd-street sl.uos ~
leaves New York, l0:0e Z. NJ; Phi
| adelphiA, l:lo A. Nj; BAlI.m.. q
| 4;5S A. NJ Washington, 100 4. VI.
! s:AS A, NJ, ACCOMMODATION IRA HrNv
! a. Broad-suee, station .aily eieeF
suntAysI. Z, rANLoh,
/, SesVaS Iicks. ASsA"
EFT. .. MYEns. General g." Jsriatssdent -,
| --------.---.------..
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HOLIDAY CHINA GOODS.

H ULIDA1 IUiN \ bUUDS.
TIE LATEST NOVELTIES IN TIE WAY OF
GLASS AND POTTERY.
AMBER CRACKLE GLASS;
FLOREN1lNE GLASS-Only "A few pieces In this
country:
CERt GLASS, which took the premium over the
HARTEQUiN, A. ID. COFFEEs, and DESSERT
SETS:
FRUIT PLATES-ivOry body something new;
DECORATED DINNER ShTS-AiokO pattern;
CHAMBER SEIS-Mmton-yariety OK patterns
TEA sEfs-aH prices and styles. . -
WIN have opened on The sTH INSTANT inc
largest assortment OF WORCE>TER. DRESDEN,
AND LONGWY WARE ever exhibited, aud en-
TREY new designs. GEORGE GlBsoN' Jh.,.
de 8 1907 Main street.
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TTR0rGH MAI. daily. sonreca,,

kLL TRAINS leaving Petersburg viii start from
tie Apu1Inatt1S depot
St%DkY Exclusion TRAINS ,sare D.
mono $40 \. VI. and 40 +. NJ; leave I..'-.'
burg 800 4. VI. and 40 =, ". every ~n 'it.
no > /. ID. kllN ?. -Ni"fiiI ''''.'
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LROM PARIS, FRANCE,

PLANTS FOR GARDEN, PARLOR, on GREEN
HOUSE-ihe newest varieties Of ali kinds.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-26
Magazine Notices.

St. Nicholas for June, has an outdoor
summery character sustained throughout, in
the poems, the prose, and the seventy-two pic
lures. Among its striking features is an ac-
count, by Olive Thorne Miller, of the Chill
dren's Aid Society's delightful charity, The
Summer Home for poor city children, at Bath;
l.. L., with seven pictures made by Jessie Curtis
from sketches taken on the spot. Another at
tractive paper is an article written and copi-
ously illustrated by Mr.. Daniel G. Beard, clear
ly explaining to young people How to Camp
Out cheaply, easily, and comfortably. There
are long installments Of the two serials,-Jack
and Jill, by Louisa M. Alcott, with fine illus
trations by Dielman; and The Fairport Nine,
by Noah Brooks, with pictures by Redwood
The number contains five complete short sto-
ries, all illustrated Little Miss Stone, by Mary
Wager Fisher, Bessie Ainsley Doctors the
Doddses, The "West Winds Last Cruise, by
Frank H. Converse; Lost and Found, and
Marion's story. Mrs. r. Swain Clifford con-
tributes fine picture and few paragraphs
about some interesting ducks called Old
Squaws, whose musical cry, "He got no gun!" is
said to be irritating to sportsmen. Among the
funny things are the verses All Lo, with two
comical pictures by Hopkin, and the curious
Chronicles of the Molbos,-a thick-witted peo-
pie living in Jutlsnd,-with three humorous
illustrations by Frank Beard Short poems
and bright pictures are scattered through the
number, and there Is a full-page illustration of
curious modern head-dresses of European men.
Two Famous Old Stones, from Rosetta, near
the mouth of the Nile, and from the ancient
| country of Moab, are described and pictured.
| and their history and importance are ex-
plained.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-26
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

Grant managers would use their majority in
the state convention to secure mai ority of the
delegation to the national convention, but it
was hardly to be expected that all the rights of
the minority would be trampled on and their
rights to representation denied so completely.
1t is a dangerous precedent to establish. 1t
places the minority entirely atthe mercy of the
majority. In the case of Illinois the same tao
tics were pursued as in Pennsylvania and New
York, to secure the majority of the delegation
for Grant, and in Illinois as in other states it
was the strong Republican counties that were
refused representation. In Illinois, however,
the majority went further than in New York
and Pennsylvania and named the delegation to
the national convention. For all practical
purposes, one man might as we'll have been
chosen to cast the vote of the delegation. Out
RACES of this kind. however, correct them
selves in time. The minority should have
withdrawn from the convention when they
were refused their rights, and sent contest
ing delegation to the national convention.
The representatives of the Republican party
from every state and territory in The Union
would then be afforded an opportunity to say
whether they approved or disapproved this
kind of political action"
Another prominent Republican said: THE
Grant managers, from now until the meeting
of the convention, will do their utmost to Gre
ate the impression that Gen. Grant will be
nominated on the first ballot. They will do
this for the purpose of breaking down the OPP
position i'll the New York and Pennsylvania
delegations and also to catch the votes of the
Southern delegations. The Grant managers
have been pursuing game of brag from the
start, believing that if they can convey the i'm
preston that Grant will have majority on
the first ballot it will influence a sufficient
number of the timid and wavering to bring
about that result There is nothing in the
figures thus far given to cause any feeling of
discouragement to the opponents of Gen.
Grant. The assertion that he will have ma
iority on the first ballot is mere nonsense. A
very liberal estimate gives him 40 votes IN the
Southern states. To secure nomination he
must obtain 209 of the 276 votes in the South.
The friends of Blaine and Sherman claim
more than one-half Of these. There is no more
reason for the friends of Blaine and Sherman
to be discouraged now than at any time during
the last two weeks. A stampede of the forces
opposed to them is what the Grant men are
aiming at. 1t rests with the managers of the
opposition whether or not the attempt shall be
successful.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-26
Clerks.
New Haven Register1

NEW haven heSlsterI
How difficult it is to distinguish them from
proprietors until you are used to them. Then
it is easy. Proprietors wear clothes that clerks
wouldn't be seen wearing to sift ashes in.
At the start clerks always speak of them
selves as statesmen" They have faint idea
that the latter is dictionary word and means
something.
The king clerk is "foor walker. He's a
drum major without bearskin cap or baton,
and fills an important position in an important
manner. Poor humanity always feels its knees
quake before his awful presence, until he says
''show these ladies them hose" and il is
proved that he is but mortal
The active clerk shows all the goods in his
department, talks steady stream and wears
a customer out. He makes few sales and does
not stay long in place.
The listless clerk, with dropping eyes and
pale necktie, drops the goods on the counter in
don't care-a-tive sort of q way, wearied by
the exertion, and the customer trades with
him because he is so refreshingly lazy.
The average clerk comes up town in the
morning the very ideal of spick span newness.
He is fresh every day, his collar and shirt
front are just from the smoothing iron, his
clothes are nodded to his form and his hair
looks as if his good, kind grandmother had
slicked it down with bears grease. He is a
daisy.
The poorly dressed clerk. There are no facts
in regard to this nonentity.
The ''masher' as clerk. He is engaged
because of his superlative attraction to silly
women, who call on him every day and buy
some little knick knack in order to bask in the
sunshine of his radiant and charming smile.
A genial clerk, man who is too good for his
position, and a positive addition to well reg.
ulated establishment. One clerk of this sort is
worth whole store full of average clerks. He
sells goods before you know you have bought
them.
The genuine business man sometimes begins
life as clerk, but he pushes out of the posi-
ton in an amazing hurry.
The lady clerk. Who would be so ungal
liant as to say she is not uninteresting. She is
Gentlemen always like to trade at the counter
where she presides, and she is usually assigned
to a department where they are sure to come
on little errands. Ladies' on the contrary, do
not like to purchase of her, and it is noticeable
that she is seldom in the dress goods depart
ment
There are great many varieties of clerks
drug clerks, grocery clerks and ten thousand
l others. They are the ornamental and some
| what useful mile posts on the highways O
business. They seem to be a necessity, bu
why they should carry the world in its entiret,
on their shoulders and superntend the progress
of tie planets in their orbits is mystery. Bu
| they all do it, or at least, think they do it.
The Portland daily press., 1880-05-26
The Auburn Dictatorship.

Mr.. Frank Fogg, ex-Tabulator and actual
Congressional candidate, has clutched the
Democratic party in Maine by the throat
and is going to do awful things unless it ac-
cepts his candidate for Governor The par
ty hasn't felt SO ''scairt'' since war times,
when it used to have bad dreams O. nights
and wake up in the morning with the i'm
preston that a halter was about its neck.
1t has suddenly come to the conclusion that a
great mistake was made in encourag-
ing Fogg. The Democrats thought they
could use him m;-and they find ne is the
craftsman instead of the tool.
Ever since that Portland conference at
which he shook the bundle of COM
promising letters in the faces of "respecta-
BILE" Democrats, Fogg has been constant
worriment to his allies. Acting on Fouch6's
maxim, 'Give me but one line of a mans
handwriting and will hang him." he has
kept the Democratic leaders in suspense
There are Democrats who are not afraid of
the Auburn editor; but for the most part
they are those who have nothing TO lose
The ''respectable' Democrats, the men with
regulations, are subjected by him to sort
of political blackmail. He knows something
that will compromise them, and he demands
as the price of silence that they shall defend
the State steal, ''vindicate'' the Tabulators,
and nominate his favorte for Governor
That favorite is Mr.. Prince Albert Sawyer,
State-seal Sawyer, whose latest public ap-
pearance was in the role of a fugitive. From
that, Fogg argues, with characteristic logic,
that he will run well.
Mr.. Fogg tells the Democratic leaders that
they are as deep in the mud as he is in
the mire. That is pretty deep, but
unfortunately it is true as to many
of them. Not few prominent Demo-
Gratis who were afraid to openly applaud the
count-out did not hesitate to secretly encour-
age it, and they unwisely confided in Fogg.
They bitterly lament their indiscretion
now. What they would like to do is to de-
ny that they had part or | OF in the business;
but they are afraid of being found out. 1t
is most unhappy position; and one can't
help pitying the sinners, though, they deserve
their punishment. Fogg and Prince Saw
yer are, however, a greater burden than the
asses can bear. Their backs are not yet fitted
to it. The probabilities are they will take
their chances, refuse to submit to the Au-
burn dictatorship, and put their words
against Fogg's word. Somebody may be-
lieve them. At any rate the possibility is
one worth snatching at.