Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-31
GARFIELD's PLATFORM.
lErom the New York Truth

from the New York Truth.
On the subject Of currency his IA
vorite figure is 329.
On the subject of the tariff his is
usually ten shares.
On the subject of free trade be
trades freely in votes.
On civil service reform re will de-
pend mostly for Information on Ches-
ter A. Arthur.
On the subject Of the Credit Mo- |
bilier he advocates no change in the
style or shape of the American flag.
On the De Golyer claim he has
nothing to say just now, mairly be-
cause anything he might say would
only make matters worse.
On the subject of James A. Gar
field he is for James A. Garfield, first,
last, and all the m
The San Francisco Chronicle in a re-
cent issue says: The propeller Rocket,
| which will soon be placed on Mono
lake, will have no trouble about floating,
as the density of the water is remarkable,
| being lust the reverse of that OF LAKE
Tahoe, in which the body of a drown
ed person never returns to the surface.
An exchange says that for bitterness
| and promlscuuus meanness the water OF
| Mono lake surpass those OF the Dead
Sea. They contain so much alkali that
on a windy day the lake is a regular tub
of soap-suds. The writer has seen a
wall OF lather five feet high along the
whole shore. against which the waves
were beating. Occasionally the wind
would take up a bunch of this lather as
big as a bushel basket and carry it sew
eral hundred feet inland. So buoyant
are the waters of the lake that quite Il
party of men may navigate them on a
raft made OF four or five dry cottonwood
poles. Out in the lake are islands OF
rock Qava-like concretions) through
which springs of water boil up. The
water of these springs is like that of the
lake, but in one place is a large spring
OF fresh water. This ls near the north
west corner of the lake aud at a point
where there are eight or ten feet oil
water. 1t is a sort of fountain A col
umn OF fresh water some three feet in
diameter is projected upwards with such
force that it rises to a height of at least
two feet above the general level OF the
lake in the form of a mound or knoll,
and makes a ripping noise that can be
| uCdlu d ANh VI
the TACT that this fountain has a depth OF
against. it would probably rise to a con-
siderable height in the air.
The republicans have nominated tol
president a man convicted by a commit
tee of his own party OF bribe-taklng and
prejury, and for vice-president al eX-
, federal official removed from the public
: service by an administration of his own
! party for 'gross abuses including
extravaganza, practical c%onnivance a
corruption and neglect OF duty. 10
manage the campaign they have selec-
0 ted a chairman who, according to thu
n supreme court, undertook to deprive al
e old woman OF weak mind of her proper
ty, and u secretary mixed up with thu
4 transactions of the District of Columbi'
pavement ring. This Is Il year. WI
have been given to understand, whsr
the republican party has put forward it
t purest and strongest men. We should
It ior the curiosity of the thing. just like Il
know what the republicans regard as
n smirched candidate!
d Suppose that when the name of Gen
eral Garfield was first taken up by tn,
d daZed and exhausted convention at Oh,
cago, some one had risen and read alOu
u these true and blistering words OF Ex
u ST n ,torDoolittle's 1.-The agreement wit
N Gen. Garfield. a member OF congress-. t
~ pay him 5 $1,000 as a contingent fee 10
re procuring a contract which was itsel
h made to depend upon a future appro
D. p~riation by congress-which appropris
he ton could only come from a committe
III of which he was chairman-was a sal
I'd OF official influence. which no veil Ca
ne cover, against the p~lainest principles
It. public policy" Does any sane man in
he agine that even that convention woul
Y, have ventured to nominate General Ga
ge field for the presidency? How themes
I'd any honest citizen of the United Stat
ell vote to elect such 4 candidate to Il
We presidency
to ..Ain't you exprised to see me:?" sa
as a five year old girl. as she tripped min
re bly, into my house, in the midst OF a ra
ell storm. The rain tell over me like
.ss ran down through a strainer, and
he shook it off. but it wouldn't stay shoe
as ed. I asked God to stop. but there was
u. big thunder in the way, and He couldr
.er hear me, l 'spect; and | most know
ne couldn't see me, cause 4 back clol
ma got over my head. as black as-an
thing. Nobody could not see little gil
he through black clouds. I'm gong
ip- stay till the sun shines. and then VIII
an / 90 home. God will look down a
ith say, why there's Nettie; she went
on see her aunty right in the middle of
he rain, and 1 guess He'll be as much e
it. prised as you was"
AN
,r: He was from the mountain side, a
an was buying his first glass of soda.
is wish you'd skim of that scum. boss
lad amt paying for no froth. you bet"
it'll ~
lck The long-eXpected ''trumpet-ca'l'