The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-16

of the shocks. They have not been severe,
but one of the villages seems to be slowly
sinking, and the inhabitants are removing
while there is yet time.
WENDELL PHILLIPS has declined to go TO
ireland to speak for the Land League. We
suggest to Wendell that the cable might be
used to work off some of his supcrfuous
wealth and enthusiasm.
MINNESOTA, after a lapse of twenty-thrce
years silence, is willing to pay fifty cents
on the dollar. Perhaps, when these bonds
mature, the State will feel wealthy enough
to scale again on twenty-five.
NEW YORK seems to be filling the aching
void left by Ohio. She has the Presidency,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Post.
master General. Now she wants the
speakership. BY all means. Don't shoot
Well come down.
THAT THE tide OF emigration in the pres
cnt day flows westward is shown by the ru-
NOR that the Duke of Sutherland is inter-
ested in preparing place in Omaha for his
cmigrating tenants. When his grandmother
preferred sheep walks to peasants homes,
her expelled tenants went in body to New
Zealand, where their descendants still re-
side.
AN ENGLISH JOURNAL complains that
exchange is against that country at the
present moment in the item of old ladies.
They have sent us Mrs. Hughes, laden
with books and pictures, teaching by word
and action peace on earth and goodwill to-
ward men; while we, in exchange, send
them Mrs. Parnell laden with bomb. shells
and dynamite, and preaching blood and
discord.
IN IRELAND the landlord is brought
down with shotgun, but in indianapolis
they have found better way. A landlord
near the stockyards, having raised the table
board suddenly, heard no complaints from
his customers, who, however, secretly
pledged each other not to drink at his bar.
1t took only week of such barring out 20
bring the landlord down to the old
terms.
Hon. JOHN ID. DEGREES, public printer,
says: There never has been charge made
against the management OF this office that
did not originate with some dead.beat that
had been discharged from It," Vener
able and testy friend, why do you employ
dead-beats s?-Ldidnapotts Journal.
The above from one of John the Testy's
supporters would seem to indicate that De-
frees has reached the seventh age of man,
when he can't discriminate between a dead
beat and gentleman. As recommended
tion for holding Office, this might be ques-
toned.
AN ENGLIsHMAN has been making ex-
pertinent Of safety ship, which is described
as shaped like the ace of spades, with a
more POLITICALLY described as four.leaf
clover, and in that lucky form has reached
perfection of steadincss. 1t is proposed
that such vessel, anchored five hundred
miles west of Ireland, could serve as tel
egraph station which would be of much
service in furthering advices of the ap.
proach of storms
THE BURLINGTON Hdlrkeye remarks that
"An old politician always dies hard. Ions
oftor be IL t;cl,od ont and laid ont aud th,
mourners have gone away to have little
supper with his successor he sits up al
night trying to work up some kind of {
resignation that will let him down easy. ;
When our friend Hatton read this re
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ihark irouh thc Pch Vi ohc oi lho young
men left in charge of his paper he immedi
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aIciy 'cieSr"Pnc"' pi"" ~ hiiu' Hl'il
be old and retired some day myself"
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G,tvrx of Eric bos hitherto e,yo,,, tho
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this was a free country, but now he swear
that IL Is n cursed hole He bos cultivate,
swearing rs an art, not the sentimental
swearing of Bob 4cres. but the old fashione,
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hihu' ino proiahity mas rehuereu MN
public nuisance, and the old State law ha
heen brougbt mn for tbo r,ll;, doconso l.,
w ''' '"o Pu"''o uoio"soi v.
which he has been lined siXty-seven cent
each for ten oatbs. Calvin s,veors bo ,v;,
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pay no such me, ana now languishes
iail as martyr to the rights of profanity.
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ONE Oh tne weaitniest business men o
Nihc,lha'i' mr. pu,hharu'' recently mao
a.. auaioSs peioio 'ne .o'hihorca, C'uo'