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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBACK.LABoR PARTY,
ADOPTED At MARsHA1LTowS, JUNE 2, 1881.
l. The right to make and issue money is .
sovereign constitutional power to be main-
tanned by the people. for the common benefit
We demand the abolition Of all banks Of issue
nnd the substitution of full legal-tender green
backs i'll lien of their notes.
2. We oppose the refunding OF the national
debt or the issue OF interest-bearins non-taxa-
be bonds upon any pretext and demand the
payment and destruction OF those outstanding
at the earliest possible moment.
8 We demand gradual income tax where
BY capital shall bear just share of the public
burden
4. We regard the act substituting q railroad
commission for laws governing freight rates in
this State q fraud procured by the railroad
companies through Republican Legislature,
and demand its repeal While we favor liberal
national appropriations for the creation aud
improvement Ut waterways, We demand laws
protecting the people Of Iowa from discrimina-
tion pooling. watering Of stock, drawbacks or
rebates. and all unjust charges on the part OF
railroads, until such time as the people. who
built most of these roads with land grants,
taxes and subsidies, shall own and operate or
fully control them.
5. We demand . revision Of our patent-right
laws. placing fair limit upon the royalties Of
inventors, and protecting the people from in
Justice.
6. We demand that all land grants forfeited
by reason Of the non-fnlfllment OF conditions
by railroad companies shall be at once reclaimed
by the Government, and henceforth that the
public domain BIO reserved exclusively for home
steaders or actual settlers.
Z. We demand absolutely democratic rules
for the government Of Congress aud State
Legislatures, placing all representatives Of the
people upon an equal footing, and taking from
all committees . veto power upon proposed
legislation.
5. We denounce ~ most dangerous the re-
strictions Of the right OF suffrage in many States
and its abolition in the District OF Columbia,
and demand equal political rights for oil men
and women.
8. Believing that all questions affecting the
public interest should be decided by the people,
We favor the submission OF the proposed con-
stitutional amendment to the popular vote.
10. We demand that ali ballots in this State
shall be Of uniform size, color and material,
and that each party having State organiza-
ton shall have one member on the Election
Board OF each township precinct.
IL. In the furthcraIce OF these ends. we ask
the cooperation Of all men and women with
out regard to previous party affiliation or
prejudice.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
THE STATE CONVENTION.

seventh Annual Stass Convention %
shc National Girccnback- Labor Par
~ Of Town, 10 be held ne Des MOincs,
1Osvas June Z and 4. 1SS2.
Tho Seventh Annual State Convention Of the
National Qreenback- Labor party In Iowa, will
be held At Dcs Moines, Wednesday and Thurs
day, June and 8, 1882, to convene 1t p. M,
June 7, for tho purpose OF nominating
A candidate for Secretary Of State,
A candidate for Auditor OF State,
A candidate Tor Treasurer Of State,
A candidate for Register Of State Land
Office.
A candidate for Attorney General.
A candidate for Judge Of Supreme Court.
A candidate for Clerk and Reporter Of Su-
prciNDl ourt.
Alsoto appoint ! State Executive Committee,
and TO transact such other business ~ may
properly como before said convention.
The ratio Of representation will be two dele
gates.at-largo from each county In the State
and one additional delegate for each 100 votes
and fraction thereof OF over oven hundreds
cast at the general election Of 1881 In Iowa for
Hon. ID. NJ. Clark, late candidate for Governor,
emitting each county to the following repre-
senta.ion In said convention:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

4 aesre named Frank Fisher enatally
sssss~x,A = s>,aas eA. N4 which he VAS
swssca And saasva II 6alseaA uasa The loce-
esssNs< ~AsstAeA AMI Tho nse>sssls rang, when
eve s~N nsN~sNa eeoeae rushed - The asal
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sse,s2N sssa essc II tAssa es>sAe o,~Sa Tie cell
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As4A Nsw =, them took DIV in mail resesA
sAc ssAss Ne oa~s,ea After eesag seskea il,
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sasesss~sA eexs> eseA acs,~asss a TN esalsees
S>ss>e&aAsss halt rsasa u peWaes and sisss
essgs ~as.ea ~saM be ecskea esssa the opcnsa,
~ tlss eaNs> M~cse,anas INTO tns
s>,M>sss ~ sN,Ae~ae compound The
~s4ssa> we've vssssatH Communists A
sses.lu Nseassse was taken y
,~sasN headquarters by Mr. ], 4, naveaeest, re
ss,ssaS in Es>s Naae.eeata ss>ye> saeessa,en'
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IA ,ase esale ~as sal>AarN acid
The casualties by The steamboat eNplo.
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~ss>.ae saa.sss, seaSaS,nas II four grown ssssers
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"a IL. scu~ IN kamsscass, Rcacask and MalA
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sa,s~ s.xsa II, R,usaarg fg the rrompt pun
.sl.sa.ss IL thu lss~ecatoss several nctotaou'
aasaasrs have is,n Nlessed from custody.
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s>s.a~~$x~a lis sssaas aud Acknowledged Ia,
lasaes ~ has ssas.aceA
II i announced that the English Cab
iars D.. decided t. take sssl~ TO relcAs, al sns
I.css WIT shos< personally concerned IN out
ra<cs.
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axs eeAAsas,.sa Tie re~ossces Of civilization
,a ssaa ss>ats to force the IRISH ito behav'
Tia sa.ss~s md pay up the famine rem, ~
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l.@xas le@acs> into PRISON On suspicion Of hos
talass u III, lrasl land system Int this L1
M papstea tie a,co0. 600 It'll out u jail. o.
,he ccs.srary. i, has eKasperaied them stall more
Gladstone ID about TO drop the coercion bust
ae~s a. tkalan and try CANCELLATION He con
CA i,s TIA, he oan catch more Irish wasis witt
asselass.s than with vinegar.
A eanmi.tes ii the Garfield Club q
M lera sssas IL Washington u petition fl
;A.e F@naoa u Ssasesnt Ma-ca eoa,alaiia,
ava Ga Signatures
The will of the late Sarah Burr, d
Sew rak. t~aaestEins IS. see. ooo 10 charities
u 10 he contested
Near the grave Of Nathaniel Haw,
shosre IN the cruasiery q Concord now rest ths
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
rOREl0N NEWS.

One Thousand Jews have been ex.
tsilcA heM Moscow
III Tho city VI kamenets, Russia, hae
ass = population " aa,aAa the shops and tn
Avasc~ ~ ali the s,M~ wvse DESTROYED hs in
cretls,s hrs tho total lsss hca@ stsoea rca.
hN
In III, HOUSE ~ CrMmnas, says 4
lsNa,loA ls>l~,esN sNrat an,aaem.a, MAS ereste,.
by tsssasl statement On h "A anses made by
Mr. 0ssassenN lie aaa,aaea that he would
s,s,a tNtreaa~ haa sysee,,t,as Ns,csis II rent
Ia INLAND, making them 4 s,tt and no, lcan
b the teaAa1 lie raid tins Mas nere~sars the
arsvsaaseas mast 10 Il The Government
asNss NlsA tho rsvMss said, make eompenss-
tesa II the A.slloNi. tsr lo%ses ensuing u tAc,M
nasa this re,es n>M the church fund
The svmAlas u Charles Robert bar.
~aA ,as esv~, pa.tcsepaes and ssieaslst were
Mtess>A IN Westminster Abbey by the side OF
the .eaeSS fe~ u MaslAnas distinguished dead
~Ae have Esae eeserN Tue p~ltbe~ra~ were
Caats>l MATES MMsrtes lAMcs Russell Lowell
the naA~ ~ AaxyA l.csA Derby rrof Huxley,
I'M SNSSSA Ns&NsMNSS SsN WYNN asNNNNSAs sNNSSN
MssssA Wallace and MasAAm S,cs,isweele, and
there ~~s rae~eat& large and notable eollee'
ts>a ~ the eAln~at asea ~ The day.
An eatlarNk II The aahss il feAlesl in
S,a,A Atssa>
The Nasslsa Jews am h,ias urged by
the NaasAs,S h lesa them
TAeAartsAls u Prince Leopold, Queen
NsesMs srNsSs~l ~eA. and the Princes,
ltss~AA II MAAlesA os~Naysa n ~ accrs~',
Chapel Windsor IN the assA alt,, the Arch.
lAslse u Canterbury tying the rasal Knot,
iAe csv xss aesos~tsSA ehere were eao~ea and
SAlssss ~~a~ AfvA
In l.AnAA,a MAS executed in London
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mSs>As sAN, he sea,a asawess ,sesc,saa The
ssssa II the sasseA ami ~As asl with great asf,
ASsslsS eva the ~aAts yards ~ sAse to the sal
s~N He aseas~>l Mae tes,, expiring INSTANTLY,
eat his es>tS remained hanging tor an hour
NJ lNMassa ANa ee>ea convicted ., l,esscass,,
his ssNshes In Jaw That he aaeM sssare an
s.lsaaaase II SatasA Mewss e.an.a kaa,stca
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Earl Is,Nres has eSsHasel the l.erl
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tvsA afs~ossss>l his sssN~ssaN
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
WASHINGTON NOTES,

In the Guascaa Case, the Supreme
ccsazt - sAs ns>sracs II CoacahaA S.s~ CsAsscs
=, E<<1 TN ~ve<s b rr~aArs h< arSuneas N
tee ~ 81 esevrsssas, aud the Aear,as was -
fcs NAY = oaas thai rSsssssa Il seorslaess lcs
tsr asasaarsns Aa> ~ssaaaa~aa ssosa The case
vss r~&A
ng, Nary Walker. ths little ~umsn
Shs Aaes = sats~s - y tyazssaaaasls n@Ansss.
Ass e<~a ssssaasea - Ss<sAsAsg ~ the later
- lssasasaassas.
President Arsaar. with the Secresa-
ss~ q War I'D The Savy, ass<aaet sAe ersda-
stsax sasrsas<< - rho rnss~s Ssa.es Arsalses-
Erkea o; Fe<sr~ss MoSr~,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
pol.lrlcAL POINTS.

Ee0r hundred Delegates attended nh
Autobiography Convention AZ Albany, n y
TAe revolutions Ask thAttlNnepotta,.en eharecs
M eNscl Nrsn the ccet and risk Of service,
,enoNase construction ccmpaaiee Nspc the
estalhsha,eat " stat, la,lsead Ccmmssion
and d,s>,AN n4 nv canals
Al Nashville, Tenn, The State Rernb.
AsNM C.,nven,tea c,sMmens,e,i President Arthur
and rvNoM,nAte,l t,ov, HAWKINS far s-e,eetlcn
b the Noseenesshsn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
Having ss011sl -
- EAT :MARkgT

VIII keeD constantly O haAd q soel q sssorteai
- hsd II this part q the oountSy ct whole
sale or retail. for cash and nothing else
We buy tor Cash. snA ssI Cor the ssne.
Credit mead NOT be sslsA Sss, q VII net b grant
%. am bound 70 ssl e eAaaD g any one Tor
faAh, snd hope 10 give general sassssstaoa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04

IT WAS Washington Irving who said OF
conceited man that whenever he
walked toward the West he expected the
East TO tip up.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04

john l. sullivan Ae prize fighter,
VA M,~ssuA N the Nl,c~ tuast II le.,oa tor
kNeekMx down Charles A, NeAhANa III The
s,wst and fr~e.Nr,,w Ata lAwbeaN The rus.
Hist MA sentenced h three Meaths IN the
hease VI oersce,tea and sa,v heaA. tss M ~
tNsl.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-07-27
---a -. BELLEVUE La, THURSDAY JULY 27- 1882
ceremony at once, and rendered them
q LII i

ceremony.at once, and rendered them
all excellent friends.
Mr. Sinclair, with the tall waiter and
the blackthorn stick, departed; and Polly
With little of Nannie's amateur assist
ance, served up an impromptu supper oi
bread and toasted cheese. which was
pronounced a success. Mary Eliza re.
turned In little while and all was well.
The next day commenced the packing
Tor removal. Mary Eliza was to remain
IN the Stone Tower until Mrs. Baird !
convalescence, and the three girls re-
turned to New York with Mr.. Stafford.
And Mr.. Stafford, strange to say. an
peared to have no malice toward his fair
little jailer.
son the contrary" said the shrewd
Amy, as the season advanced. 81 do
believe he likes Polly the best of us all.
or he would do if she wasn't such a
child.''
But she's growing older every day."
said Mamie.
And prettier," added Amy, with q
laugh.
SO that, as the two sisters agreed, there
was no telling what might happen one
OF these days. But if they venture to
question Polly herself, she only laughs
and bushes, and hides her face.
"Because, you know, r m not grown
woman yet," says Polly.-Saturday
OkQHt.
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MATTE AND THE DUSTPAN

I've sung my love in many a rhvme.
I've wound her life in MANY a story
What better worth hath poets time.
Than adding to his mistress pIorv?-
I've sung her dainty morning dress:
I've sung the needle in her hand:
I've written verses to he- curls.
And strewn them bro; A.cast o. er the land
But there's one weapon she can WELD.
One before which ever yield;
To her it is both sword and shield
Her dainty little dust-pan.
All! dust's thing you might suppose
That never could be made romantio.
And, placed before the poets nose.
Would have effect to drive him frantic
But poets still must eat and drink.
However far they like to roam:-
Ahl Dante's self had smiled. think.
To find his Beatrice at home
A cottage in Italian land
A jolly dinner neatly planned.
And in his lovely ladyss hand
A dainty little dust-pan.
Ali Matte knows the poet-souI
Is not sustained by fairy dishes
At breaktast-time it wants roll.
And has some fixed ideas on fishes:
That ecstasies are very we'll
But cleanliness must have a place.
That heavenly raptures as they swell
Will not support our fallen race
And so at morn she comes in sirht
Armed with the symbol of her nigh,
To put my troubled room to right
Her dainty little dust-p4n.
-Hdrper's Weellu.
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An Extraordinary Marriage in Georgia
and its Sequel.

1t seems that one Louis B. Fosky. d
young man about twenty-five wears oi
age, had been playing the devoted to
Miss Martha-daughter OF Mr.. Wade
Evans-for some time, whenever an op-
portunity presented itself, although she
was child under twelve years OF age.
Indeed his attentions to the Girl had be-
come SO marked as to arouse the sus-
picions OF her parents, and to cause them
to be on the alert. But Monday last, her
father being engaged in -shearing sheep
at his brothers, short distance from
his home, Miss Martha took advantage
OF his temporary absence and met her
would-be liege lord at Mr.. Tom Ben
netts, a neighbours house, about two
miles from home. The necessary license
had previously been obtained, and the
Justice of the Peace, J.. G. Thompson,
was sent for. Upon seeing the extreme
youthful and childlike appearance of the
woald-be bride, it is said that Judge
Thompson declined to perform the. cere-
mony until assured by Mr.. Bennett, at
whose house they were, that the father
had consented to the marriage, and that
it would be all right.
Judge Thompson then proceeded to
tie the knot, and about ten minutes after
the couple had been pronounced man
and wife the vexed father, who had
been notified Of his daughters absence
from home, appeared upon the scene.
The groom was standing in the door
way. and, as the father, wild with
anxiety. attempted to enter the house,
the groom drew pistol, and, it is said,
snapped it at Mr.. Evans, whereupon
Evans ran upon Fosky, seized the pistol,
and wrenching the same from his hands,
proceeded to pommel him with it over
the head. Fosky succeeded in getting
away from Evans, however, and ran into
the house. The girl-bride in the mean
time had gone out the back door. and
was walking in the direction Of the pa
rental home she had abandoned a short
time before. The groom, seeing her
movements, attempted to follow, but
Mr.: Evans leveling the pistol upon him,
which he had but few moments before
wrsnched from his hands, commanded
him to stop, which he did. Mr.. Evans
then overlook his daughter and accom-
panied her home, where she still re-
mains. - Eastman (Ga.J Times.
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The date burned in the bottom Of
The Cincinnati indestructible railway
sandwich has led eminent archmologisfs
to infer they were originally cast for the
Mayhower supplies. They are four
inches thick each side. and lined with
apparent traces of ham. The assay also
shows up some Indications Of butter Of
the Queen Anne period, but notsin pay
ing quantities. They can be reduced
by strong acids or intense heat, but can
not be crushed by friction. As food
they are not nutritious. but are perfectly
harmless. Prof. Doremus, who has sub
jected them to careful analysis, says
there is not enough ham in 2, 2,000, ,00O, 900
of them to endanger a two-year old baby
from trichina. Prof. Proctor says If a
comet ever threatens the world with a
collision that one blow with railway
sandwich will knock the everlasting
nucleus out of the biggest comet that
ever swung tail. This sandwich is Of
ten bought, but never eaten. n.-BHTdette,
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

i eaa1E -
Sand and dirt may accidentally pet
mixed with cotton to increase its weight.
but beans and peasdonat hop into coffee
sacks without help. sa SO sssIT
Queen Victoria celebrated another.
birthday, recently. We are too gallant
to keep count Of them, but we believe
the last one was, her twenty-seventh. -
NorrfstoUn Herald. - ~ s'sas n
-s.What shall we do when all hone ii
gonepn asks a Cleveland paper. Don't
they generally order O new supply
through the telephonea That's what
the telephone isfor. Detroit Free Press.
| "A New Jersey girl, who bought a
husband for $3.50, grew disguised with
him at the end of two weeks. The next
time she should pay d little more and get
q better article. - PdslGdelphia Chronicle,
"A little boy, whose parents are al
ways moving from one house to another.
was asked BY the Sunday-school teacher
Why did the Israelites move out cf
Egypt?" "Because they couldn't pay
their rent" was the reply. ssEi ga1Iss
Bronson Alcott, eigi.ty-three yearsf
of age, has just published book OF
poems, all OF Which were. written within
the last six months. Eighty three, we
would say to our young friends, is the
proper age to, begin writing poetry.
New HaUen Register. ~
The United Estates Fish Com,1iis.l
sioner has recently placed i'm the rivers,
of Arkansas and Texas /, 800, 900 shad.
This statement may be believed. It's
not the number of fish they put into q
river, but the number they take out that
men lie about - Boston Post. a
Ella Wheeler wants to know II. we
are going s.where the summer shadows
dance 7 No, love, we are not. We are
going to sit in the skylight OF the Com
msrcids building and howl for paste, and
claw the exchange fiend, and pray for,
the man who. stole the scissors, and
swear that the deaf editor wrote that OBJ
noxious paragraph. That's our yoca-
ton. Perhaps some other people win
change their shirts and 90, but!if the
summer shadows have any business
with us-with us personally-.they want
to come right around to the Office, Ella,
and sit beside us for awhile when the
foreman announces that the column Il
shorty 7, Commercial Advertiser,
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

c;,oo T., .-.:--.: a.
Aoada noo ~ oIanI1A.ion tne Naaona
n.a".Iny ny ~ ociences nas nad put tnree
a.J 1g.,a:' ,oicssors s. Dacne' nenry,
ea.,;ss au y hiian ~ p. hogers. Inc once Is
oss' 5 e.
pn scnoollnaster OF wayne county,
eas .;,., asa sania' ~ aIlelnplng 70 cnast,se
ST. ole =. us puP,is, was see upon Dy
s Doas ~ eiig scnopl, VINO Hteraily
ppe1 n ,.r.', u,H :. He'aso' l& las
MT. Wliiam II. vanderbilt recently
gase ms checK ior $l,o2O TO pay on the
sJJs rh;ch = uiaoe 1nu.cn. Lexinslon' va,
Rahart = - eoou ~ y inenlvIy my " uen'
~ = So Z ! -1e't's'-. tit.flasi
&. -1arVard College proper has been
nvins beyond lts income lor Tour years
~, ~ ene average amount OF $l2,5u0a year.
aas : ne ,ee ee1clt ,n Ior looo-ol, amounting to
9of, 4o5. ls tne IargesF Ine college has
~ 49, =; n.'oen nsgssser;
s.;5 IA A. Me.noais. minister tne other day
sa,u ne playeu 20 % saved Irom tne
Rreacler VINO never iails IN the pulpit.
Iie ilau coiieague o. lnas klnd oncei ne
never y; nau pao tlme 4 ana the congrega-
slon never naa GOOD one. 8''a :
In the far-away Synod OF Otago, in
New Zealand. the lowest salary among
the Presbyterian ministers is over 81 900
the Sustentation Fund giving that div
dend, and the churches often raising
the salary much above that sum- s.s -.
Friends of Robert College, says the
Boston 1dUertiser, will be glad to learn
that the New York Court oflAppeals has
Sustained tho will If Mr n Is pchor+
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The President Of the Lime Kiln Club on
Only Sons and Daughters.

"lt had an only son, began the ole
man as the lights were turned up ane
Biblical disputes suddenly ceased-..if
had an only son, and he growed up a.
only sons am pretty sartin to do, an he
went off on a Sunday skule picnic an
got drowned, should feel leetle sorry
an a heap thankful. If I had an only
darter, an she growed up as only dar-
ters allus grow, an she run away wild q
lightnin -rod man an was left in de po'-
house. / should be leetle sorry, but not
abit surprised. De family wild an only
son or an only darter needs no odde1
trouble. When you meet a man who
carries his cigars in his hind pocket an,
goes off behind de BAN to take a chew OF
terbacker, sot him down fur an only son.
When you meet man who flusters an
brags an seeks to lord it ober odder peo-
pie, You have foun' an only son. When
you meet a man who thinks de world
was made fur him alone, you have met
an only son. De only son am de man
who takes up two seats in de kyars-
who crowds de chill'en at festival
who eats hisself sick when he paws two
shllllns fur all he kin eat. I doan' say
dat he am to blame, but I do say dat de
world feels relieved when he goes to his
grave. Once in lifetime you NAV
h'ar of an only son who hasn' turned de
family out of doahs nor had all de nav
burs fur, mile aroun' shoot at him an
offer to buy him a tombstone, but be
keerful how you believe it.
s'When you meet a woman who puts
you in mind of seIfishness out fur an
arm sot her down as an only darter.
When you fin a woman who expects de
kyar to stop in the middle of a block
when you meet a woman whose husband
am allus ready to dodge, sot her down
fur an only darter. De only darter grows
up to whine an complain an tyrannize
an make de world mo- wretched fur
people wretehed 'nuff befo'. De odder
day | was called upon to go over to a
naybur's an box de years Of an only
darter whose poo ole muddsr lay upon a
bed of sickness, an | mus say that /
kinder enjoyed it. Dat same eyenin'
was called upon to visit aneder naybu1
whose only son wanted to sell de family
cook stove to buy him a yaller dog an d
single-barreled shotgun r had a short
struggle wild de young man, an he won't
be out of bed fur week to come. & ]
my exper' ence is dat family which
de Lawd has forsaken arter sendin' one
chile has woe an sorrow in der house
hold Selfshness takes root dar' an
grows amazin' fast. Wickedness creeps
in dar' an nebber lets go. De small.
pox kintbe stamped oiit--de yaller fever
mus give way to frost-de cholra only
settles down heah an dar', but de only
chile am allus wild US. He or she meets.
US ebery .day-walks wild us frew, life
brings upon us de larger sheer Of oour
miseries. Pity de fadder wild an only
son-thrice pity de mudder wild an only
darter. Wild desc few configgerashuns,
froWn out in a speerit of establishment
an intensity meant to accomplish no de-
STABILITY in pertickler, we will now close
de winders, put leettle mo- wood in de
stove an purceed to asphyxiate de trans.
cendent order of de inviduous pro
gramme. Detroit Free Press.