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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

families and your country. Will yen
allow your every interest to be je,p.
ardized by remaining away from the
polls, or will you prove true to the trust
vouchsafed unto you. and elect men
who will sustain the proud record of
the Republican party, record, as we
have said, that challenges compari.
son! The opposition appreciate their
weakness in this campaign and dill.
gent efforts are being put forth to i'll
augurate u system of trade" on Ger.
tain Democratic candidates for the
Legislature. Republicans should be.
ware of this scheme and forestall any
chicanery of this description, for it is
a game that can only result detrimen-
tai tn the Republican ticket, and no
one can predict the extent of the dis
astrous results. This is no year for
Republicans to "trade." Our ticket
can he elected i'm its entirety if Only
the party members will adhere to
principle, sustain their manhood and
scorn the hartering of votes. We
have an exceptionally good legisla-
tive ticket composed only of men of
honor and integrity, and to entertain
for n moment the proposition to
"swap," is an Insult to the party and
degrading to humanity. But this is
the only hope the Democrats have of
electing portion of their Legislative
ticket, and OF course will strain every
nerve to induce the Republicans to
split" But don't do it. The price
of the ballot you will hold in your
hand on the eth of November was
bought with the blood of patriotism,
and the price was too great to barter
it away for personal friendshipt to the
opposition candidate. You may re.
spect him for his many manly virtues,
his patriotism and all that, but bear
in mind that there is an underlying
principle us indisSoluble rs Time
itself, which demands that your first
duty is to your God, then to your
Country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

THERE are men on the Democratic
ticket for the legislature who are
playing fast and loose" on the pro-
hibition Question-fast when they are
with the prohibitionists, and loose
when with the anti-prohibltionists.
This double-faced programme will
not work to winning extent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
THERE'S TROUBLE ON HIS MIND.

That there is trouble on the old
mans mind, this weeks issue of the
Rerie,o is ample evidence, and that he
is in the last thrOes of desperation
over the inevitable success of the Re.
publican legislative ticket, is pain
fully apparent. Not since the Demo.
cratic convention met and did its
work-smashed the defunct politi-
clans slate all to smithereens has
that great high moralist and political
economist, the majestic quill driver
of the Rerie,o, recovered his equilib-
rum. No, bet OH the contrary he is
slowly and surely suffering mental
decay, and there can be no better evi.
dence of this fact than reference to
his inane murmurings in the last
edition of his wailing sheet.
For instance, such men as l.. G. M /.
Fletcher, the Republican nominee
for Senate, a gentleman who has re
sided in Blue Earth county for nearly
or quite twenty eight years Robert
Roberts, who has lived here over
twenty five years, excepting the three
years he was in the service of his
country; C. G.. Spaulding, another
old pioneer settler; Owen Morris, Jr.,
who has grown to manhood in our
midst. and who is one of the brightest
young men in the State; f. w. Par
ker, a gentleman who is admired by
all who know him for his honesty,
integrity and intelligence, these gen.
tlemen, comprising the legislative
ticket Of the Blue Earth county Re-
publicans, placed in nomination by "a
delegation of gentlemen whose intel
ligence has never been questioned
are now characterized by our once
brilliant but now imbecile cotempo.
rary, the editor of the Reoie,o as
"know-nothings." The epithet ap-
piled to the candidates is equally in
tended for the Republicans who
placed this ticket in nomination and
it is only fair to presume that the
insult thus applied will be rebuked
by every Republican in the county,
whether he had a hand in the making
of the ticket or not
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
FIGURES FOR COMPARISON.

A light vote almost always operates
against the Republicans in this coun-
ty as in others throughout the State.
and from this fact, too much cannot
be said to urge the Republicans to
come out to the polls on election day.
There is, in this canvass, TOO much
at stake to excuse any man from the
exercise of his franchise. and as he
values his personal interests. so also
should he value the force and effect
Of his ballot.
The total vote for Governor in 1879,
in Blue Earth county, was 1907, of
which John S. Pillsbury received
2,013 and Edmund Rice l,794-Re-
publican majority 2l9. But this COM
parison is hardly fair average, as
Pillsbury was "cut" by many Repub-
licans. For Lieutenant Governor,
we find better basis on which to
compare the relative strength be-
tween the two parties. Gilmore,
Rep. received 2,ll3 and Barnum,
Dem. l.6S9-giving the Republican
candidate majority of 424. This
was about the same majority accorded
]. G. Fowler for Register of Deeds
and ID. G. Evans for Treasurer.
The vote of 1850 was large one, it
being Presidential election. and shows
what the Republicans of this county
can accomplish when they rally. The
average Republican majority for Gar
field electors was 90S, the total vote
cast in the county being 1850, or an
increase of 643 votes over that of
1879. Taking the vote of 1870 and
1880 and we find that 90 per cent. of
the increase came from the Republic
an side of the house, showing that
it is Republicans and not Democrats
who stay away from the polls on cleo
ton day.
The Gubernatorial election of 1881
shows the total vote cast in the cOun-
ty to have been 3,5l7, of which Gov.
Hubbard received 2,l09, and r. w.
Johnson ,40l, giving the Republican
candidate Il majority of 70S on a
straight party vote.
1t is unquestionably within the
reach of the Republicans of this coun-
ty to elect their entire ticket-cOunty
and legislative-and they should do
Sd. Let nothing interfere to keep
You from the polls on the It'll of
November. and you will be the VIC
tors of a gloriously achieved battle.
Do not content yourself with the
miscOnceived idea that your Demo.
crat neighbor will not vote. for he
will fool you every time. The roads
are never too bad, nor the weather
too stormy to keep Democrats from
the voting precints, and in this par.
ticular their example is worthy of
emulation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

THE appeal made to the voters of
Blue Earth county by small frac-
tion of the Alliance members who
met in this city last Friday afternoon
will be found in to days issue. But
the reading Of this document fails to
impress upon the mind of the aver
age reader any good reason why he
should 60 out of his way to vote for
the men mentioned who are not upon
one or the other of the regular tickets.
What great reforms are expected to
be wrought through the election of
Judge, or Lorin Cray to that of County
Attorney There is no radical change
that these gentlemen, elected to fill
county offices, could bring about in
State or National affairs, or in regul.
ating railroad abuses. Again, we
see no very palpable reasons ex
pressed why Republicans should
SdCTllC6 lItlI oNH HoniIlitto iOl lIlt
purpose of voting for Jas. Brown, a
lifelong Democrat, and who. 1t is
safe to assume, never voted for Re-
publican legislative candidate. While
this is nothing against Mr.. Brown,
he certainly has no claims upon Re-
publican votes, and probably will not
get many. Lysander Cook, having
trained for years with Democrats,
possesses no great amount of magma
tism to draw votes away from equally
good men who are entitled to the sup
port of their party. Messrs. Howard
and Pratt, like the others mentioned.
are good men, but no better than he
regular nominees upon the Re
publican ticket, and in the
face of the fact that there
is no more good to be expected 10y
sending these men to the Legislature
than BY sending those of our own
choice, the Republicans cannot he ex
ptcted to sacrifice their own ticket.
No: let every Republican stand 10y
his colors, and aid in electing one of
the best legislative tickets ever placed
before the people of Blue Earth
county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
M Cure for Consumption.

There is no cure for consumption, whether
of the lungs, bowels or kidneys; yet the pa
tient may be spared to long years OF life, and
the fatal termination kept from approach
ing, If Browns Iron Bitters are used. This
medicine strengthens the weakened parts,
restores to healthy action the impaired func-
tions. and stops all decay and wastingaway
of the organs affected. 1t is the best life.
giving medicine ever invented, and thousands
of living witnesses stand ready to affirm the
truth of this assertion A trial bottle will
convince you of its merit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

The Rfcisn editor is wonderfully
agrieved over the fact that the edi-
tor of THE FREE PRESS is sole pro-
prietor of this paper, and has in sew
eral issues of his Slanderous sheet MT
ligned us with all manners of low
epithets and falschOOdS. Mr.. Wise
forgets the time he WAS imported to
Mankato from the Lake Superior re-
gion, it dating back To 1858 or so,
when he was brought here Il pauper
by the Breckenridge crowd to defend
secessism, and provided with money
to keep him above water, as it were,
and he measures others from his own
bushel, feeling that all men connect
ed with the newspaper business are
as venal as himself. Mr.. Wise also
forgets. in applying the term lire
sponsible" to others, the time he de-
fed law and sacrificed manhood IF he
ever had any by placing his property,
secured through other peoples money,
out of his hands in order to evade an
honorable obligation. When we have
the time and space To spare, We shall
probably take occasion to refresh the
decaying mind of our contemporary on
these points. At present we have
more important topics to discuss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

THE Faribault County Republican
convention, held al Blue Earth City
on Saturday last, nominated ID. +.
Goodrich for the Senate and S. j..
Abbott for the Lower House. Reso.
lutions, commendatory 10 Hon. VIM.
Window, and instructing the repre-
sentatives chosen 10 SUPPORT and use
all honorable means for that worthy
gentleman return to the L. ). Senate,
Were passed. Hon. w. ;. Wilkinson,
who for several years has been train
ing with the Democratic party, was a
delegate, and opposed the passage of
the resolutions, failing in which he
led the Wells delegation from the
convention. Evidently. the people
of Farihault county do not believe in
allowing "Wilk" to run the Rrpub-
lican politics of the county after being
a prodigal SO long.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

WORD is received from eighteen OF
the twenty counties in this uhe Sec
ond) District, and the universal re
port is. Everything going solid for
Wakefield" 1t is particularly graft.
flying to Republicans and lndepen
dents to know that the new Second
District is so heartily Il unit upon
Mr.. Wakeiield's candidacy, and every
one seems determined to claim credit
in aiding to swell the overwhelming
majority he is bound to receive. L,
vote for Hon. James b. Wakefield is
to say that you want representative
in Congress who is capable of defend
ing your interests. who will fight fol
your rights and who will in every
way creditably represent one of tn,
most important agricultural district.
In the State.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
Proof Positive.

We have the most positive and convincing
proof that Thomas Eclectric Oil is a most
eifectual specific for bodily pain. In cases
of rheumatism and neuralgia 1t gives instant
relief Sold by Collins g. Co MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
DON'T Throw up the Sponge.

When suffering humanity are enduring the
horrors of dyspepsia, Indigestion, or nervous
and general debility, they are too often in
clined to throw up the sponge and resign
Burdock Blood Bitters the unfailing remedy.
Price 81 90 Sold by Collins s. Co, MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.

At MAPLETON, Monday and Tuesday,
Oct. 23rd and Ath, 1882
At GARDEN CITY, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Oct. 18th and Goth.
At MANKATO, Friday and Saturday, Oct.
27th and 18th.
EDWIN ROGERS,
County Superintendent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
Satisfaction for Ten.

In our faLiily of ten for over two years
Parkcrs Ginger Tonic has cured headache,
malaria and other complaints SO satisfactory
~ that we are In excellent health and no ex-
pense for doctors or other medicines
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
A Varied Performance.

Many wonder how Parker's Ginger Tonic
can perform such varied cures, thinking il
essence of ginger, when in fact 1t Is made
from many valuable medicines which act
bcneiicially ON every diseased organ.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

II the Recietc has ever made pitt
able public exhibition of itself in try
ing to deny what it had previously
asserted with great gusto of self
assurance. BOBBY John has done So
this week on the Third District mat.
ter. He unsupported the Welsh, got
them mad, and is now endeavoring TO
plaster them over with tafry. But it
won't work. The adhesive quality of
this compound has lost its virtue
through repeated applications, and
our great big boy will have to take
his medicine Us il comes, hereafter!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

The great sympathetic and muscular sys-
ten, on which full and healthful develop
ment depends, kept from growing fiabby and
inactive by using Browns Iron Bitters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

For Member of Congress. Second District.
JAMES b. WAKEFIELD,
or Faribault County.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

Commissioner End DiStrict-HENRT MoHR
Commissioner 18th District-E, SMITH.
Commissioner 9Th nisiricI-LAS. McRROOM
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20
MANKATo FREE Press.
STATE TICKET.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.

For Chief Justice supreme Court,
JAMES GILFILLAN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-20

FREEMAN & PAU,
Attorneys for Mortgage. Mankato, MINI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09
WHY He Omit Specializing.

He is an old gray-haired clerk In
Wall street Office. The boys were asking
him, at lunch time, why he never specu-
lated, and after some little hesitation, he
replied:
"There was time when I was con-
hrmed stock gambler. 1t was years ago,
and | was book keeper in a Broadway
store. had some money left me by my
father, and l earned pretty good salary,
but IN year after my first deal III stock
L was cleaned ont Of cash, owed for four
weeks board, and had drawn my salary
month ahead. In this emergency /
robbed the store of $1,000 and made
false entry on the books to conceal my
crime"
is it possible, /" gasped several voices
IN chorus.
Yes gentlemen, it is. / knew that
could conceal the theft for a week. and at
the end of that time I hoped to have
made a big stake in Wabash and be on
my feet again. I invested the stolen
money in that stock and waited. It
jumped up a little, fell, and jumped
again, and finally dropped out of sight
and swept my capital away"
''And you were ruinedP"
81 thought so. Discovery must come,
and my employer was man who would
have sent me to prison. determined to
go and drown myself. Discovery must
come on Saturday. Friday night I
closed the books and walked down Beck
man street to the river, calculating to
leap in and become food for sharks. As
neared the ship came upon stranger,
sick, and wet, and unable to move. He
asked me to secure carriage for him,
and said he had plenty money to reward
me. A fiendish thought flashed through
my brain; it was hardly conceived before
executed. l grasped his throat, choked
him senseless, robbed the body, and
heaved it into the water, and then fled.
"You don't say SOP" they shouted.
"Facts, gentlemen-cold facts. His
wallet contained $40, 900. I took 50, 900
to replace the stolen money, and with
the rest bought me the property now
own across the river. ] made solemn
VOW never to speculate again, and 1 have
kept it.
"And were you never found out?''
"Never; and l hope none of you will
| peach on me now.
While they looked at each other i'll q
dazed way the old clerk finished his
beet, wiped off his mouth, and observed
"Got to go now. Remember mum is
the word If it's noised around I might
have the victims heirs bowling around
here for compromise of fifty cents on the
dollar. - Wall Street Meas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09
MI. and Mrs. Wickle.
From the Laramie BOomerang.}

Old man Wickle and his wife, while
walking along the street going home
from mite society, engaged in quar-
rel.
ST am not going with you any more,
Samuel" said Mrs. Wickle. "You are
too old man to cut up the way you did
tonight. The idea of an old man who
has the rheumatism SO bad that he can t
put his socks on mornings, going to a
mite meeting and cavorting and romp-
ing as you haue done tonight! I say
it's shame"
II may have rheumatism" said the
old man, "but I haven't got dyspepsia
don't growl and snap at everybody.
You have been growing worse for the
last ten years. If you didn't have me
to pick at I believe you'd de-"
81 won't walk with a man that acts
hike rhlnoceros.
GLOW does a rhinoceros act?" asked
the old man, thinking that he would
catch her on natural history.
''Acts like fool, that's how he acts, "
and Mrs. Wickle walked rapidly away,
leaving The old man several PAGES be-
hind. He finally caught up, just as a
young man came walking along.
"You are walking pretty fast" said
the old gentleman.
His wife didn't say anything.
''It's clouding up, "he remarked, sit
must be going to rain"
The old lady made no reply, but the
young man took in the situation.
"You old villain" he exclaimed, adj
dressing Mr.. Wickle, "what do you
mean by attempting to thrust your
company upon a lady who does not
want you? It's becoming too frequent
for ladies to be insulted on the streets
by loafers. Get backr"
The young man struck at Wickle.
The old lady dubbed her umbrella, and
exclaiming "That's my husband" gave
the young man an undignifed blow.
The old man, encouraged by his
wife's strike for the union, jumped on
the young man and held him while the
rafting ribs of the umbrella fell on the
youths head with sound like the fall
ing of hail stones.
Samuel, no one can break up our do
nestle felicity" said his wife, after the
battle.
"No, SIR" said the old man. "When
a man tries to destroy the domestic
happiness of my household he catches
my consolidated power of wrath"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09
GOLDEN GRAIN.
Flattering Crop Reports from All Di-
rectiOnSs

EAdtEcr1mS crop kepOTts from BIZ Ri
rectiOnSs
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN Wisconsin has
had trouble with spring wheat, but in parts OF
the State the area shows increase, and the con-
dition of the crop is good the yield ought to
be considerably in excess of last year. Barley
is being cultivated increasingly in Wisconsin,
and it promises well. In Michigan the condi-
ton of the wheat is excellent.
ILLINOIS. AT Springfield dispatch to the
Chicago Times says: Winter wheat on drained
land is much above an average in condition,
and. with favorable conditions until harvest,
there will be more than an average yield per
acre. Notwithstanding the fact that the win
tcr-wheat area of the State is 10 per cent. less
than last year, the prospects at this date when
compared with the corresponding date last
season is favorable for 80 per cent. larger
yield per acre IN Northern Illinois, 40 per
cent. larger yield per acre in Central Illinois
and 26 per cent. larger yield per acre in South
e. n Illinois. Corn planted before the cold
weather in April and at intervals since, much
to the surprise of old corn-gr0wers. has made
considerable growth during the period of low
temperature, and, while lacking vigorous.
healthy color, u.s. under the circumstances, doing
well, and with few days of warm sunshine will
make rapid growth. The area of potatoes and
OatS is nlucn larger lnan laSG year.
ONO AND INDIANA recent telegram from
Cincinnati says Reports Of farmers visiting
the city, mercantile travellers and correspon-
dents of business houses daily received give
flttering accounts Of the prospect of wheat in
the portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky
Immediately tributary to Cincinnati The
acreage is from Is to 20 per cent. greater than
that of last year. The set on the ground is
thick, the stem vigorous, the heads large. and
the yield to the acre promises to be 20 to rs per
cent. greater than that of last year.
In GENERAL. in general it may be safely
stated, at this writing that the cool, wet wealth.
er has not been unfavorable for wheat, and has
rendered it the conspicuous service of keeping
back the fatal chinch bug. If it has injured
the corn it may have more than compensated
for it by the opportunity it has afforded the
young wheat of getting good start before the
cbinch bug was able to be out. But it is not
yet certain that the corn has been seriously in
jured. 1t is backward large tracts that should
have been planted are not planted vet.
The area Of both corn and wheat is considers
bly, increased, and the condition of the former
is not such, with rare exceptions, as to dis
courage the farmers, who are confident that if
tie weather now becomes favorable no harm
will have been done by the wetness and GOODNESS
of the season. Oats, rye and potatoes appear
to have been planted in liberal quantities, and
to be promising well.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09

o midnight Rain,
Heard mid Tire restlessness OF weary pain
Thy cadence brings
Sweet thoughts Of peace on silver tinted wings.
In this dim town,
hear thy thousand streamlets tricHe down;
Ere thou haes fed,
Tell me, o Rain the source whore thou hast fed.
Bright pearly dewdrops from blue violets' eyes;
l see the mist
Come from the wood-rtlrs ripp.es, eyening-kiased
The green fields CLEAN
Before me, az to thy sweet rhyme I dream;
aefSi And birds and flowers
Are with nlein my restless midnight hours
More blest than thee,
I feel the fragrance Of the summer seas;
Along the coast
see the never7resting pillows tost.
sTyinps1 here stsu. -@
Thoughts Of the ocean make my sad heart thrill
That ocean rife
with strength and majesty and glorious life.
Each gem long sought,
From dewdIop or from distant waters brought.
bouute nus Raini
THOU scatterest for Blessing on The grain.
Spend and be spentf
o gracious Rain through thee grow content;
Thy calm-voiced spell
Coca deeper in the heart than words can tell.
Watching through night,
May with me await the morning light
In pain or care,
Or rapt, it may be, in the trance Of prayer.
To each, to all, .t
Fearing thy rhythmic music softly fall,
Sweet thoughts may come
OF Him who by Ills ways doth lead us home.
For not one drop
Fails from the cloud upon the bare hilltop
Falls, through dark hours,
Upon the closed chalce Of the flowers;
Or on the sea, IL
Or on the murInurous thickly-folaged tree,
But falls to cherish
What else would pine and, dropping sadly perish.
se And shall the tear, ls4
bhed by the Fathers wel-loved children here,
In doubt and pain,
Fan for a less wise purpose than the Rain7
Chambers Journal.