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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
Dissemination of News Forty Years
Ago.

AS late as 1874 there was but one
line of telegraph in the world, that from
Washington City to Baltimore, and one
of the first messages transmitted was the
nominating national convention which
met in the latter city on the 9th Of
May, 1874, after selecting James K.
Polk, of Tennessee, as the candidate for
President, nominated Silas Wright, of
New York, for Vice President. A tcle-
graphic dispatch was sent to Mr..
Wright at Washington City, and in a
short time an answer was received de-
clining, and it was regarded as the
worlds wonder. This made the telegraph
a success. 1t is true that in Baltimore
at the time many doubted after the re-
ception of the telegram whether it was
in truth genuine. They could not be-
lieve in the power of electricity to per-
form so great wonder. One old gen
tleman from New York, who had lived
neighbor to Silas Wright, said he
knew it to be forgery, for he had seen
the signature of Silas Wright a hun
dred times and he had seen him write
it, and 'the thing is no more like
Wright's hand-write than it is like my
own" But still, with this evidence
against its being genuine, the telegram
was regarded as genuine, and George NJ
Dallas, of Pennsylvania, was nominated
in place of Wright, and 'Polll and Dal-
las" were elected. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
A Seven.Year-OId Cologne Tippler.

A Paris physician got into great
scrape lately by declaring that a young
lady of seven, and belonging to family
of responsibility, drank Another doc.
tor was promptly summoned and said
the same thing. The parents were in
despair and incredulity. They said that
their daughter actually disliked wine.
Watch her carefully" said doctor No.
2, and few days later mamma caught
the victim of the mysterious malady at
the eau de cologne bottle. London Kani-
tn Hair
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
The Old Red School House Valedictory.

The old time valedictory poem in use
at the old red "skule houses" at the
cross roads was not as pretty as the lat
ter day efforts of the graduates of city
colleges and seminaries, but perhaps it
expressed the sentiments of the vale
quite as closely. 1t used to
run something after this style.
Good-by scholars,
Good-by school,
Good-by teacher--
Blamed old fool
Buffalo Enpress.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08

The men employed in cleaning and
sorting vanilla suffer from singular skin
disease, which has lately been found to
be caused by minute white insect which
lives in the bean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
Not What She Expected.

Teacher What letter comes next after
H2
Little girl don't know.
Teacher What have got OF each side
Of my nosel
Little girl with conviction) Powder
Progress.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
Total of Executive and Legislative. SO, ,592.

Dinner dishes decorated with verses Or
poetry, maxims, conundrums, etc., are
interesting, and furnish the guests some,
thing to talk about.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08
What the Rulers of France Get.

The men who govern France arc paid
as follows:
Presidents salary ........, $4,000
Expenses for entertaining. 10000
Travelling expenses. ...... 60,00O-S240, ,0Ot
st Stna5orial expenses and salaries. 920,00G
Expenses and salaries of deputies. 1882, ,00C
Total of Executive and Legislative. so, ,592, ZOO
The president has, beside, the use Of
the government palaces and of govern,
ment forests, kept at the national ex.
pense The game supplies his table
What he cannot use is sold, and he pock
cts the proceeds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08

There are now SO, 900 growing trees in
Washington. placed at regular intervals
along 1876 miles of fine streets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08

Bananas are forty four times more pro
ductive than potatoes, anl one hundred
and thirtv-one times more than wheat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08

About 40, 600, 900 pennies were coined
D the United States last year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-08

The men who govern France arc paid
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

greenback boat has bean laid up for repairs,
which of the two remaining ships will you
sail ON this fall? One will 60 to the White
House, the other up the river, as usual every
four years. Blaine and Logan are captain
and mate of one, and Cleveland and Hen
bricks of the other. The one is made of
such timber as Lincoln, Seward, Sumner,
Wendell Phillips, Greeley, Chandler, and q
host of others, and see happy crew going
aboard, composed of all classes, and possess
ing all interests. AS they weigh anchor they
will take up that beautiful strain "My Coun-
try, tits of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty"
But the other craft will sail, too, and what
does it look like? Like whited sepulcher
full of dead mems bones, and it will take on
for its crew disappointed ofiice-seekers, and
many Others who have not washed their
robes and made them white from the blood
of the Union, and as they march along, they
will take up that doleful lamentation, "The
summer is past, the harvest ia ended, and we
are not saved" And, as their craft ia about
to make the plunge, we will hear that dole
full strain, plunged in gulf of dark de-
spair we wretched sinners lay, without one
cheering beam of hope, or spark of cleaning
day." So mote it be.
JONATHAN SLATER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Paw Paw, Oct. 25th, '84,
Resp. Yours,
Il. L. GIDDINGs.

Paw Paw, Oct. 25th, 'S4.
EDITOR TRUE NoRrHERNER:
Will you allow me little space in your
paper in which to discuss the attitude of the
prohibition party towards the other political
parties? l believe it is the intention of its
leaders and Of the true friends of temperance
that it should be developed wholly in the in
terest of temperance. In that spirit l had
intended to give that ticket my support.
But / am convinced that its influence is
being used against the republican and in
favor of the democratic party, especially in
this county. If | am not correct in my con-
clusion, please tell mo why was my friend j.
w. Free, who was nominated for treasurer
by the democrats, adopted by the temper
ance county convention, while my friend G..
w. Myers, who has been prominent tenn
perance worker for twenty years, having for
that length of time believed prohibition the
only effectual means of putting an end to
the liquor traffic, who was selected by the
republicans as their nominee for county
clerk because he was acceptable to the tenn
perance people of this county, was rejectedr
The next aid to my present opinion is the
bond of sympathy which seems to exist be-
tween democratic and temperance speakers.
shown by their mutual attack upon the re-
publican party and it's leaders.
The third reason for my belief lies in the
fact that about every democrat is In favor of
this temperance movement while but very
few of them are ready to vote with it this
fall, and those who will vote the ticket are
from the greenback wing of the party.
ooh, yes" the democrats say, "this tenn
perance movement is good thing, and you
disaffected republicans cannot do better than
vote the prohibition ticket. We cannot vote
it this fall, but after this year we are with
you"
Now, my prohibition friends of the repub-
lican party, it is not fair play for us to 90
into this new party one or two years before
the democratic temperance people are ready
and appropriate all the fat offices. Let us
vote the republican ticket this time with q
little judicious scratching and at the next
election all of us, of both parties, will start
in even and give the prohibition cause a ire
mendous boom. What say you?
Yours, for fair play,
VIM. CLARK.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

to help out Mr.. Yaple's bad cause, Ia going
about declaring that Mr.. Burrows has robbed
poor soldiers mothers, although he knows
nothing Of Mr.. Burrows personally, and says
that he ought to be in prison wearing the
stripes. Rev. A. A. Knappen, one of the
most respected men in the Methodist minis
try, had the same part in the above case that
his partner, Mr.. Burrows, had. Gen. Gary
is, therefore, saying that Rev. Mr.. Knappen
ought also to be IN prison wearing the
stripes.
1t was not enough for the men engaged in
the original steal from Mr.. Knappen and Mr..
Burrows to do what they did. The case
must be misrepresented, turned into lie,
and made to do service for the democratic
cause ON the stump. But Gen. Cary will
find, and the democratic party will find, that
the personal character of both Mr.. Burrows
and Rev. Mr.. Knappen, who have been well
known hereabouts for nearly generation,
are too thoroughly and universally respected
to be touched by such attacks.
III the transaction in the case of Alva White
were to be made the rule in all similar in
stances, every man who has paid minor his
wages, and every man who has, without ex-
press authority, delivered money to q minor
for other parties who had sent him, could
be made to pay the sums over again; and all
the time that he held the money till he had
been robbed by second forced payment, he
could be made to appear a swindler, who
ought to be in prison wearing the stripes.
Mr.. Theron f. Giddings brands the ale
cation that he had something to do with the
White bounty matter, and had been inter-
viewed in relation thereto, as falsehood, in
the following letter:
KALAMAZOO, Oct. 81, 1884.
Hon. j. @. BURROWS:
Dear Sir,-Iu relation to the saliva White
bounty matter, lately published IN the South
Haven Sentinel, in which it is stated thatJ
was interviewed, etc, will state that no
such interview as alleged ever took place be-
tween myself and any person, and that do
not now, nor ever did hold your receipt for
any bounty money, nor did L ever have any
transaction (as far as my memory now serves
me) with yon in regard to bounty matters,
and the whole matter regarding such pre-
tended interview is falsehood.
Resp. Yours,
Il. +. GIDDINGs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

democrats love the greenbackers. The dem
ocratic.greenbackers deserted our standard
bearer, Gen. Weaver, and supported Han
cock. Then in 1882 general fusion took
place in most of the states, and what was the
result? They combined upon Grover Cleve-
land in New York and he was elected by an
overwhelming majority. The anti-monopo-
lists all over the country rejoiced over the
victory and built their hopes upon reform
administration, at least in the state of New
York. While Grover Cleveland may have
been more or less imbued with reform prin-
ciples, subsequent Developments show that
the communicating touch of the old, decaying
political corpse to which he was attached was
more than he could stand, and he fell an easy
prey to the monopolists. His official acts
show him to be an enemy to the working
classes of his state. This is the man whom
the greenbackers of Michigan are asked to
support for president of the United States,
for il the fusion ticket should succeed In
Michigan, the greenback candidate for presi-
dent will get only two votes to the demo-
cratic ten. We find that combination or flu
sion has been followed by the most humili-
ating disappointments. The national green
back party, with the aid of the independent
voters, elected our present governor, as in
New York. Hopes rose high in the breasts
of the honest masses. The laborer, the arti-
san, the producer, and the tradesman re-
joiced within themselves when the result was
known. But haze their hopes been met !?
None can doubt that the masses hare been
deceived. That their chosen chief executive
has utterly and entirely failed to discharge
his plain duty TO them. In the coming cleo
ton we are asked to support this same mon
strosity for governor again. The democratic
party is q .free-trdde party; tie 9reen6dck
party is not. The fusion candidate for con-
gress in this fourth congressional district is
free-trade democrat, and says to the farm
ers of this district, if any of you want the
duty restored on your wool, you should vote
for the other man 'slor by the Eternal, 4
neDer oiU!' How does it suit you, Mr..
Farmer, to have your servant tell you that he
will trample one of your chief products un-
der his feet? This is the free-trade candi-
date you are asked to support this fall. +
The question before the people of
this district is protection or free-trade. Take
history and look it over well-America has
tried both several times then you can see
how this country has been affected by both
in years past. Here is another thing that
looks queer to theygreenbackers; we are asked
to vote for free-trader for congress and
protectionist for president, as gallant old Ben
Butler, the greenback nominee for president,
is pr0tectiOnSSt.
CHAs. II. WILLIAMS.
Porter, Van Buren, Co., Mich, Oct %, "a.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30
Whore He Stands.

From the Decatur Republican.
Ed. REpUBLICAN:-In taking retrospect
view of the past history of the two old par
ties, the thought has occurred to me, "What
have the parties done for the country" The
last we knew OF the democratic party, was
when it left the country with an empty treas
ury and in disorganized condition, with
secession cropping out in several states of
the Union. This was the legacy left TO the
republicans. What next do we find2 A most
gigantic war upon our hands besides the
empty treasury. They had to do what they
could, and while they may have made some
mistakes, they did the best they could. With
an enemy in front and foe within their
ranks, they were terribly crippled, and,
Greenbackers, they made the greenback, but
if they did put an exception on it, they never
called it "rag baby" Lincoln skim" and
such names, neither did they call the Union
soldiers "Lincolns hirelings."
Now, what do we find after "a years of re-
publican rule? An empty treasury? No; but
treasury with enough money in it to pay
all obligations as fast as they become due,
and every man on American soil free citi-
zen. They propose to keep them So and to
make laws for America and her interests,
and not for the interests of England. What
do the democrats want US to do? Why,
turn the rascals out" they say. What have
you democrats done TO merit the offices?
We killed your soldiers and left you debt
of nearly $3,000,000,000 to pay, and if you
will give US the reins Of government, we will
destroy the means by which the debt can be
paid by carrying out the plank in the demo
cratic platform-honest money, gold and sill
YER. And in order that the dear people shall
not be taxed to death, we will do away with
the pension laws, and have free-trade 80 poor
people will not have to work. For these,
and many other reasons, we humbly ask
your SURFACES.
Now, Mr.. Editor, they accuse me of sell
ing out TO Mr.. Burrows and the republican
party. All have TO say TO that, IL that the
person who started the report is malicious
falsiier. Neither Mr.. Burrows or anyone
else ever offered me anything, in any way
shape or manner. spent my own money
and viii do my own voting. / will not have
to "eat crow" either, for my first vote was
cast for Lincoln, and can go back and SIT
down at the old table, and will, before will
feed on that old carrion bird which picked
out the eyes of dead Union soldiers, whom
democrats killed.
| Now, Greenbsckers Of Van Buren,, "a the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30
A Lie Nailed.
MENDoN, Oct. Goth,


EDITOR DECATUR REpUBLICAN:--I have Just
been advised that one James Jordan, an ed
itor of the Paw Paw Courier, in political
speech made in your city recently, assailed
our Grand Army Post Of. w. Curtenius Post,
No. 1913, Mendon) in terms both false and
unwise, by charging our post with refusing
to receive a flag through Mr.. Geo. L.. Yaple
candidate for congress-, because he was a
democrat, and that we postponed the dedica-
ton meeting week for the sole purpose of
getting rid of Yaple. Whether such mali
cious falsehoods originate through jealousy,
envy, or pure cussedness to injure the Grand
Army, am not sure, but of one thing l am
sure, that the Grand Army will survive and
flourish after such foolish falsifiers are dead
and forgotten.
The truth of the whole matter is this: Our
post had arranged for the dedication of their
new hall on Saturday evening. Oct. 4th, and
Mr.. Mortified, senior vice-eommander de-
partment Mich G. A. r., of Union City, had
been invited to make the dedication address.
1t had also been arranged to present our post
a silk banner and bible at tho same meet
ing. day or two before the meeting was
to occur Mr.. Mortified notified the post that
he had received a telegram which would call
him from home for a week, but if the meet
ing was postponed week he could be pres
ent. The meeting was postponed according
ly. In the meantime committees of arrange
ments had been appointed both for the dedi-
cation and presentation ceremonies. The
nearest that Mr.. Yaple was even requested
to present the flag, SO far as l can learn, was
that lady of the village asked Yaple's wife
if he would present it. The post most EN-
phatically denies the charge of refusing to
receive the flag from Yaple because he was a
democrat or for any other reason. The COM
mittee chose DR.. Clapp to present the flag
and he did it in a very able manner, and he
is lifelong democrat, too. Our post makes
no preferences on account of politics, but we
nail such lies on sight and are aware that it
originated much nearer home than Paw Paw.
O. j. FAST,
Com. ". 7. Cnrtenius Post, No. 1893.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

The Day Spriag publishes IN its last issue
of ST. Joseph county, who was an ardent
supporter of Yaple two years ago, and who
stumped the county in his behalf, written to
his friend and brother greenbacker, G. II.
Williams, of Porter in this county. We have
not space to reproduce the letters in full.
Mr.. ", among other things, makes the fol-
lowing inquiries and statements:
What are you doing to defeat fusion and
Yaple in this district? The way
things now stand j. G. Burrows will be victor
and / don't care, for Yaple ought to be left at
home. = l am pretty well posted all
over the district and think Yaple will be de-
feated. Let me know at once how things
look with you. Yours very truly,
JOHN L. VAN DEVANTER.
Mr.. Williams replies through the columns
of the press, 80 that all men may know his
position, substantially as follows:
To The Green6dckers Of Van Buren, County and
The Fourth Congressional District:
The time has come for all men who call
themselves greenbackers to stop and consid-
er whether it will be good policy TO support
the fusion ticket at the coming election.
think every candid man in the greenback
party will agree with me in saying that our
party organization has been swallowed up by
the democracy of our state. l believe those
men who call themselves leaders in the
greenback party, who have had their bread
buttered by this fusion for the last two years
and now want it turned over and buttered
on the other side for another two years, have
entered into solemn compact by the terms
by which the greenback party was to be used
as a recruiting camp for the democracy, and
it's recruits were to be turned over and sworn
into the democratic army; or, in other words,
to make a greenback tail lift the old standard
democratic kite from the dust. = =
l most erAphatically demur, with many more
of the greenbackers of Van Buren, county
and the fourth congressional district, to be-
| ing thus disposed of. The same thing may
be said of the prohibition movement in our
county, for If you will take a glance over
their county ticket you will readily see that
il is q side-show for the democracy They
took particular pains TO indorse the demo-
Gratis on the fusion ticket and entirely ig-
nored lifelong prohibitionists on the repub-
lican ticket. Therefore, / say it is plain to
be seen that IL is dodge.
Now look at the fusion of the greenback-
ers and democrats in Michigan and see how
it looks to q republican greenbacker: In
1873 the greenback party polled nearly 75,-
600 votes In the state, and three tickets in
the field at that. Where did our party vote
go TO in 1880? Down TO 33,000-less than
half. This shows plain enough how the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

CHAs. II. WILLIAMS.
Porter, Van Buren, Co., Mich, Oct. %, "a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30
Presiding Elder Albion District.

The following article from the Kalamazoo
Daily Telegraph shows in its true light the
real spirit of the scandalous falsehood:
PIECE OF eHoULIsH WORK.
The democratic managers in this district
are seeking to profit by as dishonest piece
of business as could be dragged into service.
The republican candidate for congress, Mr..
Burrows, and his former law partner, the
Rev. A. A. Knappen, now presiding elder of
the Albion district, this state, advanced the
money to a soldier, who enlisted Just at the
close of the war, so that he could get his
state bounty for the use of his relatives with
ont the long delay, nearly year, which il
would require if his certificate took its regu-
lar course. This was not an isolated case.
II was common practice on the part of
soldiers enlisting, and a class of business
which firms were called on at that time to do
great deal.
Seventeen years later these two former
mariners find themselves called on to pay the
money for the certificate they took to col
iect, when they had once paid the money,
and in adDdnce. The soldier was minor
when ne received this advance. Technically
ne had not full power TO take the money,
but IL all young men were held to that con-
struction il would be a great hardship. In
general practice it is the most common thing
in the world for young men about coming of
ACE 10 make their own bargains, to receive
their own wages or pay, etc. Usage regu-
fates that and enables the transacting of q
vast range of such business, without the in
convenient formality of having the parents
or guardian go around and look after every
detail.
By a resort TO judicial blackmailing, g
Kalamazoo attorney, whose share in the pro
Goods it may be pertinent at some time to
inousre into, got hold of the case, and Mr.
Knsppen and Mr.. Burrows, having the tech.
nicai points OF the case against them, paid
the money, which they had years ago ad.
vanoed, over again.
On the strength of the above case, Gen
Sam Cary, the notorious Ohio blatherskite
and demagogue, imported into this district
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

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as it begins to destroy the poisonous acids
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doing well what it was intended to do. On
this fact alone is based the claim that it il
worthy the name-Athlophoro champion
remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia.