The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-07
and Comments.

The Frederick correspondent OF the baltl-
more SIN says sit is understood that the car
nivaI associations of Hagerstown and West
minister viii participate in the trades display
and carnival demonstration to take place here
on Easter Monday AS Westminster has no
carnival association, the correspondent is mis-
taken that far in his report. Westminster
citizens will no doubt help to swell the throng
Of visitors at the Frederick carnival, but the
city has gone out of the carnival business.
After having two grand successes, she is wise
enough to hold off rather than to run the risk
of failure, with a debt included. Carnivals
and trades displays are not as popular as they
used to be, and the expense of getting them
up is great. The people like change. Even
aspiring would be but gloomy weather, if we
had nothing else but spring. especially if it
were like the spring weather this week.
A regiment 1 900 strong is being raised by
O'Donavan Rosa, it is said, for service with
Ell Mahdi against the British in the Soudan.
The recruits are to be gotten in Chicago, New
York, Buffalo, Boston and Philadelphia, and
SIS, 900 are to be raised in each city for their
equipment and sustenance. OF course this
government would not let them either organ
ize or depart. IF it were lawful and right to
do so, however, we should gladly hail their
departure, with Rosa with them, for they
would never get back. In fact, we would like
to see all the socialists and dynamiters in this
country go to the Soudan, where they would
never be heard Of again.
Just before the bill pensioning Grant passed
Congress, the General health was reported
as very precarious. Indeed, one would have
thought that his death was near at hand.
Even his son joined in the gloomy predictions
concerning his fathers condition. The day
after the bill passed Gen. Grant was reported
much better. In fact, the dreadful cancer at
the root of his tongue had disappeared, and
all former reports of his physical decline were
contradicted. Grants illness was gotten up
to work upon the sympathetic chord of Con-
gress and the people. Justice should always
outweigh sympathy, however.
According to Hon. Amos A. Lawrence,
who testified before a committee of the Mass
achusetts Legislature last week, Boston is
very wicked city, where intemperance and
licentiousness run riot. Mr.. Lawrence is
connected with twenty charitable or
CARNATIONS, and has ample opportunities of
knowing whereof he speaks. There are 365
charitable institutions in the city, so there
must be many good as well as bad people
there.
In its closing hours Congress passed the bill
putting Gen. Grant on the retired list of the
army, at pension of $1s,5 800 year. Grant
was not entitled to the pension, and Congress
had no right to grant it. He has large an
nual income now, and the giving away of this
money is robbing the people. Congress had
no time to act on the trade dollar, 10000 900
of which lie dead and useless in the hands of
the people, many of whom can lily afford the
loss.
The Kent county (Md. Agricultural Society
last week discussed the cost of producing a
bushel of wheat, and the conclusion was
reached that on an ordinary farm of 200 acres,
40 acres being in wheat, and applying Sc in
phosphate to the acre on corn ground and 81
on fallow, with an average yield of is bushels
per acre on corn ground and 20 bushels on
fallow, the cost per bushel would be from As
to 81 cents
Vice President Hendricks arrived at Wash
ington four or five days before the Inaugural
ton, and the Baltimore American remarked
that he was the 'advance agent of the big
Cleveland Show" Yes, he was the first to
arrive Of the new administration that is going
to show the American people what honest
governments.
State Treasurer Compton on Tuesday turned
over his office to State Treasurer Cuttings.
The amount in the treas ury at that time was
$685., 61S42.
Local elections in Iowa and Maine on Mon
day showed that the Democrats are growing
in numbers, and that the party has come into
power to stay.
As the grounding has been so good a
weather prophet, it has been suggested that
he be appointed chief of the weather bureau.
Last Wednesday was the Democratic 4th of
March, and the Republican March Forth.
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