The Republican journal., 1885-03-12
Washington County Notes.
UNDER HE SNOW. THE LUMBERINC INTE
ESI. Rl-SINESS DEpRESSION. TILE DEM

UNDER The SNOW. THE LUMBERING INTER-
EST. BUSINESS DEPRESSION. TIE DEMO
Gratis AND THE OFFICES
TCorrpspondpucc of the Journall
Washington county has been under the snow
since the middle Of January, and is still in that
condition. The denizens Of our county have
but little idea Of the green peas and Strawberries
with which their brethren are regaled daily,
Who are soj0urnng in the land nearer the sun.
Those whose lot it is to stay at home ana do
the work and earn the daily bread, are more
concerned about the size of the wood pile, the
condition Of the coal bin, and the fast decreas-
ing supply of fodder for the cattle, than they
are about the crop of oranges and the produc-
ton of roses and pinks or the late Of the New
Orleans Exposition. The numbering interests
Of Washington. which We're on the qoj FIX, in
the early part Of winter, for want of snow and
ice, are now on firm basis. far as the cut
of logs is concerned. What the final result will
be will depend on the market for the manu-
facturcd article next season. The river towns
in Washington county are largely dependent
for their prosperity on the market for lumber.
The uncertainty in Legislation in the Demo
tanly that nothing would be done which ought
to be done, has had depressing influence on
business generally. Perhaps there never has
been a more depressed state of business than at
present Ii is true that farming can prosper
lust as well, aud the yield Of potatoes and oats
may be lust as large under one administration
as another if the quantity OF fertilizers i the
~, +
if the Morrison bill, OF any similar one OBJ
tanS?
Washington county Democrats are exercised
a good deal about this time about the offices.
Bad blood comes to the surface in the eastern
part Of the county. 1t would not seem surpri>-
ING if the ST. CroiX should be found running
with blood some morning before the matter Of
the Custom House occupant is settled. One
party Burns to get in 50 badly that he is mov
ng heaven and earth to DO il; while another
party is determined to Leay-it alone until his
accidencv calls for him, which he fully expects
him to do, after the present occupant shall
have mildly and cooliy sat out his ''civil ser
vice. time. The friends of the two parties are
very blood thirsty. The contest for the Machi-
The redoubtabe editor of the Machias Union.
who is now doing the South, and writing letters
to the Union filled with Democratic gall, is Il
candidate, relying, no doubt, On the part he
took in the Garceon State steal, for Influence
in that direction. John +. Lynch, Esq, the eX-
candidate for Representative to the T. 5. Con-
grcss, wishes to console his mind for he loss of
,l,o la M.
would have got. had not more people wanted
him not to have it than there We're who desired
that he should have it. Mr.. Lynch is not the
man to contest the seat in the face of six thous
and of the kind first named. While Mr.. Drisko
has been in Virginia making minccmeat Of
Senator Malone, Mr.. Lynch has been to Albany
with the genial Samuel to kindly suggest to his
accidency that 'when vacancy Shall occur in
the Custom House, at Eastport and Machias,
that there are two gentlemen, one resident Of
each place, who are 50 willing to sacrifice them
selves on the altar Of patriotism that they will
consent TO fill those offices.
Fortunately, there are no mugwumps i'll
Washington county to put in claims for recog-
milton, and the President need not fear crltl-
cism on that score if he makes a clean sweep of
all Republican officials in the first fortnight of
his reign. A distinguished Democrat of Wash
ington county, the same VINO rode the iron
fence in Augusta in 1880, and to whom Re
publican Legislature awarded hundred dollars
for that feat, has gone to Washington presum-
ably to get Il foreign mission or seat in the
Cabinet or-or-to be Postmaster Of East Ma
chas. In a short time, at best, not long, we
shall see what the boys in ship yard at the
Head of the Tide" in Belfast, many years
ago used to designate their evening entertain
ments at their boarding house in the yard. At
ter supper and smoking over, the younger men
used to 60 in for sports Of all kinds, and the
signal given for action was q loud call ''Rink-
tum's begun" There can be no doubt that Il
call of that kind will be made very soon after
the 4h of March. "Rinktum" is sure to be be-
gun by one party, if not by another, and that
there are three or more irreconciiable parties
in the Democratic party, no honest man can or
will deny. Republicans are prepared to be
pleased at anything which may take place.
They are not responsible. HARRIS.
England is just about one-third drunk most
of the time, and about one-thrd of England Is
lier. The further statement that in 1880 Great
Britain spent 500, 900, 900 in drink is therefore
readily accepted.
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