The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-22
OLD J0E's STATEMENTS
Have Justly Aroused DR.. B0wman's In.
digpatiOn Again-..A Strong
Letter.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
ANpALus1A. Jan. 20, Is

EDITOR ARGUs:-The world renowned
philanthropist should establish western
branch of his society, and its headquar-
tiers should be in Rock Island. Some
wicked wretch has been torturing the
moral idiot who runs the I>slan-der sludge
machine, until his 'naryes' are in an ag>
onizing twitter. The volunteer gutter
scraper, who knowingly panders to al
convicted thief, whose moral vision new
er reaches to the VIII commandment,
could not be expected TO entertain any
high regard for the Injunction of its next
nelghbor, the X. So it is not matter
of surprise when he, in his copperhead
malignity. ISLANDERS good citizens. The
occasion he takes is the filling of the va
cant collectorship of the township of An
dalusia. Frank Brusso. an honest. indus
trious young man, was elected at the
township election. He did not qualify
for the reason that his modesty deferred
him from moving in the matter of getting
his bond filed. No one came forward to
offer and at the last moment he declined
The town clerk, Charles Hayes, notified
me of the emergency. The time for col>
lections had arrived. 1t was my duty to
convene the board of appointment. The
Office is not very desirable one-nobody
wanted il, unless the copperhead did. We
did not want that sort. for the people had
very distinctly expressed their will in
that direction. The board unanimously
appointed John H Ballard and asked him
to accept the Office which, after some
hesitation, he did. He is democrat
has been an honest consistent one all his
life. He shouldered his gun. and leaving
wife and little ones. entered the service
OF his imperiled country. and CALAMITY did
soldiers duty. Since his discharge he
has been an industrious. exemplary Citi-
zen. He is strenuous temperance
man. Not an honest man in An
dalusia doubts his integrity, or fears
that he will steal cent of the peoples
money. His bonds were in my opinion
sufficient. would have cheerfully put
my name to it, but as had to approve it,
thought one signature enough.
The SANDER on A. W. Smith is of the
most despicably malignant character. such
as only the ranking venom of the cops
perhead could engeDder Mr.. Smith was
also soldier, and did his full duty, and
has an honorable discharge. He was
handsomely elected by both democrats
and republicans as magistrate. He is
principal teacher 10 our school. also a
leading man in the U. B. church in this
place, and maintaiQs unblemished the
character OF u Christian gentleman. Mr..
Britton is an old citizen. Il life long con-
sistent democrat; has given security to
society" that his malignant defamers,
| Danforth 4 Co, have never done, and
not even a remote probability that they
will be able to do. He has raised a re-
spectacle family of sons and daughters.
These are the kind of citizens that this
| ignorant. malignant copperhcad trys to
abuse and detame. They have u supple,
solid tool 10 ]. B. D., whenever they
| bleat he is the ready scapegoat to work
over their dirt piles. 1t they choose to
cluck, he like an old anserine biped begins
TO cackle and imagines he has found 4
mares nest and forthwith proceeds to
incubate the stale eggs. As 10 Mr.. GoodC
and myself we are both old enough and
sufficiently well known all over the coun-
ty, as is Danforth, to make it unnecessary
for US to take any trouble about his i'm,
potent malignancy towards US. As to
ruling Andalusia, we beg to assure the
nervous old granny that hndalusia ha;
long had knack of ruling itself. Tn,
good citizens elect servants to do thei
work Their fault, in Danforth's view
must be that they will not permit hin
or his copperhead satellites to hoodwinl
or dictate to them. 1t has long beer
known that Danforth's satellites here
were intensely disguised with the limited
influence they had. But the small boy
would instinctiyely put his tongue into
his cheek" at any intimation that they
were 1.-THE people of Andalusia. Nom
OF the teachers seem to be laying AWAKE
o nights for fear Of not getting thei
wages from the danger of the collecto
stealing the money. Nor has it trans.
pired that their school fund has been 81
administered as TO endanger its bank
ruptcy. II there was any danger o
either. the people would hardly 60 to j
, B. D. for either knowledge. advice o
help. We volunteered to him some goot
advice about hiring cheap clerk iron
the asylum for the feeble minded. to saw
him from mistakes, but he prefers til
volunteer gutter scrapers, and as the
torture his nerves with such cruel appre
tensions that some wicked officer wi
violate his darling With commandment
we will change our prescription, and say
in view of the terrible wear and tear o
bis nervous system, give HIM an ounc
of clvet, good apothecary."
E. H. BOWMAN, Supervisor.