River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-24
MADISON HASH
MAplsoN. Wis. Man Is. ,88.

l bihihi AoA oAOoD VIII WNCP. anu IL 81
TO what extenti Is there enough of it
to furnish plaster for the wounded
feelings of those who are now she'd
ding brlny tears over the weather!
Can anything be done to shut down the
gate to dame natures tear factory and
give the weather to us dry for short
time just as joke or for variety!
The ''oldest inhabitant" land he is
numerous) tells us this sort of thing is
unprecedented since old gentleman
Noah made his voyage and found too
much water for spring blowing. He
actually declares with ddjecttUes that
this weather "beat5 ALI" No doubt
this original and startling declaration
was called out by the failure of the
moon to dry up when he quartered
last time, and we agree with said anti
quated inhabitaut that, moon that
will trifle thus with the feelings of
old settlers needs dicipline, for such
conduct on the part of any moon of
! good character is not proper. No
doubt you catch my views; If not, de-
| sire to inform you that the weather is
| wet; everything is wet; even the lakes
look wet; IN fact every thing looks as if
! Mr.. Noah had just drawn off his flood.
Last Friday night it cleared, and the
\ following morning the sun came up
smilingiy, laughing at the mud, and
promising delightful day; but from
somewhere up in your region the
clouds came rolling down IA great
! banks, covering the sun, and, bring.
| ing with them the cold breath of old
| Boreas, drove the deniZens of this fair
city into wraps, and hustled them to
their firesides to warm their shiyering
shins.
AS L said in my last dish of hash,
the Republican Convention came and
performed the work it had to do, by
selecting men to go to Chicago in June
to assist in naming the next President
| OF the United States. Like the Dem
ocratlc Convention, this was made up
of fine looking body of men, though
not quite so loquacious as our Demo
| cratic brethren, spending much less
time in scolding, and working with
less friction. This was Occasioned no
doubt by better understanding in adj
vance of what was desired. Gov.
Rusk was heartily endorsed and will
go to the national convention with a
solid delegation intent on honOring
honest old Jerry with firm support.
The friends of piscatOrial fun are
beginning the season here, and the
lakes are dotted with boats seeking
the homes of the finny tribes which
| abound in the pure waters of the min
lature seas, which laugh in their disin-
thrallment from the icy letters of
winter. The lakes around Madison
probably furnish as fine fish and in as
.h.Vvz l.u
the state, fact which gives increased
attractiveness to the capital city as
place of residence for those who enjoy
the pleasures of angling.
Preliminary arrangements for the
annual MonOna Assembly are already
under consideration, and the intention
is to make it the most instructive and
attractive of any yet held, and nothing
will be left undone that will contrib
ute to success.
We had another sensation Saturday
last, but not in the nature of suicide;
in fact it differed quite materially
from that sort of thing, for there were
no pistols nor blood in the game as far
as heard from, except, possibly there
might have been blood in the eye of
an irate husband. Mrs. Downs, wife
of Thomas Downs of Evansville, con.
ceived the idea somehow that one
George Miller of the town aforesaid,
was in need of solace, and sympathy,
and other household goods, and took
him up bodily and hied herself to the
capital city that she might console
him without being in danger of the
ofliciOus and childish interference of
the said Thomas Downs, her lawful
welded husband and supposed partner
of her joys and sorrows. But the
nimble Thomas, unwilling that such
reversed MOrmanism should be intro
duced into his family, tripped lightly
to this fair city and had the naughty
twain arrested for GdUtteTdtiOn. They
had bearing Monday, and great
crowd gathered at police court to hear
the sweet-scented story of wild I'M
tanned love on rampage, but the de-
PENDANTS entered plea of not guilty,
and were remanded for future refer.
ence.
Last night there was a Prohibition
mass meeting in the Assembly Cham
Der, and Mr.. Richmond spoke for two
hours to a crowded house, and prov
ed himself shrewd, forceful and
NOOi oBCdhCls anu a Cdp-
tain of the forces he is leading. 1t is
doubtful if the third party can pro-
duce more able defender of their
faith than Mr.. Richmond.
The people of Madison are consider
ably stirred up on account of the decis-
ion of both the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties to hold their state conven-
| tons in Milwaukee. Some of them
even 60 SO far as to hint that it is all
for the greater convenience afforded in
the city of the lakes for getting beer.
but the answer comes back that the
change has been made on account of
the improved prospect of getting a
place TO sleep. Whatever Madison
may lack, it is certainly not lack of
beer, for sixty or more saloons would
prove quite ample for all the cOnven-
lions if held here on the same day. 1t
is too late to attempt to SANDER the
capital city by limiting that she cannot
| do the beer act to the satisfaction of
all the guZzlers that are likely to con-
gregate here, whether at convention
or any other gathering, and we protest
against this reflection on her beer re-
| cord. She is sound, able and ample,
willing and anxious to put all hands at
soak in barley juice on short notice,
and the entire city government will
Youch for the fulillment of the con-
tract with prayer and thanksgiving.
But it is when the capital city at
tempts to put the state to bed that it
fails; then comes the pinch. And it is
pinch to try to get three or four into
one bed and have them all sleep well,
especially if part of them are well edu-
Gated in the art of snoring. And
what pinch it would be for couple
of light weight democrats to get into
the back side of the bed, up against
the wall, with our friend Putnam on
the front side dreaming sweet dreams
of victory in November, and while
shouting in his ecstacy he rolls over
against the little fellows without
warning. And how much greater the
disaster, for two or three kid Republic
cans to try to slumber with Col. Ginty
on the front side, trying to deliver an
inaugural address in dreamland with
his body on earth making the apprO-
pirate gestures. 1t is all in the sleep.
ing arrangements, and the politicians
| OF this state do not propose TO be 60
chered out of their rest, for if there is
ANYTHING raaIIv uaedful IN uolitio.l