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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21
TWO WEIRD STORIES.
Some Very GruesOme Recollections Of
Old New England Woman.

Some Very Gruesome Recollections of an
Old New England Woman.
Even in New England curious and inter-
esting material may be found among old
people descended from the English colonial
settlers. About five years ago an old lad,
told me a story of how ffty-five years be-
fore our conversation the heart of man
was burned on Woodstock Green, Vermont.
The man had consumption six months be-
fore and his body was buried in the ground.
A brother of tho deceased fell i'll soon
after, and in short time it appears that
he, too. had consumption; when this fact
became known the family determined at
once to disinter the body Of the dead man
and examine his heart. They did 90, found
the heart undecayed, and containing liquid
blood.
Then they reinterred the body, took the
heart to the middle of Woodstock green.
where they kindied fire. under an iron pot,
in which thew placed the heart and burned
it to ashes. The old lady who told me this
was living in Woodstock at tho time, and
said she saw the disinterment and burning
with her own eyes.
The same old lady said that her uncle. .
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great rewards from this source az formerly
did the Dutch. Previous to the British i'm
position of salt duties in 1712, the fisheries
of Shetland were in the hands of the Dutch,
who It is said derived an annual profit of
$4,000, 600 from the same, or the enormous
profit aEring their entire control of 81 900,
100000. More than 1900 sbusses'' or fish
ing vessels might then have been seen in
Lerwick harbor at one time; while a few
miles from Lerwick, towards Scalloway,
the ancient capital of Shetland, is still seen
the "Hollander's Knowe, or hillock, where
in the old times when the Dutch fishers and
merchants we're in the ascendant, was held
ers bartered their fish and woolens for to-
bacco, spirits and other luxuries from Am
sterdam.
Other industries of the islands are very
noted hosiery and various knit fab
RIGS Of marvellous pattern and delicaoy OF
texture; sheep-ralsing. regarding which
most interesting tales are told OF the car
rying of sheep for summer grazing to al
most inaccessible and uninhabited islands;
and the native cattle have been improved
by cross with the southern shorthorns
and the Scottish Polled Angus. In the Ork-
neys there are of late years many extensive
and excellently cultivated farms; and dur
ing 1886 over 10000, GOO eggs were ex-
ported. The salubrity of the climate in
both these island groups is remarkable.
Though 80 far north that in the longest day
of the year the sun rises at two minutes
past three, setting at twenty minutes past
nine, a newspaper can be read at midnight
and the lark begins singing at one O'Clock
in the morning, and in the shortest day
between the rising and setting of the sun,
the mean temperature is us high as forty
six degrees. This is undoubtedly owing to
the influence of the gulf stream. Spring
begins in April; summer terminates about
the middle of September; and then after a
few weeks of clustering weather there is a
month OF the most beautiful and genial
summer" and called here 1.-THE peerie sum-
mer;" 'peerie'' in Orkney. Shetland and
Fifshire, Scatland, meaning "wee," tiny,
little, or brief.
It was not very long ago TINT the Ork-
neys, and especially the Shetland islands,
were regarded as wholly remote from and
inaccessible to the civilized world. The
revolution of November, 1888, was not
known Of in Shetland until the following
May. As late as 1904 the British mails
Tor three or four moths time would arrive
at the same hour. The first steamer an
peared OF the Shetland coast in 1899. the
peasantry believing y to be q ship on fire;
seen in the ports of the North Isles, They
still have many anecdotes here Of
the effect of it's arrival at Lsrwick. A
sample one is that on the occasion of the
craft blowing off steam with great noise,
two simple islanders engaged in gathering
limpets off the rocks, nearly went mad
with fright. At length, surveying the fire
ship monster with desperate dismay. the
stronger of the two handed his
snuh-horn to his companion with the ex-
hortation,
"Oh, Jamie, Jamie. take doc a snuff for
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present with other physicians at the open
ing of a grave in the town of Malone. New
York. The opening of the grave was MS
follows: ''bone auger" had been OBJ
served making its way through one of the
grave mounds in the church yard, increns.
ing its height day after day. At length it
was determined to dig down and trace the
anger to its origin. They dug through tho
earth to the coffin below; the auger had
bored its way through the coffin lid. The
lid was removed, and the people found that
the "bone auper" was growing out Of the
heart of man buried some time before.
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Such . Little baby.

The wife Of miner named Hodges, liv-
ing on Tiger Hill, in Carthage, Mo-, gave
birth recently to diminutive baby dauph-
ter. 1t is apparently strong and healthy,
but measures only eight inches, and weighs
AZ many ounces. It is we'll formed, and the
attending physicians and neighbors' wives,
who care for the little stranger, believe ii
will live. The tiny specimen of humanity
for ten cents.
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Wereaze the fact that garments sold by January
LIST will have to be carried until another year. This
we are bound not to do if
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13
GierfAaien ais MeSisin.

Gs eiebt nidt baIo Elm einfadereS
unb biaiseres MitteI BON bpsieniider
3eoeutun9, peldes 70 miBabtet unc
beiIerte eetpolfen tuiro, alS bic gier.
fbale, uno bod 1T Iie bon srober 8ufs
une bel 9lerpsni9pdde. @ridDpfuns,
ilberbaupt manaelbafter Grndbruns,
8luturmutb, 8Ieidiudt StrcpbeIn,
3beumatismus II. (. IN. Die @ieri6ale
behsbt in Der Sauptia6e aus pbospbor=
iaurem Ralf (ein SaupttbsiI unieres
8Drpsrs). pbne ben man ipeoer 9eiuno
nod frdftis iein fam, unb Der unS ais
8siniaunssmitteI fir obise 8ranfbeiten
in Der Gieridale 9eboten Wirb. Die in
einem Diem setDrrten @teridalen wers
ben in eioem Dl6rier fein seitOBen unb
Gals Bulper nit 8aHer ober UtiI6 ans
geriibrt, poer in trOfenem 3uitanoe nit
gla6trinfen elmer Sliiiii8feit) DiorsenS,
WittaaS uno IbenbS su ie einem bulben
bis sansen 9eeeIbffeI poa einsenOmmen.
9lu6 bel @uheriudt empfiebIt lid oas
Utittet.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13
Slumenf6ale.

Ulan fdle cine SdaIe nit tpeiBem
Sanbe einise Gentimeter bod unb febe
in benieIben bic abseidnittenen 8Bpfs
den Der Wobrrilben unb am 9anoe
grbien. Stun balte man ben Sano
INNER feudt unb iteQe bic SdaIe auf
bas S5eniterbrett. Na6 einisen Iagen
fansen bic 8ldttden Der Mobrrilben an
su pa6ien, aud bic @rbfen seben auf,
unb elm tpinsises Teppidbeet lit ferti8.
Nu6 fann man bic Ufitte Der SdaIen
nit Roseens Ober @eisentDrnern bi6t
beleeen, oann folst Elm 8reis SinIen
unb grbien, unb ON duberiten 8anbe
einige Mobrriibenf6pfden, Sm feu6ten
Sunbe nddit 9llIes iebr i6nea au elmer
pra6tieen 3ierbe beran.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13

- @uitab sSreitae fniipft in ieiner
Sdrift Scr 8rOnprin3 unb bic beuti6e
8aiferfrone" nabItebenbe 9efiir6iuns
gen an bic @ieSerberiteaun9 Der 8ai.
ierfrone: ,,gIaer @Ians Der Naieitat,
bic Staatsaction BEL bornebmen Beiuz
den. bic Sofdmter, Die S6neioernrbeit
in 8oitiim unb DecoratiOnen tperben
sunebmen unb, ipenn iie einmaI einses
fiibrt iinb. INNER srbBere @idtisfeit
beanipruden. Ser einfahe bIaue Rod
Der SobenaolIern tpiro suIebt nur nod
als altertbiimli6e grinnerune berpors
seboIt neroen. DaS Selbteefiibl aller
Suriten tpirb ii6 babel iteigern; aber
eben 10 iebr Oas SeIbteefdbI bes abeIS.
Der game, fait ilberpunbene aram
alter, nidt mebr seitgemdber Anipriide
iptro iib ihnel mebren. ueberaa ipirb
bas fiiblbar iperoen, aud i'm 9eamtens
tbum uno i'm Seere.........llmb tpie i'm
Seer unb gloiIbienit, 70 ipirb aud i'm
8oIfe Elm bDfibeS unb ierpiIeS 8sien
ii6 eini6Ieiden, baS unIerer alien
preuBii6en 2Opalitdt ni6t eisen fpar.
Sn 3eiten beS @ebeibenS tperben bic
9euti6en tppbI iOlben uebelItanb ers
traeen fDnnen, Denu er aud pieIen
ginSeInen bic @nersie unb 9Idtisfeit
perminOert. 9lber ieee @inieitisfeit ruff
aud ibren @esenfaB berbor, unb bur6
unfer Sabrbunbert sebt cine iIurfe res
mOfratIide unteritrDmuns. g8irb eins
NAL Ourd eroBe nnfdae unb elm WiB'
regiment i'm Solfe bic unsufriebenbeit
perbreitet, bann broben auh ben altbei
uiiden resierenoen Sumilien erbbers
@efabren. Sdon iest iinb uniere STIR
iten in Der Sage, eIei6 Sdauipielern
uuf Der 8ubne spii6en 8IumenitrauBen
unb autem 9eifaasfIatiden beeeiiterter
3uidauer oabin su ipanoeln, tudbreno
in Der 8erieufunS bic Oerni6tenoen 9ds
monen tauern q"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13

ueber elm neues @aidberfabrsn
idreibt eine SauSfrau Sat man cine
eepbbnli6e g8ai6e fir elne 5amilie
bon bier oNer funf Berioneu, 70 peide
man bic @dfde, pie 9ebrdu6Ii6, iiber
9iadt Elm uno fiise oem Q8aher cine
babe 9beetaiie poll reines Sensin bel.
Dies Serfabren ipieoerbole man am
ndbiten Wioreen. ipenn man bic NdI6e
sum 8ohen aufltellt. Sin febr leidtes
8eiben nirp oann 9enilsen, INN ben
Sdnub 3u entfernen, uno bic WdI6e
ipirb msiB uno rein iein. Der 8eru6
beS 8ensins piro tpdbreno oes 98ai6ens
adnali6 peridwinoeu.
I'm elm 9uteS 9tusenwaHer bersus
Iteueu, laiie orei Gter in Elm Quart
flares 8esenwuiier ausIoufem. rIbre
UNI unb laiie eS fO6en; bann fiiae cine
babe unse 8lsisuder (sugar of lead)
birsu, riihre eS nod einl9e Wtlnuten
um unb itelIe sS sum Siiblen ub. 8snn
man rem 10 eeponneuen Brei iiber
Na6t auf baS 9luBe binbet. slebt er ale
@nsunbuug unb Sdmersen beruus.
Die oben rarauf befnblide 6Iiiiiisfeit
lit bas bette au9enUaRer, eaS ie ges
mabt tpuroe.
@eoen Wduie in S6eunen unS auf
Sdlittboen bat elm @etreioebdubIer in
Saas nit bsitem @rfolee bic nIloe &a=
mile angewenbet. @r lieB bic bliibens
ben BHau3en i'm CONNER iammelu uuo
beIeste bamit bic ginfoiiuns unb ben
Sduttbooen. gub bic Ypretbrums
pIlanSen t6nnte man abi6neioen uno
Deren &raut in dbnli6er Q8eiie gum
9bbaIten perihiebenen uneeSieferS in
Stall unb Sheuue benuBen. 8ielIeidt
Iiebe Iib aud nie sriine 2iebesapfels
pfause (Somate) fir benieIben 3pef
pertpsnben.
I'm sefrorenes Obit gum @enufe
tpieoer bersuteIIcn. brinse man bic
eefrorenen Srlhte in init Sdnee ober
Gin grmanSeIuus oesieIben) nit @iS
unb SaIs semiidtes faItes Baiier, ber'
tpabre bas 8efdB an eiuem fiiblsn Srte
uno giebe uab 8erlauf ppn bier Stuns
ben bnS @nler pieoer ob. trOdne bds
SbIt nit einem GUIDE uno br:nae ss an
einen luftiseu, ppr 8dIte Seidubten
Srt.
Sin eutes SaarDl, bas sueIeib ba8
@adien Der Saare befOrbert, lteIlt man
li6 ber, tpenu man 40 G @lpcerin, 40 G
8isinusbI unb 20 G Arnifatinftur NIT
einanoer mii6t. Spr bem 8ebraub
i6dttIe man biefe Mii6uns tii6tis
bur6einanosr. 0aS 6uarbl fam aud
ba nit Ruben anBtpenoet tperoen, mo
bereitS bic 0uure aussefalen iino, oIio
,, elm biInnes Saar norbanoeu lit.
s@-MnnDneirt i'm ,,@o6enbIatt".
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13
sdue Ser 3unse seS NferSes.

@eI6s 9ein bas 9fero i'm Maule
bdufis i'm 8inter burd llnadti iamteit
oper llnpiIlenbeit Der &utider etbulben
muB, tpirb bon einem Sbierarst mitses
tbeilt. 0ie 3unse tpiro ndmli6 plel'
fad bur6 bas ginIesen oeS 6ebiiies,
peIdes 3G6tS binburd Bel elmer Gems
peratur unler 9tua sebangen bat, pers
iebt. 0as @ebiB iit eisfalt unb Die
3unee friert iofprt an baS @!ien an, lit
aud ni6t 70 Iei6t tpieber fret Su tefoms
men, tpenieitenS niht, obne baB iie erlt
Elm Stld Sout eineebdbt bat. I'm
nun bic 8ferbe i'm 9Sinter Dor einem
punben WauIe gu ibiiben, brau6t man
oaS @ebiB por Dem @inIeSen nur in
einen Gimer nit 99ailer su tau6en,
woburd Der in bem @ebib ii6 befnos
Ii6e &dltesrab beieiti9t ipirc.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13

Olit bieIei6t aaeiniser 9luSnabme
be8 eanuar 1890 ipar Der Sanuar 1890
Der milbeie isit 1853. SIN Sabre
1890 mar bic 0urdidnitts' Semperatur
Al @rab, pdbreno bic Durdibntttss
9emperatur i'm DsrflOfenen Snnuar 45i
@rao mar. Crime Staten fld6en, fnos.
penoe unb bliibenbe Sdume iparen
oaentbaIben su ieben uno piIbe 8Iumeu
fOnnte man i'm Selpe iammeIn. 9lur
an stpei Goeeu lit Sie Temperatur auf
"a @rab ssfoGen. ndmli6 am %. unb
%. Sauuar, setpbbnIi6 aber itanb oaS
9bermomster IN ben 40ern. am l3. itiee
eS iO9ar auf 65. am 6. auf so unp ems
NAL auf 62 Grab.
Sbldon oleIer Sanuar Der pGrmite
felt 1872 Sabren mar, iberiraf ibn Der
Sanuar 1870 bod in man9er 8esisbs
uns. QSie bic @broniten beia9en, mar
es i'm Sanuar 1890 10 warm, Nab cie
Snaben i'm Delaipnre babeten. @epits
ter iparen isbr bdufis unb bieie unses
wDbuli6s Temperatur belt bis sum 7.
5ebruar all, ais eiuise Gage ipirtli6eS
Wluternetter eintrat. Sergeant Dep
pom @etterbureau ipra6 neuIi6 Die
9lnii6t aus, raB mir feinen Ninter
mebr betOmmeu iperoen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13
Die Trlbiabrss @abfeu.

9(m Dienitas ben Is. Sebruar finben
bic SribiabrstDablen itatt unb mir fDn=
men bic 8i6tiefeit bieier @abIen ben
Stimmgebern nidt senus ans Sers lea
gen. Sebr 8iele eIauten, ibre 8fli6t
su erftlIen, ipenn iie fir einen BrdIis
benten pber 8oupernbr itimmen, aber
bieIe stpei 8eamten beribren iie Ian9e
nidt 10 nabs, tpie bieienisen 8eamten,
| fpeIfe am IS. SSebruar eripdblt iperoen
foQen. gs finb Wablbeamten su ipdbs
len, mas bic Fundamental Irbeit un'
feres beitebenben @abls SpitemS lit,
benen es oblieet, bic Stimmen entse'
sensunebmen uno su sdblen. Damn
fommen bic 9lIeiioren, ipeIde ben
@ertb bes gigentbumS Der 8iirser fir
Steuerswede fefiSuitelen baben. Dieie
8eamten iinb tbatid6lib bon erDBerer
8idtisfeit fir bic SteuersabIer aIs Elm
@oupern6r pber 9rdIibent. Ulan iebe
besbaIb barauf, baB Ndnner bon ses
iunbem llrtbeil su IiIeiIoren sepdblt
iperben, auf bsren gbrli6feit unb Gufs
ri6tiefeit man ii6 berlaHen fam. @Iss
bann baben mir SrieOensridter unb
@Onitabler. ipeIde in icbr bieIen Streits
frasen stpiidsn ben 2euten bic seiebIi=
den Sdiebsri6ter iinb. S6uIs 0irefs
loren finO aud su erpdbIen unb bieie
iinb bic Ndnner, in beren Sdube Die
@rsiebuns unierer 8inber selest lit.
Dtit 8eht ioQte aud in ben Totpnfbips
errBes @epi9t auf bas We9meiiters
Imt gelest tperoen unb ipo INNER man
in einem Diitrift einen suten unb supers
Iaiii8en 8eamten bat, tpenn bieIei6t
aud Der Tor Elm tpsni9 b6ber iit ais bel
einem iaumielisen unb nablaiii9en 8es
amten, 70 iolIte man benieIben unter
allen nmitdnben beibsbaIten. Diefe
Wabl lit cine, ipelde ale GinseIs Snte.
reiien febr nabe beriibrt. uno bon ibr
bdnst, tpie mir seseist baben, Der 3us
itano unferer StraBen ab, bic 2eitun9
unierer SduIen. seb6rise 3dbIuns
unferer Stimmen, bic gBertbi6dbune
unieres gigentbumS unb Der Srieben
Der 8emeinben ab. &ann ireenb St.
ipaS einem Stimmeeber mebr' nube
seben, aIS fold cine @abI, bon beren
9lusfaa feline unb feiner SanliIie @ObI'
fabrt abbdnst9 (8eabins stbIer.)
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13

Chicago bat Slid. Die 8epubIita.
ner Nsp gorfS fommen ibm in Der Seits
ortfrdse su SiiIfe. Sic tpittern in Der
i'm Saufe Der @efebaebune paiiirten
Bill sur SlusBabe bon s 10000. 900
Columbus StaatSbOnb8 einen 2Inidlas
Der DemOfraten CUR Changing bon
@ampaenetletneelb unb opppniren osS
balb be, 8aiiiruug bsr 8ill i'm Scnat.
Sas leitenbe repubIitaniihe SIatt N
Reip Dorf {, ,3ritune") iast: ..9ams
mdRn 0ulI muB niht alauben. cab Gbri,
Itopb Columbus glmerita entoedt bat.
um Iammanp nit Tuube fur nie nrdte
Brdiirtnismpabl su p'riettn. " Dte|e
gleuberm9 ceS 9lew g0tfer 0aupicr.
sans 1T @bicago ieIne ,.runoe DilGicn
unter 8riiSein" pertb.
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Sans tlmb SDf.
0erfenbmng uuo 1tsberpinterune
1pu EdfeIs XSbSf.

@s sibt fein seeisneteres MateriaI
fir 8erfenbuns unb lleberiplnterung
BON TafelsObit, alS bic Solsmoae.
Sic ipirft seeen Ssdulnib, erbdlt bic
2uft rein, iddbt ais i6Is6ter 8drmes
letter uno erbdIt bas Sblt frilb. QSer
feline @nterdpfel in gut aefIsten, init
SoIstpoae spii6en ben einaeInen 5ridz
ten unb S6i6teH auf bem Speider
(ni6t i'm Seaer) aufbewabrt, Der bat ;u
Sitern nod idbneS Obit. Die per'
braudte SolspOae lit nod gum @inleBen
3tpiiden 5eniter uno 98iiterfeniter, sum
@inbinben bon WaiierleitunesrDbren,
8runnen Ii. T. tp., foipie ais @initreu
uno su BoIitersmeden gu oerDenben,
gebt alio nidt perlOren.
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SMulotS illrn Serfauf.


Snosm mir bic 9s gu bt m aaf Rarh ern
f sanfsn saOkK GbafauOts rpts bic h@g@ in ben nan @
fsisn -, mn
ausnns une 100 SUI si nsr aat
S 10 SUP fir poi BOnfr ST ETC. ntn en9
rebnft
asau sRnpattn ssst un @tnnfdns ssBt
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1890-02-13

Der Brins'8e9'nt upu 8opern ers
nunute gum gladiOIser Dbqinssr's ais
iniuIirten StiftsprObiteS an Der Sofs
fir6e su ct. Gaietan ben Stiftsbetan
Querf.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-31
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at 5 O'Clock A. NJ. VeSpers and
Benediction Of the Blessed Sacrament at 4
O'Clock p. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
M. E. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets ISAAC BORTs, Pastor. Res
fdence: Ironton. Services every Sabbath
at II A. NJ. and 7:45 P. NJ. Sunday School
$3.50 A. NJ. Glass Meeting Sunday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock Prayer Meeting Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. All are invited.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. A. t.
TIDwELL, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. Prayer meeting eve
ry Wednesday evening. Sabbath School at
$50 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, e. NJ. SHOUsH, Pastor.
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at $50 p. NJ. and on the first and third
Sundays at IL A. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at $50 P. VI.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. A. AB-
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-31
An Open Letter.
To the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
NJ. c.

To the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
NJ. c.
Dear Sir:
In education you are the superior of
the mass of your fellow-congressmen
Your associations have raised you
above them, for 1t has been your lot to
mingle with men Of strong minds and
sound principles. In the matter of in-
teliigeDce, or intellect, you are equal
of the best of your colleagues from the
back woods-and when we pay you this
compliment, we wish you to under
stand that we do not underrate the
natural abilities of these same men
from the backwoods. They are clever
men-not in the New England sense
of the word-with brains and energy.
If they too often come in for severe
public criticism, it is because they are
narrow-minded and ignorant of the
width of the world. They judge too
much by what they know, aud not by
what they might know If they under
stood how much they ought to learn.
But for you, Sir, il you act like mar
row. minded and ignorant man while
you are serving the public. there is no
such excuse to be made. You did not
come from the back woods: you are not
ignorant of the world. And yet you
are the sponsor of bill to which the
most ignorant and narraw-minded of
your colleagues would he state tossleud
| the weight of his name-a bill SD out
rageous that Congress controlled by
| the most desperate majority that your
party has ever known fairly gags at it.
Is your name ingalls,? Are you II
| wild ass OF the prairies, that you should
so violate the plainest rules of COM
| nonsense, and insult the traditions of
decency and honor in which you were
| born and bred? II you were such an
uncultured charlatan that you stole a
sermon from Massillou In the belief
| that he was an obscure French cleric
whom nobody had ever heard of, we
might think it quite natural that you
should have taken upon yourself the
responsibility of introducing bill that
| ia an insult not only to every state IN
/ the Union, but to the constitutional
| system which the founders of the Re-
public established for US.
For you know, Mr.. Lodge, as well 8
auy one knows, that no one of the men
who framed our Constitution ever con-
tempIated the possibility of federal in
| terfrrence in state elections. You now,
also, that this experiment of interler-
ence has been tried; and you know, or
you oght to know, what the results
were. It is among the possibilities OF
| the future that We may centraiize our
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government. 1t is not among the pos
sibilities of the present. The idea Of
our government, as a foundation, was
that the general government should
deal with the states, rather than with
individuals. In practice it has been
found that the interference Of the ma
tional government with the citizen, in
all matters outside of the endorsements
of ordinary laws, produces unpleasant
friction. The Custom House aud the
Internal Revenue Department can bear
witness to this truth. And is there
no way on earth, Mr.. Lodge, in which
you could more exasperate the citizens
of any state, any way i'm which you
could quicker goad them to lawless-
ness, than by sending Federal super
visors, with Federal troops at their
commadd. TO oversee state elections?
How long would you stand that sort Of
thing in Boston?
4ov didn't mean it for Boston? No.
indeed, you did not. You did not mean
It for Indianapolis or Cleveland, either.
You meant it only for the Southern
states that return Democratic maiori-
ites You believe-or you think you
believe-or you would like t, think
you believe-(we don't know which
phrase fits your state of mind THAT
every negro in tile South desires to vote
for the Republican party, and that
most of them are prevented from vot-
ing by gangs of armed Democrats.
This is not treating you with uucon,-
mon consideration, Mr.. Lodge. A
great many people would not admit
even so much as that you would like
10 believe in this story. But we hope
you will always remember that we
have given full credit for your credul-
ity.
Still, that does not exonerate YOU.
in our eyes, for appearing as the
champion of a partisan measure SO dis
gracefully unfair, so unpatrio,ic, as
that which is known as the Force
Bill" And we ask you to observe,
Mr.. Lodge, that the first time your
honored name has come to the front in
such fashion that sixty-five millions
of people have had fair chance to
know it, il comes to the front as the
sponsor of the meanest and most bru-
tai measure that has been considered
In the Congress of the United States
within generation. And it ought to
occur to your youthful mind, Mr..
Lodge, that if your bill were worth
the powder to blow it to Hades, which
we do not think it is, some practical
politician, of more years and expert
ence than you Can boast, as yet, would
have been glad to give IL his name, in
stead of letting the responsibility for 1t
fall on an elegant young Boston theo-
retician like Mr.. III. Cabot Lodge.
Puck.