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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
JOHN SHERR1 AN
One of the Worst Enemies OF Il Peoples
Government that Ever Lived.

One of the Worst Encnie> OF Il Peoples
Government that Ever Lived.
How can this man truly be described?
We do not wish to indulge in epithets
nor assail his private life. 1t is only
his public acts have interes. for lis.
We propose in a few moderate words
70 point out some of the facts which
condemn him for all time as one who
deliberately chose TO serve political
evil rather than good. lie may not
have been alone in this. Those men
who since the close of the war have at
different times been convicted by pub
lie opinion, may share wi h him i'll sin,
but Of them all it must be said he is
the "cliefest sinner Like most men
W ho reach high places Of trust and be
trav them. he was in the beginning of
his career SO far as we may Judge at
least, fairly honorable, honest and
patriotic. L must be sail of him he
which his position exposed him. He
fell Whether It was the love of money,
of which it is said he made several
million withou: being in business or
connected with others i'll business, or
whether it was the ho of Office, the love
of power which seduced him may be
doubtful. Who can tell whether Aaron
Burr. Wm NJ. Tweed and the class to
| which they belonged loved power or
money most. It is enough to know
they succumhed 10 evil in the moment
Of trial. Tweed died in prison. Burr's
fate was every way a harsher one. The
! Chilean Balmaceda has committed sui
| eide. What fate is before John Shcr-
| man it is not possible to say. We will
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
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But Secretary Foster says that many
of the treasury notes, and especially
7-3Os. were not used as money and did
not circulate. He says that less than
SIC, 900, 900 were paid ont to soldiers
in the field. Secretary Mccullough in
the above table classed them as money
and from the report of Secretary Fes-
sender for 1864 the following is quoted:
More fully to accomplish his pur
pose. the secretary resolved to avail
himself of a wish expressed by many
officers and soldiers, and offered them
seven-thirtv notes of small denomina-
tions. He was gratitied to find that
these notes were readily taken in large
amount Iii payment, our gallant sol
diers in many instances not only re-
ceiving them with alacrity but express
sing their satisfaction ut being able to
aid their country by loaning money to
the government. The wholesale amount
of notes thus disposed of exceeded
twenty millions Of dollars"
These notes were not only used to
pay sol,,iers but were also paid ont for
supplies. were legal tender for the
prlnclpal represented by their face and
Immediately became IL part Of the cur
rencv of the country Tho following
letter to Gen. Spinner, addressed to a
committee. shows what they were used
for and is also an illustration of the
fact that the truth is generally told i'll
few words:
MoHAwK, Aug. II. 1876.
SIEs Your letter of the 18th inst.
has been received. In answer | have
to say that the seven-thirty notes were
intended, prepared, issued and used
as money. Very respectfully yours,
T. l.. SPINNER.
Secretary Foster will hardly succeed
in branding such men as Fessenden.
Mccullough and Spinner as falsitiers.
In 1878 the Chicago Inter- ocean com
piled from the treasury reports the fol
lowing table, which may be compared
with Fosters mendacious statements
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

kctc cs brigantincS barkes and Shii
OF which sionpS were the most numcr-
ons Eut rior to tha revelation ship
building in the co'on.cs ha | attained a
considerable magnitude their vessels Of
all classes in 100 aggrcgating o er 90,
600 tons.
The canoe ultimately gave pace II
the hattcau. or broad bottom skill on the
interior waters of the nit"d States
These boats wern pointed II; the how,
brcal aft as nidShirs, an Fat on the
foor, with upright sides They are : i'll
in service on the ArCoSto~k Me River
Then followed the era of fat boats
and broad horns" tthc latter fer coai.l
raftS arl,s. etc. exclusively adaptcd to
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
SOMETHING LIKE 4 TRUST.
Wholesale Druggists Devise Means to kecI
Up Prices on Patent Medicines.

Wholesale Druggists Devise Means TO kecI
UpPriccs on Patent Medicines.
The National Wholesale Druggists
Association at its meeting at Louisville.
Ky. adopted resolution calling upon
Congress to pass law "to protect the
public from unScrupuouS limitations and
counterteits of foods and medical prep
arations sod under trade mark.
The resolution is preceded by the
sta atement under a decision by Justice
Brewer. of the United States Supreme
Court. that the present law to punish
counterfei,s of trade marks is inoper
alivc anu valueiess.
The substitute evil" was further dis
cusscd during the day, and resolutions
adopted TO provide against it. The reso
luti0nS recommend that proprietary
medicines be sold under eight condi-
tions These are in sub>i ance that own
crs of proprietary medicines sell only to
druggists, whole sale dealers in proprie-
1ary Medicines, and established agen-
ceS; wholesale dealers and agencies not
to supply dealers on the cutoff list eX-
ccpt at full retail prices; retail dealers
agree to sell all contract or rebate
a ticles and further agree not to
substitute another article for any
article requested if such article is on
the contract or rebate plan. nor deliver
such goods to any dealer on the cut of
list excepting at full retail prices.
Names If all druggists who do not COM
ply with these conditions will be Placed
on the cutoff list. No manufacturer or
wholesale druggist shall supply cutoff
dealers except at full retail prices. All
manufacturers and dealers shall refuse
to sell to commission merchants. brokers
or other agents on the contract plan ex
cept for export Manufacturers anc
wholesalers agree not to sell. except at
full prices, to any retailer who will not
agree to sell at full retail prices. Al
dealers who violate the agreement viii
b. D accd on the cutoff list
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
BIG BATCH OF PASTE.
TWO THOUSAND TONS OF
FLOUR IN THE SEA.
4 Scheme of the Patent Medicine People
Canadians Puzzled Over the Question
of Pauper Immisrants-Despera Due,
Over n Girl,

Flour shippers throughout the West
were greatly worried when they learned
that the steamer Conemaugh had gone
10 the bottom of Eetroit River, the re-
suit of a collision with the steamer New
York, of the Union Line.
J. c. Evans. agent of the Anchor
Line. stated that the COncmaugh had
on board about Loco tons of -four from
Chicago, 800 tons from Milwaukee, and
about 800 tons of general freight. Turn
ing to the steamers manifest, il seemed
as if about every shipper was repre-
scnted on the fourteen pages OF tine y
written copy paper Among the Chi
cago firms having four on the sunkeD
boat, the Star and Crescent Mills
were the most important They
hal 1,550 sacks and twenty-five
barrels The ba'ancc Of the cargo
was shipped from the following points:
Alton. 300 barrels: La Crosse, $50 bar
rels: Hannibal, 25O sacks: St Louis, sS5
sacks. $50 barrels; Winona, eco sacks:
Peoria. 1,470 sacks: Burlington. 455
sacks: Minneapolis. ,s25 sacks: Quincy
4. 800 sacks All the -four in sacks was
for export, the sacks weighing 40 and
$50 ounds. In addition to this there
were 500 pigs Of lead, 400 sacks of bran,
Gao sacks Of oilcake. Miwaukce's part
of the cargo was even more varied than
that shipped from Chicago, Mr. Evans
estimated tie value of the cargo at
close to $780, 600. 1t IS believed to be
fully covered by insurance, but it is pos
sihle that some among so many shippers
might have overlooked the item of in
surfing their -four. This is Captain
Naughn's first season as master of the
New York. He is considered a careful
and Skillful NAVIGATOR
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

1.l4 dosicnatrs them rs 'sloops pinks.
:ettl r for collecting oy ter md cans.
In time the >haiop came into use, then
the loop and the pink Eut the largest
We >el of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centur;e, w'rc compare lively Of sma /
dimen. ions. Yer; few being over 100 tons
burden. The waters of Maine were ex-
lorci in one bark of fifty and another
of twenty six tons. John Smith rene
trated the rivers and bays OF territory
now known as Nir rinia and Maryland in
Il long boat OF twenty ton' and two
vessels Of forty and 1t 0 tons. \ record
of craft in Massachusetts, fr I'M l6.4 70
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
stole Two Mail Pouches.

At Little Rock, Ark, two mail pouch
es containing number of registered
rackages and several hundred letters
were stolen from d mail car of the Little
Rock and Memphis Railroad. The theft
was so clcverly perpetrated that it was
not discovered until several hours later
Detectives started on search, and one
of them discovered George Woods, q
wcll-known crook i'm the suburbs, leis.
urely opening letters He was Placed
under arrest 1t is believed he hal an
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

tamarack roots When Columbus landed
at the West Indies on his fourth voyage
ne was visited by an indian trader in Il
canoe eight feet wide, formed out of a
single tree and propcl cd by twenty five
rowcrs. The canoes of many Wcstcrn
tribes were frames of oSicr or flexible
poles covered With lutra'o skins scwcd
together with the sincws of the deer
On the Atlantic coast canoes were
us extensively by the first European
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

The perilS incident to the navigat on
of lakes and streams of any consderab e
magnitude few centuries ago were suf-
ficient to test the courage of the bo' tlest
and bravcst; but the rea and imaginary
dangers tina: confronted the mariner
who ventnred in his frail bark upon tho
unknown open sea were appalling. To
cross and rccross thn Atlantic is now
paStm"-a journey as safe and swift as
one covering the sane distaaee on land
But in the time of Columbus 1t was alto
gethcr 4 different a air. and we can
never sufficiently admire the moral for
titudc and grandeur of purto G which
inspired and sustained that hcrolc navi-
gator tContemptuously regarded as a
''crank" by the wise men aud Cicridcd AS
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

Long Island s und. was 2)o feet long,
90 feet beam. and of 616 tons.
Meanwhile the vessels plying between
Atlantic and fore On PORTS had also
greatly increased in numbers and eff
c.cncy. An American merchantmen of
1.l3i tons in lS4l was said to be the
lar eS. in til. world In 1850 vessels of
2,eG) tons were not uncommon. The
Republic. 1853. had tonnage of 4,535.
From Is 10 to 1860 the finest sa.ling YES.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

Sc : wore built for ocean service, making
rcmarkab : wifi voyages between Eng
lish and Atlantic searOrtS, and China,
Austria ia and laciiic coast.p points
1t was a period especially a, tive and
rvcntfUl in matters bearing on all classes
of navigation interests most important
changes being due to the successful an-
pl.cation of the screw BY EricsS m In
$40 the Cunard line was cSta bliShed. In
ISL aS many aS fifteen companies sixty
three steamers Ill, ,49.i tons were run
ming lines between New York and Lon
don and LIVERPOOL. In the United States
there WIS CORES Sponding increase in
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

facilities to ascend rivers or paddle over
lakes on their hunting and fishing ex
cursions. The dugout, iatoriously hcwn
with shells or burned out of a solid log:
the birch-bark ca oe, and the coracle,
the latter consisting of wicker frame
work covered with skins, were their
chief means of water transpo tation,
and at first, for lack of anything better,
the whites were not slow to adopt Indian
methods. Some OF their canoes were by
no means insignificant affairs. The Iro-
Quis made them from twe.ve to forty
feet long, with q capacity for carrying
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

Now for a few facts as to the present
money circulation. Our present bank
ing system has been built up since the
war. The efforts of the banks were to
get hold of the real money and compel
the people TO resort to them for a means
of exchange. These efforts have been
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
Eourht Ger a Mountain Maid.

Tom Greene and Joe Gordon, well.
known and wealthy youths of Hancock
County. Tenn, met at a speaking. They
had bsen bitter enemies for months. on
account of both paying suit TO a faiI
mountain maid. A cold salutation
merged into a hot discussion, which Ice
up to duel. This resulted in the i'm.
mediate death of Gordon and the fatal
wounding of Greene, Both men are
highly connected. and all Hancock il
agitated enough to take positive sides
in the matter
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

In connection with models. photo
graphs, and sketches illustrating the
many changes in construction. equip
mcnt an propulsive devices which have
marked the important transitiyc periods
above briefly referred to, the reproduc
tion of designs and Improvements
adapted to the protection of life and
properly Oh th" sea ., buoys. signals,
lighthouses, docks. wre king apparatus
and appliances, will BE- hardly less inter
csting.
In the nodcrn yaeht ship
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

The United TyEothct1 of America, In
session at Cincinnati, approved the ac'
ton of the Pittsb1rg Typothete In re.
sisting the recent demands made by the
Typographical Union of that city and
pledged them hearty support in every
practical form. This action possibly in.
wolves spread of the trouble now eX.
isting in PittSburg and other cities.
The Typothete of America selected
Toronto as the place for the next meet
ing to be held in August, 1892. Officers
were elected as follows: President, w.
q. shepherd, Toronto: Secretary, Everett
Waddy, Richmond. Va; Treasurer.
Charles Buss. Cincnnati; Executive
Comm ttce. Amos Iettibonc. Chicago
Theodore L. DeNinne, New York; c. :.
Moorehouse, New Haven: w. II. Wood.
ward. st Louis: William II. Bates
Memphis: A. NJ. Geescman, Minneapolis
y. :. Fish, indianapolis.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
CAN'T KEEP OUT PAUPERS.
Canada Unable to stop the Stream
Destitute Immigrants.

Canada Unable to stop the Stream o.
Destitute Immigrants.
It will be remembered that the Cana
dian Minister of Agriculture took the
first steps toward prohibiting the imm-
grafton of pauber Russian-Jews by re-
qucsting the signature of the Governor
General to a proclamation carrying into
effect that clause of the immigration act
which prohibits the landing OF destitute
immigrants
The Minister Of Justice. however, saw
possible danger ahead. and requested
that no action be taken until it was
learned what decision the United States
courts had rendered with regard to
case then before them as to the detini'
tion of the pauper immigrant. Sir John
Thompson. Minister Of Justice. it is I'M
derstood, held that to establish the fact
of an immigrant being pauper 1t woult
first be necessary for him to beg, and te
do that he would have to land.
The matter still remains in allegiance
as regards the landing of pauper Jew.
in Canada, and it is doubtful whether,
in view of the recent decision of the
United States Courts, any further action
will be taken under the present statute.
In well-informed legal circles it is con
tended that further legislation of tn
Dominion Parliament will be necessary
before any prohibitory steps will be at
tempted TO prevent these Russian retu
gees landing in Canada.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
Tun Marble Co,nnanies to Re United.

Rutland's two great marble concerns,
the Vermont Marble Company and the
Sheldon Marble Company, are to be
united
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
SHIPS OLD AND NEW.
VESSELS OF VARIOUS COUN-
TRIES AND TIMES,

How Great NaVics t.,rw-A Grand Histor-
ical Exhiait for the Exposi.ion-DevcIop-
mrat T1,N,,issh Gradual Change If Faciii-
ties In water Transportation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29
81. %. .Gs u1s

1t will he noticed that the above
table only includes the paper cireula
ton and we were obliged to have in
active circula ion large amount of
coin money to pay import duties and
interest on government bonds. But
leaving that out there is til slight
difference between Secretary Fos.er
and Secretary Mccullough Of only
81 ,Ot3 ,065, ,GS,. One of these men is
certainly entitled to l'o called the mon
umental liar of the l2,h century. He
does not stop at a billion
Secretary Foster gives the total cir
culation for 1866 as S613, 4SS. pa. \
reference to the following treasury
statistics for June. 1856, will show
that Fosters lying grows on him Il
few million from year to year:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

Former secretaries of the treasury
OF the United States have not exhibit
ed such shameless n,endacity as is
shown in the above table. To go over
the reports of the former secretaries
for each year and quote therefrom is a
task beyond the limits of these columns
and a few quotations are, indeed, snf-
ficient to show the absolute fal5ehood
to which Secretary Foster has rcsortel.
and condemn his circular, OF any state
ment he may make, as unworthy Of
any confidence on the part Of honest
men. Secretary Foster gives the total
circulation in 1865 as Sill Tn2, 493
From report OF Secretary McCul-
longh iii l6to the following is quoted; :;
The paper circulation OF the United state,
Octubc" 81. fsG1, was substantially a. fol-
tls,.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-29

rats, arks etc, cxclus yeIy adapted to the word.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-06-04

No matter how loudly the chickens and
their mothers protest, keep them 10 their
coops out Of the rain, the dew and the
cold, damp weather, for from whatever
cause gapes accrue, we know that 1t sell
dom troubles chicks that are kept dry,
warm and comfortable. To insure this,
| lind 1t best to place the coops of my
carly chicks under long shed, which IL
open on one side to admit the sunshine
Here their feeding coops are also placed
so In bad weather the little fellows are
content, with a nice dry run and theil
mother clucking in the coop near by, cal
ling them in now and then to nestle fol-
warmth among her soft feathers. Such
a shed as this-mine is Sxl6 feet, with ar
over hanging roof and earthern floor
may be built at very little expense, and
after the season for young chicks is oveI
it forms an excellent du, ting place and
restlng-place, too, for the rest of the
flock. -Cultivator.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-06-04

CARAwAY COOKIEs-On cup OF
butter, one cup sugar, one egg, two table
spoons caraway seeds, one cup cream
one-half teaspoon soda, -four to roll out
Mix rather soft. r III thick, Gu. out, sift
sugar over, and bake quickly.
CREAM SAUCE-Boil pint of cream
sweetened very well with white sugar
and favored with grated lemon-peel OF
vanilla. Let 1t boil once, then take it of
the fire and strain 1t. Serve it hot or
cold according to the dishes it is to be
eaten with.
CHICKEN BRoTH-Cut up fowl and
remove all the fat and skin as these leave
a strong favor in the broth. If a very
delicate flavor lie desired, put the meat
on 70 boil in cold water; boil FIVE min
utes, pour OFF the water and add fresh
cold water; then simmer until the meat is
in shreds. Take ont the breast as soon
az 1t is tender. Strain the broth, and
when cool, remove every particle Of fat.
Heat agsin, and when boiling thickeu
with whole wheat -four wet. in cold water
one tablespoon flour to each pint OF broth
Season delicatlv with celery salt and
white pepper When Kicker broth car
be taken, add half cup of sweet cream
and the breast of the chicken cut In small
dice
The Somerset reporter., 1891-06-04
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