Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-23

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fathers refused to drink tea be-
cause it was taxed 3 per cent; and
held tea party in Boston. for the
purpose of getting rid of tho stuff.
1 have just finished figuring up
the tax upon these stockings, and
L find that it amounts to 70 per
cent. 1 will wear no socks until
the tax is taken Off"
The Scientific American gives
two modes Of destroying stumps:
L. Bore hole one inch in diane
ter, eighteen inches deep, into the
center of the stump, and put in
one ounce of saltpeter, filing up
with water and plugging up the
hole. This shodld be done in the
fall. In the spring tho plug is to
be taken out, half gill of kero-
sene poured into the hole, and set
OH fire. 1t will burn out the stump
to the farthest root. 2. In the fall
bore hole one inch in diameter,
ten inches deep, into the center of
the stump, and put in half pound
of yitriol and plug very tight. In
the spring the whole stump and
roots through all their ramifica-
tions will be so rotted as to be
easily removed.
Representative Wise, of Vir
ginia, indicates in a letter to the
st. Louis Republic what he thinks
should be the course of the Demo
cratic party in the next Congress.
The substance of his letter is in
the closing paragraph, in which he
says: "The power of taxation
should be used only for public pur-
poses, and not for the enrichment
of favored classes or to enable in
diyidnaIs to start new enterprises
or to conduct old ones. Paternal-
ism ought to be stamped out, and
the people encouraged TO the cult
walton of manly self reliance.
The lobbyists and plundercrs
should be scourged from the capi-
'tol with q whip of scorpions. Sec
tionalism should be banished, SO
that all sill feel that in the safety
of the Union is the safety of the
States. If we use our opportuni-
ties wisely believe that we shall
retain power for long period of
years; but if madness and folly
shall rulein our counsels there
will be another revolution, and we
shall have deserved the fate of.
those unhappy Republicans who
have been driven in disgrace from
place and power"
For fourteen years ex-Postmaster
General Dickinson has been work
ing to solidify, strengthen and ex-
pand the Democratic party Of
Michigan, and on the 1st Of Janu-
airy he had the pleasure of seeing
Democratic Administratio from
garret to cellar take possession OF
the Michigan capitol. Governor
Luce, however, remained as chief
executive until noon, when Gov
ernor Edward B. Winans and
Lieutenant Governor Strong drop
ped into the executive Office to-
gether. Clerk Hopkins, Of the su-
preme court, was sent for, and the
two took the oath of Office. There
were no trimmings or furbelows-
all was Jeffersonian simplicity
Not half a dozen people were in
the room when the oath was ad.
ministered, and very few in the
big brown stone building knew
that the new governor had arriv-
ed. After Governor Winans had
qualified Ex-Governor Luce con-
graduated his successor and form
ally turned over the Office to him.
For thirty-six years the Republi-
cans have held control of the State
capitol. In 1854 Governor Bing-
ham was elected, and since that
day the elections have been but
series of Republican victories. In
1882 there was slight break
when the Democrats and Green