The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-07-30

= Robert Packard and wife, of New
Hartford, Iowa, are the father and mother
of twenty nine living children. The first
of the offspring, man of forty-nine
years of age, is married and lives on q
farm adjoining his parents. The other
twenty. eight are single and live under
the paternal roof. There is only one girl
among the number. Their first child
was born slone. The next Eve births
were triplets and the remainder are sets
of twins.
= In two. thirds of century but one
man has been renominated for the Vice
Presidency. He was Richard Mentor
johnson, put up with Van Buren in
1870. He was defeated. johnson was
one of the most striking and picturesque
characters of his time. He had been a
gallant officer in the war of 1872, and
had served in both branches OF Congress
for many years before reaching the Vice
Presidency. Socially and politically he
stood high in his State, Kentucky, and
in the country at large.
"A press agent for funerals is the
latest. He is Buffalo man, and local
paper quotes him as saying that his
unique business is proving anything but
q failure. His work is mostly among
tho rich class, and through the agency
of undertakers' he obtains contracts in
New York city and other places away
from home. He looks after the funeral
"ads," writes the obituary notices for
the newspapers, afterwards pasting them
in a scrapbook for the friends, and
gives the reporters all the facts about
the deceased, thereby. taking this usual
ly very unpleasant work off the hands
of the family.
1t would be interesting to know how
the reforms demanded are to be brought
about by breaking up the democratic
party in the South, and thus destroying
the strength and efficiency of an organiza.
ton which is not only working with the
Alliance, but which is practically con-
trolled by it. Such movement would
have neither reason nor common sense be-
hind it, for when the democratic party of
the south is weakened the Alliance is
weakened in the same proportion, and its
hopes of success postponed. There is no
gainsaying this proposition. There is no
hope outside the democratic party for
the success ofthe reforms which the peo-
pie are demanding. This is the common
sense of the situation, and among the
farmers of the south common sense has
its abiding place.-At1anta Constitution.
= Next year will be whopper in
politics, and if age had not already dealt
harshly with us we would be inclined
to skip q few months. We are anxious
for the fray-anxious for it to be done
with. The possibilities of the coming
campaign are great. It has been hint.
ed in certain quarters that there will
be triangular fight by the sub.treas.
uryites, the Tilmanites and the Anti
Tilmanites. Anyhow, there is lots of
fun and fury ahead and ne can scarce
ly wait for it, There will be many
men on every corner and the fence will
be literally packed. Governor Tillman's
opposition to the sub-treasury will
weaken his Alliance support, but it is
foolish to predict that he will go dead !;
he will prove the liveliest corpse in the
next campaign, and We apprehend that
Messers. Talbert, Stokes & Co. will again
embrace the Governor-or, that is, sit
very near him. "On with the Dance"
etc.-Edgejfeh Monitor.