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The morning call., 1892-05-01
!: A DRAMATIC SITUATION.
Benjamin b rewsteT's Reply to an Attor-
.: =: II: ney's Insult. = !

Benjamin .Brewster's Reply to. an Il ttor-
IL neY's Insult. = :
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
: Il. Ten or II years ngO witnessed the most
dramatic situation of my life in Phila.
delphia> courtroom" said HenryJ. Erskine
Of the Quaker City.~''It occurred during
the trial of an important snit.involving Ger
tain. franchise rights Of the, PennSy-.
yania .Railroadln Philadelphia BENJAMIN
Brewster, afterHard Attorney GeneraI of:
the United States, was then the chief.
counsel" of the=. Pennsylvania company.
Brewster, you know. was a frightfullyugly
man ON account of a terrible dsfguration Of
: his: face from burns. but intellectually he
was.a< giant and in department Chester
field. So greatcwas the admiration for the
: I1Gn's powerful mental parts that one soon:
forgot his ugliness. - He was extremely
sensHiYe:ot his facial misfortune, but never
refeEred TO il himself, nor did any Of his:
thousands or friends ever ask him its cause
The trial TO :Which.%I refer was bitterly
contested affair, and Brewster atevery point
:: got, so much the best of the opposing counsel
: mat by:thstime argument commenced: his.
Lead ing adversary was in white heat. in
denouneing the railroad company this
lawyer, with bis voice tFemulous with anger
exclaimed; This graSplng corporation Is
.aS dark, devious and scariied in its methods
as IS: the :IhCe;. Oh IT'S cDleI+ attorney. and
-henchman Benz amin Brt wsterp' 49,
=: 1hiS.yiOlent Outburst of rage and cruel
inveetiYe. was followed by a breathless
.stilUess in the crowded courtroom that was
painful. Hundreds of plying eyes were
TiVeted on the po0r, SCARED face of Brew
ster, expecting TO see him spring from his
chair and catch his heaTtless adversary by
the throat Never before had any one re-
ferTed 10 Mr.. BTew sterts misfortune in such
a way, or even in any. terms, in his pres
: ence. Instead OF Springing at the man and
killing him like dog, as the audience
thought was his desert. Mr.. Brewster slowly
arose and spoke something like this to the
! c0urt: Your Honor, in all my career as a..
LAWYER / have never dealtsin personalities;
nor did lever before feel called upon to ex-
plain the cause OF my physical misfortune
but viii do so now. When a boy-and my.
mother God bless lheT, said | was pretty
: bOy-when: "a little boy, while playing
around an.:Open ire one day with a little
sister just beginning to todde, she fell into
the roaring flames. | rushed 20 her rescue
pulled her out before she was seriously hurt
and fell into the IRE myself. When they
took me out Of"the Goals my face was as
black as that*.man' s heart The last SEN
tence was spoken in a voice whose rage was
that of liOn.~ IT. had an electrical effect,
and the applause that greeted IL was superb
but Ia an instant turned to the most con-
.temptuous Kisses directed at the LAWYER
that had so cruelty wTOnged the great and
1Ovabe Brewster. That lawyers practice
in Philadelphia afterwaTd d Minded to such.
ihsign ificance+ that l. g had TO leave the city
for new tield:' '...:.*-
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He is beautiful animal. light bay in color,
with the coat of a thoroughbred, shining
like FURNISHED copper in heSunlight A
very handsomely turned horse is Sidney,
with majestic. sloping shoulders, deep,
heavily muscled chest, well-rounded barrel,
powerful quarters and fine legs and feet.
He has particularly beautiful eyes aud a
broad. level head. indicative of good horse
sense" and disposition so kind and gentle
that Mrs. Valensin herself has sometimes
driven him. In his breeding he combines
the justly celebrated Hambetoniau and
Clay strains, unequaled producers of speed.
He was sired by Santa Claus, a son of
Strathmore, whose sire was >HambIetonian
10 (Rysdyk's HambletonaDl, and his dam
was Sweetness, by Volunteer, a son of
Hamblet0nian. Lady Merritt the dam of
Sweetness was out of daughter of Harry
Clay, he by Cassius NJ. Clay, by Henry
Clay. "A great many famous names are in
voEved in the pedigree, of which; the fore
going is but meager showing, but this is
enough to give the lay reader some idea OF,
the blood that has helped make the great
performers that Sidney has sired. :.
!. In the rear of the: stations house is a
broad PLATFORM, where. in the shade of the.
house. stands lounge, upon which Mr.
Valensin. who. unfortunatelyIi at present
a great invalid, can lie and command a view
The morning call., 1892-05-01

ST. Louis Globe Democrat -.
: 1.-THE most encouraging evidence of the
The morning call., 1892-05-01
THE. FLIM-FLAM GAME.

Eighteen Dollars Made Out: of an Old
- Fashioned Trick.
=. New York Times.
Harry L. Williams. an old time exponent
of the ''flim-fam" method of thieYing, was
arraigned yesterday morning before Justice
Hogan in the Yorkvlle Police Court on the
complaint of Charles Frey, tailor Frey
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apos by the natural trade the with
two such cities off the Chicago

apoi by the natural trade state with
two such Cities Chicago Milwaukee
trade.
And yet this Minneapolis that
the labor peopgood work. contrib
uted about $3.50 for the Fortunately
oratoy
gold tnked and red wine smiled The laughed the
mrked At least did not enter that hall
No-a kept picture
and coored by the blood Of Jesus Christ.
laborers measuring
anxious eye the size OF their coalpie
picturemilions of farmers aborers
hefore the curtain of the night lifted
nhta when the cleaning the evening brought
home that toll still unfinished and sleep Weighted
rows burdens
pictureten million rushing polls right the
crushing which hedgd purple glory
industry the vile servto of hunger
TALON OF earnest gather the the banqug board
Mammonto be while hopeless vestbue
and Ignorance walls her despair
No. do not banquets in this conflict There's
which gled Holsters accomplish
oyster salad will do There's
the happy toast will unbud rapidly than the
stones for upbuilding
Over this great nation the GREAT WEST goes
conservation Humanity
assist 1t daya old the
the vision OF Christ the basement the
who died but yesterday There the
the dishes did above the rattle
destroyed by the system which
Come here to little 1Oyear DID, little wag thirteen
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empty Come from
the seventh window psone Of toll from which
gad into the hopeless world Come empty heart
anticipation there Come, the upkept hadno human
thoughts Come open shveng handno tender palm of
hope human pleasure happiness for the here Come
this plate glass window and the spark
the flow sou the riches which knew how to
the the the intellect the THOUGHT! COmeoh
little what Can faint and fall back the cold
with that in view Well tumble ovehe
world banquets the and by You will again Then
heart basement and take
bone!
And behold The the that such ccum
grand womanhood of the
fring humanity.
pictured We did complete it, There against another
window that banqueng hall another face 1t His
and simple and scant human justice
through the dust Olives mount with which
his shoulders
humanity ages On his brow blood makand the
heavily He smiles with
like at his heart and flows through
the history come he long and then the Christ
DEPARTS with heart bowed down--crucifed afresh
81 home h he cries. But the the suffering
God
aloud!"
Men behrent lives by resolving that the
the shall again be banqueted until there
sarvng who the children the
abolished until Christ could bring his
own children thee
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THE INTERNAL LIARS,
No Other Language is Fitting to the ScouneI knaues Who
Publish Such Fdlsehoods About Prgst Polk
For Every One Of the Lou Down Villains Knows They are
Atyociousy False.
JASPER, Mimi, Dec. 26th, 1891.

JASPER, Mimi, Dec. 26th, 1891
A. L. SToUGHToN, ESQ, of the GREAT
Enclosed
line with the old strongly
by local old politicians
to sending to your Chief direct wishing him knowing
he considerable
the vndcation Of Mr. Pos military the Southern
ederacy
the G.
up by manrght the ground Even the article might
soldir be something said Polks
bitterness most
the humanity the with the e
cities" pepetrated southern during the
subscribe myself yours nvinciblein the faith till DEATH
w.
The editor of the G. W. thoroughly sgsd taking the ar
ce question: that the pencil almost drops from fingers Has
the world reached depth namy
political scound who them actually
la bath to battle their heads in iniquty
This long ppngtoo long pubh-akes reking
the public the associated months Polk
President OF the F. A. O. This lowbrowed namy thrust
homes OF the people
horrors unpeakabe
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500 AYEAR IN ADVANCE :
OFFICIAL
Address of President Polk to the Brotherhood of the Ma
tionaI Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union.

HQ0FeSS
tonaI Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
We believe that the principles which the demands Or
based We believe that these principles founded
Justice We believe their recognition and adoption
the highest interests the public veal
between the industries
try absolutely existence
destroyed We believe that the political and wealth Of the country
absorbed through discriminating vicious
legislation the
drifting from the landmarks of the faith
of the republic
Prompted these painful convictions have soemn appealed to
the justice patriotism the American people, Ignoring
all sections all shades political
paocay aligned themselves under the ALI
cause.-the OF
try the humanity and justice.
We expected opposition persistent powerful opposition
could be devised for dmorag
dividing We expected that the formidable evils
battle would fory themselves behind
machinery
demands field and equal
chance ignored We that
would not weighed the scale of
manly argument but that would be rdud maln
ed and persistenty this have
pointed.
Now Alliance men Plainly stand loyalty
and manuy who
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The Banqueting Business.


eorup uptisnH O he &c
the to lead into hanery and
intrigue banquet" sometimes caos but hadozen the
bera the bankers 1t sometimes
which interest involved 1t often given
visiting inspection committees where the banquet takes
the edge off from possible condemnation
conventions the OF the
the State Meeting of the Farmers Alliance In this
latter hec whose all built the
the the labor
robbery
equad the history the banqu the delegates OF it's
victims when they
unrghteous and prosperity No
supports city, like either St. Paul Mime
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like
Oh the endured tbath be told have
counted dead 1woud often myself Wi
next? Fourteen captured the
ing them alive besides myself and he died within
We starved DEATH was Salisbury
Polk and knew
and what and heard the
his orders Oh would
know the old brute should him crowd OF thousand
this hsh against good and noble advocate Tor
thinks perchance that condemn the
publishes this stuff severely Well DON'T
the truth this thing he great fool
he didn't know the thing postal card
President Polk other OF the hundred
would him the cshe villain to thus de-
crafty hatred the OF
lone
Brgad General in the southern army He
regiment the Of which have
He Salisbury
his and stands
forth of gentleman and good soldier.
old sodeand where that above nfamy
there Alliance under Col Polk Natl having
800 members and every memberis old soldier
informing political haos OF the truth The
the fahood time again But again will ow
yards forth and The ed
published month will little editorial
the it's darkest Highland the American people are
compelled hold the lampI
How long, How long?
Minneapolis exceedingly kind and helpful to
meeting the getting the banquet and col
matter Of generosity We think 1t mistake
lLbut q mistake in the right side of the heart
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seeks destroy organization Weakness
dorgand condition political Will be paraded
age
gave the world this country has died
out in of the American people,
Corporate centralized capital all their allied political
will formidable Relying
nvincbe the
with the weapons left us-manhood ballots
rights all and special privileges none" is all
with nothing Be deceived
involving principles betrayal of the
L. L.
Pres. N. F o.
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principles, extend the hand OF friend
ship and fellowship to any man or
party who favor our principles.
Place principles above parties. Place
measures above men. Place country
above section. Place love OF home,
of family, above the Elusive and
treacherous reward of party service.
Place right above wrong.
Let duty-the grandest word ever
uttered in the dialect ofmortal tongue
duty to God, duty to country,
duty to home and family, be the sub
lime standard Of our action in all
things devolving upon us as citizens.
Let us be diligent and faithful in all
our duties as Alliance men. Keep up
and strengthen the organization.
Encourage the wavering, strengthen
the weak and confirm the strong.
Continue to educate the people in the
principles OF justice, equity and
truth. The crucial test of our man.
hood and our loyalty to principle is
upon us. Stupendous effort will be
made by our enemies to so direct the
campaign OF 1892, as to disrupt and
destroy our organization. Appeals
to sectional pride or prejudice will be
made. Let us answer that our Order
knows no North, no South, no East,
no West. The disaffection or disloy-
atty OF an occasional traitor in our
ranks will be urged as evidence of de-
cay. Let us answer that no human
organization that ever had an exist
ence was exempt from these. Party
fealty and party spirit will beinvoked
to force an abandonment OF our
principles. Let US answer that we
will stand by that party that will
stand by US, and that we are not so
blind as to expect relief at the hand
of anv nOlitical Dartv that opposes
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scurvy liar by name OF +. w. Ken
yon, as follows:
Sergeant Lamb and all of the
regiment except fifty-seven were
either killed Or captured while in ad-
vance line of battle, three miles from
Richmond. Oct. 18th, 1864. Com
pany H. was not in the battle that
day; this Co. had % members; there
were but 81 OF the regiment found, all
told, after the battle. The prisoners.
were all taken to Salisbury
prison and murdered by intentionaE
starvation by direct orders of the.
president OF our great reform peoples
party. Comrades, this thing is too.
hot for you to monkey with. Drop.
it," P. W.KENYoN,
-s-C Corinth, Osborne Co., Kansas.
And then there was a statement
from miserable reptile named John
W. Lamb, now Of Exeter, Neb., and
the following is a part of it:
eyes, know old Polk! l remember
just how he looks-the old cuss. One
day he and two doctors came into
the prison to inspect the sanitary
condition of the pen just as a wagon
load of dead soldiers was being
hauled out. | was standing a few
feet from Polk as the load of dead
soldiers passed, and Polk said to the
doctors: THAT is just what / like to
see; them damned Yanks won't fight
any MORE"
oh, how I wanted to jump onto
him. said to him right there that
was not going to die to please him,
but I would live to fight him again.
Our rdtions consisted of one pint of
corn meal, ground cob and all togeth-
er; or sometimes we got instead one
pint of cane seed ground, or wheat
bran; one pint OF either was all We
got for one day. We had no meat Or
potatoes. We were provided with
nothing for bedding and were COM
PEELED to lie in mud. God only knows
how any OF us happened to live
through it all. Strong men went
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This Republic was 1oundeo
I upon principles which involve0
tha Dignity Of Labor. TO dee-
troy tho power of Labor is to
construct Caste. A Caste cannot
c0-exist with q Republic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-30

to any point in Michigan, or from any.
where in Michigan to any point in the
East, South, or West, you will almost
invariably find the direct route to be
the Michigan Central, whose numerous
branch lines traverse the State i'm every
direction, and whose great main line is
1.-THE Niagara Falls Route" between
Chicago and Detroit, and New York,
Boston, and the East.
No railroad runs finer or faster trains,
is more soidly constructed and viglant-
ly operated, so that its time schedules
can de depended upon, and remark.
able immunity from serious accident is
secured
No other road runs directly by and in
full view of Niagara Falls, when Cat
Falls View its day trains stop five
minutes to give passengers the. most
comprehensive view of the Falls and
River that is afforded from any single
point
No other road from the East runs
directly by and in full view of the colos-
sal buildings of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, and enters Chicago along
the beautiful lake front to its depot,
within few minutes walk or ride of
the principal hotels, and business
houses of the Worlds Fair City.
No other road has finer or more
complete through car system, running
to all points upon its own line and to
points beyond-New York, Boston,
Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Duluth, San Fran
cisco.
For any specific information desired,
address JOSEPH s. HALL, Michigan
Passenger Agent, jackson, Mich. (tf)
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MORTGAGe SALE.

MOk GA6e SALE. whereas defaulthaV-
wi Ing been made in the conditions of a certain
mortgage, dated the 2nd day of January, AID. 1891
and executed by George Lemon and Jennie Lemon,
his wife, of Vicksburg, Kalamazoo county, state of
Michigan, to the Paw Paw Savings Bank, of Paw
Paw, Van Buren, county, Michigan, which mortgage
recorded in the Office of the register of deeds of
Van Buren, county, Michigan, in liber As of mort
cages on page 1913, the 9th day of January, A. d.
1891, and the amount claimed TO be due thereon at
the date of this nosice being hundred and eighty
five and 1900 dollars, and proceedings at law
in equity having been instituted to recover the
amount secured by said mortgage, any part there
of, therefore notice Is hereby given that by vir-
tue of power of sale contained in said mortgage
there will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at one O'Clock p. on Thursday, the 18th
day of May, A. ID. 1892, at the front door of the
court house, In the village of Paw Paw, county of
Van Buren, and state of Michigan chat being the
place of holding the circuit court in the said county
of Van Buren), TO satisfy the amount claimed to be
due on the said mortgage, including the interest
hereafter to thereon and costs of foreclosure
together with the attorney fee provided by law, the
premises described i'm said mortgage vz.: the east
one-half of the southwest quarter and the south
east quarter of the northwest quarter of section
twenty-five coz, in town two (2) south, of range
thirteen (13) west, in the county of Van Buren,, and
state of Michigan.
Dated February 10th, 1892. lighthouses
THE PAW PAW SAVINGS BANK,
Mortgage.
VIM. III. MASON, Atty for MortgaPee.
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A I A MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD
~ of the township of Paw Paw, held at the Office
of the township clerk, Monday, Feb. Is, 1892,
the following resolution was passed
Resolved, That the township of Paw Paw be di-
vided into two election Districts to be Numbered and
bounded follows All that territory i'm said town
ship lying and south OF the following line, to-
wit: Commencing at the quarter post on the north
side of section one On, i'm said township, and run
ming thence south to the north line of the village OF
Paw Paw, thence west on corporation line TO the
center of Kalamazoo street, I'm said village thence
south I'm the center of said street TO the south line
of said village, thence west corporation line to
the east line of section fourteen (14 thence south
TO the southeast of said section fourteen m
thence west the section line between sections IA
and 49, Is and %, Is and 81 IL and 90 Is and 49, TO
the west line of said township. shall be known as
Election District No. and all territory lying north
and west of said line shall be known as Election
District No.2
At the next ensuing township election the polls of
said election for district Number will be held at
the Town Hail. In the WILL age of Paw Paw, and the
polls of said election district Number will be held
at the Council Rooms, I'm the village Of Paw Paw.
Dated March 1st. A. ID. 1892. 2st5o32
BERT p. Bryan, Township Clerk.
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ORDER OF PusLIcATIoN.-state of

~ Michigan, Ninth Judicial Circuit, In Chancery.
LErTELLA j. BANKS, Complainant,
VS..
NATHAN BANKS, Defendant.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the county of
Van Buren,, in Chancery, at Paw Paw, on the l4th
day of March, A. ID. 1892.
In this cause II appearing from affidavit on file
that the defendant, Nathan Banks Is not resident
of this state but resides at Chicago in the state of
Illinois, on motion of Heckert Il Chandler, Com
plainants solicitors, ii is ordered that the said de-
PENDANT, Nathan Banks, cause his appearance to
be entered herein within four months from the date
of this order and in of his appearance that he
cause his answer to the compliments bill of COM
plant to be filed. and copy thereof to be served on
said compliments solicitors within twenty days az
ter service him of copy of said bill, and notice
of this order; and that in default thereof, said bill
be taken as confessed by the said nonresident
defendant.
And IL is further ordered, that within twenty days
the said complainant cause a notice of this order to
be published In the True Northerner, newspaper
printed, published and circulating in said county,
and that such publication be continued there at least
once in each week for six weeks in succession, or
that she cause copy of this order to be personally
served Gaid nonresident defendant at leas,
twenty days before the time above prescribed fol
his appearance.
LINCOLN III. TITUS,
Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Van Burer
County.
HECKERT CHANDLER, 30t7o3t
Compliments Solicitors.