Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-11-15
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Retrospective Glance at the Town
Two Years Ago.

We never Intentionally injure per-
sons feelings beyond repair, and when
Jokes are in order would as soon Shout
der our share as not. Having no jokes
to relate this week it occurred to us
that an article written about two years
ago was beginning to get really funny,
and though possibly age might increase
its humorous value still more, this
seems to be pretty good time to
brush the dust off it and get what fun
there is out of it.
Now this is not political screed,
only bit of friendly raillery. Two
years ago the Republicans had to stand
the brunt of the jests, and did it with
out flinching. Although this may not
be case of che laughs best, etc." it is
so near that we are prepared to get just
as much fun out of it as possible and
perhaps little more than did our
Democratic friends two years ago.
On November y, 1892, the Democrats
of this place and North Walpole had
a parade to celebrate their great victory
over the Republicans, the sc. o. p"
having been buried beneath an avail
anch OF opposing votes. Next Wednes-
day will be the second anniversary of
the event. Following the custom of
The TIMES to print all the news worth
reading that comes under our eye, we
gave an extensive report of the parade,
including the inscriptions on the trans
parencies though some of them hit
THE TIMES rather hard. Happening
to glance back at the file of the paper
for that month, some of the inscrip-
tons struck us as being of particular
interest to the people at the present
time, and so part of them are repro
duced here for the further considera-
ton of our readers.
One of the first in the list was: "The
next president is Democrat" In
deed! Dave Hill doesn't think so now.
Then came one stating that "Cleve-
land, Stephenson, Russell and Hill
knocked hole in the Mckinley BILL"
And the devil came out of that hole
and picked the pockets of the working
men of the country.
A bit of verse followed which was
grind on this paper. In regard to the
stream up which the Republicans were
then supposed to be wading, Gov.
Waite of Colorado has now pre-empted
nd ;e, IonIinu Of
friends along its course in lieu of the
blood in which he wished to wallow
bride deep. The verse says:
sway down upon the old Salt River.
Hea5the awful roar.
All the Republicans are weary
And THE TIMES is sore.'
The query was asked by one trans
parency; 80, Grover, what will you do
with the protection bugaboo?" Hope
the answer has been satisfactory to the
questioner, but we are afraid it has not
been.
"Four years of government of the
people, for the people, by the people,"
What a mistaken idea.
"Names the people despise: Carne-
gle, Frick, Mckinley. Names the peo-
pie love: Cleveland, Russell, HILL"
Mckinley was rec ected COVE nor of
Ohio by a plurality of about 10000.
Hill lost New York state by 10000;
Russell lost Massachusetts by $1,000.
Cleveland has lost--everything. Love
is only the outcome of indigestion,
anyhow.
"Cotton mills in Lowell and Provi
dence have already increased wages"
And shortly afterwards they decreased
running time, turned off help and
closed up.
at may be four years, it may be for
ever" We opine that it will be only
four years.
1.-THE people settled the Mckinley
bill; and we are the people," Don't
you wish now that you had waited UNI
til you were asked before you settled
it? Sometimes people are richer if they
don't settle all such bills.
There were other inscriptions of
similar character, but we have given
enough. You remember the others.
Perhaps one more might be mentioned
without making anyone's blood boil
over, and that is the reference to the
gang of thugs in Chicago and New
York. New York has thoroughly ex-
posed and turned them down, Tam
many and all. Chicago has been won
by the Republicans and good citizens
who voted with them without regard
to party. The corruption in Chicago
still remains, though there is prospect
that in the near future it may be
brought to the public view in manner
very similar to that adopted ii, New
York.
There is one thing that is well to
mention, and that is the large number
of our readers who have been in a con-
dition to laugh twice at the above quo
tations. They were cheering with the
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