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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
With naught to disturb or awake

With naught to disturb or awake
him;
When the angels shall come to gather
the blest,
To Abraham's bosom they'll take
him.
These verses were published in LIP
pincott's Magazine and other publica-
tions and copy sent to Robert Lin
coin, who promptly responded by offer
ing to pay the expense of a monument
for his grandfather's grave. Meantime
the poem had aroused the patriotism Of
Coles. county citizens and some funds
had been raised here, so that when the
draft was made On the younger Lincoln
1t was for only SIG. The monument
is plain Grecian obelisk of Italian
marble, 8 feet inches In height, by
no means the finest in the rural grave
yard, and bears the following simple
inscriptions:
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of the convention, but they must obey
| orders from home.
This caused sensation, and growls
Of disapproyal arose from all parts of
| the convention; for it was evident that
this unfortunate complication might
prevent q unanimous vote for Lincoln,
The Missouri delegates, it should be I'M
derstood, had been chosen many weeks
before the nomination of Lincoln be-
came inevitable. There never was any
rAss.!t of the instructions given at a
time when it was apparently among
the possibilities that another than Lin
coin might be the nominee Of the Ma
tional convention.
When the clerk Of the convention an
was found that Abraham Lincoln had
507 votes and u. S. Grant % votes.
Thereupon Mr.. Hume, chairman of the
Missouri delegation, immediately moved
that the nomination be declared unani-
nous. This was done. Straightway
the long pent-up enthusiasm burst forth
in scene of the widest confusion.
Men hurrahed, embraced one another,
threw up their hats, danced in the
aisles or on the platform, jumped On
the benches, waved flags, yelled and
committed every possible extravaganza
to demonstrate the eXuberance of their
joy. One of the most comical sights
which I beheld was that of Horace
Maynard and Henry J. Raymond al
ternately hugging each other and shak-
ing hands, apparently unable to utter
word, so full of emotion were they.
And when the big brass band burst out
with Hail Columbia!" the racket was
so intolerable that / involuntarily
looked up to see If the roof of the thea
ter were not lifted by the volume of
sound. When quiet was restored and
other business was about to be re-
sumed, the band again struck up
yankee Doodle" in its liveliest man.
ner, and another torrent of enthusi-
asm broke forth: and it was long
time before the excited and jubilant
assemblage could be quieted down and
order restored. In those days the mere
sight Of the American flag, or the sound
of national melody, would stir an as
sembly' to fever heat.-From 1.-TWO
Wartime Conventions" by Noah
Brooks, in the Century for March.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

THE BABOON VALENTINE.
nearly thousand Of these things thi:
year. What do you suppose oiu Saint
Valentinus, patron Of the pleasant occa.
sion, will do with me when he gets hold
Of me?"
That naturally led to discussion oil
The whole subject. 1t appears that
Howard does not allow these drawings
to interfere in any way with his ART
work. He has very nice way of get
ting the time to do them. In those
moments of dissatisfaction which an
ordinary man would waste in swearing
or in throwing fellow creature down
stairs Howard simply draws valentines.
1t relieves his feelings perfectly. l was
glad to know this, for I had bean at a
loss to account for the exemplary mild
ness Of his disposition. 1t would be
unjust, of course, to compare so favor
ed person with ourselves. We do not
have the opportunity of insulting 81
100000 strangers every year. We must
do the best we can with only our fam
lilies and friends.
1t appears that comic valentines are
all offensive. They are divided broadly
into two classes, which are known tech
nically as the "Hit-'em- Hards" and the
Long Jokers." BY the rules Of ordi-
nary social courtesy person may reply
to Long Joker with q club; but IL he
gets Hit em-Hard he takes down the
old musket from the wall.
The enormous sale Of these things
proves that they must al longing of
the human heart. The two sexes feel
this want about equally. Just as many
are painted for men as for women. I
regard that as an interesting fact which
might easily escape the notice Of a less
acute student of human nature than
myself. Just how badly you have to
hate a person before you feel impelled
to insult him pictorially on the 14th Of
February am unable to state. But
there must be good many million peo-
pie in this country who could tell from
their personal experience. This prac-
tice shows the general recognition Of
the artistic value OF contrast. An
added charm must cling to the pic
ture Of jackass labelled This Is You"
when 1t is received on the day sacred
to lovers tokens.
Mr.. Howard tells me that these valen-
tines are all directed to the pictorial
exhibition of some human fault or folly
II they were confined to any other field
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
LINCOLN'S DENOMINATION.
Scenes at the Baltimore Convention o.
the Final Roll Call.

Scenes at the baltimore Convention on
the Final Roll Call
That was a business convention, and
when the roll-call began, Maine simply
announced its sixteen votes for Abra-
ham Lincoln. New Hampshire COM
ing next, attempted to ring in little
speech with it's vote, but was summar-
lily choked off with cries of "No speech
es," and the call proceeded in an order
ly manner, no delegation venturing to
make any other announcement than
that of its vote. The convention struck
a snag when Missouri was reached. and
the chairman of the united delegations
made brief speech in which he said
that the delegation was under positive
instructions to cast it's twenty-five
votes for U. S. Grant; that he and his
associates would support any nominee
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
LINCOLN THE RAIL-SPLITTER
A Hitherto Unpublished Portrait OF the
Great Emancipator.

A Hitherto Unpublished Portrait OF the
Great Emancip ator.
The portrait Of Abraham Lincoln Civ
en- herewith has never been published.
Though it has a State reputation in
Indiana, it had never been seen in Chi
cago until last year when it was used as
principal decoration at the Lincoln BAN
quet of the Marquette club at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. 1t is called the Justice"
picture, from the name of its owner.
James NJ. Justice. Mr.. Justice died at
his homo in Logansport, Ind, in 1889.
and the portrait was left by will to his
daughters, Mrs. A. c. Patterson and
Miss Maibelle Justice, VINO now reside
in Chicago. Mr.. Justices death was
sudden and he left no written record Of
the history Of the picture. It's present
owners say it was painted in 1860 and
was carried as banner through the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

The kind of work that is accom-
plished by live editors in live commu-
mites, that really appreciate valuable
and loyal service, is well illustrated in
the following in the Buffalo Times with
regard to Benjamin S. Dean of the
jamestown IN. W Morning News:
During his stay in jamestown Mr..
Dean has. accomplished many reforms.
He fought the old water company to a
finish, although he was made defend
ant in criminal libel action before it
was fairly settled that the company
should furnish the citizens an album
dant supply of'pure water. His earnest
advocacy of municipal ownership of
essential monopolies led to the con-
structiOn of municipal electric-light-
ing plant, which has already saved the
city several thousands of dollars. He
acclaimed against the giving away of
valuable franchises with such earnest
ness and vigor that the jamestown
Street Railway company, on changing
its motive power, entered into a con-
tract with the city to pay percentage
on the gross earnings of the road"
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mined to get 1t, however, and finally
found 1t after the war in an old ware
house in Georgia among the effects of
man who had been killed in battle.
Mr.. Justice restored it, had it framed,
and gave it the place Of honor in his
law Office in Monticello, Ind. Later he
moved to Logansport, Ind, where the
picture remained until recently. In
Indiana the picture has been carried in
many Republican campaigns and the
old soldiers know it we'll. 1t has been
in the Justice family for twenty-siy
yeaps.-Chicago Tribune.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Further experience in India tends to
establish the value of Professor Haff-
kine's NEGOTIATIONS against cholera. DR..
Simpson, health officer of Calcutta, re-
ports one instance in which a fatal
case of cholera led to the incubation,
two days afterward of eleven of the
eighteen remaining members of the
household, and in second outbreak of
the disease these eleven escaped,
while four of the seven uninoculated
were attacked, three fatally After an
outbreak in another locality 116 per-
sons were inoculated out of about 200
in the district This was followed by
ten cases-seven fatal-of cholera and
Choleratic diarrhoea, not one occurring
among the inoculated persons. The
discomfort of the NEGOTIATIONS is stated
to be milder and of shorter duration
than that of vaccination against small
pox. For complete protection, inocula-
ton with a mild vaccine should be fol-
lowed after five days by the use of a
stronger vaccine. The operations are
always harmless.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

left nothing whatever to be desired.
or course, there were many other dude
caricatures that year, but this was the
most offensive by long odds. 1t hap
pened that young man OF Mr.. How
ards acquaintance got three valentines
that year from three different cities,
and every one Of his unknown admirers
picked out this identical valentine.
What could man think under such
exceptional circumstances except that
there was distinct resemblance be-
tween himself and the fellow in the pic
ture? 1t must have been deeply de-
pressing. / learn from Mr.. Howard
that this gentleman did not commit sui
eide, but he would have committed
murder under favorable conditions,
One OF the most successful valentines
ever sent out was entitled THE Slug
gard" 1t represented man IN bed.
A pair Of naked and gigantic feet hung
over the footboard, which was in the
foreground: and the sun, with smile
Of derision on his countenance, was
seen looking in through an open win
uOh' $hi' ilcNoiN saw IbAo W AhO AAs
philosophical spirit as sample of
what is considered rare joke by many
thousands Of persons. Perhaps the
richest thing-if popular applause be
the criterion-in the line Of comic val
entines for women was picture en-
titled Going TO Seed" 1t represented
a particularly CONDITIONED plant in
large red fower-pot, and the flower was
the typical head Of an old maid. Thou
sands upon thousands Of these were
sold, and they served, doubtless, to en-
otter the thoughts of corresponding
number Of women who ought rather to
have been congratulated. While many
Of these valentines are used in malice
the real reason why they sell Is that the
people think that they arc funny.
There's very deep theme. I have
made a special duty Of the problem,
What do people laugh at? And have
partly solved it. have learned what l
myself laugh at-but the remaining
persons mentioned in Mr.. Porter's GEN.
sus have thus far eluded me. And even
in my own case the result is not con-
slant. One day, perhaps, can laugh
at one Of my own jokes, and a few days
later, when run across it in q COPY Of
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
| bs might find II difficult to draw as

he might find II difficult to draw as
many as 900 in a single year.
A considerable number of the vaien-l
tines intended for women satirize ec-l
centricities of fashion. THIS winter
there is a great field for that sort"or'
work in the prevailing style OF capes.l
The preposterously broad and stir,
shoulders with their convoluted euseSl
turned I'D, make a woman look like theI
head of John the Baptist on a cnarser.l
Mr.. Howard tells me that he has trieo'
to exaggerate the absurdlties Oh thiAl
kind of cape and has failed. Il
VI can't make it look worse thah ny
really does when see 1t on the street.
he said. "and so l have to make up lot
1t by drawing a cross-eyed woman IN /
side the cape. The worse the face lookS
the better the valentine sells. snouioV
think 1t would make poor girl "ho.
had put all her cash into one OF moss
capes feel pretty good to be tenoeriys
remembered with one Of these capoI
valentines on the 18th. I understanot
that they are already in great demaho'
which shows the state OF envious re-
sentiment among the girls who are
wearing their last winters capes.'
Passing to mems attire, the dude in
caricature OF this order has changed
very little in the past five or six years.
In this connection the artist told me
one of the toughest experiences that
ever 1 heard. 1t appears that he once
drew particularly offensive dude VaiI
entine. The absolute idiocy OF tug
countenance which he put on the DUDE
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

the person to whom l have referred
draws about 900 valentine pictures
every year, and each of them is printed
In editions of $4,000. Most of them are
sold in this country, but there is also
quite an export trade with Europe. The
most popular Of them run through many
editions. But let us suppose that each
or them has two editions. That will
give total of $4,000, 900 a year. Now,
reflect, further, that everyone of them
is designed to make somebody swear,
and you begin to get an idea of the ter
rible business in which this artist is
engaged. Let us suppose that 20,000,-
600 OF them reach their destinations,
and that each individual recipient
swears only five times. We have to-
tai Of 1OO,O00,000 cuss-words, for which
my friend, the artist, is directly respon-
siDle, every year. Suppose, further,
that the artist holds his job thirty-six
and half years, and afterwards suf-
Iers In purgatory one day for every
piece OF violent language caused by
MIN, as computed above, he will be
there 100000 years, and do not call
IL enough, writes Howard Fielding In
a New York paper Of recent date.
These mathematical operations are
founded upon exact facts. In this let
ter l am simply trying to state matter
OF news in plain words.
have known the valentine artist for
long time, but never suspected him
OF doing anything of that kind. 1t was
only yesterday that I learned about it..
l went into his work shop just as he
finished a drawing. I looked over his
shoulder expecting to see a pretty pic
ture designed for one Of the magazines,
with the familiar signature, c. Howard.
Instead l saw horrible freak wearing
white apron and engaged in pouring
cas- into sausage-mill.
That's a sweet thing, Howard" said
I. whats it for?"
For butcher" said he. tits in
tended to be slight token of some
body's regard on Feb. Ia. I've made
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

"Old Bill Vosburg, the green goods
man who swindled Anton Cimfel, a
farmer of Clarkson, Neb., out of $500,
was allowed to go free in New York
the other day because the court thought
he was no worse criminal than the
sucker who bit. Recorder Golf said he
thought the legislature should make q
law declaring the farmers who came
on to buy green goods should be prose-
cuted as felons. He had no sympathy
for them. They were greater criminals
than Vosburg, because he was but fleec-
ing thieves, or men willing TO be
thieves, and as great swindlers at heart
as the prisoner. Farmers who seek the
purchase of counterfeit money do so
with the intention of working it off on
innocent people and swindling them
out of good money or property. If the
law should take them in hand they
would lose less money to sharpers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

don cemetery. Here, among the mod
est headstones that mark the graves Of
other pioneers, towers the marble shaft
of one who, while living, was reckoned
no greater or better than his neighbors,
yet, now that time is still adding luster
to the fame of his great son, the name
of Thomas Lincoln and all that per-
tains to his life, his death, and place of
burial is coming into historic prom
inence. The graveyard is a pleasant
drive from Nation, Charleston or
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Good old California! 1t has been as
tonishing to those who remember her
former exploits how she has let Cripple
Creek dim her luster. But she is COM
Francisco announces the discovery of a
new gold field and it's none of your beg
carly 10-ounces-to-the-ton fields, either.
The dispatch says that the first quartz
assays $167,250 to the ton, or $SS to the
pound. That is, it is pure gold with
just enough rock mixed in to hold it to-
gether. 'Rah for the land of the Argo-
Hauts. They will be mining new
minted double eagles and diamonds all
cut and mounted out there before long.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Thomas Lincoln's second wife sleeps
by his side, and she, too, deserves more
than passing notice in the pages of his
tory. Abraham Lincoln loved her as
a mother, and it is said that he owed
much of his straightness Of character
and nobleness of soul to her training
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

HOME OF LINCOLN'S PARENTS.
campaign of that year. 1t is about Ok
10 feet and the figure of Lincoln is a
little larger than life size. 1t was at
tached to pole and not stretched. The
name of the artist is supposed to be
Chambers, and he is said to have been
Lincoln's personal friend. James M.
Justice first saw 1t during the war,
when 1t was carried by a regiment of
Indiana volunteers in which he had en-
listed. The banner was hooted by the
Southerners wherever they saw it. 1t
was twice captured and recaptured.
When recaptured 1t had a bullet hole
through the forehead and had been
slashed by knives. 1t was captured a
third time, and Mr.. Justice lost track
OF 1t for several years. lie was deter
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

No doubt one reason why q great
many people are reluctant about paying
their taxes is that they know that much
Of the public money is squandered or
stolen by incompetent and dishonest
officials.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Jim Corbett's first wife must have
soft spot in her heart for him after all.
She is planning to relieve him of the
obligation to pay her 500 a week ali
mony by anneXing millionaire on her
own account.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

On the base is the word Lincoln"
in large letters, and a small footstone
bears the letters "T. L." The monu-
ment was placed where it now stands
on the 7th day. of May, 1880, twenty
nine years after Mr.. Lincoln's death.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

THE OLD MAID ALWAYS SEEMS
WELL.
an old magazine which died before
was born, it don't seem funny at all.
But Mr.. Howard has gone farther. He
has not only discovered the secret of
what is humor to great class of our
citizens, but he has learned what will
make one man laugh and another man
swear. call that considerable tri-
umph.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Wisconsin prohibitionists have called
their convention to meet at Clear
Water. What was the matter with Rye
vile?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Spain has soldiers enough and gen.
erals enough in Cuba to overrun the
island. But the army has no love for
the cause.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Chinese forgers have issued S3,OOO,-
600 in forged banknotes, and yet there
are people who claim that the Chinese
are not civilized.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Emperor William ought to make a
pretty good member Of the milwaukee,
Press club. but who will pay his dues
II he ever decides to go out of the
monarch business we feel quite sure
that Mr.. Hohenzollern could get job
on some of the Milwaukee papers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Kentucky can't understand why the
Cuban insurgents should want to cap
ture Havana's water supply. Why don't
they take a brewery or distillery?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
FATHER OF LINCOLN.
HE SLEEPS IN A CEMETERY
NEAR GAINESVILLE.
A Poem That Caused the Erection of u
Monument to Him Twenty-Five Years
After His Death-The Home of the
Great Emancipator's Parents.
(Greenup, ILL.,, Correspondence.)

Il [ n o ) n l / o n
church, half = way
between the quiet
country towns Of
Pennington a n d
GAINESVILLE, in the
southern art Of
Coles county, Illi-
nois, is a beauti-
fully situated coun-
try burying ground
known as the Cor
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

An enterprising New Hampshire
woman has been drawing four penoions
as Mrs. Smith, which was not her nau,s
at all.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
comic VALENTINES.
THEY MAKE ONE MAN LAUGH
AND ANOTHER SWEAR.
About the Man Who Makes 'Em-Mr.
Howard INDUCES In Them When He
Feels Bad. and Causes 1OO,OoO,oO0
Cuss Words Per Year

HAVE discovered
the man who makes
all the comic valen-
tines. Yes, gentle
reader, 1t is true
that one conscience
has to carry the en-
tire burden. Per-
haps you do not
know how heavy
that burden Is.
Learn, then, that
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14
Some Use.

Some Use.
Featherstone-Willie, don't 80
that valentine that I gave your sister
In this pile.
Willie-No; she gave It to the baby q
play with.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

The aggressive end of the British
ministry is suffering from a peace
scare.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

An indianapolis man who shot hole
through his head calmly pulled ciga-
rette while@the physicians patched up
The damage, This isn't SO very remark
able after all: there is no necessary
connection a etween brains and ciga-
f'''' '"'sMM
-. .us,,,. -.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-07-02
Many a Housewife Is Using
Three pounds OF strong soap where two OF
mild soap (Harmless) would do.
North Pomfret.


Mrs. c. E. Reed is reported i'll.
The village school closed last Friday.
Frank Metcali is laboring for &c. Sher
burne.
H. w. Bushway OF Barnard spent Sun
day here.
Master Dexter Hewitt is with his uncle
In this place.
w. H. Harrington was in Quechee one
day last week.
H. W. Vail and family are entertaining
out -of-town relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Mosher visited rela- :
tives in Barre recently.
Charles May Of Woodstock spent Sun
day with his mother here.
Mr.. Locke II. Bugbee has gone to Beth
lehem, N. H., to work In store.
Mr.. Robert Perkins and wife OF Rutland
are boarding at Mrs. 0. Whipple's.
Mrs. Edith Wood and daughter Of Barre
are the guests Of G. B. Mosher and family.
E. w. and 8. M. Burch recently visited
In Randolph, Northfield and Montpelier.
Miss Annie Eherburne is at home during
the summer vacation Of the University OF
Vermont.
Miss r. Belle ugbee, from the Randolph
Normal school, Is spending her summer
vacation at home.
Misses Anna Thacher and Addie Col.
burn are to work for Mrs. Whipple dur
ing the boarding months.
The social has been postponed until
next Tuesday evening. A good literary
program will be presented. All are invited
to attend.