Year: 1878

LIE Duo has disappointed the people. They
are not in mood TO forgive the failure Of
his plan TO produce tortoise shell for the
commerce OF the world by planting tortoise
shell cats in n compost Of old side combs and
agricultural reports. In vain does II. h.
HAYES use the annual message 10 shower
eulogy over his Commissioner OF Agrlcul-
ture, and strengthen him for beggary In the
room Of the Committee on Appropriations.
Where are the signs Of the termination Of
those CATS Where is the first bud or bios
som Of that promised tortoise shell In the
wisdom Of hind sight it is easy now TO SEQ
that faith In LIE Dues transmutation OF
grimalkin into shell should have been with
held till he had fulfilled his previous promise
10 Congress 10 raise silk instead OF wool on
the backs of Americas sheep, by feeding
them with silkworms' eggs.


The appropriation OF 1877 s for the sup
port OF tho Agricultural Department was
made on the Congressional belief and the
popular hope of an annual crop Of tortoise
shell from scientifically planted cats, and
neeces OF raw silk TO be sheared on every
farm in the country where fancy or interest
preferred floss 10 wool. The people will not
listen to r. b. HAYES as he stands between
their resentment and the agricultural ma
gician whose promises obtained their money
and lifted them off their feet in expectation.
II Is Of no use for HAYES TO cover LIE DUO
with praise for ever going boldly outside OF
the ruts OF knowledge and sense, and for
possessing sixty-seven mems shares OF
originality and enthusiasm. The people
want TO put their hands on the money LIE
Dues department has chiselled them out Of,
and incidentally on LIE Duo himself. They
want to say to him: Those sllkworms'
eggs you fed to the dozen sheep in your de-
partmental garret-what did they come TO 2
Did those Southdowns really shear raw silk,
and what was the weight OF the ileeces1 Or
was your plan OF growing silk all over the
United States as great humbug as your
scheme 10 grow tortoise shell in every
farmers woodshed 2"


A fraudulent chief OF agriculture is natu-
rally an object Of affectionate interest TO a
Fraudulent Chief Executive. But HAYES
must stand aside. The people want ac-
cess to their Appropriation Committee
room. And there they desire TO say few
words to the self-rcspectlng, sensible, and
honest men that may bo in that hateful
chamber.


On at least three subjects the nation has
been educated by LIE Duo up to pitch oI
impatient expectancy. The simply curious
and the professionally scientific want to
know the result attained by tho American
Commissioner Of Agriculture in grating
shoots OF the Japanese bamboo cane on the
peach trees OF New Jersey and Delaware
His patriotic purpose to multiply tho pro-
ductlons Of the country and enable us tC
supply the world with fshpoles was an in
spration OF genius. The nation waits fOI
the report OF his success.


IL waits also for tho result OF lie DU0s
effort TO establish the cultivation OF broOme
Of the hardy, striped handled variety
There Is n tenderness In the Shaker broom
and a shortness OF life In those produced In
the Mohawk and Connecticut Valleys
Housekecpers impatiently wait for LIZ DUo's
triumph over the undiscplined laws OF oul
botany, soil, and climate. Brooms ought tt
Last longer than they do, and our Commls
sionor Of Agriculture has promised us a new
and Tough variety from his botanical gar
den Did he gather crop in October2 DE-
they stand soaking in pals Of water. endure
continuous ecrubbing Of loors, and refus
10 turn splint under the ignorant abuse o
being pushed ahead OF the sweeper instea,
OF deity drawn over surface?


In the third place, we want an account O
LIE Dues stewardship with tho rocks o
last years appropriation he took, as W
have been informed, eleven hundred dollar
and sent an agent 10 England To buy on
hundred ROCKS, TO be crossed and bred her
into an unfaillng remedy for the grasshop
per plague. In the depths OF his orlglna
and enthusiastic genius no found that tn
rook was created with an Unsuitable app6
lite ior Rrasshoppere, and In thls fact dis