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Year: 1878

To the Editor OF the Morristown Gazette;


Will you please present my name to
the public, generally, as a candidate for
Congress, in the place of "Cox with
drawn" (?) I am led to rush forward by
the solicitations of many friends (my-
self and my oldest boy).


I am not member of any ring, and l
can't play the fiddle My instrument is
the harp Of 1000 strings. I have been
bald headed; but my hair is coming back
again.


am in favor of hard money; except
such as is hard to get. am in favor OF
greenbacks, as l owe about $1,000 in
sums ranging from 15c upwards. | am
in favor of the banking system-where
the creeks sweep away cross fencing.
AS for my war record; 1 was not here
during the war (nor anywhere else that
l know of. When meeting federal
scouts was union man, and when L
stumbled on a rebel picket was fleeing
from the Lincolnites. I believe all of
these old things ought to be buried;
only to be the mother of statesmen; but
can't imagine who their daddy was. L
believe we have a glorious future before
US, but f'its a damned long aolstIe coming"
When we consider the bond question,
we must consider what we would be,
were it otherwise; and if it were other
wise, what it would be. There is not
the shadow of a doubt, that, with the
experience of the past, and the example
of the self devoted men who have gone
before, that Hart's Liver Pills do not
avert the crisis or chestnut collie.


am the poor mans friend; always
was; for poor devils have ao5nratng ways;
and if elected 1 shall do my duty fear
lessly. may fail, but will preserve the
proud consciousness of light heart and
a pair of breeches.


My country tits of thee


Or, No. 1,-don't you see! ~


BRIC-A-BRAC.
Year: 1878

We have this to say TO those of
our Republican friends who have
doubted our loyalty to the Republi-
can psrty.-We have not deserted
you as petty-Bone's lick spittles have
tried to make you believe. We
stand side by side with you fighting
for our rights as freemen, exposing
Frauds and Revenue Rings, which
are fast approaching our party. We
have supported politicians for the
sake of the party so long, till our
country is enveloped in our common
devastation and ruin. There must
be something done for the immediate
relief of our people. for the promo
ton of honest labor, or we may look
for general stagnation OF all pub
lie enterprises in the near future. In
our present depressed circumstances
all sensible men know that our Dis
trict would not be safe in the hands
of the Revenue Rings and it's legal
chief. The Revenue Ring is waving
the Bloody Shirt to diver the pub
lie mind and TO cover up their own
Rebel.like invasions upon the poor
They do this to elevate petty Bone,
the ringleader of the Troup, to a
seat in the 10th Congress of the
United States. 1t does not weaken
the Revenues Brigade by electing
petty Bone, their counsellor and chief
but strengthens it by giving it re-
preventative to make such laws as
will protect them in their work of
CONSERVATION. We only intend to
place petty Bone and his Revenue
record honestly and conscientiously
before the people and then let all
vote in accordance with their own
conscience.


We further say: If you sanction
free use of liquor and encourage
all kinds of rascality. fraud, intrigue
and corruption and moral perjury.
vote for petty-Bone. If you desire
to elevate the Revenue Ring and
make it the ruling and supreme pow.
er of the country vote for petty Bone.
IF you want honest labor trampled
under foot. vote for petty-Bone. If
you are in sympathy with the rich
and an enemy to the poor, vote for
petty Bone. IF you are for immedi-
ate contraction and resumption-for
hard money-opposed to greenbacks
-in sympathy with the Bondholders
the money Devils of Wall street,
vote for petty-Bone. Ii you would
rather place your interests into the
hand of such a corrupt Ring and
give up your rights and liberties as
American citizens than to rebuke.
vote for petty Bone aud abide by the
consequences. But mark the pre-
diction: IF the Fraud is elevated
to power CONSERVATION and crime
viii follow in quick succession.


How was it done ?-Victor Hugo
Year: 1878

1t is stated that G. W. Ladd, recently
elected to Congress by the Greenback-
ers of Maine, uttered this sentiment in
his speech accepting the nomination:
''You see two men walking along the
street; one is a rich bond-holder and the
other a ragged tramp. The rich man
enters the front door of his dwelling;
the tramp goes in at the back door, de-
mands food or clothing, and if it is not
given him he steals And 1 tell you
that tramp is more entitled to honor than
the rich man who sits in his luxurious
parlor" Just such talk as this brought
on the French revolution.
Year: 1878

The LATE SEssIoN.-During the closing
hours of the late legislature large amount
of mischievous legislation was summarily
killed. Among other matters was an act to
transfer the oyster grounds of the State into
the hands of the Riparian Commission.
The proposed act gave the said commission
power to assess any amount they saw fit,
upon the occupants of the oyster grounds
in any of the waters of the State. The eff
feet of such an act would have been the
ruination of the oyster trade in Maurice
River Cove and Delaware Bay. The Oys-
termen of Cumberland County have all they
can do to live with things as they now
stand, but with the large assessments for
rental of grounds, which the Riparian Com
missioners would be sure to put upon them,
they would be unable to make a living.
The bill for this object passed the Senate,
and came over to the House late on Thurs
day. Immediately upon it's being read,
Assemblyman Nichols made canvass of the
members, and secured sufficient number
of votes to defeat it, and Notwithstanding
the efforts of the 'lobby' it was laid away
among a number of other bad measures.
Had it not been for the watchfulness of the
member of Assembly from the First Dis
trict, it would, however, have become a
law
Year: 1878

The building of the Steuben County Poor
house, N. Y which was burned on Satur-
day night, was made of brick, 80 by 40 feet,
and two stories high. Nearly all the win
dows were grated, and there was only one
mode of egress from each story. No night
watchman was employed about the building,
and there was no fire apparatus. The coun-
ty house is two miles from Bath, and the
fire department of this place did not 90 out
An insane epietic from Hornsrsville named
Ford, who was locked in cell on the first
floor, set fire to his bed with match, prob
ably obtained from fellow pauper. All
the partitions were of pitch pine and burned
fiercely. The cries of Ford reused the other
inmates only after the building was filled
with binding smoke. An inmate, who had
Ford in charge, opened Folds door and the
flames burst out and ran along the parti-
tions and up tile stove pipe hole into the
second story. Ford could not be seen on
account of the flames. He had forced his
head between the bars of his window, and
unable to pull it back, was crying for help.
The flames poured out of the window around
his head and he perished. The upper story
was occupied by twenty-five women and
children, and the lower story by eighteen
men. The majority were idiotic, crippled,
or very aged. Five on the first floor and
ten on the second were destroyed.
Year: 1878

A timely dose of Schenck's Mandrake Pills is sure
to prevent attack of billiousness when short neg
lect of the warning symptoms may develop serious
case of fevor either bilious intermittent or typhoid


Schenck's Mandrake Pills remove all causes of bill
ousness promptly the secretons of the liver and
give healthy tone the entire system 1t is no ord
nary discovery in medical science have found harm
less cure for this stubborn complaint which accomplish
es all the results heretofore produced by free use of
calomel, mineral justly dreaded by mankind and &C
knowedged to be destructive in the extreme to the hu
system That the properties of certain vegetables
comprise all the virtues of calomel without its injurious
qualities is admitted fact rendered indsputable
will be fully satisfied that the best medicines are those
provided by in the herbs and roots Of
the fields


These Pill open the bowels and correct all bilious de-
rangements without salvation any of the injurious
effects of caom ell other poisons The secretion of
bile regulated will be by the altered color the
stools, the disappearance of the saow complexion and the
cleansing of the tongue


Ample directions for accompany each box of pills
Prepared only by J. H. Schenck & Son. at their princi-
pal office, Sixth aud Arch Streets Philadelphia
Price rs cents per box.


For sale by all druggists and dealers
Year: 1878

1t was grave mistake on the part of the
Legislature, not to have passed the bill
offered by the Directors of the State Inc
briate Asylum. The present system of le-
galizing the making of inebriates and then
Furnishing and degrading them in prison, is
both cruel and disgraceful The idea of the
law allowing thing to be done, and then
Furnishing man for the doing of it! And
this is just what is done in the case of all
the inebriates in New Jersey to-day. A
man may get drunk out of excessive good
nature, or as a result of the good nature of
Others, with no notion of doing harm to any
one, either in person or property, and if his
drunkenness runs into daily habit, SO that
he becomes what is termed an inebriate,
then he is arrested by the police, thrust into
prison, time after time, fined, released, ar
rested again, and again consigned to Jail,
for being drunk just as the law allows him
to be. by its license system. And this goes
on till the victims die. The Legislature
virtually says-Let it go on, it serves the
victims of our false system just right. But
the friends of humanity step in and say,
"Hold! Enough of this barbarism! Put
these poor victims into Christian asylum,
where they will be made better by curing
and reforming" The plan of reforming
the drunkard in an asylum has been found
cheaper than that of degrading and punish
ing him in prison. That it is more humane
admits of no question Or doubt. There was
no opposition in the Legislature to an Inc
briate Asylum, so far as we could judge,
but there was prejudice against taking
some of the present local revenues for that
purpose. That there were some who have
the old time prejudice against South Jersey
having any State institution, is very likely,
but that the Inebriate Asylum project will
yet succeed with the Legislature, is just as
certain as that water will flow, or whiskey
be drank. If the Board of Directors will 90
to Trenton next Winter, and present the
Moffat Bell Punch as means of securing
revenue to the State, part of which shall
go to the care of the Inebriates, in the
Asylum at Vineland, such proposition will
be likely to get unanimous VOTE
Year: 1878

The Republicans will unite enthusiast
cally for the defeat of the Democratic party,
however the President and the Senate may
feel toward one another. While such an
tagonism is deprecated by Republicans, its
influence on the party is given too much
prominence-it by no means warrants the
gloomy view of the situation common among
the politicians. There will be issues in the
next National campaign which will not only
induce harmony among Republicans, but
will add largely to the party vote.
Year: 1878

ABOVE THE CLoUDs.-Probably the
largest and highest rock in the known
world is the Snnth Dome of the Eose-
mite. Standing at the fork of the upper
valley, it rears itself, a solid rocky loaf,
5000 feet above the level of the ground.
\ more powerful hand than that of Titan
has cut away the eastern half, leaving a
sheer precipioe OF over mile in height
No man ever trod the top of this dome
until last year, Former visitors gazed in
wonder at the spikes driven into the rock
by hardy spirits, who had repeatedly eli
deavored to scale it. Tie shreds of ropes
dangling in the wind told the story OF
their failure. Last year, however, after
thousands Of dollars were spent, several
persons found their way to the top of the
dome, and this summer two sheep were
discovered browsing on the hitherto in
accessible peak.
Year: 1878

Love is come with song and Il smile;
Welcome Love with a smile and song;
Love can stay but a little while.


Why Cannot he stay? They call him away,
Ye do him wrong-ye do him wrong.
Love will stay for whole life long"
Year: 1878

One year has nearly passed into history since
The Iowa state Republican Convention sounded the
alarm against President Hayes's policy Of haTikar and
the call for another convention has been issued The
attitude OF Iowa this year Will not be a question Of
doubt III one year Cor the sake OF harmony for the
honor OF me party for the good Of the whom
the kepuDcans mad elected 70 the highest Office the
land, and for the hope that the good intcnonsD OF
the President would yet evolve good fruits then in
blossom, tho Republicans restrained their convictions
aud simply refused ~ lndorse no such restraint Will in
1uence the convention this year. The Republicans OF
Iowa, II unanimous upon anything a unit I'm onDo-
eitiOn TO the Southern policy Of the Administration
There Will be mental reservations IN the Iowa Repub
hcan expression this year. the paddock OF prudence
and friendly regret no longer seals their lips.
Year: 1878

We notice the name OF Speaker Randall
mentioned quite often OF late in connection with the
next nom nation OF the Democratic party for the Presi
dency. IL "a altogether premature, we submit, TO he
discussing the merits Of men as aspirants for that
honor at tins early day and The Whig always, hold
Ing Its fire until the enemy IL in sight VIII In due time
be found fayorug the man believes TO be the best for
the country. But have hesitation in saying that
Mr. Randas friends can be at loss for strong argu
ments and many of them in his favor.
Year: 1878

The House subcommittee has agreed upon
q Constitutional amendment favorng single Presi-
Dental term OF six years We DO not thiLk the peope
will sanction any abridgmen OF their privileges with
respect the reelection OF Presidents. The committee
would do better TO devote its best thought 10 plan for
simplifying the manner Of eectng President once in
four years
Year: 1878

Yes, we agree that he was a young
man and a modern poet who said
that low, soft voice was an excellent
thing in woman. Indeed, we feel inclined
to go much further than he has on the
subject. and call it ono Of her crowniug
charms. No matter what other attrac-
TORS sha may still havo: she may be as
fair as the Trojan Helen, and as learned
as the famous Hypatia of ancient times.
she may have all the accomplishments
considered requisite at the present day,
and every advantage that wealth can
procure, and vet, ifshe lack low. sweet
voice, she can never be really fascinat.
ing. How often the spell Of beauty is
broken BY coarse, loud talk How Of
ten you are irresistably drawn to plain,
unassuming woman, whose soft silvery
tones render her positively attractive.
Beside, We fancy We can judge of the
character by the voice. The bland, smooth.
Iawuing tone seems to Us to betoken
deceit and Hypocrisy, as invariably as
the musical, subdued voice indicates
genuine refinement. In the social cir
Gle, how pleasant it is to hear woman
in that low key which always charac.
terizes true lady. In the sanctuary Of
home, how such voice soothes the fret.
ful child and cheers the weary husband!
How sweelly such cadence floats through
the sick chamber, and around the dy-
ing-bed with what solemn melody do
they breathe a prayer for departing
soul.-.Snny South.
Year: 1878

A fve-year-old girl stood watching
her baby brother who was making a
great fuss over having his face washed.
The little miss at length lost her pa
tience, and stamping her tiny foot said;
You think you have lots of trouble,
but you don't know anything about ii.
Wait till you're big enough to get q
licking, end then you'll see-wOn't he,
mama2
Year: 1878

THERE is only one way in which the
gold single standard advocates can be
convinced of their folly in lying 50
scandalously about bullion and coined
money, and that is for Congress to de-
monetize gold. This ought to be done by
the silver men. They have been accused
of all sorts of dishonesty as well as of ig-
norance. Now let Congress demonetize
gold and find out the precise question as
to whether the coming of bullion into
money and giving it the legal tender
quality adds to the value of bullion.


The silver men do not claim that 4l2i
grains of bullion is worth gold dollar
But they allege that when it is coined
into dollar it will be worth just as much
as purchaser as the gold dollar is.


Now let gold be demonetized and we
shall in short time find out whether
258 grains of gold bullion will be worth a
legal tender gold dollar of 412l grains
This action will be well worth trial and
1t will amply compensate for all the
trouble, it will also put the silver dollar
at once in the market as the best pur-
chases there is.


We don't want people to talk to us of
theories on matters with which practical
experience has taught us more than they
ever knew. Jenkins old Commercial
never had any status with the Democratic
party and if it has led any body of Demo-
Gratis they have been as shallow pated as
its Democratic stockholdsrs who are too
conceited to have any standing among
honest men anywhere. Its chief use has
been to stab democratic candidates, wit
ness its course toward the late candidate
for the Mayoralty one of Mr.. Bayard's
strongest friends.
Year: 1878

AsDR THOMAS BUzzARD says, dis
comfort, amounting in many persons to
actual distress, ia experienced in sitting
for Photographic picture. He thus
describes his own experience: The eye
is fixed upon certain SPOT, and, while
staring at this, vision becomes indistinct,
surrounding objects especially being lost
in thickening mist. A feeling OF giddi-
ness and even of faintness isapt to follow,
if the sitting is at all prolonged. The
suffering which he, in common with
thousands besides, underwent suggested
to him the need of come remedy, and he
soon hit upon simple contrivance which
obvisted every feeling of uneasiness.
He drew circle about four inches in
diameter upon piece of paper, and con-
yerted the circle into sort of cleck-face
ny sketching in the Roman figures in
their usual sequence. Then the paper
was nailed to post about eight feet from
tine position of the sitter. When the
operation Of taking the picture began he
Year: 1878

Mrs. Allyn, win give some illustrations
in the wonderful science OF Psychome-
try, during her lecture this evening at
the hall on King street below Third. A
rare treat may be had for the going.
Year: 1878

A bad Yankee boy appe ars to be .
fiend incArnate. Jesse P0meroy
stands at the head Of the class, but
there are several others in line
who are worthy Of their several
places by his side. The last boy
fiend turned up In Maine. A lot Of
boys were summering In company
with few older people in the retire.
ment Of Squirrel Island. A six year
old Butterfield, Of Waterville, In COM
pany with other boys, were throwing
stones into sheet of water to SEQ the
splash. He happened to splash wa
ter on bigger boy, aged nine, who
told him that when caught he should
be sufficiently licked for 1t. The next
morning little Butterfield was missing


He was finally found naked, insensi-
BILE, and covered with blood and
bruises in . closet connected with q
bowling alley. He finally recovered
enough to tell tho story of his abuse.
Tho boy had asked him to take walk
for candy, then caught and taking
him into the closet stripped and beat
him till he fell senseless and left him
there. The beaten boy is mot expect.
cd to live, and the boy fiend 10 still
roaming at large on Squirrel islam


When his victim dies he will be qui


q little horc among the Yankee boy.
murderers.
Year: 1878

Un0 C0000en000 democracy con.


spring with the Confederates.


The Okolona Miss States quotes
the following from the Davenport


Iowal Gazette:


So long as a "solid South" contin.
ues to threaten, the sole remaining
defense and protection must be sought
in q solid North.


And exclaims:


Arrah, therei You arc reckoning
without your host. The rank and
file of the Northern Democracy are
delighted with = solid South, for it
points to q victory for the party in
1880. Drum up recruits, close your
columns as compactly as you can, but
you viii; find that you have an enemy
in the rear that will help us to rout
your forces, horse, foot and drAgoOn.
Your party is doomed. The patriots
are mastering from North and South.
The sign of their triumph blazes on
the horizon Of the near future.


Again the Same Southern paper
says:


Wherever the democrats have pos
session of State government they
should proceed to reorganize and
equip the militia, taking special care
to commission no man who has any
whatever with the Grant
movement. We must prepare to fight
the devil with fire. We must prepare
to put down and punish with shot
and halter the mon who ara cOnsDir.
ing to overthrow our institutions.
Year: 1878

relenting law on the subject ever en-
acted in the country. Under it any
tramp in that State may be confined
in the State Prison at hard labor for
fifteen months simply for the offense
Of being tramp, and for any Ordina-
~ misdemeanors, such as are usually
punished by imprisonment from q
month to year, the unfortunate
tramps may be sent up from two to
five years, and a reward Is offered for
information which will lead to the
conviction ofsuch Offenders. We i'm
agine that New Jersey is too near
New York to be altogether pleasant,
and that the State does not intend to
be overrun with vagabonds and dead
beats from the Metropolis If it can
help it.
Year: 1878

WE have heard during the past few
days good degree ofpraise bestowed
upon 8. M. Clark, editor of the Gate
city, for the speeches he made last
week In this county. Vigorous as an
editor, he is no less SO on the stump.
Year: 1878

Washington, Dec. 5.-secretary sohurz is emil
nently able to "hoe his own row" in the discus.
sion about transferring the Indian Bureau to the
War Department. Talking to the Heral cores
pondent to-day, he said that the army officers
were bringing up all the old rascalites Of the In.
dian service as If they were fresh occurrences un


der his administration Of the Interior Depart
ment, and we're not candid enough to give him
credit for the reforms he had instituted and for
the present economical and efficient management
OF the service. he thought the present movement
OF the army officers arose from desire to have
additional employment so as to show that they


were busy and could not stand a reduction Of
their force and to have an opening for getting re-


tired officers back into service on full pay. As
specimen Of the unjust changes made against the
bureau, he said that 1t had been accused Of gorg-
ing the Sioux with a buperabundanCe of food
and starving the Cheyennes, while the fact was
that the ration per head issued to each of these
tribes was precisely the same in quantity and
quality. Secretary SChurZ said he did not believe
the army could administer the Indian service
economically. II the beef aud flour bought the
past year for the Indians by the Bureau had been
bought by the army officers at the prices paid for


those articles by the army the cost to the Govern
| ment would have been 100000 more than II act.
| ually was, He called attention 10 the fact thai
| since he went into the Interior Department q
| number OF thieving agents and contractors had
| been convicted and imprisoned circumstance
unparalleled In the history OF the Indian service