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Year: 1876

The character of mans life affects
thousands beside hiu,self Wicked
ness cannot be kept inside Of mans
heart any more thau stench eaa be kept
in the gutter where it is generated. 1t
spreads abroad and miDgles with the
air Of the whole street. aud all whu
pass the spot must breathe Of its tainted
odor. There is a moral atmosphere in
which We all live and to which we all
contribute some ingredient. We
spread contagion through it pure aud
healthy. We cannot remain by our
selves any more than the drop of water
en- remain by ilsel: when it is fallen
into the stream. We become part Of
the whole and the whole is effected by
The part Sin is contagious. and there


fore we have no right to harbor it in
our hearts. Impropriety is crime not
alone against ourselves, not alone
again God. but also against mankind


The voice of the entire race is lifted in
protest against the crime and the Grim
inal Every day is a day of Judgment.
and the moral sense of the whole world
pronounces condemnation upon every
man that doeth evil Golden Rule.
Year: 1876

Riches bring supiciousness as surely
as over-eating brings gout. Rich mon
are always defended BY men Of business
the kind of men who object to all
schemes. No man is surely loved ex-
cspt BY those who know his foibles
The philosophers Of each age are equal
ly foolish the common people grad
ually gain in wisdom Capacity for
social enjoyment With most persons
goes on steadily increasing with age
We ali begin by being pedants. pedantry
being peculiar attribute Of the young
Si.. Arthur Phelps.
Year: 1876

Truth is our element Of life. yet If a
man fasten his attention on a single as
pect Of truth and apply himself to that
alone for long time. the truth be-
comes distorted and not itself, but
falseho"d-herein resembling the air.
which is onr natural element. and the
breath of our nostrils: but if stream
Of the same he directed on the body for
a time it causes cold fever and even
death. h.-Emerson
Year: 1876

There is this difference between the
two temporal blessings. health and
money-money is the most envied. but
the least enjoyed health is the most
enjoyed. but the least envied and this
superiority of the latter is still more
obvious when We reflect that the poor
est man would not part with health for
money. but that the richest would
eladlv part with all his money for
health. Colon.
Year: 1876

of their skin :? So many practical
questions arise in contemplation of
the attitude of the two parties in this
campaign, that it is in no manner sur
prising that hundreds of whites, re-
membering Bourbon blundeIs, and
calmly judging of the present crisis
impartially, should declare their in-
tention to vote as their conscience
may dictate, and for the best candi-
dates put before them. Republicans
do not fear this class, but challenge
them to an examination of their rec
ord, knowing that a thinking and
reading people, free from bigotry,
must discard the vagaries of the Sec
tional Democracy of the present day,
as not only prejudicial to the material,
but the general welfare of the whole
country, and of themselves especially.
Year: 1876

country, and of themselves especially.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE


WAsHTNGToN, ID. G., Sept 16, 1876.


EDITOR CHIEF:


Evangelist Dana of the New York


Sun, who stands in pastoral relation


to the New York city Democracy,
jointly with the editor of the World,
is sorely distressed lest the atheistic
tendencies of Colonel Bob" Inger-
soils views may corrupt and lead
captive some of the followers of his
party, who are not we'll rooted and
grounded in the faith and both he
and the World man yesterday took
occasion to point out the dangerous
character of Mr.. Ingersoll, who the
evening previous addressed one of
the largest and most enthusiastic po-
litical gatherings ever assembled in
the empire city, and to exhOrt the
Democratic hearers of his mastery
speech, to steadfastness in the cause
of "Tilden and reform.H The same
papers, with forced Righteousness of
manner refer to the probable return
of the /" Boss" to the scene of his
giguntic robberies in the interests of
Democracy and reform but their ap
prehension of trouble from this source
to the great "reformer,n is apparent
in every line. The Sun dismisses the
result of the Maine election with the
statement that the returns are too in
complete to justify comparison with
the vote of former years; and the


World concludes that !" il the Dem
oeratic gain has not been SO marked
as to warrant hopes of carrying Maine
two months hence, it is sufficient TO
show that, even in Radical strong
holds, the Democrats are unfalteringly
aggressive, aud fight none the less
CALAMITY because they have no chance
of winning victory at home, though
they contribute to the encouragement
and assistance of their comrades at
other points along the line" The
truth is that no single event of the
present campaign has brought home
to every intelligent Democrat in this
city, the disastrous defeat awaiting
them next November, as the Maine
election has done. Tilden's record
during the war his intimate relations
with Tweed and his gang of thieves;
the exposures of the New York Times
touching his fraudulent practices in
regard to his income tax returns the
revolutionary character of the utter
anees of the Southern Democratic
press; the murders of political oppo-
nents already accomplished in the
South, and the wholesale slaughter
advocated; the nomination for the
highest Offices of participants in these
Outrages or those who encourage and
approve Of them, and the silence of
Tilden aud his managers relative to
the Ku-Klux method of conducting
the campaign, have all contributed
to arouse the masses of the country
who, espoused the Union cause in
1861, to the perils involved by DEM
ocratic restoration in 1877. From
every section of the country where
the campaign has been vigorously
comes the impressive in
telligence that it is hand to-hand
fight between those who fought for
or sympathized with the Union, and
those who actively sought its destruc-
ton by service in the rebel armies or
cowardly plotted to the same purpose
by melting draft riots; interposing
legal obstacles to the reinforcement
of our armies conspiring to Iiberate
rebel prisoners organizing and arm
ing Knights of Golden Circles and
Year: 1876

nesrrrgrrE. We hear of widowed moth
and three interesting children, living IN the
neiyhborhood of the Episcopal Church, who
are IN destitute circumstances We trust
that some of our humane lady friends VIII
look M this family and make provision Tor
their present wants. In country where All
tho rscsssariss of life are abundance, no one
should be permitted TO want.
Year: 1876

CAUToN-At this season of the year
hous holders should be especially careful to
guard against fire This precaution is at all
times proper, but just row it is the more I'M
per4,ive for the reason that the city author
ties have failed to make provision for the
care and working of the steamer, and to that
extent property is endangered, can ounce
of prevention is worth pound of cure, : and
acting ON this principle hUusrholtnrs should
take precautions against fires.
Year: 1876

The city rogues viii do well TO keep in
the background for the present. Their ad-
vocscy OF " annexation " hiss a tendency to
damage the measure in the estimation OF all
honest men.
Year: 1876

Eg Jennie June says in letter to the Baltimore American, that she knows of one fashionable family in New York that spent the holidays sadly. The story is as follows: A few years ago an orphan girl was given home in the household, and gradually came to be treated as daughter. The wife, in bad health, went on a tour abroad, and upon her return found that the girl had supplanted her in the affections of her husband. He told her that he no lon- ger cared for her and desired a separation, offering to provide for her maintenance; but she declared her right and intention to remain with her children. She does re- main. but in complete alienation from he r husband, although most of her friends know nothing of the trouble and attribute her low spirits to bad health. The girl is practically the mistress of the family, and says if the wife had any delicacy she wouldn't stay where she wasn't wanted.'
Year: 1876

Heavy Failure. property of the Carroll Paper Go. of Mill River was at tached at the station at Ashley Falls, and at Mill River last Tuesday, by Meeker & Dean, extensive coal dealers of New York, for debts due that company for coal. We do not learn that the paper company has gone into insolvency, but the fact it is con- pelled to submit to it's property being at ! tached for debt on account of its inability to meet it's obligations, it is regarded as a failure, and some who pretend to know, say it is unquestionably bad failure. Much sympathy is expressed for Carroll, who is regarded as an honorable, upright business man, and man worthy of success. The mismanagement of other members of the firm is said to be the cause of the embar- rassment.

 Railway Items.-The Housatonic rail- road company are placing air brakes on their locomotives, one or two engines now being provided with them, and others be- ing arranged. These brakes are on a diff ferent plan from those used on the Conn. Western road, and when we have seen more of them will describe them.

 The Naugatuck railroad company is to erect new depot and freight house in Winsted as soon as spring opens. The de- pot will be built of brick, one hundred feet long with roof projecting over the plat forms on each side and roomY offices in the second story.

 The Canal railroad company is to con- meDce grading tor an extension of the Fine Meadow northward across the river. The New Hartford depot will be located at the eastern end of the bridge, and the road will be carried north to some point in the neighborhood of Pleasant Valley. It is only question of time as to it's further ex- tension, to Riverton probably, and also of it's continuation still further northward, utilizing the twenty miles which are already graded and provided with culverts Tn part.

 The Naugatuck railroad company have leased the right to get ice from the paper mill pond at East Litchfeld, for five years They have already filled their ice houses along the line of the road, but in order to have enough for the centennial year they are now putting up new ice house near the pond 12O feet long, 30 feet wide and 20 feet high, into which they expect to put 20OO tons of ice.
Year: 1876

THE NEW YORK W1rNEss.-For the cost of subscription the New York Witness is one of the best journals in the country. A very substantial evidence of its merits, is the fact that the circulation of the Weekly

 WStness, which has not been in existence in this world of newspapers but four yeara, is now over hundred thousand. The Daily Witness has now nearly reached @ circulation of twenty-five thousand and is rapidly gaining in favor. The Weekly Witness is large eight page quarto, and contains a summary of all the news of the world up to the hour of publication. and it's price of subscription is only dollar and half a year, postage prepaid. For the farmer, mechanic, or for anybody whose every day labor forbids close perusal of the daily journals, the Weekly Witness is one of the best papers in the country; its compendium of the events of the week em- bracing everything of importance. The Daaty Witness, at only five dollars year, is the cheapest paper in the country. It is a large four page folio, and contains all the news. which is given in an abridged form, the chaf being winnowed from the wheat by the editors. The Daily IS now giving very full reports of the proceedings in Con- gress, as we'll as all other news anybody who has anything else whatever to do, has time to read. A good cheap daily raper is blessing to the country. Very many would like to take daily paper. but cannot quite afford to pay twelve dollars, but at five dollars year, the Duly Witness, if it maintains it's present merits; and we know it will under the control and management of it's present editor and manager, MT John Dougall, almost every family in the land can take daily paper. Subscribe for the Daily or Weekly, and give it trial. The price of either is so low, anybody can do that. Address John Dougall, No. 2, Spruce street, New York.
Year: 1876

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 We have had little rarity in the shape of snow storm that fell on Saturday night, and we saw one new sleigh that ventured out on Sunday......We have few unruly dogs that do not reverence the Sabbath but made raid upon Giles Skiff's flock of 23 sheep, killing six and mangling as many more: They next found two extra Cosset sheep and one lamb owned by Mir. G. s. Mercy, one of which was killed, and the other is almost dead. leaving but the lamb; and now those same dogs are being hunted up. When will the time ever come that the dear dogs can have what little mutton they want, or rather when will sheep be thought as much of as dog .....Sunday was made memorable by being the ninety ninth birthday of Miss Rhoda Smith. the oldest person known in these parts. She was born in house that stood in mead ow about eighty rods north of the Emmons place, where she now lives. Her fathers name was Levi Smith, and her mothers. Elizabeth Roberts. The children were:- Renager, Levi, Rhoda, Eunice, Ruth, Sarah and Sylva, now Widow I4orrin Emmons eighty-four years old, who with Aunt Rho- da, so-called by all, are the only two suryi vors of the family. Miss Rhoda never had doctor but twice in her lite, as she or her sister remembers. Once she was backed off the abutment at the east end of Corn wall bridge, and last April she had the mis- fortune to fall and hurt her hip in such manner as to be entirely helpless, though not confined to her bed. Myself and ladv had the honor of being invited guests at her ninety-eigth birthday party. This, the ninety ninth, was noticed in a way that will not be likely to be forgotten by about eighty persons who met at the house for prayer meeting. In conversation with her on that day she gave me few facts that will best show the state of her mind asked her if she had had whipping. She said she had not. It don't seem as if I was so old, but suppose am.' She said she remembered when the soldiers went home from the war of the Revolution, and she can tell about things that happened many years ago readily. I asked her why she never got married, and she said: I didn't find any body that suited me- said: .I suppose you had plenty of beaux p and she answered, 'Oh, just as many as wanted. , She used to be weaver and spinner, and has now on hand linen sheets, blankets and carpets woven by herself. She seems to be thoughtful and sad every birthday. expect ing it to be her last. M.
Year: 1876

| sue coAsIIuCllon OL the long talked Of bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. It will be better news when the announce ment is made that the money is provided for it's completion. Considering the i'm portance of the enterprise to the great rail. road interests which it can be made to serve, there ought to be no question upon this point. There has been reason to hope that when it could be made clear that the bridge could be built for anything under five million dollars, the capitalists of Bos

 ton would incline to invest in the corpora

 tion. The contract with responsible and experienced firm who undertake to do the work for less than three and half mil

 lions is certainly very, encouraging and ought to be great help to the bridge off cials in their efforts to secure the necessary funds. Remembering the spirit and zeal of the Boston committee who visited Pough. keepsle last winter, we are confident that in the light of this contract, they will look more favorably upon the enterprise than ever before. The Boston gentlemen who have looked into the bridge plan seem to be very generally convinced of it's importance to New England. Its importance to the railroads which form the line already con. structed from Poughkeepsie to Boston via this city is apparent. The present IS evi- dently Poughkeepsie's opportunity. If the bridge officials can go to Boston capitalists and to Pennsylvania and New York rail- road men, with their contract for the con- struction of the bridge for three and half million dollars, backed up with liberal home subscription to the stock, they will be in strong position to urge outside help,

 and will be very likely to get it. From a statement in the Poughkeepsie Farmer it

 would appear that the contractors agree to

 build the bridge for $l, 900, 900 in cash and $2, ,4l2, 900 in bonds.-Hartford Couraut.
Year: 1876

The message OF governor Davis was
as usual, brilliant, scholarly and well
considered document. Dealing with
common place subjects the language
rose upon every opportunity into dignity
and eloquence. The governor seems to
be a fusion of poet and lawyer melted
into one; and his felicity of expression is
only equalled by his hard grasp of facts.
He returns TO private lite with the re-
spect of all the people.


Governor Pillsbury's message was like
the man. plain and practical. abounding
in wise suggestions well expressed. 1t
will read betterSthan it sounded, fortthe
governor is really modest man and his
confusion embarrassed his delivery very
much. If his administration lives up to
the promise of his inaugural The ANTI
MONorOLIsT Will cheertully support il
in all measures looking to retrenchment
and reform.
Year: 1876

of which we pay no interest, for nation
al bank notes on which we are taxed to
pay interest.


w. The happiness and prosperity of
the people is of more consequence than
a merciless attempt to Immediately re-
sume special payment, at the cost of
general bankruptcy.


To carry out these principles We agree
to seperate ourselves from our plese It
political associations and to hold county,
township, and state conventions and
vote tor the candidates therein chosen
unless we know them to be unfit or
dishonest men,


1t will be seen that this wi not pre-
vent any man from voting as he pleases
for President or even congressman
The organization will be local for local
purposes.


We should start acith the people, Let
the politicians take back seats Get the
farmers of one township to sign such a
paper and it will constitute a rallyine
point, a nuclus. We will publish the
document and the signatures; and other
townships will soon follow the example
so set For ourself we shall not aspire
to be leader in any such movement,
but we will humbly follow in the rear il
the people will organize it. All we ask
is to see the people trying to take care
of themselves.


Who will speak first?
Year: 1876

Both the outgoing governor and his
in n-coming successor devote d considera
BILE space in their respective messages to
the question of the payment of the old
State Railroad Bonds. They seem de-
termined to force it into such promi-
nence that some action must be taken by
the people.


For our part we believe that the bonds
originated in a gross and intentional
fraud, which gave US 25O miles Of use
less road-bed in exchange for $2,275,-
600 of State bonds and we believe with
Gov. Davis that the whole matter was
wofully bungled under the administra-
ton of Gov Ramsey in 1860 and 1861. If
it was the purpose of the State to repudi-
ate the bonds it had no right to take
possession OF the securities given for the
bonds; it could not repudiate the thing
itself and yet profit by it. In the next
place, having taken possession of those
assets the State should have used them
to extinguish the debt. The bonds could
pl obably have been purchased then at
ID cents on the dollar; or some settle
ment might have been made of the
whole matter at re elsorable figures.
We have always been in favor of some
equitable adjustment of those bonds.
Our programme has been that the
State should pay the real value of the
road-beds taken by it.; this would not
have exceeded, probably, % cts. on the
dollar. We are ready, for one, to give
the 100000 acres of Internal Improve
ment lands to wipe out the bonds; and
in tact the people once voted so to do.
but the bond-holders Jailed to come to
time. Any advantages we may derive
from the possession OF those lands will
fall tar short OF the damage which we
sustain by this persistent clamor about
"repudiution, which is at last flung in
our faces by both the outgoing and in
coming governor of our own State


The whole people are willing to do
something to get these old bonds out OF
the face of the civilized world; even
those who like ourself believe that they
were conceived in fraud and brought
forth in iniquity. But the question is,
what shall that something be? An hon
orable man from whom Il knave has, by
a trick, obtained a promissory note, will
give something to get it back rather than
have it ilaunted on change CT posted on
| the street corners. The State is in the
same predicament. Her promises to pay
her bonds under her great seal, are
hawked around the world and spit upon
by men AS dlshonored paper. Wha,
compromise can she make to get them
back9


We can conceive of adjustments OF thi.
matter that the people would promptly
embrace; and We can conceive of other:
that they would Indignantly spurn.


Come, Messieurs Bond.holders. let u
hear your proposition. The State can
not follow you around with hat il
hand; nor will it do for the governor o
the State to join in the outcry OF our enc
mics about "repudiation," and yet otfe
us no solution Of our difficulties.
Year: 1876

side of untrammeled commercial inter-
course with foreign nations, in other
words, on the side of free trade.


III. That if we would dojustice to the
great possibilities OF our own soil in the
way of wheat production, we must insist
upon cheap transportation from our IN
ter-continental section to the sea-coa st
and hence that We must assert and en-
force the right Of the people, through
legislation, to NIT and restrain the
unjust exactions of railroads.


Give us free-trade on the ocean; and
cheap transportati n to it, and we can
defy the world Minnesota wheat
should be found to day on every sea and
in every port, As it is we supply about
one third of all the United States
foreign shipments.


Minnesota should take off her seal
that horse-stealing Indian riding head
foremost into the setting sun, and put in
his stead wheat-sheaf, with the motto,
"Ue can feed the acOrld."
Year: 1876

We are back again to the post of duty
While we thank our assistants for their
generous and earnest labors during our
absence we are glad to resume the helm
once more. The growth of our circu-
lation is very rapid and is extending IN, n,
to all parts of the Union; and we shall
labor to make THE ANTI-MONOPOLIsT
all that its best friends, (and it has
many,) could desire to see it, to wit :
a great organ of reform and progress
blessing and benefitting every home into
which it enters.
Year: 1876

The saddest part OF the almost illimit-
able whisky ring stealings which have
been going on in almost every large city
of the Union, is the acknowledged tact
that large part OF the plunder was used
for political purposes; and that the i'm
mense fund which defeated Horace Gree
lev in 1872 was derived mainly from this
source.


This is the pyramid as it stands


GRANT:
Year: 1876

Our friend, John Howard, who is running In opposition to the "Ring ticket" as many are pleased to call it, we observe is not ap- pealed to by the bowling Dervishes at Tue son to stop the agitation of the Capital ques- ton along with his fellow candidates on the "anti-Ring ticket" How is this, have they purposely sighted the Judge in their pittiful supplications to their 'anti- Ring" friends. or are they suspicious tha. he is touched little with the taint of the "Ring," and would himself, notwithstanding his association with the ''anti- Ring in this campaign, have no objection to seeing the Capital removed to Prescott. They evidently mistrust the Judge of having sort of leaning in favor of Prescott, and don't put faith in him as they do in those on whom they call so earnestly for help.