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Year: 1873

But few words further have we to
say to you now, fellow citizens and
Republicans, as to your duty in cast
ting your ballots. BE at the polls.
Be as thoroughly Informed as posi-
BILE, for yourself, and be able to give
honest information to your nelghbor.
Believing you are right, boldly pre-
sent the right, work manfully and
untiyingly, but fairly and honorably
for the right. Faithfully and cOnsci-
entiously do yolT duty, and trust that
the right shall prevail. You have
no right to trust unless you act your
part earnestly. If you believe the
Republican cause is just, its candi-
dates honest, capable, competent and
faithful, spare no honest endcavor
fer their election. See that your Re
publican ncighbors are out and doing
their duty. our candidates are men
for whom we need not be ashamed
to vote and work. Good citizens
and honest, faithful men and true,
tried and found worthy, every one
Of them, they have the confidence Of!
their neighbors, have never betray-
ed trust, and If now chosen to the
responsible positions for which they
arc named, will give Us no reason to-
regret our choice.


Again let us admonish you, be
vigilant and active, be not deceived,
do your duty, every man, and we
shall triumphantIy elect the best
ticket ever offered to the people Of
Marion county.
Year: 1873

g@ Every legal voter in Iowa owes a
duty to his community, to his coun-
ty, to the State and the country,
which should be faithfully met and
Reformed at the polls next Tuesday:
The right Of suffrage bears with it
responsibility which is too lightly
esteemed. 1t is no small thing to be
entrusted with the privileges and du-
ties Of an American sovereign. one
of the highest of these privileges is
that which allows him 10 express
his wish in the selection of men to
make and execute the laws, collect,
guard and disburse the public reve-
nue and transact all the public busi
hess as stewards for the people.
There is no appeal from his decision
except to that Of the majority; ; and
his vote may fix the majority and
decide irrevocably which of two men
or two sets of principles or policies
shall prevail. This privilege is at
the same time duty. 1T is not on
ly his duty to attend at the polls and
vote, but to do SO intelligently and
independently. 1t is analogous to
the sworn duty OF juryman or "a
Judge, who must be fully informed
and render a just and honest decision,
in accordance with law and evidence,
unbiased by prejudice, persuasion
s&a.tSvs6,a. tl,aaf
Year: 1873

Isit not a little singular that while there
is SO much trouble among the beer drink
ers in Germany there should at the same
time be such commotion among the ale,
wives in Massachusetts, waters?
Year: 1873

A good mother was trying to explain to a
young hopeful, the o:her day, about fighting
against the devil. After telling the little fel
low who the devil was, and how hard he was
to successfully resist, he turned around and
said. "Mamma, I'd be scared Of the old devil;
but if was to come across one of the little
devils, I'd knock the stuffing out of him."
Year: 1873

A NICE question Of taste: Jeweler
What kind of chain would you
like? Young MAXWELL, l don't
know, hardly. What kind OF a chain
would you think ! ought to have that
Is. what style would you think would
be the most becoming for a young man
what carries groceries to some OF the
best families i'm town?
Year: 1873

Poverty puts a fearful strain on q
mans honesty. The poor man who
lives an honest life is entitled to more
credit than the man of wealth. The
one is forced to fight against 'tempta-
tons, which come to him under the
guise OF Want and necessity; the
other hos no motive except greed
Or ambition to tempt him from the
pa.h Of zee vvittadc. Iet when the poo,
man Gins against The laws Of the land
how few sympathize with him, or
shield him frcm the penalty incurred.
lie has no friends and the heaviest
punishment that can be inflicted is
considered light enough for him.
When the prison doors close behind
him, hope is shut out forever, for he
knows that the pardoning power
will never be asked to interfere in
his behalf. But the rich criminal is
looked upon as simply unfortunate;
he is lionized. Justice bows in his
presence, and seems to ask his pardon
for the unpleasant relation which it
bears towards him. If he is con-
victcd it is an exceptional case, his
sentence is made as light as possible,
his prison life is lightened by pleas
ant employment, and cheerful as
surance that his confinement will be
short; and soon he walks forth, the
recipient Of executive clemency.
This is wrong. L, any distinction is
to be made in the treatment Of Grim
inals, we would favor leniency to the
poor and severity to the rich. The
one may have been driven to the
commission Of crime by cruel want;
the other has TO reasonable excuse.
An empty stomach, a starving family,
a forlorn garrct or cellar are serious
obstacles to perfect integrity, If we
would rerress crime among the poor,
We must first seek to better their
condition; afford them means Of OBJ
tanning an honest living, and few
will prefer from choice to seek q
dishonest one. The poor man should
receive good wages for his labor,
and should not be robbed, as too ma
ny now are, by the wealthy and avari-
cious, We believe the largest per
cent. of honesty is found among the
poor Of the land
Year: 1873

nsn.- The Farmers movement in
the west is taking form for powerful
action. The latest step is the estab-
lishment Of a new paper at Chicago,
The Mdu$hiol .1qe, devoted to the
defence of the agricultural interest
The first number is marked by decided
ability and visor, and it cannot fail
to make a strong impression on the
popular mind. Relying on the
power of reason to combat error and
injustice, and seeking only by peaceful
means the remedy of grievances, the
cause commands the respect and SYM
pathy of enlightened and upright men
Of all pursuits in life. The farmers
and others will find in the new paper
the champion of their principles.
Year: 1873

s0-A dissipated but wealthy citizen
Of Cincinnati, while too full ofspirits
saw flag hanging out of on enlist
ment office, and went in to soc wha
day was celebrated. Seeing a mum
Der of men in uniform sitting around,
he was convinced that the liberty Of
his country was in danger, and at
once enrolled his name among tn
recruits. When he become sober h.,
discovered that he could not make "
Joke of the affair, and his father, moth
er and wife, who are greatly alarmed
at his prospects, will use every exortlon
to get him, discharged-a thing tha
War Department. only does for
"cause
Year: 1873

ass~ This is an astonishing season
for snakes. They are so abundant
that no editor need cry for them, no
newspaper be without them. The
latest intelligence Of these interesting
animals comes from the west, where
tAoy seom to be particularly lively
and pleasant. One of them, several
yards long, and ornamontel with
knobs all, over him, drags his 81 ow
length through tho Des Moines River,
to the pride and delight Of the dwell
ers along the bank. Another Of a
more aspiring turn has been observed
promenading through the sky in Kan
sas and Texas. He is said to be of the
siao and length OF telegraph pole,
and Of yellow color, while his move


ments among tho clouds are exceed
ingly graceful. Every successive
story is more extraordinary than the
last, and where tho snappers-up OF
unconsidored tritles, who relate them,
expect to so to when they leave this
sphere is more than a conscientious
editor can say,
Year: 1873

The New York Tifi5s11c says that Asso-
ciate Justice Miller. Attorney General
eral Williams, William NJ Evarts and
Judge Woodward, of New York, have
been mentioned IN connection with the
Chief Justiceship. Conking is said not
to desire it, preferring the more active
life of Senator, and aspiring to the
place of President. Howe and Edmunds
are declared to be standing candidates,
but the latter is out of the field, as the
salary of the Office has been increased
during his term as Senator. 1t is inti-
mated that as the court has adjourned to
October, no appointment will be made
at present.


Among these candidates named there
is certainly none more worthy or better
qualified than Senator I, o. Howe. Not
only his legal acumen and depth of learn
ing, out especially his purity of thought
and action, securing a reputation as un-
spotted as when he first entered on his
long and eminent public services, make
him most deservedly the first man en-
titled to the homer of being appointed
the Chief Justice of the United States
Year: 1873

The cynical man who writes for the
Chicago Times, referring to Cough 8
lecture, un5urdens himself in the fol-
lowing fashion:


Mr.. Cough exercises a strong in
Auence over his hearers, but it is great
pity that all his fine rhetoric, pathos
and beautifully turned periods should go
for naught. Not but his fond admirers
appreciate all that he says; but what
is the use OF carrying coal TO Newcastle
Nine.teuths of his hearers never drank
a tumblerlul of liquor in all their life
A great many would never know that
there is any such thing AS intem-
perauce in the world, if Mr.. Cough,
under the inspiration OF fifty cents a
head, did not come round semiocca-
sionally to tell them of it. Your jolly
old bloat upon whom his cloquence
might exert beneficial effect, is never
seen among his fashionable auditors.
If he should accidentally stun Bile into
the hall or church, under the impression
that it was saloon, polite doorkeeper
would send him about his business in
shortest order. There is little danger of
the latter class ever coming within the
seductive influence of the eloquent ora
tors voice so long as fifty cents will
buy ten glasses of beer. If the Noble
gift of oratory-givon to some men, no
doubt, for grand purpose, often shame
fully abused-is ever to exercise its
proper influence, the scene must not be
gilded, rep,cushioned church, where
an every day sort of man dare not show
himself; but it will be in more acces-
sible resort, free to all. Paying for a
lecture on temperance is a good deal


like charging admittance to the house Of
God, on the Sabbath day, to hear the
word. To be temperate goes further
than any other one thing toward saving
man, both in this and the other world.
There are Credit Mohilier exceptions,
but the rule will be conceded, for, aside
from worldly point of view, strict con-
struers of the Bible must believe that
no drunkard can enter the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Year: 1873

him with It, aud then not fro to him. Whether
tho unfortunate man aurvrotl tho application Of
this heroic remedy no aro not advised. Tho
Michigan woman WAS evidently put out, ovon II
tho husband waB not.
Year: 1873

IT is said that cruel people are always
towards. When Captain Jack was about
to be hung he repeatedly urged the pro-
priety and expediency of substituting
relative of his in his own place. He want
ed to be hung by proxy. That would
have been easier for him, but very much
like death to the other fellow.
Year: 1873

candidates selected in the interests of the of
the people for all the positions in the executive leg


islative and judicial branches Of the government


be elected this fall that to the end that this pol


icy may generally obtain solicit the cooperation
of the industrial classes of other States order that
the influence of the movement may be extended to
| the administration of our national affairs.
Year: 1873

"a 1t is matter of interest to our
readers to know the best place to purchase
their goods, and there is no place where
they can buy their Dry Goods, either at re-
tail by the Patrons or at wholesale by the
Oranges, than the large wholesale and re-
tail Dry Goods House Of H. Choate, Winona,
MINI. 1t is one of the largest stocks in the
State, and has become justly popular by
keeping the best quantity and largest as
sortment Of goods and always selling at the
lowest prices. Oranges are sold ~ low as
they can buy in any Eastern Market.
Year: 1873

Fourteenth-Tllat in favor of the free water
communication with the ocean by means of the i'm
provement of the Mississippi and other great rivers
of the State and the improvement Of the great lakes
and that we are III favor Of examination by the
National Government Of the region between the St.
CrOiN and Lake SUPERIOR to ascertain whether canal
communication he made to connect the tribu-
taries Of the Mississippi with waters Of Lake Superior


F1fteenth-That.we are in favor of such reasonable


Limitation Of the hours Of labor in the shops and fac
tories of the State will give the aboring people op


Sixteenth-That we demand State law that will paw
out Of the public funds the costs and charges of all
suits brought by individuals to enforce the laws of
the State against railroad corporations.


Seventeenth-That the subserviency Of the present
candidate for Governor on the Republican State
Ticket to the interest of her railroads shows him to
be enemy to the rights uf the farmer and iaborer
and friend of monopoly.


Eighteenth-That the honor Of our State demands
that the delegation in Congress- from this State call
for thorough investgatior into the equitable set
tlement (so calle ftle transfer of the Fort Smelling
property.


Nineteenth this Convention sympathizes with
all movements for the moral improvement of the
people, and that We regardsthe temperance societies
of the land, which are working for the advancement
Of the Masses deserving of the commenda ton Of
good men every where.


Twentieth-That experience proves that per-
elected by parties subservent to the leaders
and repullers of the parties electng them in the
performance Of their public duties to the neglect
partially wholly, OF the opinions and wishes of the
masses of the people, and that therefore, as far
and laborers, despair of having wishes
complied with or our interests subserved in the ad
minstraton of public affairs, until we shall take up-
on ourselves the discharge Of the duties owe to
ourselves and to each other of choosing and eecting
own candidates, Independent Of the action of all
other political organizations; and therefore,
nestly to the farmers and aborers of the
State generally, that they do all in their power to
procure the nomination and election Of full atd
plete county, district and State tickets, embracing
Year: 1873

The West has suffered fearfully from
this scarcity Of currency in the autumn, says the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1.-The annual tax which
paid in consequence Of the present restrictions
is not less than five to ten millions. The principle
indubitable that if capitalists willing to
give ample and undoubted security in the form
of government bonds for the currency issued,
they should be permitted to obtain that amount OF
currency which the legitimate business of the
country imperatiyely demands. 1t is reported
that the President intends to recommend free
banking law. We regret that he has not done so
ere this.
Year: 1873

Brattleboro, Vermont, tells story
Of well-kept secret. The story
goes that a boy way back in 1911,
made kite and attached 4 paper
lantern to 1t, in which he put candle
and arranged it SO that when the
candle had burned out it would ex-
plode some powder which was in
the bottom of the lantern. He kept
the secret entirely to himself, and
waited Tor a suitable night in which
to raise his kite. The boy got his
kite into the air without being dis.
covered, for it was SO dark that moth
ing but the colorel lantern was visi-
BILE. II went dancing about IN the
air wildly, attracting much notice,
and was looked upon by ignorant
people as some supernatural omen -
The evil spirit, as many supposed it,
went bobbng around for about
twenty minutes and then exploded,
blowing the lantern to pieces. Next
morning all was wonder and excite.
ment, and this lad, who had carefully
taken his kite and hidden 1t after the
explosion without being found out,
had his own fun out of the matter
The people OF Brattleboro never had
any explanation OF the mystery un-
til nearly sixty years afterwaro, when
the boy, who had become quite an
old man, published the story in =
Brattleboro newspaper.
Year: 1873

T Here is an intelligent editors o.
innate of the value and effect OF advef-
tisements: "If man affects to believe
that advertisements are never read. lot
him advertise that he wants to bhyy
dog, for instance. If he is not furnish-
ed with every variety of animated saus-
age that morning before breakfast, and
besides, with two or three sound grounds
for suits against him for assaults, We VIII
break our golden rule and-dead heat
his advertisement. And it is fair 70
infer that any man who wants to sell u
dog also wishes to buy something with
the proceeds of his canine venture. Ana
70 up to the man who wishes to sell .
cargo Of coffee that he may buy a cargo
of Western produce.
Year: 1873

Every day confirms the fact that the
Farmers oranges in the State of Kansas
are becoming great and irresistible
power. This is the case not only in sec-
tions, but all over the State. In many
counties no Republican tickets will bo
placed in the field this Fall, upon tho
averment that the party cannot be kept
together. This is the result of tho
strength of the oranges. who have sim
ply 10 put forth good men to secure
their election to the Legislature. In
Miami county the organ of the Radical
party recommended that no ticket b.
nominated. fohtsn
Year: 1873

F For the accommodation of those
who may desire it, a substantial dinner
will be furnished at noon by the ladies
of the Presbyterian Church, in COM
modious tent on the University grounds
during the continuance of the Fair,
commencing on Thursday noon. Pro-
ceeds to be applied to the benefit of the
church.
Year: 1873

the time of leaving Wisconsin, we were
an active member of the Farmers
League, organized expressly to defend
the rights Of the people against railroad
swindles. We maintained precisely the
position there we do here. Among all
the attacks made upon our character by
the mean and cowardly recourse of hired
libellers, not a single direct specification
or proof has ye. been offered to convict
us of an offence against law or social
order. Agents of the Ring have threat
ened us with personal violence. 1t is
quite as brave and manly to employ an
assassin to defend their cause as it is to
employ the services of vagabond and
irresponsible hbellers.
Year: 1873

PERsoNAL.-Unfortnnately for COM
munity there is prevailing disposition
to credit every personal scandal that is
not promptly rebutted. without regard
to the source from whence it comes or
the social standing of the object Of the
attack. This is our only apology for
noticing the gross and malicious charges
made against us by implication through
the special organ Of Gen. Sprague and
the Land ring, for the purpose of dis
crediting our e1positions of the rascality
of the latter. The worthless vagabond
who is employed to besiime US derives
his sole claim to recognition outside of
the prisoners box in police court,
from his employers, who find dirty tools
necessary to their disreputable practices.
The principals, and not the agent, are
responsible for the vile falsehoods which
they buy and pay for, for public circu-
Iation. To the stale charges of disloy-
atty and aiding, countenancing. or in
any manner associating with any organ
ization or individual in hostility to the
Government, there is not existing, and
never did exist, the least evidence, in
any act, writing, publication or express
sion of ours which has ever been given
to the public, and neither the military
or civil authorities, or any reputable
citizen has ever made any such charges
against US. They originated solely with
the lowest denizens of the city slums,
from whence Gen. Sprague procured his
editor.


The charge that we were ever in any
manner associated with any railroad
ring or combination, or implicated in
any way in any attempt to swindle farm
.rs, is equally groundless. The railroad
in which we were director never took
any farm mortgages. and the only other
road in which we had any stock, bilked
us out of farm appraised at $4,000,
mortgaged to aid in the construction of
q railroad. For some time before and
Year: 1873

Benjamin Dean has declined the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Third Massa
chusetts District. He says portion of the
convention that nominated him advocated
the making of no nomination" while con-
siderable number favored nomination of the
Republican candidate, and adds The con-
vention containing so large a number Of those
demoralized in their fealty to the party they
We're elected to represent cannot expect its
nomination to be accepted"
Year: 1873

1t is little singular how well a
par OF boots can be made to fit at
the store. You may not be able to
get your foot only part way down
the leg at the first trial, but that is
because your stocking is sweaty, or
you have not started right, and the
shoemaker suggests that you start
again, and stand up to it, and he puts
IN little whlto powder from a pep.
per box to aid you. Aud SO you do
stand up, and pound down your foot,
and partly trip yourself up, and your
eyes stick cut in an unpleasant man.
ner, and every vein in your body ap.
pears to be on the point of bursting,
and all the while that dealer stands
around and eyes the operation as in.
tently as it the whole affair was per-


lectiy new and novel to HIM. When
your foot has finally struck bottom,
there is faint impression that you
have stepped into an open stove, but
he removes it by solemnly averring
that he never saw boot fit quite so
well as that. You may suggest that
your toe presses too hard against tho
front, or that some of the bones In
the side OF tho foot are too much
smashed, but he says this is always
the way with new boot, and that
the trouble will entirely disappear in
few days. Then you take the old
pair under your arm, and start for
home IS animated as a relic OF 1912.
all the while feeling that the world
viii not look bright and happy to
you again until you have Drained
that shoemaker. You limp down
town next day, and smile all tho
imo with your mouth, while your
eyes look as if you were walking oy-
er an oyster bed barefoot. When
no one is looking you kick against q
post Or some other obstruction, and
show fonlncss for stopping and
resting against something which will
sustain your weight. When YOU
get home at night you 60 for those
old boots with an cagcrncss that can.
not be described, and the remarks
that you mako upon learning that
your wife has disposed OF them to q
wi low woman III the suburbs, aro
calculated to Immediately depopu..ats
tho earth OF widow women and she q.
ma sers rally.-Dan1my Nsws.
Year: 1873

There is great mania for sculpture just
now among ladies who have nothing else to
attend to. 1t naturally strikes one that the wo-
man we so often hear about, but seldom see
she who is a model for her sex-would be use
full under the circumstances.
Year: 1873

Here's another illustration of the dangers
attending the use of tobacco. On a train be-
tween Pautucket and Taunton, one evening,
s brakeman threw quid of the vile weed at
an express agent, and the latter resented the
affront by shooting baggage master. This
is case fthe Indirect effects Of tobacco, to
be sure, but so far as the baggage master is
concerned there seems to be no doubt that it
is highly injurious.
Year: 1873

Why viii these scientific men frighten us
so? They are continually trying to bully us
with comet, or tho conjunction of half a
dozen planets or some other horrid thing
that does not give us a ghost of chance.
Now Prof. Winchell says that the earth Is
continually cooling and, in doing so, it is alb
sorbing water, and in time its thirsty crust
will not only drink up the ocean but even the
atmosphere, and then the dry and shriveled
old globe viii go meanderipg through space
without living thing on its surface. And
the sarcastic professor calls this kind of talk
"recreatious in popular science."-N. Y.
Mail.