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' tting first-class dental operations to
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ner anil adds very materially to its strength and
dnrablity. The extra expense is trilling in com
parisoi: to the advantages it possesses. Persons
woald do well to give him a call. Office up-stairs
la Parrisn's St Coa brick, Albany, Oregon.
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POKT11Y.
TO THE WHITE MEN OF AMERICA.
AimuRme0 Attdrt$$.."
BT MAX M1DDLKT0X.
Americans, who proudly trace
Lincago from a noble raoe
Who fill a high and hnnorod place
'Mong nations of tho earth)
Where is all your freedom grand 1
See I a wretched negro band
Ruling o'er your Southern land,
Where white men now are slaves.
Tho' the South at battle's call.
Madly staked and lost their all.
Shall we drive them to the wall.
And crush their manhood out?
Shall a base, Ignorable horde
Over white men play the lord
Lay in waste with fire and sword
Our Eden of the South ?
Is our Charter now repealed.
Which our fathers' blood has sealed?
Shall we Freemen basely yield
The birthright of our race ?
Shall we stand where Judas stood
Break the bond of brotherhood
Force the men of our own blood
To bow to negro rule!
Lot the land of sunny skies.
In the "gloom of Egypt" lies;
t Soul of Washington, arise!
And save us from our shame.
By the blood our fathers shed.
By the souls of heroes dead,
tied forbid it should be said J
"We've made our brethren slaves!"
SAY?
Say, have you seen my Cclia pass,
With locks of gold and lips of cherry;
With foot sq light upon the grass,
It scarcely shakes the dewdrops merry ?
Say, have you seen the lovely maid.
Attired in flowing gown an J kirtte.
And wearing 'round her brows a braid
Of roses, gUliflowcrs and myrtle?
Say, have you met ber on the down,
Or where the purling brooklets clatter.
Or in the meads, or near the town J
You haven't T Well, it docc'nt matter.
VARIETIES.
Forgive me, but I needs must press
One quetion, since I love yon so;
And kiss me, darling, if it's Yes !
And, darling, kiss mo if it's No!
It is about our marriage day,
I faia would have it even here;
But kUs me if it's far away.
And kiss me, darling, if it's near.
Ah ! by the blushes crowding so
On cheek and brow, 'tis near, I guess ;
But, darling, kiss me if it's No !
And kiss me, darling, if it's Yes !
Verses for the Tax-Payers.
Old Uncle Ned fro down dat boej
And Dinah drop dat kitchen dough !
We now are free, wid n tiffin to do
But to dance all night and all day too.
Do poor white trash have nufln to say,
But to work ! work ! and de taies pay
While de bressed darkies dance dar fill,
Let de white trash foot de fiddler's bilL
CHIPS.
Ad old revolver : the earth.
Castles in the air : chignons.
Dickens returns to England in this month.
Many vrbo possess much, enjoy but little.
3Ioney i the god of tho ninotoenth century.
Leap Year parties are all the rago in Illi
nois.
Base Coin Money placed in a foundation
stone.
Faith is the best elbow for a heavy soul to
lean upon.
The wife makes the home, and the home
makes the man.
The latest from Paris is a ladies' nose pro
lector, tinea wun lur.
Solitude shows us what we shall be. So
ciety shows us what we aro.
A serenading lover sang so pathetically
tli at ne touched his Iignt guitar.
A Cincinnati lady has seven husbands
living, ner aaaress is me cuy jau.
An honest man is believed without an
oath, for his reputation swears for him.
Habit is a cable ; we weave a thread every
day. ana at last we cannot break: it.
We may joke when we please, if wo are
always carelul to please when we joke.
When is a little poem like an acre of land
unpaitt ior ; tr nen n is an Ancreoniic.
Thurlow Weed is about to retire from pub
lic life with a competency of $3,000,000.
Two sciences are employed by teamsters
in ariving oxen ztaicucuiture ana ueeoiogy.
The French army bill prevents all able
bodied young men from marrying until they
are zi.
There were not righteous people enough
in Sodom to save it, but there was ft pretty
gooa .Lot.
It may seem paradoxical, yet you cannot
deny the fact that the breaking ot an army's
wing is a pretty sure way to make it fly.
Some women make themselves up to at
nci.Rs much attention as possible, and then
Ito be angry if they get it.
pnot be an unhappy man who has
land smile of a woman to accompany
yery department of lne.
'are schoolmasters and schoolboys
land cats? Because one is the ca
ps, and the other is the felin.
u, white and blue : tho red cheeks,
Ik nnrl 1-tlna arroa ftf a Mrv Cirl.
i a flag as a soldier in the battle of
ight tor.
iy has discovered that Dan Bryant
( William Cullen Bryant, the poet.
i travel from Dan to Beersheba.to
find it out."" v -
The man who sung, "Q, breathe no more
that gentle air," went into ths smoking car,
where the air. was.more mixed,
THE GREENBACK QUESTION,
A
View of it From the Standpoint of a
Western Democratic Bondholder.
HOW A MAN MAY CONSISTENTLY BE A DEMOCRAT
AND A BONDHOLDER.
Why Bondholders Should Accept Green
backs for their Bonds.
ETTER FROM HON. A. P. EDGERTOlf, DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR LIEUT. GOV. IN INDIANA
Hon. A. P. Kdgertoo, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor in In
diana, having been charged by llcpubli
can papers with inconsistency in being at
the same tune a bondholder and a Demo
cratic candidato, replies as follows :
It Kcems that many Republican jour
nals in tho State iosit upon making me
large bondholder. Their purpose is to
show that a United States bondholder
ought not to bo a candidate of tho Dem
ocratic party ; or, if ho persist in being a
candidate, it must bo at the sacrifice of
his personal interests.
Taking tho portion assigned me, of a
bondholder, and being a candidate of the
Democratic party, and standing on it
platform of Jan. 8, 1808. I will treat tho
qucHttouft presented from a Democratic
bondholder and candidate stand-point.
It may bo stated that a Democrat not
connected with the government for the
past seven years, and not interested in
any "rings in iOogrcs, or any contracts
out of it, might legitimately havo had
some property, and no mo money to invest
in "paying securities: and it may be as
sumed that he applied to his investments
the average intelligence of men who had
accumulated property by years of labor,
and not suddenly, by government con
tracts, rinding himself in possession of
money, he desired to invest at paving
rates of interest, he goes into the market
to seek satiftfatory securities. Ho find
the government in the market as a bor
rower. He may have had his own ideas
as to the necessities of tho government.
and as to whether they were not occasion
ed by reckless expenditures, and frauds,
and speculations ; and as to whether it
was necessary or politic to create a fund
ed debt at all,-especially a funded debt
to be sustained and paid by the industrial
pursuits of the country only. lleing
powerleni to effect any change in the tol
icy of the government, or in tho existing
stato of things, he "accepts the situation,
and in 1804, iuveU $100,000 in gold in
government securities, which ho obtained
at prices varying from 102 J to 250 for
his gold, the average being IDS ; that is
he obtained $108,000 in government so
curitics for his $100,000 in gold, the
bonds bearing 0 per cent, interest, paya
ble in gold semi-annually, and exempt
from all taxes, lie could have sold, i
he had managed a little closer, his gol
on the 7th of July for 273, on the 11th
for 282, which would havo paid still bet
ter, buch an investment, for tho pur
pose of income, was decidedly advanta
geous as long as the government could af
ford to pay the interest. But, at the
time me loan in wnicn no invested was
on the market, there was an uodcrcur
rent of doubt as to its exact character.
It was not cxprcKxly payable in gold, and
the Government had reserved tho right
to change the investment to redeem or
substitute some other for it; always ac
companicd by tho high national mora
obligation, implied if not expressed, that
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me cieuuor snouiu ioso noining Dy nts
loan if in the power of tho Government
to protect him. This induced him to
take the loan, knowing that he could lose
nothing in any event, as ho could change
his investment when necessary. He did
not understand the Government as pro
posing to contract with the lender as
speculator upon its necessities, who would
demand more than his money and rato o
interest, in gold, which no other invest
ment would produce. It was understood
at ine time tnesc loans were pat upon
the market, that some change would be
made in their character after a designated
time. Doubtless thero were fal&e repre
sentations made to some, in the sales o
these securities, by those ready to profit
by wrong-doing: and it is possible tha
government agents went outside of their
authority and deceived some purchasers
iiut tno great body oi purchasers were
not deceived, for it was patent that Con
gress could change the loan. In wha
manner, and to what extent, the change
would be made, it was left to the future
to disclose ; every one believing that, in
whatever Congress might do, abundan
opportunity would be offered to mako the
chango without loss. It is true tha
many hoped and were anxious that the
loan should be construed as payable in
gold, and these immediately commenced
their efforts to obtain from the Secretary
oi the Treasury some declaration of opm
ion to that effect. If there was, at the
time, " a definite understanding that the
bonds were payable in coin," in the words
of the secretary, why apply to him. sub
sequently, for his own opinion ? "In the
absence of any positive law. ho referred
to the practice of the government, and
gave an opinion upon which has been
built the gold paying . argument. The
practice ot the government .was t not its
law, nor could it become a preoedent to
be followed where millions, notborrowed '
never received from the government-
were to be taken from an overtaxed peo
ple. It was a national wrong, in case of
doubt, to give a construction to a law or
to assume a condition of things against
the tar-payers and in favor of the bond
holders. If thero were doubts, why
make them dollars to be taken from the
people to go into the pockets of those
from whose pockets the dollars never
came? That the people have made an
issue upon this questioned are constru
ing all the doubts in their favor, is every
day demonstrated.
' The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
last report, says, "gome 515,000,000 of
5-20 bonds are now redeemable according
to their tenor."
The Democratic nartv of Indiana pro
pose to redeem them according to their
tenor. It proposes to give mo for my
$100,000 in gold, loaned in 1801, 0103,
000 in legal-tender notes, which I can to
day convert into 8140,480 in gold ; or, if
I prefer to hold the legal-tenders, I can
use them in all the busmen relations of
ife. Id addition to tho 81 10,480 in gold,
which could bo obtained for my 8100,000
oancd, I havo received the interest semi
annually in gold, and havo been exempt
from all taxes upon my bonds.
Now the question is asked me : Am I
willing to receive the 8108,000 in legal-
tender notes? I answer. Iam. Is there
any reason why I should bo paid 8108,
000 in coldr What tax-payer is willing
to bo taxed to pay me this sum in gold ?
thing at this time ? Why change my re
ation to the government as ono of its
bondholders ? If my interests only were
to be consulted, no pavment would . be
necessary, for I must be very unreasona
ble not to be satisfied with tho semi-annu
al interest in gold on my 8108.000, and
tho entire exemption of that sum from
taxation with the assurance that this con
dition of things is to continue for twenty
years at least, and my bonds to be all the
time equivalent to gold. l!ut there are
other interests of the nation to bo watch
ed over and protected, and tho tax-pay
crs, who havo the debt to pay, propose to
consult their interest and pay it now, as
they have tho right to do ; and hence,
they say to me, you can accept payment
or not; wo do not propose to pay you in-
tcrcst any longer, nor do we proposo to
pay you 8108,000 in gold.
I propose to accept the greenbacks.
The Secretary of tho Treasury asks,
"How would tho government of the Uni
ted States stand leforo the world, how
would it stand in the estimation of its own
people, it it sbould decline to pay, ac
cording to agreement, the money it bor
rowed when its very existence was in per
il, and without which it could not hare
prosecuted the war, on tho ground that
the lenders took advantage of its necessi
ties and purchased its securities at less
than their values."
It will not be denied that, during the
war, there was a combination of moneyed
men money-lenders persistent in their
efforts to depreciate the government se
curities for the purpose of purchasing at
less than their value: and yet, our gov
eminent, unlike any other on earth, in a
time of war. permitted thcc combina
tions to exist and its securities to be de
preciated, and dare not exercise the high
prerogative of a government to take the
money of these loyal citizens, when it
was daily, by force, taking tho lives of
thousands. In nothing did the Lincoln
administration exhibit its weakness more
than in this. Now, these loyal, gold-ex
acting money-lenders propose to take the
property lelt by those whose lives were
sacrificed for their country.
To the lender of money to the Gov
ernment, when its existence was in
peril, no one has ever proposed to do
lcs than to return to him the "money
borrowed," and its interest, according
to agreement. To him who "took ad
vantage of the necauitic of hU gov
crnmcHt, and purchased its securities
at less than their value" wc propose
to do the same thing pay according
to the law.
Now, as every man wants his invest
raents to be sure, undisturbed, and
paying, would it not bo wisdom in the
holder of 5-20 s, matured and matur
ing, to accept payment while lie can
make money by so doing, as I have
demonstrated, instead of endeavoring
to force the people to acquiesce in j
uniust and illegal demand?
Having answered tho question ask
ed, from the position of a bondholder,
which had been assigned me, I wu
add a few words more :
The class of money-lenders to which
the Secretary of tho lrcasury refers
who took advantage of the necessities
of their government, and "purchased
its securities at less than their value,"
are, of all others, the most clamorous
for gold, and the loudest in tbeir pro
testations ot loyalty, and ot other sac
rihccs tor tho government. Govern
ment is supported by taxes. Thebloo
and money of the people sustain it-
Pay these men in gold, as they demand
and where is their sacrifice for their
government ? Who sold governraen
securities at less than their value, and
why were thev so sold ? Did honest,
loyal money-lenders and tox-payers
aemanu mo sacriuce r w as it no
rather that class of men who created
governmental necessities, for tho pur
pose ot dishonestly supplying, "ai
taking advantage ot tnera, who op
posed a just system of taxation, be
causo it would have brought to the
knowledge of tho peoplo the extent o
their1 robberies ; and who, by all the
appliances of money to corrupt legis
lation, secured the funding of non-in
terest paying legal-tenders into a gov-
, 1 . 1 A 1
ernment security wnicn exempted tne
holder from taxation ; which security
when offered in the market, they im
- 1 . . 1 t. a. x J3 .1. . "1
meoiaieiy sougai q uepruciaie, unui
in their possession, "at less than its
value ;" and now seek to appreciate
by forced construction of the law, and
t .i . j e . . i
oy tne continuation oi an unjust ana
unequal syssem of taxation?
, Tho charges of bad faith against tho
advocates of the early redemption of
matiirail on1 motiir'nc S.OA'o n nnrvA-
insr to Jaw, come from this class of
bondholders. -".They will raise this or
any other cry which they think will
enable them to hold their wealth from
all taxation. They want the industrial
and producing classes of the country
to make their bonds worth dollar for
dollar in gold, Th.ey demand that all
laws shall be such as their interests
dictate. It is this class of men, blind
to their own interests, really, as well
as hostile to tho interests of the tax-
payer, and every man engaged in ac-
ivc business, which seems anxious to
create a moneyed aristocracy to own
a mortgage on the nation ; to bo paid,
principal ana interest, vy tne produc
ing classes ; a thing which cannot ex
ist in a free government without de
stroying its character.
It is easy to foresee what, in this
country, where but a small fraction of
the people arc bondholders, must be
the consequence ot such effort. Bond
lolders should not deceive themselves
as to what the people ask. Now they
as inai. one mortgage unon ineir
property and their labor shall be oaid.
and this just demand is met with de
nunciation and misrepresentation.
liut bondholders will learn that the
neonle know what thev ask that no
sophistry can longer deceive them;
that no party lines or platforms can
bind an overtaxed people in their sup-
port, especially wnen injustice, in some
form, has surcharged almost every act
of legislation of the party in power.
i ours, &c.t A. r. Ldgkkton.
Overcome evil with Good.
It is not likely that all tho readers of
the Herald, fully believe, endorse and
adopt the teachings of our Lord Jesus
Christ, for some of its readers are in
tensely partizan radicals, who most cor
dially approve of every word in the New
Testament that can possibly bo construc
ted or tortured into a justifiication or
radical policy, but reject and refuse to
endorse anything contained in the bolv
writ that seems to condemn the spiteful,
malicious, vindictive measures of parti
zan hate and revenge, let it is none
the less our duty to lay before them the
truth, and the whole truth, just as we find
it written presuming that it was written
for radicals as well as for democrats. As
the base upon which we propose to erect
the superstructure of a few remarks to
radical (tinners, this morning we have se
lected tli
c loiiowing. from 1'aul s letter to
the Romans, chapter xii :
"17
Ilccompcnso to no man evil for
evil. I
rovide all things honest in the
sight of
all men.
18
It
f it be possible, as much as
licth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19. Dearly beloved, avenge not your
selves, btSit rather give place unto wrath ;
r ! . 3 t. '
-ior it ijB wriueu, vengeance is mine; l
will repay saith the Lord.
20. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if bo thirst give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of
ure on ins neaa.
t t
21. Ue not overcome with evil, but
overcome evil with good."
It will bo conceded, we presume, that
it tho teachings of holy writ cannot be
applied to tho partisan, they cannot be
applied to anybody that if they do not,
when accepted and properly understood.
apply with equal force to whole organiza
tions of men, they are not applicable to
men as maivtauais. lne acts, the meas
ures enacted, and the general policy of a
political party, are but the aggregate of
.i. - ? i.
me opinions, oesigns, voice ana purposes
of each individual member of that party.
Men are held to be free agents with
both inclination and power to do good or
evil. As members of a political party, if
they hnd that party pursuing an ungodly
course, it is lueir amy, as individuals to
either abandon the party or denounce the
wrong it docs. But, to the text "Ite-
compense to no man evil for evil." The
reconstruction measures of a radical con
gress were not based upon this exceed
iglj pood advice. The radicals are "re
compensing" the people of the south
"evil for evil," with interest doubly
compounded. "JL'rovide things honest in
me fcigiu oi an men. nac a seaming
rebuke to the cotton thieves and public
plunderers generally ! Did any of the
radical politicians that made money out of
the war a class of vultures as numer
i . i. i . i
ous as ice Duzzaras mat noverea over
tho smoke of every battle-field did any
of these men "provide things honest in
the sight of all men?" As a general
rule didn t they "provide things when
honest men were asleep, and when, in
stead of being in tho "sight of all men'
thero was nobody near to see them and
expose their rascally plunderings ? "If
it be possible, as much as licth in you
live peacably with all men." It was pos.
sible, in 18(51, for the radicals to "live
peaceably" with their neighbors of the
south, but they refused to do it They
were in power, and had taken solemn
oaths to respect and obey the constitu
tion. It they had taken any steps to
convince the people of tho south that
they didn't intend to swear falsely, com
mit perjury, violate their oaths in fact,
if they hadn't insisted that they had a
rigQt to swear one tnmg ana ao another,
there would havo been no war. It was
their false swearing, their great crime of
perjury, that led them on, step by step,
and finally emboldened them to disregard
and trample under their feet the solemn
and imperative injunction to "live peace
ably with all men." Again, it is written,
"avenge not yourselves." Do you know
a measure of the radical party enacted
by Congress since the war ended, that
has not been dictated by tho bitterest and
most hellish revenge ? "If thine enemy
hunger, feed him." In opposition to
this .injunction, the radicals propose to
feed nobody but to starve both friends
and enemies to death. They have in
operation a freedman's bureau, for tho
purpose, ostensibly, of feeding four- miL
lions of negroes at the South, but really
for the purposo ; of protecting the ne
groes while they steal all the provisions
of .the whites, Instead of feeding the
enemy, therefore the radicals make this
passage of scripture read "starve your
enemies to death." When we are fur
ther toldj in regard to an enemy "if JiQ
thirst, give him drink." What we are
to give him to drink, is not stated. Per
haps it wasn't intended that a man should
dictate to hs enemy what ho should
drink, Tho command is, to give him
drink, and it no doubt means that you
shall give him what ever he calls for, if
you have it in the house. What the rad-1
than a square, and all fraettaas counted a tt&
square. All odrertisemetitf taserted for a lcs
period than tbree months to be xegar&d as troa-
lent. - . -
icals have done, or not done, 2a obedi
ence to this injunction, we really do not
know. No doubt, if any was left after
they got done drinking themselves, tkey
have given tho enemy a taste. Tkat,
they have ever divided fairly with tho
enemy, we do not believe. We never
yet knew one of them who had any to
spare, after he had got all he wanted
himself. By feeding the enemy, we are
told we shall "heap coals of fire' on his.
head." In a case of that sort, it seema
tons nobody would admit that he wa
anybody else's enemy. Who, just for
the sake of being somebody's enemy,,
would want coals of fire heaped on hi
head ? Have the radicals done this
with their enemies 1 We would pauso
for a reply, but must hasten on to a con
clusion. Be not overcome with evil, hat
overcome evil with good. In those last
four words overcome evil with good
are tho sum and substance of the whole
matter. Have the radicals done this ? Da
they propose to do it? Have any of us
done it ? On the contrary, instead of
overcoming evil with good, havn't we all
regard lens of party ties, sought, more or
less, to return evil for evilf We tavo
no hope of the radicals but what say
the Democrats? Notwithstanding all
the evils the radicals have inflicted upoa
the country, are the Democrats ready to
day to "overcome evil with good ?" We,
honestly believe they are. When restored
to power, as they will be next fall, they
will overcome evil with good by adopting
a policy, e nacting law&and pursuingacourse
generally that will promote the best inter-
ests of radicals as well as democrats. Al
though democrats have received nothing
but evil from the radicals, and that eon-
tinually, they will heap "coals of fire
upon their heads by "overcoming evil
with good" by giving prosperity and
wealth to menjofall parties, who will work;
for the prize, by legislating for the wel
fare of ail, promoting the best interests,
of all, and enabling all, friends and foes,
to carve out their destinies here and make,
sure, if they will, their eternal welfjxe
and happiness hereafter. Let all good
men, then, vote the Democratic ticket,
that their happiness may be promoted ia
this world, and their safety in the next
guaranteed. Quincy (111.) Herald.
Tax OfHce Scene.
Tax Collector "Now, Mr. Jaycock,
we are ready for you, sir. Your 'moncya
and credits' show ? 120,000, your house
hold furniture, office fixtures, horse and
buggy, and some other little things, foot
up $',575 more. Total, 8123,575. De
duct 120,000 held in 5-20 government
bonds, which are not taxable, and the
balance is $3,575. Tour state and county
tax on this last amount is $71 50. Check
All right, sir."
"Now, Mr. Bellows, I have your re
ceipt rendy. Your 'moneys and credits"
show $950, shop fixtures and tools $1,875,
household furniture $850, horse and wag
on $275. Total taxable for state and.
county purposes, $3,950. Tax $79."
Bellows "How is this? JaycocVa
personal property amounts to $123,575,
and he pays only $71 50, state and coun
ty tax, while I, with less than four thou
sand dollars, all told, am asked to pay
$8 50 more than he 1"
JaycocJc "Ah, my good friend, you.
see ray $120,000 in bonds are not taxa
ble. In the country's extremity, with,
other true loyal men, I came to the res
cue, with ny greenbacks. I loaned my
bleeding country, threatened with des
truction by rebels and copperheads, my
money, and with that gratitude which,
becomes a grateful people 'engaged in
the interests of God and humanity I
am exempt Thus it should be with a
magnanimous christian people."
Bellows "And I, in the- country
real extremity, had no greenbacks, to
loan, but I shouldered a musket, and gave
my body to the cause, a leg of which I
left on the field of ShiloK, as you see, but
a 'grateful people engaged in the inter
ests of God and humanity, have no t&x,
exemption for me. This may be all right
but I don't see it" a
7aycoc&-"But you see, Mr. Bellows,,
mine was a voluntary act I could cot
ii. i .
nave been compeuea to. iurnisn tne,
money. You volunteered, it is true
but you could have been, compelled to,
go." - , -
Bellows "Yes, sir, I did volunteer
when my services were neededi but your
voluntary act was after the. woik wast
dnnaafti fViA TPKpll"ftn xrn Tim I-A ilnvn
men you leit sure lushtyuur lUYuiub
was safe. The policy which exempts
your hundreds of thousands from tax a-,
tioo, and taxes my few hundreds, is found-
.1 Vli A L '. S A A.
greenbacks, worth less than 60 cents on
the dollar, and are now claiming dollar
for dollar in gold, in payment. I risked
my life and gave a limb to the cause, and
when I came home to my family, to work
for their support, I am made to pay full
national, state and county taxes on my
little possessions, while your- bonds, pur
chased with depreciated greenbacks, are
exempt. This nice little game of 'God
and humanity,' superfiae loyalty and pat
riotic disinterestednesses downright rob-:
bery, sir, and they who uphold it are no
better than thieves, sir, and we of the
laboring millions intend to. block it, sir,
with oar ballots next November. We
will sink any man, or set of men, who
stands up for it, so deep that the sound
of Gabriel's trump will never reach them.
Do you mind that, Mr. J aycock." Exit
disputants. , " ' , .
Tax Collector, solus. "It strikes this,
individual, very forcibly, that it ain't all
wind that blows out of that bellows."
"Boy," said an ill-tempered old fellow to
a noisy lad, what are you hollerin' for when
I am going by "Humph 1" returned tha
boy, what are you going by for when I any
hollerin' t, - m ' : - . -
A Uttle boy in New Bedford, " Mass,, ia
giving an account to his brother of the gar
den of Eden, said: ''The Lord nia&8 a nr- .
dener and put Hm in ths garden, to taka
care of it, and to seo that nobody hurt any-,
thing, orpastect shoio bills on the trees !,f