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SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, -SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1889,
HASTYGRAPHS.
It k claimed by Tanner’s friends
that. his excenlrlcltiCS . were" .due to
drink. He drank liquor to drown the
gains of old wounds, reoeived in the
war and so he was chock full most of
the time. Tanner’s conduct is a rftflec
tlon on the quality of liquor he drank.
fThe attention of some of our young
friends who contemplate matrimony
is invited to the statement that, Mrs.
, Hiram Snell, of Malati, Idaho, has giv
en birth, at one accouchement, to six.
' children, half half, i. e.,-three hoy#:
and three girls. The six, however,
-weigh but eight pounds yet they are
all bright and hearty and promisee to
:■ live. . ■
Parson Newman te, a Northern
Methodist and his bitterness towards
the South has been conspicuous. He,
Xvas a very prominent flgureln the days
of Grant. Kecently he .addressed a
- ’Chicago audience and said:
“I would rather a thousand times be
■a Southerner and have the face pwlb
- lem to grapple with, than to be here in
■ Chicago and the North and be coin
fronted by these vast hords of ignorant,
' uneducated foreigners, whoswarm over
here to take possession.” „
America bus the best railroads and
the; finest cars in the world and there
iB nobody that travels so -well as the
average American. He Is at home
anywhere In Ms own country or abroad
and yet this, sounds strage when it is
known that the dirt roads and high
ways for team and wlieel are tlie most
:miserabIo in the world. The Hi ail a
delphia Press, published in one of the
richest and most populous estates of the
Union, says: / '
“Itoad making is worse done in the
United States than any other work paid
by taxes, except teaching geography
aud grammer, and our roads are with
out exception tho worst to be found in
any country uot sami-barbarous. The
roads of Pennsylvania are, for instance
iniinilcly below those of back-wood
countries like Spain or Italy, or pover
ty streken lands like India, where tlie
great %as» of people have but one
-aiiirt and do not always wear that.
Thebe la no difference to day be
tween the true soldiers of the war on
iv either side. When they met face to
face and stacked arms for the last time
y. at Appomattox, they, went away res
pecting each other’s motives and lion
ir:- oring each other’s valor. The brave
arid gallant Federal soldier is always
ready to recognize the nobility ancl
grandeur of Lee and his self-sacrificing
men; aud no true followers of Lee anei
< Jackson fail to appreciate tlie magna
nfmlty of Grant at Appomattox. One
of the best evidences of the strong!
and stability of this Union to-day is the
.sympathetic mingling of the Blue am
the Gray; which the country witueasec
■’* last week near tlie great battle oi
Ohicamauga. Gov. Gordon, tlie great
est soldier of Georgia made the speech
Here is a paragraph: ■' ,r ,
Sei “True courage cherishes generositj
as its noblest characteristic, conquers
prejudice aud passion as ils highest
achiewmeut and tiius brings to tho vie
tor the highest possible glory, to ttu
vanquisod the least possible detriment,
and to both ihe utmost possible bar
r mony, happiness and peace. * * Lei
us bury the foul discord so deep thul
no blasts of partisan, political trumpet
however wide sounding and penetra
r ting, can ever wake it t» service again."
“The SanfoRd CN. C.) Express, re
- . ferring to thopurcliaae of 1600 acres pi
land by Mr. II. U. Warner, the paten |
medicine millionaire, at West End,
.says Mr. Warnop intends moving the
ltussell gold mine, which he owns, tc
fir. West End, where ho will establish s
-1 -.sash and blind factory. ■
That is the first time we ever heart
. -of moving a gold jnine."— Mamifactnr
*>*fjivmrd. - „ ;. •
The above is taken from the' Jones
| . boro Leader. Wenlo not see the Man
Retard, nor does the Mann
:faniunr^ Renerd see the Express ; uw
, has the Jonesboro Reader ever seen th<
above In the Express. The ExpitEss
of Ang. 81st made the this statement
; “The Express of last week in speak
' Ing of the purchase of 1600 acres o1
■ laud by Kidney thire Warner, Should
have stated that the purchase Wat
made at West End not Southern lines
* Mr. Warner intends moving the ma
chinery (wo italicize this time) of tit*
Bussell gold iqjne whidh he ow'ns tr
' West End, whore he will establish t
sash and blind factory.
We suppose the Munttfuelurert Re
cord got this from some exehango thal
U had copied it wrong and tlie Jon«sbor<
Leader as usual wanted to have it thal
£:v way. When Uro. Baker saw the state
: went In the Express aa he says, hi
ought to have seized it and straighten
ed it, and knowing Ids Inclination am
courage, we are surprised^ that he let i
r get to the Manufacturer* Record with
7 Out protest. Bro.„ liake-air-iiake-enre
Bro. liak-ur-Bay-cur ploaso bear li
mind that wo do know how to appre
otate your typographical Jokp :
V ' OLi> mex sHontd be'-, as oarernl a
. young men what, sort of youug womei
they marry. That case at UoidpVili
is an other warning that old men have
no business with gay, ambitions, unlov
ing young wives. A Miss Scales, the
belle of. Beidsyilie married against her
wishes an old gentleman named Mor
ris, who had wealth. She < persuaded
him to insure his life and make his will
in her favor.and in an evil' hour she
dragged him to death With chloroform.
So says the coroners jury. Her eon-:
duet is to be investigated by the court,
i'his woman's life is already blasted
What a fearful affair it is. It is annex
ing what the devil can do in uniooked
tor places, ' j
Jon:-.’ IU’rks the great labor • leader,
conducted the great strike for two weeks
of100,000 men iu London without pro
ducing^ single case for the mayor of
that great .city John Burns isja great
leader of men. He has gone to Austra
lia to conductini othei; great strike*
OF GEN 0. H. Hiil. ' .V
The death, of Gefr. D: Ii; HU); who
i>;i>3ed away In Charlotte yesterday af
ternoon was a peaceful earthly ending
of a man Of distinguished Courage,
marked military achievements, and in
tense sectiouable'pride. .
Gen. Hill’s life in recent years had're
moved him from contact with the mas
ses, and hia demise will he therefore a
much less shock than It would have
been in touch with the’people as he was
during the war, ‘
When perjudico- shall have become
extinct in the death of the participants
in the war, and in the death of their
immediate descendants, there, will be
those who will assign a just place to
each of the leaders of the Confederacy
When that time shall have: arrived
there need be no fear that Gen. D. h!
XlilJ. will occupy an obscure place
among the men who lead Confederates
to victory and also to glorious defeat.
—Charlotte Chronicle.
NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS.
‘•We notice in the .Sanford Exprkss
an article with the heading “Dr. Kings
bury’s reply to Oapt. S. A. Ashe.” We
did not Bee that article in the Messen
ger. In-it Dr. Kingsbury gives his
views on the subject of writing long
editorials and things of that kind. W<
do not Consider it as a reply to anything
that we ever wrote. Dr. Kingsbury
may express his views without regard
to the New and Obse-ffor. There are
some subjects whose elucidation would
require a volume; for our part we do
not think that the proper function of a
newspaper extends to that. How far
an editorial shall go in any one article
is for his own judgement to determine.
But long editorials in the nature of
pamphlet articles are not appropriate
for newspapers as a general Hung. Yet
the News and Observer would not criti
cise a contemporary for any use it
might choose to make of its editorial
space; that is rather a matter for its
patrons, We ourselves have sometimes
written seven column articles—hut they
were on historical subjects, and we
wrote as an Mstorhw rather thaii as'an
editor . Our discussion of the tariff
covers about seveh columns, but we
break it up into seven doses. Such
things are matters of taste on the-part
of the editor and generally a long edi
torialis a matter-for the reader to
endure. It is au infliction rather
than a source of pleasure. -News and
Observer. - . —
. .From this it will be seen that ('apt.
AShe replies to Dr. Kingsbury. The
question of the length of editorials ia
pfkutal interest to newspaper readers.
; We think the average editorial Of most
newspapers is quite long enough, fre
quently too long.. In these days steam
mid telegraphy have made newspa
pers out of newspapers and editorial
opinions receive second class consider
ation at the-bands of the reading puli
lic. People will not .read strong, learn
ed, able, heavy editorials. Why (Japt.
• .Ashe according to tha jTeim and Oh.
server does not read• editorials.. We
were not acquainted with the oditoriat
writings of the press in years gone by
bat we infer from Or. Kingsbury that
they .wejaalde aud„eommanded more at
tention from their readers, than the Edi
torial page ul to-day. "The editorials
were longer and much heavier mid
more elaborate ns a rule. They lacked
perhaps the brightness aud poiut of the
very best newspaper writings of to-day ;
yet they lacked their superficiality.- All
profound subjects ape treated with the
utmost supMilrin! consideration aud
are dished up as light diet. There
are few newspapers in America, whose
mlltorial departments give, their-: sea.:
denroaFand valuable instruction on
any subject. The . reader rarely ever
goes from Hie hews,to the editorial col
umn, with the certainty of becoming
wiser- We are speaking of course of
the daily newspapers. •* - V : "■ -
■ The gathering of news Is a matter of
, -enterprise and industry and is certainly
i no great business for able and gifted
. men to engage in. A shrewd, bright
roan can do this better than a learned
, and able man aud lienee we are of the
' opinion that, the conductors of the
p newspaper press are conspicuous moire
lor then smartness, breozinesa, enter
t' prise than fur high talents and wis
uom. The press- has certainly lost
much of Its old time influence, whBii
those lung, able and heavy editorials
wore siieiid upou Us pages, for tiro
. scholar and logician to read, jnat* tn
their steed it has galsuid a new and
i -broad intluenee with Dispeople on aq
• count of its uowb service, ;
f ; a- ' Vi \»- -•
STATE FAIR.
J-^ 1 *
Announcements by the Authorities.
Express L'oryptip+Hdey*"*' .' "v
;. Rai.eiuh, N. C...„
There will be a grand • Alliance
meeting on Wednesday night the
lutliOet. (Fair week) in the city,
of Raleigh at g o'clock sharp. Prom
inent Alliance men from this and
other States will be present, and im*
poriant matters will -be qonsidered,
A llmime. h^dquartera wQt be estab
lished on the fair grounds in. full
view of the entrance gate, near Ag
ricultural Hall, in charge of L. ,L.
Polk, State Secretary and will be
kept open daring the week for the
accommodation of the visiting mem
bers. Please have this read at your
meeting the 4th of October.
jqhSsxos1 coumty aluIkcb (ko.
: ; fSSg) At XHB state'ItAtt.
/. ' July 5 th 1880.
On motion the'President of each
sub-Alliance in Johnston county is
requested to appoint one membei
from each sub-Alliance to solicit ex
hibits for the next State Fair. The
following named-.members, are re
quested to receive any and all exhib
its and forward them to the Secre
tary: J. J. Stafford, Princeton; Gil
bert Fitzgerald, Pine Level; D. M
.Graves, Selma; D. T. Massey,
Smithfield; G. E. Tomlinson, Wil
son’s Mills; N. G. Gulley,., Clayton;;
John Ballance, Henley; N. R. Pope, j
Benson; Julius Strickland, Four
Oaks: ‘ The above named members :
of the Alliance need not wait - for j
any further instructions, hut are ear-,
nestly requested to go to work im
mediately and secure all exhibits
possible, 1'. ■W'
:f>. ' B- D-Sstebd, Sec’y. •’
The above is what wide awake
and progressive--North Carolina
county Alliances are doing. Recol
lect, all Alliance men, that a hand
some '^premium is offered to the
county Alliance that makes the best
exhibit at the State 'Fair Oct. 14th
tn 19th, also to the local, or Subor
dinate Alliance that makes the best
exhibit.. The premiums to individ
ual fanners will aggregate Ten
Thousand Dollars, as Mr. J. T. Pat
rick has succeeded in gett ing manu-.
facturcr ’throughout • the United
States, to offer x large number of
very valuable pieces., of. machinery.
The Fair will certainly bo the best
ever held in the State. 1
■- eabmkks state institute.
The Institute will be held at Ral
.eigh during Fair week Oct. .15, 16,
,17 and 18, and will' be opened every
day at II, a. m. Discussions of
questions prepared will be opened
by speakers designated and will then
be open and all invited to pRriicRt
pate. There " will be a number of
addresses by distinguialied speakers.
The present partial programs; is an
nounced Tuesday, Qct. 15th:
What are best opportunities pie
sented the farmers in the Albemarle
section: -Hon. ElihV A. White,
Elizabeth City. What are the ob
stacles to agricultural •development
in the mountain section; Si B.
Freeman* Hendersonville. nnm
day, Oct. 'Alliance Should
the farmers oo-opperate to manufact
ure their products into the first sta
ges; Walter Phillips, BattleborO,’. B.
F. Grady, Albertson. " Thnradt/y.
Oct. 17th, Road, Work inyGood
roads a prime necessity to the faring
Don. S.B. " Alexander, Charlotte,
Dr. R. H. Lewis, Raleigh. Friday^
Oct. 18th:—The Agricultural' and
Manufacturing possibilities of. the
Piedmont Section and what meth
ods will most rapidly develop them;
Virgil A. Wilson, Offaftown, N. C.,
R. P. Rhinchart, Newton, N. 0.
Dr. D. Herd Pahkkb, Director.
IIon. John Robinson, Chm'n.
now to build Country roads. ,
Every farmer and every body else
is interested in more roads, better
roads and cheaper roads. They can
be hud and must be had. The prop
er authorities must see to it. They
can best learn by seeing, At the
■State Fair to be r held' la Raleigh,
in. 0,,Oet. 14thto 10th, 1880, there
will be exhibited practical road ma
king mid terracing, the machine em
ployed will do the work of a hun
ired m«n. It will be supervised by
Captain. B. P. Williamson, the
Chairman- County ..Commissioners
Wake county, and one of the most
practical and conservative men in
the State. ' .
It is the duty of .every county
MinirgissienefAjkthe State owes, hie
people to come and see and learn.
The best money the county could
spend would be to send them.
Dnia Sir:—C. A, liege, of Sa
lem, N. C„ has authorized us to . o£
fer one hundred fifty dollars to the
party exhibiting the best, one hun
dred feet of lumber, sawfih. 12 to 10
feet long, 8 inches ar«I upward wide,;
the lumbertb be exhibited at. the
State Fair Oct, 14th to 19th, 1889,
and the money to i be pr.id to the
Successful competitor whenetar he
purchases a new saw mill from 0.
A’.; Hege:Salem, hi. C. If - you."wish
to compete for the preinium send in.
the lumber before the 18th.j- -
^ . Ji-lPj Patrick, >
. :%£r<iSen.' Sugt. State Fair. ..
}Cox’s Picture bt tbatSufliet. vp. -
’Ohio btatrmjMH /CW« i'i.p&r) of 1SZI.
YVliat a siormfui sunset was that
of last night! How glorious the
storm and how splendid the setting
of the sun! We do not remember
to have ever seed the lack on out
round globe. The scene opened in
the west with a whole horizon full
of golden, interpenetrating 1 ustre'i
which, colored the tolliage and
brightened every object its ©wu rich
dyes'. Toe colors grew deeper and
richer, until the golden lustre* was
transfused into a storm cloud ffill
of finest lightning, which leaped* in
dazzling xigzags -dll around over
the city. 'file wend arose with fury;
the slender shrubs and, giant trees
biade obeisance to its majesty. Home
oven snapped before its force. The
strawberry- beds and grass plots
“turned uditheir white heads to
see Zephyftfs inarch by. • As the
nab came, find the pools formed,
and the gutters hurried away, thuu
dere* roared1 grandly and the nrshelis
caught the1 excitement and rang
Midi, . hearty.. chorus.-.*..;Tne - -sontu.
hid east received copious. showers,
add the; west all at vuee brightened
up in a long, polished belt of azure
worthy of aciclitmi .....
* Presently a ciouo appeared in the]
azure bell, In tue form Of al castel
lated city. II.became nuns \ivid,
realizing strange forms of peerless
fanes and fduuaster temples, and
glories rare had grand in this mun
dane- sphere. it raminus us of
Wordsworliis splehdid. verse m bis
excursion:;;?- • _ . ’
The appearance instantaneously ms
wuaed -f
_ Was oi a mighty city, boldly say
A wilaorueas 01 buildings. siuKiug far
j. And sell witluiiawn luw a wondrous
'■ . depth, ■ ■■ ■ -
J<>r sinking lute spleadnrw itlioiit endf
But the city vanished, only to {jive
place to another isle, where the
most beautiful forms'of foliage apt
peated, imaging a paradise m the'
distant aiidrpunlied air.- The sun
wearied with the elemental Comoio
| tioft, sank behind the' green plains
of the west. The “great eye in ’the
heavens,'’ however, wont not down
without a dark brow hanging over
I its departing light. The rich hush of
the unearthly light had pussed and
the ram had ceased; when the sols
earn ohttrSh bells pealed, the langhf
ter of children rang'out apd joyous
after the storm is heard j the . caroij
of birds; while the forked rutd pur-1
s le weapon of the sky still darted
illumination around the- Starling
caihgo,trymgto -rival- -its angles
umi* leap iuto its dark windows. -
-r*-• ---r*-!
John L. on a Rousing Drunk, -j
fn anticipation of the brilliant
political career, Johu , L. Sullfvan,
! the slugger, recently announced - in
New York that he “intended to turn
over a new leaf and become a gen
tleman.” But new' resolutions do
not amount to much with the Bstic
champion, and hence the announce
mont that he has been On another
| big spree in Boston will not occasion
j much surprise. It is announced by
j telegraph that he was "roaring
drunk, and whilst in this condition
terrorieed the guests of two prom
inent hotels. lie was finally induced
to take a hack and go to the house
| of a friend, where he promised to
remain, until he could sober up.
•“ .*>£*-.1 V?’- .'**^v#*>'r: -’-v
THE UNPOPULAR ADMINISTRATION.!
Leading Democrats Amused and Pleas
ed at Hari Ison’s Course.
JS&preJM Corres-poadcttee, j
WabhingtomvD. C. Sept. 23,1880,
Senator Vorheea, who by the way
has been quite sick, but is now
much better, was asked what ke
thought of the administration as far
as it had gone and of the political
situation.' • 1.
“The. administration,’’: said the
Senator, “suits me, as I guess it does
most Democrats, a great deal better
than it doep the Republicans. Pres
ident Harrison lias only to keep on
as he has begun to make , the elec
tion of a democrat-in-180^-an abso
lute certainty. The only thing I
fear is that some of the long-headed
Republicans in Congress wilt epen
President Harrison’s eyes to the
danger ahead of him.”
Public Printer Palmer has appoin
ted'‘his son to a clerkship in the
Government printing office,and sev
eral republicans who were appli
cants for the position are busy writ
mg essays on nepotism wmcn iuey
will probably threaten to publish if
they are not provided for. Mr. Pal
mer is not at all alarmed as be has
only followed the example set by
those above him officially. • f
* The French Government has apol
ogised for' the arrest and discour
teous treatment of two New York
ladies by the public authorities of
Mentone, France, Several months'
ago, and the officers /who made the
arrest hare been repremanded.
These facts were'’sent by the State
depertraent to the ladies that were
| arrested, and they say they are sat
isfied. ,
This is likely to' go down to pos
terity as the administartion-afraid
of-its-moutli. ‘
Mr. Lews Barnard, a tvelh known
Cincinnati Democratic prospects for
e&ry lag Ohio. He sayss-“It will be
awful for the republicans m Ohio if
the remainder of the State gives the
same democratic gains thfft Hamili
ton county promises. Foraker is
particularly unpopular there, and
he will be scratched on all sides. I
have a standing offer to wager that
Furaker will pojl the. lowest vote of
any candidate on the Republican
S tate ticket and that Campbell’s ma
jority in Hamilton County will be
ever 5,000.” * - "
4. UC j.uivc auiciita a vuiigicoo
«ill meet in this city Tuesday Ocfco
: bcr 1. As soon as or the gauization is
perfected the members .will start on
a foiir or five weeks tour of inspec
tion of tlic country, leaving the
bossiness for which they met to lie
over until their return to this city
in November. How long the Con
gress will remain in session no one
seems to know, bat the State de
partment has rented a large 'dwell
ing house for its use.
Of course every body kno-.ys that
the United States leads the world in
inventions, but few have any idea of
the enormous number of patents is
sued by the Government. Tha an
nual report of, the Commissioner of
Patents Just completed, shows that
(lie number of applications for
patents, received duriug the year en
ding June 30, was 83,710, and tj^at.
'11,518 were granted.
Things at the Pension office are
in a decidedly mixed up condition,
and there is much complaint frou
the attorneys doing, or rather try*
ing to do qusiness with it. Noth
ing is being done that is out of the
routine, and it is impossible to get
anybody in the office from the act
gin Comissimier down to the hum
blest messenger to say a single word
relating in the remotest manner to
the business . of the office. This
Slate of-affairs is likely to cotninue
nntil the new Commissioner cornea
in ami President Harrison deter
mines just how far the method#
of ex-commissioner Tanner shall be
reversed- 'The' army of Pension at
torneys are on the anxious bench.
Secretary Tracy is; a bold man;
Notwithstanding the records of his
republican -predecessors. he
[has the two
8,COO to#i cruise™, -for- which the
last Congress provided, shall be
built’ in Government Navy Yards.
The reason is that al} the bids re
ceived fron private builders exceed
ed the appropriations. I£ Secretary j
Tracy eah build these vessels for
less than the bid3 offered by private
parties he will do more’than has ev
er been done by his predecessors.
PresidentTlarrison isin a predica
men, mid h« has asked ex-represeta
tive Warner to help him out by ac
centing the office of Pension Com
missioner if only temporarily al
though that gentleman had already
positively declined the office. The
trouble seem3 to be that General
Merrill of Massachusetts wa3 prom
ised the place if Warijei declined
it and the. President now thinks that
Merrill talks too much and don’t
want to give him the place hence
his personal appeal to Warner, ' Mr.
Warners has, as a personal favor to
President JJarrison again taken the
matter under consideration. ■
The Post office department invites
improved designs from artists 'and
others for postal cards. Drawings*
most be submitted to the Third As
sistant Postmaster General on or be
fore noon of November 6th.
Tlie Deluded Darkles.
Che? lotfe Chronicle. ■ »
A special train from Wilmington
yesterday morning brought into the
city 48 families of -colored people
front New Hanover comity, in
charge of General Passenger Agent
Henry McClesky, Of Athens, Ga. .
The exodusters are on their -way
0 the Delta region of Mississippi,
and Arkansas. They came up from
the C. C. to the R. .& D.- depot at
half past ton in this tubrnmg,'. and
all the babies in the crowd, from a
right bran new one to crawling year
lings werS squalling, nud every note
was pitched a different key.
The crowd numbered- about ITS
or 200. They spent the day at the
old R. add D. depot, and wore cer
tainly a well behaved crpwd. Ali
around the front and sides of the
old platform was a seething mass of
dusky humanity. Here and there
could be seen some old musket
looked as if.it had been used in ‘ tlie
Revolution. " In'* divers baskets
giiuipses of watermelons, could.be
caught, and. little darkeys with wa
tering mouths were watching near
I by, until dad or mam would get ready
ito cut them, - • .
At one place a youth of ebony
hue was stretched at length on the
platform sound asleep, but holding
with a tight grip the cord by which
two faithful "purps” were bound,
and dreaming, doubtless, of the by
gone possum hunts under the pines,
on the bank of-ithe old Cape Fear.
One old man said he had a plenti
ful supply of watermelon seed with
him, and he intended raising a big
crop next year down on the Missis
sippi.
,i. The families were mo3tty unbrok
en, there being half a dozen and
more in some of them. One man
besides his own numerous progeny,
had charge of twd boys who had run
away, and left the old man and wo
man at home.
The men were all confident of get
ting work down South at a dollar a
day or better. They say they did
not get enough wages at their old
home, the majority not making ovei
50 cents per day.
Some of the Charlotte colored peo
ple tried to argue with the emigrant*
out found them dead set on going
South. They said that they did not
expect to liifd batterenke trees ©n the
banks (Jf livers flowing with 'lasses,
hut they did expect tn get plenty of
work at good wages. •
K. A. Williams says he thinks
that he will send South 8,000 or
10,000 negroes this fall.
The voyagers expected to leave at
two o’clock this morning.^'
YesterduyV Wilmington Messen
ger speaking of the departure of the
negroes from Wilmington, says:
“A larger number of emigrants
wonld have gone at this- time but
there was not room to accommodate
a largo crowd. The emigrant agents
will, however, return in ten days to
take out another party. They take
only, families, and have place provid
ed for every poison before they leave
here. Several single men attempt
ed to go on the train yesterday but
could not get passage, because they
were not family men. Several small
hoys, however, ran off from their
(heir parents and were smuggled
through os members of some other
families on board,” . il
“PARTY HONESTY IS PARTY EXPfc
OIENCY.’* •; ^ • v c0jl
Grover Cleveland Talks About the En
dorsement as the Party’s Policy.
:'A'; .reporter for the New York
Commercial Advertiser asked ex- .
President Cleveland for- his
opinion of the action of several*.
Democratic conventions in approv
ing the tariff roform plank of the
last National Oemocratid^eoventioBf;
Mr. Cleveland expressed himself s»-. 5
much pleased with their evidences,
that the attitude of the Democrat!*; s
party on this question was still cour- ‘M
ageoiis, consistent and aggressive. < ‘t
lie thought that' the careful exami
nation of the tariff .question by the
people was bearing good fruit, and 1
that ail indie al.ons pointed td\.-s
the triumph of the Demo
cratie patty’s views of the
subject. lie added: “If among;
those counted ns Democrats there
are found the timid, not well ground* ;
in the faith, who longfor the flesh
pots of vaccillating shifts of evasion
the answer to their fears should be, =j
‘Party honesty is party expedien- s
«y-m . , . .
"*4 QrgSgln of the Farmer*’ Alliance.
Eatpre** Correspond*noe. ? /'iV'J
Dr. V. N. Seamll, Leesburg* fa:,
JIt Dbab Sir:—I find that l an
both able and willing, at last, to af*
i’ord Thyself the luxury of writing to ,
you; and as you are lounging around
among the first families of the Old ■
Dominion—and the second ones too,
I reckon,—brightening up your py
rotechnics! wall indulge the hope of
enjoying the greater luxury of read,
ing a lengthy communication from
you ere long. ; ; ’ ' : ,
But, in as mucji as yonr motto
is -or once was—“business before '
pleasure,” l. will only give you in
this brief epistle the origin1- of the,
Farmers’ Alliance with perhaps e
. few biuts on dairying, Ttnd to this
end I have solected the text.follow
.• - ■ v:, ■.•> : «w>; h ■
mg: ...
• ‘ While the earth remaineth, seed
tijno and harvest end cold .and heat
and summer and winter audriay and
night shall not cease.” r
Now don’t be alarmed—I'm not
going to preach, but as Dr. Taliftage
(night say—will simply “remark”
that although Noah was saved alive
from destruction by-the deluge, he.
was not insensible to its horrors, and
he was pleased in his soul when the
waters . began to subside,’. As a
preacuer or ngnteousneaa. ne bad
met with man; and bitter troubles,
and his “life on the ocean wave” had i
its unpleasant ups and downs, and |
his mmd had been filled with mel
ancholy reflection^;—* world had
expired: beneath his feet and its ago- -
nizing and dying groans had been
hushed by the roar of the great
stprm, and the breaking of the
mighty billows as they madly swept
across the mountain tops. But
when the water had entirely subsid
ed and the sun threw its golden
light upon the retiring cloud, Noah
saw and read and appreciated the
precious promise, that the world
should no more be destroyed by
water.—Still he could uot help feel
ing that the world—the material
world, bad been wrecked, and that
all nature was sadly out of joint,
but here, in the midst of his gloom
he fall back upon the promise con
tained in the text—that. “seed time
and harvest shall not cease" and he
became “calm and serene." How
consoling, to Have the assurance of
bread. Now the sun shiiied as in!,
antediluvian days, and the tender
bud's put forth and the'beautiful
flowers opened and the birds sang
delightful and Noah hurried downs
the craggy steeps of Ararat into the
inviting plains below and es
tablished himself upon a small farmt
advising his sons to do likewise anttef
they all settled on adjoining nlanta?*^
tions, and all planted “shipped corn”';
the first year, and they all made a
pledge for their mutual protection
m their legitimate vocation of fann
ing, and this was the original Farm
ers' Alliance, and Noah presided at
their meetings, and he lived to re
count hie adventures abd to give
the history of his eventful life to.
his descendents born 850 years af
ter ^he flood, ^during all. of which*
period he never ran short of corn or
venison and he never had cludoru
among his hogs or chiokeos, or
murrain or “blind stagger*" among
his cattle. • . .
I will conclude this'epistle next
vyeek.. Mean while believe J,me ftp
ever. V . Yours &c., .v
*v “'S’ •; howoTo* ’ '
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