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Y'Oll THK HOUSE of represextati ves :
ENOCH SYKES
of Grange. I
THOMAS C. OAKJJl
!
OF ni'KHAM.
County Ticket.
(l.VDORSEI) BY REPUBLICAN
EY,
PARTY.)
For Sheriff:
JOHX VL RIGSBEE.
For Register of Deeds:
JOHX C. WILKERSOX.
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FOR COUNTY TREAT? RER :
JOHX V
EOR
RANSOM
.FERRfehl.
'OROXER
O'BRII
ma pa-
PROTECTION AND JLABOR.
The editor of an East parol
per evidently ore who has lately ta
ken several degrees at the "hospital
of idiocy'' airs 1 is knowledge of the
workings of a protective ts riff by sta
ting that the question is! very easily
settled thus. 'a laborer dc
for working a riie patch than he does
although rice is pro
a cotton patch
tected under our
that the farmer
cheap as he can
he chooses." There
truth in his assertion.
preser
hires his
i
It
tariff and
hands ,as
and pays what prices
. !
very little
is not spec
ial protected interests that fixes the
price of labor, bit labor jn the aggre
gate is better p Id through this sys
tem of protection. Labor is clanish
nnd the editor will find that if ma
chinists and mas ms are aid but $1.25
per day hot many pay days will pass
him before he sorves notice of a cor
responding' reduction injthe wages of
printers. Neither does th3 individual
farmer pay suchj prices as he pleases :
he must pay neighborhood prices---he
can offer less bjut he dare not offer
more: let him ojice try it and he. will
find more "yellowy jackets" -about his
ears than he thought jto be in exis
tence. Ve hae seldom see anyone
foolhardy enough to den v that Pro
tection does not! advance the price of
labor, and also reduce the prices of
manufactured products.
Remember that the
ninet' day. Register now
-Mil) biull .11 AiuvYl 1o
OPPORTUNITY.
OMR
presenting the namis of Blaine
and York to pur readers we beg to
remind them that this is not a law
yers ticket. Blaine is the first nomi
nee for president for years outside the
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piofession of law he is aicitizen nom
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mee anq 1" prominence as a states-
man is tie result of twenty years pub
lic life in I Congress in daily intercourse'
wi th tlx? ablest men of both parties;
he is a leader and has gained and held
this position by being in the fore front
every political battle, York is a
'f
of
physician and farmer: plain and prac
tical in his methods, not swayed by
sejiitimei: t, but always with an 'eye for
the public good and when he has set
his stake there may he always be
found: lie has never, been accused of
being al' "trimmer." jYou always
know wfiere to find him and his voice
is always the expression jof his convic
tions. Raised to his present promi
nence from humble beginnings, he has
never turned his back upon merit and
mdeavor
He holds a warm
-. i
of his
neighbors
honest
place in the hearts
because j of his sympathy for the un
fijitiinatje and his strength of charac
ter which disdains haughty pride and
arrogance. From a boy of ten years
of age hp has in the croji season taken
position) between the; handles of : tlije
piow and earned his bread by the
sweat df his brow in ! tlie open field
'neatli the summer's sunj Called to lead
the people to victory ojver Bourbon
ism, he is fighting, manfully that bat
tle andjhis election is jwell nigh as
sured. Cannot you take pride in vo-
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timr forlsucli a Candidate?
i ;
beefsteak was a n inijji-sible extravagance;
butter we had but half a pound per'week ;
toes and cabbage were the only i vegetable)
tasted from one year'
pies the onlv"fruit.
When work ff.K se
p end to another, an
necessaries of life. Mur clothes were of
cheapest sort, mi J it jtpok the utmost care
Of
otn-
we
:!P- .
kree, as it usually iwk in
early Winter, we-werje thankful to get the barest
Hariiig been
tion in! life, I felt my
on account of physiea
the
ami
i
economy to present 'everi a decent appeaijanci.
The loys had no overcoats, and my own lest
dress was a lindsay.at four pence. half-peninv a
Yard
brought up for, a different posi-
surroundings keenlyL iiot
deprivations, but for lny
iable
luiys, who luul
to earn; but two
as errand boy, with no prospects :f a rise
all of them - treated a. the laboring class is in
contempt and indiftereucb
no future, the eldest Wind
shillings, or fifty cents, pert week
and
England with
their stcial su
respect. We were a
When we landed
husband, in two day
until they had nJ
ke had little
mained to this
-
My eljest.boy,
day.
now
week as clerk,- and tl
$ 4 a week as elevator
by
self-
vifetl to coine to -America
money
, without any reeogimelida
ti'on, found eniployn ent, in which he ha
He ,t earns ' S IS per
lad of 17 years, gets
ie second, si boy of loi
boy.
short.
with icapttal b,ith room, hot and cold
house
good cooking i
. We pay 20 per mbnt'u for a cosy six-rKmed
My
re-
hveek.
$ 0 a
gets
ange.
of food. Fres
fruits land butter are!
but every day In the
bly in Sumihef
overcoats aind
more fctylish and well-made character than
England and America Contrasted.
A PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
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AX ENGLISHWOMAN OX AMERICA.
thing j we ever
pected -for his
ed with conshj
the people at whose
are bejrining to feel
before them.
! prqssed they
water,.
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litrobe, large cellar i,n
lcst
icious
'one.
every convenience. We live on the
i --
t meat and vegetables, de
on the table not only
week. We have all
Bieces-
neat parlor (Jby the yfty. 1
sary fiirniture and a
had so little in Krigland I forgot to naiiie it)
from ;niy sayings. 1 have a tirst-rate w,g
machine and an organ that is worth $10oU My
husband can afiord lo dress well and suitably.
A nice suit of crev mohair, costing from 'J to
$10, iwith neatlv-made shoes, plenty of clean
shirts and collars, enable him to work coniforta-
For Winter they all haVsegod
wami. surtaoie clothing oi a iar
bougll
lonesty and capability and
,leratiJm by bis employer and by
houses he works.' Oir lioys
and' act ; like men, they no
To the Editor of the PiEss.
Sik:
courazement ffom persons better off than,
sp ves. Alv iLi-vear-oiu son uius jair 10
have read in The Press Mr. Porter'sT I 1112'
s atemenis in regard Ur the difference of the I , .J M&frVlb'l
- i . . i ..i . r i- e p ' . . .
rates oi worKmen s W ages anu u,e cost o ,Lr AI dfiUfefeku V&yAUVl i th flrSl
111 JjnglaBU IIIIU UUS IUUUHJI unu ll.nc otcu mvm
any-
t in Englan'd. lie is res-
treat-
longer see a life of drudgery and aemi-fjlavery '
Instead of being snubl)edjajfMh xolio't'
leet with kind U-catment nl . i- .... ,
Lkcome .
or 'y 1 1
i.;i.i.;)i i.rt. V.riillP'o sM.aiilc&re fK cm
cfntradicjed in other ili rrt te?. , m,$fn lin,t
ak English carpwte4aL5otiifcibii, wnie to "i i J Knglart.I and ,
t .is counlua
'HnkmvjSbanahavingmadealivingonb , , o,l 7 UillllHU t to VJll
I payment p.Cna
noli tax or anv Other tax isofcnefcesf4itt i
i .i i , : r if . i i... ...... , ,igi t
fiW lforn Hrr Thn dnlv niinlifi- .t: ThVt'fisVdrtioMs. ."fr i " ' ' 1
cations are a retlidincelin jlhe County Atr iiditi"iitfctrtanr a'W -fivH
time
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