Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1882 — DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

For Clerk—Nathaniel S. Bates. For Auditor— Ezra C. Novels. For Treasurer For Sheriff-John W. Duvall. For Recorder—John T. lohdFor Coroner— Sylvester Healey. For Surveyor —Charles W. Bowman. Commissioners. First District— George Stalbaum. Second District— David Gray. Third District Edward W. Culp. Long'Poirrted~flngernaUs[are fashionable am'ong|the ladies. a new “woman’s weapon” anc are h rate to have handy on midnight strolls with susceptible masculines. It is now stated that a mixture of flour and red pepper.; foui parts to one of the latter scattered on the plants, will preserve the luscious cabbage from destruction. The recipe is worth a trial. Six deaths from lock-jaw in Cincinnati and Covington in three days. The victims were all boys who were wounded in the hand by toy pistols on the Fourth of J uly. In most cases the wounds were apparently triflingEgg festivals are the latest. Each I nly brings an egg with her name written upon it. They are deposited in a basket and before supper they are passed around and each gentleman takes one, and the lady whose name he draws is his partner for supper.

A son cf the late President Tyler was recently arrested in Washington as a common drunkard. Although he has descended to the level of a poor wretched sot, he is said to be one of the most courtly and polished men, in demeanor and conversation, to bo found in Washington. — In an article in the North American Review, Gail Hamilton says: “In the lust campaign our papers complained bitterly of Democratic mud throwing; but every clot of mud thrown at General Garfield was scooped up from a Republican puddle.” The article shows that Gail Hamilton knows whereof she speaks.

There seems to be g. general disposition, this year, to remand swaggering place-hunters to back seats. People have come to the conclusion that in justice to themselves, as much care and circumspection must be exercised in the selection of public servants, for the performance o! important and responsible duties, as would for a like purpose bo exercised by a painstaking and judicious business man in his private transactions. A ease was recently tried in the Supreme Court of Indiana wherein the appellant was seeking a divorce on account of insanity of her husband, who, having for eight years been insane, had failed to provide her with food, clothing and shelter. Judge Elliott refused a divorce on the grounds that insanity was no cause for divorce, and stated that the statute was not meant to apply to cases where the inability to make provision arose from such cause. Renssolaer Republican: * * Mr. Harris is a good man, a good Republican, and no “kieker.” His frank and manly letter well deserves a careful reading by all who take any interest in the political situation in Jasper county. There’s a pretty good puff for you, Mr. Harris. You’re a ‘no “kicker”’— These fellows say you’ll “stand up to the rack, fodder or no fodder.’' Can’t you retort in kind, since you know one of them declared, referring to you, that it was possible for the pri mary to nominate a man he wouldn’t support.

Rensselaer Republican: We publish in another place a communication from that staunch young Republican, R B. Harris, of Barkley township.— The letter was intended for our last week’s issue but reached us too late for insertion at that time. * * llow queer! The communication had reached them, but too late for insertion last week. We should think so. It was written and intended for publication in the Republican of July 13th, so say the editors of that paper and yet it bears date, “Culp, Ind.’ July 15,1882.” Evidently that communication was prepared at the headquarters of the “ring”, in Rensselaer, tne editors were cognizant of that and expected itjfor last week’s issue—it, was sent to Mr. H. for his signatureHis delay in returning it, with the date penned under his name, taken in connection with the above an nouncement of-the Republican, gives the whole thing away. Telephone Transaction.— Some days since Harry McGuire, agent foi the-Willard telephone, went to Renseela r and contracted with Emmit Kannal, of that < ity, to furnish him a telephone for S3O. The instrument was delivered as agreed, and twenty dollars cash was paid on the same. The remaining ten dollars being yet unpaid, McGuire went to Rensselaer Thursday last and took the telephone from Kannal’s place of business and boarded the train for this city. At Monticollo, Hal Smith, a young man connected with Kannal’s business, entered the ear and approaching McGuire, took from him the telephone instrument and started back to Rensselaer. McGuire informed us tosday that his reason for taking the telephone away from Kannal was that he refused to pay the balance due, claiming the telephone to be worthless. At present Smith is in possession of the telephone, bit there is no telling how many times.it may change hands in the near future.—Logansport rosWhen McGuire gets that telephone

into working shape, asjper he will get the ten dollars; or, failing in that, when he returns the twenty dollars already paid the telephone will cheerfully be turned over to him. — Mr Harris assigns three reasons for his defeat at the primary, the second being partially correct, viz:— “entirely too late in making my an*nouncement.” Had he added— the opposition cf the “ring” to my doing so; the declaration of the secretary of the committee, in effect, that he wo d not support me if aominated, and other discouragements from that direction, caused the delay,” he we’d have been about eoirect. The first reason given is zoo thin, and the third has.no foundation to support it. We believe Mr. H. to be a good man, and with all due respect to him, wo must say the reading of the letter reminded us of the story of “The Monkey, The Cat, and The Chestnuts.”

Just what a woman can do for her husband in t lie way of electioneering, is admirably illustrated by a pleasant incident in the life of Mrs. Douglas. wife of Stephen A. Douglas. It seems that the Little Giant on one occasion, when Mrs. I). gave a reception, sent a remarkably rural rustic to call, assuring him that Mrs Dwould be delighted to see him. The story proceeds as follows: “The visitor was anything but a parlor ornament, a rude, unpolished son of the prairie, unused to any of the ways of society, but a power in the politics of his home, and a man whose influence would be of vast assistance to Mr. Douglas. Entering the room gave him a -nervous chill, Mrs. Douglas* pretty greeting threw him into a nervous fever, and her inviting him out to the refreshment room completed a case of palsy. Ignoring his trepidation, she chatted away to him herself, paid no attention to his stammering refusals, and poured out the tea into some miraculous little cups of eggshell Sevres. Grasping tne fairy cas lyx in his fingers for the first sip, the delicate bit of Sevres w.ts crushed to pieces and the hot tea poured in a stream over Mrs. Douglas’silken train. With a gay laugh th< lady said: ‘How brittle they are! just look ut mine.’ and with a mighty effort she broke another cup between her fingers. Reassured, the constituent drew his breath and found himself at ease, while that incomparable hostess talk ed to him, asked him about Lis mother, his wife, and his children, a!i of whom she remembered so well and called by name. That man went home to work for. vote for, and swear by Stephen A. Douglas, and way back of his political convictions lay the pieces of those two broken teacups.” Those who read the story will at once perceive| the consummate tact of the lady. She took in the situation at a glance and from the first, and adapted herself to its requirements with a skill that met all its possibilities.— Broken tea cups anil spilled tea did not in the least disconcert her; indeed, they furnished her opportunities to display her talents and secure for her husband, not only the vote of her guest, but all the influence he.could weild among his neighbors. We doubt if woman’s influence in election cam paigns is half understood, n<#t even by candidates.