Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1882 — A THRILLING TALE [ARTICLE]

A THRILLING TALE

It is well to be just and to be generous, even to political enemies. The following valuable tabulation has therefore been prepared for the exclusive benefit of Democrats. It will be found in moments of despondency or sorrow a faithful counselor and friend. They should carefully paste it in the crowns of their hats, where it is waruted to have a soothing effect on the brain. It is a brief history of recent Congressional results, to wit. Oregon—Democratic, 0; Republican, 1. Vermont— Democratic, 0; Republican. 2 Maine— Democratic, 0; Republic -n, 4. [To be continued.]

There must be in the mind of any candid observer who has reached the meridan of life, sections of his experience to which he can refer as having been of an interesting and profitable nature, aud to which it is a pleasure to revert. Go to the “pioneer” of the West, and ask him if he indorses these sentiments. He will tell you that it was a “good dav” to him when he “pulled up stakes,” came West, and “planted himself to He has grown, and to-day hnds himself an independent citizen, and an illustration of the progress of the civilization of the Northwest. This is the universal ssntimeut of people who have settled along the line of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, a great corporation noted for the liberality its management has shown towards its patrons, in giving low rates, through cars, and the best of accommodations; and in being the first and most constant to anticipate and meet the wunb [of the public.