Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1872 — Page 2

THE . RENSSELAER UNION. —; — Thursday,, Odt 34th, 187£k

FOR President. ULYSSESS. GRANT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. HENRY WILLSON.

FIECTCKS FOR STATE AT LARGE. JONATHAN W. GORDON. JOSKl'il S. IH’CKI.KS. Jobs i< w.ABTfe *t ISAAC S. MOOKK. DISTRICT ELECTORS. Ist I)iat. HAMEL it. KUIIi.EU === Sd “ i viu s r. xrxox. till “ JAMRS V. M.I.JSOX. ■ith “ .totix it. coonwix. Otii “ liKOKiiK \V. (iKUUiiS. Otll “ JAMES T. JOHNSTON. 7tll “ BENJAMIN V. UUEUOKY. Bth “ CALVIN < OWU ILL. ‘ oth ROBERT K TAVI.OU. 10th “ ERASTIXS V 11. KJ.LIS. 11th “ Sidney kkltu. Hon. Billy Williams is tilling engagements Tor "campaign sperffritig ip OotMiectieat and Nov York. Vice President Colfax makes one speech in Wisconsin, two in Michb ghu and four in Indiana before the campaign closes. Dr. Hatch's official majority loir Representative in the Legislature from the counties of Pulaski, Jasper and Newton,, is 372. The nia« jority in this district two years ago was 150.

The notorious Will C. Moreau, who figured so prominently in the O'Conor Louisville convention, has superceded Mr. Mussehnan in the editorial management of the Logansport Sun. The Legislature of Indiana will stand, politically, as follows; Senators, Republicans, 27, Democrats, 23; Representatives, Republicans, 51, Detnoerals, 4G; licpublicanjna- - jority on joint ballot, 12. The official majorities for State officers ami Congressmen at Large are as follows; Governor, Hendricks, Democrat... . 1,148 Lt. Governor, Sexton, Republican.. 430 Secretary St. re, Gurrv, 3_ 184 Auditor "State, VVfjduwn, “ 275 Treaiuirer State, Glover, “ 782 Attorney Gent-’i, Denny, *• 644 Sup. Pub. Inst., Hopkins, Democrat, 957 Clk.Sup. Court,Scholl, Republican, 1,503 Rep. Sup. Court, Black, “ 427 r , .' tOrlh " 162 Cong n at large | w . ||jamß <( 25g The total vote polled for Governor was, 377,700. The Republican votes for Secretary of'State number 183,852; the Democratic, 188,068. — The official vote for Congressman y m the eleventh district is as follows. PACKARD. IIE.NRICKS. White 1,295 _ 1,281 Newton. SIS 634 ‘Jasper 989 i -563 Pulaski. 652 956 Fulton 1,310 1.447 Marshall. 1,852 2,317 Starke 393 474 St, Joseph 3,279 2,802 Laporte SJt ... 3,065 3.149 Porter 1,688 1,285 -Lake., ..... 1,532 920 Total ...16,813 15.828 15,828

Taekard’s majority. 985 Two years ago Mi*. Packard’s majority was 1,407. The Cincinnati platform was in favor of relegating to the people of tiie several congressional districts the subject of tariff, because threequarters of the convention were advocates of free-trade while thencandidate for President was a high protectionist. The polfcv of the Republican party is to regulate the tariff in such a manlier as to derive a revenue therefrom" aiid afford incidental * protection to American manufacturing interests;' win n it will not conflict with the interests of a great number of people.;— These went, to the people for discussion and-'their decision. The result is, in Indiana the Republicans gain four members of Congress, in Pennsylvania they gain six members, aud in Nebraska they elect a legislature which will send a Republican to succeed- Mr. TipUm, th« Greeley renegade.

• There are two foolish newspapers at South Rend ivhic 1 1 are-.striving to sCe which will strike the fatal blow to Mr. Colfax’s political career? Last season the editor of-the; /kCyfotcr licvcr rtrt 3it OppOTtllTl It V pass without striking at him with an inSErOtoent funilar to that used, by Sampson in his warfare upon the Philistines; now the jaw bone is being wielded by the Tribune proprietor. Gentlemen, out this way people still have considerable respect for the Vice President, but there is no telling how soon this feeling may be substituted by one of disgust if you persevere in making such out of time suggestions about the Presidential' cahdldates for 1876. No man, however great his genius or popularity, can long ’-sUrfive such persistent attacks as the South Rend papers have been making upon Mr, Colfax for twoor three years past. Let him up!

Netirly all the leading newspapers throughout kite country having put into circipatioh the. report -th'atrVtgff wo assume control of their editorial columns at the expiration of his term of office, we feel it may be "due to the of the Rensselaer Uniox to state that all' such tit i s naner-artr without foundation. The present proprietors and editors will eofi-' tiiuie-to conduct the Union with the same, ability tlurt haS made their paper conspicuous for the last four years, until other announcement appears in these therefore there need be no hesitancy on the part of those whose subscriptions have nearly expired about renewing them and paying in advance. In October oflßtiS Pennsylvania gave a Republican majority of only 9,077. At the Presidential election, month later the majority for Grant wa5"38,839. In Ohio, at the October election, the State was carried for the Republicans by 7,501 majority. At the Presidential election Gen. Grant’s majority was4l,190. In Indiana that year, Gov. Baker was elected by less than 1,000 majority and Grant carried the State in November by about 10,000. In 1872, in October the Republicans carry Pennsylvania by over 31,000, Ohio by 13,500, but in Indiana we lose the Governor by 1,100. Judging from .the ratios of the vote of 1858, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana are morally certain to east their electoral votes for Gen. Grant.

Let no Republican thiuk for a moment that Indiana is so sure for Grant and Wilson that lie can absent Jlimself from the polls on tho--sth day of November. The party that polls the fullest- vote m proportion to* its strength will elect their electoral ticket. Then we say to the Republicans of Jasper county be not over sanguine of success. Victory is within otir grasp if we use ordinary exertion to attain it, but the least faltering on any part, of the line and we may experience a disastrous defeat. Let us, then, who have said and believe that the administration of Grant is tie best the country has ever had, who believe that the general welfare of the country, the interests of rich and poor, high and low, one and all, will be promoted by the re-elec-tion of Grant, be at tiie polls and vote at we talk, and work as* we vote. And remember that on that day which is to decide so much, that you are your brother’s keeper, and you are to see that lie is not asleep, hunting cattle, or off visiting his friends, and then when you have done your work you can sit down at evening Vyitlj the proud consciousness that you have done your whole duty to your country and be assured that you have a government that will protect you from traitors within or foes without, and that for four years more peace and prosperity is secured to us.

If every Republican will do bis duty and vote on the sth of November, Jasper county will give 500 majority for Grant. Recause we won a good and substantial victory in Indiana on. the Bth of this month will be no excuse for idleness or indifference. Each man should be vigilant, active and untiring until the jfoils close on the evening ol the electionf‘ ! flfefl*%& may li»o down on well earned laurels and rest in peace, for four years more. The Democracy is "disheartened and all the efforts of their active men fail to inspire enthusiasm among the rank and tile. As a party they have abandoned principle and name; they have adopted Republican.-doc-trines and admit that on main issues of the pasjt twelve years we have been right; they have not even a Democratic candidate for President <jf *Vice"President, but are endorsing the most radical of Republicans. After abandoning principles and ideas, adopting a new name and even going outside of their own ranks for candidates to place on their national ticket, what claims have the leaders of the old DeinocratiO party upon the votes of its members t|iat they should longer dictatg; to them? There were many good, reasons why Democrats should desire the election of Thos. A. Hendricks and liis ticket in Indiana, but there is no reason for their desiring the election of Horace Greeley to the Presidency of the United States. No old tijupe "Democrat is willing to admit there is; and certainly no Republican need want to change off Gen. Grant for Mr. Greeley. Then let every man be at his post ready for the work that presents itself and do with his might what his hands find to do,

1 ' '~73 r ’."V”~7 ~ thus..will we be able to s<?eur* the electoral vote of our State for one of the best executives the nation In history President Grant will stand prominent 'among the foremost statesmen yet produced by the ,world. A single act has made his name as enduring as civil izatloim That act was , the substitution 'among nations of peaceful arbitration for tile hotrowj of war in the settlement of disputes. Eighteen and three quarters centuries had passed since the shepherds of Patestiho heard the doctrine of peace on earth and good will among men proclaimed as a theory. Philosophers, statesmen and teachers, thousands in number, had spent their days and many became martyrs, trying to reduce the grand theory to practical operation; but the solution of the glorious problem was left for the genius of a little soldier of the nineteenth century—after the world had been puzzled over it lor nearly two thousand years. We who live cotemporaneous with General Grant can never fully comprehend the magnitude of the influence of the Geneva Arbitration upon the world’s civilization, neither canwe clearly see the grandeur of the mind which conceived that mighty idea, for its brilliance partially blinds us like a great and sudden light; but generations w-hicli-shall- oorne after us and read the history of the present "times will comprehend the fullness of its glory and properly class the genius of General Grant as bordering upon the sublime.

Low Personalities.

“The editors of the Rensselaer Union need a dose of vermifuge.”— Remington Journal. “As wilt be observed by the returns of the late election in this county, the Rensselaer Union had a ‘heap of influence’ in defeating Packard.”— Remington Journal. “The editors of the Rensselaer Union have again been ‘surmising.’ lor it is all a mistake about Mr. Packard paying us three dollars for what we have said in his favor, ‘we are not tliait kind of a fellow.’ We can praise a man’s good qualities without being reimbursed by three dollars, or a postojice.’'—Remington Journal. “The Rensselaer Union has ‘got it’ the worst way in the world since tlie election. They think they ought to have been successful in electing Henricks and Hendricks both, but somehow they didn’t accomplish their object. So much for sorehead absurdity.”— Remington Journal. A correspondent closes a communication to the Remington Journal with this happy wish for its editor, Mr. DeForest: “And when the time shall come for him to ‘shuffle off this mortal coil.’ when Gabriel shall sound the ‘last trump;’ may lie be numbered with the Sheep.” Probably if Saint Peter simply glances at his nose and eyes such a mistake might follow, hut should die make a more critical examination of those undivided hoois, those long, flexible ears, and heaUthat thistle-fed voice, his quarters would be ass-igned with a very different family of quadrupeds.

Mr. John Southard has left two ears of corn in our office which measure respectfully 17 and 16 inches In length. Can any farmer in Jasper, or any other county, beat that?— Remington Journal. Those ears are quite respectfully long, to be sure, and perhaps not many fanners can beat them; but it the editor of the Journal will take pains to look in a large mirror he will see a reflection of ears in comparison with which the corn left by Mr. Southard will be mere pigmies. It is sraid to be no uncommon occurrence for the young gentleman to sit in his chair and brush cobwebs from the ceiling iu the furthest corners of the room with his ears, while cogitating over heavy editorials. When lie appears upon the streets, he careiully folds them half- a dozen times and tucks them into his boot tops.

The Code Duello.

Sometime during the j>ast summer, Gen. Reuben Williams, editor of the Northern Indianian, at Warsaw, and Mr. E. Zimmerman, editor of the Democratic Messenger, at Valparaiso, commenced sparring at one another through the columns of their respective papers about some trivial matter, as editors not mrfrequently do. Tt was regretfully observed by their brethren of the press that from time to time their squibs were tinged with a bitterness not fully warranted by the occasion, and personal allusions were indulged in not Largiohizihg with the rules of professional coqrtesy. Last week the controversy terminated with, a challenge to fight a duel sent by Mr. Zimmerman to Gen. Williams, which the latter properly declined on the,aground that he was opposed to dueling as well as violating the laws of the land which prohibit it. Mr. Zimmerman’s letter shows that be was suffering intense "mental excitement and in a moment of impulsive passion he has given way

to.feelings and written words that he will probably regret as long as he lives. lie certainly ought to regret them, for they are Mich that no man standing in his position terwards tie public and blessed with his abilities should,countenance in others much less indulge in himself. The sending of a challenge is no evidence; Of bravcry, but may indicate a cruet; —vmdietive spirit coupled with reckless indifference the result of disappointments and a soured disposition. The refusal of a challenge is__Jio prooi of cowardice, hut rather marks a kindly nature shrinking at the shedding of human blood for the gratification of spite or: revenge, and he who has the moral courage to refuse to fight when, as in this case, the challenge contains a grpss insult to the memory of a ddad mother, is truly great, and-possessed of a sublime courage that will not diesert him when the hour for its exhibition arrives. In this age pf.civilization anil in this enlightened land lie who recognizes the duel as a proper method of settling tin? annoyingdifferences which sometimes arise between men, most emphatically confesses that the spirit of a darker and more savage age still lingers in his breast and that he is not a fit teacher of publiO ethics. On the other baud, while Mr. Zimmerman has committed a grievious error and one which will probably make him a changed man the balance of his life—an error jjhat will require long years of repentance to correct, —Gen. Williams, although entitled to all praise for that spirit of Christianity, manliness -andaespect of law witch--induced him to peremptorily decline the challenge—an act that all good men and women will admire—is not without cause of censure. It is written, “woe to the man by whom offence "cometh.” Gen. Williams is a sharp, caustic writer, and never seems so happy as when indulging in personal controversy. It is probably true that he means no harm in much that he writes, but often it hurts the victim. Editors see so much of the weaknesses of poor, frail humanity that they must constantly guard against becoming cynical critics; and those of Gen. Williams' tendencies should Use extra caution lest they wound deeper than they intend. The tongue is an unruly member needing curb and bridle and the pen is a tongue armed with steel gaffs. We trust this episode will make Brother Wil Hams more cautious with his pen -jmlDfßorc considerate of the sensibilities of his fellow-men.

Remington Items.

Compiled from the Journal. -r~ _ Coal famine beginning to prevail. New butcher shop recently started, A new livery stable has recently been started here. A billiard hall is about to be opened in Remington. Two or three new buildings were commenced this week. Beautiful flowers are grown in the Remington nursery. The sidewalk in front of Babb’s hotel has been repaired. I Church & Hartley’s new elevators are now in operation. Hathaway & Bro. will soon have a set of corn burs in operation. Remington,aspi.res to the title of “Queen City of Grand Prairie.” The Remington band contemplate. purcliasing nevr silver instruments. The millinery firm of McL&an & Beal has dissolved, Miss Beal retiring. TIT —' The firm of Ireland & Clore has -dissolved, the latter gentleman retiring. — "V" A new school house is among the improvements contemplated at an early day. „ Two hundred wagons in town last Saturday and the town was full of people. A first class hellery has recently been opened “chug-up” againso the millinery shop, and the ladies are indignant thereat.

Those Remingtqnians who attended Barnum’s show at Logansport do not appear to have appreciated the exhibition. The fine brick school house is not being rushed along very rapidly. “Guess they have not commenced burning the brick yet.” Remington business is clamoring for another railroad or more cais on the Pan Handle, so that grain can find a ready shipment. “To a close observe? it would seem” that the Pan Handle railroad company “intend to bankrupt the whole country by not sending ; us cars to ship our grain to market.” I

Mr. O. M. Butlerrecently wheeled Mr. J. S. Irwin about the streets of Remington in a wheelbarrow. Irwm waved a Greeley and Brown flag above his head and the unique procession was headed by the brass band playing a lively quickstep. Election bet? Somebody threatens to give the editor of the Journal a “decent dressing,” which 'that individual courteously declines on the ground that he hag just been -made the the proprietor of a suit pf new clothes. 1

“Work! Work! Wonk!"

From Harper’s Week'y. In the natural exultation of the hour we must not forget that although victory seems sure, it is not yet won. The object of the Republican campaign is not only the reelection of the President, but the disbanding of the opposition. The October result is due to the most constant and strenuous exertion. Both parties have contested every inch of the field. And it is because of the admirable organization and steady pressure upon the enemy that the triumph has been gained. 11 is always a question whether any body changes his mind in consequence of a speech, and whether the missionary is not generally preaching to the Converted. But there is no doubt that the enthusiasm of meetings is inspiring, and that the advantage of canvassing house by house and voter by voter is incalculable. There is a very general conviction that the Republican majority in Ohio would have been very much larger had there been an earlier and more thorough working force in the field. And if every Republican will make himself a committee to see that his neighbors vote correctly, the victory all along the_ line Avill be such as to show the real feeling of the country. As the New York Tribune truly remarks, “we are upon the home stretch.” Somebody is, without-any-doubt; and whoever reaches home will be left there. As we believe that it is Mr. Greeley who is stretching homeward, ict us take care and make his arrival sure. Nothin; s is done until alias done. No victor,/ was ever won by cheering, except th at of the nomination of Mr. Greeley; and while Republicans are naturally hilarious, they must reserve its ej :pression somewhat until the (ith-of .November, lest hearty effort should exhale in mere enthusiasm. Once more unto th c breach, dear friends, nor leave it until the whole wall crumbles!

Mr. Charles O’Co nor’s Ideal Democracy.

Harper’s Magazine for November. The doctrines of go vernment announced in Mr. Ohai-les O’Conor’s letter are curious and interesting as the theories of an able man. Fourfifths of the work i low done by government lie thinks should lie leftundone, being a usurpat ;ioa of private right. The power to b> arrow money, lie says, is fatal to fre e institutions, because it fetters labor as the bondslave of capital. Pay as you go. If people wish to fight, let them l bot their own bills. If they can not, so much the better, for then they wi'.l not wish to fight; and war, which lie calls the “niqst shocking of all c rimes and calamities, would be irnpc ssible.” 3 [r. O’Conor evidently thin ks that “th ere never was a good wa.r iior a bud peace,” in which doctr ;ne, probably, the sons of Revolutiolia ry sires do not agree with him. There is,however,ace rtain simplicity in Mr; O’Conor’s views v vnieli recalls the democracy of the old Greek cities, and thafof sorne of the Swiss cantons to-day. Mr. I iayard Taylor gives us the latest acoov mt of the little canton of Appenzell. Ttisaii mountains, yet it supports more pop ulation to the acre than Hollan d,* and is full of industry and riches.. But it is a pure democracy. Nol >ody is allowed to decline a public ol lice; no public, officer receives any salt try—wliic h was Dr. Franklin’s theory of our national officers —and he repairs from liis own property any loss to th e treasury due to his official conduct. Yet they tax themselves roundly, and within the last fifteen years have raised seven hundred thousand doll ars to im prove their communications with the v/orld. Once a year all the people of A ppenzell assemble. Each man wet ,rs at his side the sword whioh the law commands hint to carry, aad forbids him to draw. When the landamma n, or chief magistrate, has been eieett d by a majority of al! the people prt sent, be binds himself to obey the taws, and then solemnly administers b o the multitude the oatli of obedience to their own laws. Mr. Freeh) an, who was there in 1863, says: “To hea r the voice of thousands of freemen p Hedging themselves to obey the laws v vhich they themselves have made is a moment in one’s life which can nc ret be forgotten, a moment for whose s akelt would be worth while to take a far longer and harder journey that i that which leads us to Uri or Appen zell.”

So in the canton of Uri, a c; uiton which has scarcely twenty thoi isand inhabitants, and which is com posed of bleak and bare mountain! 3— St. Gothard is in it, and the t ’alley of the river Reuss—there is a simple democracy which would cheer the soul of Mr. O'Conor. Onces . year in the village of Bozlingen, William Toll's birth-place—if scholarly research will still leave us v a Wi! lliam Tell, of which there seems to be some d oubt—all the people of the ca nton assemble. The little army of the cantop, 800 men strong, which can only be summoned to expel invaders from the canton, marches in front u nder the old Uri banner of the bull’s l u ad, which floated over the head of Ar aold von Winkelried at Sempach. T ’hen follow the magistrates and the pe< iple. A prayer is offered in the green m endow where the assembly is held. If new laws are wanted, they are now proposed and explained. The m. agiatrates of the year surrender t heir trusts. The chief of the come nonwealth leaves his official seat and places himself among his fellow- citizens. If he has hot lost t heir confidence, they recall him to the office, and it is the experience of little canton of Uri that republics are not ungrateful. This has been the simple habit of the government of Uri from the earliest history, interrupted only by the French invasion in 17f .9. These are the ideals which Mr. O’Conor evidently cherishes. But whether the practices of secluded and unchanging states of a few thousands of homogenous people could be wisely applied to the government of-a ct mtineht of various races, Mr. O’Conor does not say. But probably every 1 ' 1 body except Mr, O’Conor has decided. (j 3

C. C. STARR, DEALER IN STAPLE A.NTD FANCY GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLEBY. • • WOODENWARE, „> v USVUKUWi,UV MTU COAL OIL, ‘'\r. ' . ’ * CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO, CIGARS,. NOTIONS, : SC., “Liberal Corner,” 5-4 Rensselaer, Indiana.

New Grocery AND PROVISION STORE In the old Po'btTOHTce room on Washington St, north side, two doors below Vanltensselaer Rensselaer, Indiana. A splendid selection ofaU kinds of Groceries-, I’rrmsiona, a small-stock of cheap Queensware, Woodenware, Notions, Ac. always on hand. Call and examine my SUGAR. | TEA,' COFFEE, SPICE, SODA, SALT, SO. \P, SALERATUS. CRACKERS, CANDLES, VINEGAR, MOL/iRES, UHEESE, FLOUR. BUTTER, BACON, EGGS, FISH, NUTS, I FIGS RAISINS, DRIED FRUIT, CANNED FRUIT, - *C. t &C., &C.„ &C Ail to be sold as cheap as markets will permit. Highest price paid for COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds. 4 31 CHARLES PLATT.

REMOVAL EMMET KANJNTAL HAS REMOVED HIS DRUG STORE To the large and commodious room lately occupied by T. Holi.inqs.wokth as a Dry | Goods Store, immediately OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE, and two doors below A. McCoy & Thompson’s Bank; where he will be glad to have his patrons and the public generally CALL OJi HIM FOR GOODS in his line. It ia my intention te famish GOOD ARTICLES AT PRICES AS\IOW AS THE MARKET WILL ADMIT. ■ * ,); MV STOCK IS COMPLETE Comprising a FULL LINE of all tha popular PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,\ HAIR OILS, STATIONERY, 'SLATES, SCHOOL CRAYONS, Tobacco and Cigars OILS, PAINTS, VARNISHES. ■

PAINT BRUSHES WINDOW GLASS, LANTERNS, LAMPS, LAMP FIXTURES A FOIL LINE OF DRUCO, chemicals A.ND PURE LIQUORS For Medical use only; also An endless variety of DRUGGIST’S SUNDRIES, with a COMPLETE LINE OF CHOICE, STAPLE, family groceries - - ■ a '*'"'*»**„„ Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded at all times. Sunday business hours from 8 o'clock *. m. to 9 o’clock a h.; from 1 o’clock r. u to 9 o'clockr. d-; from 6 o’clockj. p.fto7 o'clock <-8 - KM,MET KANNAL,

NEW STOCK orBOOTS & SHOES The nndersignsd would inform the public that, he has opened oat an entirely new stock of .'

Boots & Shoes at the John Thompson Drug F taro, oo Washington street and will keep constantly oa hand FRENCH KIP AND CALF BOOTS,. BOYS’ AND YOUTHS’ BOOTS AND i CHILDREN’S SHOES. Experienced workmen will be in the shop to make boots and Ahoea to order and warranted to tit, and all of the work done at my; shop, if it rips, mended without charge. Give iDe a call. 4-49-ts WILLIAM IvASSNKR. ~ NEW HARDING & ALTER, PRACTICING PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS, Take This method to inform the citiicns of Jasper county and vicidity, that they have opened A PEW DRUG STORE in Rensselaer, on Washington st- cet, third door below the Stone Building, where they intend to keep as good an assortment es DRUGS AND MEDICINES As nay he found in the town. They will keen oa band a full supply of Drugs, Medicines, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STL’FFS, WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, VARNISH, Also, a large assortment of Patent Ur die mu, from a bottle of Hostetter’s. Plantation or Wallace’* BTQMACH BITTERS to a box of BKOWITB WORK DESTROYER We keep constantly on hand a large stock of* SCHOOL BOOKS, WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS,

SLATES, PENCILS, CARD*, INK, AC., AC BRUSHES, front t Paint Brnsh to the smallest camel- eacil. : V* WINE, BRANDT, \ WHISKEY, OI.V,AC.,AC. ; , ; - ’ *•— • Pure articles, and for medical purposes;only. All the articleshsre'enumerated, and.'thokaands more, we will t S ELL CHEAP FOR CAS* The public are invited te examine oar stock of goods before baying elsewhere. HARDING dfcAl/THIR.