Monticello Express (Newspaper) - June 24, 1886, Monticello, Iowa H V v y FOR AND FOR 1 VOLUME JONES JUNE it NUMBER THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS PUBLISHED EVERT Editors and of out of 15 cents additions Washington Jane Ton may be Inclined to think that with the lengthening days and strengthening heat of times are growing dull the Capital as Such is not the Grand official and are being held at the White House in honor of the Some distinguished travelers are in the are Ing much of them being a a royal a veritable the grandson of Emperor Dom of Prince Leopold is a royal looking His face is of uninteresting bis figure of medi urn and his voice is so shrill jmd as to occasion for those who hear He is stopping at the Arlington and oc cupies the rooms that President Cleve land had when ho first arrived IB the city previous to his And then the strike is at last over Work has been resumed on n nine hours Houses partially on which work had been suspended for again echo with the sound of hammer and and building will boom Until next And though first in Congress is still at without any immediate danger of sue combing to the summers It is dis cussing Appropriation and Land Forfeit tire bills and questions relating to the District of Scarcely a day passes but some Congressman gives his opinion of the civil service and no subject connected with finances can come up tor debate without provoking a fight on the While the House was discussing a mon ey the able republican leader from New announced that he had figured out a large deficiency in the the appropriations being largely in excess of the He made an argument which might apply to the to show that no reduction was and he held democratic extrava gance responsible for He explained where the next fiscal year on the moat conservate see a deficit of the House was on the eve of an attempt to reduce tariff taxes and he thought it was au occasion on which to call its attention to these ling me of what Representa tive of said in regard to the defects of the present Instead of the retrenchment and economy that was the estimates for ex have been largely until the democratic state convention in is found in its a Congress in which its party has a large working for having de voted six months of its labors in devising ways and means to deplete the Treasury Of its surplus millions to the neglect of important As to the manner in which the party has fulfilled its civil service reform prom the same gentleman from Maine says that that law has been used as a door mat by that office Eugene and has been trampled under the muddy boots of the hungry and until a democratic Commissioner of Pen is enabled to testify that under the as now he obtained 148 democrats out of 152 and the democrats of the House are asking to the law so that the reform party can get the other Political affairs are so much mixed in different states that the democratic mem ben of congress who have not already gotten the sanction of their districts and yet have not given up the are very anxious about Even of the Great Ob has felt constrained to go home in the interest of his He is a man Who probably could not be but the republicans are sure of gains in many democratic and Holman felt that the situation was such that even he hid better not be so far from the bosoms Of his The luxury of leisure which the presi dent enjoyed during his nine days of hon is his no The mass of legislation which was dumped upon his desk during his for his approval or requires his examination of four teen or fifteen a There has just been published from the White House other official remonstrance against a too asking it to respect hours by calling to pej respects only on the days and at the hours specified for that A Spicy Letter From June To the of The Perhaps some of your readers would like to hear a few words from far away We are situated at 12 miles south of Eugene and are ally surrounded by On a clear day we can see the white peaks of the three biblical fame lies to the north of near the Land of There are several or single I used to imagine that mountain scenery was all that one could wish but there is such a thing as getting too much of it I should like to climb up and look They are a very moderate race of people sleeping away the rainy season and pleasuring through the sum mer picnics fishing camping out at the in the blackberry patch and at the Kitchen Springs are some of the amusements of the Williamette What shall I say about the fish of this country Have no word expressive enough to describe Tf any of the are in want of material for a good fish story let them come Need 1 say what a welcome visitor THE EXPRESS is Every bit of news is eager ly gobbled tornadoes and It is very dry we have to water our It is hard to see it raining all around us on the moun tains and none here when we need it so The people here pray for rain all summer and pray for it to cease raining all so there is prayer without If not deemed of publication simply say a most interesting letter rom Oregon is crowded out this week or want of owing to the political tne From June To the Editors of The Thinking that a letter from south would be of interest to some of your many with Johnsons I lopenot much to tire those whom I do not happen to I will take the liberty to write a short letter on the people and hings as they are in I left Monticello about the Oth of and arrived in this state a few days and have since then traveled over quite a number of counties ia the I have bad an opportunity of learning considerable of the customs and manners of the and also of their religious and political One noticable difference between the yan for they still term all northern people as such and they are much more and have but little of that phlegmatic coldness that one sees so much of in the people of a northern but on the contrary they are so and very even with With some exceptions they are not given to hard and are not at all There is little or no manufacturing outside the larger cities of the excepting a few small cotton whisky and some other primary essentials to their individual comfort and happiness only are Their agricultural imple and even are manufac tured in the northern Wheat is the principal crop grown throughout the though all kinds of grain do Their time tor planting corn is between the 15th of March and the 1st of Cotton is cultivated to quite an and in Lincoln which lies ad joining the Alabama it is their prin ciple while in Wheatly which joins the Kentucky and is about 40 miles east of the Mississippi large fields of tobacco may be seen throughout the entire The tim ber of the state is of great having almost all that is of northern and many trees and flowering shrubs that belong to a much more southern Two or rather found that grow mostly along the are the a tree known as the the botanical name I do not Both these trees have very large beautiful white and are highly prized for boquet The mulberry tree has berry much resem bling the and serves as food for birds and peaches and pears are raised in al though by the severity of last winter the peach trees in some localities were great ly and have but little fruit on them this Small fruit of all kinds is very and the woods and roadsides have large blackberry loaded with lucious The people in the state are mostly democrats and a great many took part in the confederate army but there is scarce ly a man now but what is free to ac knowledge that he was in the wrong in seceding from the Many of them feel that it was forced upon them by their fiery political but they have borne their great low of property and untold hardships with remarkable and now a person of northern birth is just as much welcomed by them as they were unwelcomed as soldiers during the when they were on such devastating raids through the Before electing their county officers they hold no conventions for the purpose of nominating but those ing to such positions announce them selves through the and then ride over the entire seeing every voter for the purpose of soliciting his A candidate would stand but little chance of being elected if he did not do In national politics many claim to be though It is usual for them to vote with the democratic From what I said it might be inferred that they are a drinking but such is not the The local option law is in vogue in throughout the and temperance Is making rapid strides in the Even In Lincoln which manufactures more whisky than any other county in the there are but four places Where liquors are and the sentiments of the people are for The church population is very and it is unusual to see a person who is not a member of some religious denomi I would like to speak of their schools and educational also on the condition of the but have already written more than I at first Amber June Willie Daily alighted from bis wagon to catch some but his team not being interested in the fur trade con cluded to go on to the creamery with thu milk and did so with a They ran about three turned two corners at right angles and came tearing up to the creamery without a can or more than a quart of Isaac and lately of now occupy the Sanford cor ner of Main and There is not an empty dwelling house in The great event during the past week was the match game of base which was played last Saturday between the Bat Breakers of Amber and the Hazle Green club from South The score stood 77 to 19 in favor of the home Green acted as The game was for a new ball and but what was the surprise of the winners when an old and a ball thai was badly the worse tor wear were tendered The ball was the bat The boys beat them badly and then made them a present of f Such littleness deserves the residence of the brides parents on Ashland at 5 Sun June Frazer and Violet Green Quite a number of friends witnessed the happy after which horses and were in requisition and the young folks had a merry time buggy riding till We are convinced now that dame rumor is not always mistaken in her June Having been absent from town for some I have failed to send any but will now endeavor to do The Sunday School held a berry and ice cream festival June for the purpose of purchasing a Quite a sum was The Presbyterians held a festival Frl day the A large crowd was Childrens day was observed at the Pres church June preached an appropriate In the evening the service consisted of responsive singing and The church was beautifully Last Sunday childrens day was observed at the The service in the morn ing consisted of responsive select and a few remarks by who conducted the ser The evening service consisted of select The church was beautifully decorated with white and evergreen letters and The program in the evening was one of the best ever witnessed in This was due prin to Miss Bertha who labored faithfully in training the Spooner took a photograph of the decora tions in each which he has for part of the proceeds to go to the Bab bath The Independent Templars held an open lodge not long which was a suc This lodge is increasing in mem all the School closed last Friday for a long va which is much needed by teachers and We understand that both teachers hive been engaged which we are glad to The term has been a good and much progress has been made by the The last day was observed by literary exercises In both rooms This Is a new feature in the high room the it and it has proved a I has been tried but failed for some Underwood Is erecting a large frame dwelling liouse which will be one of the and finest buildings in town The Presbyterian church has been painted the apire which has been left on account of unfavorable weather or some other good The ladies of the church have collected money to paper and paint the Interior of I heir Thuy will have it done Battle Lyon In visiting relatives In of visited relatives here last Lottie Chase has gone to to spend the summer Kate of visited lives in Onslow taut Miss Clark is visiting the family of near Harry of son of visited hU a few days last Jennie Chase had the misfortune to sprain her wrist quite In of wlich carries it in a John M young lawyer from hnn located at this He Inw rented the room west of drug and will soon be ready to commence the of He a affable and If we mistake uot ia a Oxford too Oav Is inseparably connected with Hoods and ID true of no other It in an unanswerable argument as to strength and while thousands testify to its and strengthening A bottle of Hoods contains 100 doses and will a while will average to not n for buy Hoods Buhop John of who died in to bu Got the Best of the gays My wife has liwn troubled with a long lint with what rem edies we am the doctor could kept i hit upper hand of it until this Her throat was raw far HA uuu with un when I my dol lar in a ot your Catarrh Cure as a free from nil healed ami entirely Pupil Ion of flax Catarrh Cure cures where nil I Large bottled A club not one to One generation lias a swelled the Von are feeling your appe tite is you are bothered with 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