Originally the democratic party
favored free suffrage for all men,
and actually carried it out in any
State where they were in power—as
in South Carolina, Tennessee, Penn
sylvania and some other States—the
Federal party opposing the like.
But the democratic party long since
turned its coat and opposed its own
doctrine. At this time no democrat
is a democrat according to the mean-.
ing of the word and according to
the old principles of the party.
Roads—The Cost of Bad Roads—A Plank
Road from Boscobel to Fennimore.
Bad roads in this country subject
the people to enormous taxes for re
pairs of wagons, doctoring horses, and
other mishaps, not to mention the
fact that teams go . nd come with on
ly half loads on account of bad roads.
Going to c- returning from Boscobel
one usually meets twenty to fifty
teams, and the meetings are often al
places where the roads are too narrow
for wagons to pass without locking
wheels or passing without the line of
safety. The market public especial
ly are now paying dearly for horses
and wagons, for delays and damages,
for light loads and lost time on ac
count of the steep hills and bad roads
upon the Crooked Creek route to
Boscobel. We should say that every
loaded team could afford to pay at
least one-third of what is usually
earned for a road upon which double
the usual load could be drawn. Sav
that teaming is worth $3.00 per day,
upon roads as they now are. Who
would not pay one dollar toll for go
ing to and from Boscobel upon such
roads as double loads could l i drawn,
and no liability to accidents.
