The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-24
Large. AND RESPECTABLE"

Every one kn0ws-or il every one
don. know, there are MT sfew ~.o 90.
ihsi the mrenngs Of bolh tie great p, ll,i-
cal parties ofihe county are slw ays"lnse
and rrsprc,abIe"-'har is. ,f We ere g.
gre crcd,I ce To III news aprr organs"
Of The I aritss re-. pscuvs!y. We have hsd
doubts occasionally lcnrhH G The HrInerl-
cs.let IeseItauoEs made by them. shsn
We lave no, had Of porGni,y for o. stsa-
i'm ourselves: but y h surh orp"Iun q,
We have never had doebt a, ~. B.t 80
our. purpose is rstheT to illustrate tie ir"-
tire al ~ rpti,n, than To vindlrs,e nrr own
jurgmrri 10 respect to iuperir.i ss,-
mates, g suhn il The follow ing an c.snle
r laird i.y a western c"'resp, nie, a. -
Nev'Y. ,k M"rHing News, " no irssd u
at a political meeting. and who IL ssfE-
ciently impartial 10 sttribute esaggarsl 80
Plumbers TO the papers oiholh psrtes. IN
gi' ing accounts If their meetings. II. re.
rorts HE speaker thus:
A couple oil gentlemen re-iden'm .
county town o! 0hin, took it mo shs'r
heads TO call eorn meeting far The e.
preston Of pull opinion about som"-
hi g or other One cf t'ese g~n,'s-
mrn Vas veiy large. weighing 3. o' 4e0
pounds svnirdnpnise; the other vac TALL
and ,lIm. When. u day arrived for the
meeting to assemble in the cout, horss.
the two gentlemen we're as'onished t,
find no one present. bu, ihemselvss. Be-
iRg INV illrng 10 let the occa'ion ass of
wnhoUt a demonstration, The slim asn.
moved that tie lat man should take tie
en- il, whirh was ca ritd mem con. w ei
tie ia, man had seated himself in ns
chair he moved that Inc slim MN be re-
qupsted 10 act as secretary 10 the meetag.
This was also CARED. The serrelzty
then proposed that The IA, man be arpan'-
ell committee to draft resolutions expr.s-
sive the sense Of the meeting. Adj tel.
TIE committee refined to agree ulon re
solutions, tha, is. the fat man retired, nv
turning his back tn the secretary. ard
drawing revolutions, a'ready made, frog
his bree ches poeke9 ard soon re'uin d.
9Th the most sen,eu;ous and eloquent
resolutions which he inu oJuced and deter-
ded in a speech rsrle'e with the highest
dr plays of o, a,aty. Their adoiti'n wss
moved ard seconded by 'he slim man,
who supported them IN one OF his ab'est
and harp es, effor's.
Lwas moved by The slim man in cer-
cInsion. and carried. thai the comm,it.e
[ he tat mso) he requested to have ,h.s
proceedings Il .hl. NETT ting. wIh The re-
sob tlan., signed by the Chairman ao,l
Secretary. and published IN The lea'i,ng ps-
pers cf he S,at-.
The Committee, las the "a, man. pm
eeeded 10 prepare the whole foe publ,cs-
tor, heading the neuce thus, in large
type:
AT, aluge and respectable uet,ing.
held by he cit zens al the County o; F..
at the ,awn Of c., en- the day - AID
year 1884,, The following proceedings took
plscs."
A lew days after The publication was
made. the slim man met he int man IN
the street. Saws he to him" ho~.is I
yan headed our meenng Fs'a large aid
I respectable, meetins! Do you not think
! i, was gong too lar" q" Not al all" re-
PRED the fst man; "am | no, larger
YES" answered the slim msr. Are
you MT ,esprc..ble!' ron 'inued The Ia.
man. YES" replied the sllm man With
a grin. :. rhen." conluded the ia, man.
"was not the mert'ne large and respecta-
bie?" "Trde." laughed tue Sian "a, al;
aekn,wIedgs shs sora." -