The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-05-16
STUMP SPEAKING IN ARKANSAS.

About nine O'clock the voters, numbering near one
hundred, presented themselves, and round shouldered
shock haired man arose and addressed them as fol-
lows
Feller Citizens-This are day for the people Of
VOLTS Mouth, and mought say, If want modest
that our canal entranchasmen, Chats hard word, bu
got through with iD depends ON ourheerogenous exer
ions Bill Sculpin are our candidate, and jack Jondes
swears that he's bourd 10 shoot every man that dom
vote for him! FeIler titizehs-pm going to sand my
speech with quotations from Sezem, the celebrated Lat
in cricket, when he addressed the Carthageniohs ant
Rocky mountain Gods at the battle OF the Cow-Pons-
Look cut! I'm comih'- Cock your rifles and be ready
Eate ye brute E." as the immaculate teller sed wher
he got stabbed in the back in the House of Represen
tativesl
Long and loud were the shouts of The orators party
and it was with difficulty silence could be maintained
until at last the opposing candidate mounted the stump
He commenced in the following classical manner
Feer Citizehs-There amt no one skeered in thi
crowd I'm not afflicted like Charly Cupliver, witt
the disease calledE ploiibus unum! "Tempt us fugt
by The cdnedrdat ahd calculating habob of Jerusalem
Old Jim Grimes thought he'd fighten me with hi
Greek! but can put in the big licks and pile on a
much agony as He ever heard df "Pue sulus!" "San
ia Parissma Block Island Point Judith Lex taglionis!
"Hist6ria sacre! and fdtcet ct Broadaxe" Wha
does the fellow think OF himself now? He's travel
ling synagogue; but he can't catch me with his hig
felttin words Vote for Tom Cresey, he's horse an
so am 4 "Ecco sgnuml" "Abinito!" ''De jure an
dunn sprs; spste" Htrfah TOR Tom Cressey
We stuod at VOLTS Mouth for nearly three hours
and had the satisfaction of seeing Tom Cressy elected
all through the superior learning of the last speaker
THUNDER ANb LIGHTNING. 1t is a curious fact thu
thunder and lightning are very rare in Egypt and neve
known in Lima; nor is there reason to believe in an
place in which there is no rain Neither does it appae
that there is any thunder in islands and seas beyon
sevenyfve dedrees u ldtitude and IN the open ocean
very far from land, thunder Is rarely Heard Storms
thunder and lightning are always more dangerous Il
cold than in hot months, because Id these months tn
clouds are lower. M. Arago has added to the Annn
of the present year the most elaborate article 6h hi
subject that We have met with He states, at the pal
ish of Casena, IL IaS FIVE or six miles in circumteI
ence they have for three years past had raised at ever
five feet heaps of straw and light wood which are SC
fire to on the approach Of Storm and that during hes
three years this parish has neither been darhaged b.
lightning nor Has it had Hail. though it had suffered ev
cry year before by storms and though during the abov
Three years the neigbboring parishes had suffered muc
by storms of thunder and lightning. Hente Atago con
cludes why mining districts experience less from hes
Storms than agricultural DISTRICTS that is on account
the large fires kept up III the former-Rail,ray Mag.