Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-09
The T~yio~ Meeting.


The Taylor meeting OF Friday last, ,ac an-
nivcrsary OF he hattie and victory Of Monterey,
was cons.iering the season Of the yeas and 'he
weather, a. most splendid atlair. THE time was
unproeNious foe a large c'eesins. The fsvumrs
Throughout the State, e,ost Of wtroea arc lay
lor meh are ia the o,idst Of aessimg, pNsto Dig
giug and corn harvest. aud cou,sot leave their
work 10 attend a meetiue at a Instance itum
hoa,c. The politicians were too eauca enga
ged IN canvassins and preparing ts issc exec.
ton in October, 10 be abseut for week or
more, And besides, few dssigniag men hsye
endeavored TO excite suspicious that this Taylor
meeting was for other purposes ;han which ap.
peared on the face of,he call. Add to this, lhs,
it WAS not ouiy the usual time for the equnoc-
,iai storm, ba, actually IN the very MUST o. t.
the rain pouriny in torrents throughout the
whole day and night, so 10 prevent many
who were actually on their journey TO the nrc
ting, from other countes, in private conveyan-
ces, tron, reaching here, and We can oniy ec
count for the large number present, un The
ground Of the strong feeling everywhere in ia
vor Of the hero of the battle OF Buena Vista. IF.
the nations favUrite.
The meeting was held in our cour, house, the
| large room of which was filed to overa,wing,- -
! Fifteen counties were represented oy their cii.
Eens aud nearly all the res, in the state. by let.
The information obtained leaves us no rn,u to
doubt that large majority OF ;he real bone and
sinew Of our commonwealth, OF all parties. are
in fsvor Of Gen. Tayi ior :or the next presidency.
We believe that the elec'' raj ticket pledged
10 his support will receive. in 1915, a larger
majority in the keystone State, than was ever
given TO Gen. jackson. Such ticket vii, be
formed at the proper time, OF men good and l,ue
"a Taylor army that cannot he beaien,
A reference to the persons who took par, in
this meeting, and the Central Committee, who
are clothed with ample power to ac, in carrying
on, the will Of The people, shows a strength
which has been seldom eqused in any of cur
state conventions. We commend the ra,tu,c
resolutions which were adopted without, dis.
seniing voice, to the attention of the people al
large Harrisburg Argus.
Boor CRiAriSc MAcnlNr,--Among the mos'
useful and ingenious labor saving invention.
now on exhibition at the Mechanics Fair, is
machine :or crimping boots, which is pronoun
ced by competent Judges to excel every articl,
hitherto used for similar purposes. The inven
tor of this machine is Mr, Iohn T.. Tucker,
poor, industrious, and hard working mechanic
occupying small shop on Canal street, nea
the corner OF Thatcher street, where he has on
of them in constant operation. The expense q
the machine is sbou, Sl00, and is made wit,
nineteen pair Of "yaws" firmly fixed within
wheel, which is - constructed as to make on
revolution every five minutes, aud turns out
q, each revoluton eleven pair Of "uprers, erin
ped in the most perfect manner. This !nye'
ton is we'll worthy the attention Of all manufi'
iurers OF boots, s,id the inventor will no doul
resps rich harvest, as the fruits Of his ingenu
ty.- Boston journal.