The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-21
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TME VILLAGE POI.lIlClAN.

THE NILLASE POLlTlCtAN.
Ia the village oi N. in tho State
of Vermont, lives Deacon Jonas JrEk.
ina. who 10 not only deacon. but al, o
. CHp'H. a Justice Of the Peace. and
has several times bcen one Of the Select.
men and Assessors. lie is . grea, pol.
iiician, and is frequently chosen Dele.
gate to tie County and District Con.
ve"tions Of his party. Deacon Jenk.
i"s 10 scrt cf orscic among the people
of Three Mile Corner, where he re.
siaes, and regularly when the stage ar.
rives a, the Corner, on Saturday fore
noon Of each week, he may he found
at the store OF Bcniah }lacktea, the
grocer. for the purpose Of receiving his
newspaper, aDd retailing its political
news TO the assembled crowd. A. the
names used in this sketch are fictitious.
We shall call this newspaper the Free
Press. II Is printed in II beautiful town
not far from Lake Champlain, edited by
fellow Of infinite jest, as well as Wig.
orou- political writer, whose name we
will call Chark. Clarks newspaper is
a Wing paper; /, is the o,aclc Of The
Three Mile Corner Wings. and especial
ly Of Deacon Jenkins. Some years ago.
two copies Of the Free Press were left
At the store Of B. Blacktea y but one
Of the subscribers WAS vagabond fcl.
low WIN. in letter not postpaid. in.
formed Clark that he had changed his
principles and should patronise the op.
position paper, which we shall call. for
convenience, the Courier. by some
unaccountabIe neglect. the new convert
omitted to pay for his papcr, which
omission 10 some degree mi.iga,ed the
poignancy Of Clark's grief at the loss
Of half his subscribers At the Corner.
II thus came 10 pass that Deacon Jenk-
ins wss the only recipient Of the Free
Press, at the precinct aforesaid, and he
WAS in the weekly habi. Of taking it in.
to the store, and reading its contents to
the dozen, more or less, who happened
to get out II tobacco about that time,
and dropped into Beniah'. grocery to
get fresh supply.
On Wednesday. Deacon jenkins went
to the County.seat, TO attend the Wing
Convention, called to nominate q candi.
date for Congress. He had been plac.
ed upon the Committee to collect cre-
dentials, and been hOnored with an in
PRODUCTION to some Of the leading men
Of the County, who did him the honor
to inquire" How are you going to do,
in your town, this year?" lie had al
40 seen Clark, and paid for his paper
six months in advance. lie came home
considerably elatcd, and on Saturday
was promptly at the store as Stone, the
stage driver, brought bis horses up be-
fore the door and threw tho reins to
the ostler.
AS i. was approaching election time,
the number Of persons who were hun
cry for tobacco and news was larger
than usual. The Deacon seized the pa
per- carefully removed the wrapper,
glanced at the date. and then instinct
lively turned to the editorial colnms.
"Ah here i, isl" said he" knew
Clark would have it-Dis,rict Conven-
,ion-Grand Rally" swell. Uncle
Jonas" said Eldad Grimes, "lets hear
all about it--who'd they nominate p
Who they nominate p replied the
Deacon why, haint ye heerd! Pro.
fcssor Nj. Of course. Who'd dye
s'pose :" well, WE'LL" said Eldad
"I'vc been away--lets hear wha, Clark
say.-read her up" So the Deacon
began to read the account, which WA:
full and elaborate. Called TO order
by Hon. Perez Barnard-Wilkina Pc
terson. Esq, Secretary pro-tem.--Com
mittee to nominate officers. Major Sol
omon Jon.s and 80 on-C"mmi,tee OF
Credeniials--Jenkins Of n, PillsburJ
of b., Miles Of r., &c" Then cam'
the permanent organization--Genera
Obadiah Wi,herell, President, two VICE
Presidents, and two young men in thu
editorial way. Secretaries. The old
gentleman read these details. occasion
ally stopping to acquaint his auditor
that they were correctly set down. liz
came at last u the report which the ed
ilor had given Of Professor NJ speech
for the Professor was by the most for
tunate accident in the world stopping \
the country town ,ha, very day. III
was br"ugh, in. accepted the nomina
ton, thanked the delegates, and wen
on to eualrge upon political TOPICS
WE'LL" said Elnathan Dodge, let
hear whs, he had to say. How is h
on the Tariff you'll see" said tn
Deacon. rather crusty at being inter
rup,ed cant YOU wait a minute !!
lie wen, on to read" Rejo'ced TO NEE
his friends-clorious Wing causc--caus
of the couniry--star that never sets
faetious oppOsi,ion--all they wan. is OF
fee" ["Thats a fact" said Dode'
"~hs, dye s'pose they care about III
niggers Depression Of agricu'll
raj inier.s,--iariff on ~ool---4uacks =
preienders--driven from power
"Tha,'s Just aha, he said" sa,d DcS
con Jenk,ns," for ! h-erd him. Wei
YOU. he's smart. amt he 7" said tn
ScrAbbieville baker, who had driven VI
: and ~as nov making one Of the crow
. The deacon proeseded--" Union "f III
' Sia,es-pslsied be the arm traitors =
Gen. Jack kson--hemp--stars and siript
&c. &c. "Oh, how he gave il TO 'ei
then p said the D"seon. In this ws