Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-14
E1ts. 41rsriissr.
PIrNorru, Oct ll, ls5I.

quenees Of that rash act, l will give your read
ers as briefly as possible.
As was about leaving my room Tuesds.
morning, an acquaintance, Mr.. benjamin Blow
hard, politician Of some note in a small way
stepped in. "Sniggs, said he, you vote to-day
Of course"
''No sir" said !, decidedly. "Why should
vOte' Why should leave my labor and go to
New Haven, merely to vote:"
"Why should you? Go there aud vote to
sustain principles, Sniggs, principles your faith.
ers died, fought and blcd for"
principles! - laughed l. "Good joke ha!
ha! Blowhard, don't talk to Inc of Banks,
Tariffs, Taxes, Internal improvements Nebras-
ka bill, and all that sort of thing don't care
fig for them. They don't concern me-"
''Sniggs, will you listen five minutes o.
l wanted to go to my work, SO hesitatcd
between yes and no,
BlOwhard put his hand in his pocket, and
drew forth green bottle. Drink first said
he, 'then I'll talk with you" rather liked
his way of approaching me, so l moistencd my
lips with eight or nine swallows of the contents
of the bottle, which proved to be Auti-Father
Matthew, and passed it back signifying my will
lingness to hear him a short time
Instead of returning the bottle to his pocket,
he applied it to his lips, and eleyating one end
of it slightly, looked over the bottom of it.
contemplating particular spcck on the ceiling
with great earnestness, for the space of one
hundred and twenty seconds.
''Sniggs," said he, at last, ''you must vote
I'll not talk of Banks or Tariffs, those cues
tions are of no account But there are new is
sues and important ones. conspiracy has
been formed, sniggs, to deprive large share
of our citizens of the rights and privileges of
Americans. The organization is rampant in
this place. mean the Know Nothings, of
course. 1t is against them that you should
vote, as you love your country"
| remained silent.
''Do you still hcsitate--wil You listen five
minutes more. Take drink"
complied with the last request
''To quicken you, must tell you that to our
adopted citizens we owe the most of those lit
tie enjoymcnts that go so far to make up the
sum of human happiness. They tell us that
the Dutch and Irish are only fit to build our
railroads and canals. pshaw Who intro
duced lagcr-beer and sour-krout into this hap
py land? The Dutch. Who makes tho best
whisky-punchcs? The Irish And these ben
efactors of the human race, this accursed order
would prescribe! Oh. Sniggs Sniggs take
pull at the pain-killcr."
did so. B1owbard was agitatcd-I could
hold out no longer. pledged myself to vote
his ticket, which he made out on the spot, after
which we drank to its success.
went to New Haven. The first place |
entered was grocery. 1 drank twicc-bran-
dy the first time, then whisky to destroy the
taste Of bad liquor. l drank several times
shortly after, but the kind of liquor l do not
recollect II must have been very stimulating
in its effects, however, as / have vague and
indistnct remembrance of shaking hands with
the bar-kccpcr, as left the place.
But did not for a moment lose sight of the
object that took me there. l thought Of the
poor foreigner, and my bosom swcllcd with love
for them. l thought of the oppression of the
old world-their leaving the land of their ma
tivity-the dreary voyag ge-the cheerless land
in q strange land. Then as
thought Of the society Blowhard had told me
of, who would deprive them of the rights en-
joyed by us, my blood boiled with indignation.
Just then very small German, smoking a very
large pipe and followed by his very large wife,
came trudging down the street. "Ah," thought
I to myself, "thcro are two who have sought
these happy shores that they might be Free"
So full was of patriotism that l could not re-
sist the temptation of showing openly that l
loved the exiles of the old world. l walked
out to them, put one hand kindly on the Ger
mans shoulder, and extended the other. He,
evidently misunderstanding my motives and
intentions, pushed me back. My nerves were
not very steady, and I whirled, only saving
myself from falling, by throwing both arms
around the substantial neck of the astonished
woman. "Gottleib!" shriekcd she.
"Dunder and blitzen," yelled be, 'hugging
mine vrow!"
He aimed a tremendous blow at me, with his
long pipe, but fortunately, the ground under
my right foot raised two feet, while that under
my left sank four. Of course, as could not
stand, I fell-just in time to save being knocked
down by Dutchman. I arose, walked to the
grocery, took drink, determined to vote and
go home. l knew the polls were at the tavern,
and thitherward I bent my steps, 1t took me
a long time to get there, as my course was ex-
ceedingly zig-zaz. mounted fight of steps,
and looked about me to find the nlace tn denos