Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-05
H. President Boven's "sore heads,

no less. DIR. Lake opened the ball with
speech, IN which, among other lhiugs-
he highly complimentsd brother Mum,
ford and said that he'was always in the
lIlckes' OF the fight, rsmarklng. in this
connection, where is the carnage there
are The heroes" De alluded 10 he
hard knocks which bIolher Mumiord
had recently given aud received. -
whereupon brother Mumiori manifest
ed symptoms of being unusually wormy
lie turned very pale, his muscles quiv-
cred and he bit his 6Dger.nails. Dr..
Lake discovered this, and soon ~ jded
the floor, when brother Mumiord arose
like The sun in a Nubian log. lie said
that he was sorry rihal this unpleasant,
subject OF knocks had been alluded TO
by his indiscIeet brother Lake, Tor his
head was particularly "sore" on this
Subject; he was also very sorry that he
had been SO highly compllmented as
being very brave man, because he
and the world very well knew that he
was not entitled n such praise. He
also spoke VI animals which live IN The
woods and sometimes attack men, but
men never attack them for fear OF The
odor lha. 10 generally LETT behind. II is
thought that brother Mumford must
have suffered in this respect by ramb.
ling IN the woods Of South Carolina,
years ago, and that having been
sprinkIed by one OF the little skunks, he
has never recovered from it, and still
feels as If he was always inhaIng an
unpleasant smell. He denounced the
Whigs and Democrats as very corrupt,
aud said that when they 60. in power
they alwsys made bad appointments,
such as sherlfs, magistrates, &c. Az
Ter saying some other Iunny things, he
concluded that the Maine Law party
would be the only party twenty-five
years hence. When he sat down,
brother Swss whispered to him and
told him that he had been imprudent in
his severe remarks about shcrlffs and
magistrates, as Judge Sheldon, OF the
Court Of Justices, was sitting directly in
front OF hun. Brother Mumlord arose
and apologised, as he was afraid that
what he had said might have a bal
effect ; he had recently npofoglsed in n
humble manner to Attorney General
Burgess, and would now do the same to
the Sheriff and Judge Sheldon. He
said that they were excellent officers
and had discharged their duty faithful
Iy aud were entitled to all praise
Judge Sheldon thereupon took an ex-
ira pinch OF snuff and smiled compla.
Gently.
President Bowen suggested that n
committee should be appointed to pre-.
pare resolutions expressive Of thanks OF
the "sore heads" to Sheriff Shaw and
Judge Sheldon President Bowen prob
ably forgot, about this time, the jubu-
liant manifestations of these gentlemen
at the obliterating scene Of the Records
OF the Supreme Court. President Bow
en- and brother II. r. Hazard, Jr.. were
appointed committee for this purpose.
The following Assembly candidates
were then nominated For Senator, l.. .
aac p. Hazard. For Representative,
John ID. Williams, Felix Peckham,
Clarke Burdick, William Messer, J lin
Allan.
Presiden; Bowen complained that one I
OF their nominees had contributed Some +
money toward election expences for the
Wings. and expressed the hope that
none Of the "sors heads" would follow
his example we do not think that
there is any danger Of similar liberalily. |
Brother Lake was in dilemma as to |
how the proceedings Of the meeting .
should be published, as there was no
press in the city under their control. |
President Bowen was particularly "sore"
upon the subject Of newspaper organs.
having had some experience in the mat
ter and had found il very expensive he
hoped that the matter would be referred
to himself and brother Hazard, which
was done.
Brother Mumiorj thought tha, the
editor Of the News would publish them,
as lie had kindly published Temper
Hnce Address for him, occupying eleven
columns, some two years ago.
We have gra,ied our friends, the
sore heads" aud thus given them the
use Of our columns for the publication
Of the official report OF their doings,
or which We trust that they will return
us vote Of thanks. We believe that
The report is entirely accurate; howev-
er, # there lie any error, we are ready
10 apologize. in our most approved style. |
Sic transit gloria Saturday night.
" Gov. Seymour.s veto of the
Maine Law bill, passed by the New
York Legislature, is published in
he N. Y papers il is an aimable and \