The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-12-26
How to Preserve the Purity Of Election

Ah"s "hcu tuey sNoeP Tue uiFty street
They may protect their pretty feet
How to Preserve the Purity Of Election.
The Knickerbocker for December. a
capital number, by the way, has the fol-
loving capital election story:
sassERvE TUE PURITY or ELECTIONS
In the nos,hwes. portion Of the State
Of Ohio. in the county Of Auglaize, there
Is q township. the citizens Of which are
Principally Ge.msn. and notwithstanding
their sweet accent they are all demo.
Gratis OF the regular 'un,errifed' stripe.
From the time Of the erection of the
county up to the year 1852, there had
never been wing vote cast in the town.
ship spoken OF, although there were over
FIX hundred voters; bat at the fall cleo.
ton oil that year, upon counting the bal.
lots, u appeared ,ha, there was one whig
amongst them. There was the proof 2
regular siratga.ouf wing ticket, and thev
dare nc. pass 1t by. This caused er..,
commo,ion; their escutcheon was dim.
med; there was wing a,nongs, them
that blot must b wiped out, and with
their courage { Dutch of courss) IN to
lever teat in the shade, they wen, to
work slyly TO find the man who dared 70
vote the 'V,g D;cket;' bu, their labors
were unsuccessful. In the mean time
another year rolled round, and the eooo
'beepIe' were again assembled q, tho
election precinct. l, had not been for.
gotten, however, that at the last election
some one had voted the Zig Dcket; and
1t was now tho subjrct OF open remark
and wonder.
While they were having an on, door
discussion OF the subject, Sam S,arr-,, q
late emmigran, from the eastern shore Of
Maryland, came along and demanded
the cause OF the commoton.
wen We vas q wondering who !, vas
voted the Wig dicket at de las, elec,,o, :,
said an old Dutchman.
1T was me- Sam said, and !, ,,sr',
nobody else =
4 dinss not, said the old Du,cbmon
and the balance shoM their heads incrad.
ul.usly.
Il tell you it was though said Sam
pulling out a wing ticket, and NAV be-
chawed up If | amt gsiug TO do j, ag,;n.
| a'n gong to vote that, (lolding oei the
,'e~e''j ana vote 1t open, too. Iii i., YOU
know that am an hiependent .7mer,con
tfi7en, and I'll vote just a. please and
you can, help ii, by Jiminar
80 In ne went to deposit his laIIo,
There sat the three old Dutch Judges Of
election, calm as q summer moro;na :,
ana True to his word, Sam handed over
n's ticket open, One Of the old iudge,
TOOK II, and scanning ii a few seconds
handed It back to the indspe nden, yo,er
and said: '0'e'
law, dat is Wig dicke,.'
Wei! put It in the box said Sam.
Vat you say?" said the old Du,chmon
ms eyes big with surprise; 'pu, him in dc
Hes.sir-ee, pu. i: In the box. am 90.
Ing 10 vote it,
On no! nix good! nix good da, i,b a
v.is dicset, said the old Du,chman ,bak.
ing his head. '''' !"
Well, | reckon | know its n wh;c
ticket, said Sam, 'and | wa, Won - ne,
IA the box, darna,ion quick too
;. NO. no. DAT is not goo,; dat ish q Wig
. u'cNe,' we not take EN- any more sa 4
Inc oIa Judge, turning to receive .-oot
a!eke1s from some OF his German friends
sam went out and cursed iii oil was
oiue-said he had come thar TO vote and
he'd be tfanbersas,ed if he wan, going
70 vote IN spite Of all the Dutch In the
township. 80, after cooling off hide
ne again went IN and rendered his ticket
very neatly rolled up. Tie old Judge
look II agaIa, and notwithstanding Sam s
demurrlng, unroIled il and looked II over.
then 'urnn 10 Sam, In manner and
tone not to be misunderstood, SAID
4 ten you Ia! is a zig diekst: dst Il ,s
n'r goo and dat tee moi take en- ann
more
sam again retired, cursing all d.,c.
Gratis generally, and The Dutsl in par,icu.
iaf' and assigning the hotties, corner OF
tue o'iihs'one region, and was going on
70 curse everybody that dijn't curse Them.
"nen ne was interrupted BY an old Du,cl /.
man In the crowd. with
Sam Starrett, tells you VIVA, !, isb
II you VIII vote der dlmergrai dicke,, and
leei der COUNTY, we gifs you 80 much
monlsh as dakesy uvere you cum vrom.'
Sam scratched his head studied Will.
and lheh said tia, as he had come thar TO
vote ahi want going away w,hou. 70.
ting, he guessed he'd do it.
Again Sam made his appearance be.
tore Ihe judges and rendered his vote.
The same old jsdge took il, and LOOKING
over Il quietly, turned to Sam and SAID
Y aw, dat lsh yoot dat jsh DINER
cratic dlcke'H aad dropped it :ato tie box.
II IS only necessary further TO say that
sam went back to the eastern shore 4,
the expense OF the township aud that,
al that election, and ever since that Ger.
man township has been O. X.
That's what | call p rservIng the pun
ty OF elections u. r"