The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-01-05

~ '''o iioi 'h"VNt poiiiou vi tHt .Nidtc OI
OHIO, III the county Of Anyaizc, there is
township. the citizens OF which are principal
~ German. and notwithstanding their sweet
accent, they are all democrats OF the regular
untcrriticd stripe. From the time Of the
erection OF the county up to the year 1872,
there had never been wing vote cast in the
township spoken Of although there were over
SIN hundred voters bu, at the election OF that
year, upon counting the ballots it appeared
that there was whig amongst them. There
WAS the proof. a regular ,traIght-out wing
ticket, and they dare not pass it by. This
caused great cO.nmo'lon; their escutcheon
Was !:in:ncd t.ic!c WAS a VIII. amongst then.
that blot must be vi ped out aud with their
courage Dutch of coursr) up to icver-hcat
in the shade, they went to work sIylv 10 find
the man who dared To vote the VIE dicket :
but their laborS were unsuccessful. In the
meantime, another year canic round, and the
good bcrplr were again assembled at the
election precinct 1t had not been forgotten.
however, that at The last election some one
had voted the wig dickct; and it was now
the subject OF open remark and wonder
While they were having All out door dis
cu>ion on the subject, sam Starrcu, a late
hmm rant from the eastern shore of Mary
land. came along, aud demanded the cause OF
the rummo;IOn.
Veil. w vas a wondering who it vas voted
the Vi. tlickct al &c las, election, sad an Old
Dutrhnan
1T WAS me SAID Sam, and 1t want nobody
else"
i dink> moi. said the old Dutchman. and
the balance shook their head, Incrciuously
i tell Won 1t was though said sam. pulling
out whix ticket. and NAV | hc chawed up
IT | amt going 10 do it again | am going to
vote hd. (holeiIn. out the tickct) aud vote it
open, too. III let YOU know that Im an IN
dgp,n,|,m In, r,cGn ci;i,,,,. and Iii vote ust
as please, aud YOU can't hr!pit, hy .Jcmima :.
So in he went to deposit his ballot. There
sat the three old Dutch Judges OF election,
calm as summer morning. True TO his
word. Sam handed over his ticket. open. One
OF the old iu scs took it. and scanning it a
few Seconds handed it back toward the indie
pendent voter. and SAID
'iaw, dat ish Wig dickct
We'll, put it in the box. SAID Sam
Vat Won sav: :: SAID the old Dutchman
his eyes BIZ with surprise; put him in dt
box -
'Ycs-sir-ec, ru, i, in the box, am going
to vote it"
'Oh, no nix goot nix coot dat ish viz
dickct,' said the old Dutchnlan. shaking hi.
head.
We'll. reckon know its wing ticket.
said Sam. and want you to put it into tn,
box. darnation quick, too
No, no da, i>h not soot. dat i>h vi,
dicket; We not take en- anv more said th,
old Judge, turning to receive 'goot dickcts
: from some of his German friends.
Sam went out and cursed till all was blu,
: said he had come thar to vote, and he'd b,
tlambcr.a>ted if he wa mt goin to vote in spit,
of all the Dutch in the township. SO, attc
, cooling off a little, hc again went in, and ten
: dered his ticket, very neatly rolled mp. Th,
} old Judge took it again. and notwithstandin;
, Sans de.nurring, unrolled it and looked
, over; then turning to Sam. in name
: not to be misunderstood. said
r II tell you dai ish Il Gig dicke' dat 1t is
t nu goot : dnm da IRE not duke 'em any more
? Sam again retired, cur>ing all democrat
! generally, and the Dutch particularly, an
assigning them the hottest corners of tn
: birthstone region; and was going on TO ours
every body that didn't curse them, when h
was interrupted by an old Dutchman in tn
' crowd, with:
I Sam Sdarrctt tells YOU vat it ish, if yo
: will vote der dimcr2rat dckct. and lecf dc
e COUNTY, we giis YOU much moni,h as dake
$ Won ware YOU cunls vrom.'
2 Sam scratched his head, studied awhile. ~
Z then said that he had come there to vote, an
n want goin' away without votin', he guesse
o he'd do it.
t Again Sam made his appearance before tn
r Judges, and rendered his vote The sam
b old Judge took it, and looking 1t over quietl
5 turned to Sam and sald
a .Yaw. DC. ish goot dat lac d.mtrcrau
Y dicke, and dropped INTO the coz
= 1t IL only fu~ther ne eesarv TO sav that San
> went back to the eastern shore at the exrens