Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
Victims Under Difficulties.

like to have grasped the hand Of the pat
riotic fellow, who was 50 anxious to vote
tic "tig whicket," # il were not for The
fact, that he fiua.iy backed out:
In the northwest portion Of the State
OF Ohio, in the o5unty Of Aus!4iza, there
is a township, the citizens of which arc
principally German, ani notwithstanding
their sweet accent, they are a.. Demo-
Gratis of the regular, unterri.icd stripe.
From The ,in.o Of the erection of the coun-
ty up TO The Year eighteen Luudred aud
fifiy-two, there had never been Wing
vote cast il the township spoken of, altho'
there were SIX hundred Voters bat at the
fa.! election Of that year, upon counting
the ballots, it appeared that there was one
Wing among them. There was the proof,
q regular strGiyitom Wing ticket, and
they dare not pass it by. This caused
great con. motion; tleir escu:cLcon was
dimmed; there was u Why amongst them;
that blot must be wiped out, and with
their courage up TO fever neat in the shade,
they went to work sly!y to fud the Que
who had dared to vote the 'Vic Dickct;
but their labors We're unsuccessful. la
the mean time, another year rolled round,
and the good .becp.es' were again assem-
blcd at the election precinct. 1t had not
been forgotten, however, that at the last
election some one had voted the 'Vig
Dicket;' and il was now the subject of
open remark and wonder
Whilc they were having an out. door
discussion Of the subject, Sam Sarrett,
late immgran. from the eastern shore Of
Maryland, came along, and demanded the
cause Of the commo,ion.
"Vell, We vas wondering who it vas
va. voted de Wig dicket at de las. cleo
,ion," slil an old Dutchmau
1t WAS me" said Sam, " and it was nj
nobody else
Il dinks not" said the old Dutcl.mau,
and the balance shook their heads incredu- |
lousy.
u tell You it was, though" said Sam,
pulling out Wing ticket, " and may be
chawed up if l amt going to do it again.
/ am going to vote that, (holding out the
ticket and vote it open, too. Ill let you
know that IN an independent american
citizen, aud I'll vote just as please, and
you can't help it, by Jemima -
So in he went to deposit bis ballot.
There sat the three judges Of election,
Il" calm as a summer morning" and true to
his word Sam handed over his ticket, open
One Of the judges took it, and scanning
it few seconds, handed it back toward
the independent voter, and said:
"Yaw, da. ish zig d;cket"
Dwell, put it in the box" said Sam.
"Vat you say 2 said the old Dutchman,
his eyes big with surprise; put him in
de box? ?"
Yes-sir-ee, put it in the box. am
goin' to vote it.''
ooh no! nix goot, nix goot dat ish
Wig dicket," said the old Du,chman,
shaking bis head.
Dwell, | reckon know it's Whig
ticket" said Sam, "and | want you to put
it in the box, darnation quick, too"
"No, no dat sh not god; da. ish a
Wig dicket: we not take EN- any more"
said the judge, turning to receive goot
dic kets' from some Of his German friends
Sam went out and cursed til all was
blue-said he had come thar to vote, and
he'd be fambergasted if he wa ut goin'
to vote in spite Of all the Dutchmen in
the township So, after cooling off little,
he again went in and rendered his ticket,
very neatly rolled Up. The cd judge took
it again, and notwithstanding Sans de-
murring, unrc!led it and looked it over;
then turning TO Sam in manner and tone
not to be misunderstood, said,
"ItelLs goa dat is a lig dicke'; dat 1t
,sh MIR yoot; and dat ace not take en- any
norep'
Sam again retired, cursing all Democrats
generally, and the Dutch particularly, and
assigning them the hottest corners of the
birthstone region; and was going on to
curse everybody that did mt curse them,
when be was interrupted by an old Dutch
man in the crowd, with:
"Sam Starre,t, tells you vat i. is, if
you will vote der Dimergrat dcket, and
lcef der COUNTY, We gifs you SO much
monish as dakes you we're you cum vrom"
Sam scratched his head, studied awhile,
and then said that as he had come thar to
vote, and wa mt goin away withou. yotin',
he guessed he'd DO il.
Again Sam made his appearance before
the judges, and rendered his vote. The
same old judge took it, aad looking it over
quietly, turned to Sam aud said:
"Yaw, dat iSh goot; dat ish Dime.
cratic dickct.' aud dropped it into the