The Nevada journal., 1856-12-26

And tank there its thirst TO slske
And the violet lay dead whilst the odor few
On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blne.
Let me drink of the spirit of the sweet sound.
More more IL am thristing yet!
1t ooscns the serpent which care had bound
Upon my heart to sthe it
The dissolving strain, throgh every vein,
Passes into my heart and brain
PRESERVING THE PURITY OF ELEC-
TIoNs.-In the northwest portion of the
State of Ohio. in the county of Anglaize.
there is township the citizens of which
are principally Germans, and notwith-
standing their "sweet accent" they are
all Democrats of the regular sumter
rifed'' stripe. From the erection of the
county up to the year 1852, there had
never been Whig vote cast in the
township spoken Of, although there
were over six hundred voters; but at
the fall election of that year, upon
counting the ballots, it appeared that
there was one Wing among them
There was the proof, regular straight
out Whig ticket, and they dare not pass
it by. This caused great commotion;
their escutcheon was dimmed; there
was Wing among them that blot
must be wiped out, and with their cour-
age Dutch of course) up to fever heat
in the shade, they went to work slyly to
find out the man who dared to vote the
"Vig ticket" but their labors were un-
successful. In the meantime another
year rolled round, and the good .beeples'
were again assembled at the election
precinct 1t had not been forgotten,
however, that at the last election some
one had voted the Wing ticket, and it
was now the subject of open remark
and wonder
While they were having an outdoor
discussion on the subject, Sam Starrit,
late immigrant from the eastern shore
of Maryland, came along and demanded
the cause of the commotion.
''Nell, We vas a wondering who it vas
voted the Wig dicket at de last election"
said an old Dutchman.
1T was me-" Sam said, "and it want
nobody else"
81 dinks not" said the old Dutchman,
and the balance shook their heads in
credulously.
al tell you it was, though" said Sam
pulling out a Wing ticket, "and may
be chawed up if | amt going to do it
again. am going to vote that (hold-
ing out the ticket and vote it open, too.
I'll let you know that I'm an indenen-
dent American citizen, and I'll vote lust
as | please, and you can't help it, by
Jemima %
So in he went to deposit his ballot
There sat three old Dutch judges of
election, calm as a summermorning, and
true to his word, Sam handed over his
ticket, open. One q the old Judges
took it, and scanning it few seconds,
handed it back toward the Independent
voter and said
"Yaw, dat ish Wig dicket!"
"Well, put it in the box," said Sam.
"Vat you say!' said the old Dutch
man, his eyes big with surprise; put
him in de box %
Eyes, stree, put it in the boxl l am
going to vote it,
"Ohl no !! nix goot, nix goot dat is a
Wig dicket," said the old Dutchman,
shaking his head.
"Well, | recken | know it's a Whig
ticket" said Sam, and | want you to
put it in the box, darnation quick, too y
"No, no! dat ish not goot; dat ish a
Wig dicket; we not take any more,"
said the old Judge, turning to receive
''goot dickets" from some of his German
friends.
Sam went out and cursed till all was
blue-said he had come there to vote,
and he'd be fambergasted if he want
goin' to vote in spite of all the Dutch in
the township. So, after cooling off a
little, he again went in and rendered his
ticket, very neatly rolled up. The old
judge took it again, and notwithstand-
ing Sans demurring, unrolled and
looked it over; then turning to Sam, in
a tone and manner not to be misunder-
stood, said /:
81 tell you dat ish Wig dicket; dat
it is nix goot; and dat we not take 'em
any more !"
Sam again retired, cursing all Demo-
Gratis generally, and the Dutch particu-
larly, and assigning them the hottest
corners of the birthstone region, and was
going on to curse everybody that didn't
curse them, when he was interrupted by
an old Dutchman in the crowd with
"Sam Starrit, tells you vat ish, if
you will vote der Dimergrat dicket, and
leef der county, we gifts you so much
monish as dakes you we're you gum
vrom."
Sam scratched his head, studied a
while, and then said that he had come
there to vote, and want goin' away
without votin', so he guessed he'd do it. .
Again Sam made his appearance be.
fore the judges and rendered his vote.
The same old judge took it, and looking
it over quietly, turned to Sam, and said !:
"Yaw, dat ish goot; dat ish DINER
Cratic dicket!" and dropped it into the
box.
1t is only necessary to saw that Sam