The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-02
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Years ago, - ID Gg ago - when Johnny
Witte kept the log.cabin store ~ long ago
as when that embIenlct political purity, the
cabin, stood on Me corner Of Eagle and
Main streets; as hong ago as when corn
dodger and hard-ci0s ;sss the wstchword,
and sWhat has caused this great commo-
ton, motion, q was heard from many po-
litical rabble Il beg pardon, political club
of the whig rank, 70 the terrible d;smay of
the l0cofoc0s--thers dwelt in our midst .
club Of fellows Of no ordinary talent, If we
are to take their oEh opinion on that SUBJ
ject. History meg Vt do that band Of he-
roes due Justice. po. terity-future posteri-
ty may vet give hen, each and all, niche
in the temple of tan,e which grateful coun-
try will one day sear TO disinterested patri-
otism; and If It does net, sires will tell their
sons and sons win hand it down, how music
stole away the reason of millions; how beau
tifuI girls, clothst' IN white, with garlands
on their brows, ea,ps 70 political barbacaes
in thousands, wssing heir snowy skerchiefs,
andsang to the Here Of ssTippecanoe, and
Tybr too, For with them we'll beat little
VA, Van, YAM. nd little Van was beaten
badly. -
This club wasfls grand rallying focus
around which gat he q thousands at the po-
litial head-qua sr Ief the city and county.
sMe glee clnbsist be there was enough.
Hrman nature co. d mot resist the harmo-
naus calls to tote for the Hero Of North
BOd. The Vsn .lnrenites tried to sing
foth their creed, but it was terrible discord.
NJ music filled the souls Of those who went
ipfor spoils- so said our particular club
nightly in the charming melody which con-
vyed the stones Of corruption, treason and
sratagem of locofocoism, and the general
lory, purity, and perfection of whiggery.-
Music died tits birth in the locofoco camp;
but it spread like FIRE on the broad prairie
h the whig ranks, and the result of it, is it
not written il history?
CHAPTER II.
But the clrb, the Harrison Glee Club, Of
them particularly would to write, but it is
too soon. They figure, some. Of them con-
spicuously, low on the worlds stage, and
cut antics, md capers, which astonish the
small boys If the locality in which the gy-
rations are peslprb sl, and as there will Yet
be time enough % Mace complete history
Of these promlneat characters, individually
in the archives 0f the nation, before that
comet destroys this fair globe, l will leave
to some future writer to work out the glo-
rious task, and eoulae my labors particular
" to q few episodes in the political history
Of that Minstrel band, during the activity Of
their pubic life.
In tho,e early days, Dob Henderson kept
q celebrHed .eeh Want on the corner Of
Eagle md MAhr Mad you, good reader,
been waking alons On any evening from an
early caidle-l -lighsifig to the going out Of the
same dsg-saf fso q seven to twelve, YOU,
ear wnld hAve caught chords, musical
chords, rolline nH rom that underground
retreat which WonA have ravished the heart
Of Eatrpe. True il is just possible, that
there night hsSe accompanied the volume
Of harnoay, an b isible, but heavy cloud Of
vapor, which STRUCK your olfactories as bad
brandy very bad indeed; yet inasmuch q,
one efour band Of song singing patriot.
dealt in that article and not unlikely palned
it OF upon Dob Is real Bordeaux, a4ye,
having been inspected BY one other member
Of the said band, who was . capitol judge
Of the article, and who after slipping il sev.
en- tines, shutting one eye and squirting q,
the half filed ttmbler with the other bro.
nouneed it with Al emphatic, and character
istic nod OF his crsnium, sgood, very good,
II ny after pool Dob had been sold by thi.
kind Of liquor, il is barely possible, YOU
coum have smellei it, half mile or so; and
most certainly, in the evening, ut the
hours Indicate, you happened to pass that
Locality.
Yet cash Of melody could be heard
there nightly, at almost any hour before
midnight; and ifthe music drew you down
you saw some si1 or eight gentlemen, gener.
ally discussing ptlitics between each refrain
Or perhaps engaging in game Of chess oi
mAPrE2 III.
Dob HendersM had two rooms--one or
Main and the otler on Eagle door omen.
ing between thm. Visiters after refresh.
ments would eter either streets, and q
stranger might nppose after passing BY the
Main street entrance, and turning round tht
corner Of Eagle, and dropping in from tina,
direction, that b had found another eating
house, and thereby hangs the story Of ths
gentleman who nortally hated gambling.
l One dark wei night in November, Wher
politics run higl, - you may we'll suppose
Tor the returns we're coming in from III ovel
the country, our Glee Club were, ss usua
ct their nightly resort. The dominoes and
chess were being discussed, with now and
then beautiful strain or two from ssStil
falls the rain" sr ssThen a. each to his fa.
vorite sultana, ;, which an admiring crowd
drank in with longing ears, when We wers
faunrod hv a no~w Cs.sfn~