Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-27
For The Jourua,
22nl FEBRUAls

l. may not be known TO most # your r.ad-rs
that lLts most glorious oI ANNIVERSARIES TO tie pa
tr."t ncart us o.-n duly ce.cD:a.eu D. the EIGAr
mlNG-naiu q 81 TO tlnguisn II lioH ,nc Dou5.Ia
lac lui-ul the lnucracy OF our cIty. Ine i.rU-
clvuIng> conceived AMI rAucut.u " Il" ~,
OF Privacy most nlurtly lnS 10 t!ost WAC, tnrIi.-
SELVES, unmluufnl vi tlcIr uu.y, nteu VnI. Il Ian
example urge them 10 SUN Uetter Performance.
Il Is uup4,a stnt AZ any time TO Leur OF sutA
march bong stoi.n upon Us, and We doubtless 81 uG
nave remained ignorant Vt the TACT III Ills
til the next Issue OF the "EnQulrcr,' bat Tor
mlshul-Sad t. them, and OF course Vi the fist
pUrt;.ice to ILis less than tAe acculh-
al loss Of the minutes VI the mc,tina-,n. S,crl
tury, II beng pres umtd, IN the Of his JOY,
having altllui.rd The tCat OF Walking home, head
dUwuWardS, II Isit. On very favorable 10 empty luG
AI< coat pocne,s. Ine record thus iUst WAS L una
this morning by OF our towns earliest ri>,ri.
.DEMUCRATlC MEETlNG.
l VIII trespuss iulrngr your col amnua} sn
to give the m-rest SYNOPSIS OF Its conteitS.
The ting wAs Called at "Iuiner dalI'-now
the acknowledged head quarters OF the truly Ialtb-
Iul-and alCer the usual prein inarles Mas Il
g.n.ztI ty placing noted sandidate Tor Alderman
the chair; spclcues were hen made By several OF
the most brilliant summaries Of the Drlnoci acy,
among whom noticc, by the report, his uohoI
tue Mayor. The subjects discussed seemed 10 have
more direct bearing on tn Issues Ut our next nu-
n,cIpa election Something having been said about
RErKENCHNsNT) than On the birth and 1atAS o
freedom 5 grca est champion.
ter OF p!cadlugs ut this sort VIII pass ov,r tits
part OF ia. exercises, notlng with single CA~ti
ton formidable "bolI That Threatened Tor t.l.c
to prove III the worst degree disastrous TO the meet
ing.
Che Of the "iiie," WHO, for some reason, imag ned
his use Of the Largest b-ry cncronchc I'd upon, Che
had been boring the speakers win lmpe-tiLeht OBJ
servatlvns and caiici 10 Ulder,) Withdrew 10 the
"tar' and loudly prucaiu..d hat FIFTY " GLASSES
OF LAGER were there aud p.ii for, which he who
would mi ht come and drink. In Call was gen.
erou>iy responded o, until like Mark Antony at
TarsuS, The Judge left sttlne alone IN the
ket place That worthy funutlUnary himself DC
scended at last, and Claimed IL share in The Sire.
blow" whereupon the inj d individual aforesaid
bowed on him, and swurc with oath that he
Che judge should pay for his lager.
Here was a capital opening for the application of
the Democratic healing piastcr-comprcmse-and
a compromise having been effected the meeting
proper came harmoniouSiy to close.
Then began a series Of gymnastic and other feas
for the editicaton of the "unt"rriicd," of which
the younger portion Of mankind, it is hoped, viii
always be kept ignorant.
Hsrrid, and to Others, terrifying ceremonaIs were
gone through with, of which the initiated alone can
be the witnesses.
Among those mentioned was an exhibition of the
elephant" the gnifcation of which Inee hardly
tell.
Another was the bird "Pol Parrot" by which is
symbolized the duty of initiating the notes Of the
great Keeper and Teacher, now MIR. Buchanan.
The next was truly awful rcprestnsation-n,
less than expose of the nakedncss of the arty's
corruptons." One of the "pure in heart'' estaved
to wash the foul stains away with ,"copious dash
of the purifying lager"
The ceremonies closed by an imitation of the
"sege of Sebastopo" and among the loud reports of
the assaiing cannon-the minutes tell-the PRO-
pretor of the "Hal' heard loud above he rest
But must ask you TO wait for the rest in more
| official form. Meanwhile, let not our slumbcring
friends suppose for moment that this meeting had
no other object in view than to celebrate the M
ory of GREAT WA> HINGT0N 4