The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-10-31
A SCENE AT EATON RAPIDS.

! To the Editor OF the Detroit Tribune
! A few days since blatant Dougasi,e
from Jackson came in conjunction with
another of the same stripe from Charlotte.
at Eaton Rapids A party of gentlemen
were sitting on the steps of the hotel talk
ing politics The jackson and Charlotte
covies were fierce to bet that New York
would Lot 60 for Lincoln, and they would
just like to find some black Republican
who dared to put up the dust" A well
known Republican Of Eaon Rapids took
out ten dollars, and saying that was all the
money he had, he would bet that amount
But oh, no they wouldn't make no such
paltry bet as SO so far from home; they
wanted enough worth coming after. after
they had won it; they would bet $50 and
n0thing Tess, and if there We're any black
Republican vino had confidence - ss well
as the $50, just let him tros himself out
They bowed aagfuI hard after they made
up their minds there was not SO much
money in the crowd. They said that was
the case with black Republicans always
they would gas, but when it came to back-
ing up their confidence they warn t there"
they backed down; it was the money
tha, tested their faith, and they would like
to tasen their eyes on one of them-they
w0u!d--who would come to time with
$50, &c, &o.
After going On in this tone for some time
a quiet, but staunch Republican, a young
merchant Of this city, who was present and
heard all the conversation, but had not
mixed ia" very deliberately bent his ell
bows 50 as to bring his diegets in proximi.
ty with his vest pocket, when he pulled out
a arad about as large as bologna sausage
and carefully unrcllipg it, took five ten dol
lar bank notes from large pile of such,"
and told the blowers he would be lery hap
py to accommodate them-in fact he was
very anIious to do So, as be discovered
they had large amount of the ready"
and was anxious to get rid of portion of
it, on their own proposition, and he would
Ike to hive a little of it in that way. Here
was scene then, tnat Hogarth would have
rejoiced ut. For about two minutes the
white Of their eyes rolled out like two
pealed onions. Their tongues hung out of
the left corner Of their mouths with tobac.
co saliva dropping from the end of them
They fairly tollea. They were dunb-ioun-
ded-they had Caught Tartar and
they saw everybody-even the douglas
brethren standing around laughing at them
and they knew somebody had their foot
az It They fumbled into their pockets
and said they were just then a little short
Of that amount. but they would step over
to the stole and borrow it They went
but come back minus Somebody told
them they were fools to make any such
bets, and wouldn't lend, even if they wan
ted to bOrrow-which no man there be-
liered. They couldn't get out Of town
without coming back to the hotel for their
team. So they had to come and again
again face the crowd, who were all grin
ming at their discontinue. They came,
and as soon as two nags could be hitched
up, H turned his back on New York,
and slid out, making bee line west for
Charlotte, while another gentleman Ro,ce(d)
himself up Grand River for the vicinity OF
the Penitentiary. They haven't been
heard to say New York since.