Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-23
Important from COIumbus---Zm-
auguratiOn OF Governor Tod,

CoLuMBUs, Ohio, January 18th, 1862.
LOUIS MAYERs;-Dear Sir, left Washing
ton and cum to this villaigc to sea the fun of
inogeraten Tod and Victory. When l got
he ar eberybudd was dressed up in there
srndy fSens an puttor on airs. | stopped at
the American WHARF I found hole heap ov
peepel glad to sea me. put on mi moast
dignifed appearance. The fact air that |
fealt mi oats, for l had mi pockets chuck full
ov the muney Simon Cameron Civ me to buy
Government stores for the army, and / tealt
almighty ritch. When the time cum for the
Guverner to bea inogerated went up to the
Stait Hous akumpanied by my ''contraband"
who waited in the hal. for mi return. When
went in mi old friend, Bill Dennison, met me
at the dore and Civ me a harty welcum to
them "Statly IIals.'' Bill took me up and
set me in arm chair along side ov the Cover
nor's. 1t was not long befoar Dave Tod, and
Misses Tod, and lot of little Tods cum in
Victory wasent THAR, I understood he was
out amung the members ov the Legs lature
leggen for sum ov the appointments. Dan Uhl,
from your county, was in the room. Dan was
one Of the committee whose duty it was to see
the inogcratcn dun up brown. Dan was a
devcish boy, and he hant forgot all his
tricks yit Just befoar the Tod family cum
in Dan bent pin and fasscned it in the Guy
eror's chcar. Well, things was all rcddy and
old man Tod was ketchcd hold of by the arms
by Pete Chance and Andy wilkins, who air
so celebrated for their good looks, and led
him up to the Governer's chear. l tell you
old Tod looked pleased as an old maid wood
with a cat, or a Wide Awake on drill night,
or you with glass of Logger Bier. Tha set
kim down in the chare very politely; but he
was hardly down beIoar he jumped about five
feat high, sed damn it and begun to scratch
the slack ov his trowscrs. He sworc worse
ner Lee swears about them three big turkeys
what sum iellcrs hooked to send to the sol
gers. lie scd Dennison had the itch and had
left it in the chair. Capten Speigcl, who is
generally useful, cum to the rescue, examined
the chare found the pin Dan Uhl had put in
it, and finally got Tod quieted down. lie
took his seat, maid his speech and we all adj
iourned for refreshments. We went to the
American WHARF we had bully time. Tharc
was the Tod family and the Dennson family
and about two hundred moar olleshodcrs,
and about one hundred citizens and five hun
dred ofles hunters. We lad a nifty big sup
per. Thare was Turkeys, French Brandy
Chickens, Whisky, Beef, Wine, Oysters, Log
ger Beer, Cakes, and everything else emmy
buddy ever thot of eten. John Corbus, OF
your town, who left the Locotoco Secession
lists and voted for Tod and Victory, sent Tod
ten cans OF Games Germ Fed OYSTERS" which
was the best eaten THAR was THAR, except the
freetrade French Brandy brot from Simon
Cameron. Tha all sed tha was the best Oys-
ters tha ever seen. Well, after eten and drin-
ken for hour or two we begun to feal purity
good, and dident care darn whether skule
KEEP or Motive dident hardly kn0 "whether
we pc in der hall or in der street." Well, as
] was going to say: Dave Tod, that S the
Guverner, had for got all about the pin and
the little trubble in taken his seat, and we
got to given toasts. A majority of the crowd
bein oties hunters tha looked on the Guvcrner
as bcn the big chunk what all tho sparks flew
off. He was cal led on for toast and taken
up his potmetal mug Of Logger Beer, wha
holds quart, got up on his pins by two ieller
hepen him and said: ''Ladies and Gentelmun
hears to you all, and perticeler to my irenC
Jonathan q. Smith, hope you will all enjo!
yourselves. AS for me,
The Guyerner's chare long have sot
And mourned bekause | found 1t not;