The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-30
The Caokle of n Goose.

Disarm, dear friends your glisicning sword
In unloose,
:, And lend patient car to the Cackle" of
Goose"
The citizens Of our city and adjoining
country no doubt were quite astounded b,
the thrilling announcement of a civi
revolution, even within the quiet prccint
OF our heretofore peaceable and flourish
ing city, The referred to Brilliant pro
q clamation is found to grace the column
+ Of our unrivalcd periodicals the Tiff
. TRIBUNE and Seneca A Aduertiser, unde
i a caption like this, "a Gandcr Party
4, Social Revolution in our midst" Abou
fly of our brave young men-some o
i, whom have nobly served il our Country
4 cause and become used to the clamor O
. war others who were sort Of peace con,
ntSSioners at home, constitute the gallant
, party that have chosen tho appropriate
, appelation Of "Ganders," and whose
watch word is "Frccdom from Crinolinc
Oppression" They boldly assert tha,
they have taken upon themselves the
+ "fcarful responsibility" of setting them.
selves "frce." Their first step is truly
commendablc, since il evinces their ready
tractability to follow the examples of the
geese. | believe in following paragraph
they acknowledge that the causes which
led to their pleasant reunion were found.
cd upon the fact that the oung Ladies'"
had been having a number Of parties cx.
elusive of the society of the gentleman.
Worthy paragons of etiquette and gal
lantry only waited to ascertain the pleas
urc Of the ladies. Hence our brothers of
the web-footed persuasion is more
then "just" that the Geese" shonld
claim the right of precede nee in their
social reform! Twill here suggest an
unhappy use OF lugunge-they affirm they
did this to "maintain their independence"
--rniher, we think to "cstublish" it upon
the grounds suggested by our example.
They describe the ufiar as grand sue.
cess. "0re was the Gang of plates, of
knife and fork.
That mercilcss fell Ike tomahawks at
work. In their minute account of the
evenings festivities, there is one cpuse
for regret, upon the part Of the ladies At
least, viz, in quotation from some paper.
they were pleased to pervert to GLOW OF
bowl" thus we fear, showing TO the less
ch ritable public their weak and vulncru.
BILE fuint form, which they may suffer
more severly than at the hands Of their
lorbearng sisters.
We think they will scarcely fad other
volunteering to drive several miles, cold
frosty nights, n case they might wish to
sleep away the effects Of the :fowing
6otol." All! no brother Ganders, oppres.
sive as has been our yoke we have for
given and forbornc, adrot)y shielding you
from tho legitimate censure Of our Gill
zens, (be it said to our discrcdiC II at
any Time, by your unbridled conduct you
have subjected yourselves to the honor
of body guard, it was no fault of ours
you W ere far from the influence Of our
''demoralized ferment' and our "Persis
tent squawlng" could avail you nothing
or prevent your necessary call next
upon the city official. The saw
ing OF Rome we consider of not half the
importance ofour responsibility. "Cackle"
why yes--if the combined and contin'
ued "cackle" of all the geese within our
c ty lines would save one beardless gandcr,
oven, we would invest largely in browns
Troches" regardless Of expense, and
'cackle" away. We are told that Thos
D. TOMB graced the head ofthe table &C.,
My own words impovcrish the subject-let
US quote. "By my hopes-(this present
enterprise set off his head.) | do not
think braver gentleman, more active,
valiant as more valiant young, more dur-
ing, or more bold is now alive to grace
this latter age with noble deeds" We
are to be favored with the volunteer toasts
IN ~ "cxtra." Thanks! Thy assure
is of picOsdn. entertainment in the way
Of "patriotic and sentimental songs"
Their rare musical t,.llen's we have heard
tested the high tone and -efined selection
then made by our worthy gSnder iu'iy
vouches to the truth of their assertion,
Following were some spicy Resolutions.
evncing goodlY knowledge of parla-
mentary rules. 10 the first we object as
unconstitutional, your inalienable right as
set forth by our loreiathers example does 5
not include "single blessedness. The :
second resolution we will approve if you y
will allow us to add one more stanza
from more, which runs like this. $
Away away, your smiles curse,
Obi hlotus from the race Of men, {
4. Kind plying heaFenl by death as worse,
Before we love those boys again"
At the concert next evening after the
party there was such fine representation
Of the Palmiped,, fear the next cold
snap will find some shaycn Gro ~ors. The
last Resolution, was one truly worthy
the adoption and sanction ofnot only the
young men but merits the hearty co-ope'
ration of our intelligent community.
Heaven grant that it may prove sue
cess ONE OF THE GEESE.
Tifin, March, a9rh, 1865.