Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-22
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Whs imiHeHte. Hey cnecTu q every Douy
and everything. They cheer'd me. 'Hur-
roo for Ward Hurroo /" n
They was all good nabors Of mine, and
answered in q pleasant voice, "All right,
boys, all right. Mavonrneen, och hone,
aroon, coosh la ma cree ~ These Irish re-
marks ben' received with CRATE applause,
/ added, "Mushler Mushlef i''
"Goodi good ~ cried Cap Spingler, who
desires the Irish vote for county clerk;
"that's fus' rate"
"You see what I'm drivin' at, dent you,
Cap2' Isaid. o@
"Certainly.n a a#
"Well,"1 answered, "pm very glad you
do, because don'tn 1f
This made the Finians larf, and they
said, f"walk up onto the speakers plat
form, SIR" 800 &i@
The speeches were red hot agin England
and her iron heel, and it was resolved to
Tree Ireland at onct. But it was much de-
Rirable before freein' her that q large
quantity of funs should be raised And,
like generous souls as they was. funs was
lib'rally contrlbooted. Then arose an ex-
citin' discussion as to which head center
they should send 'em to- O'Mahoney or
McRoberts. There was CRATE excitement
over this, but it was finally resolved to
send half to one and halt to the other,
Then Mr.. Finniean rose and said "we
hav here to- night sum citizens Of Ameri-
can birth, from whom we should be glad
to here. L would fill our harts with
,echlees joy 20 hear from man whose
name towers high IN the geological and
wax fgger world-from whose pearly
lips ="
Says /, GO slow, Finny, go Slow"
"We wish to hear" continued MIR. Fin
nigan, moderatin' his stile spm NUT, .tfrom
our townsman, Mr.. Ward"
beg'd to be declined, but it wasn't no
use. rose amidst perfeck uproar Of
applaus.
/ said we had convened there in q
meetin', as understood it, or rather in
body, as it were, in reference to Ireland.
If | know my own heart, every one of US
there, both CRATE and email, had an i'm
pulse fowin' in his boosnm, ''and conse-
quentiallyn l added. "we will stick to it
similar and in accordance Herewith, as q
shark of manhood, or the peple at large.
That's the kind of man bel"
Squire Thaxter interrupted me. The
Squire feels the wrongs OF Ireland deeply,
on account Of havin' onct courted widder
Of Irish gentleman who fingered 10 q
| Loaf hsum dunJin in Dublin, placed there
by English tavern keeper, who despotic-
ally wanted him to pay for q quantity of
chops and beer he had consum d. Besides,
the Squire wants 10 be re elected justice Of
the peace. 'Mr, Ward he said, you've
bin drinkin'. You're under the infooence
of Ticker, sir l''
Says l, esquire, not drop Of good
licker has passed my lips in Is years"
Cries of"Oh here now, that won't DON
alt is troo,' said. "Not drop of good
ticker has passed my lips in all that time.
| don't let it pass EN-. | reach for it
while it is goin' by !" says l.. esquire,
harness me some more ~
81 beg pardon" said the Squire, "for the
remark; you are sober; but what on earth
are you drivin' at2n ri -..f
"Yesn I said, "that's just it. That's
what I've bin akin myself durin' the en-
tire evenln': What Is this CRATE meetin'
drivin' ata What's all the CRATE Finin
meetins drivin' at all over the country 2"
My Irish trens, you know me vel! enuff
to know that didn't come here to disturb
this meetin'. Nobody but loafer will
disturb any kind OF a meetin' And if
you'll notice it, them as are up to this sort
of thing alierR comes to bad end. There
was a Young mani viii not meRticn his
name-who disturb'd my show in GER
| tain town, two years ago, by maxim re-
marks disrespectiul of my animals, ac-
eompanied by an alloosan to the front part
of my he'd, which, as you see, it is bald
sayin' Gays this young man, "You sand
paper it too much but you've got q beau
tiful he'd Of hair in the back Of your neck,
old man" This made few ignent and
low minded persons laff, but what was the
fate of that young mani In less than q
month his aunt died and left him aim in
Oxford county, Maine The human mind
can pIcter no greater misfortin' than this.
No Iriuh frapa T am hnYn
naber and fren. | know you are brave
and warm hearted know you are hon.
est in this Finian matter.
But let us look at them Head Centers.
Let us look at them rip-roarin' orators in
New York, who've bin tearn' round far
up'ards year, swearin' Ireland shall
be free.
There's two parties o O'McMahonys and
cO'Roberts One thinks the best way is
to 90 over to Canady and establish Irish
Republic there, kindly permittin' the
Canadians to pay the expenses of that
sweet boon; and the other wants to sail
dirick tor Dublin Bay, where young McRoy
and bis fair young bride went down and
was drowning accordin' to ballad | onct
heard. But there's one pint on which
both sides that's the funs. They're
wjl!in', them chaps in New York, to re-
eeiye all the funs you'll send them. You
send puss tonight to Mahony, and
another puss to Roberts. Both will re-
ceiva 'em You bet. And with other
pusses it will be sim lar. ] was into Mr..
Del h"nicos eatin' house the other night,
ard I saw my fr"n Mr.. Terrence McFaddeD,
0 10 elekeut and enterprlsin' deputy
center. lie was sittin' at q table, eaun' q
can vas back duck. Poultry Of that kind,
as you know, is rather high just now. I
think about five dollars per poult. And a
bottle Of greeIsseal stood before him.
"How are yRn, Mr.. McFadden 2" ! said.
"Oh, Mr.. Ward | am miserable mis-
erable The wrongs we IrIshmsn suffer!
oh. Ireland will troo history OF your
suffrrings ever be written Must we be
forever ground under the iron heel of des-
potic Britton 3 but, Mr.. Ward, won't you
eat suthin 20
"Well,n | said, "if there's another can
vas. back and spare bottle of that green
seal in the house, wouldn't mind iinin'
you 10 bein' ground under By Britton's
iron heel..
Screen turtle soup first 2'' he said.
tsWeil, yea II Pm TO share the wrongs