The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-10-25

Adventurea OF tho soedy Man--Ho Trics
to Vote. z e y

From the Cincinnati Times.
About noon to-day q s,edy- looking
mau, considerably shattered by corn
juice, staggered into our sanctum and
dropping into chair, inquired:
''Times eder'r in ?'
We were in, several of us
"Willin' to publish statement from
(hic) stranger p
1t was raining out Of doors, local
items werc scarce, and We were dispos
ed to listen % the scedy man Of shattcr.
cd appearance. The following was
THE sEEDY MANS STORY.
~ side in In'nap' lis-was on Any
Johnson's 'csption c'mitte When
Any went away he left cons tuition and
thir' six bottles Of star whisky on my
hands. My hearts full of Cons tuition,
and my cys'ems full of (hic) star Wits,
Ky. I've been swinging round the cir
cle-its the knights Of the Colin Cir
cle-ever since. Woke up this morn.
in and thought l was houe. Sun'ly
'lccted that it was lection day Hav-
in gone to bed with boots and hat on,
didn't take long to dress. Took GIN
cocktail t breakfast. Started for the
polls-littlc 'wildercd by g,ncooktail-
ruu against polls fus' thing-onc was
pole ton omnibus-tother was a tele-
graph pole. Both fused to (hic)' ceive
my vote.
Saw hack with ban'r marked "Sec'n
Ward'---got in and Was taken up polls.
Thoughts my ward in nave c'y + In
aphs-called tor DEM cratic tick ct, an
(hic) d-n man that wont Saw
"Na.shnal Union on ticket-got mad
tel 'em didn't want any ::Union"
ticket-wan' Democratic tlcket-man
took me side, whispered that 't,cas
Democratic ticket-':Aashnal Union"
only trick to catch publican votes.
All right-tried to post ito leave it
with the star and (hic) thir'six cons'tu-
tions in the hands Of Judges at lection.
Asked me where | llvsd-told him I'd
lived right here in annapolis sixteen
years (with 'ception of two years in
Can'da during the war; and he vusht
to know me. Was 'lnediately rested
and led out-told me l ought to 90
back to In'apol;s at once, that l was in
Cinema i-good joke on (hic) Cine
nati-being here thought I would vote
few times anyhow.
Went to the Fourteenth Ward next.
Beeing seedy and (hic) drunk-of which
I'm proud-it's dem cra,ic-had los OF
dem cratic tickets stuffed into my vest
pocket
a vile ab'lis' mist challenged my vote
asked me who l was-told him I was
tumble (hic) 'viaual who settled that
ward-(hao to lay it on thick)
Vote was refuscd-got on box and
made speech-tol' 'cm I'd been drunk
with ev'ry officer from Alderman to
(hic) President-everyth' ne I saw was
swing round the circle-policeman told
me to hus!: up and move on. Asked
him if he'd got small bottle of Cons
tuition bittcrs to leave in my hands
l showed fsht-p'liceman vetoed ME
over the head with a club saw thir-
ty-six stars on his coat--knew he'd
seen Any johnson som or, and was
zall right.
Went to Sixth Ward rcxi; no sue
Cess there. Policeman said he would
take me to right polls; took me to
Ninth street Station House; Ct out on
plea that was political pro- hic)ces-
sion; finally went to Fourth Ward
Fourth Ward all right; took nv vote
,thout word goo fellers In Fourth
: Ward want to turn thanks to cizzens
Fourth Ward toc cour'c) to stranger
from annapolis top me to come and
vote gain afr (hic) dinner; guess III
60 f l can find it. 'Rah f Johnson v'
Exit seedy stranger, with the thirty
six bottles of star whisky in his system
and the constitution greatly Impaired
although the best that be has left in his
hands.