The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-21
Gibson County Matters.

positions while making their gran
Swing around the circle" Well,
stars don't shoot this time, as pre-
dicted by astronomers, it is reasona
bic to suppose that mankind will hav
TO wait until mother earth shall agai
10 diving into the supposed acoumu
lation of meteors, like a locomotiv
into cloud of mosquitoes, at whic
time we may be permitted to see VIVA
folks saw in 1888. At least we ar
content to wait,
IL may be that A. Johnson, VIII
travelled over the United States las
summer, peddling out stars put up II
MY Policy packages, marked, war
ra3tedto contain 3 doS., has so ex-
hapsted the supply that the contem-
plated show has been postponed Tor
long time.
The case of contested election In
our County came before the County
Commissioners some time since, when
it was discovered by the Attorneys for
the contestee, that there was no stamp
upon the affidavit Of the confession
BY this means the matter was dis
missed, but an appeal has been taken
toithe Circuit Court which meets in
January. u
So you can see that our County cleo
ton will last some time, as the matter
will likely go to the Supreme Court,
and the affair will probably be settled
by the time the town expires over
which the parties contend. We, like
the balance Of mankind, have heard
of the result of the November cleo
tons, and are much gratified thereat
Onr Democratic friends wall over
the terrible storm Of fanaticism,
as they call it, which il sweeping over
the country. But they will yet find
that this storm of fanaticism is
but the '.breath of destiny that
!" sweeps slowly, solemnly, and ever
lastingly" across the great sea Of
Time, bearing all onward toward the
grand, glorious, but distant haven of
impartial Justice and Eternal Right!
They tell as that In two years they
will sweep Republicanism from the
face of the earth, but those who
know, prophecy that what little sloeep7
ing Of that kind they will do, will not
amount to much. g#9 M
At any rate, nobody is scared, as
yet, so far as we are posted in Gibson,
Our people have begun the business
of packing pork in earnest, and al
though the hog cholera has been Sc
riously at work, still it seems we will
have enough of swine fat to lubricate
the machinery of life for another year.
The..farmers have begun the work of
gathering their corn, and in this par
ticular Nature has been unusually
bountiful, and we win, no doubt, be
compensated for the loss. of our bis
cults, by a plentitude of corn
dodgers" and hasty puddings."
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
Church, in this place, gave US during
last week couple of very interesting
entcrtaihments-a fair on Thursday
evening, and music and tableaux, on
Friday evening In the latter all the
old bachelors (of the age of thirty
and upwards) appeared in the appro-
pirate "rote off, too young to marry.'
The material interests of our town
are progressing rapidly. More new
pavements have been laid down. and a
crossing or two viii soon be repaired.
This week is Court week wherein
divers disputed questions will be
finally settled. ' se aia 1i3.t'io'
There have been no bread and
butter" appointments made here since
the election, although some men have
expressed willingness to serve their
country. by attending to the duties Of
assessor, until Andrew the Great re-
tires to private life.
We have had no serious accidents,
nor murders, our people not having
acquired that high degree of civiliza-
ton which Is indicated by police re-
ports and yerdicts of coroners'
juries, and hence, the lovers
Of the marvellous WOULD not
be likely to find their proper aliment
in our county. But if anybody likes
good apples, and better cider, big fires
built on hickory back logs, and good
looking girls, who know what life is
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