Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-20
BUSINESS NOTICES.


"A CHA1RrN."-A tide Of humanity Of various
heights, from that Of shillelah to the sixfOOt
wielder thereof sweeping with a roar through
street, long tOrtuOus and narrow, and bankedup on
each side by tall and Old-fashOned houses. In the
middle Of that tide, and rolling on whit, Fehele
not coach, nor car, nor boat, but combination OF
al three, draped in fancy colOred muslin, and gar
landed with flowers and greenbOughs. In the
vehicle some pipers and hddlers, land glntemln,
and among them one prominently seated, and IN
black, not skin, but cloth, and with his hat IN one
hand and handkerchief in the other returning the
sautations Of the independent electors, sO-called
That Was q riumphal procession Of q successful
candidate at a Fenian election.
y ezra more power to We Msther Rice. Shure tbs
yourself that'll give them sassenachs in Parlmint
the divil Bad look 20 en- d. ~
Didn't we bate Ould sam Dickson, the ould tory
Of the world" Now may be, well get Catholic
emancipashun." And 80 as the torrent swept on did
the Fenians who swarmed round the vehicle address
their eandidate-but Just at that moment there was
recOl in the tide, as if its head had struck an en-
bankment-and says successful candidate 70 a
Fenian close by, What's the matter, Tom 2" "Oh,
nothing Of any consequence in life, yer honor
Shure lis only some Of your voters tellin some
blgaris Of sam Dickson's TO get out of the way OF
the pIoceEsiOn.' This was Toms innocent way OV
describing a tremendous trashng with shillelahs,
which was going on at the head Of the procession,
between the Riceites and the DiXOnites.) The can
didate and the surrounding crowd were near ex-
plOding with laughter at Toms account OF the mat
ter, and fddlers, pipers and all joined in IT. But
talking Of explosions puts Us in mind OF the TACT
that Won can't explode pyroleum, that It is perfectly
stfe. not offensive in OdOr like ker0sine; gives
clear, bright light; is sold cheap and is really
valuable light producer Read advertisement OF h.
I, Anderson, corner Main and Eighth streets, who
has il for sale. II is also sold at retail by W. h.
Scott, corner Franklin and Seventeenth streets;
Hill Riley, corner Broad and Seventh, and A.
III. Robins, Second street.
A P1kE-A Fenian rebel" who fought for his
green island, A. D. 1898, when the rebellion, so
called was crushed, took the head out of his pike
and substituted therefor a rake. The old Fenian
died and beIueathed the ashen shaft to his son. and
he recently, when the hGbeas corpus was suspended
determined TO fight for his home if the Fenians
should land to help him, and so
Next day the ashen handle
He took down from where il hung,
The toothed rake full scOrnfully
Into the fire he flung;
And in its stead a shining blade
Is cleaning once again
(Oh, for a hundred thousand OF
Such weapons and such menD
Right soldierly he welded it.
And going through his drill
Attention. 'ChargeP Front pOintP 'Ad-
vance!'
Cried Rory Of the Hill"
Well, the Lord only knows what's going to come
of Fenianism; but in the meantime, oh for a hun
dred thousand offers to build up at once the bridge
which the people Of Manchester propose 10 throw
across James river so as to relieve us all OF the toll
on MayOs. Read advertisement signed c. G. Nc
Rae VIM Bradley and VIM. II. Garrett, and ad
dressed to Bridge Builders" Where are you, Sam
Strong