The evening Argus., 1868-07-29

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comprehensive on the subject of vagrancy.
One of these worthless, named john Curtis,
was reposing serenely on the sidewalk when
he was awakened by his nams.sake, officer
Carts, who offered to escort him to more
comfortable quarters-where he wouldn't
need an umbrella il a rain shower came up.
He put in a demurrer in the shape of a
eleuched fist, wls,A rather precipitateA mat
ters, and he was Nsted ineonhnently into
jail. This morning be was fined five dollars
and cost, in deianlt Of part Of which he was
iain to remain five days longer with his
hosptable captors. The other six seemed
| to prefer the sidewalk to Il boarding ho"Se'
for economical reasons. As tbey had mo
ney, and were evidently travellers 'ney
were made to pay costs, and had the act OF
assembly on yagrancy read to 'hem' and,
some saue advice from learned Justice
Highly. before whom they all appeared.
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SEly--A TovENENT TO EEEr 1T FROM
S,n,IIyo BAD-The radical meeting, Tues
dav uisht,for the organization Of a"Tsnners'
Clnb' was 9 very slim and select affair
We were there and arc able 10 testify. Now
read and perpend. Frst and foremost, after
the democracy had formed large process
ion Of stalwart supporters Of he right, and
preceded by brass band, had vacated the
the Market Square and marched to the ferry
boat, fife and drum were family heard and
presently approached the Square with
scarcely a corporals guard of boys following,
No blowing or pounding could draw the peo'
pie out. The town was almost emptied and
the CT derdnt tanners were becoming demora
lized. After some delay they assembled at
the court house and there commenced as sill.
ly an exhibition as could we'll be imagined,
childish and nonsensicAl in Ihe extreme
The "Captain"(?) Of the Rim rose, and with
the usual grace and sprightiness that
characterizes his oratorical attempts, an
nounced the purpose of the meeting to be
the organization of q "mutual admiration
society where they could commend each
other, the party at large, and more especial.
ly Hiram L. for handling "greasy, sinking
hides, for $40 per month The Captain
closed amid faint applause. Then followed
the election of officers.
Lord Hawley was then called upon to
state his eligibility to seat in congress,
and though that eloquent gentleman came
cooked and primed, doubtless to purvey the
staple slipslop of radicalism in set phrase,
and though he chafed like Gagged lion to
obtain an opportunity to Awe vent to the
words that were rumbling and gTumbling
within him, the worthy Captain of the Rim
gave him no chance. That meeting was
called for himself, for DR.. Plummer, and for
that shade of chesterfield, the elegant
Beardsley, to flesh their maiden wit and sun
their weakly elequence on the "mutual sd.
miration" principle, and no man who had
the opportunities to be heard on all occa,
sions, as Mr.. II. should deprive them Of this
little gala day.
The Captain then came forward and nomi
mated Mr.. Joseph Rosenfeld for president
previously stating that the uniform would be
an oilskin cape 25 cts, leather apron so cts,
cap 70 cts, torch so cts, making "demni-
ton total Of $500 which each member
must plank before he can train. He then
said that Mr.. Rosen6eld was tanner, ac.
customed to dealing in GREASY etc" and
handling them, while the truth of the matter
is that Mr.. r. is no tanner and, except in
mercantile way, has as little idea OF tanning
as the Grand Turk, and the close connection
Of the nomination Of this gentleman with
the cost of the uniform would lead one
naturally to conclude that he was working
for a contract TO furnish them in uniforms.
The only practical tanners there were Mr..
Tim. A. BabcOck, who belongs to the other
| side, and was OH hand to see the dimensions
and meaning of this opposition tan shop,
which might interfere with his trade, and
Gabe Bollmsn, who rose in his place and
said that he probably was the only practical
tanner present, except Mr.. Babcock. Gabe
remarked that "there would be the greatest
tanning within ten months that was ever
heerd on" He was placed in nomination
for vice president and defeated and thus
was the only man who had really handled
"greasy sinking hides" tangible nobogus
tanner, tabooed, and left out in the cold.
They then elected officers for the military
portion of the club and separated without
one word of the issues of the day, without
one word as to the party platform and party
principles, except some efiete references to
the crushing out of the rebellion. People
of sense will see this without our aid, and
people of sense will not be satisfied with the