The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-24
CANTON, o. December goth 1868.

have turned into months, since last
I sent word for the Pioneer,
in this case the will was good
enough, but the flesh was weak, and
what can be written to interest the
general reader! The political world
has settled down for few weaks of
quiet and repose, after one of the
the most glorious fought, and COM
plete won victories of modern time
political victories I mean). The
greatest living General of this, or
any other age, eas been elected by
an overwhelming popular vote, and
only waits the comming of the 4th
of March to take the required oath
&c become a full fiedged President.
The great reunion ofthe gallant he
roes who led our hosts through the
late "unpleasentness," has been held
in place somewhere out West, cal
led Chicago" which in the mother
tongue means windy, and for the
truth of this l refer your readers to
the Chicago Tribune, and Chicago
Times. Population, commerce, Rail
roads, smart men, fast men, and fast
women,-there now l have done it !!
And these war worn, battle SCARED
veterans done it too, eat up and
drank down, several bottles ofspark
ling Catawba, leaving an impression
of a slight unpleasantness in the
Uranium as the DR.. would say, and
leaving the the unpleasantness on
the people of the country at large,
that some of them made as OF
themselves. Then we have the last
will and testament of the A. j.
which being interpreted, means
Arch J-s or as he is better known,
A. johnson, Tailor, Alderman, Re-
negade, Traitor, and Repudiator.
Thank goodness, there yet remains
but a few weeks more in
which his drnr ken carcass will po-
lutte the halls of the White House.
Congress is hard at work, and it
is to be hoped that onr Law Makers
will turn their attention to the great
questions which most interest the
people of this country, mean Re
construction, finances, retrenchment
in the public expenditures. The
of the public debt accord
ing to the letter Of the law,and last
though not least, Universal Suffrage
after this is attended to, it will be
time enough to talk Of buying more
''Icebergs," (Alask's), or of annex
ing Cuba, Australia, Asia, Africa,
and the rest of creation. But word
about the fourishing city of Canton.
The large shops are all in full blast,
turning out work for spring trade.
Mr.. Editor, it would do your read
ers good to see the swarms of hardy
workmen pouring out ofthese shops
Of an evening when the whistle
s ounds "our days work DONE. G.
Aultman d Co., nave lately put up a
new whistle, a regular wakener -one
that can be heard all over the city
and in the country for miles. We
have had taste of winter-regular
cold weather with light fall of
snow, but not enough to fill the air
with the music of a thousand bells.
The bellies and beaux, were on tip
toe, only to be disappointed, for the
sun came out, the snow disappeared
and their dreams Of sleigh rides,
blasted. We think tho poor hersce
laughed at this, horse laugh l
mean, (this last is borrowed). Lee
lures, concerts, nigger shows, and
oyster suppers,a are the order of the
day or night l should say, for they
are all held in the evening. Week be-
fore last Gen. Fitzpatrick, the great
cavalry leader during the war, lee
tured, under the auspices Of of the
G. A. r. Post of Canton, in Shafer's
Opera House, to very respectable
both as to size and intilli
gence, his sucject was, "Sherman's
March to the Sea- wsa handled in a
manner, and brought down
round after round Of applause, as
be advanced with his subject, depic-
ting e scenes he witnessed, and
told OF some of the ridiculous
scrapes, in which some of his bum
mers wer, caught. 1 tell you Mr.
Editor, it was refreshing to the
memory Of US old soldiers. We
trveled again the long marches, cam
ped on the ground the starry heav-
ems for our covering, and sometimes
they were not so starry, we skir-
mished, ,and fought, our battles over
The description of the taking of Look
out mountain, and Mission Ridge.
In which the writer took part)
was particularly thrilling and inter
esting. The General is a man of
medium hight, spare, with square
light sandy hair and com
plection, clear, strong voice, dis
tinct articulation, his manner Of de-
livery easy and graceful, but speaks
very rapidly. He is altogether
very popular acknowledging very
much the soldier. Should you want
a good lecturer in U.Sandusky, you
are referred to Gen. Fitzpatrick as
one.
Last Thursday evening, very in
teresting entertainment, for the ben
eft of the poor Of Canton,-(just as
though we had any poor) came off
at the Opera House, under the man.
Of the proprietor Of the
hall, but judging from the crowd
present, one would be led to think
that Canton was blessed above most
her neighbors, in the very small
OF her poor. But I am
trespassing on your space. People
are born, live, marry, and die, in
Canton, as well as other places,
(strange is it not). There is some
talk of getting up an Amature Ora
matte Club. Canton has the mate
rial for a No. l Company. The new
Court House Walls are covered for
the winter and all other outside
work has ceased. Now Mr.. Editor,
I wish you and yours, and all the
kind readers of the Pioneer. a