The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-10-29

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! letter didn's suit, and so the labor was all
| lost Hearin' the elecShun news tuck sud
dently i'll with cramp, collie, and gittin' bet
ter l tuck tramp tew the Confederate
Cross Roads" tew see my Uncle. He told
me tew jine the Tanners agin and he would
stick tew tie Dimocrats, and eff he got an
offs he would sheer with me, and eff got
an offs / must sheer with him. So when |
cum back the committee of three hundred
was waitin' fur me with one hundred IN
greenbacks. They sed that was mine eff I'd
write fur them tew the elecshun in Novem-
Der. So jinel the Tanners agin. The 1rst
man seed was MIR. M'Donald, head center
fur Ebensburg. Sez I, "J-e-o-s-e-p-h,"
speakin' as sweetly as l could. Sez |, ''J-e o.
e-p-h, how's the elecshun % He was
settin' on a split bottom chair with one elbow
on one knee and t'other elbow on tother
knee, and his hands embracn' his chin. and
as / hadn't hearn the news, sez l, ''J-e-o-
s-e-p-h, how's the elecshun 2'' SeZ he,
"Umpqh 2" Scz l, GLOW are you Distric:
Attorney ?'' Sez he. "UmPgh" " Sez |,
"It's an uphill bizness runnin' onto the Rad
| ical ticket. isn't it % Sez he, 'Unpgh!"
! That's all he would say. He reminded me
of Mr.. Evans readin' the "Raven" and say
! in "Nerer raore!" But as J-e-o-s-e-p-h was
always clever. thought I'd let him take the
!
in his glory. The next man l seed was
sick man in the cars. He was a leanin' for
ward and restin' one elbow on one knee and
| t'other elbow on tother knee, with his hands
! embracin' his ears, like the pictur of Major
ANDRE. / heerd some one say GLORY to
God," and so l tho't the man was dyin'.
l went up and saw it was Mr.. Covode Of
| Westmoreland So l shuck him up, and
seq /, MIR. Covode, "Ilow did the elecstun
go in your district % Sez he, "Umpgh ?"
! Sez l, How are you. Congressman 2" SSz
be, "GInpgh :" So | condoled onto him and
told him that as he couldn't make II speech
any way he mout let Mr.. Foster do that,
and then he could keep contestin' of the
elecshun onto spring. and then draw his pay
and milage Sez ! That would be n,y
policy" Scz he "Umpgh I" The next man
l seed was Mr. Morley. He settin'
onto a cane bottom chair, with one elbow
onto one knee and t'other on tother knee,
with his two hands embracin' his hair. Sez
|, Mr. Morley, how's the elecshun ?'' Sez
he, '.Umpghn Scz l. 'How are you. As
semb'yman ?'' Scz he. "Umpgh!" Sez 1.
How is coloniz;n' goin' on 2" Scz he,
Umpgh :" So. as he wouldn't say nothin',
| started tew hum. and as l was passin' the
Company's Store, thungk of the elecshun
returns and tuck the cramE colo. l then
went in tew the store and sot down onto a
chair, with one elbow on to one knee, and
t'other on tother and my hands cmbracin'
myself, aud the first man l seed was Mr.
Boggs. Sez he. Nasty. how's Ohio 2" Sez
l, /" Unpgh ~ Sez he, "How's Pennsylva
MIA ?'' That riled me, and sez l, DE m o.
cratic" l sed this with pain. Sez he,
''I'l: bet the listers you can't prove it's Dim
ocratic" Scz |. Done !" Well, sez he,
prove it." We'll" seq I IF General
Giunt would get two of the largest States
onto the Union and more than half the rest,
wouldn't you say that the Union went Re
publican 2" S,z he, Let me see Yes. in
course | would" Scz |, Would you bet
the listers onto it p Sez he. YES" "Well,"
sez l, that's why l bet on Pennsylvania.
The Democrats carried Philadelphia and
Berks, two of the largest districts in the
State. and a majority of the counties besides
They carried thirty-f five counties and the
Radicals only thirty one" "By golly !"
sPz he, Pm i'll for the isters." Then he
laffed till he shuck and then said, "Let'S
haze the isiers" So we both started fur
Fend's, but as there were bitches dug for
water pipes, he fell into the last ditch, -
and stuck iast. He imrlored me tew help
him out. | told him to cheer for Seymour
and ! would. So he mad tew cheer for Sey-
mour and Blair. Then | priced him out
with board. still hoierin' ''get aboard" :"
till he got out. But his clothes bein' splut-
tered, he wouldn't buy the listers. sayin' that
he had been taken an twice. The next man
seed was Mr. NJ Shane. So. thinks |. I'll
! make him say umpgh too. And sez l. NC
Shane, how dye feel over the elecShun ?'
/ Srz he. ''Nerer gre up the ship!" He then
rubbed his face with both hands and laffed !;
/ and we parted in good cheer. believin' that
/ the elecshun will be r, veTsed next time. as
/ the predestidigitatOn0t influence of the last
victory will throw as Tanners into kind of
/ Rip Van Winkle sleep, while the Dimocrats
will, for one time, become "Wide s wakes. "
! When we parted, | started tew hum tew
! trim my lamp fur Saturday mite. which is
/ this mite. We are goin' tew have ninety
mules from Milville in processhun. 1t was
/ them that swelled the Millville elecshun
ninety votes. 1t must uf been the mules,
! for they say that there was no colonized
| voters there, and Mllville Eain't the popu-
lation to vote that ticket unless the mules
vote We don't see why they shouldn't vote
as we'll as niggers and other animals uf the
Radical party. I'm sure they are assessed
The processhun was a tremenjus affair.
When we formed. one wing rested onto the
old Mansun House sign-post, the other wing
on Brady's sign-post, ard the middle onto
| the Granted Hallafax scdfold. The pro-
/ cesshua passed along all the streets and
! iquored at forty taverns and drinkin' sa-
/ looms, besides havin' Grant whiskev in the
wagons We had bone, fde bone-fire onto
the Public Square. Some of the preachers
| had their windows illuminated preparin' for
heaven and the Postofis. Lookin' along
the line of processhun, with lamps all a-fre,
it looked like the imps of Hades stirrin' up
the fire and birthstone. They looked like
apprentices at the biziness. and no doubt it
will be their trade hereafter. The mottos,
devices, banners and flags would be worthy
a special notis, but want of room precludes
any such notis> here. M'Garry had the
devil, full size onto his window, and the
! Tribune offs was blazin' with true pictur
of the "Red Sulphur Springs" with Lincoln
and Sterens in the center. and Grunt and
Hallafax crawlin' in. We're goin' to keep
up the excitement till the elecshun, because
our preacher said that we must make our
"callin' and elecshun shure." The Fifth
Lieutenant is bettin' all around. He has a
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