Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-16

euaI TIC 'DlOaleu DOnt holder" iSey
mour, and the renegade abolitionist
Blair, were the very men whom they
had prayed to have nominated. The
Band played several enlivening airs
in front of Haslanger's saloon, wait
ing for the procession to form. IN
due time the crowd increased by the
arrival efafew little boys, and then
they marched to the vicinity of the
/ Parker House. Meanwhile the anvil
The only enthusiastic Democrat in
the crowd-kept up continual fusil-
aiding. After much coaxing, Horace
Corbin, whose palatial residence is
an ornament to the town, spoke, ellie
ting no applause.
Then Mark Packard, without any
coaxing, mounted the stand and
made one ofhis characteristic speech
es- This felicitous- orator seemed
very we'll pleased and his remarks
brought down the house with thun
ders of applause (made by the anvil. J
The speakers questions evoked some
very interesting responses. Asking
the crowd-many therein being RAIDS
-'where is the money You paid in
taxes?' one replied, sInost of it in
Quivy's marsh" Packard was quite
heavy on Colfax whom he Familiarity
called Schuyler. lie stated that
when his party got into power Schuy
Ter should have mission ''across the
continent" perhaps to the Mormon's
at Utah. though he was rather poor
stick to send among SO many wo-
men. Some one in the crowd shout
ed out 'tliat's so, Schuyler isn't on
it." lie had thought ofletting But. |
Ter so to the Timbuctoo Islands, but
on reflection concluded that the is
lands were not the place for Ben,
as the spoons in that country were.
wooden. Great applause from the
anvil Another gentleman was to
be provided with q mission. Grant
had shown his ability to slaughter
his fellow men on the Potomac, and
should be sent to China to depopulate
that country. a gentleman in the
Argus eyed crowd remarked that
Grants mission would do no good,
as Packard would be his successor
and would repopulste the empire
with genuine pig-eycd, tan colored
celcstials.
The procession then formed ana
was led by the band back to the sa-
Don, and when il arrived at these
head quarters it consisted ofthe Band
With Bill Wclch and two OF three lit
lie boys.
The Denis, not at all pleased with
'atIfication number one, next day put
Up large posters announcing that on /
saturday, the day appointed for their q
county convention, they would again 9
atty. They gave out that there
would bea grand display of fire
works, good speaking, etc.
Saturday came, usuaii, tic ii,cliss.
lay in the week in town, but this time
seemed to be the dullest day OF tic I
ear, Sunday excepted. Word had
rot abroad that the Blair, who in SO
lad made speech here for Colfax, !
Fas their candidate for Vice Presi- G
lent, and that Seymour, the Belmont
'ond holders tool, was their. candi- T
or President, and the ronest Demo
rats OF the county didn't want to-
atty very muchly. The Con I
We will not write about now :
8 it is mentioned elsewhere, met, q
n the Afternoon at the court house, n
llould have added to the NUM-
er of ratificrs considerably.sI About :,
ark the grand pyrotechnic display L
egan and was lept up, at intervals, /
or full twenty minutes. Scores of Z
he townfolk, men, women and chill $
ren, Republicans and Democrats, :
anne out to sec the grand sight
hey came, they saw, and after see n
ng few rockets, roman candles a
quibs and wheels go offsalT costing /
wenty or twenbaone dollars, went "a
ONE Disguised. 4 ''-''''.'''' =. ''
Near the Parker House two sec j
ions Of artillery, that had there been Z
'arked for some time, in thunder e
ones announced that oratory was in y
rafting. Or The Band marched by the
ght of the bonfire and were soon 4
iscoursing the Knocking Bird and :
ther sweet music from the balco- ]
y Of the hotel. After the, music
Corbin.'. CoRBlS.! CORBIN!.r,i c
'as tie cry raised by moro than a n
core ofvoices;' but Corbin, wise as
serpent and harmless as a dove.
hough solemnly called, came not but y
made default. A tedious land taste q
ssss) interval many minutes en- p
ued, then the Band played several e
nore Mocking Birds and other tunes,
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