Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-20

A Futile Attempt to Ratify tho
Nominations at the Corners.
POsT OFFS, CONFEDRlT X RoADsJ
Which is in the Stait Nv Kentucky I
.... 3D.. Julv'3t fRg9

) w y Htu ldob ulbc IdbllCdJiDl
' meeting at the Corners wich startcC
out gloriously but didn't end sc
happily ez it mite. / he'd gone to {
good deal Nv trouble about it anC
he'd made all arrangements for afcasr
Nv reason and flow NV sole ekalleC
by few ratiGcashens and surpassed
by none. ..u
The blessid Deacon, McPelter and
Issaker Gavitt, who expect respect,
lively to hold the posshens of As
, SCISSOR, Collector, and Whisky In
spector, for this District, come
! down handsomely with the funds
enuff to enable me to dekorote the
postohis with flags and Transparent
cies, and myself with pair NV
ready-made pants, wich muddied
considerable, to make EN- look old
so that they should not suspect ther
funds he'd bin applied in that way.
Human nacher is a inscrutable mys-
terry. They wood objeck did they
know I he'd clothed myself with
ther money, instead NV wastin it
on taller candles and sich, which
burn out and leave nothing behind,
| WIZ economikle in my expend-
itoors. or rather but little expense
wuz necessary. Desirin to wake the
enthoosiasm NV the Democrisy, /
procoored a passel NV CoRfedrit
battle flags, wich the returned he
roes he'd brot home with EN-, and
he'd the talismanic words, "Seymore
and Blair," painted across EN-. The
effeck wus gorgus Ez mite ap-
proacht he'd the transparencies
saved over from a celebrashen wich
he'd bin held after the battle NV
Chickamauga, lighted up, The en-
thoosiasm, ez the populace saw
these, and listened to Captin Nc
Pelter, ez he red EN- to en-, wuz
overpowerin. How they cheered
ez the words flashed out into the
mite: Southern Rites, Southern
Men, and aSouthdrn Government" !"
death to Northern IIirelins p
I"Down with the gorilla Linkin p
"Jef. Davis and the Confedracy
forever" "No quarter to Fodral
invaders p And when Borcgard's
black flag, onto wich "Seymore and
Blare' wuz painted in red letters, |
wuz uhfurled, there arose sich |
cheers for the nominees of the |
Moo York Convenshen cz I he'd
never heerd before, nor expect to
agin,
AT this time jist ez everything /
wuz gittin red-hot the trouble
commenced. Pennibacker, which
runs our biggest and best distillery,
jumped onto the platform at my
suggestion, and perposed three
cheers for Seymore and Greenbax,
and three groans for the bloated
bondholders The crowd. with
troo Dimekratic docility, wuz agoin
to cheer, when Bascom, who hez
some 5-20's, riz and swore that
he'd be id ef that shood be-
"Governor Seymore is in favor of
payin the Nashnel Indebtedness,
principle and interest, in gold
Reed his speech at the Cooper In
stitoot" tH .|."' N
"Is he? is he ?" shouted Penni-
hacker, springing onto theplatform.
is he? Read the platform wich he
accepts p 1oH I
Don't Belmont and the eastern :
bankers support him p yelled Bas- !
com. u Di"I H
"Don't Vallandygum, Pendleton, /
Brick Pomeroy and dirty shirt !
Dean support him?" yelled Penni-
lacker. q .1A3 ftiG ,
"Yoor doctrin,' ~ sed Bascom, ex- {
,itedly, sis a id swindle--a I
)eece NV theevin wich q Arab wood
De ashamed NV and Seymore sed
20 ... {
"Yoor proposishen is a outrage
'nto'a opprest people, a. grindin NV .
IN into the earth under the iron
leels nv blcated aristocrats, and !,
sons NV luxury, and the :
platform Seymore stands onto SEE
10, shouted Pennibacker. ~ .- :
"Yoor u swindler," excitedly
'elled Bascom, whereupon they !,
,linched and rolled OFF the platform I
itely huggin, and making extraor- !,
linary physikle efforts at injoorin :,
ZACH other. ilol y y
To direct the attenshun nv the u
,opulis from this untoward circum- !,
tance, | requested Issaker to sing !
'ut three cheers for Blare! !
"Thrce cheers for Blarep sung I
'ut Issaker, "the Missouri states :,
nan, who will rid us NV Freedmen's =,
Burrows and military rool!" !
''Three groans for Blare p yelled Il
'unt; ga Ablishnist and Linkin !
irelin, wich shot my unkle in Mis- \
curry, and burnt my grandmother's
ouse near Vixburg! u
HE aint no Ablishnist!" !" ex- t(
laimed Issaker; "reed his let e'
ers p lC
cts difficult to say wat he is to- al
ay, but I'll sware to it he wuz Il
lree years ago, but it makes no u
ifference. l swore four years Y
go to lick any man who hurrahed y
u any member of the Blare fam ia
Y" oil
And this infooriated wretch pounc- a
i onto lssaker, and they rolled Off ~
ne stand to join Bascom and Pen
ibacker, who hedn't settled their =.
npleasantnis yet. W
Refore it ended Deekin Pogram be
nj KnrnpI Mrpaltnr rot Ia orptiin an