The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-28
Misfellaurons.
M II Y.
A Futile Itteppt 10 Raiify the Nomination
at the Corners.
Posr OrFIs, CoNFEpRIr X ROADS,
(Wich is In ths Stait NV Kentucky),S ,
luly RI 1863

Z" tNe tOrHeFss
Posr OFFis, CoNrEpRIr Y RoADs,)
(Wich is In the Stait NV Kentucky),S
July 81. 1868.
We had last mite ratifcashen meetin at
the Corners, wich started out gloriously,
but didn't end so happily cz il mite. he'd
gone TO good deal NV trubhle about It and
he'd made all arrangements for feest NV
rem and flow NV sole exalted by few ratifi-
cashens and surpassed by none.
The blessid Deekin, AlcPelPr and lssa.
ker Gavitt, who expect respectively to hold
the posisl,ens NV Assessor, Collector, and
Whisky Inspector for this DISTRICT, come
down handsomely with tho funds, enuff To
enable me to decorate the post offs with
flags aud transparencies, and myself with
pare NV reddy made pants, wich ! mud.
ded considerable TO make um look. old SO
tha shood not suspect their funds he'd bin
appliesl in that way. Human natur is u in
scrutable MYSTERY. Tha wool objeck, did
tha know he'd clothed myself with their
mummy instid NV wastin il on taller candles
and sich, wich burn out and leevc nothing
behind.
wuz ekonomRle in my expenditoors. or
ruther but little expence wuz necessary.
Desirin to wake the enthoosiasm NV the
Denocrisy, ] procured parsel NV Conied-
rit battle flags, wicli the returned heroes
he'd brot home with them. and he'd the tai.
islnanic worls. Seymour and Blare,"
painted across them. The very effeck wuz
gouus! Ez mite approaclit he'd the trans.
parencies saved over from a celebration
wicl he'd bin held after the battle NV Chic
amauga lighted up. The enthoosiasin, ez
the populace saw these, and listened to
Captain McPelter. ez he red em to EN-,
WIZ overpowerin. How tha cheerrd cz
the words flashed out into the mite, South.
ern Rites, Southern Men and Southern
Govcrnment?" "Death TO Northern Hire.
lins !" "Down with the gorilla Linkin :"
"Jef Davis and the Confedracy forever :"
mo quarter to Fetiral invadcrs!" And
when Boregard's black flag, onto wich
"Seymour aud Blare' WIZ painted in red
letters. wuZ uniurled, iher arose sich cheers
for the nominees NV the Moo York Conven.
shen es he'd never heerd before, nor eI.
pect to agin.
At this time. jist ex evrythin wuz gittin
red.hot, the trubble commenst. Penny
hacker. wich runs our biggest and best dis.
tillcry, jumpt onto the platform, at my sug-
gestion, and proposed three cheers for Sey.
mour and Greenbax, and three grOans for
the bloated bondholder. The crowd, with
iroo Democratic docility, wuz agoin to
cheer, when Bascom, who hez some five.
20s. ris and swore that he'd be damned ei
that should be. "Guvner Seymore Is in
favor Of payin the Nashnel Indebtedness,
principal and interest, in gold. Read his
speech at the Cooper lustoot."
"Is be? is he:" shouted Pcnnybacker,
sprincing onto the platform, sis he! Real
the platform wich he accepts!"
"Dont Belmont and the eastern bankers
support him p yelled Bascom.
"Don't vallandygum. Pendleton, Brick
Poneroy, and dirty shirt Dean support
him ~ yelled Pennybaeker.
"Yoor doctrin, sed Bascom, cxcitedly,
.'is swindle--a peese NV theevin wich q
Arub wood be ashamed NV, and Seymoro
sed So"
"Yoor propcsishon Is q Outrage onto a
opprcst people, grindin Nv um into
the bloated aristocrats and pampered
sons NV luxury, aud the platform Scy-
moro stands onto says So" shouted Penny.
backer.
aYoor swindler," exciicdly yelled Bas.
com. whercopon they clinchcd and rolled
orf the platform titely huggin, and maxim
extraordinary physikle efforts At 0inioorin
each other. .-,-.,......
To direct the attenshun NV the populacc
from this untowari circumstance, ] 70.
kested lssaker to sing out three cheers for
Blare ....r.....I.. ..... Z
"rhree cheers for Blare!" sung out II.
saker, .the Missouri STATESMAN who will rid
us Nv iFreedmcn's Burrows aud military
rool ~ a ..n .saf o' D.. iarr' srf rfsu.sJ
E "rhree groans for Blair!" yelled Punt,
"a Ablishnist anil Linkin hirelin, wich shot
my uncle in Missoury, aud burnt my grand
mothers house in Vixburg" ~ 0'''T
''hc amt no Ablishnist I" exclaimed Is
saker, srcad his letters" .lari-a rg..t|
"lts difficult TO ssy what he u to-day,
bot III swear to II he wuz three years
ago. but i makes no difference. I .swore
four years ago to lick any man who
hurrahed for any member Nv the BIaro
family" l'T7N .rH Ff't
And This infooria,ed wretch poupced
onto lsrakes Gaviti, aud they rolled OFF
the s,and together to Join Bascom and Pen.
,nyhacksr. who hedn'i settled their oupleas.
sntnis yit.