Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-02
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THE RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF THE
MAINE ELECTION IN KENTUCKY-A
MOIST JoLLIF1CATIoN AND A DAMP TIME
GENERALLY AT THE CoRHERa


MAINE ELECTION IN KENTucKy-A
MOIST JoLLTIcATroN AND A DAMP TIME
GENERALLY AT THE CORNERS
Posr oFTTs, CoNFxDRrr RoAps1
(Wioh is In the State NV KentuckyO
Sept. 20, 1863
THE glorious news reached the Corners
promptly the fourth day after Il occurred.
30 anxious wuz we to hev the earliest in.
telligence NV the overthrow NV the Ablish.
nists Nv the Pine Tree State, that Bas-
CONS mule wuz kept bridled and saddled
with lssaker Gavitts little brother Jethro
onto him, at SecessiOnville, the neerest
stashun to us, fer three days and mites.
But ez no francs stop ther onless ther is a
barl NV whiskey 10 roll OFF for Bascom Il
wuz long time afore we Good git paper.
That paper wuz finally thrown Off to him
and he rode into the Coruers wavin 1t
over his he'd In triumph. II wuz a World,
but he'd II bin Tribo0a it wood hev made
no diffrence. EZ the precious child can't
reed, all the papers is alike TO him.
opened II in feverish eagerness and my
sole dilated ez I saw the he'd lines.
How is ~ shreekt Deekin Pogram,
Elder Pennibacker and Bascom In a
breath.
"See them roosters Observeihem he'd
lines We hev carried the State Nv
coarse I"
"Rorr" shouted the entire assemblage.
"Three cheersp sed for Maine The
tidle wave NV Democrisy hez commensed
novin. Maine hez succumbed-let the
other States do ez well and Seymore is
elected. Three cheers for Mainep
They gave EN- with will, and then de-
manded the partikeers.
"I will read" sed |. Listen:"
"We hev the pleasure nv annOuncin TO
our reeders the most glorious victory ever
achieved by the Democracy NV any State"
RoT ~ sung they out altogether.
Maine heZ spoken. The Ablishnsts
who expected to carry the State by $4,000
majority at leest, and who had based their
hopes thereupon, hev bin,
"Ror !"
"Disapinted. After hard. fought bat
tie in wich money WIZ yoosed without
stint, they hev-"
"Ror |"
"CARRIED THE STATE BY ONLY $4,000"
The vast aujence by this time gathered,
didn't cheer at this. On the contrary,
there wuz smost Uminous silence per
vadin NV en-, witch aNknollege affected
me.
"Is this rcely and trooly victory p"
askt the Deekin in husky whisper.
$50 the paper sez, returned /.
"How much did they carry the State
by, last falls" askt he, Dustin into teers.
Eleven thousand and some odd hun
dreds," replied /, wipin my eyes in vane
attempt to restrane the teers wich started
unbidden.
4" If we keep on gsinin at the same rate
in Ohio, Injeanny and Pennsylvany will il
certinly elect SEYMOUR askt the blessed
old lamb.
$50 the World sez !" sed 1.
Then lets jolify," sed he, and pro.
ceeded to do 1t.
A percession was formed, and more
glorious one it hez never been my lot tC
ornament. 1t wuz organized in the fol
lowing order:
1. The Deekin and me with handker
cheefs at our eyes, weepln perfoosely.
2 Military band consistin NV one basI
drum playin the Ded march in Saul, the
performer okkepyin one hand with hi
handkerchief, and the other holdin NJ
the drum in conscience of the strap beiI
in yoose ez circingle on Bascom's mule
3. Bascom with Handkerchief at hi
eyes engaged in calkclatn eff KEEP OF
payin my likker bill at his bar at the sam,
rate the Democracy he'd won victrys il
Maine how long he Good stand it eff my
stumick held out
, 4. Elder Pennibacker and Issaker Gavit
both with handkerchers.
8. Capt McPelter and Elder Punt, will
handkerchers.
8. The populis generally, with handker
chers.
Z. Joe Bigler and Pollock, the Illino,
storekeeper, arm in arm, without handker
chers, and wearin most disgustin expires
sion NV levity on ther countenances.
8. A dozen or more niggers, all witt
handkerchers-in ther pockets--and show
in ther worries furiously.
This cheerful percession reached tn
church, wich ii entered, all the member
thereof holdin ther heads down jubilantly
ceptin Pollock u; ;Bigler and the niggers
We marched slowly up the aisles takil
the cheer without the formality NV vote
After settin decOrously for perhaps thre,
minits, each with his head bowed In higl
glee onto the sect afore him, Deekin Pc
gram arose, and wipin his eyes, remarked
, that the occasion wuz one NV great exilera
shun we he'd heard from Maine, (pensiv
, cheers from the awience,) and we he'd gath
cred togethered to jollify thereover. III
moved, therefore, that we jollify, and so
down overcome with his feelins
Another interval of three minits elapse,
wich wuz spent by the populis in the mos
eXhileratin meditation with their head
bowed. Elder Pennibacker then aros
and putin his damp hsnkercher in hi
pocket blithely askt eft woodent be wei
to read the vote by counties.
lssaker Gavitt spreadin his banker
cher on the back NV the scat afore him L
, dry, and usin his coat tales In its place
vivaciously observed that it wood hightel
, the interest NV the occasion eff the sed vot
wuz compared with the vote NV the pre-
ceedin years, and he sat down jubliantly
his eyes suffused with tears.
|, Bascom, with an animashen born u
/, high hopes, remarkt that the result WOO
= doubtless hev an effeck upon Ohio an
I Pennsylany, at wich the aujence, ez WI
i man, sprightfnlly exclaimed, ".God 4fol
. bid"
|, y After settin in cheerful, buoyant silenc
a for perhaps ten minits, Deekin Pogral
~ moved that ez we he'd iollifed long emu
;. perhaps 1t wood be we'll To adjourn,
wich the aujence moved with decorol
"A slowness out Nv the church, and eaC
= went to his own home peacefully and wit
n. out any NV that levity and noisiness wiC
to hez marked other occasions NV the kin
\, Bascom remembered at little past ten,
m him, Pogram and me sot in his bar, tn
- we he'd forgotten in our excitement
no give any cheers for Seymore and Blar
70 but 1t wuz too late to git EN- together agi
~ and so we let 1t go.
,s notist however, ez passed POLLOCK
nv store that party gathered there felt we
vs Bigler, Pollock, the free niggers NV Il
W Corners, and a parcel NV Northern M
who hev settled on the Run west NV tow
he'd gathered together, and ther cheers
W Grant and ther hip, hip, hurrah's
Maine, grated harshly on my leelins. X
II be that Seymore is to be beaten AFT
W. all Kin II be that in my old age 81
ii. be turned out NV my haven NV rest, II
oy Pollock will hev my place, and that t
ms place wich knows me now will short
Is know me no more foreverl
et Convulsiyely kissin the stamp and will
ri lovin look at the mail bags, sunk sobt
he onto my couch. Thus ended this mI