The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-03

linesl We hev carried the State Nv
coarsen
IRor y shouted the entire ssemblage!
Three CHEERS = sed /, 'for Maine
The tidle wayeuv Democrisy hez COM
mensed moVin. Maine has suecumbed
| Jet the other States do ez we'll and
Seymore is elected. Three cheers for
MaineY
They gave EN- with will, and then
demanded the partikelers.
Il wilIreed,' sedI. Listen -
we hev the pleasure nv announoln
to our reeders the most glorious victory
ever achieved by the Democrisy NV any
State.' Fo-
'RorH sung they out altogether.
Maine hez spoken. The Ahlishnists
who expected to carry the State by
%, 600 mSjority at leest, and who he'd
based their hopes thereupon, hev bin
'Rorp
'Disapinted. After hard.fouRht bat
tie in witch money wuz yoosed without
stint, they hev--'l "a
'Rort' 60
CARRIED THE STATE BY ONLY q, OOOY
The vast auience by this time gather
ed, didn't cheer at this. On the con-
trary, there wuz a most ominous silence
pervadin nv EN-, wich acknollege af-
fecIed me.
rs this RELY aud trooly victory p
askt the Deekfn in husky whisper.
so the paper sez,' returned 1,
How much did they carry the State
by, last fall p askt he, Dustin into teers.
Eleven thousand and some odd hum
dreds,' replied I, wipin my eyes in a
vane attempt to restrane the teers witch
started unbidden.
tEf we keep on gainin at the same
rate in Ohio, lnjeapy and Pennsylvapy
will 1t certainly elect Seymore p askt
the blessed old lamb. "a
so the World seq = seCl /.
Then let's tollify,' said he, and pro.
ceeded to do 1t.
a procession was formed, and more
glorious ono 1t hez never been my lot
to ornament. 1t wuz organized in tho
following order: Itl.E
/. The Deekin and me with handker-
ohers at our eyes, Weepin perfoosely.
2. Military band, consistin ny one
bass drum playin the Ded march in
Saul, the performer okkepyin one hand
| With his handkerchief, and the other u
holdin up the drum in conscience of
the strap bein in yoose ez circingle on
Baseom's mule.
8. Bascom with handkerchief at his
eyes engaged in calkelatin eff KEEP on
payin my likker bill at his bar at the
same rate the Democracy he'd won vic
trys in Maine, how long ke Good stand
II eff my stumick held out.
4. Elder PennibAcker and Isaacker
GaviIt both with handkerchers.
5. Capt. McPelter and Elder Punt,
with hRndkerchers, 5f
8. The populis generally, with hand
kerchers. Etli-J ~ - = b ri4
I. Joe Bigler and Pollock, the Iiltnoy
storekeeper. arm In ARM without hand
kercherB, and Wearin a most disgustin
expression nv leyity on Their counten-
Rnces. $50
8. a dozen or more niggers, all with
handkerchers--in Their pockets-and
shown Their worries furiousIy.
This cheerful procession reached the
church, witch it entered, all the mem
bers thereof holdin Their heads down
jubilantlY, ceptin Pollock, Bigler and
the niggers. We marched slowly up
the aisles. I takin the cheer without the
formality Nv vote.
After settin decorously for perhaps
three minits, each with his head bowed
in high glee onto the seat afore him Dee
kin Pogram arose, and wiping his eyes,
remarked that the occasion wuZ one nv
great exilerashun; we he'd heard from
Maine, (pensive cheers from the au-
jence,) and we he'd gathered together to
that we JOLLY, and set down overcome
with his feelins.
Another interval NV three minits
elapsed, witch WIZ spent by the populis
in the most eXhileratin meditation
with their heads bowed. Elder Penni-
hacker then arose, and putin his damp
Handkerchief in his pocket blithely askt
ef il woodent be we'll to read the vote
by counties.
Isakker Gavitt, spreadin his banker
cher on the back NV the seat afore him
to dry, and usin his coat tales in It's
place, vivaofously observed that it
wood highten the interest NV the occa-
sion ef the sed vote WIZ compared with
the vote NV the precedin years, and he
sat down jubilantly, his eyes sutfused
with tears.
Bascom, with an animashen born nv
high hopes, Temarkt that the result
would doubtless 'hev an effeck upon
aujenCe, ez wun man, sprtghtfnlly e1-
claimed, "God forbid"
After settin in cheerful, buyant ST.
lence for perhaps ten minits, Deekin
Pogram moved that ez we he'd jollihed
long enuf, perhaps 1t would be well to
adjourn, at which the aujence moved
with Clecorous sIowness out NV the
church, and each went to his own home
peacefully and without any NV that
levity and noisiness witch hez marked
other occasions nv the kind. Bascom
remembered at little past ten, eZ
him, Pogram, and me sot In his bar,
that we he'd forgotten in our excitement
to give any. cheers for Semour and
Blare, but 1t was toolate to get EN- to-
Rether agin, and so we let 1t go.
1 notist, however, ez / passed Pol
docks store that party gathered there
felt well. Bigler, Pollock, the free mig
gers Nv the Corners, and parcel nv
Northern men who hev settled on the
Run west NV town, he'd gathered to-
gether, and Their cheers for Grant and
ther hip, hip, hurrah's for Maine, grated
harshly on my feelins. Kin 1t be that
Seymore is to be beaten after ALL Kin
it be that in my old age shell be turned
out Nv my haven NV rest, that Pollock
will hev my place, and that the place
witch knows me now will shortly know
me no more forever2 ta
Convulsfyely kissin the stamp and
with a lovin look at the mail bags, L
sunk sobbiu onto my couch. Thus
ended this most auspishus day.
PETROLEUM v. Massey, p. NJ,
(wichi Is Postmaster.)
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