Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-09

Friday morning last, when alone and al
unconscious Of lurking danger, our very
4 Sanctum was.tumultuously invaded by q
sclf styled .'I'ress gang" and Unitet
States Revenue officer. Our first impress
ion might have been that we had not been
duly stamped aud that seizure and con
fiscation was the business in hand, and
that our enterprising neighLor of the
Democrat, who was present, was after
an item. Tie smiling :countenances OF
our visitors, however, soon dispcllcd that
Illusion. and forthwith we had the pleas
ure Of an introduction TO such peaceable
and well disposed editors as Stoil Of the
Laporte Argus and Ligonicr Banter,
Sims Major of the Laporte Herald, Starr
OF the Goshen Times, Radclff of the
Waterloo Airline, ard number oil
Others whose names and the names ol
who's papers we do not now remember.
These gentlemen were editors residing
along the line of the n. s & N. |. r. r.,
chiefly from the 10Th Indiana Congress
sional District, and were on their way tn
Warsaw to attend the Editorial Convex
ton o. the district named The entire
coterie was made up of as good looking
Htcrati as the craft anywhere can boast,
and If the readers of their papers are not
wise they must he destitute of reason.
Friend Stoll though somewhat roiund, Is
really handsome MAJ, and with color
less neIktie would pass readily for O
gentleman of the cloth. At the request
Of all concerned. we consented To repre-
sent our county, and soon al, to the mum,
of the p, F. w. & C. r. r bounI for
Kosciusko's capitol. Full fare exacted
and cheerfully pail; with an exception
the fraternity were permitted to land at
Warsaw, where they found waiting them
Gen. Williams and Hesler of the Indian
ian and Zimmerman OF tie Cnicn.
Escorted 10 The Wright House, the clean
landlord, who was not expecting the
honor of our presence, informed us that
he had nothing 10 cat, but such as he had
we were welcome TO. If what we had
was nothing, we would Ike to know
what lie gets up for square meal.
The Convention met AZ Odd Fellows
Hall, and was presided over with dignity
and great fairness by its President. Mr..
Sloll. Mr. Radcliif. the Secretary, read the
minutes of the previous convention. The
first business done was 10 enlarge the
society SD as To include all the editors of
the 10th Congressional district and those
along the line of the Pr w. s. e. II. r.
The Superintendent of the consolidated
lines of road between Chicago, Toledo.
C,eaveland & Bufalo, te ndered the
members of the association and their
ladies', excursion tickets TO Niagara Falls
and return. The tender being esteemed
legal and eminently proper one, was
unanimously accepted. and the conven>
ton expressed its thanks 10 the Superin-
tcndenl in an appropriate resolution.
September 22d was the time fiaed for
he excursion to start. II is the expecta-
ton of the convention that every member
of The convention will be accompanied
with his wife on the excursion. Other
usual business was transacted. ID. F.
Van Valkcnburg of the Plymouth Demo
srat, was appointed us a committee
whose business it viii be to make scale
of prices for certain kinds of advertising
and report same Mt next convention.
There was much humorous as well as
earnes' discussion INDUCED in. and all
were glad 10 be there and enjoy the har
meny incident to buried tomahawk.
La Porte, Oct 18th, 1869, WAS fixed as
Tie pl,ce aal time for holding the next
convention, when and where IL Is hopct,
there will be q large attendance of the
fraternity. An adjournment then took
pace.
Then the "press gang" did "gang" 10
the Offices OF the Iadidaian aud the
Union, at each of which places they
found liberty presses and everything
else in apple pie order. The Indianinn
office is splendid office, much finer than
we dared To hope. and is credit to its
able and enterprising owners. The talk
in these offices were too much 'hosse'
for us, but we suppose the regular era Fl
enjoyed IL, as we plainly heard them sober
and without emotion using such words
as pie. lie, -Qey), shooting sticks. pearl
diamond, minion, dead, he'll, ard the
like.
The next move was for the Kirtly
House where il was said a banquet was
in preparation for the association. Al
the Kirtly, full of good feelings fol
friend and foe, was hat prince OF polite
ians. Hon. w. w. Williams, NJ. G. Hon
Dodge master OF banquet ceremonies
was full likewise, and succeeded in making
everybody happy and comfortable.
Before the banquet began, Mr.. Stoll
4 houehu, ahu the REPRESENTATIVES, hoi
Plymouth, adjourned for their respective
homes.
| Warsaw has very greatly improved
since The late fire there. II is a good
place full OF wide-awake and generou
people.
TIE ADvANcE.--This journal, which