The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-09-20
THE Box POvV-yyOW.
The Affair a Grand FizzIe,
General t. III. harris on the War Path
PORK rARsswoEru A "puEvEr BOY IN BLUE"
THE SCIENCE OF BOOK PEDDLING

i liz CSlENGTI VI nOOh EDbilNS
We have received from an old and
valued army friend Of ours the following
report of the Soldiers Convention held
at Buckllannon on the 10th aud 18th Of
the present month. Although our cor
respondent has the misfortune 20 live in
Massachusetts,, he is good Democrat
consequently an honest man, and was a
brave soldier. 1t will be observed, how
ever, that there must be many men in the
world Of whom our correspondent thinks
much more than he does Of MIR, harris:
BuckuANXoN, w. Va,
September "A, 1863.
DEAR WurADAM The rule Of The cat,
who, when she caught the mouse, said
NOW to business" is the motto Of your
cOrres-p; SO you will kindly excuse the
customary flourish of trumpets, and be
content with the ""plain,. unyarnished
tale" which, ifthou wilt but list, l will
pour into thine ever gentle ears.
Pcradventure thou hast heard that
Buckwheut was inflicted with Cunyen-
tion-of soldier" -the gallant quondam
"boys in blue" As thou hadst previous
ly announced in thine excellent Demo
Graf, the 10th and lllh Of September
were Tie days. Il would remark by way
ofparenthcsis that have always used the
Quaker "thce," thou" and ''tliiue" since
Grant said SO much in SO little or so little
in SO mucll-"Let US have pcuce." Thy
servant ycaIneth for peas"
Well, some little preparation had been
made for the reception Of the "boys," and
d large crowd was expected. On the first
day probably one hundred and fifty
strungers--iucluding women and children
were in town. At2 o'clock the thrill
fife ard rafting drum walked the echoes
Of our beautiful village-and also about
twenty-five sleepy ex-soldiers, who imme-
diatcly proceeded to rally round the
flag" and, in inc Of fight" with one
"Coloucr' Darnell leading the van.
marched to the Court House, where the
Colonel Grated to them ut some length,
and the thing busted 10 await the expect
cd reinforccmepts.
On tho morning Of the 11th, there
might have been seen solitary horse
man here and there vending his way to
l,cadquarters-Qhc headquarters were a
barrel of ale)-and soon after the mar
tial'' music vas once more drawn upon for
ah awakening ai:. A few more pcclle-
very few-wcrc present than on tue day
previous For Why? Because Pork
.Farnsworth, sho by some means was at
one Iimc "Nlujor' ofmi'itia, bad issued a
mani esto for his militiamcn to rally
round the flag," too. They rallied. And
the nerves Of thy peacefully inclined
friend we're shocked to an alarming ex-
tcnt. After disporting themselves in u
manuer which seemed to afford thcm much
qualification, by marching four in a row.
sideways, like hogs going to war, they
halted and were about to be dismissed.
when courier OH ioaming steed hund-
cd the Qunrtermastcr despatch, stating
that tile Corporate authorities had placed
the Court House at their disposal, and
that General t. n. harris, tue msn who
showed his bravery by. burning lluttons-
vile and hanging Mrs. surratt AMI who
proved bis loilty by asserting that mig.
ger is as good as an lrisliuan aud nd
better" waited to address them. They
went. lie (,urris) made much noise
with bis moulli-lis principal Object seems
ing to be to impress upon the minds Of
his hearers that they should never vote
for man running on Nh independent
ticket-Lut that their ballots, like their
bullets, must 60 in the direction indicated
by their commander. .chief-in short,
that although citizens, they were still ma
chimes, and must still obey the nod of their
"bet;ers." The applause, after his ora
ton, was not deafening.
Pork Enrnswortli-(ain't he a healthy
Old "boy in blue ?'')-being present, was
called upon, and thrilled the audience
with narrative Of how be escaped from
."tllcm there rebels" Had he told Of his
wonderful escapes from the pcnitcntiary
lis story would have been much more in.
terestiug. After Pork had "spOke bis
piece" a small boy gruuted; and lie
Pork seated himself gracefully on two
chairs.
After this, the "Rcv. Mr.. Morgan
who recently inflicted your town. made "a
few ren,arks' on railroads, Massachusetts