The union Democrat., 1869-06-19
Josil Rici~efs ON His Travels.

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| sh Josh Rici>ets on His Travels.
| The marning after tie ball when GOT up
the sun Was hlgh in the heavens; tor TO tell
the truth felt cansiGera ale cuarser than u>-
ual, and after breakfast Cave saws There
Is going to be a meeting of The 'Futtletown
| Literary Society al : cieck and us they say
| there IS gong To te great intellectual treat
spread OUT there tu-dav. : pose we 20 up;
Will IT there Is no objection and We won't
be intrudh says / !; : O not at all. says he:
they viii be proud to have our company
Very well, says /. 50 we stroiied arouad
admlrIng tie town and It's surroundings. for
it is beautifully ixed as.raddIe OF "a gulch
! with "a road runuing in aud out ot 1t. and ii |
was to spend a week in trying to describe it
to. you couldu't ca il any better. The ia
habnants are engaged mostly in waiting for
something 70 turn up, and la keeping menag-
cries, 'ceft few who dues nothing but drink
licker and >leep. Bimehy il cot 10 be very
near the time that Cave said the Society was
going 70 meet, and as we seed some elers
going up We fliered along. When We come
IN they was walking round loose like, tor
they hsdent begin 10. do any hiz7ness. sane
4 was whisiling and others bowing to one am
other and saying, Mr.. Pre,,ident; aud lot
tnt en- was cutting 10 on the floor. Here lie
C mes says cue hooking out of the window.
1 " no? says to Cave. The President OF the
e"ciely. says he! and jest then he come in at
the door, and walking up to the end of the
room, says, pulling off his hat aud setting
down, the house Will come to order, and the
telers all sot down. Call the roll, SAYS he IN
the Secretary. Who is absent. says he, after
all that was there had answered tc Their
names. The members frem Skunk Gulch,
Coon Hollow. JacLass Hill and Soldiers GuIch
says he. looking at the book. Mr.. President
move that the Society impose the fine to the
tull extent, aud appoint the Secretary to col
lpct it, says the member from DEVILS Canyon
Mr.. President, Says the member from Shirt
tail Bend, second the motion, and would
also state that if this Society wishes to stand
As beacon OF light, for future ages she is got
To make her laws a reality and hot n nullity
/ says he, stamping on the door, and | wish it
dis lnctly and lrrevokably understood sir,
says be, beginning to foam at he mouth, that
l. as an humble member of this institution.
will never reccde from the position that
have taken; and tEen with eyes a flashing and
trembling all over he sot dawn. Mr.. PreSi-
dent, shouted a whole lot of 'em getting on
one at a time. The member from kiota Flat
says he has the floor.
Mr. President, saws he, swelling up and
looking all around and a twisting his mus
tacher [ am sorry says he. to see SO much
spite, vlndlctiveneSs and ill-wiA. displayed
here as has been by the member from Shirt
'ail Bend. Where is his bowels of compass
sion, and his milk of human kindness. saws
he; looking at him as If he was going to
eat him. These absent members may be PIN
| ing upon beds of sickness. and their imprls-
oned spirits chahng IN their carnal sepul-
chers. tor beng inca pacitated through the
heiplessness ot :heir trail sygtpms, of parta
king IN the intellectual treat of this evening
says he; swaying backwards and forwards
and hitting his fist in his other band. and
let me tell the Hon. Gentleman, that | well
know the animus that controls him upon this
eventtul occasion. says he, splitting Mt "a fv IN
| the floor. He has a personal spite saws he
to crafty against Il porti2n of those absent,
and appeal TO the house not To sustain him.
in venting his malicious intents; nv heart
thrnbs warmly in behal! of these savans saws
he; laying his hand upon his bowels, and
would like II put it To test to see if the men,
hers of th's institution are So utterly lost TO
all seEse of honor and justice. Us 10 condem
and hne them before the proper enquiries are
made. whether they are o>ent tentsonaiIy or
i1atentlonalJ, cor VISA versa saws he sitting
dowL. Que>tinn, question, hoI.ers q d zen
or more OF 'em at once order; gentlemen or
order; r"rs the President. pulling off his
boot AMI a hitting rhe table a NIFTY biz iick.
Mr.. President; Mr.. President. says the
others that wa>ent saying anything. order
the house wall come 10 order Says he JUMP
lng up and down and biting rhe table some
awful hicks with his boot. until ne knocked
hthe heel of and then giing in among them.
dry I'D says he; or Will belt vuu all over
the head with nv boot saws he; getting nifty
mad. and then they all sat down scared like.
Mr.. President ! believe hav, the right to
the toor >avsthe mem her from Shirt Tail Bend
sorter afraid like. 1an hare, proceed saws
the President, trying to lit on his baot. here.
Mr.. President saysbe; | wish to hurl back
with seorn tie insinuasions east atiue. by the
member from kiota. says he; warminsup, and
10 state TO tins hause and any une in IL. tha;
hold myself responsible for the langunge
that luse- says be, standing ar sngitv strait
and lppking scnrniul like: and hold also any
other mar oan the living earth says pc: ae-.
eauntab e tor aspersons east uphn my char
aeier IS Il man. and as citizpn nf this great
Republic aud as long as her Eagle sets
crowned upan the Palladium of Liberty. and
surveys with his yigllant eyes thesisroad fields
uof freedem3fir below hIs gaze | will make
the one who transgreSses the haands of the
social amenities of life. feel the Jim effects of
my rage saysae grinding bis teeth; and not
until her tnfnr,e = trafnulei into the dust. IC