The union Democrat., 1869-06-19
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SONORA. TUOLUNfNE COUNTY,. ) JJUNE i -. 1861 :

the armed heel Of oppression 'and her bird Of
| liberty isgpluck esi of his elumace and tfeatea
as a gaeses vail torsu my rights ) SAYS he
iJup'plng up and duwn Erresly; order, order.
/ call the gentleman % order, he is traasggess-
/ ing tbe ruiesof the house, saws The member
trom Cat Camp. TIE gentlen an will come
| to oFder, says the President. shakiug his hea.
al, hlm. i, the gentleman viii give way i
| can saan satisfy him that / did not intention,
ally mean TO harrow up the sen>ibilities Of his
| seua tor Isas-an lhomhle rem Ter anu not
/ unworthy one although | say ii myself. ti,,
nos Indulge in person~l diatsiiies il i sun con
scipas Of il, ; aud ii | did it was slap>us litl-
| qua and apologize and utterly djsav"w any
/ infention of Insulting the Hon Mem Der. or
/ outrageing the daceocg nr digpits al the
/ llou.e. rays he, oi kioia. / accept the gem
tieman' ) apnlogy, and fnrthnrmore state j.
/ any language escs ped ME calcuIatsd to shock
/ the delicare senstilitics suf his honorable
feelings, ard thereby give rise tn fsoreness,
that | repudiate and recall II from whence it
came, sav vs hent Shirt Tail Bend sitting down.
Mr. President. | move ,hat we proceed IL,
ballot Ia get the sense af this hnuse, tossee If
those ah>ent members shall be fitted saws
the members from Whisky Elii sectud
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[ All these inaiaver Of the motidn will say |:
I~ays the President, |. L. /, holIers all efthem
| hut one. sill opposed vii. say no: no. saws the
/. khta man. Gentleman. be motien IL carri-
ed. ana the house will proceed TO halint, savs
he putting on his ho,t. Call the roll SAYS he TO
/ the Secretary. and aftert hey counted the votes
/ he says spread the fine upon the books. and
Jest they got through all the absent mem
1 ln
Mr. President; in consideration. Sir. Of
! the absent members making their appearance
IN the hall Of this Societv tef re the transac-
tnn of any important bizznesS. I. sir. us an
humble memher of this honorable hody would
beg leave to.offer a resolution; chat in con
sideration Of their promprntss heretofore. IN
attending thereguar meetings Of this society
that the fine he aba'ed one-baiF and the Pre-
sident be requested 10 administer s.athng
| rebuke, says the member frum hawhde
The motion was seconded and carried. and
the President rising ard Iooking nifty digni-
fed and severe. and drawing down the cor
| hers of his mouth. says: this is the first time
in the history OF this Society. that any mem
Eshtr or mem oers has been publlcally rehuked
for trans crossing and iniri, glng on lis rules.
but the evil ot late has grown t. such an
Esalarmlng extent that ii il is not checked. by
the strong arm Of authority it viii result in
the complete overthrow. of one Of the most
! learned and scientific bodies in the known
world. And, gentlemen. | deeply feel the
Importance OF the present occasion, and re-
gret that the unpleasant duty devnlves upon
me as your presiding officer to publically re-
buEe you, before the mass of intelligence
that is arraycd all around you. Gentlemen,
please stand up. and then addressing himself
to them, said - 1ur hyperbohcal, desesqu'-
mated, autnropogi by your dilatorness you
have sown confusion and bred disorder with
| in the ranks. and materially damaged the
standing of one of its members but through
the inetfable grace of this society. that de-
scends like an aureaia Of prayer, it rempers
its severity with mercy, aud admoniShes you
in the future 10 be more prompt in Your at
tendance. and relieves you of disability. and
raises its hlocade by you each and seyeraIly
tpavirg into the treasury the sum Of twenty
five cents. silver or gold coin. P" Then he sot
down and each of the fellers that had teen
fined walked up and put down quarter on
the ta3le, ana then went to their seats. BIZ
mebv see the Secretary looking at one of
the quarters, and then he whispered to the
President. and he Citing up again, says.
gentlemen: - am sorry To state to YOU that
alter the society. generously abatng half Cf
the fine imposed upon its filatory children,
che Of them like snake singing tie hand
that fostered it, has had the unparalleled
meanneSs TO pay his fine with bad quarter
Awful, monStruus horrible. the very essence
OF meanness saws all the members, looking Mt
the ielers that bad been fined Mr.. Presi-
dent: l. sir. have a suspicion as strong as
Lmburger cheese, and if / was forced to tell
| 1 1T n nn hO hos Sn
baseIy defrauded our not overtiowing treasury,
SAYS the member from Soldiers Guich, look
ing at the member from Jackass Hill. If the
gentleman mas reference to me | repel it with
scarn says the member frCm Jackass, rising
and claw,ng the air with both hands. and
hurl back in his teeth, the venom that has
arisen from bis slanderous bowels, saws he
oaming and champtng bis teeth like a hog
goiug to war: and we'll know. saws he, the
cause that has con iured up this diabolicai
charge. and IT the society will indulge and
bear with me for a short time. | will clear
myself Of this base accusation. You are all
aware. says he, & wiping the SWEET from his
tace, that u short time ago | went over to
White Pine. not with the intention of reali-
zlnS any monentary benefit. bot rs an hum
bic follow er In the steps Of science. Whilst
there, says he, scratching, | investigated
THE iusectivoil that Iniests that argentiferous
region, and after procuring sufficient sup
lily, SO that | would be enabled 10 carry out
my .nyeStig gation to the fullest extent. [ left
that nhasptabe regirn tor the battery air of
Ja,t&ass iiil. where | reside, meaning in full
time to deliver affer | had acquired a COM
pete knowledge of their habits :: "a full his
tory of them oetore yonr honorable body. and
as the subject was new and rather an origi-
nal one. L Hattered myself THAI il would be
very Interesting to the society. and designed
IN my lectures to state To you. when they be-
gan 10 feed. and when they ceased. when they
walked up ami hen they slept. and in what
particular divers,,ies they differed from their
California bre,hrin; and after had very
near mastered the situation. SAYS he,
scratching in the simplicity Of my heart, |
communicated nv intention to him, whereup-
on be immediately manifested strong desire
to sleep with me. which | refused, for de-
yined that ii was his intention to hasely rob
me of "a portion of nv treasures, and 10 mas
ser the subject and lay it bef''re your honora-
ule body. before [ could and as language
fails TO eynressg the rontemnt that I have for