The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-05
SENSATION OVER AT CADIz, OHIO
How an Elegant Dressing Gown Was
Voted to a COIOred Individual over
tthe Most Popular Minister"

voted 10 a COlOFeu 1nuIEluuhA over
"the Most Popular Minister"
C1eliz Correspondence of the ZaneSvHIc Co Mier
But the "great joke" Of the season
here, is "Meloy's Gown" Now, don't
mean "Pat Meloy," whose prolific
mother had fourteen children, that she
esteemed less valuable than pigs, "be-
cause they couldn't pay the rint." But
the Rev. VIM. MelOy, the able and
popular young minister OF the United
Presbyterian church. whose BAD luck IS
Just now the all absorbing topic OF gos-
sip in this community, and happened
thus: The ladies of his congregation
desirOus of manifesting their good feel
ings toward their minister, took it into
their heads to present him dressing
gown, and thereupOn purchased some
OF the finest and most desirable goods
they could find in the place,
and old and young, big and little,
set to work with Il will, determined to
make the handsomest dressing gown
that was ever worn. To make sure OF
complete fit, they even measured
"Meloy," of course without letting him
know what they were up to, and then
they sewed and stitched, and stitched
and seWed, early and late, until their
bright ewes waxed dim, and their pret-
ty fingers grew sore, and all the mem~
bers OF the Mite Society, and the Sew
ing Circle declared they had never seen
full, it was graceful and neat, with IL
beautiful collar that curved SO nicely
around the neck, and splendid SklrL
that like unto "Aaron's beard 1t down.
ward went his garment skirts unto"
And then the sewing, done with the
finest of thread, was perfection ltseit III
the way of stitching, of which there
was no end up the sides. down the
skirts, on the cuffs, across the bosom,
over the back, across the tail, In fact all
over it fair hands had wrought ME.
loy, "in fine delicate stitches that wound
in and out and around, until no one
could distinguish where the figures be-
gan or ended.
About this time the Mite concluded
to hold a Eair for the benefit of the
Church. at which the gown was to be
on exhibition and then presented TO Mr.
Meloy. And then some one suggested
why not make some money out of the
gown by putting it up to be voted for?
Sure enough, charge 25 cents vote, ano
allow the popular minister getting the
greatest number OF votes to carry OF
the gown. or course that would be Mr.
Meloy, and the suggestion was adopted
bv q unanimous vote of the Mite. Meloy
heard this and heartily approved of the
plan. In fact he felt rather hattered &c
think that
| AS the most popular Minister In town.
| He'd be the owner OF the most beautiful
and it's even said. that for seve raj
nights before the Fair came off, he
practiced in his study with blanket
Wrapped about him, in order that he
might be able to assume graceful and
impressive attitude, when the gown
velop his person, while he returned
his sincere thanks to the fair donors for
their unerpected gift In neat little
,upron,ptu speech prepared for the oc-
casion, But there is nothing abso-
lntely certain, as the sequel proves.
The Fair came of, the gown was on eA-
hibition, and was the centre OF attrac-
tinn, Jackets sold rapidly, and when
the noiI was counted at close of the first
evening, it stood: Meloy, 20; Grimes,
TOS P.) So; Pittenger, IN. E.,) 81;
Sewman, (colored,) 2. This was fine.
All were pleased, delighted, and the
colored mans votes was considered a
good joke. ..opous
we're opened, and the voting went on
I;veIv The crowd were impatient tC
Enow the result which was announced
of half-past 10 O'Clock as follows: Me-
low. los; Grimes, 5S; Pittinger, So; New
man, PIG. .-,.o,, h,,. M,
daacribed. To say that Meloy was
, mnchIv disappointed is to draw !!
mildly: that the ladies of the Mite Wht
toiied so hard over "that gown" were
, deeply mortified is nothing more thar a.,
the truth. This affair stirs society TO II.
,, profoundest depths: The Radicals lar ar
iubilant; the Fenians, indigniam1;t, im;,Iian HnH
the "nagur" should carry of ndra1I "WiaIlan
Meloy's gown" While IaIe IN me ali owing t.
Q the 18th amendment, ana put auotus
r step towards "nigger equality" asatnS
3 warned the people, and that Binsha,m. i,I,
influence has so demoraliZed the ona
kies OF Cadiz; tina. Stnh Wn1'e ,hev 1avl respect.
d PENNsYLVANIANs are buying nj
a Ian6a largely in TanHasSea