The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-04-08

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Patriek's Day, aud wuz gratiie,
and pleased observer NV the perces
siou III honor NV the patron SAINT uV
the Green Isle. 1t wuz a gorgeou
site, aud one wich warmed my heart
Thtr wuz men in cockt hats OF
horseback, with green sashcs ontC
EN-; thcr WE officers NV the varipu
societies in carriages with greer
ssshes onto en-; ther wuz the sturdy
sOus NV Erin on foot with green sash
Go onto ell, all walkin or rdiu. scren,
10 the knowledge NV the fact that n,
matter wat cussid mascheens mite b,
invented for diegin on railroads oi
earrylu brick aud mortar to the top,
Nv buildins, none NV them sed ma
sheenS Good ever vote. Then the en-
lhUosIasm Nv the Dimucratlc offs
holders NV Albany exceeded anythiu
| ever wtncst. The DimocratiC
members Nv the Legislacher, aud the
State and county oihshils wuz all in
eonspikuos posIshcns, the high uues
bowiu urbauely, and the low ones
cheerin vocilerously. | wuz at a
wiudvr Nv the Delavau House,-at
wich, ez | hedn't no baggage, | he'd
taken the precautiOn to pay in ad
vance for fear | mite, abseut-miuded- =
ly, leave without payin my board,
wlch | did at the suggestion NV the
geutlemanly aud ulbane clerk-wheu
l wuz rOodIy pusht aside by au i'm
petuOus gentleman. Noticiu that he
wuz small man | seized him aud
demanded wat in blazos he meaut by
pushiu me, " My dear sir?' sed he
III agony "please give me your place
do give mc yoor p ace am u
candidate for Alderman mex; spIiugr
Pityiu him, | yielded, and iu a mutt
he wuz a waviu green flag from the
wiuder aud shoutln "'Rah!" with all
the venom that wuz in him. Ez |
lookt at him aud the other expect
ants. | Good not help thiukiu wat a
happiness it must be to be an Irish.
man in Ameriky.
The next mornin ] opened the pa
per and read the account nv the ban.
quet the previous eveuin. My re.
speck for the Celtic race Increased
largely ez read. l learned from
the speeches made at that banquet
by invited Dimocratic guests who
wuz present. aud the letters from dis
Dimocrats who he'd been
invitid but who wuE not present. that
the Irish not only diskiverid Ameri
ky, but that they won the indepe nd.
isB B'f 10 ISIS, SiTdi'i cSrred on Hefth the Me1ka
war, aud finally, alone aud unaided,
put down the late oupleasantnis. One
speeker, who expects to lie Mayor Nv
Albany, cxpresst II cz his beleef that
the magnetic needle, gunpowder and
and the TELEGRAPH wuz the invenshen
NV Irishmen.
The letters written by the leadin
Democrats NV the State, to be read ut
The banquet, fetched me. Governor
Hoffman paid fttin triboot to st.
Patrick, aud remsrkt that it wuz the
first time for years that he he'd omit
ted to take some part in the celebra
,hen NV st. Putrick's Day, aud the
thought cut him to the quick
Champlain, the Attorney General NV
Moo York, remarkt that oz lrishmen
he'd borne so honorable a part in ev-
cry thing that hez tended to increase
the moral, intellectooai and physikle
strength Nv the country, his sympa
Thy twines closter and clOster around
I'm, aud that he consekontly shud-
lered at the prospeckt Nv any OBJ
,truction bein placed in the way NV
heir bein made citizins ez fast ez
possible.
The other letters from distiuguisht
Moo Workers wuz mostly Nv the same
Tenor.
Ez wuz readin this, and ihinkin
10 myself how the leadin Democrats
Nv Moo York never forget that there's
IN eleckshen ahead, | fell asleep and
in that sleep l he'd u most curious
vision.
Me thawt I wuz set ahead twenty
years. The fifteenth Amendment
he'd bin passed aud the Rigpers wuz
al voters. | wuz sittin by my win
der in the Delevau House when the
sound Nv brass moosle broke the
fearful stillnis that yoosually pre-
vades the streets NV that city. A
percessios hove in size, and to my
horror they wuz niggers. There wuz
niggers in cockt hats on horseback,
niggers in carriages with banners,
and uisgers on foot.
wat is this 2' askt 10 indig-
nashen.
"Why, its a celebration nv the
NV St. Gumbo, The patron
saint Nv Afriky?" remarkt DIM
ocratic Aldsrmsn, who stood beside
me. "Hurrah Hurrah |" shreeked
he pushin me aside and bendin his
head out NV the winder so ez tn be
seen, wavin vociierOusly black flag.
wich I learned he'd BIN adopted ez
the nashel color NV the Afrikins in
The enthusiastic Al
dernan wuz rewarded for his eggser-
tions with a grashus smile from a
pekoolerly disgustin black nigger
with a sash onto him, who wuz sect
ed in a baroosh.
"Rah Rah r. shouted the Dim =
ocrisy from all the wnders ez the
T ercession filed by. Ez they wound
their way up TO the capitol, notist
the entire buildin wuz decorated with
black flags. iu honor Nv the day, and
to my di,gust | WIZ informed that
the State officers wuz all Dimocrats.
In my dream picked up the Dem
ocratie papers the next morning
aud read an account nv the banauet