The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-22
The Champion Fat Boy" and
the Governorship.

Ottumwa was born to greatness /!
She long since distanced all her RI
walls, numerically and commercially !;
she long ago became renowned as
tho embryo railroad centre of the
State; and she has long been noted,
far and near, as the entrepot of the
fairest portion of the greatest of the
younger States. Her fame went
abroad a score of years ago, and she
has ever shown with undimmed us-
ire as the brightest star in the gal
axy OF Iowa towns. But, great as
her notorlety has become,-great us
her fame and reputation have grown
to be,-laden down as she is with
honors,-the greatest of all glories -
q glory and an honor which will give
her immortality-is just about to be
thrust upon her.
Ottumwa threatens to give birth
to live Governor!
Stand still ye planetsl Is not this
glorious sack? It is not the labor Of
the mountain that gave forth the
mouse. It is the labor of State;
and is bound to yield GOVERNOR
though we fear he may be stiIl-born.
Hold up your head, Ottumwal Fling
railroads to the dogs!-they cannot
miss you now. An illustrious Gov
ernor! full of dignity, of statclinoss,
OF solemnity, Of grandeur, of majcs-
ty, of sublimity, and-shall we say
it-of CUTS. Oh! this is too much.
Take away the surfeit of glory-car.
ryit out on a chipl
Barnum had a Fat Man and q Fat
Woman, a Woolly Horse and a Mer.
maid, Joice Heth and What is 1t ?
but, thank Heaven he did not
get his clutches on our "Fat Boy."-
He is lett with us in all his pride, an d
pomp, and circumstance, and rotur-
dity of stomach-to be q Governor
What fortune is oursl The tickle
Goddess has come with both hands
full ,--very full, indeed. What a iolly
thing it will be to have a Governor!
Ottumwa will lord it in official halls,
What! build State House at Des
Aoines? MOI never while our "Fat
Boy" yields the sceptre of power
Well have the State house here. It's
. pretty how-d'ye-do, if Otturlwa,
the mother Of . Governor Gov.
ernor as Is q Governor-can't have
the State house if she wants it. OIL
course she can. Who has tho hardi.
hood and temerity to deny her.
Fall upon them Fat Boyl and crush
'em into the earth. Indiana NAV
raise her mammoth hog, and Illinois
her mammoth bovine; but whore can
you show US another mammoth Gov
ernor? Take away your beet and
pork, and turn about and feast vour
eyes upon our Mammoth GOVERNOR
Joking aside, we congratulate the
democracy upon the happy choice of
. standard.bearer He will run bet
ter and farthcr-bchind the ticket
than any other member of the happy
family of Democrats, in the State. -
Our Republican stumpers have such
IN excellent campaign document
ready at hand--thc Constitutional
debates of '57--that they can beat
the nominee before the people of this
State with tho imperishable words q
wisdom CD that have fallen from his
own lips. They can sec how Mr..
George Gillaspy, from his place in
tho Constitutional Convention, hurl.
ed his anathemas at those who were |
willing to allow certain rights to the |
black race; they can soc how he |
fought with the ferocity of wild
beast against the proposition to ad.
NIT the testimony Of negroes in the |
courts Of this State; thoy can sae
the narrow-mindedness pervading all |
that he said, everything to which
DIS lips gave utterance, with refer
enee TO the reforms which the fair