The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-17


nodore's stable.
The CONAN Council.
The Fellows of the Curb Stone
Society, and the FELLOWS of the
Club.
The THIEVES of the Stock Ex-
change, and the HONEST MEN OF
the GOULD Room.
Erie r. II. Printing Office. j. FISK,
Jr., Manager.
The scene on the discovery of this
announcements surpasses
Members hustled against |
each other in the widest confusion |
Each man acted as though he |
wanted to scalp his grandmother. and
the uproar was such that the Presi-
dent was compelled to adjourn the
Board for half an hour.
THE YELLED STATUE.
By half-past II the room was pack
ed like an ancho7y key. Over fifteen
hundred persons were present. They
mounted the desks and ratings, and
shouted and stamped like peanut boys
in the old Chatham Theatre. A mem
Der of the Stock Exchange stood on
either side Of the Presidents desk
with extended arms, and between
them dropped an immense carriage
blanket. The crowd surged to the
front of the blanket like mob upon
a bayonet square.
Whats behind the blanket"
shouted an old gentleman with PIN
pied face and a gold headed cane.
Here the blanket dropped, and the
old gentleman caught partial view of
the face behind it. He glared wildly
at the surging crowd In his rear, and
then asked what Moses H. Grinnell
had done that he should be treated in
that way.
"That amt the Collector" said
bystander, laughing; you old fool,
that's the statutel'
THE OPENING OF THE CEREMONIES.
At quarter of one Mr.. E. FL. Van
SchaicF called the eager multitude to
order. de announced that the stat
ute was in position, and invited the
committee for taking off the rag to
mount the platform. Messrs. Alex
ander Taylor. William Ward, Henry
L. Godet, r. Y. Joslyn, and Charles
Ii. Kimball here sprang upon the
platform, attired in doeskin breeehes,
claw hammer coat, snowy neck-ties,
and white kid gloves. They looked
like groomsmen of an imperial wed-
ding party. A prolonged shout greet
ed their appearance, and MIR. Van
Shaick had the utmost difficulty In
preserving order.
GentIemen!" he cried, striking the
desk with his hammer, 81 If you are gen.
flemen, which doubt, the soiemnity of
| tins occasion demands"
What the solemnity of the occasion
demanded could not be understood,
as at this moment a gentleman press
ed his way through the crowd with a
bouquet for the statute. This floral
offering proved to be an immense cab
bage, cut in the shape of huge
prairie queen rose. The Chairman
received it with becoming dignity,
and then loudly raped for order.
The steam pipes threw out fierce
heat, and the sweltering crowd began
to pant for air.
VAN sCHAICK'S SPEECH.
Order being partially restored, Mr..
| Van Schaick wiped his rudy face with
his handkerchief, stroked his NOUS
tache and side whiskers, and address
ed the assemblage as follows, as nearly
as he could be understood:
FELLOW CITIZENS: The eventual hour
| which your impatient souls have antici-
/ pated has ct length arrived. Beneath
these massive pillars no more imposing
| ceremony than the one now contemplated
/ has ever been conceived, certainly none
| more Imposing will ever be contaminated.
The eyes of past generations are upon us.
| Historians IN the future shall write out
the proud record of him who in bronze
| shall to-day be peIpetuated. Loud cheers.
/ 1t had better not be written now. Distances
| win lend enchantment to the view. The
| the occasion. The skies brighten as we
meet to honor the greatest
AN INJECTION.
Mr.. Van Schaick's remarks were
here interrupted by the appearance
| of bullet-headed gentleman with a
| pug nose, blcar- eyed and unkempt
who carried a jimmy under his arm,
| and hourished a revolver, threatening
to shoot everybody in the room. He
was recognized as one of the Sheriff s
favorite deputies. After threatening
to murder the Chairman, he shook a
legal document at him. and served
upon him the following Injunction:
supreme Court OF the County Of Ensperors
--John Doe VS. the New York Stock Ex-
by the affidavit Of John zoe. that Won on are
ABOUT 10 undress statute of Mr. Wander
beit, any no t t such proceeding is in vio-
and calculated to shock ms tne SttiaCe,
modesty and James Fisk, Jr., now + there
lore, In the name OF the great people Of the
State OF New York, eDjoin and reStrs NJ =
you, and each:and every of you, from I'M
dressing said statute until the further or
derS of this Court. "a
BY order of
STRIPED JASPER GILBERTO.
JOHN j. BLACK, Clerk.
The serving of this paper fell unon
the assembled multitude like a thRn.
derbolt. One of the Hebrew mem.
bers of the Board didn't annear n
understand the matter, and made the
following inquiry:
coOdent seen what dis drouble
is all apout; coodent you seen it?"
"Oh, it's nothin' but one o. Judoo
GiIberto's injunctions.
Wat? An injection? Mine Gottl
Vot for do dey geef Mr.. Van Shack
an injection?"
A LITTLE MORE TALK.
Here the bystanders burst into q
loud laugh, and Mr.. Van Shack pro.
ceeded as follows:
Gentlemen, we must pause q moment
an Injunction has been served upon us
Shall we, in direct violation of the law
| proceed? ICrieS OF . Yes, yes" by over
fifteen hundred vOters.l Then proceed We
VIII, Tor recognize you as my friends who
VIII protect me at all hazards ] have re-
ceived several letters from distinguished
personages who were unable to be present
| which VIII now be read by the Secretary
THE LETTERS.
The following letters were ther
read:
On THE STREET, Nov. 9, 1869.
TO The Members Of The Ne10 York Stock Er
change.
GENTLEsIEN: regret my inability to b,
with you on the suspicious occasion of thu
| nj Van Der RaIf1S Ct afr
NV heavy losses in New York Cent? q
| have unneVrved me. I have been eating
pie, and have been seriously thinking o
| hans the Gold board.