The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-16
The Grant Chariot at Bangor.

rev al Tie clllXGnS pl N1dlllt HtFc licl
seen OF heard of DR.. Olrin Fitzgerald, of
Dexter. The Doctor does not contne his
minstrations to the sick to any one locali-
ty, but travels abroad and maniests him
self to all the people of the State, and
even beyond its borders. His hand bills
are scattered as the snow flakes, and his
strikingly handsome portraiture which
adorns them has thus become as familiar
as household words through the paper
proclamations which bear healing on their
wings. Printing ink has done much for
the doctor, but he does not rely solely up
on that potent mixture for success. He
understands thoroughly human nature,
and that nothing so much attracts and
fixes attention as the striking display of
fine horses. Accordingly the doctor, with
infinite pains and at great cost, has be-
come possessed of the finest team in all this
region-four coal black stations, of fault
less form, elegant action and high spirit
They are at once the apple of his eye
among his treasures, and next to iudicious
advertising the means of attracting public
attention When the doctor drives out in
his elegant barouche, handling the lines
with skill, and confident of being unap-
proachable in the elegance of his turnout
all the town is agog with excitement. ad
miration and wonder.
As the time of The Presidential Journey
to Bangor approached, it was found that
the occasion lacked one element of sue
cess. The cars were all ready. the es-
cort arranged, the rooms at the Bangor
House provided, the banquet was smok-
ing hot within the walls of Norombega,
the government officials were on their
good behavior. the Wing reporters were
prepared with new pencils and charged to
the brim with instructions to make the
most of it, and the eagle eye of loyalty
had deserted the sinister effect of the in
scription "WELCOME" over the County
Jail. Still, as we said, there was one
essential lacking. No proper and sufii-
rient carriage and horses could be found
for the Presidential riding. His excel
lency's fastidiousness in the matter of
horsetlesh was known, and it was conced-
ed that the fountain Of grief at the loss of
his sore-tailed colt must not be opened
afresh by the trotting ont of any defective
animals. In Il moment of inspiration,
the turnout of the doctor was thought of,
and 4 messenger was straightway des-
patched. The oily tongue Of the envoy
speedily fabricated the bearings of the
doctors consent He discoursed of the
honor conferred, suggested the credit that
would be reflected from the Presidential
occupancy, and insinuated delicately, very
delicately, that honors might be in store
for the complaisant lender, and that the
Wing should compliment him in its hap
piest vein.
The doctor was taken by storm. He
gave his assent. Speedily was polish APP
piled to the gold mounted harnesses, and
grooming to the steeds, till their coats
were like the sheen of silk. And when
the suspicious day came, the turnout in
all its glory waited at the depot the mag
isterial coming. The thunder of the can
non at last told the arrival, the train halt
ed, and between the lines of military the
man of smoke approached the carriage
With final look to see that all was right.
the doctor stepped out Esculapius evac-
uated and Mars occupied. All the time
of the Presidential stay did the high Off
cial ride in state, and the owner of all the
elegance, on foot and undstlnguised,
mingle with the common herd IT some
thought crept in Of the professional gain
that might have resulted from the display
of the rightful owner behind the proud
steeds, some irrepressiblc reflection that
he had suffered himself to be over per-
suaded-they were all dismissed in the
assured belief that he should have Justice
III the end.
Well, the pageant came and went.
The torch light procession swept by.
The bayonets of the escort cleaned in
the light. The President made his speech
with few words and fewer ideas. He ate
his dinner, bowed to the matrons, and
took lingering kisses of the gushing girls,
with that ''unniistakable fire in his eye,"
which the editor of the Portland Ad7er-
tiser saw and chronicled. The Wing
sent out its morning issue, but no &C
acknowledgements to the doctor. Then
came Vanceboro, and the banquet in the
guarded tent. There were more speech
es, and tine woman who reached the Pres
ident by striding along the festive board,
slipping on butter plate, and sitting
down on pyramid OF ice-cream. All
these were duly flashed over the country
by telegraph, and set forth in the col
umns of the Whig-but still no justice to
the DOCTOR And ever since. even unto
this day, has that contumacious committee
and the wicked Wing refused to notice
him whose liberality lent to the occasion
one Of its chiefest attractions. To crown
all these wrongs the Progressive Age OF
this city, as if to add the last feather to
the burden of this great contumely and
neglect, represents the President as
"seated in a splendid barouche drawn by four |
handsome black horses. 1t was the Presidents |
equipage, and had been brought from Washing
ton. The barouche was a gift to the President |
and ia said tn have cost 32O0O0. The ton of |
the barosche was thrown back and the multi |
tude were enabled to get full view of the Pres
idcnt.
We suspect that our laundering neigh
Dor has accidentally hit the mark in the