Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-10-07

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One seemed to hold in one hand an i'm
mense open bag, on which was inscribed
"Universal Liberty without law or order,
stint or limit.n and in the other huge
club. The other seemed to he pouring
continually great multitude of miniature
articles into the bag, which formed an in
| cessant stream and seemed rs if ten thous-
and times more than sufficient to fill it.
On close inspection, on this multitude of
miniature pieces going into the bag, was
discovered engraved -"Frcc Press "The
Ballot Box,'' "Froe Procession "Freo
Celebration "Free Speech "Freo Con-
SCIENCE" "Light Taxes" Getty Trea-
sury," "County Treasury" "Township
Treasury" "Free Churches" =" "Free Pie
Mics, "Free Schools" and surprising as
it may seem, the bag was closed up and The
marble arm, that held the club began to
move and soon to beat the bag with great
violence and stranger still, th5 two angels,
their faces lit UP with fierce anger and
rage, both began TO stamp the great bag
with their feet, ill all its contents seemed
crushed TO dust, never to assume form
again.
The OK was then elevated and placed on
the alter, and before him stood large
laver or basin of pure gold to receive the
blood Of the slaughtered victim. On the
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! lighted to roast tho slain animal, and in a
circle around all, stood the lovely little
singing girl s, clad in white drapcry, and a
chapet of white roses on the head of each.
| The sad moment for the slaughter arriv-
ed, when the mild and beautiful face Of the
OK seemed transformed, and a sad, tender,
plying expression lit up the face, and
great tears wellcd up in those mournful
eyes and rolled down that face, till Grcely
came and implorcd mercy for the animal,
and said he was opposed anyhow to capi-
| tai punishment, and hungry as he was.
would give up roast beef that day and
spare the almost human OK.
jim. Fiske came forward and said, empty
as his stomach was, he would fOrcgo roast
| beef that day, and ill up with other GOd-
der, and spare the remarkable OK.
Ledger Bonner came to the altar and said,
an animal of such exquisite beauty should
not be slain, and he would eat mountain
mutton that day, and made an offer of a
large sum for the OK, to drive in the Cen
tral Park, with his two fast horses, three
abreast, the OK on the right.
But all in vain The ilustrious guests
and the immense assembly cried louder
and the noise rose Tito tumult, demand.
ing The sacrifice and roast beef.
Seeing all their otlerts in vain, Greely
fled from the scene. and was last seen on a
farm" Eiske, still lame of the wound
in the heel, fed, lmping away, till he
reached Eric Il. r., and returned 20 New
York. Bonner was seen going over the
mountains behind his fast team, making a
bee line for New u ork.
But still no one could be found to strike
the fatal blow, till, amid murmurs OF ap.
plause, Mayor Hall and the High Sheriff,
ascended the altar, arm in arm, and ap
preached the doomed animal. Mayor
Hall took his handkerchief and gently
dried the tears of the weeping OK and said
"Therc is n beautiful poetry in life and il
DEATH" and the High Sheriff, always ton
der-heartcd and merci(ui, with his great
cutlass made the fatal thrust, and the kind
ly blood fell into the golden laver. and the
noble life quietly departed. Wonderful tC
relate, tie OK still, during all the operation
even i'll the roasting process remained
standing on his feet. The cutrails were
soon taken out and an army of large buz
zards came trooping down the mountain
ana III teW minutes consumed all the en-
trails. The hide kindly Slid oil, and then
an invisible hand lighted torch, which on
first touch licked up the blood and applied
to the now prepared body of the OK, whcl
passed through the roasting process in &
few mnutes-whcrCupO the High Sheriff
began to carve and skiiliuiy cut the mea
in long Stats or slabs, some three feet lor.
and l inches in width, and laid them OF
the immense golden dishes, some six fee
long each, which were passed cut into The
great assembly, till each brother aud sister
from Mcssrs. Tweed, Scott, Father IIec
ker down, were supplied with slat o
beef three feet long, | J inches in width auJ
inch thick, then the work of eating WA,
vigorously begun. The process was some.
what novel, and was suggested, no doubt
by Il snake eating IA rabbit 80 each ouC
chcwcd and swallowed his slat of beef
slowly but surely, by degrees chewing
and swallowing and swallowing, and chew
Ing, in one continuous slat. 1t was some
what worthy of note, that in that vast as
srmbly no one uttered q word and the onl,
sound heard was strange unnatural gut
tcral, not often heard in this world. Ihi,
scene was study for the Poet, the Pain,
ter, the Natural Philosopher, and the Ne.
taphysician. The latter would try 20 read
the emotions aud the mental condition
from the human faces, with three feet o
hali-coOkcd roast beef eighteen inches
swallowed and eighteen inches or two fee
suspended from the mouth over the head
down on the breast. Indeed il was very
extraordinary scene, and might Well b,
chronlcled as one in the history of this age
that will so down 10 the future, as unsur
passed, or indeed unequallod in all the an
mails of time.
The little singing girls sang with grca
sweetness aud unaffected simplicity, ia,
iavorite old ballad, "Fill the pot chucl
full, ,~Aary, the boys are coming"
but new aud still greater wonders wer'
to come. Suddenly the startled and in
J tcusely painful attention Of all were direct
cd 10 the skeleton OF the OK still standing
on all iours on the alter Ills full lustrou
eyes opened and began 10 move ia all lhei
beauty OF such extraordinary solemnitl
aud brightness.
The hrst 10 perceive il was the lIigl
Sheriff, who still stood by the OK, cutlas
la hand and a slat OF beef half swallowed
stuplliod with amazemeut he uttered on,
deep gutleral groan his sword droppe,
from his hand his knees trcmblcd an,
snOte each other, aud his whole nam,
shook like little earthquake, az he sunl
to his knees, aud hls upllllei hands clasl,d
aud hls eyes lurned up to Heaven "a u h
ihe prayer ~ bis last agony. IL Vas l
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