The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-03
Read, ali Ye Terrified and I'm
terrified!
A WARNING FROM THE GREEK.
Parallel from
Delphi.
and Rochester in He
rOic Metre.
UNCLE JOEY.

A Specimen Brick of the Rustic Democracy
What He Thinks He Knows About Tam
many-Tweed and Connolly I'm Possession
OF the New Court House-A Droll Travelling
Companion.
BUFFALO, Sept. "a, 1871.
have already once run through the State, TINS
my latest mission correspondent OF the HER
AID, to gather by conversational intercourse
with the leaders OF the country democracy
the settled verdict Of the masses OF the
party outside the city about the alleged frauds upon
the municipal government Even though have
merely rushed through In a railroad car at single
jump from New York 70 Buffalo nave already seen
SUFFICIENT to warrant me In saying that there is far
more excitement In the country districts about this
matter than New Workers have any idea OF. Let me,
for example, give you an account or q fellow pas
senger OF mine on the cars to day.
He was OF the tall, lean and lanKy order, was
THE TALKATIvE OLD MAN
OF seventy odd years tnat shared one half OF the sec
ton with me last Saturday the Central Railroad
He got in the car at syracuse, and without the
slightest ceremony squatted himself down upon the
seat alongside OF me- to the imminent risk OF de-
stroying a bran new Alpine and what he called a
pair OF spyglasses that were lying on the vacant
cushion beside me- He was well dressed, and had
the appearance OF well-tod do farmer who took the
world Just as 1t came, without troubling his mead
very much about the way other men looked upon IL.
have met in my travels great many laxative
countrymen, In comparison with whom the
garrulous womens rights women are
where but this Old man went ahead OF any
thing in that line that ever came across. He
mad not oeen well seated ten minutes before he had
asked me all about my family how many brothers
ana sisters had, where they were living what they
were doing and whether my parents were alive yet.
endeavored to humor the old fellow In everything
and did my best to satisfy him on all points. The
most interesting piece OF news gave him in answer
to his queries seemed to be that was fresh from
New York. In fact, at once, to all appearances,
assumed great importance In his eyes when he be-
came aware OF the fact; for the way he spoke to me
afterwards led me to believe that he had very sell
dom had the honor OF benolding regular out and
out metropolitan. And was right. lie told me he
had never been TO New York In all his lifetime. on
learning that had only left the city the day before
he renamed silent for fully Eve minutes, and then
suddenly broke FORTH
THE RUSTIC SENTIMENT.
"Great place, amt It, strangerSn
assured him that 1t was a pretty good sized VII
lage and well worth visiting when a fellow In the
country had time to go there.
"Be you politician ~ was the next poser
The reply was In the negative, and the old man
eyed me from head to foot for minute or two
AhOh smoWin8 HIS uiB 1911 w tuo Udce va MS
head, and, crossing his arms a ~ Bowery ACTOR
statuesque style, he Dlurted OUT
"Waal, they be
A DOM ov BAD THINGS
down your way, amt theyY Ny boys was talKin'
ov it t'other day, and so was the nelghbors. You
see Bill Jourdan-you don't know Bill, do you he's
awful good reader, and he readed 1t to rs And
dye know what--Pve voted the democratic ticket
for fifty year and more and won't DO ON 1t this time
. comlng.n
'why notY' asked.
I'm tell yer. Those fellers down your way has