Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-09-26

MI. HaSDy- HES HIM TO the OrOSS-
Roads to Save His People from
Wandering into BY and Forbid
den Paths.
il ~ CoNFEDRIT XRoADs,
(Which is in the State nv Kentucky,
Sept. Z, 1871.
felt fearful that the Louisville Con-
yenshun wood play smash with our
people at the Corners, and it wuz DEEM
ed the best thing to do wood be to go
there immejit, and stop whatever mite
be goin wrong. The great and good
Greeley wuz anxious I shood go. "It
wood break my heart" sed the good
old man; "ef Kentucky shood go agin
me, thro any mistake. I love Ken
lucky. In long and buzy life nv fif-
ty years, I wuz born in Kentucky, and
on returning to my native State-''
Here I stopped him., Sence his trip
in Moo Hampsheer, the good old man
has fallen into the habit NV bein born in
every State he happens to be talkin
about. a5 e4i8 sii ssi
Things wuz a little pekoolyeri at the
Corners, The niggers and the North
ern settlers ali took the 7Ii6oos,, and the
nominashen nv Greeley he'd unsettled
em. They wantid to vote for the old
man, and / took mighty good pains to
fix things for EN-. i ashoored em that
wehed experienced a change nv heart
that the era of good feeling wuz now
about to bo inoggerated, and that the
nominashen NV Greeley 3wuza barrying
av the hatchet Joe Bigler protest to
be satisfied, and I felt that I he'd gem.
Hentz my anxiety for fear the Loois-
vile lGonyenshen mite onsettle our
people and lead em to do suthin wieh
would destroy my arrangements.
4. I paekt my valise and started. + ar
rived In Louisville in doc time and on
the ears for iSecessionville twieh. ds the
nearest station to the Corners) I met
Kernel McPelter. I, wuz,j glad to see
the Kernel. He wuz from my home,
andhis face brought to gmyn mind g
Thousand pleasant recollecshuns, and
besides my flask he'd bin empty four
hours, and hizzen he'd bin freshly filed, !,
The Kernel confirmed all that 4 he'd
feared. The Dimocrisy Nv the Corners
he'd taken the, louisville Convenshun
to be the actooal ginooine- simon-pure
Dimocratic Gonvenshun, he'd irepo0di-
ated Greeley, and wuz to hev a mass
conyenshun to ratIfy o'Conner and
Adams that afterno noon- Ez he copcloo-
did his statement the cans glode into
Secessionvflle and we got eff.9 Boz
q Wat is. the hour Of the meetin Nv
the convenshun 9'' askt I. =. - ,.;-1A rs /,
"Two," !" sed he. ,s1s s s bn,. .5z.i.,gi I /
"Good Heavens, ',sed ], lookin at my
watch, witch borrered NV an enthoosi-
astic man who I,ersisted in goin 60 sleep
on. our grounds in Chappaqua-I bor-
rered it nv him without saying any,
thing about it4''it's1 1 o'clock now, and
there's but one mule to ride" 20 .i
There wuz no help for it. + he'd to be
thereto stop this loonacy; and SO the
Kernel and me bothmounted the mule,
and put out for the Corners. 1t .wuz
seven miles and hot day. We both
he'd clubs, and we persuaded the mule.
to tretl One mile was accomplished
in eight minutes, and the gallant ami
NAL showed no signs Of fatigue Efshe,
at any time turned aside to. crop the
lherbage, iby. the wayside, a. belt over
the head with onr Clubs warned her that
lifewuz not 4 mere lettering; by the i
Wayside, bat something in earnest.
Eight minutes more and we wuz five
miles away. 7 Good hear the roar nv
the mtititude at the Corners. Eight
minits more, and from the top of Bore
gard,s Hill, four miles away, sE Good
distinctly see the masses on the square.
Eight minits and we were within
three miles, and the mule wuz fresh, |
but we were xhausted with, poundin |
her. The only question wpz,: Good We
hold out s1sM classic features We're
bathedi In zpersperasaun, andoi every |
niussgl In ny body aked with exeftion |
Good hear the howIss M the lnllti-
TODD distinctly shurrshins for O. Common,
andthat nerxeddmy aTfni fer another |
Whack, Phe mule gave one conSvn kive |
tart, and then, with the, obstinaeya GY /
her race, stood stock still, and woodent |