The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-18
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty HES Him TO the Cross.
Roads TO Save His People from
Wandering ito By and Forbidden
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at the Corners, and II wuz deemed the
best thing to do wood be TO 60 there i'm
mejlt, and stop whatever mite DO goir
wrong. The great and good Greeley wu7
anxious ] sho0d go. III wood break ms
heart" sed the good old man, "eE Ken,
lucky shoOd 60 agin me, thro any mis-
take. love Kentucky. In o long and
busy Life Nv fifty years, I wuz born Ia
Kentucky, and on returning to my native
State"
Here I stopped him. Sence his trip ur
In Moo Hampsheer, the good old mar has
fallen into the habit Nv 6ein born In every
State he happens to be talkin about.
Things WIZ little pekoolyer Of the
Corners. The niggers and the Northern
settlers all took the 1tib0on, and the nom.
lnashen Nv Greeley he'd unsettled en-
They wantid to vote for the old man, and
! took mighty good pains TO fix things
for EN-. ashoOred EN- that we he'd OK.
perienced q change Nv heart-that the era
Nv good feeling wuz now about to be In.
oggerated, and that the nominashen Nv
Greeley wuz q berryin Nv tho Ratchet.
Joe Bigler protest to DO satisfied, and |
felt that Ihed EN-. Hentz my anxiety for
Fear the Louisville Convensh ion mite on.
settle our people and lead! lem Do d6Suthin
witch would destroy my arrangements.
! packt my yalise and started. Iarrived
10 Louisville In doc time and on tho cars
for Secessionville witch Is the nearest sta.
ton to the COrners) met Kernel AcPel.
ter. l wuz glad to see the Kerrel. He
wuz from my home, and his face brought
TO my mind thousand pleasant recolicc.
shuns, and beside my flask he'd bin empty
four hours, and hizzen he'd bin freshly
filed. The Kernel confirmed oil that /
he'd feared. Tho Dimocrisy Nv the Corn.
ers he'd taken the Louisville Convenshun
TO be the actooal ginooine simon.pu
Dimocratlc Convenshun, he'd repoodiatcd
Greeley, and wuz to hev u mass conven.
shun to ratify 0'Conor and Adams that
afternoon. Ez he concloodid his state.
ment the cars glode into Seccssionville
and we got of. ag M rsE
waits the hour Nv the meetin uyzthe,
convenshunf p askt I. - 20
1.-Two" sed he.
"Good Heavens" sed l, lookin at my
watch, witch l borrercd uv an euthoosi.
astic man, who persisted in going TO sleep
on our grOundsin Chappaqua-I borrered
1t Nv him without saying anything to him
about it-"it's o'clock now, and there's
but one mule to ride"
There wnz no help for 1t. I'hed 10 be
there to stop this loonaCy; and SO tho
Kernel and me both mounted the mule,
and put out for the Corners. It wuz
seven miles and hot day. We both he'd
clubs, and we persuaded the mule TO o
trot One mile was accomplished in
eight minutes, and the gallant animal
showed no signs OF fatigue. Ell she at any
time turned aside TO crop the heritage, by
the wayside, a belt over the heap with our
clubs warned her that life wuz not mere
lettering by the wayside, but something in
earnest. Eight minutes more and we wuz
five miles away. 1cood hear the roar Nv
the multitude at the Corners. Eightmin.
nits more, and from the top of Boregard's
Hill, four miles away, l Good distinctly
see the masses on the square. Eight min
nits and we were within three miles, and
the mule wuz fresh, but we were exhaust.
ed with poundin her. The only question
wuz, Good PUe hold out? My classic fca.
lures were bathed In persperashen, and
every mussel in my body aked with exer-
ton. / Good hear the howls Nv the mul.
titood distinctly hurahln for O'Conor, and
that nerved my arm forianother whack.
The mule gave. one con vulsive start, and
then, with the obstinacy Nv her race,
stood stock still, and woodent bulge an
inch. This wuz agony! Good see em
movin In percession with an eff1gy NV the
sainted Greeley, witch in their ignorance
they wuz about to hang, and there wuz
l, who alone Good stop EN-, stranded two
miles away on haulkY;mule. 20 q
"What kin we do?" l askt McPelter,
in agony. II must be there within ten
- tH...... y By
Thenth greatnis Nv McPelter's ma
cher shone forth. Then the man Nv re.
sources appeared and the patriot like.
wise.
"Ef the mule kicks Pm goner," sed
he, "but 700 must go. Tell my wife
how l died." and he slipped off behind.
The devoted mans purpose was appar-
ent.' o :" -. -.
"Hold stiddy to yoor seat" sed he.
"There's only. one way to move her." {
Then seezin the tail OF that mule, he
gave It one vishus twist. ,.,t, ...' Z, 9.
There wuz Hash Nv heels, and saw,
ez tho mule started of on a ran, poor Nc.
Pelter light on. his head q distance Nv at
least rod from where he stood. l held
my seat, and in ten minits, wuz in the
square In front Nv Bascom's.
Wat site met my eyes There WIZ
Deekin Pogram bearin an efflgy Nv Gree.
ley, Bascom, Issaker Gavitt and young
Pennibacker he'd all the Greeley campane
banners and SIGH, and the entire Corners
wuz marchin in procession to bonfire
In witch they proposed to burn all this
paraphenalia amid wild shouts Of "Rah
for 0Conor" They sposed the old and
ancient Democracy he'd riz and asserted
herself, and their Democratic instinks riz
likewise, The percesSion happenin to no:
tis niger or two, witch curiosity he'd
attracted 10 the show, 1t went fur EN-, and
the work Nv weeks wuz undun in mint,
Instid Nv treatin them niggers ez men and
bretherin they knockt down two nv 'em
and he'd one strung up to q tree. rushed
into the throng ez a strong ship bullets
the waves. I cleaved my way through
the excited crowd and cut that niger
down. .E,.l' I.. =.
"Go backl /" I yelled in o voice Nv au.
thority. "Deekin Pogram hist that effigy
Nv the good and great Greeley up and
saloot It. Bascom, unfurl them banners
with the sainted names Nv Greeley and
Brown, and chuck in that.tir the 0'Con.
or banner witch now insults the free air
Nv Kentucky. Z 700 'hey1 bin misled.
O'Conor Ia not the Democratic candidate,
but Greeley is. Now, evry man Nv 700.
Three cheers for Horris Greeley"
For the fust time in my life my words
ayaled me nothin at the Corners. Bas.
com remarked that he had hurahed for
q. Greeley jist ez long ez he proposed to,
an5 naakta pnnrnu ouunra fhnf ha hod 1tf