The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-08-24
Patent Crow Eathusiasn Pronote

Patent Crow Enthusiasm PromoteS.
An incident occurred at Lyoeum
Hal. At the Greeley Democratic
Mass Meeting Saturday last, that
deserves to be plucked by US ''like
, brand from the burning" (ftom
among the numerous events that
are being daily piled up by the
Greeley Democracy, and preserv-
ed in the PALLADIUM 1t had been
published, FROM ban to Bsrsheba,
and TO the various corners and
cross roads, aud towns and viii
lages, suburbs and cities and the
regions around about and within
Richmond, that the great cx-Minis-
ter to Russia, aud the sicugh-in-
FIBRE ex N. c. of the 4th Congress
sional District. would tie People
show how they could feas; on
ssCrow.''
Of course, taesc celebriiics,C. N.
Clay aud 6. W. Julian, would at
tract quite crowd, and--they did,
to the number, on the most slibcr-
all count, of tour hundred! This
mighty throng had no difficulty in
all getting comfortably seated, with
spare room enough for at least
twelve hundred more. The ex-
Minister opened the feast. His
utterances came low and muttering
like the wind, you could not tell
whittier it was coming or whittier
it was going. He warmed with his
subject--it made him feel warm,
and the weather was hot. ALSO
telling how the administration had
kicked him out of office; but failed
to give the real reason achy ."shis
was thus" Well, as he warmed
up, tho people inclined their cars,
and listened in utter silence-that
stiffness, with the monotonous
sound of tho speakers voice, be-
came painfully oppressive, SO much
so that both George w. Julian and
DR.. S. S. Boyd, moved uneasi,y in
their scats-nodded to each other,
wipkcd, and both simultaneously
arose and went out of the Hall,
evidently for consultation; for they
were gone but few moments, Mr..
j. resuming his position on the
pla form, whilst the Doctor broke
for the gallery. where he seated
himself looked around-stroked
his chin, and prepared to put the
patent crow-eutt user, that the firm
of Julian & Boyd had invented for
the occasion, into operation. All
was now ready. Csssius blurted out
something about the IN bear-able
order received by him in Russia,
from President Grant to come home
and paused; when DR.. Boyd, hear.
ing the word bear, and thinking,
perhaps, the eloquent speaker had
said a good thing about the Rus.
sian Bear--he leaned forward and
vigorously punched the floor, with
his cain. making a noise similar to
a farmers old-fash;oned horse.
fiddle that used to be used to
frighten of crows from the corn.
field. This noise was followed
instanssncously. by Geo. w. Julian
bringing tho palms Of his hands
together in quic'; succession. The
effect 1T the patent was wonderful
on the crow "a tiers in the audience
reminding one of the lightning
like rapidity with which the fox,
tails, when fired by Sampson o.
old, ran through the corn of th,
Philistines! Thenceforward, thro'
out the harrangue of ex-Ministel
Clay, whenever he would make III
emphatic pause, DIR. S. S. Boyd, il
the gallery, and G. w. Julian OF
the platform, kept their patent il
motion, and the meeting through
out, though not haifthat the speak
err uttered could be distinctly
heard fifteen fee. from the stand
was full Of this patent eathusissr
The impatation on Col. j. A
Bridgla nd's courage aud service
during the rebellion, by the seal
lawsg correspondent of the Gin
cinpati Enquirer, is false and ur
: founded in every particular. Ha
that correspondent, and other COP
4 perheads like him, been as devote