The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-07
Greeley Us u Domestic Disturber.
(From the Cleveland Leader, July9S)

(Prom the Cleveland Leader, July9S)
We doubt il tho horrors oil the present
political campaign will ever be brought
more directly home, or result in sadder
case of domestic iniellcity than that which
we record below Most OF our citizens
have seen the campaign Greeley fans with
which the city Is flooded, and since their
introduction every boot black and news,
boy in the city as well as older persons
are familiar with the rudy features Of
the axe.slingcr OF Chsppaqua, rs they ap.
pear surrounded with halo Of white
wool, and affixed TO stick for wind pro.
polling purposes. AS correct likeness Of
the most aspiring aspirant for the PreSi,
dental chair that ever lived they are q
success, and II our readers have any desire
to make the picture more vivid, let them
follow the instruction Of an eastern poet
who says: -..
Would you 500 The lace OF II. q, Arlghtt
Take your study lamp and put ont the light;
stand upBGGinst It the Greeley fan
AddAwhiIe felt hat, and behold the man
But to our story. Residing upon one Of
our pretuest thorOughiares is . man nam.
cd Strinker, who has from the very mo.
nent when the result Of the Cincinnati
Convention became known allowed all the
spare wind that escaped from his political
bellows 10 shape itself into shouts for
Greeley. His wife, who is young and
pretty, naturally psrtakes Of his views In
political sense, and knowing OF his in.
tense admiration Of the Graham bread
philosopher, purchased one Of the new
Greeley fans the other day while ont
shopping and took 1t home TO surprise her
husband. Owing to cOnviviAl meeting
that evening where confusion to the Ad.
ministraliOn was drank in sparkling
bumpers Of champagne by Stringer and a
fOw boon companions, the former did not
return to his happy home until about mid
night His wife, who had retired to bed
about the usual hour, after tanning herself
for an hour or two with her purchase oil
the afternoon, finally laid it over in her
spouse's pillow and dropped of to sleep
Stringer entered his house without max
ing any noise took OIL his boots, soft
" aSccnded the stairs 10 his wite's
apartments, entered and was about
TO diSrobe for the night, when oh hor.
rors, what sight met his slightly inebri'
ated gael There, reclining upon his
pillow, he saw the features Of o bald
headed, gtay.hSired man, whose flushed
features betokGned guilt and poor liquor
Stringer sniolled a rat larger than an ele,
phant, he saw Il all AT a glance, Hehad
entered so sttll that he had surprised the
scoundrel who had thus polluted hi:
home, Hisiwite snored peaceful snore
and that angered him still more, ant
without stopping to think whether he wa!
sufficiently insane or not, the wrnnteC
and miserable Sttipget pulled ont hi
pistol and fred two shots through TIT
head OF tho aged rascal. Tho nois,
awakened Mrs, Stringer, who shrleked
the gas was turned up, and with hi
thirst for blood still unquenched, Striuse
: saw he had made On ass Of himself II
tried TO make his wife belieYe &c was
Joke, that he Just wanted TO have. som
iun-thAt he knew it was Greeley whC
no first came into the room, and was will
Ing to stand anything to beat Grant ;
but his vile said that story did not POI
sess the requisite thickness, and told
neighbor's vile who attended sewing *
ciety the next day, and so Il got out