Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-11-06
, QUALIFICATION WHAT WAS JOL-
LITIGATION.
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>lNtiy SuNcTllScu, WIS TIE iIluSi FcSHe'SS
affair that ever occurred in the county.
1t had been so long since the faithful
had had chance to rejoice, that their
souls as well as their bodies were al
most too full for utterance-and, yet,
after much effort a considerable sum
was raised for the purpose of raising
the natives with a hundred guns, fire
works, oyster suppers, &c. So accord
ing to announcement the evening
came and so did the crowd-and what
a crowdI We venture never since the
days Of old pub. func. was there sc
many of the etite-the dig',itGte-the
very elect of the Democratic party, to.
gether ON one occasion to celebrate any.
thing as was present here to rejoice
There was o. j. Swaney, Jas. Camp.
bell, John Shannon, Deacon Pogram,
Issaker Gavit, and Elder Pennyback.
er-no, the elder, though absent in the
flesh was present in Spirit only-a few
too many Democratic doin's had play
ed him out-whisky will tell. Still all
felt the i,a-spiriting influence of hi,
overshadowing love, and all were hap
py. After time, and waste of consid-
cradle turpentine, and tar barrel had
become defunct, the first speaker
was introduced, Mr.. Swaney, who
opened his batteries on Grant and the
Republican party generally. He said
Grant was robbing the country in re-
ceiving his share of the salary grab
look back at the good old days of Wash
ington who received only twenty-five
hundred thousand dollars year, while
Grant gets ty5y thousand. The people
are firing of this extravaganza and
hence Democratic victories--which
Madison said "would be celebrated in
bonfires and booming cannon from one
end of the land to the other" for even
noU the Democratic party is respected
at home and abroad, and at home.
Then look at VIM. Allen, our Demo
cratic Governor elect. See th6re! look
at him, behold the man, there he stands
a great giant oak, solitary and alone,
towering above everything about him,
with nothing near him in the midst of a
dense forest" Mr.. Swaney's speech
was matchless piece of eloquence and
logic. In the midst of fire rockets and
turpentine balls Mr.. J. B. Campbell
was introduced, who proceeded at once
to his task by saying she would prefer
throwing fire balls to making a speech. 4"
The audience thought it would prefer
he would do this too, and after one OF
the most brilliant oratorical efforts it
was our pleasure to listen to, he sat
down amidst intense enthusiasm.-
Things had been workin' and now the
cream began to rise, and so did Mr..
Shannon, the speaker Of the occasion,
he commenced by saying, in response
to numerous fire balls which came in
close proximity, that they need not
think they could silence him, he
wasn't afraid of fire, he had been burnt
before, he didn't fear anybody or any
thing.
Just then one of the faithful supposed
to be tinctured with the grange move
ment, as the smell Of Rye was on his
garments, commenced singing
81 want to be (hic) Granger,
And with the (hic) Changers stand,
With half-pint in my (hic) pocket,
And.a corn (hic) crib (hic) i'll my
hand"
Just then Issaker Gavit, helped him
to one on the ear, which stopped the
vocalization; Issaker said this is Il Dem
ocratic meeting, and what drinkin' is
dun must be dun i'll the party---hay
seed is thin; meanwhile Shannon with
impassionate fervOr held the audience
spell bound, and as the artillerists say
amidst a splendid flash of turpentine
ball, he Numbered up" and got down.
Then came Mr.. Riley, really the
centre of oil the orators. He began by
saying the good book says, ''to rejoice
with those that rejoice, and weep with
those that weep" as the children of
Israel as they came up through the
Wilderness had mamma showered ON
them, so here just as this Democratic
Scripturian introduced his very appro-
PIRATE quotation, somebody vouchsafed
a shower not of mamma, but of eggs, in
token of Democratic deliverance, one
of which hit Mr.. I. Reilly just below
the eye, which very much reeled Mr..
Riley, and amidst an earnest invoca-
ton of a jealous hibernian that heavy
fall of good whaskey dew might cum
wild the eggs, thin besorra and wouldn't
we hav nog." The speaker closed
amidst increasing enthusiasm, which
now knew no bounds, the Band play
ing "We'll all drink stone blind till
Johnny comes marching home.', The
Invited guests repaired to the banquet
ing hall, when the real spirit of the oc.
casion fully showed itself. One very
enthusiastic guest whose ardor knew nc
bounds, proposed three cheers fol
Pease Township, the home of Wash
ington, Lafayette, and Rlilallen, and
the crowd quietly dispersed, having
left their card under Deacon Posram's
eye.
AS some people. cannot fathom the