Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10

didn't see the sarcasm of this last re-
mark. But it coodent hev bin ex-
pected.
can honest man is the noblest work
NV God, and gold from the crocodile"
groaned he. els there other impromptu
remarks that must make p
None. These are the reglars, and
will anser. But don't be cast down. nv
friend. It is only for mint, and after
700 hev done SIGH things a few times
VOC won't motifs it. Be Nv good cheer"
The night came The skool-house
wuz illoominatid- tables WIZ OF
namented with flowers; the Ameses
were grouped, the clergyman offered up
his little prayer, and the eatin' went on.
At its conclusion the Doctor rose, and
addressin' the great and good Ames, re-
marked that his friends and neighbors
he'd met that they mite extend to him
the hand Nv welcome-that they met
ez friends and neighbors, to show him
that they had the most perfect conf
dence in his honesty and integrity; and
that while wicked men he'd endeavored
to blast his fair name, North Easton he'd
s1luz looked upon him ez an honest man,
which wuz the noblest work Nv God
{" Hear hear p from the Superintend-
ent Nv the east shop, and three cheers
proposed by the second bookkeeper in
the factory. But ez there wuz others
witch he'd more fooency present, he wood
close by proposing ez sentiment,
i" Hon. Cakes Ames, like gold from the
crocodile, he hez passed the fiery ordeal
and comes out purer and brighter than
ever"
The Doctor sat down the most de-
pressed man ever saw, but he he'd done
all we expected Nv him. He he'd got in
both quotashuns, and his speech, ez he
spoke it, didn't vary materially from the
slips which he'd bin printed the day be-
fore the banquet for the press.
Our guest replied, thankin EN- for the
spontaneous triboot, wich wuz the more
gratifyin becoz it wuz spontaneous and
unsought. He wuz strong in the con-
seriousness Nv rectitood Troo, he he'd
sold stock to members Nv Congress for
less than it wuz worth, but wuz that
bribery? He trusted his vindicashen to
his friends and neighbors.
Other speeches WIZ made. The de-
famers Nv the great and good man were
denounced ez periured villains, and the
buildin Nv all the public works Nv the
country from Erie canal to date were
ascribed to his ability, by the enthoosi-
astic agents Nv the factry. SO compli-
mentary were these speeches that I, my
self, got to feelin that in the articles NV
Roman integrity and truth and SIGH, the
late G. Washington WIZ thief beside
Mr.. Ames. One enthusiastic man, the
principal of Mr. Ames' skool, read poem
Nv his own, in wich he held Mr.. Ames
bein crowned with laurels and fucher
ages dom homage to him, witch wuz an
exceedin wrenchin effort for man ON SC
small salary. But he knows how to
make his situation permanent
At IL O'Clock in the evening this spon-
taneous recepshun wuz over The SER
wants Nv the great and good Ames care
fully gathered up the dishes and spoons
and SIGH, and took EN- back to the Ames
manshun the fragments wuz collected
in large basket for the great and good
mans pigs and poultry-for the great
man is thrifty, and won't waste nothin-
he distributed the flowers among the la
dies, and North Easton retired to its
virchuous couch. The recepshun wuz 6
success. and it didn't cost the great
Ames to exceed $500, incloodin my
charges for arrangin it.
think seriously Of movin to Nortl
Easton. [ kin make a better speed
than the doctor-a better prayer thai
the minister, and kin sling better
poem than the skool master. But if
shood hev many SIGH occashens for sicl
services, shood want better pay thai
any Nv EN- git. kin afford to risk that
however. The great and good Ame
knows talent, and know the great anC
good Ames. shell pitch my tent il
North Easton eff possible.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey,
(Which WIZ Postmaster)