Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

Ministers and angels of grace de-
Fend US. from the Vaccinations OF
such political bummers, wire-pul-
Iers and standing candidates!
The Ku-Klux Hoops leaders
went to Elkhorn with the Oetermi-
of capturing the Changers.
They had made out a complete
programme, which they intended
to have carried into effect to attain
their desired end. Strickland,
Gwyer, and Hascall, were to have
been called on for speeches, at the
nroper time. d. H. Pratt was to
have been called out to read a
lengthy ''pome," written by him.
self expressly Cor the occasion.
School teacher Wright, from Sara
toga, Pratt, and two others, forming
a auartet,e, were to have sung by
special req, est, " koOrse, the ode
of the "Ko-ops," written to order by
Pratt, and arranged to the tune of
"Wearing of the Green" Chap
lain Saint A. d. BalcOmbe, was to
have offered up one of his sublime
prayers; and Frank Walters, ifthe
patience of the Changers would
stand it, was to have been allow
ed an opportunity to extinguish
himself. Such was the plan Of the
"Ko-ops" to gull and deceive the
Changers, but it didn't pan out
worth a cent. They came, they saw,
and they went home disguised at
their defeat, which was accom-
plished i'm a most genteel manner.
But let us return to the perform
ance of the political acrObats and
tumblers. Before the Grange cele-
bration began the key-hOle reporter
of the BEE noticed that the speak
ers' stand had been taken possession
of by the leading "KO-Ops." Gen.
Strickland paced up and down like
a proud African lion, imagining
himself "the king of the forest"
"the hero of the hour" Occasion
J ally he would stop, strike an imp
ing attitude, run his hand through
his hair, survey the assemblage with
a naughty and contemplative eye,
no doubt thinking himself The
conserved of all Observers" and in
dulging in the thought, 9th Is the
way that Stephen A. Douglas got
into Congress, and this is the mans
ner i'm which I shall have glory"
Occasionally he would sandwich
these little promenades and attitudes
with a surprise party of cold water
from the invited speakers pitcher,
thus hoping to cause them to dry
up and give him a chance to be
called out to do some spouting. Ii
was amusing, to say the least.
Pratt likewise paced the platform
with one hand in his goat tail pocket
holding that "pome," and the othel
stroking his majestic beard, which
more than anything else, would con
vey the impression that he wa
another "lion of the hour"
Air-castle Johns IN 'lOOmed up
on the platform, as also occasionally
did Ex-Governor Hascall, judge
Dudley, and Wright, and others.
The keen Changers, however, pen
etrated the designs ofthe "Ko-ops,'
held a short consultation, and ther
had il announced from the stant
that they wished it "to be distinctly
understood that this was to be al
exclusively Granger seiepration."
The announcement fell like
bonbshell among the "Ko-ops,'
and the explosion caused a genera
scattering of them. Strickland
slipped quietly away and took
drink at the pump. He was com
pletely dumbfounded, and the re
mainder of the day he kept shady
Dudley and Johnson squatted be
meath a distant grape vine to con
sole each other. Pratt took hi
"pome" and put it into the inside
pocket of his vest, so that he woult
not lose it, and Walters followed
Gen. Strickland to the pump to soal
his head.
General" said he, Chow are thu
mighty fallen. You said in you
Omaha speech repeatedly, that We
should all have glory; but the ques'
ton now Is, how the ID are We
going to get it? This is the day on
which we were all to have doomed
up lixesun-fowers, but the Grangers
have wilted us like the morning.
glory beneath the burning sum-"
"Qh, give US a rest" said Strick-
land, 1--WE may catch them yet"
"Well," replied Walters,"I am
afraid that the stuffing has been
knocked out of our scheme. But,
although we have been badly
bruised, We are still i'm the ring"
The c nple then pre-empted a
sand-hill, and seated themselves,
like any other invited guests. The
remainder of the HKo-opn outfit
dispersed likewise, all being very
much discounted.
THE GRANGER CELEBRATION
finally hogan, Mr.. H. n. Golf, the
president, calling the assemblage to
order. after some refreshing music
by the band, John Rush eiOquently
read the Declal alton Of Independ-
ence. Mr.. John n. Crawford de-
livered a lengthy grafton, which as
a literary effort was very ~creditable,
but owing to the weakness of his