The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-11-26
THE BRODHEADsvILLEPOLE
RAISING.


years, but there was not that hilarious jolity
there would have been if the party had been
used to celebrating victories, with pole rails
ings, or if they bad called upon us to show
them how. The speakers tried to make the
thing lively by dealing in rhapsodies, and en-
deavoring to infuse enthusiasm into the few
by whom they were surrounded; but the
ideas OF the hearers were not up to those oil
the orators They could not bring them
selves to believe anything else than that the
victory was but the result of an accident,
and that before any thing substantial could
grow out of it the wound would be healed
and Democracy again be compelled to stand
back and look on, while the Republicans
reveled in the spoils to safety.
At the gathering the Stroudsburg Demo
cracy, the very kings Of the Canibal
Islands" were strongly represented, and but
for the presence of these representatives the
word 'slim" would have superlative adjee-
tive in this description Early in the morn
ing, Mitt Marsh, and Storm and Detrick and
others, last but not least, of whom was our
distinguished neighbor over the way A. 0.
Greenwalt, Esq, betook themselves on their
winding way" fairly overaowiug with the
effervescence Of joy, and near bursting with
the importance of self, and the magnitude of
the labors they had performed and were about
to perform. The Stroudsburg Cornet Band
too, went forth, blowing right Justly, but ex-
onisitely, the beautiful little murceaux Lay
me in my little bed an effort which touched
the tender sensibilties of our distinguished
neighbor over the way so sharply as to almost
draw the choking tears of sympathy from
eyes not oft given to Indulgence 10 the
lachrymal These stern unyielding Demo
Gratis went on vending and vending with we
do not know how many ''smies' on the way
to cheer them up, until at last they wended
:, into Brodheadsville, to which place others
had wended from other quarters. The mum
Der present was not large, nor, as We intlma-
ted before, was the enthusiasm exhubcrant.
!, They had gathered to raise Democratic
pole and imbibe modicum of whlskey-
"Kunkletown, perhaps-and nothing more;
and they meant to do nothing more, and
did'n After having properly refreshed
themselves, our heroes joined the throng, aud
the work of pole raising began. There was
considerable tugging, some laughing and a
little swearing, but the pole went up and
soon was firmly planted. Then it was that
the stern work of the day began-the work
of relieving our town Democrats of the super
abundance Of patriotic palaver with which
they were filed; and al encouraging relief
it was-making each and every one of the
speakers feel decidedly better and the audi
ence glad when they were done.
The first speaker on the occasion was our
distinguished neighbor across the way. His
text, and he stuck as close to it as wax, was
the nigger Perhaps he may think we are
giving went to the slang so characteristic
ito them''-''the Jefersonidn folks but We
cannot help remarking that We never saw q
niger but or butted more sublimely and
determinedly than our distinguished neighbol
butted and the niger was butted at Brod
hcadsvlIe 1t was really beautifully done,
Ia nd in all the richness too Of the juicy Allen
town ycrnacular; which is saying all that
need be SAD to convince all who were not
there of the rich treat they missed by then
absence. Il was an el.ort reaching the very
achme Of oratorical sublimi~. and 1t may
truly be said of both it and its author, that
(. the Websterian, Clayerian and Bentoneiiar
\ a. o1+o h.
not hold candle to it, In fact it far trans
cenGed all other efforts ever made, and Its
s like had never been heard ''either in the
2 heavens above, nor in the earth beneath, mol
in the waters under the earth" 1t needed
but to be supplemented with song from
: Jerry Mack, who, unfortunately, was not or
the ground, to make it as sublimely perfect
as it was sublimelY grand.
The next speaker was the Hon. Congress
man Storm. j. B. took the administration
as his text, and went through all the rauIifica
tions of firstly, secondly, thirdly, again, and
y lastly, and SO on with defexions and genufex-
e ions thrown in. In the course of his re-
2 marks his honor j. B. gave the treasury
thieves particular jessie He was particu
larly and peculiarly reticent, however, as tc
r that diabolical species of thievery in which
c he took pious hand, aud in which $4,000
/, so miraculousIy stuck to his fingers for work
E which had been completed and paid for ac
y cording to contract. When Salary grab
e bers' raise their eyes in holy horror over the
p crime of treasury stealings then, indeed
e ought we to begin to look for the coming OF
n white crows and the falling of the heavens
V OF course it is none of our business, and les;
q of our funeral, but if we were j. B. we would
a study up another theme for such occasions
y The charge of thievery, with the salary graf
t tainting ones blood is too much like the
f Irshman' gun to be atall agreeable shoot
s out behind as well as in front. and is apt t.
0 hit and wound or kill the shootist as th'