Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17

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I don't let him hev the grain the Corners will
! die Nv drouth And ef he gifts it our money
must be taken for 1t, foI it 5 all he's got.
Good cut the Gorjen knot by failin, but then
, the wheat wood be attached | shel hold
/ on and see wat week will bring forth.
Providence never deserted me yit.
PvN.
Nasby Redyivus.
Mr.. Nasty GOES TO OHIO To ASSIST IN Or
CANNING a COUNTY FOR ALLEN AND CARY
THE MISFORTUNE THAT BEFELL HIN.
From the Toledo Blade
PkTTusEs CORNERS
Which IS IN SOUTHERN ONO,
August ,, 1875.
There hez bin heep Nv trouble crowded
into the seventy year that hev lived onto
this earth-probab!y more than hez fallen
to the lot Nv any one man now liyin Them
es hez seen ez mach trouble ez | hev, all
died under it live becoz NV a mind that
laifs at misiorchOOn. and defies fate. And
besides hev suthin to live for. So long ez
Tiers bari NV whisky attainable and a
! Dimekratic party, propose to exist. When
they 90 out shell probably succum
am heyIn my regler amount Nv trouble
now. jest q soon cz the day come for the
/ DimekratIc state convenshun at Columbus
| went over to Pettuses Corners, in Ohio. to
assist IN organizer that county for the en-
| sJOiE elec-hun, for realized the fact that
! e. Ohio goes this fall s. the next presiden-
/ shal eicckshun ,,ard that the party calls
/ upon every D.mekrat to do his whole dooty.
| For me success next year Is a necessity.
I That post offs a the Corners must be mine
then il ever. Failyoor would break my
heart
Pettuses Corners Is the most Dmec7atic
Us all villages in southern Ohio. 1t hez
populashen Nv LAY 500, wich supports six
prosprouS groseries. tso good bars at tav-
erns and a small >kool house, wien hez
never bin finished, ard in wien the Method
lists hold their meeti1>. IL l. verv small
-kool house. but it j. large enuf for the
meet.ns on Sunday. The inhabitants mostly
devote ttelrselyes to politics and the gros-
cries. Inc county oii-heS pay for the lik-
kcr ~ the rest uv the c.tlssuS. wieh makes
II a sJit thing all around
| arrived ar Pe-Juss- the mite of the dly
Nv the cJuyen-lln, aud VIZ welcomed VITA
open arms. got the Dem,cri-y together
to ratiiy the nomina~hcus, that we mite 20
INTO the campaue with that enthoosia-m
which is necessary % success We waited /
Tor tne nomina-hens impatiently, and final !
ly they came
For GJvernar-Wiliyum Allen.
F.r Lieut.. G1yernor-Samo1el F. Cary I
Three cheers sung out, for Allen /
and Cary
Toe cheers was given with Will The |
DlmokrlSy " Poitu>c> Cyrners are excellent |
al choerla
The platform adopted by the convenshun |
hadn't come To hand. ba | diin't care. /
proceeded 70 draft a re.0l10shen or two. for /
knowd the candidates 50 WE'LL wuz - I
f..| s..N
tcrauces that | telt perfectly certain wat
the platform wuz On wich they wuz placed,
and wrote the re-J!O0shens accordin. The
iollcrin wuz the first
RsS0irsd, That It l. the yo0aanmOus ex-
pre~hun OF ihe DIm0cri-y Nv Pettuses Corn
ers that IN u1minatin fur Governor VIII /
lyum Allen, the eloken, champion Nv hard I
money. the Dimokratlc Siate cOnvenshun
merits the grttitood not only Nv the Dino
crl-y Nv the lponIteI States but of every
honest man. That his ringin denun>hia
shen OF dirty rag money, and his uph0ldin
uy the Dimokratic idea Nv hard money. viii,
IN the iuture oz in the past, be potent for
the perteek-hun uv long suherin and Op-
pre't people.
My friends. " sei /, drawin myself up 30
oz to resemble DAn'l Webe-ter ez much ez
possible, "heiore yoo take a vote on this
res0l00s1n. / have word t. say. NIiyum
ALEU-. Ole Bill Allen, honest Ole Bill Al
len, l. emiatikally the peoples friend In
the senit, and on the stump. by voice and
pen, honest true ole Bill Allen hez demand
eI that gold. hard honest gold, only shood
be considered money. and that the dirty.
filthy rag money IshO1d by q Black Rspub-
lcin c0ngris be stampt out. That demand
he ren0os tJ-day-that demand a Dino
kTatic state convenshun hez made by nOmin-
attn him, and let u, the Dinokri>y of Pet
fuses Corners, nailin cur kGlors. Hard
money forever. to the mast. pass this 1850
loO-hen.'
The speech fecht en-, and the resoloo-
shen WIZ passed with sich emphasis ez |
never seed. Then three rousin cheers
wuz given for Honest Ole Bill Allen.
s. Tar 50 good. They passed the resoioO-
hen easily, for Cz none OF EN- ever had any
money they never wuz pertike.er oz to wat
pur;ikeler kind they endorsed. but the
nex xt step wuz reoly q deikis one. | he'd
knowd sam Cary ior years. and knowed
him q the vor5 he'd and front Nv the tem-
pelance party Nv the state. knowd he
WIZ a son OF Iemprance and the most IN
tolerab.e prohibiShenisJ the state he'd ever
been Gust with. | he'd myself heeri him
denouuce the likker seller ez only fit to be
hung. and it he'd been my pleasn' doOfy to
help rOtten-egg him on several occashens
when he wuZ maxim rabld tsmprInee
speeches. Hence | coJdent quite under
stand why he was put on the tIkkit. Bat
| personnel that our leaders had deter
mined on bold stroke to sketch the temp
rance vote, relyin on the known caracter
nv the party to hold the whisky vote 50
to give Samy a send of int,rdOost this
rosolOOshen
Rcsoired, That the Dimokri>y Nv Pettus- =
es Corners endorse the nominashun NV sam
o0el Cary. heartily. and likewise tle priu
ciples ne htz 81 long and ably advokaied. {
rnat the liker traffic is a evil wIch shOUd :
be mitigarid and finely eradlcaid. I
There was sum murmurin at this. bas |
told EN- it wuz no yoose TO mnrmur; that /
'fe he'd to carry the state. and that the end
Justified the means And they passed it ,
with three cheers for Cary and prohIbshen. q
Then We had adjourned to the various /
srOcerises. and the candidates WORKED up !
great deal Nv Dimokratic enthoo-iasn-
The next morning We assembled al Spiii- =
len 5 grOsery 10 ger the Cincinnati papers
Sith the tuli proceedins of the c1nvenshun, '
Sich when they arrived read .
why this paleniS Nv iace and this = hast
= blooms Nv nose?'' demended the sheriff. u
''Run - | exclaimed, run Tor your a
ives. Sop the Battle-Axe Nv Freedom, '
uses corners.) from gCttin out the proceed o
n Nv last mites ratification meetin."
IL wGz TOO late; the editor he'd showed !;
Enterprise for wunst in his lie, and he'd the "
,aper out with the proceodins IN fall, and :
tunnln editorial endorsing the resOloo-
hens. =
Wat Is the matter?' exclaimed the en- II
ire crowd. seeln that suthin uncommon u
moved me- "
Gentlemen, We hey made mistake" a
with a. much camnis ez | Good n
ommand "fhi- Dimokratic state con- Il
enshun hez gone and put ole Bill Allen on o
rag money platform, and SAmyOoel Cary
n a whisky platform. | will never trust "a 81
: record agin n
Tacu wuz only one thing to do. The r
)u4okratic mind is flexible aud versateel :
{ merely met agin that mite and passed .
he rite resOiODshers ebdOrSlu Allen and n
'ary and the platform on wica the cDnven- u
hun put EN-; and We passed 'em with st
st a. much eutnOOsis>m ez we did them Nv n
be preceedin evening. and eVerythin ez 10
creme and harmonious agin. 4
| shell stay in this country and organise d,
he party thoroughly before goin 10 my ole ia
.entueky home. PETROLEUM v Massey, in
I unst Postmaster, ana now Paper-;noney M
Missionary m
4 Word TO THE VISA patron of Ger
ain newspaper once said to the publisher hi
Mr.. Printer, how is it you have never cali OF
on me for pay for your paper?' oh 10
aid the man Of types, I'VE never ask gen az az
eman for money" ''lndeed,' replied the IN
atron, chow do you manage to get along al
Then they don't pay?'' why" said the re
iitor, ''after a certain time we conclude II
nat he is not n gentleman and we ask him." m
Oh -ah-yes-I see; Mr.. editor. please D.
i've me receipt" and hands him V.
Make my name all right on your books" Ia
They captured "wild boy" near Marcos, of
ex., the other day. His body was covered tn
18th hair about four inches long, and from an