The Canton mail., 1875-09-11

tilC S'-ht'', iiit.Nt SI'tttHtN 10 us, scr
onadcd us with brass bands, etc
We have had just a splendid t,m,
: Of it. The ladies God bIcss'm al
ways) have smiled upon us, and Tn,
men have'gone to the extent of ask
ing us to take a drink. That last
Is the capstone to the climax of re
concilIation. (Hcar, Hear,) The
true road to n Mississippi editors
heart is to iavito him to take a
drink with you. If that don't har-
homie him-it that don't capture
him-if that don't bring peace to
the land and save the country, moth
ing else on earth will.
SECTIONAL AMBITION.
The people of every section have
which they excel all others. Thus
you on this side OF the now obso
lctc line once drawn by Mason and
Dixon can beat us on Irish potatoes
but we can get you nown on Cot
ton. Furthermore, every profess
sion has particular hero whom
the rest can look up to, For eX-
ample, We have with us in this OK
cursion the champion beer dr;nkcr
of the Union. We are proud Of
him and we brag on him. We are
not afraid to put him against any
man in the North or South. He
has floored the last male member
of our party, and now openly de-
fics the world and all Dutchdom III
the matter of beer. The mayor of
Cincinnati had the temerity TO tack
lc him, but that daring official fell
on the fifty-scventh charge, leaving
our knight calm and serene, sober
as q judge and still thirsty.
[Voices in the crowd-"Whcre is
he ?" lis he here ?' "Trot him
out !" .Let him rise ~ awe want
to SEQ him ~
81 am sorry-exceodiugly sorry"
resumed Mr.. Stackhouso, "that he
is not here" Whenever he goes to
city for the first time he consid
ers it his duty to make the grand
round of the beer soloons, and to
take q drink at each. He is now
engaged in the performance
of that patriotic duty. i he should
ever visit your city again he will
be known where the best beer is
kept, and that man who keeps the
best beer is 10 him the clevcrest
man and the greatest patriot. If
you want to see him, go out to a
beer saioon-any one of thcm--and
sit down and wait. He will be GER
tain to come if you will only give
him reasonable time to get around.
He is O. large-hcarted man full of
philanthropy, beer and patriotism,
broad, jolly and wise, illustrating
the truth of the old English phiios
opher, Poney WeIier's axiom, that
"vidth and wisdom go together"
POINTED REFERENCE TO ANCIENT
HISTORY.
Fellow-citizens of Buffalo, per-
haps | have been depressing. Let |
me come back to the point. 1t was
Sancho Panza who once exclaimed:
/" Blessed is the man who invented |
sleep" But there is an opening |
now for a greater genius to rise up |
in the lund. There is bigger thing
than this invention of sleep to be
worked out ; and [ say thrice bless
cd is the man who invents tune
that will blend the hlrmonies of
Dixie with the harmonIes of Yam
kee Doodle, and give rs one grand
national hymn of Yankee Doodle
Dixie. And furthermore, fellow
citizens of Buffalo, l say emphatic
ally, in reference 10 the old flag,
with it's stars and stripes, {. Long
may it wave, over the land of the
free and home Of the brave" From
this day forth am a reconstructed
l believe IN unison and
in the universal Yankee
nation and IN the eternal fitness Of
things. God bless you.
The eloquent speaker retired nm
der shower of bouquets and q
storm of applause.