St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-26
Honestus at the Caucus.

Honestus at the Caucus.
Ilomc>tuS SAW with joy the notice of
an approaching" primary meeting. and
W hen the evening arrived he FASTENED
to the hall with the pleasant conscious
ness that hc was diScharging il great
public duty. He reached the hall. and
WAS heartily welcomed by the obServ
ant managers. whom. if he had had
IItbottom : Sp"ctaclr> At hand he would
have seen to he foxes 1T least. They
We're very glad indeed to see llnne>tu>
and men like him engaging i'll politics.
They SIM in the fact the augurN of
better day. 1t WAS peculiar pleasure
to cooperate with him. and they trust
ed that This WAS hut the bcwiunin" ot Il
good habit upon his part. ll"nc>ru>
could not help thinking how easy il
MAS to rNa"gcrate, and To suppose men
to Ice IL great deal worse than they art.
and wondered that he had never before
taken the trouble -nr rather fulfilled
the duty of attending the primary
meeting.
The proceedings began and he wa>
exceedingly Interested. Officers were
appointed. and II WAS evident from
their speeches that nothing hut honesty
and economy was to bc sought, and
only men of the most >potlcSs character
nominated But il was necessary To
have IL committee upon nominations ::
and To his surprise and qualification
llouc>tuS heard his own name mention
eel a. one ot that committee. and almost
hln>hrd IS he WAS appointed its chair
man. The committee were requested
Ia Withdraw. and Ia report the names
of candidates ;t> soon aS possible. Hon
c~luS and his colleagues therefore lc-
tired to Il dim passage way where. a>
he subsequently remarked, hc should
have been rather alarmed to meet either
of them at night and alone and huSI-
ness began. Various names were men
tened. of Which. unfortunately Ilou-
r>tuS had never heard one: and at
length one oi the most positive of the
c"mmittc" SAID rmphatically. that. up
on the Wholc. Jones WAS the very man
tnr the place. There WAS a general
murmur "t assent and satisfaction.
lI"ur>tuS heard on every side that
Jones WAS IAN \ boy" and he WAS
ALWAYS there :" he WAS also "Squarc.
and right up /" the line" and 10y com
mon cou>ct Jones seemed ta hr the
heaven appointed candidate.
Rather disturbed 10y his total igno-
rance of his conspicuous public clalac-
ter. llnu,'>tI> turned To his ncighh"r,
and said. guardrdiy, with the air of II
man who Was mu>ing upon Jones quail
iticati"u>. ''Oh. Jones .Iomc> ?"
"lc>." said his ncighbor. Jones"
"Crrtainll." replied IloncSlu>: Ger
tainly. But who is Jones -
His nrighh"r looked at him fnr :;
moment. and repeated the question in
a tone OF iucrcdulity Nho iS Jones
as it he said, who is George Wash
inyt"u
"lc>. don't think that know him.
"Dnn't know Jones p
NO"
"WcIl. if you did know him. you'd
know shat he's Just the man that we
want; bang up; manr for it"
"Oh. is he -
"lou hct A |.
"Well." said the member who had
first announced that Jones WAS the very
mau for the place. Il suppose they'll
he waiting. | nominate Jones as the
candidate"
The chairman said YES. but that I'M
! fortunately foi himself he did not know
Mr.. Jones.
well. you don't know anything
against hiui. do Nnu ," asked the other
"tcrtaimlN not.
.W"ll. we all know him, and he is
the very man. We ought to hurry"
IIone>tus put the question. and .J"ne,
] Ia tI.tplsI he t.:inuI
date to hc reported to the meeting by
the chairman. The meeting WAS al
ready stamping and clapping and call
inr for the committee. and the cmeI "cti,
mover of Jones said it WAS necessary tt
90 in right away. The committee
made for the hall and the chairman
followed. He knew nothing of Juuc,
nor of the people that named him. ant
he knew of nobody else who he coul'
propose for the place. IIomrstus fell
very much as Il leaf might upon the tiil
of Niagara. and in the next moment til.
chairman of the meeting asked him i
the committee waS ready to report
! The chairman of The committee bowed
| ihc chairman of the meeting said thit
the report would now he made. Hon
rStuS stated that he was instructed /,
report the name of Jones. The meet
inm ro red. There WAS some humping
hy the chairman. and Honestus hraro
only the name of Jones "by acclama-
ton ~ and Il whiilwimd of calls upon
''JoneSr Jones" speech :" speech,
The next moment Jones, with Il large
diamond pin. was upon the platform
thanking and promising. and the meet
! ing was >tOrmily cheering and adjourn