Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-09-08
NiSBI-.
MIR. Nasty Goes TO Ohio to Assist in Or
ganizi,a,, n COaEty for Allen and Cary
The Misfortune that Ii efel Him.

pETTUsEs CORNERS, W1CH IS IN SOUTHERN
ONO, Aug. s. 1870 Ther hez been heap NV
trouble crowded into the 20 years that hcv lived
onto this earth probably more than hez fallen to
the lot NV any now livin. Them ez hcz seen
ez much trouble ez hev, al! died under it. 1 live
bccoz NV mind that laffs at misforchoon, and de-
fes fate. And besides I hev suthin to live for.
SO long ez there's bari NV whiskey attsinable
and Dimekratic party, propose to exist, When
they 20 out shell probably succum.
| | am hevin my regler amount NV trouble now.
jest ez soon ez the day come for the Dimekratic
conveushun at Columbus, went over to Pettuses
Corners, in Ohio, to assist in organizer that county
| for the ensoon elcckshun, for realized the fact
that ez Ohio goes this fall the next presidential
elcckshun goes, and that the party calls upon evry
| Dimekrat TO do his whole dooty. For me success
next year is necessity. The post offs at the Cor
ners must be mine then if ever. Fayoor would
break my heart.
Petuses Corners is the most Dimekratic Nv all
the villages in southern Ohio. 1t has popula-
ton NV say 500, which supports six prosperous
groceries, two good bars at taverns, and a small
skool house, which has never been finished, and
in wich the Methodists hold their mcetins, 1t is a
very small skool house, but it is large enough for
the meetirs on Sunday. The inhabitants mostly
devote themselves TO politics and the groceries
The county otiishels pay fur the iker of the rest
of the cnisens, wich makes it soft thing all
around
Uv course every Dimekrat in the county is born
with the cxpectashion NV some day holdin county
offs. To be nfrmary director is glory-to be
Y n is hp mi nf H.
YER Them ez is successful start in as infrmary
director, then the legislator, then sheriff. At this
point most oi them goes hence with the derium
tremens. Occasionally one whose stumck is glass
and backt up with fire brick, goes on to the audi
tor anl treasurer, but them is exceptions. To go
on the whole string tremenjas consiitushun is
necessary.
There amt no money in holdin offs ther, and it
costs he entire salary the first yeer to sekoor the
elecshun and the entlTc salary and mortgage OH
your farm every yecr thereafter to keep it; but
then an oilishol can't treat voter without drinkin
likewise, 50 he hez good time ef he does room
hisself.
Naturally, however, some Nv them make their
selves good by an occasional defalcashen, and by
spekelatin in county Improvements; but opper-
toonities is limited in the county, and it wont do
a reliance.
arrived at Pettuses the mite NV the day NV the
convenshun, and was welcomed with open arms.
| got the Dmokrsy together to ratifv the nomi-
nashens impaiently, and finally they came:
For governor Wllyum Allen.
For lieutenant governor-Samyooel +. Cary
"Ihree Cheers sung out, "For Allen and
Carvl'
Tie cheers wus given with a will. The Di-
mokrisy NV Pettuses Corners are excellent at
cheering.
Tie platform adopted by the convcnshun hadn't
come to hand, but didn care. | proceeded to
draft resolushen or two, for knowed the cand-
dates so WE'LL wnz so well posted ez to their
tccedents and utterances-that felt perfectly
tain wat the platform wuz on which they wuz
placed, and wrote the resolushens accordn. The
iollcrn WIZ the first:
Resolved, That it is the yoonanmous exprcssun
NV tAe Dimokrisy NV Pettusses Corners, that in
nominain fur governor William Allen, the elokent
champion Nv hard money, the Dimikratic State
conyenshun merits the grattood no. only Nv the
loomed States but NV every honest man. That
his ringin denunshiashen dirty rag money, and
his upholdin NV the Dimokratic idea Nv hard
money, viii, IN the future ez in the nast be pe.eRt
fur puTTcCKsIun NY a long suiierin and opprcst
people.
"My friends" sed ], DRAWN myself up so ez to
resemble Danl Webster ez much ez possible, 'be
fore 700 take a vote on this resolooshen, hev
word to say. Willyum Allen, Ole Bill Allen, hon
est BIZ Allen, is emiatkally the peoples friends.
lie Is the natural euemy NV mOnopollsts, NV banks
and bankers, and the most inveterate, vindctiye,
deadly enemy Nv this food NV rotten paper money
which heZ long afflicted the country and blited
its prosperity Honest Ole Bill Allen hez from
his Infancy denounst paper money ez the insdious
Toe NV the boated aristocrat. In the SENT and on
the stump by voice and pen, honest, true Ole
Blll Alien hez demanded that gold, hard, honest
gold, cnly shood be considered money, and that
the dnty, filthy rag money ishood by black re-
p0b.lcan Congris be stampt out. That demand he
renoos to-day-that demand Dmekratc State
convenshun hez made by nomnatn him, and let
us, the Demokrisy of Pettuses Corners, nailin
kuors, Hard money forever to the mast pass this
resolooshen."
The speechs fecht EN- and the resolooshen wuz
passed with sieh emphasis ez never seed. Then
three rousin cheers wuz given for Honest Ole Bill
Allen the friend NV the Countrywide undaupted