The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-19
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rg53av evening last was gala time for the
''..-.rT.G-d jn these parts. by the ald OF
ire "tu.gt ard The blUigcon' they had sue
rr.Eal y making Georgia solid for lilden.
b. She aid yf the old slavery element they
succeeded iu capturing West Virginia, by
r.- skin OF their teeth they merely held
s...~ own ID Indiana, and got most g.OrlOusiy
Whipped in Colorado and Ohio, but having
aasa saved from being licked out entirely
r.. an -larter times out Of five the Hon
LuaGlu 1rayus thought it was proper to
A.-e iuahIee and jubilee they had.
according 10 orders the faithful on the
er.aa- named assembled in front of the
LHal head quarters on Main street. and at
about eight O clock the show was opened with
a Grand bonfire, which was kept up with
considerable briiliancy. say for an hour, or,
U 9l the fuel borrowed without the consent
O.. its owners was exhausted. The small
cannon. loaded with some Of the powder
Wa..h was LETT over in the Coufederacy after
LguomatlJZ, and ghost or two Of ''hur-
rah ~ such as was heard to come from the
Democracy, on their retreat from Gettys-
.-r.- after Meade suffered them to pass from
under his rough handling furnished faint
music for the occasion, and the whole proceed
ing proved about as sorry an affair as coulC
We have been gotten up.
Charles ). Staples, Esqr., was the orator
g. the occasion. Charley Is smart, but IN nc
way he could fix It could he make the occasion
esue up to the orator His talk could
hardly be called a speech it was one Of those
Lagrau-Ies which orators sometimes indulge
for appearance sake, when though the hest
may be willing the spirit finds nothing tc
work upon. The speech Of our friend Char
ley was about the extent Of the official per
fruaace, though all contemplated by the
programme had been accomplished.
Among he things to be done, and which.
10 the Hon Amandus Orevus, promised an
unusual amount Of sport in was the burning
uf hay-man labelled Gen. Hayes. The
General had In West Virginia and at other
points South during the late unpleasant
ness. worked sore a11iictiou upon the Demo
cratic brethren South, and as he promised tC
serve them SO again on the 18th Of mex
month the Sitting Bull Of the tribe north
0ur distinguished friend over the way,
thought it would be good thing to show the
Southern friends just how they would treat
their earrigiJle general in reality, if they had
It I'm eler p0wer-sealp him and then burr
}iim after the most approved Indian fashion.
Bat the better sense Of the better Democrats
prevailed aud the Hon. Anandus OrevuS
was ghus sborn Of nearly all his fun aud tul
hall JI his glory. he hay-man, however
was brought out and placed on a wheel bar
row. when II was easy to be seen that the
Hon. Amandus was wroth, though the rest
of the small boys Of whom there was large
number present were ticlsled amazingly
The presence Of the elIigy gave room fol
some rather amusing remarks One gentle
man hit the Hon. Amandus under the eye
ly remarling that the getter up oil the efligy
ought 10 be sent to DanyiIle another thought
that it was some defunct 'grabber' looking
for more back pay !" another that it looked
much more Ike Tildcn than Hendricks
What more might have been said is no
known. as iust at this juneture, one boy tip
pel Mr Haymau over, when the res
grabbed bin up aud ran away with him
darling off down town at the top Of then
s3acd. This was the last straw which broke
tbs ealuels .ack it was the shaving whicl