Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-10
Massey.
He Crates on the Fourth and
is Insulted by the Abo-
litioniStS.
Then He Goes to Saratoga, and Gives
Advice to Tilden and Hendricks. Why
Those Gentleman Have Not Yet
Written Their Letter of
ACCEPTANCE
Acceptance.
Toledo Blade.

IOl6uo Blduc
CoNFRDRIT X ROADS, wICH IS IN
THE STATE CT KENTUCKY, -Jooly q,
1876. Il conserved it nay dooty to
deliver an orashon on the + n nv July
to commemorate tho Ccntennyal Nv
Amerikin Independence, but | wuz
subjected TO serlos Nv insults from
the Ablishinists Nv the Corners witch
neerly broke my heart. When [ an
nounced it, Pollock, the IIlinoy dis
turber, remarked SEQ job 80 3.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free Or
who hath looscd the bands of the wild ass
And when | was q speakin, and
layin it down ruther lively es to the
strength Nv free instooshens witch
Good survive a hundred years, eyes"
replied that onmitigated cuss, Joe
Bigler, cit is a strong government.
Wen | think it hez lived hundred
years, ard is yet healty, and remem-
Der that there hez been Dimocratic
party at the head most Nv that time
[ am lost in admirashen st it's natural
vitality. Ez it hez survived 700,
and SIGH cz yon, | don't dospare Nv
the Republic"
The niggers all l4fL uproorusly,
and ez We nod decided not TO kill
any moro Nv 'em till after the eleck-
shun, we hod to stand their oors in
silence. It's disgustin.
The Democrisy hev bin waitin for
the letters w the reform candidates,
Tlllen and Hendrix, acceptin the
nominashuns. They viii wait some
time yet | fancy.
felt it to be the proper thing to
do to accompany our noble reform
candidate for Vice President, Hem
dirk, 70 Saratogy, to consult with
our noble ref rm candidate for Pres
ident, Tildeu, that they may agree
ez to what they shood believe in till
arter the eiecshun.
Tilden was sittin in his room
smilin, surrounded by them eminent
Reformers, John Morrissey, Boss
Mclaughlin, Oakley Hail, and sicb,
when Hendrix entered with bis Re-
form hackers, witch is me, Henry
Clay Dean, Gov. Allen, of Ohio, and
SIGH.
My brsm swelled with emoshun ez
/ lookt over the crowd. Snow" thot
|, the oountry-and the post otfises
is safe =
Then | was immejetly alarmed
The mint the two great Reformers
met their eyes glared, and, metafor-
ically spsekin, they lowered their
heads at each other like two enraged
buffalo bulls. We ielt that it wuz
impossible for them two great intel
locks to come together.
We begged Nv EN- to be modrit, to
each concede sum.hin, and agree up
on some kidd " q letter, witch wood
pacify the party and keep il together
and yoonite it.
| made the openn speech.
"Genil2man," SGD |, regardin them
with stern Look, afore wich they
qualled, "neither Nv 700 must undor-
take to throw the other out of the
party. See Matthew, r. 20:
"Aud eff Satan cast out Satan, he is divided
agin himself; how shell his kingdom stand?"
Ell We are divided agin ourselves,
and lose this election, wat becomes
Nv Us? Eff Hayes is elected Kin my
mu. keller friend, Morrisey, the pride
Nv Moo York, be Secretary ~ the
Treasury Eff Hendrix goes down
kin my earthly friend, Dean, be Minis-
ter to England? Eff 700 both go IN
der, wat is to become Nv the long
sufferin repeater CT Moo York, the
down-irodden Confederates Nv the
South, and the host of Dimocrats
which follawed the lamentid Book.
anan, out of offs, and hev been gittin
their ticker on tick ever sence!
'sAnd wat is to become Nv me
Am | to be defrauded out nv the
Post-Ofis at the Corners becoz 700
can't agree on the currency question?
Gentlemen" | continued, with
The Post-Offises tiled with Rspu blk.
ms. with the custom Houses filed
with Republicans. with ell the offises
fitted win Rspuulis .ns, with th"as-
ADDS nv DimekraLs Hich won't aver
age one shirt apiece, and Who heV