Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-02-09
Blabber's Letter.
BdraesUiUe Notions aJom the Electoral Bill
Grangers' Party &c.
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Mr. Editor We, in Barnesvlle, share the
general satisfaction resulting to the whole
country by the passage Of the electoral bill.
Whatever objections may be urged against the
measure, either on the point Of its constitu-
tonaity or Of its expediency, cannot for an
instant compare in importance with the effect
it will have in queting the minds OF the
people. Without some such proposition the
presidential question could not possibly be
settled to the satisfaction Of any great major
ily of the people. 1t is true that all Demo
Gratis and all the better class Of intelligent
Republicans believe that Tilden and Hem
bricks were elected and that they should be
inaugurated; but when you remember what
a small per cent. of the Republican party is in
cluded in this better class of intelligent Re-
pnblicans you will perceive that the satisfac-
ton in Tilden's triumph would be confined
almost exclusively to Democrats. and that the
great mass of the Republican party consist
ing ms il Goes mostly of those who are neither
intelligent or better class, would be dissatis-
fed Now, a settlement under the provisions
of this bill will satisfy every one who is worth
satisfying. The Democrats will be satisfied,
If Hayes be declared elected and the better
class, intelligent as well as uninteigent Of
the Republican party will be satisfied with
Tilden S election. Every one will be satisfied
lHeii CANtpt Tue desperate liIthSlcTS whose
necks or liberties will be in jeopardy under
a fair administration of justice.
Blabber regrets 10 see that Eliza Piukston
Sherman, Senator from Ohio, fought this
peaceful measure with fanatic fetcasm, in
stead OF supporting il as he (B fondly hoped
be or she ( L. P. S. would do
The snow is fast disappearing aud the mer-
ry jingle Of the sleigh bell becomes fainter
and fainter in the land.
The snow, the temperature, the moon and
| everything else concerned or that could be
concerned, in the Changers party Of Friday
OF last week were on their best behavior, and
so the party was success. Many a sleigh
load of fair women and brave men, were
at that party, and rapidly did they while away
the moonlight hours in Gripping the light
fantastic" And many were the oysters
'in every style" (of stew that surren-
dered their usefulness on EARTH at % cents a
plate.
! will not attempt to describe the dressing
Of the ladies who distinguished themselves by
their taste; some dressed the best they could,
and some the best they knew how, while
others dressed iUstas they pleased yet all look
ed well enough nor will mention the gen
| tlemen who distinguished themselves by de-
| pertinent and grace in the mazes OF the dance
or by their general CALAMITY at the gay and
! festive oyster board.
will Just notice two drawbacks that were
quite conspicuous. One, and that could not
| he helped, was that the hall was too small for
the company, involving the use of the dress
| ing-roOm as Il dancingroom, and making
/ great confusion in coats, hats and wrappings
/ generally great indeed that several gen
ilemen never found their hats at ALL aud Il
couple of ladies found theirs in a slop-tub -
the other drawback was the quality of the
music, that could have been very much better
| if il had been considered in time--a wheeZy
fiddle, an inhormonious jingling tambourne,
and a sleepy caller of figures from rather an
inadequate orchestra, to keep lively the feet
of siXty-o2d dancers. But such is life. There
is no such thing as perfection, even at a
/ Granger BALL BLABBER.
ERRATA II must be a terribly ilegible wri-
ter, and the saying that "priners can read
anything must be liable to some exceptions,
else cannot see how it is that in my letter of
two weeks ago am made to say something !
never thought Of For instance, in telling
! you of the Affections we were suffering on ac-
count of the undetermined election, alluded
to our political cohesion "thawing out or
/ freezing" &C; well, you have it, that it is
throwing out, &c. Again, where | mention
4 Maripebhle's troubles about the patronymics
of his family, you insist that we want qitai-
/
there is no doubt that that is the place of all
others whore quality is desirable, but | was
thinking of quantity rather than quality, and
wrote it "a dualty in the Executive office"
Aud again, when ,amened the sad effect to
two or three families of school boys, | ex-
pressed the fear that they would grow up
edacatioHiesS That word is bad enough,
dear knows, but you made it worse still, for
you printed it uRe3aeati0Dless. Pm very fond
of genuine nonsense, but | can; admire no
sense at all. However, / beg your pardon for
occupying so much space in correcting things
that are Of very little importance, after all.
b.
It will be seen that cur correspondent B.
is disposed to critcise one or two errors in his
last communication, but we think if we had
credit for all the errors corrected by us in
the manuscript the balance would be in our
favor. We cannot account for Blabber's re-
mark that he is "fond OF genuine nonsense,
but does not like no sense, at all" when we
reflect that he peruses his happy efTusions-ex-
elusive Of the errata in his last-with so APP
parent a relish.-ED.