The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-18
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

From the Lancaster penn. Examiner.

From the Lancaster (Penn.) Examiner.]
never until this fall realized the
debt we owe the press, and I never ap-
preciated the advantages of living in
country that elects its own rulers. My
! husband is Democrat, and my father,
who boards with us, Republican. On
the seventh of November I took down
nv last winters cloak, and I couldn't
keep back the tears. That cloak cost
s25. but it was short. and of course 1
couldn't wear it this season. 1t didn't
seem as if could wear my double paisley
shawl all winter, but 1 thought of the
sufferings of the poor, our heavy church
debt. and of the many obligations Will
liam had to meet the first of January,
and l. concluded I wouldn't say word
about it. I might be a dowdy, but l
would 90 calmly forward-up the church
aisle-supported by the smiles Of an ap-
proving conscience.
When William came hom6 that night
! he said New York had gone for Tilden,
and there was a glow upon his brow and
light within his eye hadn't seen there
for years. The biscuits were light as
feather. and said /: William, what
do YOU think I had better do about q
cloak this winter? You know they don't
wear short cloaks. I suppose you don't
! feel as if you could afford a new one?'
! "See about it," said William, scraping
the last drop of peach juice from his
preserve plate. That's dreadful vulgar
! habit. and I've told William 80 over and
over again, and I don't wonder, that be-
ing a genuine, elegant Democrat, he will
persist in it.
The next morning, when | passed
through the sithng-room, William sat
shivering over a closed register In his
stocking feet, his hair uncombed, but he
cried out from the top of his paper
Democratic victories everywhere ?"
The country gone en- n,assc for Iiden :.
"Intense excitement and rejoicing J!
We had waff1es and maple molasses for
breakfast, and I made the coffee myself.
William had made one earnest dab at his
head with the hair brush, but had .evl-
IDENTIFY missed. Father called for toast,
and said he had neuralgia pains streak
ing all down the left side, OF his face.
William read aloud soothing morsels
from the Democratic paper, such as
Indiana gives Tilden 10000 majority J!
"What do you think this morning
about my having new cloak, William? !?
"Of course you can have new cloak,
if You need one. Full returns not yet
received from Oregon, Nevada, Florida
and Louisiana, but they are undoubtedly
ours ="
"Um!" said father.
I felt a good deal of anxiety about fam
ily prayers. William isn't professor.
Father leads devotions, and was afraid
he would be too supplicatory but he
prayed mostly for the heathen, Jews and
such like. but didn't refer to the Demo-
Gratis, and only ence-just after the
heathen-alluded to our suffering country.
When William came mp to dinner ne
said returns Of Democratic majorltles
were pouring in from all quarters, and
said 1: William, I've been thinking the
matter over, and do believe it would be
the best economy to buy fur cloak:
Everybody is wearing fur. It might cost
more at first, but it would be cheapest In
the end fur is SO durable"
"How much will it COST"
"Mrs. Col. fuckers sealskin sack
was 5000 last winter, but l don't feel as
if, in our circumstances, we can afford
that. Furs are cheaper than last fall,
and I think could get good, desirable,
not 80 rich as some, but still good enough
for people in our circumstances, for Sl5o.
Gum !" said father.
civilian had taken out blank check,
and was rejecting, when in whisked the
president of the Democratic club and said
Florida and South Carolina had gone for
Tilden, and William was wanted down to
the club room to see about the illumina-
ton. He filed out the check, and I'M
mediately went down street and selected
the cloak.
That evening shade of anxiety-a
scarcely perceptible tinge of melancholy
had settled on Williams countenance,
while fathers neuralgia was better.
William asked if I had done anything
about my cloak, and, if I hadn't, he
should suggest waiting awhile furs
might he cheaper. He said, when |
| asked him about it, the illumination had
| been postponed.
; The next morning I heard the boys in
the street screaming that Hayes was
, elected, and when went down father
was sitting on the front stairs coatless,
and with his vest on one shoulder, while
; William balanced himself on the edge
of the hat stand. Both patriots were
stocking-footed. They had just taken in
the morning papers. Very little conver-
sation was made at the breakfast table,
but father was extremely polite to Will
liam. and said he didn't know when he
! had eaten buckwheat cakes that tasted
SO much as they did when he was
! boy.
At noon William didn't stay to des-
sert, but father, having eaten his own
| pudding, drew Williams untasted plate
to himself.
The tears were yelling to my eyes,
and father kindly inquired why l wept.
| "Ive been thinking my old hat fixed
over won't look at all suitable with my
new cloak, but William is SO blue l can't
bear to ask him for more money"
"Mercy on me !" said father, don't
cry over a bonnet. Go down and get
what Won want and bring the bill to me. )"
Ny hat was to be of seal brown.
1.-TWO feathers or three" asked the mil.
liner. 1 thought of the hundreds out OF
employment, of the destitution and want
the winter would behold, of the vanity
and pride of dress, but while hesitated
q newsboy, just out with the afternoon
papers, yelled: "Florida and Louisiana
both sure for Hayes y I knew how
father would feel, and said: "Oh, three,