The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-01-18
Lancaster Penn-,) EZamiuer.I
THB PRESIDENTIAL RLBGfIOS.
EOW It appears Tr0@ 3 Democratic
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2 AEOL We eve lOe press AIO 1 never HD-
prtcisted the advantages OF living In
. country that elects its own rulers.
Ny husband is a Democrat, snd nv
4 father, who boards with us, is 3 Re-
] publican. On the 7th Of November
: tOOk down my last Winters cloak,
: and eOuldR't keep back the tears.
That cloak cost S25, out 1t was short,
( aud of course cOG:dn't wear it this
/, season. II didn't seem as il / could
2 wear my double Paisley shs wi all
I Winter, but Thought OF the sutferinas
Of the poor, cur heavy church debt,
: and CT the many obligations WilliaL0
= had u meet the Ist OF January, and /
concluded wouldn't say q word about
/ il. might be q dowdy, but would
60 calmly forwsrd-up the church
aisle-suppOrted by the smiles Of an
, approving conscience.
: When William came home that
! night he said New York had gone for
. Tildeu, and there was glow upon his
brow and light within his eye had
not seen there for years The biscuits
were light as 3 feather, and said I /:
William, what do you think had
better do about Cloak this Winter ?
: You know they don't wear short
clOaks. 1 suppose you don't feel as n
you could afford new one?'
''See about it, said William, scrap
Ing the last drop of peach juice from
. his preserve plate. That's q dreadful
iy vulgar habit, and pvs told William
so over and over again, and do won-
der that, being . genuine, elegant
Democrat, lie will persist in it.
The next morning when / passed
through the sitting room, William sat
J shivering over q closed register, in his
stocking feet, his hair uncOmbed, but
he cried out from the top of his paper,
Democratic victories everywhere ~
"Ihe country gone en- masse for Til
J den :" Intense excitement and re-
ljOicing ~ We had wsffles and molas-
ses for breakfast, and l made the eof-
Zee myself. William had made one
earnest dab at his head with the hair
brush but had evidently missed. Faith
er called for toast and said he had
neuralgia pains streaking all down the
left side of his face. William read
aloud soothing mOrsels from the Dem
Ocratic paper, such as Indiana gives
Tilden 10000 majority -
"What do you think this morning
about my having 3 new cloak. Will
liam %
"Of course you can have new
cloak if you need one. Full returns
not yet received from Oregon, NsVa-
da, Florida and Louisiana, but they
are undoubtedly ours.'n
"Um ~ said father.
felt a good deal OF anxiety about
family prayers. William isn't pro-
fessor. Father leads devOtions, and 1
was afraid he would be too suppIics-
tory; but he prayed mostly for the
heatnen, Jews, and such like, but
didn't refer to the Democrats, and on
ly onee-just after the heathen-al-
luded TO our suffering country.
When William came up to dinner
he said returns of Democratic majorI-
ties were pouring in from all quar-
ters, and said L "WilIiam, pve been
thinking the matter over, and l do
believe it would be the best economy
to buy far cloak. Everybody Is
wearing fur. 1t might cost more at
first, but it would be cheapest in the
end fur is so dursble."
"HOw much will it ecst?n
"Mrs. Col. fuckers sealsk;n sacqUe
was SSOC last Winter, but don't feel
as II, in our circumstances, we can sf-
ford that. Furs are cheaper than last
Fall, and think could get q good,
desirable article, not SO rich as some,
but still good enough for people in our
circumstances, for $50.
"Um !" said father.
William had taken out a blank
check, and was rejecting, when in
whiskeG the President of the Demo-
cratic Club and said Florida and South
Carolina had gone for Tilden, and
! William was wanted down to the
club.rOom to see about the iliumina-
tion. He filled out the check, and /
Immediately went down street aud
selected the cloak.
That evening a shade of anxiety-a
scarcely perceptible tinge of melan-
/ chOly-hgd settled on williams
cOuntenance, while fathers neuralgia
was better. William asked if / had
done anything about my cloak, and
if L hadn't, he should suggest waiting
awhile furs might be cheaper. He
said, when l asked him about it, tue
! Illumination had been postponed.
The next morning L 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 conversation was
made at the breakfsst-tsble, but faith
er was extremely polite to William,
and said he didn't know when be had
eaten buckwheat cakes that tasted so
much as they did when he was q boy.
At noon William didn't stay to
dessert, but father, having eaten his
OWE pudding, drew Williams un-
tasted plate to himself.
The tears were yelling to my eyes,
and father kindly inquired why I
wept
"I've been thinking my old bat
fixed over won't look at all suitable
with my new cloak, but William Is
so blue 1 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 you want and bring the bill to
me-"
My bat was to be Of seal brown.
1.-TWO feathers or three pa asked the
milliner. l thought Of the hundreds
out Os employment, of the de3titutiOn
and want the winter would behold, of
the vanity and pride OF dress, but
while hesitsted newsbOy, just out
with the afternoon papers, yelled
"FlOTida and Louisiana both sure for
Hayes ~ I knew how father would
feel, and said (: "Oh, three, eertaiE-
Iy."
For two or three days there was 3
I look, not so much OF pure melan-
/ chOiy as OF gloom, wrath aud VEN
/ geancs cOmmingied in Williams
/ counteuance, and ne sprinkled pepper
| on his beefsteag fearfully. Father
said he awaited the action OF tile
Louisiana Returning Board with con-
| fdence in their integrity, and slipped
his tea with a spoon. [ never knew
father to sip his tes with q spoJn be-
/ fore i'm my life.
By aud by it was reported that
/ Electors names hal been omitted
4 from Republican votes in Louisiana,
and father said there was a chill in
these November days that struck to
| the very marrow, and William said
| he intended to arrange his business so
that be could spend two or three
weeks Of Winter in some Southern
eliEe-say in Georgia or Louisiana.
That afternoon l went shopping and
at teG-time laid on the cloth four or
/ five samples OF seai-b-0wn meTino.
"William," said I, (which OF these
90 You call the best piece Of goods 90
I His opinion conceded with mine.
/ I held two bits off at q distance.
t"ETer 90 many women that I know
have dressed on that piece,n said /.
/ I laid the bits down and sighed. /
/ Then / held them off again sDd said
'How dreadful il is to be poor ~
hIf You want dress go badly, get
/ It, Mary ANN said William.
"I really dent know as In cur CIR
I cumstances I ought, William"
"Tf there's anything hate to see
/ tie a shabbily dressed woman-get
/ t." So, in order to satisfy William,
/ I bad to get the meTino.
I 4.