The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-25
s'Let's Go

The position of the Democratic
party in this Congress, and the fine
progress they have made since they
proclaimed their purpose and started
out, recalls what happened to two
bibulous persons who undertook, a
number of years ago, to row in o
small boat from Norwich to New.
London, Conn. 1t being a dark
and foggy night, they had fortified
themselves with care, and provided
a wsll-6lled bottle against contingen.
cies. There was considerable famb-
ling around and working at cross
purposes before they left the wharf,
but they finally cast off the line at the
bow of the boat, seated themselves at
the oars, ana in high spirits, consid-
ering the condition Of the atmosphere,
began their journey. They pulled
for a while with great energy at the
oars, and then for a while with equal
energy at the bottle. Occasionally
they exchanged encouraging re-
marks, between drinks, upon the
favorable circumstances in which
they found themselves.
The fact upon which they dwelt
with the most satisfaction, and to
which they most frequently required
vas that the tide was with them.
as very plain (hic) It re tide wiz u.s."
said one, ina pause in the s~plashing
of the cars. Then there was a gurg-
ling sound as though a bottle had
been inverted, and the other said I;
"(Hic) Yes. We've got e~v'ything
cur own way sure. We've wizze
tide, and IS Every strong" And they
resumed the work. After a while
they heard a cock crow on the shore.
"Mus' be passin' Allyn's Point"
they said and took a drink. A little
later they heard another crow, and
said. Tina rooster mus "be at
Gales Ferry - and as they were get
ting along 80 finely they agreed unan-
imcusly to take e drink. With the
approach of dawn the growing in
creased, til they made up their minds
they we're drawing ear New-London
and the shores must be lined with
~hen-coops. For fellows who had
been pulling alternately at the oars
and the bottle all night, they were in
uncommonly good spirit. About the
time the bottle was emptied day be-
gan to dawn and the fog suddenly
lifted. The land was right behind
them, and the wharf had a strangely
familiar look. Well it might. They
hadn't cast off their stern line Then
they drew in their oars aud one said:
"Well, we've (hic) had the exercise
all same. Let's go ashore" They
went, and as they went a bantam
rooster en- a wood-pile tapped his
wings and crowed again.
We would not be understood as
saying that the present session of
Congress furnishes the perfect parallel
of the voyage described. In many
important particulars the two enter.
prises differ. And yet, in both cases
there were very heavy fogs, and in
both a strange infatuation as to the
set of the tide and strength of the
current. May we not say also that
whenever, during the past three
month, we have read the exhilarating
remarks Of Mr.. Samuel Cox upon the
political situation, or observed, by
the reports Of the caucuses, that he
was for standing firm and not yield
ing an inch, we have been i~nvolunta
rily reminded Of the befogged boat
mans remark, that that "roosteI
must be at Gales Ferry" aud of the
subsequent discovery of the bantam
/ on the wood.pile? There is some
, thing, too, in the p~laintive notes G
Senator Thurman, as they are waited
: to us from the last caucus, which
very forcibly suggest to us the fog
: bound excursionist's Lets go ashore
while between the lines of all the
comments of the Democratic press w
read the consolatory remark, "Well
we've had the exercise all same
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