Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-09-18
Notes on the Etnaville Boom.
By our Bridgeport Correspondent.

By our Bridgeport Correspondent.
Five Methodist preachers occupied
seats together ON the platform when it
gave way. Democratic platforms never
break down from like causes.
Rev. Dean, of Bellaire, was formerly
a student of Gen. Garfield.
1t was worth all the meeting cost to
witness the infinite enjoyment of Jacob
and Ralph Heatherington. They are
Republicans in whom there is no guile.
The Wheeling Register is entitled to
respectful thanks for its very clever and
fair report of the meeting. AS to its
pleasant dig at ourself, we only can say,
Blessed are We when men revile you, for
yours is the kingdom. Here's our hope
and consolation.
MAJ. GEN. JOHN HILL and Mart Me
Connaughey are deserving of the special
thanks of the Republican party, for their
very clever offices in transporting Gen.
Garfield and J. T. Updegraff from Bell
aire to Bridgeport, and the meeting and
return in d four-in-hand style, free of
charge. Thanks, many thanks.
The Wheeling Leader, certainly dis
played commendable spirit of enter
prise and courtesy in so fully, fairly and
Interestingly reporting the meeting.
Thanks, gentlemen, thanks.
The Intelligencer is also entitled to
the special gratitude of all friends of
our big meeting, and the good cause gen.
orally, and in their name and it's name,
it is hereby rendered, for it's efficient aid
in working up the meeting and for its
lively interest took in its progress and
success, as we'll as its very full report
of the proceedings and the great speech.
We insist, with hundreds of others, that
it's able editor comes over and finishes
his talk to US. We tender right hearty
welcome.
The gallant men, one and all, if we
knew your names, we would print them
all, of Etnaville, for your zeal and Ia
Dor in the good cause. You worked for
a grand success and you got it. May
that prosperity and good cheer, that the
renewed triumph of Republican princi-
pies promises in good faith to bring, be
yours to their full realization.
No man is deserving of more praise
for earnest effort to insure Republican
our clever little Johnny Rhodes, our
telegraph operator.
We return special thanks to DR.. Up
degraff, who did all he could to make a
grand success of the meeting.
Democratic platforms never, or hard
ly ever, break down. A platform must
have something on it crush it.
Did anybody ever see as big a crowd
so orderly?
Wasn't Garield's appeal to the young
voter not to camp in a graveyard, vivid
and forcible; and yet young men are
found who will hug a corpse.
Who wouldn't rather be an "end man"
in an Etnaville Republican meeting,
than dwell in tents of Democratic wick
edneSS.
The old, the young, the reverend, the
gay and serious, all pronounce the meet
ing grand boomi
When Ewing passes the Etna, where
the big Foster boom was held, we want
him to look sharp, and he'll see about
six new furnaces just ready to fire up.
We want him to know that these in
creased evidences of prOStrate labor, and
our peoples misery are nearly compile
ted.
We expect if Tom Ewing were to look
into furnace in full blast, he would see
mems miseries, PROSTATE labor, starving
wives, emaciated children, penniless,
homeless and hungry, all wrapped in the
ragged habiliments of poverty and squal-
lid destitution, cooking up together.