The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-22
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For many days hand-biils haze been
spread before the eyes of the rasser-by, in
forming him that on Saturday, lith inst. Il
/ Hancock and English pole would be raised
At the above place and that eminent and
able speakers would be present and address
the neating saturday morning came and
the notes Of preparation sounded lo,ij as
the double splicing of pole one hundred
/ feet long went on. Noon came and passed
-noon Of 3 beautiful day a day Ike tho~e
long ago. when Hancock was shooting down
the political burtlicn Of the men who now
delight To honor him When the mail came
up from the west the congregated throng OF
the great unwashed and unterritied Demo
craey'' naturally looked forthe excursion
which was to arrive from Uniontown T.
3. Schnatterig. Id Cd what a man ,
stepped OF, clad in sable garments, save a
tall white hat lie is the man who is now
state senator elected, the folks about Union
town say, solely because that Is the only
thing hc can make living ai, and during
the time he spends in Harrisburg. his friends
are spared the annoyance Of being asked TO
loan him sums, varying from fifty dollars to
! five hundred He was not always senator
Schnatterly at present he Is but a tifth-rate
lawyer a hanger-on Of tine end of the tail
end Of the profession; but he was not al
ways even this at one time lac profancd
the name of -iaw-studcnt." and il was while
in this chrysalite state that he made his
wonderful translation OF the words. "Sjc
semper tyrannis, which were used by J.
Wilkes Booth after ,he murder of Lincoln.
some school boy, were wrestling with the
problem Of the meaning Of thu-c voris, one
of them remarked "Nonder comes BlTJ
Schnaitcrly lets ask him, he's got 90 under
stand Latin The question was pat. the
namcsakc Of Thomas Jefferson scratched bis
head; '' Sic scmpcr tyauni~. what the devil
20. yes-certaiuly-Such is life. boys, such
is liie-couldn't think a; first, and the f,i-
hirc Senator walked on but the story got
ont. and has cost him more oysters, beeraHd
whisky han any other 81 The many foolish
things lac has done
The pole was rai-rl and the hats of the
vast coneour~e. who had brcn drumming uP
for days, and who numbered fElly one hun
drcd voters. were waysd in the air with de
light. Ii was truly touching sight when
Squire Roddy took from his head (Which
giiuercd in the sunshine ike the danger
lanter If a locomotive at ridnichu, that
"old white hat kept by him in rcmem-
branoe of Horace Greeley, who, as the Squire
is q lifelong Democrat, hc will no, likely
Soon forget, and wave It in the pure sept
cinber air with an enthusiasm that amount
cd TO ecstasy. And when the stars and
stripes were run up to the masthead, about
thirty fee: from the top Of the pole the
cheers redoubled. and the Squira's cracked
tube was heard above the deeper bass Of the
multitude who surrounded him. Al right.
Squire. grudse you not the pleasure. if it
be any Ti- hard 10 unlcaru the creed %
seventy years, but younger men can change.
Aner all this work and voice, il Wa, ut
terly impossible TO dispersc without >undry
drinks. and while the heavy work of organ
king the meeting went by the votes of the
old whcel-horses. the outskirts OF the ya~;
multitude dropi of in little knots of three
and four and went for refreshments"
>-nnaitcrly lad notyo showed his august
FORM. but hc now came lorh and decorou-ly
took a., long as possible % gcy up on theiIu-
pr5mftu stage which had been erected flr
the -~fcal,crs' stand" Squire Eadiy was
President. aud Dr. Beyins, Of Crsiun, was
Secretary. Aftcr some Lau5shgkiue uu the
.age. the squire introduced lir. s 90 h:~
audience. By the way many VI them g4Hs
dropping iu ia groups, and twas rrsly 4f
fectiug 70 hear the unsophisiira.e.l iHguirg
regarding the eminent and eloquent.
Who the devil is it, and the tear. really
came to my ewes - hearl to the of repeat
ed question the inyariablc reply, Damh-
mo-"
may sum up all there was in the speech
5y saying twas an Allopathic dose OF Oft
geflted lils. nonsense, gush and gas, dishcd
out by q poor quality of brain, supplied TO
the speaker, IN a Homeopathic portion. To
show how well the Senator was appreciated
may mention just one instance He was
apologizing for OBTAINING his audience 50
lo,ig-a trick Of his when he is ahout one
fourth donc-and asked: How many al
your own speakers have you 10 occupy tile
,ime2" One Of the unuumbercd throns
who >,ood with upyurued faces listening To
tIle burning eloquence that fell from his
tongue, aTtles>ly replied; Plenty Of 'eIu-"
This frank avowal no doubt shortened the
speech Of the senator. The next speaker
was Mr. Ruppel, from Somerset, who Left
T. Y. Goodchild. Esq, Of Counellsvilic. who
had accompanied the Senator, deeply en-
gagged in a game of "coQiet' with some Of
our boys. from which game Mr.. Ruppel tore
himself away with very evident reluctance.
III, speech struck me rs being IqIsred. The
gentleman seemed 70 work hard % think Of
something 10 say, and when he had Thought
of 1t to wrcstlc with his conscience before he
could utter the slander his heart bad franz
cd: ia thi, he was in marked contrast with
the Senator, who had DO conscience !
mean. Of course politically speaking.
Mr.. Levi Liehlitcr followed Levi lie
serves better things, SO Ilr @ my slight ae-
quaintance goes. than TO be made straw
dummy 10 be set up 10y the Democracy,
merely 10 be knocked down by the Repub-
licans. Dig the grave Of your old opinions,
Levi. there Is yet time for repentance, OF
when the SHOWS of age fall on your locks,
and your heart Is hard as flint, and your
conscience Is scared, you VIII take up the
cry: The iasrez. Is past This eonclcdcd
the speaking. and the already thinnei-oUt
crowd dispursel To DO their drinking, while
Al-. Ruppel resumed his game Of croquct,
shaking hands across this Noodles cha>-n
with DR.. Mountain, Mr.. 4. NeTt Tissue
and some other Republicans Whisky so7n
produced its legitimate effect, and ii-;!e
fight was engaged in. and later in the even
ing was renewed At TrSiua, with such sll-to
that the adjustment Of the matter may c1sT
the county some hundreds of dollars. and
pay fees 10 some Of the lawyers of Somerset.
such IS life. as the Senator would say
Aftcr the shades Of nigh, had fallen. the
Garfield and Arthur club came our IN full
uniform and par,,ded the streets with iauis
torches. Tho Democracy having had their
day eazed on the procession -pod-humorcd-
lv. adj was harmony and eood-fecling The